Thus Spake Babaji: Recent Episodes
Shiva Rudra Balayogi
Anyone interested in meditation will find this series of questions and answers of interest. A Realized Meditation Master, Shri Babaji (Shri Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj), answers questions from people around the world on meditation and spirituality. His spontaneous answers are based on the wisdom gained from his own direct, first-hand experience of years of intense meditation (Tapas) and the teachings of his Guru, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj. He explains how meditation works and the purpose and benefits of spirituality in clear, simple terms. These recordings are taken from a live online meditation class that Babaji holds every Saturday. They are precious opportunities to receive direct guidance from a Realized Master. To register please visit: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
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Bondage and Liberation - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch8 vv1-4 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 279
Recorded on 30 March 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
1:14 "Bondage is when the mind desires anything or grieves the loss of anything.."
1:33 "Freedom is when the mind doesn't desire anything nor grieves the loss of anything.."
2:51 Do desires still arise after Self-Realization?
4:41 In Self-Realization, doesn't the mind become completely still?
6:13 Once the Self is known, then the mind continues to function when it's needed, but it can no longer get attached to anything?
9:12 You can be thinking and acting, but you're always aware that you're infinite, that you're not involved.
10:49 What does it mean to be aware of the Self while acting?
12:11 Can you desire without being bound to the desire?
13:31 How are mind and consciousness the same, and how are they different?
14:47 If the mind is producing our ideas, concepts, and imaginations, how do we function in the world if it remains quiet?
18:46 Is Self-Realization the fulfillment of all desires?
23:06 Without Self Awareness it's almost impossible to imagine that you could be happy or fulfilled without having a lot of stuff.
24:54 When there is no ‘I,' there is Liberation. When there is ‘I,' there is bondage.
27:43 You realize you're just the watcher, the silent witness to what the mind is creating and projecting?
31:07 "I assure you, you can never make yourself disappear."
32:46 If you remain quiet in your mind, that is Pure Consciousness, and being in the Self, that is the nature of Self Realization - story of Rama and Ravana from the Ramayana.
35:51 "When the body urges of hunger, etc., happen, it appears as if they're happening to us. This is because consciousness is stuck into the reflections of the brain.."
41:54 It seems that every being has come into this world with ignorance, so there could be no one who is Self-Realized coming into the world.
44:28 The Divine is supposed to be all peace, and supreme peace. So why does it incorporate suffering into its existence?
50:33 How do we know the difference between the intuition and the ego? H
53:28 The terminologies Mind, Supreme Consciousness, space - are they all one and the same, and you use the nearest analogy to help?
56:12 When we ask for grace from the so called Divine. Is it we ourselves that are giving us grace?
57:02 Is it because normal human beings hold onto the past and present that they suffer more mentally?
59:08 How to practice to see everything you see outside of you is nothing but you.
1:00:19 Advice for when age advances and memory and knowledge falls away.
1:03:49 What happens when a desire is binding. How do you tell if a desire is or is not binding?
1:04:30 How to not be overpowered by a person or a situation and keep centered in spiritual power.
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Devotion and Surrender | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 278
Recorded on 30 May 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
4:43 Why is devotion considered an essential part for spiritual growth when knowledge and meditation also exist as the path to liberation?
11:16 Before surrendering to God or Guru, why not first start devotion at our home, to our wife, son, father, or surroundings etc?
13:49 So to accept, "Nar mein hi Narayan hai" (God resides within every human being")?
14:12 How can we differentiate from genuine devotion from emotional attachment or blind following?
16:30 Difficult to surrender but easy to meditate, or to read books. What is holding us back, the ego?
19:07 We use 'I' as the body, not the true Self.
19:39 When we consider 'I' as the body there is a lot of gratification, but when that is dropped, there is no gratification. How to start in dropping the ego?
22:30 What the world cannot give us, only devotion and surrender can give us?
25:04 Does surrender mean giving up desires, ambitions and plans?
25:41 The concept of dharma, arth, kama, moksha.
27:09 People who go to temples for worship but don't have faith.
28:25 Does devotion create surrender or surrender create devotion?
29:02 Like a baby in the womb who is connected to the mother via the placenta, are we surrendered to the guru in the same way?
33:23 Unless and until the Self is experienced, you don't get it.
35:39 When we are not meditating how can we keep our consciousness at a very high level? Can mantra japa be done?
36:38 How do we remove imprints and tendencies from our previous life? Are they in the brain or in the mind?
37:49 Is Babaji a man or a deity?
39:46 How to pray to all the deities in the same breath?
40:50 If an appearance comes in meditation
41:36 How can I make devotion as a practice everyday?
43:08 Can I adopt a reminder to continuously be devoted throughout the day?
43:40 When we act with devotion can you talk about Svadharma and Paradharma activities?
44:49 Difference between nirvikalpa and sarvikalpa samadhi.
46:27 People take advantage of my tolerance with them. Is it ok not to talk to those people? Is that wrong?
49:26 What is the difference between Hanumanji and Parabrahma?
50:11 How has Hanumanji become such an important part of people's lives?
50:50 Would there be any impact from new moon or full moon days on the ability to concentrate in meditation?
53:32 How do I convince my mind to have faith in the divinity and accept whatever is to happen in life.
59:47 The moment I put in efforts, the results are conceived by my mind also. What is the trick to avoid this?
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Nature of Self Realization - Ashtavakra Samhita (Ch7 vv1-5) | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 277
Recorded on 16 March 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
2:18 Verses
3:45 In me, the universe moves driven by its own inherent nature - I am completely unaffected by it.
5:50 What makes the absolute manifest into mind?
8:06 Is mind what is responsible for things appearing in consciousness
9:10 What is the nature of manifest existence?
10:23 What is the nature of consciousness?
11:55 Why does Creation come into existence?
13:42 We are actually living our life in our own mind?
14:29 When we experience something, the object is actually there, but our interpretation is just an imagination about that object?
16:00 So it's a cooperation between the brain, the physical organism, and the mind that fabricates the whole illusion.
17:05 Verse 5 - "What a great marvel! I'm actually pure consciousness."
19:36 You can stop thinking and all the imagery, but you can't make the consciousness go away, because that's your Self.
20:19 Do you rise above that, Baba, in Nirvikalpa Samadhi or Sahaja Samadhi?
20:37 Verse 5 comments
21:49 What is watching the mind through the mind?
24:31 So there is a duality in the sense that there's a knowingness going on, but there's no second thing, it's just knowing itself.
25:40 So we're using the mind's attention to watch itself, is that what we're trying to accomplish with meditation?
27:28 So once you get absorbed in that point there is just seeing?
28:36 As you become absorbed in between the eyebrows, you are no longer seeing with the eyeballs, but yet you continue to see with your mind's eye?
29:40 Reading of verses.
31:25 All the universe has arisen in this Self simply by imagination.
33:14 "You realize that this space is the ultimate Truth and Pure Consciousness."
34:32 "Space is the source of consciousness of Self Existence."
35:10 "Every term used is as an imagination for the sake of understanding and communication in this world."
37:21 "The universe is also a higher consciousness magic show with no existence value"
38:32 What's the difference between pure awareness and pure consciousness?
39:09 Which will exist after the finishing of the body and mind — Pure Awareness, or Pure Consciousness?
39:26 So awareness requires mind?
39:45 What's the difference between Pure Consciousness and Consciousness of Existence?
40:27 Sometimes you've given the example, if a person is looking in a mirror, the image in the mirror can't see the person. Is the person in that example consciousness, and the image in the mirror the mind?
41:05 Why does the mind constantly test itself?
42:41 In reality is there a specific auspicious or inauspicious time?
44:15 Why would one come back to the body after the merger has happened?
44:51 Just before the merger there's a warmth of duality that is experienced before you merge? Can one experience loved ones before the merger?
47:41 What is the concept of 'the feet of Lord Vishnu'?
48:51 Is the external world and what's happening also part of the mind — the same mind as the inner mind, but a higher potency?
50:01 There is only one divinity, there is nothing else? So then everything is God?
51:22 What do you mean watch the thoughts? Either thought is not there, or I am not watching it.
53:30 You don't try to actually watch the thought that you're having? You just continue to watch without imagining?
54:32 My video was off during the initiation. Have I received Baba's initiation?
55:01 Just before merging, is there any Samyama that is helpful for Moksha, or is patience all that is needed?
57:38 If you have an intention when performing samyama, will it help to manifest that intention?
58:16 Is dhyana, meditation, the ending of experience?
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Babaji's Life with Shri Swamiji | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 276
Recorded on 23 May 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:28 Babaji's first personal meeting with Swamiji
7:37 How Babaji got to the Dehradun Ashram from the station
8:22 How did Babaji feel arriving at the Ashram in the middle of the night not knowing anyone?
12:49 Did Swamiji give Babaji any instruction on what to do at the Ashram?
14:14 What routine did Babaji follow at the Ashram when He was by Himself?
16:44 When Swamiji was at the Ashram, how was the routine different?
29:23 Swamiji asking Babaji to look after a mentally challenged boy within a few years of joining the Ashram.
37:43 Swamiji showed a great deal of affection to Babaji but His guidance could often be very strict.
44:49 It might look to an outside observer that the situation was unreasonable and uncontrolled but it was like a surgical procedure that was being performed.
48:20 Why is Mount Kailash a sacred mountain?
49:33 What is the Soul?
51:38 Why does the mind fall silent when in the presence of a Master?
53:38 What sort of relationship should we have with our body?
55:40 What is the importance of Brahmacharya in the practice of meditation?
57:25 Did Babaji ever speak to Swamiji's mother Parvathamma? What was she like?
59:35 Some pointers in progressing further in meditation.
1:00:51 Being a musician, a melody stays in the mind during meditation. How to overcome this?
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Mental Health | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 275
Recorded on 16 May 2026 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:27 What is the mind?
2:11 How does Babaji define mental health?
4:54 How can people overcome stress, depression, fear etc and achieve a healthy mind?
7:48 It seems that mental health has deteriorated more and more throughout history. Why is this?
27:53 Many young people today are unable to function properly due to lack of concentration. What is going on in the mind and brain in this situation and what is the solution?
34:26 What is happening in a person's mind when a situation gets so extreme that they consider taking their own life?
48:55 What about the medicines that doctors prescribe to control these mental state?
51:11 When we want to be peaceful but others try to trouble us, should we take it as a challenge or is it a prarabdha that we face this situation? How should one get out of this situation?
52:48 How to accelerate the cleansing of the acquired habits of the mind in meditation if we are not aware of what is there in the subconscious layers of the mind?
54:25 Our attitudes hold our emotional content, so is it more important to remove the attitudes than the imprints?
55:12 How do we protect ourselves in mediation from astral beings who may want to harm us in our meditations?
56:30 Is it ok to continue with the practice of meditation that Babaji teaches if I have been initiated by another Guru?
57:22 Breathing becomes slow and shallow in meditation and is distracting.
58:40 How to get over depression when working in mental health therapy.
1:00:10 A feeling of unconditional love.
1:01:30 How long does Babaji recommend for the daily practice of meditation?
1:02:28 A pressure, tightness and pain when concentrating between the eyebrows in meditation.
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"Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 10-18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 274
Recorded on 26 April 2026 with US participants
0:00 Intro
1:12 Chapter 18, verse 10
2:05 We have come up with words to describe things which are imaginations that are different from different people, and ultimately unreal?
7:43 Verse 11
8:03 Yogis have no dualities – always contented in the supreme peace of Self awareness.
