Letters of Swami Vivekananda

There is no world. It is God Himself

To Mrs. Ole BullLucerne, Switzerland, 23 August 1896

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Dear Mrs. Bull,

… Now I am sure my part of the work is done, and I have no more interest in Vedanta or any philosophy in the world or the work itself. I am getting ready to depart to return no more to this hell, this world. Even its religious utility is beginning to pall me. May Mother gather me soon to Herself never to come back any more! These works, and doing good, etc., are just a little exercise to cleanse the mind. I had enough of it. This world will be world ever and always. What we are, so we see it. Who works? Whose work? There is no world. It is God Himself. In delusion we call it world. Neither I nor thou nor you — it is all He the Lord, all One. …

Yours in the Lord,

Vivekananda.

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