Table of Contents
Part I: The human mother and the Mother Divine
Part II: Questions and answers
- Introduction
- Question: I would like to know why your students keep your picture on their shrines.
- Question: The spiritual life is very important, but we live in modern society, no matter how good or bad it is. Don't you think that this kind of life is very confining to these young people, who rarely go away to school or keep a job other than around you and the Centre? I have heard that they need your inspiration and feel it is not good to be away from the Centre or these surroundings for any length of time.
- Question: I am not saying that they should go where they're not going to be happy. I agree with what you say. But most of them don't try to experiment by going on a trip for a certain length of time because they say they will not be able to maintain the same inspiration for a month or two months. How do they know they won't be happy seeing different parts of the world or going camping in a national park?
- Question: Why is it necessary for the young people to be apart from others while they are following your path?
- Question: You know her life is quite different from the people around her.
- Question: Guru, I think that we all have the same goal and I am deeply at peace with the roads that Jonnie and Cherie walk down. But I think that one of the problems parents may face when their children embark on roads that they themselves haven't walked on can be one of competition. I think there was one issue that touched me very deeply, and that was when you changed their names. I really felt then that you were trying to take a very precious place in their lives which, until that time, only their Father and I had had. I felt that if we were accepting your grace, then you also should have recognised a very special place that we hold in the children's lives, too.
- Question: Will there be a time when our daughters can maintain many of the marvellous things that they are learning and becoming and go out in the world and be on their own? Will they still be able to feel the inner spirituality within them without having to be more or less centred in this one area?
- Question: According to the government of this country, are you considered a religion? Do you pay taxes or are you tax-exempt like a church?
- Question: Why are there more spiritual Masters in America today than there have been in previous years? Is it because there is a greater awareness of a spiritual need?
- Disciples sing The Invocation
