Akshar is God's ideal devotee. The sant or the Satpurush.
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What is our ultimate goal, as Swaminarayans?
Nijaatmanam Brahmaroopam, "brahmarup thai ne Purushottam ni bhakti karvi".
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What is the best way to avoid negative peer pressure
To abandon bad company or kusang altogether.
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What does sarva-karta mean?
All-doer.
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Who is the Satpurush today?
Pramukh Swami Maharaj
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How do you become Brahmroop?
To become brahmarup, one has to know the Gunatit sant as brahmarup.
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What is the Performance Trap?
It is our fear of failure, our insecurities about our identity. The thought of "meeting a certain standard."
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Explain Doctor Swami's analogy? (hint light-bub)
Light bulb will only shine if there is a power source behind it. Similarly, whatever happens in the world only happens because Maharaj wanted it to happen.
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What is one of the two forms of Akshar?
One which is formless and pure known as the Chidakash or Bramamahol. The other form is that Akshar remains in the service of the Purushottam Narayan.
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What is one of the best type of vachan ni seva?
Katha.
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What are the false beliefs that the performance trap makes people think?
Am i good enough? Should I change? Am I meeting the standard? (Answers may vary).
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Explain how suffering builds character.
Suffering forces the human mind to explore its capabilities and that produces far greater work than before. (Answers may vary).
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What is the scripture that talks the glory of Akshar?
The Kath Upanishad
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What is the thought that one should always have to become brahmarup?
To keep Divybhaav in ones's guru. No matter what he does, he is divine.
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What are some of the behavior/symptom that often take place when there is a fear of failure?
Avoidance of risks, Anger & Resentment, Anxiety, Depression, Dishonesty, Low Motivation, and Addiction. (Answers may very).
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Suffering tests faith. How?
To go to Akshardham, we need to fulfill certain requirements, which only suffering can test. (Answers may vary).
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What do we have to do to become brahmarup?
Follow Akshar's (Swamishri's) agna and preform his seva.
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What are the benefit of becoming brahmarup?
Becoming brahmarup means then we can be able to offer perfect bhakti to Maharaj and Swami.
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If _____ are the focus in our goals, then we will never feel worthless.
Maharaj and Swami.
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If there was no evil in the world, the world would be perfect and Maharaj doesn't want us to get attached to a perfect world because....?
We would get attached to a lot of maya and stop working toward our goal, Akshardham.