Personality Development by Vivekananda

Man is Divine

Children of IMMORTAL BLISS – what a sweet, what a hopeful name! The children of God, sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. Ye Divinities on earth – sinners! It is a sin to call a man so; it is a standing libel on human nature. O lions,  Shake of the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; ye are not matter, ye are not bodies; matter is your servant, not you the servant to matters.

Even this world, this body and mind are superstitions; what infinite souls you are! And to be tricked by twinkling stars! It is a shameful condition. You are divinities; the twinkling stars owe their existence to you.

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. There is, as it were, an infinite ocean behind, and you and I are so many waves, coming out of that infinite ocean; and each one of us is trying his best to manifest that infinite outside. So, potentially, each one of us has that infinite ocean of Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss as our birthright, our real nature; and the difference between us is caused by the greater or lesser power to manifest that divine.

This infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality; and made to act upon itself makes of man a God.

Manifest the divinity within you, and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it.