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Ananda Raga: Tell me the right path to reach the ultimate goal.

Paramahamsa: Bliss...

Ananda Raga: That is the goal, but what is the path?

Paramahamsa: Bliss is both - the goal and the path.

Paramahamsa: Meditation is a complement to medication.

Gopal: I find it difficult to relate a scientist with a rishi. They seem like opposites. Please explain.

Paramahamsa: A man who creates a formula to reproduce what happens in the outer world is a scientist. A man who creates a formula to reproduce what happens in the inner world is a rishi.

Ananda Sree: How do we go about destroying our ego?

Paramahamsa: First, understand clearly that you have ego in some form or the other. It may be active ego or passive ego.

Ananda Sree: What is the difference between them?

Paramahamsa: Active ego is very obvious and gets hit by society at some time or the other. Passive ego is very subtle, difficult to perceive and difficult to destroy as well. Knowing this is the first step to destroying our ego.

Dhruv: What is meditation?

Paramahamsa: The journey from 'i' to 'I'; the journey from Individual Consciousness to Universal Consciousness.

A nanda Dileepa: Why am I continuously having so many problems?

Paramahamsa: Because all your right decisions are the wrong decisions in the wrong places."

B alaji: Can you describe to us some of the people who travel with you?

Paramahamsa: How can I abuse them like that?

Balaji: Abuse?

Paramahamsa: Description of someone is actually abusing them, limiting them.

Paramahamsa: This wonder-filled Universe...

Atmananda: How is it wonder-filled?

Paramahamsa: If you are told to leave the Universe this very day, you will experience it as wonder-filled. Until then, you take it for granted and find it boring.

During the ASP, Asha, a talkative young lady was repeatedly told to be silent.

Asha in the Ananda Darshan: Why am I so ready to talk?

Paramahamsa: You are afraid to be with yourself, so you talk to others.

A medical student asked, “What are all the diseases that can be cured by meditation?”

Paramahamsa replied, “Meditation can cure all the diseases which you can name and which you can't name!”

A workingman asked, "Why am I not always comfortable?"

Paramahamsa replied, "Because you schedule appointments for everyone....except yourself."

A critical philosopher asked Master, "What kind of samadhi is yours? nirvikalpa samadhi, or savikalpa samadhi?"

Paramahamsa replied, "Beyond both."

A n atheist asked, "Should we always wear the mala around our neck?"

Paramahamsa said, "If you wear the mala, you will become spiritual. If you put it on the coat stand, the coat stand will become spiritual. You decide."

A lady asked, "Can we do puja during periods time?"

Paramahamsa says,"Of course you can. If there is a God which doesn't allow you to do puja at that time, simply throw that God out of the window. In my ashrams worldwide, women will be allowed at all times."

A tmananda: What is leadership?

Paramahamsa: Real leadership is a state, not a status.

Atmananda: What do you mean by state?

Paramahamsa: When you are integrated, when you are one with the Knowledge, you become a leader.

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Michael: What is your opinion about marriage?

Paramahamsa: Marriage is like a roller coaster ride.

Michael: In what way?

Paramahamsa: Who all are in it want to jump out, And who all are outside want to jump in!

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Anandi: I get distracted very easily when I do my lessons. How can I overcome it?

Paramahamsa: Distractions are distractive as long as you feel that they are distractions. When you fall in tune with the distractions, they are no longer distractive.