Here are the summaries/analysis of the answers provided for Q13 to Q16.

Q13 was: “Why do we watch movies with excitement, even though we know it is just acting?”
The 31 answers to this question provided probably the deepest reflections so far in this section. Here is what they said:
– 14 answers say that we watch movies because we get identified with the actors and the movie, and relate what they watch to their personal life and dreams.
– 12 say that we ‘live the movies as real’ and get identified in them because of the mind’s weakness: It runs after distractions, runs after pleasures and excitements, controls us, wants to avoid facing Truth, is not able to live in the Present.
– 3 say that they watch movies with a witness’s attitude, and use them to practice being a witness in their own life’s Maya. 1 person found in one of Sw. Ramakrishnananda’s recent books a clear explanation and advice regarding the matter along the same line.
– 3 say that they don’t watch movies anymore or that they see them without taking it for real.
– 2 people say the excitement comes from seeing how personal problems get solved in the movie, and 1 person says that we live through the movies what we lack in our life.
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Q14 was: “What are the qualities that you like the most in babies?”
28 responses were posted and here what they say: (note: many state more than one quality)
– 16 mention the innocence of babies, their purity and simplicity.
– 11 talk about the babies way of being in the presence, having no ego, wearing no social masks, not conditioned by the past.
– 10 talk about babies’ spontaneity, their curiosity, their optimism, attitude of wonder, straight forward expression of feelings and joyful moods.
– 8 say that babies are the closest to God, that they remind as of God and of Amma.
– 5 say that when we are with them we feel happy and forget our worries.
– 3 mention the less fortunate children that suffer from poverty, but they say that they too remind us of God and bring feelings of innocence.
– 2 mention baby animals (horses).
– and 1 says how Amma reawakens in us the baby’s qualities.
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Q15 was: “Are men and women essentially different, or does each individual simply have his/her own nature and character?”
24 responses were posted and here is what those that answered think:
– 12 say that men and women are the same spiritually; soul is the same.
– 7 say that there are psychological differences and talk about differences in the way each gender expresses itself; while 3 say that there are no psychological differences.
– 6 mention the obvious physical differences.
– 5 say that differences have more to do with each individual than with gender.
– 4 mention that there are women qualities in each men, and men qualities in each women; while 5 say that men and women complement each other.
– Finally 3 say that women are ‘better’, because they have less ego and are prettier!
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Q16 was: “When did you get Amma’s darshan for the first time?” (Place, date and a brief two-sentence description)
39 responses were posted, and this is what they said:
– Date: 21 have seen Amma for the first time during the 90ies, 11 since the year 2000, and 6 during the 80ies.
– Place: 15 have seen Amma for the first time in North America, 14 in India, 5 in Europe and 1 in Singapore.
– As for the experience, we got many various answers: 5 mention being overwhelmed by emotion and crying. 5 say that they didn’t know yet Amma’s value. 4 mention that their life has radically changed since then. 4 talk about joy and a feeling of innocence. 4 remember the bhajan that was played. 3 explain how they became speechless. 3 felt that had reached ‘Home’. 2 remember Amma’s eyes looking at them. 2 mention Amma giving them instructions and 1 remembers Amma whispering in her ear words of Love.
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Summaries/analysis on other previous questions to follow.
Priyan