9:01 We are so used to thinking of acquiring peace as something in our mind instead of going beyond it all.
9:30 How does the mind lose its way and forget itself?
10:34 Verse 12
11:01 A Yogi has transcended all worldly pleasures. They have achieved that, after which there is no need to achieve anything else.
13:47 It is getting over the ego, "I am this, I am that."
14:26 Verse 13. "A Yogi has neither any worldly duties to perform or any attachments to anything."
16:14 Do the answers to questions come to Babaji spontaneously?
16:43 Does a Yogi have imaginations flowing though the mind?
18:19 So a Yogi has no worldly duties to perform?
20:32 A Yogi's mechanical body actions are the effects of their past karma.
23:24 What did Babaji mean by 'the body is just a robot'?
24:16 Babaji is not a person?
25:30 If a Yogi comes across suffering of others or if someone prays for them to help, they will always be compassionate.
26:38 Is it important to ask the Divinity for something you want?
27:13 Verse 14. "Where Is liberation for the great one who rests now beyond the world of desires?"
29:16 Verse 15. "Although bodily they see the world, a Yogi actually, in consciuousnss, does not see anything."
31:52 If you are not liberated and you hurt yourself, it's hard to tell them that it doesn't hurt.
33:02 Does Yogi just witness the pain but is not involved?
33:34 Verse 16. "In meditation the mind directly gives up all imaginations simply by watching itself. A practice to realise the Self as it is without any attributes and to rest consciously in the Self."
36:18 Verse 17.
37:01 What does it mean that a Yogi has no distractions?
38:59 Is it possible for a person to lose their identity as a result of extensive meditation?
40:35 Are there two identities, one of the person which is held in the brain, and then one of being the Yogi?
41:22 What does Babaji mean by, "You cannot make yourself disappear."
42:10 For a Yogi, the consciousness of existence has to be functioning in order to have that "I"?
42:41 So there is a person, body and mind, then a witness to what we are seeing and hearing, and then there is the consciousness of existence and then that merges back into pure consciousness?
43:29 What causes eternal existence to become conscious of its existence?
45:21 When you see situations that bring a lot of suffering, how to keep away from judgement and wanting to change the situation?
48:51 God appears to people the way that they perceive.
50:23 Can one meditate when one is travelling?
51:02 Does hunger arise in the Yogi's body?
52:08 How to stay grounded as the meditation practice progresses?
53:29 What to do when there is anxiety in the body?
55:30 Why can we not imagine the images of the Deities after returning from visiting the temple?
56:58 Inability to progress in vipassana meditation
58:16 How long should I practice meditation?
58:33 Do divinely inspired ideas come into the mind, or is that simply the imagination?
59:38 What is the difference between the consciousness of existence and the pure consciousness?
1:00:50 Is pure consciousness the absolute?
1:01:06 Does consciosiuness become mind or does mind become consciousness or do they come simultaneously?
1:01:49 When the consciousness of existence arises from the absolute, it has the inherent ability to imagine?
1:02:44 Brahma is the 'I am-ness' without anything else?
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Guru | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 273
Recorded on 9 May 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:10 Who is a guru?
2:18 Is a guru essential for Self-Realisation?
3:54 Some saints in the past have not had a physical guru. How did they achieve Self-Realisation?
6:17 'When the student is ready, the guru appears' - is this saying correct?
7:52 From the student's point of view, how toidentify the right guru?
13:57 How does a guru help a disciple or devotee?
31:59 Why does a guru go through all the efforts to train the disciple?
38:55 How do we repay the guru for all the pain that the guru takes for the disciple?
40:02 What is the solution if many thought come in meditation?
40:46 When Lord Buddha was asked what he had achieved, he said, "nothing". What did he mean?
42:08 Is there any way of intensifying the watching in meditation or does it happen automatically?
44:00 Is meditation creating a habit of silence that we can also do outside of meditation?
44:33 Should we accept scoldings from elders in the family?
45:26 In my new business, f I am stressed, more things get organised and get done with work. In the last 20 minutes of meditation, many ideas and new energy is there in the mind connected with my work. How to deal with this?
47:37 Is Gurudev our inner Divine space as we try to watch the gap in between the two thoughts? How does He manifest as the outer guru in the physical world?
48:43 Should the student see everything in life as coming from the guru?
49:29 How do I know what the guru is commenting day to day, when the guru is so far away?
50:40 Is the guru an individual or a concept? Can it be a 'baton-pass'?
51:42 What is the difference between vipassana meditation and the technique that Babaji teaches.
54:45 How can meditation be utilised in day to day life?
55:23 What should we focus on when active in daily life?
56:00 What is the concept of inner guru?
56:49 Is it that the physical guru gives independence and awareness to the disciple of the inner guru?
58:35 How to keep the mind motivated when it is failing to silence the mind in meditation many times?
1:00:11 Like a disciple seeks a guru, does a guru also seek a student?
1:00:33 Is there a spiritual transmission from the guru to the disciple, and how does that work in the development of the disciple?
1:01:28 Can someone realise the Self, just by keeping the company of a Realised master?
1:02:03 Thoughts are eliminated in meditation, but body consciousness is still there. How to progress further?
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Mental attachment and Liberation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 272
Recorded on 2 May 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:13 What it is to have a mental attachment.
3:08 When we imagine about something, do we always build a criteria, like 'it has to be like this', or 'it should not be like this.'
4:10 Should we not be making any criteria in the mind of what will give us happiness?
5:55 Why is it so difficult for us to think that there is something beyond this sight and sound?
7:39 Do we need to let go of all mental attachments to achieve Self Realization?
11:18 This watching process enables us to simply be in ourselves because we are not getting involved?
14:06 How important is the regularity of practicing meditation?
18:54 If one drops the body while holding many mental attachments, what happens?
26:04 The people who don't practice spirituality at the moment, will they eventually get inspired in some way to practice?
27:57 Could Babaji describe the state of a Yogi? When the judgements that limit us have all disappeared, is that an infinite state?
30:26 To have the mind at peace at all times is mind-boggling for many.
31:16 Is there not a single worry for a Yogi?
32:55 How to be liberated from attachments such as un-requited love and obsessive thinking.
33:50 Is it possible to be reborn on astral planets where conditions are more conducive to spirituality?
34:59 What happens when someone commits suicide? Is there any way we can help that person through prayers?
36:13 How to not be mentally disturbed by pain in the body
38:13 With close family members, if we keep away emotionally, would that be indifference and uncompassionate?
39:26 They say that in particular places like Haridwar or Vrindavan that if you die there you get moksha directly.
41:31 The two aspects of the mind; to think and to watch.
43:00 Please advise how I can truly forgive and let go of anger and resentment.
44:20 If God knows everything inside me, why do I need to pray to God?
45:35 Is killing a cockroach a sin, and are sins the root cause tying you to the samsara?
46:35 Is a sin what plays on the mind, if it doesn't play on the mind it is not a sin?
47:57 I sometimes fall asleep in meditation unintentionally, what should I do?
48:40 Some spiritual teachers say that those who commit suicide will go to hell, is that true?
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"Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita, Chapter 18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 271
Recorded on 12 April 2026 with US participants.
0:00 Intro
1:02 Chapter 18, Verse 1
1:46 Effulgence - to shine by it's own nature, not requiring any external force.
3:55 Once you become aware of the Self, all ignorance of imaginations simply disappears like a dream.
8:12 For a normal person, their attention is on the world and the imagination, not on the reality.
10:41 Verse 2
11:04 "We have total peace only when we mentally renounce."
15:22 Verse 3
15:41 "When the mind is quiet, only then is real peace enjoyed."
18:50 So there's some blessing in the fact that there's a little misery in life?
21:10 How would Babaji define peace?
22:41 It's desires that tend to break the silence?
23:03 Aren't those desires looking for happiness and peace?
24:02 Verse 4
24:28 This universe is impermanent, therefore how can it give us a permanent happiness?
29:30 The ability to accept what happens in life.
30:08 What can we do to align our desires with the ultimate truth, with trying to acquire the ultimate truth.
30:42 Verse 5
30:58 "The Self is nothing but all-pervasive space itself. Thus it is the absolute."
33:56 But you're also saying even what's imagined is the ultimate truth too?
35:29 Verse 6
35:43 When one is able to overcome all imaginations of the mind, unhappiness is dispelled once and for all.
37:35 Is it awareness that makes consciousness possible, or consciousness that makes awareness possible?
38:31 'I am' consciousness and the awareness in pure consciousness.
40:14 Verse 7
40:32 Is the world simply an imagination?
44:51 So we can become the truth and have that Pure Awareness, but we can't know the truth because that would reduce Truth to just an idea in the mind.
45:24 Since birth we have gone on absorbing impressions and beliefs until it is a firm reality.
46:59 Verse 8
47:17 "Do sadhana and know the truth for yourself."
49:22 Verse 9
50:18 "A Yogi realizes that 'I' is nothing but the ultimate truth of the Self"
50:50 So it's the pure awareness, or consciousness of existence from where the "I" arises?
52:33 In meditation, I have encountered two parts of watching; one is when we are trying to ignore thoughts and we just bring our attention to the centre (between our eyebrows), and second is, by just watching the thought, it dissolves itself. Is there a difference?
54:22 Is ignoring a thought possible?
54:45 When you first touched the feet of Shivabalayogi, your sense of 'I' disappeared. Can you remove the sense of 'I' from us if we touch your feet?
56:33 How to harness and sustain intention, and is it related to concentration and devotion?
57:54 Being quiet in life and the mind quietening when hearing Babaji talk.
59:49 Being bothered by the amount of garbage waste in the world - is there a spiritual solution to it?
1:01:27 How to be in awareness when doing something and not forget what I am doing?
1:02:35 Research talks of importance of connection with other people, is it ok not to have relations with other people?
1:04:27 Perspective on other lineages where meditation techniques are a lot more complicated, using chakras etc.
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Oneness | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 270
Recorded on 25 April 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Can Babaji comment on Kabir’s couplet “‘I’ is there when God is not there, God is there when ‘I’ is not there”? and explain it further in context of ‘oneness’?
1:31 If you are aligned with and one with your true nature to realise and drop your ego, what is that true nature?
2:41 How can we stay in this state of oneness while being in this world?
7:06 If we keep observing our thoughts continuously, do they disappear, or are we taking control of ourselves?
8:19 So the truth of the mind is not the truth?
8:34 What happens when we come out of meditation into the world?
9:59 Which practice dissolves the senses of separation most effectively? Is meditation enough or is self-inquiry necessary on a regular basis?
10:57 Who is the one practising if ultimately there is no separate self?
11:36 When we are aware and very conscious that ‘I am That’, can we again fall into the trap of desires?
13:35 When we say we are one is that because we are made up of all the same elements and consciousness?
17:44 How to solve the problem of your relations not being prepared to join you in your journey of becoming detached and achieving oneness?
19:47 Why is it we cannot reach the true love which is non-transactional?
28:02 Is it selfish to say our time has come to realise the truth, or do we say it is our destiny which got us here and other people who have not realised will get their time in due course?
31:15 When Babaji met His Master Swamiji the sense of ‘I’ disappeared. Why then was it still necessary to do Tapas?
32:35 After merging in Nirvikalpa samadhi, what happens now when Babaji goes into samadhi, is it deepening all the time, not just a static sense of bliss?
33:11 Sometimes we encounter arrogant or rude people even in family situations. I try to remain unaffected, but sometimes it’s hard – how to achieve oneness with such people?
