Audio Downloads of Daily Discussions on Karmayogi's Commentaries on Pride and Prejudice
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-28Context in the novel:Bingley is pleased to meet ElizabethPrinciples:Bingley expressed great satisfaction in seeing Elizabeth againTopics discussed:Consecration, truth, falsehood, receiving, givingQuestions raised:The Gardiners have to pretend that they have paid for Lydia’s wedding. Why does this falsehood come to them?
Can we tell a lie for some greater good?
Is telling a lie not the same as being truthful? Can you tell a lie and still be truthful?
What is urge, initiative?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-27Context in the novel:Mrs. Gardiner accepts the invitation on everyone’s behalfPrinciples:this studied avoidance spoke of momentary embarrassment - Seeing in her husband, who was fond of society, a perfect willingness to accept it, a day was fixedTopics discussed:Non-being, progress at every moment, consecration, surrender, humility, yogic culture, opposition to the divine, consciousness, freshness, occupation, individualityQuestions raised:How can one apply "Let Thy will be done, NOT my will" in one’s daily life?
If I have acted impulsively in the past, what can we do now?
What is the characteristic of humility, who has it?
What is consecrated silence, how do we consecrate silence?
How does Wickham attract Darcy's money?
When do we detach from the constant occupation of the mind?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-26Context in the novel:Elizabeth turns away her head in embarrassment when she receives an invitation to PemberleyPrinciples:this studied avoidance spoke of momentary embarrassmentTopics discussed:Knowledge, mastery, power, wealthQuestions raised:Who is qualified to get the direct knowledge and mastery from above, spiritually? How can it be achieved?
How can a skillful person accomplish and gain recognition? What should his motivation, attitude be?
How can I learn the rules of accomplishment by starting a project?
Does enthusiasm ultimately lead to enjoyment?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-25Context in the novel:Elizabeth turns away her head in embarrassment when she receives an invitation to PemberleyPrinciples:Elizabeth turned away her head - this studied avoidance spoke of momentary embarrassmentTopics discussed:Receptivity, taking note of developments, strategies, forgetting achievements, gratitude, calling Mother, consecration, masteryQuestions raised:Why do we forget the miracles that happen to us? Is it because of the ego?
How can we bring that sense of wonder and understanding, the capacity to recognize and remember the miracles?
How does Goldman Sachs make so much money?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-24Context in the novel:Elizabeth and the Gardiners receive an invitation to PemberleyPrinciples:The invitation most concerned Elizabeth - Elizabeth turned away her headTopics discussed:Benefit, beneficiary, society, social conditioning, individuality, being, non being, yoga, reliance on Mother, commitment to higher values, power of a decision, negative expression of a positive -
Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-23Context in the novel:Elizabeth and the Gardiners receive an invitation to PemberleyPrinciples:Mrs. Gardiner looked at her nieceTopics discussed:Subtle plane, energy, force, form, seeing Mother in another person, behavior, social behavior, human choice, raising the consciousness, self-awareness, individuality, sensitivity, gratitudeQuestions raised:What are the ways in which we can raise our consciousness?
How do we step out of our ego, even for a second, when we are immersed in it?
If I am very angry, and suddenly a thought comes to me that there is no need to be angry, am I detaching myself from that vital emotion?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-22Context in the novel:Darcy gets Georgiana to invite Elizabeth and the Gardiners to dinner at PemberleyPrinciples:Miss Darcy with a diffidence readily obeyedTopics discussed:Significance of certain days, organizational hierarchy, cultural hierarchy, values, diffidence, knowledge, ego, consecration, ego, its expression, sensitivityQuestions raised:Why are certain days significant?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-21Context in the novel:Darcy, Bingley and Georgiana are at the innPrinciples:The visitors stayed there above half-an-hour - When they arose to depart, Mr. Darcy called on his sister to join him to invite them to dinnerTopics discussed:Silence, spiritual evolution, possessiveness and self-giving, embracing the opposite, unity, individuality, dinners, France, England, problems, lapse, rectificationQuestions raised:Does intervention from the above diminish the delight if it makes evolution possible and the process of discovery is not there?
Why did India, Rome, Greece and Britain, that were leading counties in history, lose their prominence?
When we reconcile with the opposite, does it lose its power to affect us?
If we want to embrace the opposite in every moment of our lives, how should we do it?
How could Britain handle the integration of the social classes smoothly, while France could not?
Should we practise non reaction to someone who abuses us, or should we embrace them and accept the truth in what they say?
How do we rectify an occasion of carelessness? What is the right attitude to have then?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-20Context in the novel:Darcy, Bingley and Georgiana are at the innPrinciples:The visitors stayed there above half-an-hourTopics discussed:Sensitivity of life, social and psychological response, intuition, impatience, creativity, creative momentQuestions raised:Do the rules of life apply to all, or is it more applicable to those who are aware of the rules?
How do we differentiate between a social response and psychological response?
Is intuition from the mind or from the beyond?
How does one apply the rule that we cannot correct another, in professional life?
