Audio Downloads of Daily Discussions on Karmayogi's Commentaries on Pride and Prejudice
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-31Context in the novel:Caroline thinks Darcy admires Elizabeth. So out of jealousy, she speaks ill of ElizabethPrinciples:in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion which is intolerable - Miss Bingley was persuaded that Darcy admired ElizabethTopics discussed:Defects, strengths, power over life, conquering desire, evolutionQuestions raised:Why is it that Darcy’s transformation made little impact on Elizabeth, but the physical structure of Pemberley wiped out her ego?
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-29Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:They have a sharp shrewish lookTopics discussed:Jealousy, goodwill, role of the negative, progress through the negative, evolutionQuestions raised:When we have goodwill for people with problems, should not their problems be solved? Or will our goodwill for them hurt us?
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-27Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:as for her eyes - I never could perceive anything extraordinary in themTopics discussed:Speech, Mother's will, subtle knowledge, receiving criticism, organization, controlling one's lifeQuestions raised:Why should we not speak about or discuss in detail something that is developing?
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-25Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:as for her eyesTopics discussed:Evolution, involution, ego, falsehood, opportunity, protection, non reaction, consequence of small shifts in attitude, physical situation, subtle factsQuestions raised:If Elizabeth had not reacted strongly to Lady Catherine, what would have happened?
What was it in Jane that drove Bingley away the first time?
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-24Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:There is nothing marked in its line - Her teeth are ‘tolerable’Topics discussed:Consecration, aspiration, unfair abuseQuestions raised:Our aspiration becomes intense when we face a problem. Is it possible to intensify our aspiration without facing a problem?
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-22Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:Her nose wants character - There is nothing marked in its lineTopics discussed:Speech, thought, energy, opportunity, opposition, truth in everything that comes to us, self conception, conception of the atmosphere, psychicQuestions raised:Does speech dissipate the energy of the thought?
Is there an eternal evolutionary truth in what you hear or see as what you hear or see reflects your own consciousness?
What is the difference between self conception and the soul's aspiration?
What gives the atmosphere power over us?
The mind divides the unity of truth. So when truth is expressed by the thought of the mind, does not the mind split the truth into many parts? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-21Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:and her features are not at all handsomeTopics discussed:Beauty, culture, consecration, superstition, science, non reaction, Khandehar’s novel, Krounja VadamQuestions raised:Is the soul always beautiful?
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-19Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:Her complexion has no brilliancyTopics discussed:Beauty, The Life Divine, talking, energy, truth -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-18Context in the novel:Caroline comments disparagingly on Elizabeth’s featuresPrinciples:Her face is too thinTopics discussed:Organized personality, energy, interconnectivity, parallels, receiving with ego, aspiring consciousness, karma, consecration, yoga, prosperity, aspiration -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-17Context in the novel:Caroline tries to get Darcy to join her in criticizing Elizabeth, but failsPrinciples:He contented himself with coldly replying - I must confess that I never could see any beauty in herTopics discussed:Different planes, receptivity, The Life Divine, love, charm, decisions, social climate -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-15Context in the novel:Caroline is unable to stop speaking badly of ElizabethPrinciples:She has grown too brown and coarse - However little Darcy might like such an addressTopics discussed:Memory, knowledge, will, goodwill, infiniteQuestions raised:What is the meaning of a thought going back to the absolute?
How can we know whether the thought has been exhausted fully, or will express itself again?
How can one differentiate between the good urges and wrong urges?
How can we know that their urge is a larger one?
How can we decide whether to act on an urge or not?
How should Elizabeth treat Lady Catherine when the lady comes to Longbourn?
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Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-13Context in the novel:Georgiana is pleased with Elizabeth, but Caroline speaks ill of herPrinciples:She could not find her otherwise than lovely and amiable - How very ill Miss Eliza Bennet looks this morning?Topics discussed:Openness, receptivity, grace, exhausting the negative, consecration, God, MotherQuestions raised:If there is something negative in us, does it go away if we exhaust it?
How can I increase my receptivity?
Is consecrating our parents' act a consecration of our subconscious? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-12Context in the novel:Darcy’s recommendation of Elizabeth makes Georgiana look upon her favorablyPrinciples:Her brother’s recommendations were enough for her to ensure her favour - She could not find her otherwise than lovely and amiableTopics discussed:Knowledge, ignorance, giving, receiving advice, not seeing imperfection in another, ego, Vedanta, giving affection, consecration, conditioning, culture, higher consciousness, raising one's consciousnessQuestions raised:Should I or should I not use the knowledge I learn from reading Appa's commentary?
