This booklet comprises of class talks given by Swami Vivekananda to an intimate audience in America. Here the subject of practical spirituality in the form of Raja Yoga is presented in a very lucid and succinct form, offering many valuable hints and directions for spiritual practice. The book is thus designed to be a precious and authoritative guide for all serious students of practical religion.
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