The more you remember others with kindness and generosity, the less you remember yourself..." - Avatar Meher Baba
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The following statement by Avatar Meher Baba on kindness was a part of a longer discourse, “God Alone Is,” given at the 1958 Western Sahavas at the Meher Spiritual Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
This photograph of Meher Baba was taken in 1958 at the Meher Spiritual Center.
“The more you remember others with kindness and generosity, the less you remember yourself; and the less you can remember yourself the more you forget yourself.”
Excerpt from “God Alone Is” - A Discourse by Avatar Meher Baba
Knowingly or unknowingly, man is ever seeking the goal, which is to realize his true Self.
The very nearest and innermost to man is his soul, but the fun of it is that he feels far, far away from it. There appears no end to his journeys toward the goal, through the numberless highways and byways of life and death, although the fact is there is no distance to cover.
Having achieved full consciousness as man, he has arrived at his destination, and now possesses the capacity to become conscious of his soul.
Still he is unable to realize this divine destiny, because his consciousness remains completely focused on his perverted, limited, finite self — the mind — which ironically has been the medium of achieving consciousness.
Before he can know who he is, man has to unlearn the mass of illusory knowledge he has burdened himself with on the interminable journey from unconsciousness to consciousness.
It is only through love that you can begin to unlearn, thus eventually putting an end to all that you do not know. God’s Love penetrates all illusion, while no amount of illusion can penetrate God’s Love.
Start learning to love God by beginning to love those whom you cannot. You will find that in serving others you are serving yourself.
The more you remember others with kindness and generosity, the less you remember yourself; and the less you can remember yourself the more you forget yourself.
And when you completely forget yourself, you find me as the source of all love.
Sources
Quote: Bhau Kalchuri, Lord Meher: The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba, Online Edition, pp. 4448-4450, accessed online November 7, 2026. ©Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust, Ahilyanagar, India.
Photo: Avatar Meher Baba, 1958, Meher Spiritual Center, Myrtle Beach, SC. Courtesy of Meher Nazar Publications, Ahilyanagar, India.
Note
World Kindness Day (November 13) was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of kindness non-governmental organizations. It highlights good deeds in the community focusing on the positive power of kindness. Kindness is a fundamental part of the human condition which bridges the divides of race, religion, politics, gender and location.