Swami Vivekananda

Vivekananda  used to say, 
once a lioness was carrying her two cubs on the way and came upon a flock of sheep from a distance. 
She got a desire to prey upon them and started running towards the flock. Seeing her running, one of 

the cub too, joined her. The other cub was left behind and the lioness moved on, post preying upon 

the flock. One of the cub went with the lioness but the other cub was left behind, and was brought up 

by a mother sheep. He grew among the sheep, started speaking their language and adapted their ways 

of life. He used to sit, laugh and enjoy with them. The cub who went with the lioness, was a grown-

up now. Once, he happened to meet his brother and was shocked to see him. He thought in his mind,” 

He is a lion and is playing with sheep, talking like sheep. What is wrong with him? “He felt that his 

ego was at stake and went to talk to his brother. He said,” What are you doing, brother? You are a 

lion.” He gets a reply from his brother, “No, I am a sheep. I grew up with them. They have brought 

me up. Listen to my voice and the way I talk.” He said, “Come, I will show you, who you really are.” 

He took his brother to a well and told him to look in the water his own reflection, and asked him, if 

both of them had similar faces. “I am a lion, you, too, are a lion.” His brother’s self-esteem got 

awakened; he attained self-realization through this and even a lion brought up among sheep started 

roaring like a lion. His inner soul was awakened. Swami Vivekananda Ji used to say the same