The Microcosm and the Macrocosm According
To Vivekananda
A Talk, by
Srimati Indra Makhija, JULY 3, 11AM
Lakeshore Interfaith
Institute
6676 122nd Ave Ganges
Mi. 49408
In New York in 1896 , Swami Vivekananda, delegate to the Parliament of
World Religions,
spoke these sublime words on the nature of the cosmos ;
"Everything that you see, feel, or hear, the whole universe, is His
Creation, or to be a little more accurate,
is His projection; or to be still more accurate, is the Lord Himself.
It is He who is shining as the sun and the stars,
He is the mother earth. He is the ocean Himself. He comes as gentle
showers,
He is the gentle air that we breathe in, and it is He who is working as
force in the body. He is the speech that is uttered,
He is the person talking. He is the audience that is here. He is the platform
on which I stand,
He is the light that enables me to see your faces. It is all He.
This is the mystery of the universe.
'Thou art the man, Thou art the woman,
Thou art the strong man walking in the pride of youth, Thou art the old
man tottering on crutches,
Thou art in everything. Thou art everything , O Lord'
This is the only solution of the Cosmos that satisfies the human intellect.
In one word
we are born of Him, we live in Him, and unto Him we return"