Audio Downloads of Daily Discussions on Karmayogi's Commentaries on Pride and Prejudice

How do we look at a person who has achieved more than us?
Isn’t Bhishma's sacrifice admirable?
Regardless of the cause we are sacrificing for, do our attitude and selflessness determine the outcome?
Is Rama’s sacrifice noble?
How can we find out whether a woman is being dominated or is submissive by nature?
Can one person pray for another person to get better?
When someone is not doing the right thing, what is the best thing we should do or feel?
Does physical nature itself have falsehood, or is the falsehood in my view of things?
Only after we rise from one level, we realize we were false earlier. When we are at the same place, level or situation, how can we recognize the falsehood then?
When something is going wrong, how to see it neutrally and see it for what it is?
Why is Elizabeth perceptive about Caroline, but not about Wickham?
Did Darcy's 'tolerable' set Elizabeth off against him?

What should we do to remember all that we learn, and implement it at all times?

How is falsehood hidden so completely that we are unaware of it?
What should we do so the safe, false, defensive answer doesn’t slip out of us before we can even think of telling the truth?
How to bring our impulses under control?
Why is the impulse there?

As Bingley is a lightweight, does it mean he doesn’t have a strong ego, and will it be easier for him to make spiritual progress?
Should you have a will to surrender the will? Will Darcy be able to surrender completely to Mother?
What does it mean to have a strong will?
How does one improve, strengthen one's will?
If Jane had insisted on taking the carriage instead of going on horseback, would she be exercising her will?
Where do you draw the line between being assertive and being strong willed?
Whatever our capacity is, when we know something is right, does it show our strong will if we follow through to complete it?
Does Wickham exercise his will at any point?
What is the difference between practicing self-giving and being submissive?
What does the difference in the responses of Collins and Darcy, to Elizabeth's rejection, indicate?
What sets Elizabeth and Charlotte apart from each other? Both can see clearly that Collins and Lady Catherine are not sensible. But Elizabeth and Charlotte behave differently towards them.
How to differentiate between behavior and character? How to stay from judging a person's character from their past behavior?
Who in story deceives himself?
Is the sense of security that money gives a falsehood?
How can one replace the sense of security provided by money, by Mother's security?

Should we pray to Mother for a speedy response, or just leave it to her, if we want to hear some news?
Can we say Lady Catherine goes outside the social structure for a selfish motive, and Elizabeth later does the same thing?
What energy is released in breaking a structure?
Spiritually what does it mean to have brothers and sisters?
Should we close our ears to unpleasant news?
Should we avoid rejection, which is the first step towards transformation?

All energy is absorbed in romance. Are we not supposed to get infinite energy?
What prevented the lady in The Bridges of Madison County from following her romance?
What is the need for physical proximity if romance can be fulfilled emotionally?
How do we know how much we value money? How to differentiate between need and greed?
What is it in life that gives true happiness?
How can a person who is selfless survive in this world?
Is having children an individual, biological or social need?

In the 9 stages, what can we do about delight and ecstasy, which cannot be done through human effort?
Do the stages overlap, or are they stages?
Do the levels have a role in self giving?
Is it better to just consecrate, or consecrate and then start searching, when we have lost something?
Isn’t personal effort also required, to achieve?
If I can totally consecrate, do I still need to work?
When do you just consecrate, when do you consecrate and also work?
Is there truth in saying God helps those who help themselves?
Doesn’t aspiration itself become an initiative?
Do only those who consecrate see success, don’t others see miracles?
How can one consecrate?
How can we consecrate issues we are not directly related to, but which affect us in some way?

When Jane is looked down upon by Caroline, what could the correspondence for such an attitude be in Jane?
Why does Elizabeth see more of her mother's anger than the other girls?
Why are lovers unable to see the defect in the other, but are able to after marriage?
Will romance continue if it doesn’t end in marriage?
What should we aspire for?

One would expect that the victim would not victimize when he gains power. But why does he tyrannize in his turn?
Will Asia and Africa eventually stop warring like Europe
What should our attitude be when there is war in the country? Can we pray to Mother for our country's protection?