You know but little of that which is within you. For behind
you is the ocean of infinite power and blessedness.
Let a man go down as low as possible; there must come a time
when out of sheer desperation he will take an upward curve and will learn to
have faith in himself. But it is better for us that we should know it from the
very first. Why should we have all these bitter experiences in order to gain
faith in ourselves? We can see that all the difference between man and man is
owing to the existence or non-existence of faith in himself. Faith in ourselves
will do everything. I have experienced it in my own life, and am still doing
so; and as I grow older that faith is becoming stronger and stronger.
We are the heirs of good and evil thought. If we make
ourselves pure and the instruments of good thoughts, these will enter us. The
good soul will not be receptive to evil thoughts. Evil thoughts find the best
field in evil people; they are like microbes which germinate and increase only when
they find a suitable soil.
Sins are very low degrees of self-manifestation; manifest
your Self in a high degree. That is the one thing to remember; all of us can do
that. Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time
and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and
everything, you are Almighty.
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda