As we treat others, so -- invariably -- do we treat ourselves. For the energy we project to him is generated first in ourselves. Our thoughts and energy create a vortex, which draws to us whatever vibrations out of the great ocean of consciousness resound in sympathy with our own. "Thoughts", Yogananda wrote in Autobiography of a Yogi, "are universally and not individually rooted". "Whatever vibrations we attract, and then project outward to others, have their first and greatest impact on ourselves: adversally, if our thoughts are unkind; beneficially, if they are generous.
Kriyananda: The promise of Immortality
