Have only love in your heart for others. The more you see the good in them, the more you will establish good in yourself.
Interpretation
Cultivating love and positivity towards others enhances your own character and well-being.
This quote emphasizes the transformative power of love and positivity. Paramahansa Yogananda suggests that when you focus on the goodness in others, it not only fosters better relationships but also enriches your personal growth and moral character. Seeing the best in people helps in building a more compassionate and positive inner self, reflecting the idea that our perceptions significantly shape our reality.
In practice
This quote can inspire discussions on how love influences our relationships during a community meeting.
Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.
When, by meditation, we withdraw restless thoughts from the lake of the mind, we behold our soul, a perfect reflection of Spirit.
It is wisest to be impartial. If you have health, but are attached to it, you will always be afraid of losing it. And if you fear that loss, but become ill, you will suffer. Why not remain forever joyful in the Self?
From joy people are born; for joy they live; in joy they melt at death. Death is an ecstasy, for it removes the burden of the body and frees the soul of all pain springing from body identification. It is the cessation of pain and sorrow.
It is better to meditate a little bit with depth than to mediate long with the mind running here and there. If you do not make an effort to control the mind it will go on doing as it pleases, no matter how long you sit to meditate.
Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.
She was wearing a pair of my pajamas with the sleeves rolled up. When she laughed I wanted her again. A minute later she asked me if I loved her. I told her it didn't mean anything but that I didn't think so. She looked sad. But as we were fixing lunch, and for no apparent reason, she laughed in such a way that I kissed her.
Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.
And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.
He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.
Prayer in action is love, love in action is service.
Oh, they loved dearly: their souls kissed, they kissed with their eyes, they were both but one single kiss.
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