Look At The Ocean And Not At The Wave – Understanding This Teaching Of Swami Vivekananda

One way of practicing ‘reverence for life’ is by taking to heart Swami Vivekananda’s teaching: ‘Look at the “ocean” and not at the “wave”.’ (Complete Works, 7.7). He explains that ‘although we appear as little waves, the whole sea is at our back, and we are one with it. No wave can exist of itself’. Further, he declares: ‘This whole universe is my body; all health, all happiness is mine, because

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