{"id":150,"date":"2007-11-25T22:54:35","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T17:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/150\/analysis-on-q13-to-q16\/"},"modified":"2010-07-18T12:17:15","modified_gmt":"2010-07-18T06:47:15","slug":"analysis-on-q13-to-q16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/2007\/150\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis on Q13 to Q16"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the summaries\/analysis of the answers provided for Q13 to Q16.
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Q13 was: \u201cWhy do we watch movies with excitement, even though we know it is just acting?\u201d
\n<\/strong>The 31 answers to this question provided probably the deepest reflections so far in this section. Here is what they said:
\n– 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.
\n– 12 say that we \u2018live the movies as real\u2019 and get identified in them because of the mind\u2019s 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.
\n– 3 say that they watch movies with a witness\u2019s attitude, and use them to practice being a witness in their own life\u2019s Maya. 1 person found in one of Sw. Ramakrishnananda\u2019s recent books a clear explanation and advice regarding the matter along the same line.
\n– 3 say that they don\u2019t watch movies anymore or that they see them without taking it for real.
\n– 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.
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q13.
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Q14 was: \u201cWhat are the qualities that you like the most in babies?\u201d
\n<\/strong><\/font>28 responses were posted and here what they say: (note: many state more than one quality)
\n– 16 mention the innocence of babies, their purity and simplicity.
\n– 11 talk about the babies way of being in the presence, having no ego, wearing no social masks, not conditioned by the past.
\n– 10 talk about babies\u2019 spontaneity, their curiosity, their optimism, attitude of wonder, straight forward expression of feelings and joyful moods.
\n– 8 say that babies are the closest to God, that they remind as of God and of Amma.
\n– 5 say that when we are with them we feel happy and forget our worries.
\n– 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.
\n– 2 mention baby animals (horses).
\n– and 1 says how Amma reawakens in us the baby\u2019s qualities.
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q14<\/a><\/em>.
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\n<\/font>Q15 was: \u201cAre men and women essentially different, or does each individual simply have his\/her own nature and character?\u201d
\n<\/strong>24 responses were posted and here is what those that answered think:
\n– 12 say that men and women are the same spiritually; soul is the same.
\n– 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.
\n– 6 mention the obvious physical differences.
\n– 5 say that differences have more to do with each individual than with gender.
\n– 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.
\n– Finally 3 say that women are \u2018better\u2019, because they have less ego and are prettier!
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q15.<\/a>
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\n<\/font>Q16 was: \u201cWhen did you get Amma\u2019s darshan for the first time?\u201d (Place, date and a brief <\/font>two-sentence description)
\n<\/font><\/strong>39 responses were posted, and this is what they said:
\n– Date: 21 have seen Amma for the first time during the 90ies, 11 since the year 2000, and 6 during the 80ies.
\n– Place: 15 have seen Amma for the first time in North America, 14 in <\/country-region>India, 5 in Europe and 1 in Singapore.
\n– As for the experience, we got many various answers: 5 mention being overwhelmed by emotion and crying. 5 say that they didn\u2019t know yet Amma\u2019s 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 \u2018Home\u2019. 2 remember Amma\u2019s eyes looking at them. 2 mention Amma giving them instructions and 1 remembers Amma whispering in her ear words of Love.
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q16<\/a><\/em>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Summaries\/analysis on other previous questions to follow.
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