We are going to have an impromptu session of Ask Swami, but we are also joined by the virtual audience over the Internet?

Right. So it's not just us here, but it's the whole world, thanks to modern technology.

Welcome to all those present here and all those who are joining in over the net.

We'll start with questions from our internet audience.

Yes, the first question is from Josh in Woodstock, New York.

I have two children ages four and six, and in trying to share with them my spiritual journey as best I can,

I have found it is very difficult to tell a child that they are Brahman

or even to tell them about God.

It can be very confusing for them.

I would hate for them to have to go nearly 40 years,

building their identification with the body mind complex, only to have

to strive to remove that ignorance in their adulthood as I have.

What is the recommended approach to teach at Vela Vodanta to children or to at least prime

them for it when they are ready?

Is there a way to give them a head start, as it were?

And then he has another question.

Is the concept of Akha Jiva Vada or aloneness the same as the hard problem of consciousness?

Second question will make you want to go sit in the boat.

Well... Second question will make you want to go sit in the boat. Both beautiful questions.

One very subtle and theoretical, but the first one is of great concern.

A pressing question, which many parents would have.

One principle to remember with children.

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