I Am It! I Am It!

 I have no fear nor death; I never hunger or thirst. I am It! I am It!

The Whole of nature cannot crush me; it is my servant.

Assert thy strength, thou Lord of lords and God of gods!

Regain thy lost empire!

Arise and walk and stop not!!

Vivekananda ( What he would tell himself in the height of depression, when he felt like giving up)

Vivekananda tells us in Practical Vedanta and Other Lectures...to speak  to ourselves in this way when we are feeling small and powerless...succumbing to depression or this idea of 'death'. 

Thus, whenever darkness comes, assert the reality and everything adverse must vanish.

Help thyself out by thyself...

Get hold of the Self, then. Stand up. Don't be afraid. In the midst of all miseries and all weakness, let the Self come out, faint and imperceptible though it be at first. You will gain courage, and at last like a lion you will roar out, "I am it!  I am It!". I am neither a man, nor a woman, nor a god, nor a demon; nor any of the animals, plants, or trees.  I am neither poor or rich, neither learned or ignorant. All these things are very little compared with what I am: for I am It! Behold the sun and the moon and the stars: I am the light that is shining in them! I am the beauty of the fire! I am the power of the universe! For, I am It! I am It!

Whoever thinks that I am little makes a mistake, for the Self is all that exists because I declare it does. Without me they cannot remain, for I am Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss Absolute- ever happy, ever pure, ever beautiful. Behold the sun is the cause of our vision but is not itself ever affected by any defect in the eyes of anyone; even so am I.  I am working through all organs, working through everything, but never does the good and evil of work attach  to me. For me there is no law, nor karma. I own the laws of Karma. I ever was and ever am....

My real pleasure was never in earthly things-in husbnad, wife, children, and other things. For I am like the infinite blue sky: clouds of many colours pass ove rit and play for a second; they move off, and there is the same unchangeable blue. Happiness and misery, good and evil, may envelope for a moment, veiling the Self; but I am still there. They pass away because they are changeable. I shine, because I am unchangeable. If misery comes, I know it is finite, therefore it must die. If evil comes, I know it is finite, it must go. I alone am infinite and untouched by anything. For I am the Infinite, that Eternal, Changeless Self."

This is so beautiful and wise.  I'll come back to it again but for now just soak it in.

All is well.

Vivekananda ( n.d.) 2.6 Practical Vedanta and Other Lecture. Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda. Kindle Edition