In a Zoom meeting with ‘Yo Soy Tu Mismo’ (a group of Spanish devotees of Bhagavan Sri Ramana) on 16th January 2022, Michael James first answers the questions:

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We are seeing a great deal of attention to illnesses today. How can we deal with physical pains and illnesses in the least difficult way possible if our self-inquiry is still weak? What can help us to get through all this in the best possible way?

and then answers more questions about this and other aspects of Bhagavan’s teachings, particularly the practice of self-investigation and self-surrender.

While answering these questions, Michael discusses the meaning and implications of various passages from Bhagavan’s writings, including Nāṉ Ār?, Āṉma-Viddai, Śrī Aruṇācala Padigam, the note he wrote for his mother in December 1898, Śrī Aruṇācala Aṣṭakam, Uḷḷadu Nāṟpadu and Upadēśa Undiyār.

This episode can also be watched as a video, 2022-01-16 Yo Soy Tu Mismo: Michael discusses pain, illness, self-investigation and self-surrender, and a more compressed audio copy in Opus format (which can be listened to in the VLC media player and some other apps) can be downloaded from here.