Like Vivekananda and Nag Mahasaya (both disciples of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa), people must be urged by the thirst to know the Creator behind Creation, the person behind the puppets. Nag Mahasaya started from the attitude of Dasoham (I am the servant), and he made himself so small by shrinking his individuality that he was able to wriggle out of the shackles of delusion and escape into the Universal Eternal Truth. Vivekananda, on the other hand, started from the attitude of Soham (I am He); he made himself so vast and grand that he broke the shackles and merged with the Supreme Sovereign Truth. When you have earned that Jnana (wisdom) of the identity of your reality with the reality behind the Universe, maya (illusion) cannot affect you. The fly sits on all objects, fair and foul, but it does not sit on fire, for it will be scorched to death. – Divine Discourse, Oct 04, 1965