2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa
[Now a Centre of the international Ramakrishna Math and Mission]
DAILY READINGS
Selected from Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji.
Day 814
This body is made out of thought. I don't know if you've thought about that. The whole body is thought - a particular pattern [of vibration]. So when you can just let out this thought, it changes the whole environment, it transforms. It transforms each cell. That's why, if a man is worshipping God, you'll find inside him the whole system is harmonious. And wherever he goes, automatically the place becomes harmonious because this thing starts vibrating.
Positive is always strong because it's not haphazard. So as he stands there automatically everything comes right. This positive vibration, vibrating in such a way that all 'disharmonised' vibrations become harmonized. That thing [the negative] can't make this positive [into] disharmony. The harmonious vibration is always stronger or positive thought is stronger than negative. So if man can always just be positive, be good, do good - that's what Buddha said - then naturally everything will become good and you will do good.
Therefore the highest term: if you can just be positive, you don't [even] need God because positive, the supremely positive thing is God. There's nothing better than that. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa said the same thing. He said, 'I have to come down so many steps [from superconsciousness] and then only can I say AUM'. [Swamiji chuckles]. Because when he becomes That [one with the Universal consciousness - Brahman] how can he say AUM? He's already positive. But when he comes down and when he comes to thought level to remind himself of that, then he'll say AUM.
So that's why you can automatically think that everything is permeated by God, even you are permeated by God. Wherever you go you'll be a blessing. Mobile blessing you will be. Wherever you go it'll be blessed. So that's the idea – to always be good, positive. And it's easy. Believe you me, it's easy. You got into the habit of thinking negatively, so all the time we slip back to negative. Instead of saying "don't", you must say "do". Tell the opposite (of the negative). Like you can say "Don't hate" but say instead, "Please love." Love, love, love, love. Positive. Instead of saying "don't", say "do". Supposing a man is going to commit suicide and you don't want him to commit suicide, you tell him, you remind him, "What about your wife and children? What about your brothers and sisters? They are very good people." Slowly fire up (the positive) without telling him, "Don't commit suicide." Put a positive thought always. Show him - instead of disharmony, what is harmony. And once you do that he'll find the harmony himself.
1) Care should be taken by the reader to understand and take Swamiji's words in these postings, in context. Every teaching or instruction that he gave was specific to the people who were with Swamiji at the time.
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For more about the Holy Trinity, and also the founding Swamis of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, please mouse over their names below:
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - read online
Reference websites - please mouse over the name and click to connect:
Ramakrishna Math and Mission Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa Ramakrishna Dham
