Letter to Swami Ramakrishnananda_03
Letter to Swami Ramakrishnananda
Letter to Swami Ramakrishnananda
The Gita no doubt has already become the Bible of Hinduism, and it fully deserves to be so; but the personality of Krishna has become so covered with haze that it is impossible today to draw any life-giving inspiration from that life.
In Darjeeling, I always felt that I was not the same man. Here I feel that I have no disease whatsoever, but there is one marked change. I never in my life could sleep as soon as I got into bed. I must toss for at least two hours. Only from Madras to Darjeeling I would sleep.
Great things can be done by great sacrifices only. No selfishness, no name, no fame, yours or mine, nor my Master’s even! Throw self overboard and work. Remember, “The grass when made into a rope by being joined together can even chain a mad elephant.”
Now I tell you a curious fact. Whenever anyone of you is sick, let him himself or anyone of you visualize him in your mind, and mentally say and strongly imagine that he is all right. That will cure him quickly. You can do it even without his knowledge.