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Oneness is the secret of everything except turtles

Here is a quote of Swami Vivekananda found on the website of the Government of Gujarat, : http://vivekananda.gujarat.gov.in/quotes.aspx. All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. Swami Vivekananda ybrems *If oneness is the secret of everything, how could Vivekananda find a difference between American turtles and Indian turtles? How could he distinguish between chicken and ice creams? How could he distinguish between cigars and hari-bhari luchies? Swami Vivekananda in his letter dated 12th Dec. 1901 (six months before his death), wrote to Ms. Christina Greenstidel ( Christine ), from Belur Math. This is our best season for eating turtles, but they are all black. The green [ones] can only be found in America. Alas! I am prevented from the taste of meat. ... ". Or did Vivekananda lose his philosophy of oneness of the world philosophy? *If oneness is the secret of everything, how could Vivekananda find a difference