Medical studies show that gratitude strengthens our immune system. Kindness requires that we share what we receive gratitude requires that we be thankful for what we are given. The second key attitude of the heart to develop is gratitude. Give them kindness and watch your heart soften and expand. Every day try to find a way to be kind to a stranger or to someone with whom you have personal difficulties. He took back the money from the man who had hidden it in the ground and gave no more money to the man who had used his selfishly, but to the man who had helped others he gave more money so that he could continue to do so.Īlways try to share God’s kindness with others. When the overlord who had given them the money returned, he asked each of them what they had done with their money. And the third used his money to help others. In the Christian Bible there is a parable of three men who were each given the same amount of money. It is a divine law that what we hoard, we begin to lose, but when we share what we receive with others, we are given more. If we don’t share it, God’s kindness towards us will diminish. Those of us who have received God’s kindness have an obligation to share it with others. There are people in our lives who need our kindness even more than they need food without love, their spirits will begin to collapse. “Today,” he said, still weeping, “I felt the love of a father.” As an orphan, he had yearned to know the love and protection of a father. He told one of the ashram members that he had been an orphan and, while growing up, had lived on the streets and barely survived. The young man was so deeply moved that he wept. Despite the young man’s protests, Kriyananda insisted on buying a table for him. When Kriyananda suggested that the young man could work more easily if he had a massage table, the young man answered that he worked two jobs to support his family and could not afford a massage table. During his last years, international travel was hard on his body, and once, upon his arrival in India, a young man came to the ashram and gave him an excellent massage while he lay on a bed. Swami Kriyananda, like Yogananda, always gave kindness. Paramhansa Yogananda said, “When I see someone who is unhappy, I shoot him with the buckshot of my smiles.” He always gave kindness whether or not the circumstances supported it. One of the purest ways to express love is by kindness, especially to people who carry a heavy emotional burden and aren’t able to give kindness in return. Love can be expressed in different ways, but we want to recommend two specific aspects of love: kindness and gratitude. We need to find a way to bring these three elements-heart, hands, and mind-into everything we do. She said that “the heart is to love, the mind is to think of God, and the hands are to serve with humility.” To spiritualize daily life, it’s not enough to meditate and then become absorbed in the busyness of the day. When we recently visited the tomb of Mother Teresa in Calcutta, we learned of something she said that is pertinent to all devotees. Help share Yogananda’s teachings of yoga and meditation everywhere.Ananda is a global spiritual movement, based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, who showed how everyone can realize God in their daily lives as a tangible, loving reality.Join our global community from wherever you are.8 communities, 45 teaching centers, and 102 meditation groups.Transform your life through joyful service, yoga and meditation at Ananda Village.Step away from your busy life for a few days take time to be still and refresh your soul.Wednesday, May 24 12:00 am - Friday, August 18 12:00 am
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