34:40 I don’t show my anger outside, but sometimes I get affected internally.
35:20 Is the space, consciousness of existence and silence the same?
37:20 I was advised not to practice this meditation, but I want to; should I?
39:41 Can we consider all Gurus to be the same being, in oneness?
40:55 Sometimes the mind creates a confusion when trying to see the same Guru in other forms.
42:04 How is undergoing hardships in life related to progress in meditation and spiritual life?
43:51 What is the form of the soul?
46:11 After death does a person hear or see us?
47:50 Is God the divine, or a person who has attained the true nature of mind?
49:02 Do sages who have been in samadhi get angry?
50:36 So God doesn’t have an ego and doesn’t get angry?
51:31 In meditation is it the stabilising of the eyes that is the key point rather than where they are looking?
52:21 How is it possible to drop all ideas of the mind? As long as the ‘I’ exists, the mind exists and you are in separation.
55:16 So all my thoughts, imaginations are not me?
58:03 Ashtavakra says the Self cannot be experienced as long as the mind is clinging on.
59:23 How do You see God? What is God for You?
1:00:52 Do You ever objectify God as an entity or does it just exist to You eternally?
1:01:53 When I listen in satsangs, my mind listens very attentively and I feel at peace, but when I close the eyes in meditation it is more difficult.
1:03:34 When the samskaras of the mind are so strong, how can we win?
1:05:55 When you keep staring at the space, there is nothing there.
1:06:51 What is the importance of the physical initiation and presence of the Guru?
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"The True Knower", Pt3- Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 269
Recorded on 15 March 2026 with US participants
0:00 Intro
1:11 How does a Yogi view the world or life?
6:30 Does a Yogi no longer see himself as a person?
7:03 Does a Yogi see himself as the witness, as just the consciousness?
7:36 How do you jump across the abyss between the changing world and desires, to the desireless, changeless reality?
10:23 Verse 13. "A Yogi is free from attachment to all objects and actions."
13:56 "Once liberation is achieved, a need for anything else never occurs."
17:58 When the mind becomes completely silent, it shines forth with this true knowledge. It wasn't learned from books.
22:35 Is there a point when the mind becomes silent, where true knowledge just appears, or comes to you?
23:51 And does all ignorance, and false belief, just vanish at that time?
24:38 If you quiet your mind and you lose all desire and there's nothing to achieve in the world, what allows the body to move, to function and perform action?
26:49 Why does knowing the Self bring Supreme Peace and perfect contentment to the mind?
28:43 Verse 15. "A Yogi always sees the Self everywhere."
31:03 The Yogi identifies with being pure consciousness. How does he see the world?
32:08 Verse 16. From the standpoint of just being a person, it sounds pretty callous, but from the standpoint of a Yogi, everything seems all proper.
33:34 It seems that you still have thoughts, ideas and imaginations?
35:30 Do Yogis daydream?
36:33 Dreams can come up because the brain generates those?
37:28 Verse 17. A Yogi's consciousness is always detached.
40:15 Could you elaborate on the consciousness of existence, what that is and how it merges into the Self?
41:42 The abyss between the changing world and non-changing existence.
44:09 A Yogi does not perform activities, though it might appear that they act.
47:08 Verse 20. For a Yogi, no depression or dullness would ever occur.
49:23 The state of a Yogi and a guru, are these two terms synonymous? Like, is every Yogi a guru?
50:38 Is the importance of a guru always in the faith of the disciple?
51:29 If Babaji suggests something to a disciple, is that because the disciple was looking for that suggestion?
52:09 If a Yogi does not have compassion, why do Yogis bless people?
53:13 For a householder, if they reach samadhi and there is no motivation left, how would they care for their family?
55:00 Is it true that some Yogis take the body with them when they pass?
55:44 Does black magic exist?
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Mastery of the mind | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 268
Recorded on 11 April 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 When things happen that are not according to our expectations, why do we lose control of our mind and experience tension and unhappiness?
6:30 Swamiji said, "Meditate, know your Self, and don't be prejudicial." How to avoid being prejudicial?
14:54 How to improve our observation power and understanding capability?
21:11 Peculiar relationship between the brain and the mind and how one must never stop the learning process.
31:21 How does meditation enable the consciousness to gain control of itself?
40:52 Stopping all identifications of the world
45:47 The stages during Babaji's 25 years of sadhana at the Ashram
46:56 How to master the emotions of the mind in a healthy way.
48:50 How to know that the mind is watching itself, and who is watching the 'I'?
49:51 Can one do meditation anytime, anywhere and without taking a shower beforehand? Also, do I need to get initiated?
51:01 What is the difference between acceptance and loss of hope?
52:08 Is hope a desire?
52:36 If life is like a long dream, it will end one day - so why the special sadhanas to become one with the Ultimate?
54:15 Is there a witness behind the witness when you are watching in meditation?
55:11 What is the difference between Parabrahman and Paramatma?
55:31 When things don't happen according to our expectations, finally the mind gives up criticising itself and self-esteem drops. What is the best way to rebuild self-confidence?
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The True Knower, Pt1 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 267
Recorded on 18 January 2026 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:33 Verse 1. Someone who's attained Self-realization is fully contented, attaining the fruit of all knowledge.
2:52 For a Self-realized soul, solitude is not loneliness or missing something.
6:43 The most that knowledge can do is bring peace, which is the fruit of all Knowledge and the goal of Yoga.
7:58 What does it mean to purified the senses?
9:59 Verse 2. What does it mean, that the entire universe filled with nothing but the Self?
14:28 A Self-realized soul is fully aware that this all-pervasive space is nothing but the Self.
16:11 Is the mind is just the thoughts arising in consciousness?
18:14 How consciousness got trapped into it's own illusion.
21:46 Verse 3. None of the senses please One who rests delighting in the Self.
26:00 What's the different between a Self-Realized person and a Self-Realized soul?
27:38 How does a Yogi perceive people?
28:34 Verse 4. A Yogi is no longer a victim of the past memories.
30:35 Are you destroying your mind, the imprints and memories?
31:47 Are the imprints and memories erased from the mind but not erased from the brain?
33:25 What is the fastest way to realise that what you are seeing is not the truth?
34:21 Verse 5. What motivates a Yogi to get up in the morning if they are completely contented?
39:15 Attaining Yoga, union with the Self, is that beyond desire, and even the idea of liberation?
40:50 Do you get carried across the threshold spontaneously?
41:45 Are you training the mind to surrender until the point of going beyond the 'I am'?
43:46 At that time when you're completely engrossed in the experience, do you still have an awareness of yourself?
44:58 The story of Angulimala and Buddha in today's context.
47:07 Is it recommended to practice sitting on the ground in meditation?
48:01 How do we carry on with our daily lives and at the same time remove the ego and thoughts?
49:39 Why is it we have to keep our back straight in meditation?
51:04 A personal decision about whether to stay and help family members or to move away, helping more people elsewhere.
53:19 Can a Guru give an experience of Samadhi to the disciple?
55:38 How to practice consciousness in daily activity?
58:35 People who do some magic work and cheat people of this world claiming they are gods. What knowledge of the Self can these gods impart?
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Yoga Vasistha - Creation Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 266
Recorded on 14 March 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:29 The story of Leela from the Yoga Vasistha
9:51 The story of the 10 sons from the Yoga Vasistha
21:46 "When the tree dies, the seed doesn't die, but when the seed dies, the tree perishes with it."
29:23 Why does this creation idea have to exist?
32:00 The story of the man with many hands beating himself in the dense forest.
39:27 Apprehension about facing the thousands of thoughts in meditation.
43:04 Does the resolution power to achieve Self Realisation have to be finally dropped before achieving it?
45:57 If I sit for 1 hour meditation and there are constantly thoughts in the mind, is that time wasted?
46:50 Is it possible to overcome negative choices, even after repeated failures?
48:35 If unable to sit upright due to a broken leg, how to avoid falling asleep?
50:17 I dream of previous lives, different characters - why does the monkey mind play these games?
52:24 How to overcome bodily discomfort in meditation.
53:52 Breathing suddenly stops during meditation.
56:19 How to ensure the mind stays calm for 1 hour and beyond that?
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Babaji's Life Story | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 265
Recorded on 21 March 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 What were the characteristics that Babaji's parents demonstrated that helped impact the development of His character?
7:57 Innate characteristics of Babaji's personality as a young boy that were unusual compared to those around Him?
13:24 After Babaji first heard the song 'Bhaja Govindam', would the people around him have noticed a change in His behaviour or temperament?
19:43 What was the attraction that Babaji had to the Hanuman temple near His home?
37:18 How Babaji came to enter Swamiji's service after waiting for 3 years.
46:16 Stories that there are other lokas where you can achieve god realisation.
49:42 How to get over the fear that one will be reborn into the world again.
52:59 If we want Self Realization will we all have to do Tapas for many years?
55:39 How should one look at an appearance of either Swamiji or Babaji in a dream?
56:52 For Babaji, what kind of association is there to the memories of early life, considering that no ego is now left?
59:14 During Babaji's 5 year Tapas, did Babaji stretch out His legs, changing posture?
59:53 An experience of hearing a heavenly voice chanting 'narayana' - what was that?
1:01:11 Why did Babaji seek a Guru and not god?
1:02:13 The difference between a devotee and merging with the Self.
1:03:09 The worry that moving the eyes to the centre and meditating is unsafe for people who are impure.
1:05:25 In meditation, how to go beyond the witness, the observer.
1:06:04 How to overcome past sing and guilt?
1:07:22 Who was Swamiji's master?
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Recorded on 9 November 2026 with US participants
1:16 "..one cannot become established in the Self unless everything is forgotten."
3:10 You don't have to erase all your memories, but stop all the thoughts?
3:44 "Reading and listening to the teachings of great Masters alone cannot give Self-realization."
6:50 "By habits only, consciousness goes out of control, and by habit only, it can be brought under control. That's the practice of sadhana."
9:13 What happens to those people who meditate for a long time, but they don't progress?
11:19 Bringing the attention back to focusing when the mind goes off onto thoughts.
13:12 You start meditating, you focus, and then shortly you're off on thoughts.
14:13 No matter what you acquire, the mind will never be satisfied.
17:16 How can you become quiet mentally all the time and be active in the world?
20:17 A Self Realized person can be engaged in activity, but at the same time they're always aware they are the absolute.
20:46 "While trying to do sadhana, often, seekers are likely to be in a rush and force it upon themselves"
24:45 You say there's nothing coming to the mind, but you're talking to us. Isn't there something in the mind?
26:00 All these answers are just coming out spontaneously? They're not coming from your mind?
26:29 Is there anything we can do during the day to help us quiet our mind or keep it quiet?
27:39 Though a yogi remains in the Self at all times, a yogi will show compassion.
31:11 The difference between detachment and indifference
32:13 Would it be true to say that true detachment requires true compassion?
34:00 If a Yogi is not involved in any way, then who's doing it?
36:36 What are karmas?
38:00 What does prārabdha mean?
39:10 "There will not be any imagination of doership, and there shall not be any desire to achieve anything."
40:53 It says that abiding in the Self, there's no need for anything?
41:44 So the body, the mind, just responds to what is necessary at the moment without any additional craving?
42:28 Would any Self-realized person want their body to live indefinitely?
43:34 When doing your tapas, did time go by very fast?
44:41 "That one who neither likes nor dislikes is neither attached nor unattached."
