The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda Mayavati Memorial Edition

He came on this first morning with the Bible in his hand and opened to the Book of John saying that since we were all Christians it was proper that he should begirt with the Christian Scriptures.) In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.- The Hindu calls this Maya the manifestation of God because it is the power of God. [...] Water the roots of the tree (that is reach the Lord) and the whole tree is watered ; getting the Lord we get all. [...] A little evil is the source of life ; the little wickedness that is in the world is very good for when the balance is regained the world will end because sameness and destruction are one. [...] It is the nature of the brute to remain where he is (not to progress) ; it is the nature of man to seek good and avoid evil ; it is the nature of God to seek neither but just to be eternally blissful. [...] The sum-total of all the cells in an organism is one person ; so each soul is like one cell and the sum of them is God and beyond that is the Absolute.