What Good Does It Do?

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Swam vevecante says, when mary hale wrote to him, i have understood what you have taught. Swam eve cante said, i have never taught such strange doctrine. Third one, god alone is nothing. Else is all appears in god. That is a dita verant. Now, what good does it do? Twofold good. One is apparent, and one is at the surface. One is the deep application in spiritual life. What does it do for us? Thereis a philosophical side to falsity where, by argument, you try to show the falsity of the world. It's a difficult job because it seems very real to us.

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 5th, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - How is it that the self is in all beings from the chit (consciousness) perspective? 18:37 - Where is my consciousness when I am sleeping? Can I use sleep as a spiritual practice? 26:55 - Will a realized person retain their individuality after enlightenment? 40:38 - Why do we call this world false? 55:53 - What does Sri Ramakrishna mean by going into the black water (in reference to samadhi)? 01:00:30 - If we want to take up a life of renunciation, what practices should be followed?