46:35 The body moves during meditation, and the eyes will open. What can I do to dissolve this habit?
50:14 The mind keeps trying to go into imaginations and doesn't stay silent. Why is this?
52:06 If there is an idea of peace or losing all desires, why does the mind go into a depression?
53:58 Body can go through prarabdha of pain, but Babaji is not involved in it?
55:30 Is there a technique that we can use to disconnect from our body, so pain and suffering doesn't come up?
57:15 Is there a technique where our mind is focused on Self Realisation and our body is mechanically doing the day to day activities?
1:00:02 I feel the past all the time so it is hard to meditate.
1:01:37 Does a Yogi not differentiate individuals, only the one Self is seen?
1:03:37 How much effort should you make to concentrate your mind and sight between the eyebrows?
1:06:01 What is the connection between our breath and the mind?
1:07:08 If the mind shifts to the breath during meditation, is this ok?
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Paths of Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 263
Recorded on 7 March 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:35 What are the different paths of spirituality?
7:59 What is the right path for a rational, scientific temperament?
12:00 In Yoga Vasistha, through explanations only, Rama is able to achieve Self Realization. Is that a valid path for this Kali Yuga?
15:08 What kind of mindset is needed for one to be successful in Dhyana marga (path of meditation)?
23:59 How does the path of self-enquiry, as recommended by Ramana Maharshi, compare to Jangama Dhyana?
26:20 Some saints recommend the path of Nama Japa, repetition of a chant. Is this a valid path and how does it relate to Jangama Dhyana?
31:13 Some teachers advocate pranayama techniques, controlling of the breath. Is this a valid path for Self-Realization?
36:11 Institutions established by Shankaracharya recommend the traditional Vedic path; learning the vedas, following the various ritual etc. Is this a valid path in this current age?
41:18 Is the path of tantra a valid path for Self-Realization?
44:37 Can one follow multiple paths simultaneously?
46:21 How do I know what is the best and quickest path for me for Self-Realization?
50:42 Has 'yearning' for the truth of existence more depth to it than intelligence or rational thinking?
52:08 Is wisdom through the path of enquiry through intelligence?
54:23 In meditation is our attention on the attention?
56:08 Where to focus in meditation
57:06 If we make our body absolutely still, our mind becomes still. How to avoid our attention being divided between attention on the point in-between our eyebrows and on our body being still?
58:22 Do we need to put some effort in to keep the body still?
59:01 How to eliminate pain in the body so that we can keep our attention in-between the eyebrows?
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"The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262
Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants.
0:00 Intro
0:40 Ch 17, verse 6
1:34 What is the eternal Soul?
4:30 The consciousness of existence.
6:06 Is the Soul the Parabrahman or the consciousness of existence?
6:51 Pure consciousness
7:37 Pure awareness
7:56 Chapter 17, verse 6 contd.
8:32 What is the mechanics of how the Self-Realized Souls can come to you?
9:34 Is it our love and faith that makes the Guru manifest to us?
9:59 Verse 7 - "A Yogi neither longs for the dissolution of the universe, nor is averse to its existence."
11:15 Is it because a Yogi is aware the he is not the body or the mind?
11:35 What is it like to be a Self-Realized Yogi?
13:28 'Existence appearance'
14:07 "Even if the world disappears, it doesn't matter to a Yogi, as their attention is not at all on this universe."
15:04 The achievement of Nirvikalpa Samadhi
15:31 Savikalpa Samadhi
18:00 A Yogi, externally would appear like any other ordinary human being but consciously they're never attached to their body actions.
19:41 Verse 9. For a Yogi there is neither attraction nor aversion.
20:58 "For a yogi, the appearance of this universe is like a vague dream."
22:18 "Conscious attention will be on the Self."
22:59 During meditation, if our attention is on anything that is in the mind, then our attention is on the world.
24:30 "They are the ever silent one in consciousness."
25:50 What has made it possible for us to be here hearing this wisdom of the Self"
26:29 Our own consciousness has manifested You as this form to guide us back to the Self?
26:50 Once you've kind of gotten this far, can you get off the path?
28:50 Verse 11.
29:06 Does the Self-Realized person enjoy being alive in the body?
30:30 "Supreme Peace is beyond Bliss".
31:16 Does a Yogi know when they're going to drop their body?
33:11 Often you hear that the Guru is going to come back in another body.
34:08 A Yogi is never attached to anything of the world.
36:49 Awareness of who we are.
38:49 A Yogi remains in the Self, allowing the body to act mechanically.
40:38 Is survival wired into nature?
41:23 Was it difficult to get rid of the sense of 'I am' in Tapas?
42:24 A Yogi is free from the dualities of either accusing or praising somebody.
44:31 Is awareness a sense of knowing?
45:34 How to overcome the 6 enemies of the mind during meditation?
48:35 Is it ok to meditate while rocking my daughter to sleep?
49:17 When we see Babaji, we're seeing a person, but what we're really seeing is consciousness?
50:28 The moment you have your awareness in the present, is the consciousness with God?
51:33 Hearing a little cricket sound in the brain during meditation.
52:01 The first day Babaji met His Guru, was the faith already there?
53:20 What was the first experience of the nature of the mind?
54:08 Is every single thought continuing our illusion?
55:53 In my business life, can I trust that what is coming is exactly what I need?
56:28 Dwell in the 'I am' but not the words 'I am'.
57:24 When was it that you surrendered to your Guru?
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Purushartha - Self-Efforts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 261
Recorded on 28 February 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro from Babaji
0:56 What does the word purushartha mean?
3:34 How do we put in efforts to know Oneself? What is the process?
14:37 If there is a single thought within the mind does that mean we still need to put in efforts until eventually the mind is purified of all imaginations?
19:09 Some people might think that spirituality is something mystical where a power descends on us and we can immediately achieve Self Realization. Does it happen like this?
32:06 If the guru is not physically there to scold you, how do we catch that grace? Is it through faith?
36:10 Does daily meditation help us to not get too involved into the world?
41:11 Can we use the mind to create our reality through imagination, or does everything just naturally unfold and we should simply let go and remain a witness to what is happening?
42:24 If destiny is acting against us, how to exercise purushartha?
45:04 If we want something to happen a certain way, we pray to the Divine or the Guru - is that ok, or should we accept whatever happens?
46:03 While meditating do we need to stick our mind to god's name or chant god's name?
47:50 Shravana, manana and nididhyasana
48:27 Outside of meditation, we can analyse?
48:48 Is worshipping with form easier than worshipping without form?
49:42 Ultimately do you have to give up the form?
51:47 Can purushartha lead to a better destiny?
52:14 Does the word Niyati, as used in the Yoga Vasistha, mean destiny?
53:05 We have to put in purushartha to achieve Self Realization, but at a certain point we need to have acceptance that it has not happened yet?
53:49 When doing purushartha, I notice things come up in life with more intensity, stress and pressure becomes worse. How to stay motivated and inspired to continue?
56:50 When I am quiet internally, how to have discernment on how to respond to things externally?
57:58 Why does good and bad exist when the Divinity does not have discrimination and is all-pervading?
59:34 How has the identity of the mind happened?
1:00:49 Does the mind have a unique identity after the body dies or does it merge with the consciousness?
1:01:57 Does the mind with vasanas have an identity?
1:02:47 When my family go to wedding parties, my meditation routine gets disturbed - how to deal with this?
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Time and Space | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 260
Recorded on 7 February 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:27 Are time and space two different things, or are they thoughts and perceptions?
2:41 Can the mind go beyond time?
3:59 The story of Leelavati from the Yoga Vasistha in the context of the discovery of entangled particles in quantum mechanics.
15:00 Is the mind, consciousness and space one and the same thing?
19:21 When a Yogi attains Self Realisation, how is that awareness beyond time and space?
21:44 What is the status of the mind of the Self-Realised Yogi?
23:43 When one becomes space, where is god then?
26:34 The universe is expanding, so the space is also expanding?
28:54 How does this existence of pure consciousness take the form of an object?
31:25 What is the cause of the separation from the pure consciousness and how to go back?
34:21 Is our existence the same as the supreme conscious energy, but because of the mind we suffer in duality?
37:04 As there are fewer thoughts in meditation, is the perception of time less?
39:45 In Tapas is it a thrilling thing as one becomes aware of the Self?
41:50 Is it true that the past, present and future occur simultaneously - and we cannot change the predetermined incidents in our life. Thus what is the purpose of time and space?
45:35 Is the mind and the consciousness the same entity, and who or what creates the illusion, is it a different entity or is it the mind itself?
48:19 How do we understand that the universe is timeless?
51:00 Is there a need to study science as it has increased understanding of the universe?
55:22 Science as a quest for the truth of existence.
57:07 If god is the god of love, what is left of love in the space of silence?
58:27 What is the state of the mind in a dreamless deep sleep?
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The mind and the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 259
Recorded on 17 January 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 The feeling that we exist, beyond the thoughts.
3:30 Your existence beyond your thoughts.
7:05 Applying the mind to itself, the infinite entity.
10:17 How is the imagination within the Self, but also away from the Self?
15:38 The vastness of the universe is only in relativity.
17:15 Why there is a feeling of individual consciousness, within the all-pervaded consciousness.
20:36 To be quiet in the mind, does the ego have to completely disappear?
23:56 Only because of the existence of the brain, the consciousness gets sucked into it, and then it becomes an obstacle.
29:15 Science does not understand what anything is.
30:26 You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.
33:01 Once Self Realisation is achieved, how is the connection between the consciousness and brain maintained? Why does the body not drop?
40:28 If one is not supposed to react to anything during meditation, why did Babaji interact with the manifestations of HIs Guru during Tapas? How did He know not to ignore them?
42:13 Does meditating regularly help to eradicate fearful thoughts?
43:07 How can we develop wisdom to differentiate between true and false and moral versus immoral?
44:08 Did Babaji face challenges when He started on His meditation journey and how did He overcome them?
45:16 Is ok to tell myself to 'just watch' during meditation?
45:56 Does karma of our last birth affect this birth if we are going for Self Realisation?
47:04 After the Self has been experienced, do we have to make effort everyday or only have to sit still and calm the mind and Self will be experienced again?
48:09 Does the boundless space also only have appearance value?
49:05 The diffenrence between the mind and the brain and how they diffently play upon the consciousness.
50:23 When you are asleep and dreaming, is the power of creation the energy part of the consciousness?
51:09 Is the awareness of the Self the same for all human beings?
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'Special Instruction' - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 258
Recorded on 4 January 2026 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:10 Desire is the root of indiscrimination, Chapter 16, verse 7
3:54 What causes attachment?
5:42 Why does desire arise in the first place?
6:45 So desire is not the problem, it's the attachment to the desire?
7:45 Is a Self-Realized Yogi free of desire or just free of attachment?
8:57 What use is the body for someone who is free of attachment?
9:47 Chapter 16, verse 7. A Yogi is free from the dualities of likes and dislikes.
13:44 A Yogi is not attached to interesting places
15:00 How did Babaji get on this call without a resolution in the mind?
16:49 When you're completely in the moment, there is no resolution. There is just awareness of the present.
17:21 When you make a resolution, consciousness seems to automatically provide to fulfill that resolution.
18:57 Chapter 16, verse 9 "One attached to the world wishes to give it up in order to avoid its miseries, but that One who is free of all attachment is free from those miseries, even if he is moving in the world."
20:51 How the world appears as a dream for the Yogi.
