Short Story: The Vedanta master talks about Vedanta, but is almost upstaged, by his having God in his audience

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A renowned Vedanta master had been asked to give a talk about his religion at the local library. Here is what the great Swami Jeddhakakanda said: "Vedanta is a philosophy written about in the Vedas, and they are ancient scriptures of India. Vedanta tells us that we are divine, because, within us, God also is existing. In Vedanta, we try to connect to God within us. The Kingdom of God is really within us, but this does not mean you should search for God within, unless you search within that Kingdom of God within yourself. This is a point, often missed by most teachers Searching through thoughts, dreams, feelings, and anything but that true Kingdom of God, found in your heart still ultimately is keeping you outside of that Kingdom within, and in that thought, feeling, or dream, instead. In Vedanta, we refer to God as, “Brahman'” God is infinite, and a oneness of himself too. The word “Brahman” means unlimited too. We refer to something that we call the "is-ness", or the "I", which is in all things. It is this "I", this "is-ness" which is eternal, as it is the part of God that is within us too, and which exists within everything created by God, as well. Now, within the Vedanta Philosophy is a vast quantity of knowledge that can be read and explored. And yet, doing this only on its own, these books of vast wisdom, often miss out on mentioning love, which is the energy animator of all things created, and the "is-ness", or our "I", never comes to life, but stays as the thing itself, until you include love in your own "is-ness", or more live from that love, that is already there, put there by God, for you to live from. We call our soul, an Atman. It is a consciously, self-aware, limitless, non-dual part of you, that operates best on the energy of God's love. Every person has such a soul. It is your "is-ness", your "I". Your soul was created by God, from his word entering matter as love, and as such, you are not God, but a part of his creation, kept alive by his love, and his word, living alive in you as you. "The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being, and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being." Swami Vivekananda, (1863 to 1902)the great Hindu Saint said this. Now, my own idea differs from his, as his idea jells with that saying of having too many chiefs, and not enough Indians. In God's Kingdom, the real truth is that there is only one chief, who is God. We are all his Indians, but we can almost approach him in our aware consciousness, knowledge, and wisdom, but never can we love, as perfectly as which he loves. We are a shadow of God, not the light of itself." Everybody, listening to his talk, were well satisfied with what he had said, except for one old man, sitting up the back, of the room. He stood up at the end of the talk, and he said: "I am God, who are you?" He then left, vacating through the back door, of the library, before the good Swami, could prepare his answer for such an astonishing question. After a few minutes, of waiting anticipation by the gathered audience, the Swami then added this closing remark, before he also exited the room too. The Swami started to laugh loudly, and happily. "I am blessed today to have God in my audience, and if we all recognised God as being within ourselves, and within our lives, we would then know who we are too, not God exactly, but our own true selves, living within God's kingdom, that exists within ourselves. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com Picture: The Swami threw up his arms, and laughed heartedly.