Swami Vivekananda on the Hidden Power

Vivekananda once said something striking:

Every human being is like a huge power plant, but most of us are using it to light just one small bulb.

We feel tired, limited and ordinary not because we lack power, but because most of our energy is asleep.

Vivekananda explained Kundalini not as a mystical snake, but as stored energy.

Think of a tightly compressed spring. It’s full of force but until it starts to uncoil, nothing happens.

That’s how most of us live.

Our energy is spent on:

This is low-voltage living.

When the mind becomes calm, focused, and disciplined,
that stored energy begins to rise.

As it moves upward:

At lower levels, we chase security.
At higher levels, we create, serve and understand unity.

Eventually, the feeling of separation drops.

Vivekananda had a powerful insight about genius.

He said people like Newton or Edison weren’t special because they were smarter, they were special because a surge of energy reached the brain.

In those moments, truth wasn’t discovered step-by-step. It was seen all at once.

That flash is what we call insight, creativity,or realization.

Vivekananda was very practical.

He warned: Power without purity damages the system.

So he emphasized three things:

1. Clean the wires
Your nerves are the wires. Anger, stress, excess and ego burn them.

2. Concentration
Focus compresses energy. One task. One point. Full attention.

3. Lift the energy upward
When strong emotions arise, don’t suppress them. Redirect them towards clarity, work or service.

You don’t need to become mystical. You need to become integrated.

When energy is conserved, focused and purified, the same human being begins to live at a completely different level.

You are not weak. You are under-powered.

And awakening is not adding something new – it is switching on what is already there.