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" It does not seem right that The Heavenly Father should allow so much misery in the world," a student remarked.

Paramahansaji replied: "No cruelty exists in God's plan, because in His eyes there is no good or evil- only pictures of light and shadows. The Lord intended us to view the dualistic scenes of life as He does Himself- the ever joyous Witness of a stupendous cosmic drama . Man has falsely identified himself with the pseudo-soul or ego. When he transfers his sense of identity to his true being, the immortal soul, he discovers that all pain is unreal. He no longer can even imagine the state of suffering."

The Guru added: " Great Masters who come to earth to help their bewildered brothers are permitted by God to share, on a certain level of their minds, the sorrows of mankind; but that sympathetic participation in human feelings does not disturb deeper levels of consciousness on which Saints experience only changeless beatitude. "
-Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
Inner Peace: How to Be Calmly Active and Actively Calm

If you cannot love your brother whom you have seen,how can you love God whom you have never seen ? You cannot be selective in your forgiveness,in your kindness,in your tolerance.If you can extend this charitable nature to an impossible person,then you will know that it is possible to extend it towards everyone.

~ Swami Chidananda

AN INSTRUMENT OF THY PEACE/Swami Chidananda in the West

"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 'Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."

Matthew 7:1-5

["In my opinion, when you judge others, then that internal judging voice also judges yourself. When you have a heart filled with love and compassion and wisdom, then you do not judge, because a heart filled with love and compassion and wisdom is a heart filled with God. A heart filled with judgment is a heart filled with separation, which is what "sin" means. It arises when we do not see that God created us, that God exists within our hearts, and that God sustains us. When we realize this, then there is no separation. Then there is gratitude, & love." -Heather Havey]

'There are no chains like hate...
Dwelling on your brother's faults
Multiplies your own.
You are far from the end of your journey.'
~ Buddha

You should run a thousand miles from such expressions as: “I was right.” “They had no reason to do this to me.” “The one who did this to me was wrong.” God deliver us from this poor way of reasoning. Does it seem to be right that our good Jesus suffered so many insults and was made to undergo such injustice? — Saint Teresa of Avila, Way of Perfection

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