“We must love others not for their human personalities, but because they are manifestations of God, Who dwells equally in all.
Never imagine that you can win God’s love if you can’t win the love of your fellow creatures. As you love Him, so should you love Him in all. Whenever you see wrong in others and are distressed by it, remember, it’s wrong with you. When you are right inwardly, all things are right, for you see everything as part of God. You then accept all things as they are, without judgment, and look with kindness and sympathy on everyone no matter how foolish.
You can’t love God and at the same time be unkind to your associates. You can’t love Him and be full of wrath. How you behave toward others both reflects your inner consciousness and conditions it.
Never imagine that you can win God’s love if you can’t win the love of your fellow creatures. As you love Him, so should you love Him in all.”
The Essence of Self-Realization – The Wisdom of Paramhansa Yogananda, Recorded and compiled by his disciple, Kriyananda (J. Donald Walters), p. 184-5.
