{"id":1736,"date":"2025-01-11T16:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yoganandafortheworld.com\/story\/?p=1736"},"modified":"2025-01-11T16:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T16:21:27","slug":"swami-kriyananda-as-we-have-known-him-called-on-the-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yoganandafortheworld.com\/story\/swami-kriyananda-as-we-have-known-him-called-on-the-carpet\/","title":{"rendered":"Swami Kriyananda \u2014 As We Have Known Him: Called on the Carpet!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Told by Jayadev)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I always tended to be a rebel, getting into arguments<\/strong> with teachers, neighbors, and anyone in authority. Even at Ananda I decided, \u201cNo one will boss me but God!\u201d For a while I got away with it. No one interfered with my way of doing things. Then Swamiji appointed a new director for our community in Italy. As soon as I saw him, I knew I was in for a hard time.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long before we got into a big fight, not with our fists but with words. I didn\u2019t hide my resentment and he threw his uncharitable opinion of me right back in my face. We argued at high volume even in front of others. It was a bad scene and I came close to leaving.<\/p>\n<p>Then Swamiji came to Italy for a visit. Someone told him what was going on and he sent word that he wanted to see me. Once again, I thought, I was being called on the carpet. I expected a big scolding and was ready to battle for my beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise, Swamiji was kind to me. He invited me to sit on the couch and served me a cup of tea.\u00a0 We chatted a little about this and that. Then he said, \u201cWe don\u2019t want \u2018Yes-men\u2019 at Ananda. You should always think for yourself.\u201d I was so surprised! I had expected him to say, \u201cGet in line, or else!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then added, \u201cJust keep this in mind. Negativity has its own momentum. If you keep on criticizing others, your negativity will carry you right out of Ananda, and Ananda is where I think your heart wants to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he spoke those words I felt so much love from him, it was like a wave that flattened me against the couch. I couldn\u2019t move. It was, for me, a moment in Eternity. Finally Swamiji said gently, \u201cI think it is time for you to go.\u201d I backed out of his house, without ever turning away from him: hardly my usual way of treating someone in authority!<\/p>\n<p>I resolved, \u201cI won\u2019t be so stupid as to let myself be taken away from a place of such harmony as Ananda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It took time for me to change, however. I still hadn\u2019t altered enough when, one day, Swamiji said to me, \u201cYou are a jewel.\u201d What a surprise!\u00a0 Then he said to the director, \u201cHe is very sincere.\u201d It didn\u2019t flatter my ego for Swamiji to say these things. What it told me was that he saw behind my argumentative manner to the shy, self-doubting little boy I really was.<\/p>\n<p>Love is more powerful than fighting. I would never have believed it if I hadn\u2019t experienced it myself. Swamiji tamed me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Told by Jayadev) I always tended to be a rebel, getting into arguments with teachers, neighbors, and anyone in authority. Even at Ananda I decided, \u201cNo one will boss me but God!\u201d For a while I got away with it. No one interfered with my way of doing things. 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