http://www.smoking-mirrors.com/2020/03/the-coming-of-higher-self-objects-in.html

SNIP:

Every morning, first thing, I go to one of the books from Swami Vivekananda's Complete Works. I'm reading it for the second time now and there will be a third. How anyone could read some way into his writings and not be committed to reading them for the rest of their lives is beyond me. I'm on the second volume, which starts off with the book, “Jnana Yoga” at the end of the chapter titled “The Necessity of Religion”.

One needs to remember, when it comes to Swami Vivekananda, the time period he lived in and the culture he was a member of, when we consider the term, 'religion'. I try to cut him some slack in that regard, given how I view the word, given how 'religion' has been exercised over the course of long history.

This morning I was reading a passage and I thought that perhaps I would post it for the benefit of those readers who are seeking in metaphysical regions. I usually read passages of similar length or a page or two longer. Cutting to the chase, here you go;

“It has been said that too much attention to things spiritual disturbs our practical relations in this world. As far back as in the days of the Chinese sage Confucius, it was said, "Let us take care of this world: and then, when we have finished with this world, we will take care of other world." It is very well that we should take care of this world. But if too much attention to the spiritual may affect a little our practical relations, too much attention to the so-called practical hurts us here and hereafter. It makes us materialistic.