Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

what is within himself. Gold lies hidden insidehim. When he knows that the Lord resideswithin, he will give up all his activities and callupon Him with a yearning heart.”Thakur stands talking to M., sometimes pacingthe verandah back and forth.Spiritual practice – to quell the storm and tempest of‘lust and greed’Sri Ramakrishna —To know what is inside, alittle spiritual practice is needed.M. — Will one always have to performspiritual practices?Sri Ramakrishna — No, in the beginning youmust be up and doing, but you don’t have towork so hard later on. As long as there arestorms, tempests and rough water, the boat hasto be steered along zigzag routes; so long doesthe boatman stand and hold the rudder – but heno longer does so when he is past them. Whenthe boat rounds a bend and a favourable windblows, he can sit down and relax and just touchthe rudder. Then he prepares to hoist the sailand sits down for a smoke. There is peace whenthe storm and tempest of ‘lust and greed’ pass.Sri Ramakrishna and essence of yoga – fall fromyoga – state of yoga – steady and unwavering like theflame of a lamp in a windless place – obstacle in yoga“Some people show signs of yoga. But even