BEWARE
THIS MAYBE THE WORST SIN AGAINST SPIRITUAL PROGRESS
Lies. Rumors. All for selfish agenda. It has led innocent people to suicide, wrong people to be apprehended and can destroy nations.
This is what Yogananda said
…”Worldly minds are morbid; they thrive on sensationalism and often distort the facts or exaggerate the words of others, or repeat them out of context with no charitable consideration of pertinent circumstances, A psychological defect common to most human beings is to repeat negative reports about the faults of another without having first given the accused person a chance to disprove the allegations…
…Unscrupulous sensationalism is typical of many Western newspapers; they are uncharitable in their attitude because they are not healers of immorality, but rather scandalmongers. A spiritual crime is committed by journalists and publications that love to pickle gossip or to spice up reporting in order to sell more papers by catering to the degraded taste of gossip-loving readers…
…Gossip seems to act like a stimulating tonic. Those who crave this titillation should satisfy that lust by loudly publicizing all the private sins they themselves have committed….
…Whatever annoys a person most in someone else may often be found festering within himself…”
Quotes regarding gossip
Second Coming of Christ, pages 540-542
By Sri Paramahansa Yogananda <3
Bhavin