How do we fine tune our lives so we take the right decision, at the right time, and do the right thing?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-19Context in the novel:Elizabeth is astonished by the change in DarcyPrinciples:Would draw down the ridicule of ladies in Netherfield and RosingsTopics discussed:Consciousness is progress, unconsciousness is resistance with Mother, men, women and complimentarity, practicing yoga, ridicule, individualityQuestions raised:If we aspire for something, is it possible that its exact opposite exists in us even without our knowledge?
When we call Mother into our lives and help us rise above our small limited selves, is it possible that I may not fully want that? How do we save ourselves from ourselves then?
What is the purpose of that fear of change, in us?
What brings Darcy and Elizabeth together?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-16Context in the novel:Elizabeth is astonished by the change in DarcyPrinciples:The difference was so great she could hardly restrain her astonishment from being visible – Would draw down the ridicule of ladies in Netherfield and RosingsTopics discussed:7 ignorances, human and divine potential, part and the whole, cheerfulness, perfection, reversal, society, evolution, problems to solutionsQuestions raised:Sometimes we seem helpless to choose the divine potential over the human potential. How can we choose not to feel jealous or angry, when we are prone to those negative feelings?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-14Context in the novel:Elizabeth is astonished by the change in DarcyPrinciples:The difference was so great she could hardly restrain her astonishment from being visibleTopics discussed:PerceptionQuestions raised:How does the physical part of the mind know, perceive?
How do some people get perception, is it dependent on the depth of one's personality?
To move out of the senses, is it necessary to get the right mental perception? Are our vital senses dependent on our previous mental perceptions?
What happens when we silence the mind? Does the vital gain direct knowledge?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-13Context in the novel:Elizabeth sees Darcy is a changed manPrinciples:She saw him courting the acquaintance of people - With whom any intercourse a few months ago would have been a disgraceTopics discussed:Asking for more difficulties, gratitude to the one who betrays, patience, expectation, response to the situation, consecration, solving problems, interest, rising in life, consciousness responsibilityQuestions raised:When we look back at a past event and decide what would have been the best thing to do then, what happens to the present and future?
Can the consciousness of a past act be reversed now?
What is the rule in helping another, like giving our seat to
someone else?
Why is it more difficult to handle good fortune than misfortune?
In the case of taking conscious responsibility for children, are both parents responsible?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-12Context in the novel:Elizabeth studies DarcyPrinciples:It was not often that she could turn her eyes on Mr. Darcy himself – She saw him courting the acquaintance of peopleTopics discussed:Four stages: survival, growth, development, evolution, understanding, surrender, consecration, grace and supergrace, raising one's level, betrayal, gratitude, thoughts -
Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-11Context in the novel:Bingley enquires about Elizabeth’s sisters. Elizabeth occasionally glances at DarcyPrinciples:afterwards he took occasion to ask her… - It was not often that she could turn her eyes on Mr. Darcy himselfTopics discussed:Accepting, following Mother, silence, surrender, knowledge, sachchidananda, sensitivity, four stages: survival, growth, development, evolution -
Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-10Context in the novel:Bingley recollects their last meeting in Hertfordshire. He enquires about her sistersPrinciples:Elizabeth was pleased to find his memory exact - afterwards he took occasion to ask her…Topics discussed:Understanding, wisdom, human vision, mind, work, Mother, strength, reaction, thinking, imaginationQuestions raised:What is the meaning of giving up faith in the mind?
When we stop thinking, how can we be sure we are doing the right thing?
What should Elizabeth have done when she heard "tolerable"?
Can we say the Bennet girls practice non reaction and this is what elevates them?
Does being ignorant allow grace to come?
How can words shut out grace?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-07Context in the novel:Bingley recollects their last meeting in HertfordshirePrinciples:It is about eight months. We have not met since 26th November – It is about eight months. We have not met since 26th NovemberTopics discussed:Love, lover, being, non being, chastity, devotion to Mother, faith, problem, hindrance, illnessQuestions raised:Why is chastity more important for the woman?
How can we ask for something that we clearly see we do not deserve?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-06Context in the novel:It seems to Elizabeth that Bingley wishes to talk about JanePrinciples:a wish of saying more than might lead to mention of Jane – before she could replyTopics discussed:Reversal, giving up opinions, attitude, mental, subtle perception, marvel, Mother, individuality, ego, dependence on oneself, devotion, waiting, strength, energy, inertiaQuestions raised:What is physical reversal?
Is a physical reversal dependent on a mental or vital reversal?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-05Context in the novel:It seems to Elizabeth that Bingley wishes to talk about JanePrinciples:On this point she was soon satisfied - a wish of saying more than might lead to mention of JaneTopics discussed:Knowledge, past problems, silent will, forces behind Jane's marriage, human society, individuality, psychological, spiritual choice, reversals - physical, vital, mentalQuestions raised:We cannot discover our individuality by ignoring all the negatives in our personality. Should we accept the negatives and then go beyond the limitations to find our individuality?
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Volume 3 Chapter 2
Download Link:2010-02-04Context in the novel:Elizabeth is certain that Bingley has no partiality for GeorgianaPrinciples:On this point she was soon satisfiedTopics discussed:Knowledge, perception, idea, Real Idea, how to get what we want, cheerfulnessQuestions raised:Is there a way we can block out the right perception?
When there is an addiction one cannot overcome, is it the mind justifying what the vital wants?
Is Darcy sarcastic?