A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

""""""SWAMI S REPLY TO THE ADDRESSES. 73First, let us be gods and then help others to be gods.not man is44Be and make/ Let this be our motto. Sayao sinner. Tell him that he is a god. Even if there werea devil, it would be our duty to remember God always andnot the devil.If the room is dark, the constant feeling and complaining of the darkness will not take it off. But bring in thelight.Let us know that all that is allnegative,that isdestructive, all that is mere criticism, is bound to passaway ; it is the positive, the affirmative, the constructivethat is immortal, that will remain for ever. Let us saywe are" and "God is,"and "We are God,""Sivoham,"Sivoham,"and march on. Not matter but spirit.Allthat has name and form is subject to all that has none.This is the eternal truth the Srutis preach. Bring in thelight, the darkness will vanish of itself. Let the lion ofVedanta roar, the foxes will fly to their holes. Throw theideas broadcast, and let the result take care of itself. Letus put the chemicals together, the crystallizationwill takeits own course. Bring forth the power of the spirit andpour it over the length and breadth of India,is necessary will come by itself.and all thatManifest the divinity within you, and everything willbe harmoniously arranged around it. Remember theillustration ofIndraand"Virochanain the Veclas ;both were taught their divinity, but the Asura Virochanatook his body for his God. Indra, being a Deva, understood that the Atmaii was meant. You are the childrenof Indra. You are the descendants of the Devas. Mattercan never be your God ; body can never be yourGod.India will be raised not with the power of the flesh,but with the power of the spirit ;not with the flag of