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THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS JNANAM -3 SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

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======================================================================== ======================================================================== 10/01/2020. [A Jnana-Yogam class delivered in New York, Wednesday, December 11, 1895, and recorded by Swami Kripananda] Post-3. ======================================================================== 1. There is no such thing as instinct; there is no such thing as nature separate from habit. Habit is one's second nature, and habit is one's first nature too. All that is in your nature is the result of habit, and habit is the result of experience. There cannot be any knowledge but from experience. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. So this baby must have had some experience too. This fact is granted even by modern materialistic science. It proves beyond doubt that the baby brings with it a fund of experience. It does not