The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 8/Epistles - Fourth Series/CLXXII American Friend
CLXXII
To an American friend
SAN FRANCISCO,
7th April, 1900.
. . . I am more calm and quiet now than I ever was. I am on my own feet,
working hard and with pleasure. To work I have the right. Mother knows the
rest.
You see, I shall have to stay here, longer than I intended, and work. But
don't be disturbed. I shall work out all my problems. I am on my own feet
now, and I begin to see the light. Success would have led me astray, and I
would have lost sight of the truth that I am a Sannyasin. That is why Mother
is giving me this experience.
My boat is nearing the calm harbour from which it is never more to be driven out. Glory, glory unto Mother! I have no wish, no ambition now. Blessed be Mother! I am the servant of Ramakrishna. I am merely a machine. I know nothing else. Nor do I want to know. Glory, glory unto Shri Guru!