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

  1. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-12-07
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane is under the impression that Wickham plans to marry Lydia
    Principles: 
    marks nothing bad at heart
    Topics discussed: 
    Self giving, life response, complaining, infinite, superstition
    Questions raised: 

    Why do we complain?
    Is giving feedback complaining?
    For progress, should we always feel intense?
    When does knowledge become power?

  2. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-12-04
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane is under the impression that Wickham plans to marry Lydia
    Principles: 
    marks nothing bad at heart
    Topics discussed: 
    Sum of the parts and the whole, silence, thought, idea, physical, vital, mental planes, skill, talent, subtle knowledge, finite, infinite
    Questions raised: 

    What is the difference between two families, one that functions as a whole, and one that functions as a sum of its parts?
    How can a family that functions simply as a sum of the parts become a whole?
    How can we organize the physical, vital and mental together?
    How can one develop talent?
    If we don’t know what to change in us, will our knowing that there is something in us that needs to be changed be enough?
    How can we reach the infinite using our mind, vital or physical which are in the finite?
    How can past consecration be explained in terms of expressing the infinite in terms of the finite?

  3. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-12-03
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane thinks Wickham intends to marry Lydia, and tries to see him in a good light
    Principles: 
    let us rejoice over it - marks nothing bad at heart
    Topics discussed: 
    Social change, aspiration, inspiration, delight, bliss, finite, infinite, parts, whole, money
    Questions raised: 

    Are all great novels written due to some great intensity like the French Revolution?
    How can one attract money?
    Wickham and the Bennets spend or waste a lot of money, how do they still get more money?
    What is the difference between wealth and prosperity?
    How can we give someone money, and not be hurt by the giving?
    When money comes from someone, does their consciousness also come? Will it affect us?
    What should be the attitude in a family so the prosperity of the family rises?
    Can a person be liberal with money, but  not be receptive enough to get any?
    Are we transformed if others receive what we give?

  4. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-12-01
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane tries to see Wickham in a good light
    Principles: 
    Thoughtless and indiscreet I can always believe him - let us rejoice over it
    Topics discussed: 
    Thinking of Mother, aspiration, intensity, revolution, human development, faith, trust, converting a crisis into an opportunity
    Questions raised: 

    Man is not prepared to move to the mind, how is that related to man’s aspiration?
    Is the birth of the spiritual individual contingent upon man as a species moving to the mind, or can it happen without that step?
    In supermind, knowledge and will are together. Does it mean that as we move from the vital to the mind, will is close in association with knowledge compared to vital and physical, since mind is closer to
    Supermind than physical?
    Does the knowledge acquired have power to transform the vital?
    What do we do when we have vital passions as well as a keen mind, how to keep the vital in track?

  5. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-11-30
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane tries to be optimistic about Wickham
    Principles: 
    I am willing to hope for the best - His character has been misunderstood
    Topics discussed: 
    Stupidity, hope, faith, reversal, atmosphere, calling, remembering Mother, borrowing, lending
    Questions raised: 

    Is faith stronger than hope because there is less reliance on the self?
    How is hope different from aspiration?
    Would Darcy have accomplished without doing anything, if he had had faith in Mother? How can we reconcile faith with the work that we need do inside? What happens to a thief who has faith that he will not get caught?
    Are there any conditions to faith? Is faith contingent upon the work that we need to do?

  6. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-11-28
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane describes the match between Lydia and Wickham as imprudent
    Principles: 
    So imprudent a match from both sides
    Topics discussed: 
    Consecration, prayer, knowledge, laws of life, literature, goal, method
    Questions raised: 

    Is it because of the French revolution that Lydia ran away and Mr. Bennet underwent transformation, or did Mr. Bennet want to transform and so the elopement and the revolution came about?
    Will all fiction follow the rules of life?
    Is it possible to write anything that goes against the laws of life?
    Is it possible to educate the subconscious?
    When we have an intense experience, does it reach the subconscious?

