Interesting Incidents from the Life of Swami Vivekananda – Part 3

Swamiji has had a very peculiar experience since his very boyhood; he occasionally felt that certain events or circumstances that come in his life were a repetition of something he was already acquainted with. Here is the account of the same in his words:

From my very boyhood, whenever I came in contact with a particular object, man or place, it would sometimes appear to me as if I had been acquainted with it beforehand. But all my efforts to recollect the particulars were unsuccessful, and yet the impression persisted. I will give you an instance: One day I was discussing various topics with my friends at a particular place. Suddenly something was said, which at once reminded me that in some time past in this very house I had talked with these friends on that very subject and that the discussion had even taken the same turn. Later on I thought that it might be due to the law of transmigration. But soon I decided that such definite conclusions on the subject were not reasonable. Now I believe that before I was born I must have had visions somehow, of those subjects and people with whom I would have to come in contact in my present birth. Such memories have come every now and then throughout my life.

Interesting Incidents from the Life of Swami Vivekananda – Part 2

Swami Vivekananda used to see two contradictory ideals as soon as he went to bed at night; given below is the complete description in Swamiji’s words:

As soon as I went to bed, two ideals appeared before me every night ever since I had reached my youth. One vision presented me as a person of endless wealth and prosperity, innumerable servants and dependants, high rank and dignity, great pomp and power. I thought that I was seated at the head of those who were called big men in the world. I felt I certainly had the power to achieve this end. Again, the next moment, I felt as if I had given up everything of the world and was leading a life of renunciation, putting on a loincloth, eating whatever was available without effort, spending nights under trees, and depending solely on God’s will. I felt I could live the life of the Rishis and the Munis if I wanted. These two opposite pictures, according to which I could mould my life, thus arose in my mind. But the latter would grip the mind in the end. I thought that it was in this way alone that man could attain real bliss, and that I should follow this path and not the other. Brooding on the happiness of such a life, my mind would then merge in the contemplation of God and I would fall asleep. It is a matter of astonishment that this happened every night, for a long time.

Stop Worshiping Actors and Start Worshiping Hero’s

IN OUR COUNTRY, IT IS A CASE OF ROUSING MEN THAT ARE, AS IT WERE, DEAD:

The subject line of this article does seem to be a contradiction. But factually it is not. Since it is mis – communicated, it is misunderstood to fullest possible extent. The fact is “An actor is one, who dies in a movie and comes back alive in next movie. But a hero is one, who dies only once and does not get a second chance to die again“. The fact is “An actor is one, who acts as if he is died to achieve the selfish motives {Lust, money and fame} in each movie of which comes his way. But a hero is one, who die’s for once own country only once and does not get a chance for retakes”. The fact is “An actor lives to see his movie released, even if he is assumed to be dead in the movie. But a hero does not live to see Indian freedom for which he willingly sacrificed his life“

Swami Vivekananda in connection to this state of human mind wrote these prophetic lines of 21st February 1900 from California, which has to be hung to every main door of India, if not every house of world. “It is only a few that understand the language of the brain, but everyone from the creator down to a clump of grass, understands the language that comes from the heart. But then, in our country, it is a case of rousing men that are, as it were, dead. It will take time, but if you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that “
Make no mistake; this statement of his is still alive, for human minds are still used to worship actors and not heroes. This state of human mind is to be considered as the highest order of intellectual irony which has to be realized and corrected if men have to be roused from there dead living state.
Six day’s from today – The 23rd March is the death anniversary of one such Indian HERO “ Bhagat Singh “. He gave his life for India ’s freedom at a tender age of 23 years, 5 months and 25 days. If Last day {s} of this immortal man is looked at keenly on this mortal earth of ours, it is both mesmerizing and sends raptures even to this day.

LAST DAYS OF BHAGAT SINGH, RAJGURU AND SUKHDEV:
Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were sentenced to death in the Lahore Conspiracy Case and were ordered to be hanged on March 24, 1931.

Bhagat Singh a day before he was pronounced to be hanged had a very sound sleep. In today's date and time our youth do not get sleep if there examinations are scheduled to be held the next day or a day after. Forget our youth’s; Even so called elders, do not get sleep if an interview or a presentation is scheduled to be given the subsequent day. But here was Bhagat Singh at an tender age of 23 years, 5 months and 25 days, who even after knowing that he will be hanged next day had the tenacity and courage to have a sound deep sleep without a iota of worry. This is Indian Man’s Heart. It can be further acknowledged by the fact of reality by the actions of British Government, they did not have the courage nor the manhood to wait till scheduled date of pronounced death sentence for Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev; and had preponed the death sentence by eight hours.

