Swami Vivekananda was a great admirer of Jesus Christ. We find his heartfelt adoration of this Messiah spread throughout his Works. This booklet contains a lecture delivered by him on Christ at Los Angeles in 1900.
Some people are so afraid of losing their individuality. Wouldn't it be better for the pig to lose his pig-individuality if he can become God? Yes. But the poor pig does not think so at the time. Which state is my individuality? When I was a baby sprawling on the floor trying to swallow my thumb? Was that the individuality I should be sorry to lose? Fifty years hence I shall look upon this present state and laugh, just as I now look upon the baby state. Which of these individualities shall I keep?
-Swami Vivekananda