Words of Yogananda and Kriyananda

This mini-blog is just to record short quotes of Yogananda and Kriyananda in a less formal manner than the ananda.org web site or even the blog A Place Called Ananda. For more in depth information click on one of these links I just mentioned.
Fri Nov 20
Thanksgiving Letter from Paramhansa Yogananda
Thu Nov 19
“ Nov. 23. Beware of the influence of feeling on reason. To suppress your feelings would be merely to distort their influence on your intellect. Refine your feelings, rather, to the pure gold of intuition. Thus, your intellect will always be guided rightly in everything you do. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”
“ Nov. 22. Emanate peace in all directions around you. Harmonize the vibrations in your heart, then consciously expand those vibrations outward into your environment, and into the hearts of all with whom you have contact. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”
“ Nov. 21. Your magnetic effect on others expresses your state of consciousness. That effect cannot but exist, but never exert it on anyone hypnotically. Let your influence be an aura of light that you carry wherever you go. Try to affect others beneficially; leave it to them, however, to accept as much from you, or as little, as they will. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”
“ Nov. 20. Don’t compare yourself with others, either to your advantage or to their detriment. On a freeway, there are as many cars ahead as behind you. Once you’ve worked your way to the front of one cluster, you’ll only find yourself last in the next cluster. Simply go your own way, thinking only of reaching your destination eventually. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”
“ Nov. 19. Give praise sincerely but understatedly. Never flatter anyone. Praise should be addressed, in other words, to the God in others, not to their egos, for you should always try, as their friend, to assist them in scaling the spiritual heights. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”
Wed Nov 18
“ Nov. 19. Give praise sincerely but understatedly. Never flatter anyone. Praise should be addressed, in other words, to the God in others, not to their egos, for you should always try, as their friend, to assist them in scaling the spiritual heights. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”
Tue Nov 17
Discovered Treasure
“ Nov. 18. Receive praise good-humoredly. Reflect that the compliments you receive today may be withdrawn tomorrow, and that even deserved praise carries the danger of adding to your burden of self-definitions which, in the quest for happiness, you should try resolutely to eliminate. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”
Sun Nov 15
“ Nov. 17. Think before you speak. Be circumspect in both speech and action. Don’t, by unseemly haste or carelessness, expose yourself to misunderstanding, and never embroil yourself in controversy unnecessarily. Swami Kriyananda writing as J Donald Walters in hs new, soon to be published book “Do It Well”