26:46 So we have to quiet the mind, silence the mind, and then what's left is your own consciousness of existing?
27:37 Chapter 16, verse 10 "True knowledge is that state where the imagined individual self, the ego, no longer exists."
29:32 Does "the knowledge" mean Self knowledge—awareness that you're the Consciousness of Existence?
31:16 Chapter 16, verse 11. "Even if the gods, Shiva, Vishnu or Brahma, become your teacher, until you forget everything, you cannot become settled in the True Self."
42:20 "The yogi who is liberated while alive, after dropping the physical body, will become one with the ultimate Truth." Wasn't he already one with the ultimate Truth?
43:57 Somebody who hasn't attained Self Realization may not be able to imagine a level of Supreme Peace. They might think they are enjoying their body and the world fully, so they might not want to give them up.
46:15 Did the creation or bodies, these humans and all of creation come as a result of a desire, or was it just a spontaneous uncaused manifestation?
46:37 Baba, is desire something for a more evolved nervous system? Did creation begin with desire?
52:06 Imaginations eventually develop into desires, and eventually reach the desire that we want to know the Self, and if it is strong enough, we dedicate ourselves to discovering the Truth.
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Thoughts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 257
Recorded on 11 January 2026 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji mean when He speaks of thoughts?
1:22 Is there a seed that starts the thoughts?
2:00 Are thoughts the act of creation itself?
2:48 Do thoughts spring up in relation to the imprints from previous experiences
6:08 Why can't we control our thoughts if they are in 'my mind'?
12:52 A study done by the national science foundation suggests that 80% of our thoughts are negative and 95% of our thoughts are repetitive. Can Babaji speak about this?
20:09 Western neuroscience suggests that thoughts are caused by electrical activity in the brain. Could Babaji discuss this?
24:08 Are thoughts always about the world?
24:50 What is the space in-between the thoughts? Is that the Divinity?
28:29 Does the purification process that happens in meditation also happen in other sadhanas like karma yoga or bhakti marga?
35:30 Some people experience their mind's becoming quiet when in the presence of Babaji - is this a long term effect or a temporary tranquilliser?
38:05 Is the mind being quiet the same as the mind being concentrated?
40:13 A feeling of emptiness when meditating.
43:01 What is the difference between Akasha and Brahman?
43:53 When we sit for meditation, external sounds trigger more thoughts.
45:15 Where should focus when chanting mantras?
45:54 The feeling of merging with god before sleeping.
46:58 My practice is progressing but the feeling of doership is still there and fear arises?
50:44 ASMR and meditaiton
52:30 Consciousness and the brain
53:20 There is an awareness of 'I am meditating' during meditation - where should we put our main focus when meditating?
57:27 Why is meditation only taught in a positive way, not the negative aspects?
59:30 Not knowing if one if meditating or not.
1:00:23 If due to busy life, one skips a day of meditation, does it affect progress?
1:01:30 The closer you are to the Self, the quicker desires are manifested if those desires are beneficial - so why are my prayers not being answered?
1:03:49 Does there need to be a problem in life first for it be solved and only then one can achieve happiness?
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Yoga Vasistha - Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 256
Recorded on 3rd January 2026 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:11 When grace meets maturity of discrimination then dispassion is generated within the heart.
1:18 The relation between non-dual point of view of the Self - everything is within the Self, and how the mind has started creation with thoughts.
4:15 Why has creation happened?
6:56 Why is it almost impossible to achieve Self-Realization if this creation is just a play of the Self?
11:49 Simply denying the notion of 'I' does not mean that it gets destroyed.
14:02 How can the Creator come into an apparent relative existence to create and what is the relationship between karma and death?
17:09 This Creation's nature is thought, it doesn't have any materiality.
20:34 What is the trigger point for the Consciousness to start creating at the beginning of everything?
22:18 The Creator was never created but is the creator of everything.
24:30 Shakti is the reality of all inevitable events in the future. What is the role of our efforts in relation to the nature we carry due to this Shakti?
26:35 The creation in the mind is an agitation in the consciousness. How can we prevent that agitation to go on and on, how can we diminish it with our consciousness?
34:04 If the agitation in the consciousness stops us to know who we are, what is the meaning of doing anything in this world that is not related to achieve this?
45:12 Is this state of no-mind and being Self-Realized the same thing, and what does that look like in Bhakti Yoga?
47:55 What is the similarity and difference between Jangaam Dhayan and Trataka?
48:52 When all vasanas are dropped, how then is creation perceived as the external world?
49:52 Does Babaji's experience during Tapas align with scriptural descriptions of cosmic creation?
50:38 How to use intelligence power of discrimination in such a way that it does not bind to ego and judging others, but simply to transcend the unreal and awaken to the real Self?
52:53 Experiences within a dream of being aware that one is dreaming.
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Karma Yoga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 255
Recorded on 27 April 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is Karma Yoga?
1:00 Is Karma Yoga the same as Dhyana Yoga, but in activity?
13:40 Do we need to lose the idea in our imagination that an outcome of our action is either good or bad?
17:02 Babaji's natural love and surrender to Swamiji that allowed Karma Yoga to happen.
24:21 Wouldn't it be better to retreat from the world after Tapas to avoid getting dragged into politics between human beings?
27:10 How to achieve having our work and duties converted into Tapas, like Babaji's selfless service was converted into 7 years of Tapas?
31:37 "It is not enough just to be good, you have to be wise also."
36:29 Do not let the mind go into agitations when active in the world.
40:09 Dedicating our actions in life to the Guru.
41:11 A quote from the Bhagavad Gita on giving up doership.
44:50 Is there a possible state where there are no thoughts in the mind, but there still exists an imagination or an ego?
45:41 From desires we take action, so if we don't have desires then we won't take any action?
47:35 During Tapas, is it continuous 14-16 hours in day at a stretch?
47:57 Do we slowly increase our meditation from 1 to 2 to 3 etc like that, to eventually reach Tapas?
49:11 Did Swamiji need to do His Tapas in the graveyard? Could they not have found a more sheltered place for Him?
51:27 Was the Karma Yoga that Babaji did a preparation to strengthen him to develop the necessary quality to do Tapas, or could Realization have happened through continuous Karma Yoga?
54:03 What should be a mother or wife's Karma Yoga while still supporting the other family members' Karma Yoga?
56:28 Through meditation and prayer can you impact on your family's Karma Yoga?
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Purpose of Life | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 254
Recorded on 6 December 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 Does like have a purpose, and if so what is it?
2:55 In our society a purpose is generally not clearly defined, or they say it is to be a good citizen, have a good life etc. Is this wrong?
5:23 Is grace of God or Divinity necessary to know this purpose of life?
10:18 The vast majority of people do not have the wisdom to have the purpose of life that Babaji talks of. How can they get out of this trap?
15:39 Is there an ideal age when we should start striving for this purpose in life?
21:04 In India there is a notion that one goes for Self Realization and God only in old age. Is this a right or wrong cultural norm?
28:18 If one is unlucky, having only started on the right purpose later on in life, what should we do in this situation?
31:34 Is there an advantage depending on the situation, ie what nationality, religion, gender, wealth etc you are born into?
35:26 Is the purpose of life common for all, including animals, plants and all living beings - is there an advantage in being born as a human being?
40:52 If the purpose of life is to know the truth of one's existence, should we drop everything else and concentrate just on this?
44:15 Is this purpose to know our true Self a purely selfish pursuit or is there a value to others also?
46:53 If death claims the body before we are able to achieve this purpose in this lifetime, is this effort wasted?
49:29 Can one achieve worldly things through the power of positive thinking?
51:45 How to balance the inner journey and the outer journey?
53:43 Practice of Yoga Asanas to help body to sit for longer periods.
54:39 Does Brahmacharya arise through willpower or sadhana?
55:42 If there are 172 people here, are there 172 different imagined universes meeting with you here?
56:43 What did Babaji experience in Tapas that gave him a firm conviction that reincarnation exists?
57:34 Is putting effort to achieve silence in the mind the path to the highest possible purpose and the meaning of life?
58:14 How to cultivate a non-corrupt mind?
59:40 How long do you need to keep a mind without thought in order to become Self Realized?
1:00:50 What is the diffference between the brain and the mind?
1:02:00 What is the relationship between your consciousness and the thoughts?
1:02:45 How to counsel someone who is suffering from trauma, loss and hardship and wanting an escape through unhealthy habits like addictions?
1:04:03 How do we know that we are on the right path and we will reach Self Realization in this lifetime?
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"The Universe in a hair" from the Yoga Vasishtha | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 253
Recorded on 22 November 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:38 "Universe in a hair" - Universe is how you perceive it.
3:51 Is there a separation in consciousness to make an individual consciousness?
8:06 So is the world a projection of the mind?
9:28 Is the mind a separation from the higher consciousness?
11:13 Is it possible to experience the undivided space with the mind?
13:43 Is it possible to live in the world but at the same time being unaffected by the duality of the world?
14:16 How can one be in the world, unaffected by the world?
17:32 Does it help to be indifferent to the world in order to be detached?
23:18 If you pray to someone else then you become separate from that entity.
24:19 What should we have faith in?
25:33 So there is only one consciousness of existence?
26:22 It is there all the time in the purest conscious form?
26:22 Is that pure consciousness, god?
27:34 Why did the droplet separate from the ocean of consciousness?
31:10 So the universe expands according to my mind's capacity?
35:09 If the individual 'I' is removed, the universe also disappears?
38:25 'The salt doll, wanting to know the depth of the ocean, jumped into the ocean and become one with it."
39:22 'Watching' in Jangama Dhyana.
42:10 Out of body near death experiences or seemingly spiritual experiences due to psychedelic drugs.
46:17 What is the relationship between our mind and the pure consciousness?
47:59 What about physical space and time, how does that relate to consciousness and our perceptions?
49:48 Does time and space exist?
50:31 The doubt arising of why do I bother to do things in life if they don't matter?
54:08 Who's consciousness is expanding when the universe expands?
54:52 When we see someone else suffering is it necessary to show our compassion to them?
56:15 How to be that sakshi, a witness to this world?
57:15 How does a Yogi dream but still be a witness to it?
58:00 So a Yogi never sleeps?
58:25 The 'watching' in meditation.
59:41 Can we use the breath in meditation?
1:00:23 When we use the breath in meditation, should we keep the breath between the eyebrows?
1:00:52 Is it our perception whether time and space is a prison or a portal?
1:01:54 Are all positive characteristics the same in a greater sense?
1:02:57 And are all negative characteristics also the same thing?
1:04:09 Is it necessary that devotees wear white and also chant a specific mantra?
1:05:25 In all techniques of meditation do we observe the sensations in different places?
1:07:10 Once we reach a higher level are all meditation techniques the same?
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Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 252
Recorded on 10 August 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:55 Chapter 15, verse one, "A student whose mind is pure and calm learns easily.."
2:09 Chapter 15, verse one - Babaji's comments
3:44 What is a corrupted mind and what causes the mind to be corrupted?
5:22 How can you uncorrupt the mind and pay attention?
6:10 So you need a sincere desire to learn, to know?
6:55 "Non attachment to the illusory objects gives liberation. Attraction to the illusory objects leads to bondage."
8:32 Chapter 15, verse two - Babaji's comments
11:19 Verse two speaks of gaining liberation, through non attachment to illusory objects. What is liberation in this context?
12:19 The knowledge in these ancient texts help us to understand the need for sadhana - what else can we do to inspire ourselves to do sadhana?
