What an amazing quote I read today for a class. Proof of the truly amazing religious experiences I want to encounter in my life, from others' perspectives. I am not Hindu, but it still is applicable to just about any believer of God or a higher power.
"Here, I stand, and if I shut my eyes and try and conceive my
existence, “I,” “I,” I,” what is the idea before me? The idea of a body. Am I,
then, nothing but a combination of matter and material substances? No, I am a
spirit, living in a body. I am not the body. The body will die, but I will not
die. Here am I in this body, and when it will fail, still I will go on living."
- Swami Vivekananda
This helps me through a lot right now. Helps me to remember the importance of my soul and spirit and things that cannot be seen or touched, as opposed to my body, my image and things that are not nearly as important. What a nice, Sunday meditation for us all. I hope we all are able to find love for ourselves outside of our worldly bodies today.
With love,
Nikko
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