Well, "let the games continue", Steve... I was meaning to pitch in in a way, but never mind. Seems you didn't get it: Your "Fuhrer" (Trump) was on a way to make the world saner when he was president, I think. But who am I to judge? (Nothing to do with Eric or his opinions.)
Should WW-III break out, which the US may be well under way to foster, together with all their minions and vassal countries, your "Fuhrer" might be the only one to revert that, IMO. - I expressed these views already. So no need to go into it any deeper now.
As for recording Yogananda in historicity, it seems you got some things wrong:
1. He did praise Hitler and Mussolini as masterminds in the early 1930s.
The archives of "East-West Magazine" are still online to read for anyone.
Also see this. The interview in question recorded in
the Feb. 1934 issue of East-West can be downloaded here for further study!
2. He did not "warn Hitler", even though there are records of his purported "trying to do so" later in the 1930s. Why would he have done so in the first place, if he wasn't convinced, he'd be speaking to a "sane being" (see quotation below)?
"Hitler is to be admired for leaving the League of Nations because peace can never be attained by the victor and vanquished attitude, but on a basis of equality and brotherhood. Instead of preventing Hitler from having equal armament with other nations, the other nations should reduce the armaments to the level of Germany, then the millions of dollars that are thrown away on idle battleships could be used for national or international prosperity. America, France, and Great Britain should reduce their armaments first, and thereby destroy the desire of Japan, Russia, and Germany to become equally armed. An insulted, snubbed Germany, if it gets away from the uplifting guidance of Hitler, may join Russia and make her a more powerful enemy of France and so on. The Allies must reduce their own armaments first, and then they will find out that the example speaks louder than words."
Swami Yogananda. "Christmas message to the Nations of the Earth". East-West Magazine, December, 1933, p. 25.The next year, when Yogananda toured Germany, he tried to have an interview with Hitler. Hitler declined. Also, Hitler desired to be not just equally armed -
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Of course, apologetically one can justify anything in hindsight with "God's law of justice". - To me this often seems nothing else than a hoot, though.
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Brother UWE is this your way of “justifying anything?” Including the psychopathic egomania of Fuhrer Trump and the pandering megalomania he has given to all despots like himself, since acting out a role he could not play and his pathetic remarks, including the most recent one for his opponents to “rot in hell” in his recent Christmas message.
Paramahansa Yogananda may have given the proper advice at the time. And may have been right in his assessment since Germany under Hitler did join Japan and not Russia but Italy to compete with its adversaries.
No apologies in hindsight here friend; I’m only attempting to understand. I was never for the huge military build up of the Reagan years either. It is not such a black and white issue as you appear to portray here. One thing is certain though… you have proved that Masters indeed have taken part in their views of worldly issues, although their main focus is spirituality which I hope will be ours as well.
https://apple.news/AF_8JKhv9TQi4avABfUNZ-Yogananda’s Opinions About the Nazis
February 7, 2013
Question
All my life i have always felt a deep ache in my heart because of what happened to the Jews (and others) in during the Holocaust in Germany.
I am very much interested to find out about Master's opinion on Hitler and Nazi Germany. I am sure that he was aware of the happenings and knew about the execution of millions of innocent people.
I once read somewhere that Master often cried at nights because of the cruel nightmare which was taking place in Germany. Is this true? (Unfortunately i cant find this article anymore). It would be so nice to know that Master felt compassion for these people and "stood up" against Hitler and the Nazis in some way or another.
—Carina, Germany
Answer
Carina, you are not alone in feeling deep compassion and hurt for the sufferings of so many people. That such a thing should happen is almost impossible to understand, especially for us today.
The workings of karma are strange and hard to fathom. As Krishna says to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, “weep not, Arjuna, for the soul is indestructible and you and I and these have been through many lives.”
That such atrocities should awaken compassion and mercy and a firm resolution to never permit this again is one of the spiritual blessings of the sufferings such souls went through. For better or worse it played a major role in establishing the Jewish state of Israel.
Master made an attempt to have an interview with Adolph Hitler in 1935 when Master toured there and went to Bavaria to see Therese Neumann.
Master had hoped to awaken Hitler’s interest (when he was Alexander the Great in a past life) in the Indian teachings with a mind to soften the blow of Hitler’s karma and that of Germany and the Jews and many others. He said that he even put into Hitler’s mind, later, during WW II, the thought to invade Russia and thus hasten his own demise and the end of the war.
Yes, of course he felt pangs of suffering. I do not recall any specific references but you can be certain he was keenly aware. As a true Master he also knows that suffering in this world cannot be avoided; that it’s divine purpose is to awaken us to seek lasting happiness where it only can be found: within; in the state of superconsciousness, with God alone.
He was strongly for the war effort to defeat Hitler and Japan. He saw the war as punishment for the greed and exploitation of Western countries in general, as well. He saw that the war would mark the beginning of the end of Western colonialism. He saw the cause of Allies as a righteous cause and that America would come out of the war in a role and position of unprecedented power and opportunity to help rebuld the war torn nations and economies.
So, yes, rest assured the Master’s heart was as big as the “world”. But he would not have spent a lot of energy condemning Hitler or anyone. He always did his best to encourage all people to be better.
Off hand, I don’t recall him “standing up to Hitler” in any specific words or speeches, but I can assure you he spoke out strongly for the cause of defeating Hitler and all that he represented. War is always a mixed bag, bringing out both cruelty and nobility in combatants and noncombatants alike.
Blessings to you,
Nayaswami Hriman
Paramahansa Yogananda also said to never think you can use non-violence with Hitler or Stalin like Gandhi did with the British. The British were gentleman unlike the behavior of Adolph Hitler and Stalin.