14:06 What does sadhana mean?
15:05 Verse three.
18:50 You have confidence when you realize that happiness is within yourself and you have access to it.
19:24 What is the spiritual path?
21:53 Nothing in the mind can bring satisfaction or lasting peace.
22:33 Verse four.
27:42 What happens when the body dies?
28:53 Verse five.
31:55 What happens to the mind after Self-Realization?
32:49 Do thoughts no longer arise in a Self Realized person's mind?
35:27 Verse six and seven.
40:26 Verse eight. "Have faith, my dear child, have faith. Don't be confused in the slightest in this. You are Knowledge itself, Lord of everything, the Pure Self, beyond the illusory universe."
43:20 How to overcome this continuous struggle of again, going back into the mind?
44:29 Does it take time to establish oneself in the Self, so that you don't go back into the mind and get pulled down?
45:45 So you never use the mind for ordinary transactions, unnecessary transactions?
46:19 Does it have to do only with the imaginations, or do we also not interfere with other people, and we mind our own business and stay to ourselves?
46:48 Do Self Realized people always stay quiet without interfering with anybody?
47:26 We all have our own perspective of the universe because of the body. When Self Realized, is this perspective somewhat lost?
48:37 Gurudev, if the last thought is that of our guru, is it the same as no thought, or is this truly the boost I need in the next life to attain your lotus feet?
49:16 After the mantra and also after the meditation thoughts become so less.
50:26 In Nirvikalpa Samadhi, when the "I" disappears, does not consciousness of existence also disappear?
50:50 How we can overcome our samskaras, to have more utilization of the body itself?
52:32 Verse nine.
57:00 Verses 10 and 11.
1:00:25 Even if it is an imagination of something good, then you fear losing it.
1:01:08 How important is it to talk to other members of the house who are addicted to their screens?
1:02:26 What happens to memory after Self-Realization?
1:03:52 Baba with the death of the body and the brain, those memories all go?
1:05:48 Is the fundamental character or qualities of the person or soul carried on to another birth?
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The Real Meaning of Faith and Devotion | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 251
Recorded on 8 November 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is faith and why is it so important?
5:28 Faith does not depend on any result.
8:45 Without a guru would it be very difficult to overcome the ego?
11:45 How does one get attracted to a real Self-Realized guru?
14:20 If we follow the practice as taught by the guru, does our faith and devotion increase?
16:00 As we progress on the spiritual path, does the Divinity throw us test to see if the devotion is genuine?
27:09 Is it our attention that needs to be more complete to have surrender?
31:15 How do we cultivate and keep our faith as we go about our daily lives?
36:36 The remembrance of the guru comes as we go on practicing.
37:51 Ramana Maharshi said, "It is by god's grace that you think of god." Is this true?
40:35 Seeking validation after praying to there Divine.
44:44 Is true guru the knowledge such as forbearance, acceptance, detachment, optimism and endurance that we gain while doing sadhana?
45:44 How important is it to have a living guru?
47:02 Not exactly focusing on one point in meditation.
48:16 How to stop worrying about the health one's mother.
49:48 Is tirobhava or concealment a function of the Divine or a consequence of our ego?
51:35 Are we getting more in touch with the cerebellum and not the cerebrum?
52:20 Faith that a surgery will go well but also fear as one cannot predict the outcome. Is faith still there in the midst of fear?
54:08 Faith in the Guru-Disciple relationship.
55:07 Faith in our actions and expectations of the outcomes.
57:37 Surrendering to the universe to achieve Self-Realization.
1:00:46 How to get rid of the ego.
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Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 250
Recorded on 25 October 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:14 When a thought pops up in the mind, what is it that has created that thought?
1:42 Has the mind created that thought within itself?
4:02 Everything we perceive of as the world, that is entirely within our own mind. Does the world exist outside of our own mind?
10:09 Is the creation in the mind the same technology for which this world has been created by a higher potency mind?
12:58 Can we say that a higher potency consciousness has a thought and within that thought a consciousness has arisen?
14:58 In the universe was the creation a single event, or is it continuously creating within that universe?
28:55 Is the practice to ‘just watch’ the practice to stop the creation of thoughts?
30:27 Why do I feel God created me to perform certain karmic duties in this world, but as I grow older I feel I want to abandon my worldly desires and society to follow in Babaji’s footsteps?
38:37 What is the difference between consciousness and attention? Who directs attention to the Self?
40:03 Do circulating thoughts come from our memory?
42:49 Is our ability to think of something in the mind simply due to the brain?
44:18 In the great beginning, was there a visualization before the first concepts came into universe?
44:40 Some people have aphantasia, where they have no ability to have a picture in the mind’s eye – is this just an effect of the brain?
45:11 For Ramakrishna, Kali the Cosmic Mother was so real, but when He reached Nirvikalpa Samadhi did She disappear, was She an imagination?
46:20 Are places like Vaikuntha where they say Vishnu resides real places or imaginations?
46:43 When sitting in meditation there is no experience, so how do I know if I am in samadhi, or sleep, or trance, what is the difference between them?
49:22 How do I know when I get out of meditation whether or not I was in a trance or sleeping?
51:35 How does the higher consciousness help us deal with the everyday life that is in the dream?
53:02 If the consciousness is not applied, does the imaginative world get reduced?
54:44 Though Babaji’s mind is completely silent, is the appearance of this world still strong?
55:31 So after Nirvikalpa Samadhi, the Yogi doesn’t pay attention to the universe, but it is just there?
56:20 Are vasanas the acquired habits of the mind?
56:50 Babaji's closing words
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Quietude - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch.10 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 249
Recorded on 4 May 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:24 What is the nature of quietude?
4:35 With meditation, by just watching, it brings the mind to silence and everything disappears, and only the Self that you are remains?
9:03 Does a Yogi have a thoughts?
12:30 Chapter 10, Verses 1 and 2 "Give up desire, wealth, even the scripturally commanded good works..."
14:20 Not to hold onto things in the mind
14:50 Meditation, the tool that can turn off the mind
15:09 Chapter 10, Verse 3 - "Wherever here is desire, there is the world."
15:29 Chapter 10, Verse 4 - "Bondage is made from desire alone, the destruction of desire is liberation."
17:35 So is the problem that consciousness, through mistaken identity, imagines itself as the body or the mind, and it gets stuck in that and desires are arising as a result of that bondage?
21:28 Chapter 10, verse 4 - "Only by detachment to the changing world does one attain the unceasing joy of realization of the Self."
21:45 Even wanting good for other people, you get attached to that too.
22:20 "It's better if you don't need anything of this world and do not entertain any desire to obtain such prosperity."
24:29 Is Babaji advocating indifference?
27:58 "There is no peace ever in obtaining worldly objects."
34:49 Chapter 10, Verses 5 - 8 "For how many births you have worked hard and painfully with your body, your mind and speech? So today, finally, let it cease."
38:50 "The Self, as Pure Consciousness, is the real intelligence. It has the power to imagine, which is creativity."
44:57 "Only those alive, keep remembering the dead and experience emotions of sorrow and misery. Get rid of this imagination and become aware of the Self by coming by becoming quiet in consciousness."
47:45 "Mental attitude gives rise to more births and deaths."
52:02 What can we do besides meditation to develop a loving, life supporting attitude towards life, and people?
56:07 "It's time to stop this process of consciously undergoing births and deaths. Now work one last time to get liberated"
1:00:03 Babaji's closing words
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Myths, Miracles and Meditation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 248
Recorded on 18 October 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:20 There are so many myths about the powers that one can get through meditation. What powers can one get through meditation?
7:02 How can one be more successful in life when one meditates?
10:00 Is it possible for a Guru who has done a lot of meditation to resolve people's problems?
15:52 Superstitious beliefs of doing rituals or fasting on particular days.
24:18 Can one know the future?
26:27 What is the soul and can one's soul be read?
32:00 Is the soul and consciousness the same?
35:00 Some people who meditate claim they can heal people in the name of spirituality.
38:09 Meditation heals your mind and prepares you for everyday challenges in life.
38:58 Does Babaji have the power to produce something from thin air?
40:29 Through meditation one is protected from external influences that might harm one emotionally or physically, god intervenes at the last moment - does this happen all the time, or is it in the imagination?
41:46 I see blankness when meditating, am I doing it correctly?
43:05 What if our body moves forwards and backwards in meditation?
43:50 In day to day life, how to settle the mind - and what are the things that unsettle you from the Self?
45:30 When a blissful, joyful feeling in meditation comes, should we try to dissolve that feeling?
46:16 What is Dharma?
49:00 What does Babaji as a Yogi advise as the right path?
50:05 If the mind gets cleared, is whatever path one choses the right choice?
51:01 How to encourage open and honest communication with people?
52:26 What if the siddhi comes, unasked for?
54:25 Why is there more emphasis on 'neti, neti' (not this, not that) rather than all this, all that?
56:24 When I question my existence, I can't find it.
57:34 How to remain unaffected by people who live in the same household?
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Religion and Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 247
Recorded on 11 October 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:14 Do religions and spirituality lead to the same goals?
9:51 How do we choose which path to adopt?
11:30 Some religions say after death there is rebirth, others say there isn't - which is correct?
21:16 Is there a heaven and is the goal of life heaven or Self Realisation?
25:26 Some religions say there is one god, in some religions there are many gods, and some say there is no god. Which is correct?
28:34 Is god a personality sitting in heaven or is god formless?
35:14 If god is all-pervaded and transcending the forms is the goal, then how do we understand the appearance of Shiva and Parvati at the end of Swamiji's Tapas?
38:13 There are so many methods prescribed in the different religious and spiritual paths, are some better than others?
42:45 Do Yogis exist in all religions and paths?
45:08 There have been many wars fought in the name of religion - is religion actually helping or causing problems also?
46:46 So to conclude, we should focus more on the mind and meditation and leave aside all the differences in the religions and reach the goal of Self Realisation?
49:33 For those who believe that god is a particular form, have they simply not reasoned it out?
53:18 I understand that the Divinity is all-pervaded so why do we concentrate the Divinity into one form?
55:22 Why after Babaji has blessed an object, do I feel more attracted to it?
56:20 If god is pure consciousness, how can anything dark or evil come from purity?
57:26 If god is everything, why do we assume god is pure and bliss?
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Tranquility - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.14 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 246
Recorded on 27 July 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:48 Chapter 14, verse 1
1:22 "The mind being fully settled in the Self" - what do you mean by the mind?
4:22 For a Self Realized person, do thoughts arise in the mind?
6:21 So thoughts arise as needed and then spontaneously settle down?
6:50 It seems that the nature of the mind is to have thoughts, but you've also said the nature of the mind is to be silent.
8:15 What makes creation start? What makes thoughts arise?
8:39 So could you say that creation in the mind is a second nature of the mind?
10:19 Once Self Realization has happened, will nothing make the mind go back to the world?
10:46 What is it about the unrealized person that keeps us involved in the Maya, unable to see the truth of our own Self?
11:30 The difference between an intention and desire is you want something to happen, but you have no attachment to it?
12:35 Babaji comments on the term in science, 'singularity'
15:56 For the Self Realized person, what happens to karma?
18:08 What is it that makes consciousness become mind?
18:42 Chapter 14, verse 1 - the indifference of a Yogi to the world.
20:24 Chapter 14, verse 2 - What keeps a Self Realized person functioning, if there is no attachment to the world?
23:10 For the Self Realized person the wisdom comes spontaneously.
