Message #43149

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Eric I appreciate your supportive comments above. You have been here and active for more years than anyone. I’ve only been here longer because it was Nicky and I who created this site and stayed on (even after her transition) lol …. I have met many Kriyabans like ‘this body’ with many other beliefs unlike my own. Perhaps he has close friends who follow his guru ( I really don’t know) So I’ve learned to accept them as my own brothers and sisters as Paramahansa Yogananda asked us to do, despite our surface differences. Even when spending time with Amma I found many devotees with similar tastes and others with very few other than a love for God. We all have to balance our interests with our world views and need to show tolerance. Sooner or later we all go through that spiritual lesson. Otherwise we may be placed in an incarnation specifically having a life resembling those we have difficulties tolerating and tolerating us. We aren’t here to please everyone but we certainly can show an appreciation for their views otherwise what have we achieved spiritually speaking?

I was privy to some important lessons that Paramahansa Yogananda lived and expressed as an example even personal ones that no one that I know ever spoke of except I met people that were with the Master and he was exceptionally tolerant of others, and their widely differing views. Especially meetings with them and in his encounters with them, with his long hair and Hindu garb in the early 1900’s in this country. I find that this body has a very strong connection with his guru and who initiated him. That is admirable and eventually we hope to hear his teachings and experiences with them if he so chooses.