Table of Contents
Part I
- Question: Could you tell us what you were talking about during your interview with our President?
- Question: Did the President offer any comments about Slovakia's relations with the Czech Republic?
- Question: What is your own feeling about Slovakia and the Czech Republic?
- Question: Are you personally in favour of the division of Czechoslovakia?
- Question: Do you foresee a time when all of Europe will be united?
Part II
Part III
- Question: I want to throw my impurities into you, but I don't know how.
- Question: Is there anything in particular that I can visualise to increase my receptivity?
- Question: I sometimes feel in my meditations that I am not being as sincere as I would like to be. How can I change this?
- Question: How can I deal with the sorrow I feel from having compassion for others?
- Question: How can I be sure that I will make continuous progress in my spiritual life?
- Question: What does my soul want?
- Question: How can I see the best in other people more?
- Question: What is the best way to develop oneness?
- Question: What is the fastest way we can get rid of the ego?
- Question: How can we transform doubt?
Part IV
- Question: When I am involved in giving meditation classes, I find it hard to keep up my running.
- Question: How can I increase my sincerity?
- Question: How can we know whether we are making the fastest progress or not and if you are satisfied with our progress?
- Question: You once said that you have God-realisation-victory but you do not have God-manifestation-victory.
- Question: A seeker saw you meditating in a video and asked me what method you use when you meditate. How should I answer that question?
- Question: If we are only meditating for fifteen minutes each morning, is that really enough for God-realisation?
- Question: My daughters are now 17 and 19. They have not lived with me for about five years, but when they get unhappy or have really difficult problems, I want to just put them on a plane and bring them here. Should I just pray harder, or should I bring them here?
- Question: Do the primary qualities of a soul change from incarnation to incarnation?
- Question: I was wondering if the main quality that our soul's name represents would change from incarnation to incarnation.
- Question: When we use instruments to play your songs, how can we best bring out all the divine qualities of the songs through the instruments?
Part V
- Question: Dearest Guru, do you have any special message for your discouraging and disappointing child, Annam Brahma?
- Question: What quality could we bring forward in Annam Brahma to please you the most?
- Question: When we have problems that are in our subconscious, is it because we have a strong attachment to the problem and are not really ready to let go, or is it something more than that?
- Question: What does the soul of Annam Brahma want?
- Question: What do I need to know?
- Question: Preparing prasad sometimes takes a very long time. How can I remain soulful during the whole preparation?
- Question: Does a seeker's gratitude-heart truly carry more significance than his own personal transformation?
- Question: How much importance should I give to athletics? I am always wondering if I disappoint you by not training and having running goals.
- Question: What can I do to see only the good in the world and in others and not be pulled down by the undivine things?
- Question: How is Annam Brahma in Heaven?
- Question: How can I stop my restless mind? I always rush from one thing to the other and, at the end of the day, I realise that I did not spend enough time singing, reading and meditating.
- Question: Sometimes I have spasms of energy in my spine which are very uncomfortable; sometimes I have no energy at all. How can I keep my energy more constant and stable?
- Question: What is the soul of Annam Brahma like?
- Question: What shall I do when I leave New York so that I do not miss your physical presence too much?
- Question: How can we maintain a good consciousness while we are being assailed by our ignorance as we work in the restaurant?
- Question: How can I be more conscious so that I do not forget something that you really need?
- Question: How can we work dynamically and soulfully, without rushing?
Part VI
- Question: When problems seem so huge and individuals seem so small, when problems seem to be able to be solved only on a very large scale, by large-scale intervention by governments, what can individuals do to contribute to world peace?
- Question: Charity is sometimes criticised for being impersonal and patronising and assuaging our guilt. How does the concept of service differ from charity?
- Question: Why do people in the West find the idea of simplicity so complicated?
- Question: When differences in religious creeds can create such intolerance in the world, what is the proper attitude towards other people's faiths?
- Question: As we approach the millennium, there is possibly a feeling of despair. Do you think this is a special time for the fate of humanity? Is there another way of looking at this?
- Question: Isn't this a time when people like you and Mother Teresa and some others are awakening this in a lot of people?
Part VII
- Question: Why is this year so full of hostile forces?
- Question: In the soul's world, even though the souls do not have physical ears, is there also music like here?
- Question: Why is the German mind so stubborn?
- Question: How can I keep my mind from worrying about the past and the future?
- Question: Why can't I see God?
- Question: If something is close to you that is not inspiring, how can you protect yourself?