Excerpts from Paramahansa Yogananda's Book,
WHERE THERE IS LIGHT'

The world as a whole has forgotten the real meaning of the word love.Love has been so abused and crucified by man that very few people know what true love is. Just as oil is present in every part of the olive, so love permeates every part of creation. But to define love is very difficult, for the same reason that words cannot fully describe the flavor of an orange. You have to taste the fruit to know its flavor. So with love.


In the universal sense, love is the divine power of attraction in creation that harmonizes, unites, binds together...Those who live in tune with the attractive force of love achieve harmony with nature and their fellow beings, and are attracted to blissful reunion with God.


"Ordinary love is selfish, darkly rooted in desire and satisfactions." (Sri Yukteswar said). "Divine love is without condition, without boundary, without change. The flux of the human heart is gone forever at the transfixing touch of pure love.


Many human beings say, "I love you" one day and reject you the next. That is not love. One whose heart is filled with the love of God cannot wilfully hurt anyone. When you love God without reservation, He fills your heart with His unconditional love for all. That love no human tongue can describe...The ordinary man is incapable of loving others in this way. Self-centered in the consciousness of "I, me, and mine," he has not yet discovered the omnipresent God who resides in him and in all other things.


To me there is no difference between one person and another. I behold all as soul-reflections of the one God. I cannot think of anyone as a stranger, but I know that we are all part of the One Spirit. When you experience the true meaning of religion, which is to know God, you will realize that He is your Self, and that He exists equally and impartially in all beings. Then you will be able to to love others as your own Self.

Thank you for sharing these inspiring excerpts.

Sue

Dear Inda
Thank you for sharing this enlightening material.
The word love is used so often when people don't mean it and don't even like each other.
This message is something to seriously think about. Maybe we can create a little more love between people and countries.

Love
Vicky

...powerful message Inda, thank you for sharing.

Love,
Angela

Thank you for sharing these excerpts.
Inspiring post.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Dear Inda, I had printed this out the other day and I have read it again now ... with an open heart I absorb this light-filled message.
Thank you for sharing Paramahansa Yogananda's words.
I bow to his wisdom.
We are here to learn this divine truth ... and in some special sublime moments we know we are able to LIVE LOVE in this way.
Sending out love and joy to all of you, my dear friends.
Margherita

Paramahansa Yogananda ...pure Love

quote: Originally posted by Inda: In the universal sense, love is the divine power of attraction in creation that harmonizes, unites, binds together...Those who live in tune with the attractive force of love achieve harmony with nature and their fellow beings, and are attracted to blissful reunion with God.