In a Zoom meeting with Ernesto and Carlos of ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 6th October 2021, Michael James answers the questions:

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“We don’t know what we will experience in a year’s time, for example, could some of the reactions I stop having between now and then, detachment from likes and dislikes, understanding the meaninglessness of certain beliefs I still have as an ego, etc. be part of the Prarabdha Karma I will experience in a year’s time, etc.? That is, could acting as if everything depends on me as an ego imply that the will I put into trying to stop feeding my ego is part of what I have to do to make certain events happen or not happen in my experience one year from now?”

While answering these questions Michael refers to and/or discusses the following passages from Bhagavan’s writings:

The note he wrote for his mother in December 1898

Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu verse 38

Upadēśa Undiyār verse 2

This episode can also be watched as a video: 2021-10-06c Yo Soy Tu Mismo: Michael, Ernesto and Carlos discuss acting in accordance with prārabdha.