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are 1700 little lovely Scenic Islands and the second largest island is meant for people to stay
it is a little village there in one of Swami vivekananda's female disciples there
were three mostly female it's female who carry the message of spirituality
would you like to come and spend some time with a Swami as a vacation he said yes I'd like to spend
some time so can we invite some other devout people to come and spend some time with us
we won't be you know we won't have any kind of interference from the outside world so sure do
so 12 disciples which Sonia began went to Thousand Island Park and spent seven weeks glorious seven
weeks because here this is Swami is not to he was not under pressure to perform from a platform to
pass out a message spiritually for the whole of humanity he was in his element the lovely
Skies you know the lovely scenery he would go out and meditate another tree he fell his back in the
Himalayas you could enjoy and have a very personal relationship with each and every disciple and
talk with them at individual level so he really flourished here he was in his element here so the
kind of words of wisdom that poured out during his State Thousand Island Park are some of the
best things you can find about Swami Vivekananda and Miss Waldo again the same lady who helped
dictate you know write the Raj yoga was there as well so she made notes of all these kind of
conversations and what used to happen is this look this is reality yeah she left these notes of all
this Inspire these are called inspired talks in a booklet and then that booklet was left at Thousand
Island Park this was done in 1894. the booklet was left there scribbles were left there and um
the story moved on in 1947 the ramakrishna ordered in New York had enough money to try and buy out
the cottage so they bought out the cottage and while they were renovating it this book appeared
it had lost it been lost and they threw it in the tip the electrician so this book is looks
interesting I've heard about this Vivekananda who came in 1893. so he picked it up look yes looks
interesting stuff here and he sat on it himself thinking this is good stuff didn't realize the
importance of that book only after seven or eight years he thought let me pass his book
with the ramkran I was saying I've discovered this book and they said why do you got this stuff here
these are the sayings of a master in full flow you caught you got that and this is this is how it was
preserved almost through accident rediscovered and this is where we find the Glorious ideas of
Hinduism presented in very simple language very dramatic language very inspiring that's why they
are called inspired talks let me touch on some of the ideas touched on during his stay in Thousand
Island Park this shows the versatility of this man you see you see the Christian disciples he
had have been brought up on the mode of thinking of dualism legalism means I and God are separate
we can never be the same God is something special and we of a different category and we are much
lower beings of a different category and there is no real link we are completely you know alien from
each other this is called dualism in the Hindu Hindu philosophy and there are many Hindus would
like to think that in the same manner that I and God can never be the same we are far apart from
each other this is the standard way most Hindus will relate to the idea of religion and God God
is that super being and I am just nobody sitting at his feet and saying oh Lord I'm your servant
this is how the Christians are brought up the same idea God is the master of the father
had to gently you know move them shift them from that stance to The Stance of the
height of Hindu philosophy called the advaith actually you and your lord cannot be separate
you are the chip of the same old block this is what you have to bring out it's not easy
it sounds like blasts for me equating you to go this is blasphemy you can't do that oh this
is terrible so here to gently gently move them so starting with the idea of the white
and then he started talking about wishes is a very interesting kind of a juncture
where the Dwight and advait meet up let me tell you what advaith is really
if there is if God is one category and we all are separate category
then what is a relationship and where do these or this God category and the all of us individuals
how where do they sit what is the field of their operation how are they related you need some
greater science to relate this God with human with man it is always there's always been if
you're like an abstract idea it's difficult to kind of find a real relationship because
the relationship will always be arbitrary how do you relate so let's stay like that
and the devotee said don't don't discuss we don't like philosophizing just we just believe in God
don't stop bothering us so they keep away from this question but as philosophy the question
arises in which both of them exist God in humanity what's around and how what is the relationship and
the only way you can get around it is this High philosophy the height of Hindu philosophy called
advaitha I'll do it says really the same one appearing as many the same thing that you call God
becomes visible as the creation and because more clearly visible as living thing and because the
clearest vision of God or spirit is Humanity it is God alone who has taken all these forms including
the material thing that you see in front of is nothing but God manifesting or appearing as many
the word appearance is a very tricky philosophic term that we introduce here this is the whole
heart of advaitha this is the height of Hindu philosophy so now we were connected to gently
prod them from the Dwight tradition into the advaith tradition any manner to do that very
slowly by using now wishes to do it is kind of halfway house saying that look you can't say
you are God do you feel like God so don't make this Boombastic claims at best you can say God
is like a fire and you are like a spark but again you see that using the language of advaith except
it's called qualified or qualified monism in the sense that you are similar to God but not just
quite as good as God you are a scan a little tiddler and God is the giant fire and your
little spark and here the Christians found this idea acceptable and kind of tolerable
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