24:16 So the scriptures and knowledge are really unnecessary?
25:15 What books would Babji recommend people to read for inspiration, besides the Ashtavakra Gita?
26:04 Chapter 14, verse 3 - Is a Self-Realized person just a silent witness to everything that's happening?
27:48 Chapter 14, verse 4 - the Self Realized person can be involved in thought, but never loses awareness that He's infinite, eternal, unbounded?
29:42 "For the Self Realized one, the mind will be infinite like space."
33:16 Seeing everything as divine, every atom.
33:58 "knowledge is self experience"
35:55 Consciousness has potential to express itself in some type of creation or imagination - when that's there, you call it mind, when it's not there you call it consciousness?
37:55 Science will never fully prove the Self because the only way to know the Self is to become the Self?
40:56 You can't tell who's an enlightened person by looking at them.
41:38 Babaji's use of word peace instead of tranquility.
43:18 Are the imprints in the mind, the habits and patterns we have adopted?
47:41 How to explain to others about the spiritual path.
49:38 Is our ability to understand from our karma?
50:17 In nirvikalpa samadhi Babaji observed matter disappearing - does that mean the universe doesn't exist without an observer to observe it?
51:19 What is on the other side of a black hole?
52:48 What is the best way to select and cultivate a purpose in life?
54:08 The role of enjoyment in a Self Realized being.
57:15 Should one sit in one place to chant mantra japa?
58:01 How to get rid of negative imprints of somebody?
59:09 Are peace and silence the only worldly imaginations of the space?
1:00:13 How to know whether a thought is arising from intuition or the imagination.
1:01:10 Can unhappiness return for enlightened ones?
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Personal Effort, Grace and Satsanga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 245
Recorded on 23 August 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:15 Babaji's comment on the quote from Yoga Vasistha: "In the whole of creation, there is no force more powerful than personal effort in the present."
8:36 If that peace is the mind's natural state, why does it take effort to attain it?
14:43 If one puts in efforts, is there a danger you will develop a false spiritual pride?
17:44 Is grace something which is a Divine blessing, a gift which is not earned, not because of efforts?
23:16 Are there certain qualities you can associate with a person who is receptive?
27:00 What does Babaji mean when He uses the word satsanga?
28:34 Is satsanga a form of sadhana?
30:37 Some people say that when in Babaji's presence, their mind settles and their questions go away. Can we have that same experience when not in Babaji's physical presence?
33:16 Shri Ramana, using his grace and power, confirmed his mother had attained Self Realisation despite not completing Tapas, the same with Lakshmi, the cow at the Ashram.
37:15 How do we know when we have put in enough effort and when to surrender and let god carry on; Divine will versus one's own egotistic will.
38:40 What is the meaning of 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram'?
39:44 If you speak truth all the time, can one experience god?
41:06 To attain grace do you need a personal deity or mantra? How does grace unfold simply by watching in meditation?
42:28 Can one do Tapas and attain silence while chanting a mantra?
45:24 A devotee asks who to take as a Guru, Shivabalayogi or Babaji.
46:22 While sitting for mediation, is there any particular hand mudra to adopt?
47:30 Is patience during sadhana a self-effort which will grant grace?
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The Behaviour of the Seeker: Yoga Vasistha | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 244
Recorded on 19 July 2025 with worldwide participants
0:06 The end of pleasure is liberation.
10:17 Why are we all after the desires if it is the cause of unhappiness?
16:17 Countless universes have been created in our own mind - how can we realise the truth of this creation in one moment?
22:57 Destiny and self effort.
32:58 Why should we not weep daily over the inevitability of death?
38:51 The relationship between self effort and Divine will.
43:51 Believing stories written about Mahabharata.
45:23 Is god in non-living things also?
46:48 How to integrate a worldly life with peace?
48:41 How does a Yogi in the physical body experience mind and the ego?
52:46 If we are disturbed by external sounds in meditation, do we watch the sound?
54:09 Increased sensitivity to sounds
55:22 What is Grace?
56:58 Can I chant the name of Krishna with an image of Swamiji in front of me?
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The Practice of Non-Violence | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 243
Recorded on 13 September 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What is the true meaning of non-violence
9:38 When Babaji says ‘you have aright to defend yourself’ - is that the self respect? That Babaji talks about?
11:25 Is it the human being that has the ability to rise out of violence compared to the animal kingdom.
20:18 Where we can we adjust and manage, but If we have no choice, we have to defend ourselves and go into a conflict. What is the difference between these approaches?
29:36 If we aim for moksha then why do people raise a family and bring another life into this world?
34:03 Hanuman burning down the Lanka and Krishna telling Arjun to kill Bhisma - how is this ahimsa?
38:02 Are we violating non-violence by eating meat?
39:18 Was Krishan advising Arjuna to shoot weapons at the Kauravas as an act of self defence?
39:36 Is the ego of being righteous and a good person also violence?
42:23 When Babaji had to defend the Ashram and chose the path of conflict, it was dharma - but for someone else it might look like a violent act?
43:35 Is it ok to keep eyes closed when Babaji says to open the eyes at the end of meditation?
44:20 When we watch in between the eyebrows are we to imagine that area?
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Detachment - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 242
Recorded on 13 April 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 vv.1-4
1:36 'To whom do the conflicts belong?'
5:39 Is detachment something that you can practice?
8:17 Difference between detachment, indifference and apathy and how a Yogi acts in the world
9:40 How Babaji seems detached and the most caring also.
10:25 So the important thing to remind yourself if that the body, mind and world are impermanent?
12:32 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.1-4
13:43 What causes the consciousness of existence to lose awareness of itself?
17:09 How to we develop detachment, let go of things and not get carried away emotionally?
20:50 The consciousness is never suffering, it's not involved in the activity.
22:51 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.1-4
25:32 Does a Yogi have happiness or unhappiness, or is he just in a state of peace?
27:58 Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 vv.5-8
29:38 "Once one knows the varying transformation of the elements to be nothing but the elements themselves."
32:58 Mental impressions, mind, consciousness, a brain gets involved and mental impressions are created.
33:54 How can we have a better attitude? Be like a honeybee and not a fly?
35:29 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.5-8
36:48 How a Yogi is "totally indifferent to the world in consciousness"
39:27 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.5-8
41:40 Mental suffering from worry about loved ones
45:00 How do we protect ourselves from other people's negativity?
46:50 When I wake up in the morning, there is a lowness of energy and a kind of a sadness. What happens to the mind that causes this?
48:34 Lately I have this feeling that there are less and less differences between people, things, and whatnot. That on some level, they're really all the same. Is this so?
50:13 How to avoid suffering due to loved ones.
52:29 How to pray to god?
53:28 I am not in close physical proximity to a Guru - how to get Diksha, initiation from a Master?
56:10 Just like in a dream, is it true that all the people and characters we witness are actually the same I-Self emanating from the body consciousness?
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Silencing the Mind | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 241
Recorded on 9 August 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 The mind is continually jumping from one thought to another - how has it become like this?
5:25 "The desire for experience arises as a thought in consciousness and by the repetition of this thought it gains strength."
7:57 When we think it is a problem it becomes a problem.
8:35 If we can silence the mind whenever we wish to, then we can be free of any problems in the mind.
13:25 The watching process of meditation.
27:17 Atman and Anatman
32:14 Silence is the source from which everything arises - mind, world and ego are all one, when we wake up all three arise and when we sleep all three dissolve?
36:34 In daily life is it possible to have a silent mind?
40:28 Take a decision for the sake of taking a decision, then work. Once you have worked, then keep quiet. What has to happen will happen, that is all.
44:19 Should peace be dearer to you than things of the world.
47:15 Is the mind dual or multidimensional - it watches, thinks, analyses and creates.
48:24 We have to use the mind against the mind?
50:51 How to know what is a right or wrong decision.
53:11 What is the technology in watching where slowly the observer and the object starts splitting?
55:20 In the world where the brain is functioning, can we apply this 'watching'?
56:20 To Babaji, what is more important, the love for Swamiji or the silence of the mind?
57:07 What do I do to silence the negative wave of thoughts when waking up in the morning?
58:40 The scriptures say the mind is active in all the three states, waking state, dream state and deep sleep - is the mind when there are thoughts and is the ego there because of the thoughts?
1:02:29 What is the relationship between the brain and the mind when the brain is not functioning - what happens to the Self?
1:03:26 Does Jangama Dhyana restrain the life force or just silence the mind?
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"The Higher Knowledge" Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 6 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 240
Recorded on 23 February 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:08 Chapter 6 "The Higher Knowledge", verses 1-4 "I am all beings, and all beings are in Me."
7:50 That "I" is not the body or the ideas in the mind. What is the distinction between thoughts and imaginations in the mind, the mind and pure consciousness?
11:59 So Baba, the mind is synonymous with the consciousness of existence, of our being conscious of existing?
12:29 So that's the purpose of meditation. Meditation is to quiet the mind, shift our awareness from being on the thoughts and imaginations that are in the mind.
12:56 So Baba, that has to happen automatically, spontaneously, the turning to its Self, because at that point you can't be thinking.
13:29 So you can't really be thinking and be in that state. Is that correct?
14:09 In meditation people can have experiences, you're really not in the Self at that time. You're just caught up in a higher, better imagination?
15:17 So the yogi has to have the resolve to silence the mind and not get carried away with the imaginations as they can be more profound and more charming, and more alluring.
16:03 What's the distinction between the Consciousness of Existence and the Self, or the mind and the Self?
16:58 "Very often, seekers give up worldly life and go to the forest caves and ashrams, and they just end up struggling for another world that they have in their imagination."
19:15 Supreme Peace is beyond bliss.
20:05 "There is nothing to give up if you don't hold on to anything in the mind."
22:16 "Once you've acquired the awareness-knowledge, there is nothing that you have to absorb, and nothing is there that you have to give up."
24:35 What does Babaji mean by 'awareness-knowledge'?
25:30 So that awareness-knowledge is when you've managed to quiet the mind of all the extraneous thoughts, but you still have that awareness of your own existence?
26:10 So it's that last state, where all thoughts have been withdrawn, except it's conscious of its own existence, and then that merges into the Self.
29:00 The meaning of the terms tyaga and tapas.
32:39 How is body consciousness different from there mind?
34:37 How is karma related to the practice of quietening the mind? In the practice of meditation, how can karmas help you?
36:24 How do the karmas of everyday living also impact progressing in our spirituality?
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Science and Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 239
Recorded on 26 July 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:09 Is science and spirituality compatible with each other or conflicting with each other?
1:04 Science is based on evidence - is there evidence of God or Divinity?
9:27 Is God or Divinity logical?
11:09 Science denies the possibilities of miracles, is science wrong about this?
15:55 How do we explain miraculous experiences like brava samadhi to a scientific person?
17:43 In science there is no concept of faith - does that mean that within the scientific method you cannot go on the spiritual path?
20:41 How do we reconcile the theory of evolution, that creatures evolve from lower to higher beings, to the theory in spirituality that higher beings are created first and descend to lower beings?
27:54 Many animals existed in earth's history long before human beings - does that mean god created those animals before human beings?
32:48 Is consciousness possible to create in a computer or a laboratory?
44:39 So finally, Science alone cannot solve the fundamental questions, we need spirituality?
49:03 How is it possible to yearn for silence and spirituality when so much of the world is so fascinating?
50:00 Will science have to focus on the mind to find the truth?
