{"id":190,"date":"2007-12-16T02:08:55","date_gmt":"2007-12-15T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/190\/analysis-on-q20-to-q23\/"},"modified":"2010-09-21T03:10:12","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T21:40:12","slug":"analysis-on-q20-to-q23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e.amritapuri.org\/blogs\/2007\/190\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis on Q20 to Q23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are the summaries\/analysis for the answers provided to Q20, Q21, Q22 and Q23:
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Q20 was: \u201cWhat is your favorite parable\/story told by Amma? How has it inspired and helped you?\u201d<\/strong>
\n20 responses were posted. Each story mentioned is different but all seem to have brought very valuable and deep inspiration into the person\u2019s life.
\nA few say that the #1 story is Amma\u2019s real life story itself!
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q20<\/a>.<\/em>
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Q21 was: \u201cWhat is your favorite activity of the day? Why?\u201d<\/strong>
\n27 responses were posted and here what they say:
\n– 6 say that their favorite \u2018activity\u2019 is \u2018feeling Amma\u2019s presence\u2019.
\n– 5 mention doing Arati, Puja and praying time.
\n– 4 say listening to Bhajans.
\n– 3 say doing I-AM meditation, and 3 say repeating their mantra.
\n– Another 3 say sleeping (!) and another 3 say visiting this website!
\n– 2 say being near Amma physically; 2 say when they are alone in their room (reading books), and 2 say when they are with their family.
\n– Finally one person says reading Matruvani, one person says doing seva, one person says feeding birds in the morning, and one person says \u2018witnessing\u2019 the mind\u2026
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q21<\/a>.<\/em>
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Q22 was: \u201cWhy do we like chocolates and ice-cream?\u201d<\/strong>
\nOnly 18 responses were posted and here what they say:
\n– 7 answerers like them simply because they have a sweet taste.
\n– 5 because they are reminded of Amma giving them.
\n– 5 because they provide an experience of pleasure.
\n– 4 because they are easy and pleasant to chew.
\n– 3 because they have a rich taste; one because they are not such a dangerous vasana, one mentions that they are every child\u2019s favorite, one that everyone likes them, and one that chocolate has caffeine.
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q22<\/a>.<\/em>
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Q23 was: \u201cWhat is the kindest action that you have been able to perform recently?\u201d<\/strong>
\n27 responses\/comments were posted and most were thoughts related to the question rather than a direct answer to it. Here is a summary of what was said:
\n– 9 mention needing Amma\u2019s help and grace to do kind actions.
\n– 6 comment that thinking that we did kind actions is ego; it is opposite to selflessness; and makes the action loose its value.
\n– 6 see that the question is a reminder for us to do kind actions.
\n– 5 mention listening to others and smiling as kind actions they performed; 4 mention acts of seva.
\n– 2 mention caring for plants and animals; one praying with the sick; one praying for world peace; one not being too hard on himself, and one person mentions taking a vow of silence (!).
\n– 2 comment on kindness as being perceived as a weakness: One reflects on how the \u2018kindness\u2019 of the native Americans and native Indians was \u2018repaid\u2019 at the end, and one on how kindness often leads to disappointment.
\n– One says that he never succeeds in doing genuine kind action because there is always some subtle interest involved, and one that he is simply trying to.
\nClick here to read again all the answers provided to Q23<\/a>.<\/em>
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Click below to review summaries of earlier questions:<\/font><\/p>\n

Analysis on Q1<\/a>
\n<\/font>Analysis on Q2 to Q5<\/a>
\n<\/font>Analysis on Q6 to Q8<\/a>
\n<\/font>Analysis on Q9 to Q12<\/a>
\n<\/font>Analysis on Q13 to Q16
\nAnalysis on Q17 to Q19<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n

Summaries\/analysis on Q24 and following to be posted soon.
\nPriyan<\/font><\/p>\n

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