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.
The important thing is how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free from matter, body and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.
-Swami Vivekananda