  7. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-11-27
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane writes about Lydia and her imprudent elopement
    Principles: 
    to own the truth, with Mr. Wickham - So imprudent a match from both sides
    Topics discussed: 
    Non reaction, stupidity, fad, initiative, rules, exceptions, goodwill, consecration, prayer
    Questions raised: 

    When sensation is physical, why do we say the vital comprehends by sensation?
    When life takes initiative, how is it non egoistic?
    Is Mrs. Bennet's aspiration to have her daughters married egoistic?
    Is the desire or thought of getting something egoistic?
    When does having goodwill give us good results?
    When we want to make some change, why does life present a situation that forces us to change more than we are willing to?
    Why are we unable to sustain remembering Mother, how can we continue to make progress even in sleep, or after we wake up?

  8. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-11-26
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane breaks the news about the elopement to Elizabeth
    Principles: 
    the express is from Colonel Forster to inform us that she was gone off - to own the truth, with Mr. Wickham
    Topics discussed: 
    Waste, unconsciousness, infinity, time, timelessness, simultaneous time, intensity, aspiration, self giving
    Questions raised: 

    When we do something right or wrong unconsciously, what is the result?
    When Elizabeth arrives at Pemberley and thinks she could have been mistress of the place, is she consecrating her past?
    If Elizabeth had consciously consecrated her past, would the consequence have been the same?
    What is the difference between cheerfulness and positive intensity?
    Is there anyone in the story who makes progress without a crisis?
    What is the difference between energy and intensity?
    How can we be conscious of our folly?
    When we dislike something, but need to keep doing it to transform, will we face failure because of our dislike?

  9. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-11-13
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane writes about Lydia’s elopement
    Principles: 
    just as were all gone to bed
    Topics discussed: 
    Inner and outer, falsehood, avatar, Krishna, Token Act
    Questions raised: 

    Does Wickham enjoy his falsehood, and is that why he is affected by his falsehood?
    Why does no one recognize an avatar during the avatar's time?
    Does our response determine the consequences?

  10. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-11-12
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane writes to Elizabeth about Lydia’s elopement
    Principles: 
    what I have to say relates to poor Lydia - An express came at twelve last night
    Topics discussed: 
    Husband and wife, individuality, selfishness, transformation, social power, resistance to something negative, goodwill
    Questions raised: 

    When we ask for a blessing, how can we know if we are seeking a boon or wanting to release our falsehood?
    What is being physically uncoordinated, why are physically uncoordinated people selfish?
    What is it about money that makes it so important to individual and social development?
    When we feel ashamed of our falsehood, will the falsehood leave us?
    How can we solve a very big national or international level problem?
    How can we be genuinely interested in solving a problem without energizing the negative?

  11. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-11-11
    Context in the novel: 
    Elizabeth reads Jane’s letter
    Topics discussed: 
    Bargain, relationship with others, Darcy and Wickham, energy
    Questions raised: 

    Should we accept all that comes to us?
    If Darcy had become sweet and well mannered, could he have avoided having a Wickham in his life?
    Why is Darcy attracted to Mrs. Bennet’s consciousness in Elizabeth?
    What would have happened if the Gardiners, and not Darcy, had paid for Lydia’s marriage?
    How can we generate more energy?
    Is goodness enough for accomplishment, or is energy necessary?

  12. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-23
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane writes to Elizabeth that a serious issue has arisen. However she assures that the family members are well
    Principles: 
    I am afraid of alarming you - Be assured we are all well
    Topics discussed: 
    Marriage, romance, intensity, sincerity, human choice, pain, joy, commonsense, caste
    Questions raised: 

    Is intensity the same as seriousness?
    How can we transfer a mental knowledge to psychic sincerity, how can we intensify the sincerity?
    When we feel humiliation, does the soul enjoy the humiliation?
    What is common sense?
    What should the attitude of the devotee be?
     

