Lastly, a separate inquiry, did not Yogananda curse his sister as a child? I believe I read that in the beginning of AoY.
Paramahansa Yogananda was not a Master or self realized as a child. His enlightenment came later in life when he was with Swami Yukteswar.
In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by sometimes taking ourselves to task. When the self says, 'O no, I must not be treated like this,' then we say, 'What does it matter?' When the self says, 'He ought to have done this, she ought to have said that,' we say, 'What does it matter, either this way or that way? Every person is what he is; you cannot change him, but you can change yourself.' That is the crushing ... It is only in this way that we can crush our ego. —
~Hazrat Inayat Khan
So, in the video he mentions that before being sent to work in the back of the ashram he was already working in the front of house. Could it be that the boys were already familiar with Yogananda, which is why they flocked to him in the back? No doubt he offers us much wisdom. I'm just wondering aloud. For example, if I have a respected colleague who works specific duties- then my boss decides to put him somewhere else, I would still go to him versus the new guy. See what I mean???
If the ‘new guy’ understood that you might go to the ‘respected colleague’ then it would be ok. But in the case of Yogananda’s story the ‘new guy’ complained. In the same way I could tell stories about others who have been here at the portal and they complained but not react or be affected by those who were part of the story. Their lessons in life may not be mine.