How can we be conscious of raising our consciousness in all ways?
What does detaching ourselves from an irritation mean? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-11Context in the novel:Caroline criticizes Elizabeth, but Georgiana does not join herPrinciples:She was venting her feelings on her person, behavior, dress - Georgiana would not join herTopics discussed:Jealousy, valuing money, conversation, social equation, seriousness, cheerfulness, mental work, concentration, aspiration, strategy, development from above and belowQuestions raised:When we feel we are more powerful than another, what does it mean?
Wickham is after Pemberley, Elizabeth is after Wickham, and Pemberley goes to Elizabeth. Why?
If we suspend our thinking, and if someone concentrates their thoughts on us, can we reciprocate their thoughts?
If an employee is paid more, he will give trouble. So, if he is paid less, will he be troubled by others?
If the aspiration becomes stronger, does it attract the means to accomplish? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-10Context in the novel:After Elizabeth’s departure, Caroline criticizes her vehementlyPrinciples:Miss Bingley was venting her feelings criticizing Elizabeth - She was venting her feelings on her person, behavior, dressTopics discussed:Civilization, raising the consciousness, power of values, strategy, the power of the names of Mother and Sri Aurobindo, society, spiritual power, finite, infinite, abuseQuestions raised:If I want to purse the absolute in something like the cleanliness of the house, what should I do?
Is our accomplishment a gauge for our values?
Is enjoyment of work a value?
How does spiritual capacity translate itself into a business activity? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-08Context in the novel:Darcy attends Elizabeth and the Gardiners to their carriage. Caroline criticizes ElizabethPrinciples:Darcy was attending them to the carriage - Miss Bingley was venting her feelings criticizing ElizabethTopics discussed:Knowledge, silence, physical experience, psychological experience, love, criticism, prayerQuestions raised:What is knowledge at rest and what is its opposite?
Is it necessary for a man to understand the value of something without losing it?
Is it a perfect situation for Darcy's psychological growth that Elizabeth likes Pemberley more than she likes Darcy?
Why is Darcy not so well mannered despite of his family culture? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-07Context in the novel:Elizabeth and the Gardiners leave PemberleyPrinciples:Their visit did not continue long after the question and answerTopics discussed:Non reaction, criticism, will, ignoranceQuestions raised:If Darcy had not written the letter to Elizabeth, she would not have known the truth. So how can we decide whether to tell some something, criticize, correct or not?
Should we help another?
How does non reaction work? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-06Context in the novel:Caroline had intended to show Elizabeth in a bad light, but Elizabeth’s handling of the situation endears her to DarcyPrinciples:the very circumstance which had been designed to turn his thoughts from Elizabeth - It seemed to have fixed them on her more, and more cheerfullyTopics discussed:Selfishness, moksha, mind, supermind, Hour of God, surrender, forgetfulness, thought, attitude, problem, opportunity, silence, equality, Sri Aurobindo, spiritual strength, protection, The Life Divine, loyalty, chastity, possessivenessQuestions raised:Is forgetting our egoistic need and opening ourselves the way to accomplish?
Why does money feel degraded when we try to possess it?
If removing the ego can bring money, why are some egoistic people wealthy?
As we face challenges and evolve, will more and more difficult challenges come to us? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-04Context in the novel:Caroline’s intention to show Elizabeth in a bad light backfiresPrinciples:the very circumstance which had been designed to turn his thoughts from ElizabethTopics discussed:Money, silent will, appreciation, receptivityQuestions raised:How can we attract visitors to a website using Appa’s principles?
How can Jane Austen express her ideas if she does not speak out, or have some opinion of her own?
What in us chooses a thought?
When we don’t get something if we ask for it, then what should we do?
Why does Darcy have to pay for Wickham time and again?
How can we know whether something is a problem or an opportunity? -
Volume 3 Chapter 3
Download Link:2010-08-02Context in the novel:Georgiana recovers from the shock of hearing Wickham mentionedPrinciples:though not be able to speak anymore - Her brother whose eyes she feared to meet scarcely recollected her interest in the affairTopics discussed:Human will, choice, reading The Life Divine, jnana yoga, raja yoga, Gita, sensitivities, giving up sensitivities, opportunities, presence of mindQuestions raised:How can we channelize the energy that we preserve by non reaction?
What should our attitude be towards a person who gives us an experience?
How is it possible to change over a period of time?
How can we give up our sensitivities?
If Jane had been open with Bingley, would he not have gone away at first?