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Mother’s Grace Life Responses in Pride & Prejudice Compiled from: Commentary & Principles on Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice by Sri Karmayogi Karmayogi.net web talks by Garry Jacobs Growth Online Articles by Roy Posner Contradictions are Compliments Contradictions Elizabeth’s harsh words to Darcy - What to do? Reconcile Them - How to do it? Reconciled By - Move away from ego’s view - What are the practical steps? • • • • Take other man’s point of view Good will for other’s progress Self-Giving Non-Reaction • Accepted Eliza’s point of view • Did not react • Shifted his attitudes inwardly Life’s response - • Life brought the opportunity to prove his change • Goodwill and self giving by saving Lydia’s elopement - What is the end result? Compliments - What is the practical meaning? Life’s reward - Life’s cooperation • To create new opportunities, • Progress, • Luck etc.., 1 Eliza ‘s shift & Darcy’s romantic fulfillment Theory P&P Example Inner Moves the Outer Eliza saw Pemberley estate Outer Events -What to do? Inner change- • Constantly shift to positive attitudes. • Practice Equanimity during negative events She reversed her attitudes and thought of “To be Mistress of Pemberley” -What are the practical steps? Practical Meaning- • The very soil brings out its magnificence and creates a material desire in her which is the turning point. • In her own imagination the thought grows – a clear sign of decided choice. • Shift to positive attitudes or reverse the attitudes (if earlier was negative) • Remain undisturbed in negative circumstances -What is the end result? The principle- Inner will move the Outer Inner choice evoke outer -What is the practical meaning? 2 Life’s response by Changing the outer circumstance and bring sudden benefits, Luck etc.., Life Response - Darcy was prompted to come a day early by the energy of such attitudes Theory P&P Example Do not confine to Materialistic Limitations Materialist view Charlotte’s view -What to do? What is that - Not beautiful, 27 yrs old, no money for dowry, no status etc.., Do not confine in those limitations -What are the practical steps? What she did - • Do not focus on the negative. Focusing negative aggravates the problem • Focusing the positive & shift in attitudes will make the circumstance favor • Despite her limitation, she practiced unconditional goodwill for Elizabeth. • Generous goodwill of magnanimity, supreme commonsense of ripe age and shameless mercenary practicality dwell together in Charlotte -What is the end result? Positive attitudes evoke outer What is Life’s Rule - The weakest can accomplish if the circumstances favour with the right attitudes. (good will) -What is the practical meaning? Life Response - Life’s response by 3 Changing the outer circumstance and bring sudden benefits, Luck etc.., Life came to her by presenting itself Collins to him and a reasonable status in her life Theory P&P Example Expectation cancels or postpones Expectations Mrs. Bennet’s expectation on Jane’s engagement with Bingley -What will it do? It will cancel or postpone the future happenings What Happened- -What to do? It drives away Bingley from Netherfield to London Practice Non-Expectance -What are the practical steps? • • Consecrate the actions. Do the best what you can do and leave the results to the Mother What they did - • • -What is the end result? • Life will reward for the positive inner attitude -What is the practical meaning? Bingley would not come as long he is expected by various parties like Jane, Liz and Mrs Bennet. Anticipation is to confine the infinite to our finite condition. Life forced them to practice Non-Expectance Life Response- Jane’s NonExpectance and Elizabeth’s Goodwill bring her back Bingley Life’s response by 4 Changing the outer circumstance and bring sudden benefits, Luck etc.., Theory P&P Example Negative and Positive Attitudes Negative Attitude Mr. Bennet’s Negative Attitude -What it will do? It will attract negative events Mr. Bennet’s Reversal (Positive Attitude) ----------- What he did ----------- -What to do? Change to positive attitudes & values -What are the practical steps? • • • • • Take responsibility for your life Refuse to blame others for the problems Do not expect others to solve your problem Recognize other man’s point of view Do your best, consecrate the acts and leave the results to the Mother. • He is more interested in picking holes in his wife’s scheme than in the work on hand. • It is a moment of triumph for him to thwart the wife • He didn’t react during Lydia’s elopement and practiced positive values. • Went himself to London to find him ------What is the meaning------ -What is Life’s Response? • His unsavoury sarcasm is a negative vibration • The triumph in meanness directly brings misfortune • Sarcasm is the small victory issuing from a great defeat • He took the full responsibility for his actions. • He practiced nonreaction and did not blame any one. • His attitude of repaying Gardiner -------- What Happened --------- Life’s response by 5 Changing the outer circumstance and bring sudden benefits, Luck etc.., Finally, it bring Lydia’s Elopement Theory P&P Example Lydia’s marriage and restore family’s name Do not take initiatives Caroline’s Initiative (with negative attitudes) Initiatives -What will it do? What she did- It will destroy the positive possibilities • Caroline adversely comments about Elizabeth several times to Darcy. • Her every Initiative ends up bringing Darcy & Eliza closer • Small triumphs of life are more fascinating than the large victories of life. Caroline may enjoy thwarting Elizabeth and Jane overmuch. -What is the theory? • Ego takes initiative and that becomes one’s karma. • To every foolish initiative Life has occasions that can countermand -What to do? Mother asks us not to take initiative What happened - Caroline’s ruse destroyed her chances with Darcy -What is the end result? Life will bring rewards for the inner nature of non-initiative Who is her Opposite - -What is the meaning? Charlotte and her Good will 6 We always see with Mother that SHE gives more than we ignorantly asked for, but never realise that it is because we have not taken initiative in that area. What is Life’s meaning - • Eliza reaches Darcy through Caroline • Darcy comes to her through Charlotte. Theory P&P Example No act ends there. It continues to Repeat Acts Continues to Repeat Acts Repeat (P&P Examples) -What is the theory? • Arguments repeat themselves as they are full of energy • News is endlessly repeated till it is worn out (Vital absorption of social energy) • When an event repeats, it means we are missing something. Example 1 - • Darcy’s act of saying Elizabeth “Tolerable” • Elizabeth repeats to Darcy “ No gentleman & the last man she would marry” • Life events revealed the truth as the days go and she has to come back to him by herself again. -What to do? Example 2 - • Consecrate all the Life’s responses to Mother (Both Positive & Negative) • Be conscious and consecrate before acting on anything • Collins proposal to Eliza which she feels shame to her. -What is the meaning? 7 • To let Her do what we can do is to let Her do it better and it is consecration. • Consecration avoids the procedure of the process and gives the result through the Light. • Consecration yields the final result in the beginning • She feels the same when that act repeats to her with Darcy’s proposal. Example 3 - Theory • Darcy influenced Bingley to London and avoid him marrying Jane. • Life made that act to reverse himself by bringing Bingley back to Netherfield and to marry Jane. P&P Example