At the time preponed time when Bhagat Singh was called by Jailer for hanging; Bhagat said “Wait for two minutes! I am reading last two pages of a book on Lenin. He was also a freedom fighter like me”. After completion of book he happily accompanied the Jailer towards the place where he was supposed to be hanged along with Rajguru and Sukhdev. There were only five people who were allowed to witness the execution; The Inspector General of Police, The Inspector General of Prison, and Lahore ’s Deputy Commissioner, Medical Officer and Superintendent of the Jail. One among the five asked:

“What was the reason for them to be so happy? “. For which Bhagat Singh said: “We three are going to be hanged in next few minutes. We are happy because each of you are very fortunate to witness us being hanged till death”.
Another asked Bhagat Singh: “You will be dead in next couple of minutes, then why do you consider us to be fortunate? “

For which Bhagat Singh replied: - “Out of thirty crore Indian’s, you are the fortunate five who are fortunate enough to see how three Indian’s are going to sacrifice there lives happly in service of there country! – Enjoy! “ [An answer given by a 23 years, 5 months 25 days boy]

More words seem irrelevant and unwarranted for…….Before, I let the silence take the centre stage to contemplate on such Indian sacrifice’s; Let this be a remainder that Bhagat Singh is death and we are alive but there is no difference between him and us. For, we are dead or will be considered to be dead if we don’t realize the need to know Indian History, It ’s struggles and it’s subtle sacrifices which it holds in it’s womb to be bestowed upon us – The Indian’s.

THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING HISTORY:

The importance of knowing Indian History is as important for as to the further of India. Again, Swami Vivekananda's words torrentially surfaces from highest possible echelons in the form of one of his replies written to Maharaja of Khetri { On March 4th, 1895 } where in he stress on the importance of knowing Indian History to its very subtleties:

“Nowadays everybody blames those who constantly look back to their past. It is said that so much looking back to the past is the cause of all India’s woes. To me, on the contrary, it seems that the opposite is true. So long as they forgot the past, the Hindu nation remained in a state of stupor; and as soon as they have begun to look into their past, there is on every side a fresh manifestation of life. It is out of this past that the future has to be moulded; this past will become the future “
Is it not!?

- Thanks
Rajhashekher BC - Raj
SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 2013




 

WORLD'S FIRST RELIGIOUS PARLIAMENT

EVERY MOMENT IS A NEW CHANCE

Every moment is a new chance
 


 - Swami Vivekananda
Reincarnation
(Delivered in Memphis on January 19, 1894: Reported in Appeal-Avalanche)

YOU HAVE IN YOU A THOUSAND TIME MORE THAN IS IN ALL THE BOOKS.

You have in you a thousand times more than is in all the books. Never lose faith in yourself, you can do anything in this universe. Never weaken, all power is yours.

- Swami Vivekanananda

INDIA WILL BE RAISED

Interesting Incidents from the Life of Swami Vivekananda – Part 1

Swamiji was not an ordinary person right from his childhood. Almost his whole life, starting from his childhood till his last day on earth, was full of many interesting and inspirational incidents, which not only teach us certain important lessons about life, but also inspire us. Here, I am presenting a series of unusual and interesting experiences of Swami Vivekananda and incidents from his life in his own words. I hope the readers will admire the series and learn from it.

Swamiji used to have a certain peculiar kind of experience when he went to sleep. Given under is the account in Swamiji’s own words:

Swami Vivekananda in Meditation

 

I used to see all my life a wonderful point of light between my eyebrows, as soon as I shut my eyes in order to go to sleep, and I used to observe attentively its various changes. So that it might be convenient to see it, I used to lie on my bed in the way people bow down touching the ground with their foreheads. The extraordinary point keep changing its colours and increasing in size, became gradually converted into the form of a ball, and bursting at last, covered my body from head to foot with white liquid light. As soon as that happened, I lost consciousness and fell asleep. I believed that all people went to sleep that way. I was long under that impression. When I grew up and began to practise meditation, that point of light used to come before me as soon as I closed my eyes, and then I concentrated my mind on it. In those days I daily practised meditation with a few friends according to the instructions of Maharishi Devendranath. We talked among ourselves about the nature of visions and experiences that each of us had. At that time I came to know from what they said that they never had the vision of such a light and that none of them went to sleep in that way.

OUR COUNTER - QUESTION HAS BEEN!!??

Are we then to go back to the days of the primitive caveman, the stone age! Our counter-question has been: Is the 24-hour cyber society created in the sci-tech era more natural, organic and humane than the bygone ages? Let us listen attentively to these philosophical truths of Swami Vivekananda uttered in London during the fall of 1896:

 

" As we increase our power to be happy, we also increase our power to suffer; and sometimes I am inclined to think that if we increase our power to become happy in arithmetical progression, we shall increase, on the other hand, our power to become miserable in geometrical progression. We who are progressing know that the more we progress, the more avenues are opened to pain as well as pleasure. And this is Maya.

- Swami Vivekananda
[ Swami Vivekananda - Leader of Sacred Nationhood ]

I SHALL MEDIATE ON THE HEART OF A LION. THAT GIVES STRENGTH.

Swamiji's first night at Camp Taylor [ Northern California ], May 2, 1900. I close my eyes and see him standing there in the soft blackness with sparks from the blazing log fire... flying through it and a day-old moon above. He was weary after a long lecture season, but relaxed and happy to be there. " We end life in the forest, " he said, " as we begin it, but with a world of experience between the two states." Later after a short talk, when we were about to have the usual mediation, he said: "You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall mediate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength." The bliss and power and peace of the meditation that followed could never be described.

- Swami Vivekananda
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