The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 7/Inspired Talks/Friday, July 26
(RECORDED BY MISS S. E. WALDO, A DISCIPLE)
FRIDAY, July 26, 1895. (Brihadâranyakopanishad.)
Love all things only through and for the Self. Yâjnavalkya said to Maitreyi,
his wife, "Through the Atman we know all things." The Atman can never be the
object of knowledge, nor can the Knower be known. He who knows he is the
Atman, he is law unto himself. He knows he is the universe and its creator.
. . .
Perpetuating old myths in the form of allegories and giving them undue
importance fosters superstition and is really weakness. Truth must have no
compromise. Teach truth and make no apology for any superstition; neither
drag truth to the level of the listener.