I am reminded of a sentence in a book by Karen Armstrong, Through the Narrow Gate, about her former life as a nun: “She (the mother superior) stood there, a pillar of unloving righteousness.”Ī) Meera Ghosh was the daughter-in-law of Yogananda’s older brother, Ananta.
When Yogananda said “only love can take my place,” he cannot possibly have meant, “Love for God alone, but indifference to other people’s feelings.” It is one thing to be non-attached, but surely quite another to be callous. But Yogananda, before his passing, declared, “Only love can take my place.” Does SRF think he meant, Only love for him? or, Only love for God? God is in everyone! The Bible says we should love our neighbor as ourselves. Were the organization a bank or a court of law, such an attitude might be understandable even if it weren’t approved of. This indifference to the feelings of others may even be deliberate, as if to demonstrate non-attachment to outer realities. An astonishing feature of SRF’s official treatment of others, especially as it has developed over recent decades, is its lack of both kindness and sympathy.
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