VISIT TODAY SARADA II Swamiji's letter to Rakhal (Swami Brahmananda) from Murree on 11 Oct, 1897

VISIT TODAY SARADA

Sri Sarada Devi

Ma Bhabatarini (Kali)

Swami Shivananda

BANERSHAR SHIVA LINGA

Swami Vivekananda

have from the start been similar to a legend - I need my work to be speedy like lightning, and firm as determined. In like manner, will I pass on too? Along these lines benevolently do my work for me - no inquiry of accomplishment or thrashing enters here by any stretch of the imagination. I have never withdrawn in a battle – will I now…? There are achievement and disappointment in each work. Yet, I am slanted to trust that one who is a defeatist will be brought into the world after death as a creepy crawly or a worm, that there is no salvation for a weakling even following a great many long stretches of retribution. All things considered, will I, all things considered, be conceived as a worm?... In my eyes, this world is minor play – and it will dependably stay such…. When I battle, I battle with braced flanks – that much I completely comprehend; and I additionally comprehend that man, that legend, that god, who says, "Couldn't care less, be bold. O bold one, here I am close by!" To such a man-god I offer a million welcome. Their quality refines the world, they are the guardian angels of the world. What's more, the other people who dependably howl, "Gracious, don't go ahead, there is this threat, there is that peril" – those dyspeptics – they generally tremble with dread. In any case, through the beauty of the Divine Mother, my brain is strong to the point that even the most awful dyspepsia will not make me a quitter. To weaklings what counsel will I offer? – nothing at all have I to state. In any case, this I want, that I should discover shield at the feet of those valiant spirits who set out to do incredible deeds despite the fact that neglected to succeed, of those legends who quailed not evaded, of those warriors who never ignored requests through dread or pride. I am the offspring of the Divine Mother, the wellspring of all power and quality. To me, recoiling, groveling, whimpering, debasing dormancy and damnation are one and a similar thing. O Mother of the Universe, O my Gurudeva, who might always say, "This is a legend!" – I supplicate that I might not need to bite the dust a weakling. This is my petition, O sibling. Absolutely, there is, or there will be brought into the world one equivalent to me; somebody or other will unquestionably emerge from these a great many enthusiasts of Shri Ramakrishna will's identity like me, and will's identity ready to comprehend me. 

(page.430-2, Vol.8, Swamiji's letter to Rakhal (Swami Brahmananda) from Murree on 11 Oct, 1897.)