Divinity of Man
My ideal, indeed can be put into a
few words and that is: To preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make
it manifest in every moment of their life. Each soul is potentially divine. The
goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature, external and
internal. Do this either by work, or worship, or psychic control, or
philosophy
—by one, or more, or all of these and be free. This is the whole of
religion. Doctrines or dogmas, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are
but secondary details. Everything that is strong and good and powerful in human
nature is the outcome of that divinity, and though potential in many, there is
no difference between man and man essentially, all being alike divine. All
power is within you. Believe in that; do not believe that you are weak. Stand up and express the divinity within you. We are the children of the
Almighty; we are sparks of the infinite divine fire. How can we be nothings? We
are everything, ready to do everything; we can do everything, and man must do
everything. Our power, and blessedness, and wisdom, cannot but 79
and blessedness are ours, and we have not to acquire them; they are our own, and we have only to manifest them. Manifest the divinity within you, and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it. Infinite perfection is in every man, though
un-manifested.
Every man has in him the
potentiality of attaining to perfect saintliness, Rishi hood or to the greatness
of a hero in material discoveries. Man has infinite power within himself, and
he can realize it can be done; but you
do not believe it. To me the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and
ignorance. Infinite knowledge abides
within everyone in the fullest measure. You are not really ignorant, though you
may appear to be so. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you
will understand. This Atman is the same in all, there is only a difference of
manifestation in different individuals. Try to manifest this Atman, and you
will see your intellect penetrating into all subjects. With the manifestation
of the Atman you will find that science, philosophy, and everything will be
easily mastered. Arise, awake, sleep no more; within each of you there is the
power to remove all wants and all miseries. Believe this, and that power will
be manifested.
TO BE CONTINUE ……….
TO BE CONTINUE ……….