– One For each Day of the Month –
by Paramhansa Yogananda
(All quotes are from his magazines, earlier than Dec. 1942)
We read in the Autobiography of a Yogi:
“He [Sri Yukteswar] fitted the Vedic definition of a man of God: ‘Softer than the flower, where kindness is concerned; stronger than the thunder, where principles are at stake.’… Everyone found in Master an equal courtesy and kindness. To a man who has realized himself as a soul, not the body or the ego, the rest of humanity assumes a striking similarity of aspect.”
Each day let us practice the strength of kindness and of universal friendship. You may take the following quotes of Yogananda as your inspiration.
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Day 1
HEALING OLD WOUNDS
A small flower tinged with affection,
or a word fragrant with kindness,
can do much to patch up old wounds.
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Day 2
THE DIVINE LAW
Kindness is the law
of the spiritual world.
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Day 3
TRUE GREATNESS
Making others happy
through kindness of speech
and sincerity of right advice
is a sign of true greatness.
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Day 4
AT HOME
Practice kindness at home first
and you will win everybody
by your magnetic aura of kindness.
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Day 5
LIP-CONTROL
Seal your lips, stop unkindness
in thought action, and speech,
and win your mate
by silently offering continuous kindness.
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Day 6
A GREATER POWER
By genuine kind words,
show that your kindness
is more powerful
than the other person’s ugliness.
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Day 7
WHEN MISUNDERSTOOD
I will always hold the unfading torchlight
of continuous kindness in the hearts of those
who misunderstand me.
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Day 8
LEARNING TO LOVE GOD
Those who fill their hearts with unkindness
can never learn to love God,
for God is love.
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Day 9
THE TRANSFORMING RESPONSE
Shame unkindness
with kindness.
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Day 10
IN FAMILY
Put on your best dress suit of kindness
and proper behaviorism
with your mate and children first.
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Day 11
FOR WIFES
Most wives add the chili sauce
of burning words and unkindness
to the inwardly-penitent, erring husband.
That results in open rebellion.
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Day 12
DURING SEPARATION
If it is necessary to part company,
do so in kindness and understanding,
and seal your lips forever
from unkind recriminations.
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Day 13
FOR EMPLOYEES
Tolerate a cranky employer
by increasing your kindness and courtesy
and internally utterly ignoring his rash behavior.
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Day 14
KILLING HIM SOFTLY
Even if your love is rejected,
do not be unlady-like.
Kill him with kindness.
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Day 15
LEAVING THE SCENE
Under no circumstances be unkind;
give them a chance to behold
your dazzling, blinding kindness
by going far away.
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Day 16
CREATING A BETTER WORLD
Sincere kindness and sweet, courteous words
accomplish much good
and bring happiness and peace.
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Day 17
WHEN THE PARTNER DRAWS AWAY
If you feel that you are losing the love of someone,…
give out more love, understanding, and kindness.
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Day 18
DIVINE MOTHER’S KINDNESS
The invisible Spirit took Thy shape,
a visible Mother Divine,
in whom throbs the heart of all-protecting,
mothering kindness.
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Day 19
SWEET WORDS, DEEDS, AND BOOKS
Practice kindness and sweetness
in word and deed.
Keep your minds engaged
by reading good books.
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Day 20
THE HEALING BALM
Teach me to cure anger-wounds
by the salve of self-respect
and the balsam of kindness.
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Day 21
A CALM INNER LAKE
Command the lake of my kindness
ever to remain undisturbed
by the waves of misery-making anger-storms.
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Day 22
A TRUE LEGACY
Some people vibrate kindness
and you love them immediately.
Such vibrations are eternal
and leave permanent marks in you.
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Day 23
THE INSPIRED ANSWER
Reverse wrong thoughts in others
by kindness, not criticism.
Don’t criticize anyone except yourself.
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Day 24
CHRIST WITHIN YOU
The Christ is being resurrected within you
when you do good deeds and kindnesses,
and when you meditate.
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Day 25
THE BOOMERANG EFFECT
According to the law of cause and effect,
if one is used to judging others with kindness,
he receives the same treatment in return
from Truth.
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Day 26
A LIGHT IN THE WORLD
I will dispel the darkness of disharmony
by the light of my silent
but unceasing kindness.
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Day 27
A PRAYER
Formless, all-pervading Mother Divine,
come to me in the form of tangible kindness,
and take me away from the shores of sadness.
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Day 28
DIVINE SERVICE
Today I will help someone establish
a temple of devotion in his own soul,
so that God may eternally dwell there
as kindness and understanding.
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Day 29
DIVINE REWARD
You find God is your beloved.
You get all the love and kindness
in the whole world.
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Day 30
HIGHER MATHEMATICS
Give kindness and love,
and kindness and love
will be returned to you.
You always get back what you give out.
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Day 31
TRUE VICTORY
It is a victory to win someone
by kindness and love.
You can always win
even if you don’t win.
You win before the eyes of God.
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Daily:
Fools fight.
Friends discuss their differences.