#16, A HUNDRED YEARS IS NOTHING TO HIM
Swamiji wrote in his book Raja Yoga, Chapter II, First Steps: "...The result of this branch of Yoga is to make men live long; health is the chief idea, the one goal of the Hatha-Yogi. He is determined not to fall sick , and he never does. He lives long; a hundred years is nothing to him..." BLOGGER'S VIEW Swamiji visited US the second time in 1899 to receive medical treatment for a number of diseases such as diabetes, heart problem, dyspepsia, neuresthenia, red spots on chest etc. Swamiji wrote to Mr. E.T. Sturdy on Sept. 14, 1899: "...Mrs. Johnson is of opinion that no spiritual person ought to be ill..." BLOGGER'S VIEW Mrs. Johnson seems to have blindly believed what Swamiji wrote in his book 'Raja Yoga'. LIST OF DISEASES SUFFERED BY VIVEKANANDA BETWEEN 1890 AND DEATH (1902): High fever, Vomiting, purging as in Cholera from Baranagore to his Guru's birth place. -- 22nd Feb. 1889, as per letter written to Shri Pramadadas Mishra. Very ill, fever...