LETTER NO. 28
Dear.................*
The older I grow, the more I see behind the
idea of the Hindus that man is the greatest of all beings. So say the
Mohammedans too. The angels were asked by Allah to bow down to Adam. Iblis did
not, and therefore he became Satan. This earth is higher than all heavens; this
is the greatest school in the universe; and the Mars or Jupiter people cannot
be higher than we, because they cannot communicate with us. The only so-called
higher beings are the departed, and these are nothing but men who have taken
another body. This is finer, it is true, but still a man-body, with hands and
feet, and so on. And they live on this earth in another Âkâsha, without being
absolutely invisible. They also think, and have consciousness, and everything
else like us. So they also are men, so are the Devas, the angels. But man
alone becomes God; and they all have to become men again in order to become God.
. . .
Ever yours with blessings,
VIVEKANANDA.
*[You may treat these
letters as if addressed to you]
SOURCE: The Complete
Works of Swami Vivekananda,
Volume-5
[Epistles-First Series]
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