  13. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-22
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane writes to inform Elizabeth that a serious event has taken place
    Principles: 
    something has occurred of a most unexpected and serious nature
    Topics discussed: 
    Pious wishes, timeline of the story, blame, vibration, enjoyment, intensity, memory, simultaneous time, self experience, self consciousness, romance
    Questions raised: 

    How does Elizabeth's presence prevent the elopement till she is in Longbourn?
    How can we outgrow negative vibrations in ourselves?
    Does the physical enjoy a problem?
    What is the difference between self consciousness of knowledge and self consciousness of ignorance?
    Why is it easier to get money than get romance?
     

  14. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-20
    Context in the novel: 
    The second half of Jane’s first letter was written a day later, in agitation
    Principles: 
    But the latter half which is dated a day later - written in evident agitation
    Topics discussed: 
    There is no waste in nature, discipline, enjoyment, culture, England, France, Let Thy Will be Done, prayer, consecration
    Questions raised: 

    What does it mean to supramentalise opportunities?

  15. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-19
    Context in the novel: 
    The beginning of Jane’s first letter contains an account of the parties and other local news
    Principles: 
    with such news as the country provided
    Topics discussed: 
    Mother's sanction, infinite, finite, limitation, social and ethical personality, non ethical bliss, supermind
    Questions raised: 

    How can we know whether our vital physical has accepted the mental knowledge or not?
    What is the gentle way for the vital and physical to accept something?
    Why does physical illness come, does it mean knowledge is seeping into the physical?
     

  16. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-17
    Context in the novel: 
    The beginning of Jane’s first letter, written five days earlier, contains an account of the parties and other local news
    Principles: 
    It had been written five days ago - The beginning contained an account of the parties
    Topics discussed: 
    The Life Divine
    Questions raised: 

    How can we know what Mother is denying us and what she is sanctioning us?
    We should have aspiration, but cannot have a preference. How can we do that? What is the difference between preference and aspiration?
     

  17. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-16
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane’s first letter had been written five days earlier
    Principles: 
    It had been written five days ago
    Topics discussed: 
    Measurement, subtle indications, superstition, interpretation, vital ego
    Questions raised: 

    How can we interpret an indication correctly?
    What is the difference between interpretation of an indication and a superstition?
    What happens when India and China become prosperous, will the physical and vital ego be formed?
     

  18. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-13
    Context in the novel: 
    The Gardiners leave Elizabeth alone with Jane’s letters and go out for a walk. Elizabeth opens the first letter
    Principles: 
    her uncle and aunt leaving her to enjoy them in quiet, walked on - The one missent must be attended to first
    Topics discussed: 
    Atmosphere, karma, asking Mother for what we want, transformation, joy, responsibility, capacity, conscious responsibility, news, vibration, fullness of the heart
    Questions raised: 

    What is the difference between calling Mother and the call welling up from inside?
    Is it possible, when we consecrate, to encounter things that may not be pleasant but still necessary for our progress?
    When I consecrate a conflict I have with someone, should I believe that whatever happens will be for the best?
    If Darcy had consecrated his first proposal, how should he have thought?
    If Elizabeth had consecrated her desire for Jane to marry Darcy, would the marriages have happened earlier?
     

  19. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-12
    Context in the novel: 
    Jane and the Gardiners had been preparing to go out for a walk when Jane’s letters come
    Principles: 
    They had just been preparing to walk – the letters came in
    Topics discussed: 
    Faith, surrender, self conception, self absorption, descent, thought, sensation, love, lover, marriage, romance, parents, simultaneity
    Questions raised: 

    What is the taste of delight?
    What happens when we control our sensations?
    If our soul’s aspiration is not fulfilled in this life, will it be fulfilled in the next?
     

  20. Volume 3 Chapter 4

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    2010-10-10
    Context in the novel: 
    The first of Jane’s two letters had been missent elsewhere as Jane had not written the address clearly
    Principles: 
    "…on one of which it was marked it had been mis-sent elsewhere - Elizabeth was not surprised at it as Jane had written the direction remarkably ill
    Topics discussed: 
    Jealous, energy, The Life Divine, organization of energy, stupidity, duality, indication, prediction, organization, values, resourcefulness
    Questions raised: 

    What happens to accomplishment that arises from ruthlessness?



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