Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

he who is ever-perfect [19] . It is like, whileclearing weeds and rubbish in a dilapidatedhouse, one comes across a fountain fitted witha pipe. It was lying covered by earth and reddust but as soon as they are removed, waterbegins to gush out.“They who have intense devotion do not say,‘Brother, I have lived on havishya for so long,but what have I gained?’ They who take upfarming for the first time, give up their land ifthey fail to get a crop. But a hereditary farmerwill persist in farming, whether there is a cropor not. Their ancestors have practiced farming,so they know that farming will bring themfood.“They who have intense devotion have real andsincere love for God. He takes their burden onHimself. When you are admitted to a hospital,the physician does not discharge you until youare cured.“They who are held by the Lord need have nofear. A boy who holds his father’s hand whilewalking on the balk of a field may fall if heloosens his grip for lack of caution. But if thefather is holding the hand of his son, he doesnot fall.”One talks only of God when one develops lovingdevotion – renunciation of the world and living as ahouseholder“What is not possible when one has faith in