Message #46077

[Jitendra Hydonus]

This quote by Paramahansa Yogananda that I read today helps me understand how to respond to the activities of this thread;

“Two important aspects of right behavior are non-cooperation with the wrongdoings of loved ones and silent resistance by opposite spiritual actions. We should not stoop to incivilty, vulgarity and physical threats in trying to prevent the erroneous doings of those whom we love. We must remember that by adding our own impatience, anger or excitement to the ugliness expressed by them, we increase the power of discord in our dear ones. We unconsciously try to conquer inharmony by ourselves becoming inharmonious, and as fire increases, fire, so wrath increases wrath and discourtesy stimulates others incivility.”

~Paramahansa Yogananda