52:27 If we are always focused on the efforts we are putting in, does that not boost our ego? Should we not be humble and say that the grace of god is what really gives the results?
54:24 How do we protect the god within us?
55:16 Why does my body drift forward during meditation?
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Ashtavakra Gita, Ch.12/13 "Abiding in the Self"/ "Happiness" | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 238
Recorded on 13 July 25 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 Ch.12 Verse 5, rejecting objects which are created by the mind.
1:57 Is it a practice to ignore the mental chatter?
3:30 Ch.12, Verse 6 - abstaining from action, and acting to achieve a desired result - both are born out of ignorance.
3:52 Ch.12, Verse 7 - renouncing all thought for awareness of the Self
4:49 By a thought of the mind, you cannot know your real Self.
6:41 The one who's reached That has reached the final goal, completely fulfilled and blessed.
10:46 Turn off the mind, then you merge with the Self.
12:30 Is that state of peace pure existence?
12:56 Consciousness gets caught up in the creation, thinking it is what it has created, and forgets that it is in a state of freedom.
14:11 Ch. 13, Verse 1 - "having given up both renunciation and acceptance, I am happy."
15:03 Ch. 13, Verse 3 - "I carry out activities in the world simply as they present themselves, truly happy."
17:23 Becoming aware of the Self it has realized that it's not the body or the mind and doesn't identify with being that anymore.
18:26 What makes the body-mind run after Self Realization?
19:49 When you are Self Realized is it true that only the moment exists.
21:03 For a lot of people, missing the past is not the problem. It's fear of the past, thinking it's going to come back.
21:48 Mind's tendency to recognize, analyze, and judge thus acquiring imprints which form habits and attitudes.
25:00 Babaji is detached, in that consciousness, so is not involved in actions - yet You are the most compassionate person.
27:20 So once you are Self Realized, the personality is running on whatever impressions have been formed along the way?
28:29 "Only by experience of the Self this state of mind comes."
32:50 "The mind needs to become totally quiet, only then the ability to see God everywhere, in everything, as everything, comes."
34:34 Ch.13, Verse 4 - "Abandoning now both involvement and detachment. I rest truly happy."
34:56 Ch.13, Verse 5 - "Whether I stay or go or sleep, I live truly happy."
35:08 Ch.13, Verse 6 - "Giving up thoughts of sad loss or exciting gain, I live happily."
35:22 Ch.13, Verse 7 - "I have renounced identification with good or evil. I live in true happiness."
36:38 It is important to renounce by mind and not absorb any imprints or doership.
40:36 Giving up any absorption in the mind and becoming quiet in the mind gives Self awareness and Supreme Peace.
41:45 If we depend on the happiness of this world, unhappiness definitely follows.
44:19 Is happiness a step below Supreme Peace?
47:30 These talks are really helpful for focusing in on what you need to be at peace, what you need to be happy.
49:10 Are all actions of the body predetermined once it comes into existence?
54:10 "The director is creating the drama and producing the characters, both good and evil, that play the roles of the drama."
56:30 How to pray to the Divine, if thinking takes us away from the Self?
59:46 The story of Shikhidvaja and Chudala. The teaching that the King could get enlightenment while living in a kingdom as well.
1:02:41 Is Self-realization possible just with self knowledge and awareness, without meditation practice?
1:04:30 Even though we do our daily duties without attachment, the mind
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Guru - Disciple | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.237
Recorded on 5 July 2025 with worldwide participants
00:00 What is the basic theme of the Guru Gita on which Babaji has written a commentary?
04:42 The guru - disciple relationship seems very unique to the spiritual tradition in India.
15:17 The word 'disciple' comes from 'discipline' - what is that discipline?
18:47 Is there a difference between a devotee and a disciple?
22:41 Babaji has said the Guru is like a surgeon and the disciple must give authorization to operate on him/her. Why must that operation be painful?
37:23 Can a Guru who is Self-Realized take on a disciple's karma?
43:11 Babaji has mentioned He is the 'silent killer'; can Babaji explain this please?
44:49 Can the Guru enable the disciple to obtain mukti when they drop the body so they don't have to do tapas in this life?
47:48 What is the significance of celebrating the physical form of Swamiji when Babaji and Swamiji are one and the same, that all-pervading truth?
51:05 What are the different dimensions that the soul goes to?
52:47 Is the guru - disciple relationship carried on many lifetimes, and if so, if the Guru drops the body and there is no next incarnation, how does that carry on?
54:42 Are there any pitfalls in following a different Guru such as Babaji after my Guru has dropped the physical body?
58:58 Should I switch techniques to what Babaji recommends?
1:00:24 Would it be advisable in spite of my old age to come to the retreat in India with Babaji?
1:02:07 A person has advised that I get in touch with my feelings to unblock them, but can Babaji give advice on this?
1:05:25 Babaji, even though we have not met physically, can You still be my Guru?
1:06:31 Even if I have not served Babaji?
1:07:09 Is it the true feelings that one has that makes the guru - disciple relationship?
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Transformation on the path of spiritual life | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.236
Recorded on 2 August 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What is the transformation that happened to Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj from when He sat for Tapas as a 14 year old boy?
12:20 What transformation should we see in ourselves as we progress on the path?
25:31 If someone meditates once a day for 1 hour, can a transformation still happen?
29:25 Does meditation help us be more watchful over our emotions?
34:15 How can I be watchful that I am spiritually progressing in my daily life?
40:30 How to be sure that one if on the path of spiritual transformation?
42:37 Is it selfish to want to be rid of difficult times in life?
43:50 Should we influence family members to follow spiritual transformation?
44:52 If one has family responsibilities and does spiritual practices, what changes indicate spiritual transformation and how do our interactions with our family change?
48:22 What is your message to mortals like us who are married with children and engrossed in worldly matters to continue on the spiritual journey?
50:13 I have been meditating for some months, my appetite has reduced considerably however I still have cravings for certain foods.
52:30 I took initiation from my Guru as a child, and he has now left his body - am I being disloyal to my Guruji if I learn from other Masters such as Babaji?
54:21 Meditation will make you single pointed, watchful over your thought and stronger emotionally, this is the transformation you will see on the spiritual path.
56:48 Do people who do wrong get their due punishment?
57:57 Can Babaji describe the word bhava teetham?
59:18 Does it mean we will still get emotions, but that we will know how to manage them?
1:00:22 A Hindu friend in a group doesn't believe that Lord Rama was ever born on earth - how to respond to this?
1:01:56 I keep trying to practice meditation but after a few days I give it up.
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Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11 - "Wisdom" | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.235
Recorded on 8 June 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:24 What is wisdom and how can we acquire it?
1:55 How would wisdom be different from knowledge?
2:53 Is wisdom all about finding peace and contentment?
4:30 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 1 - change is inherent in the forms that exist.
5:53 Realising the impermanence of everything.
6:58 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 2 - there is no 'other' to be attached to.
9:13 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 3 - neither desiring anything nor grieving the loss of anything.
11:41 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 4 - one is free who sees that joy and pain, birth and death arise simply as a result of previous actions.
16:00 When you meditate and become quiet you will be able to see a higher consciousness power working in the running of everything.
20:35 Ultimately, do you have to rise above all imaginations to be at peace?
21:35 Is the law of karma directing the manifest existence?
22:35 Within the mind, you have to rise beyond action?
23:35 Parabrahman, the Divinity beyond imaginations.
27:23 To have peace, either surrender to the fact that it is all god's wishes or if you have desires, put in efforts and accept the results as they come.
33:12 "You undertake actions due to what comes to the mind, when the results come also, you are helpless and you have to accept."
40:56 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 5 - Suffering in the world is born only in the mind's imagination.
45:44 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 6 - "I am not this body, nor is this body mine, I am pure consciousness.. ..resting in that state of oneness"
51:03 Is it correct to say that truth of existence is always present, only the illusion that I am an individual entity disappears?
51:30 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 7 - "I am All, from the creator down to the blade of grass. The one who knows this rests free of imaginations, pure, at peace."
53:28 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 8 - "That one who sees that this whole manifold created universe is just imaginations, then knows themselves as that self-existent pure consciousness, utterly free from desires and attains peace."
55:23 Is it the thoughts that make the mind impure or the attachment to the thoughts?
55:33 Should we contemplate and mentally think about how we are not this body, but this pure consciousness?
1:00:49 We have to get rid of the thoughts and to get rid of the thoughts we have to dis-engage from thinking?
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Acceptance and Patience | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.234
Recorded on 12 July 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 People today have an expectation of instant results, what is the importance of patience?
6:14 Do we first need to realise that peace in the mind is what we need?
7:48 If the peace is not coming, is it because our efforts are not concentrated enough?
8:56 Is there a balance between having patience and putting in strong efforts to achieve peace?
12:31 Is the ability to accept and to have patience linked to fate?
13:37 "Until the last breath of life, put in efforts"
14:18 How do we avoid comparing ourselves to others?
15:37 Do we judge others in a wrong way due to our mental habits? Do we need to restrain ourselves to avoid further indulging these thoughts?
20:34 Is patience still necessary for a Yogi or is it effortlessly there?
22:12 Is every action of a Yogi for the benefit for the student?
24:05 So anger is sometimes necessary only if it is under your control?
25:06 With the love for Swamiji, Babaji was ready to accept and face any challenge at the Ashram.
26:30 Is life itself a teaching for us to accept?
39:30 How to deal with a person who makes lots of problems in a family or community?
42:44 During the invasion of Kuwait in 1990 Swamiji was unable to fly back too India and was held in transit for a few weeks. How was Babaji able to practice patience that Smawiji would be safe?
44:29 A family member is suffering from health problems. Can Babaji speak about the acceptance of destiny in this regard?
46:09 In terms of not expecting results from our efforts, can this be connected to Sage Vasistha's theory of the crow alighting on the coconut tree and the coconut falling as mere coincidence?
48:38 If there is a mind will we never see the Truth?
50:41 The position of focusing in-between the eyebrows in meditation.
52:26 If you keep chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra and at the time of death you remember the Lord, will you reach his abode?
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Self-Realisation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.233
Recorded on 14 October 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:08 What is the achievement of Self-Realisation?
5:37 The Self as the permanent thing which does not change.
7:53 Is it right that the droplet has got involved in the imaginations, but the Self has not got involved?
9:54 Is there an awareness of 'I' when the droplet merges with the ocean of the Self?
17:08 In everyday life should we be careful not to be attached to things in the world?
19:14 When a Yogi's body moves in the world does it simply happen mechanically?
28:30 Where does the yearning to go on the spiritual path and achieve Self Realisation come from?
36:03 Babaji's devotion to Swamiji wiped out all other desires and made the mind quiet?
36:40 The meditation practice to 'just watch' is so you can be quiet and become aware of your true nature?
38:05 Is each individual body a droplet, or is the whole universe a droplet?
38:36 The line 'Bhoota Pisaacha Nikata Nahi Aawai' from Hanuman Chalisa.
39:14 How to motivate a younger sister to meditate.
39:34 How does a small mind caught up with ego change when Self Realisation is achieved?
42:40 How can a family person cultivate a yearning to spirituality?
44:06 Can we chant a mantra within our mind during daily chores?
44:26 Contentment not coming in meditation and the feeling that everything is pointless and without purpose in life.
46:47 Are we getting actual glimpses of Self Realisation when we experience bliss in meditation?
48:10 Are these glimpses useful for us?
48:36 On the way to Self Realisation, when peace replaces misery and they can accept everything but they still have ego, what does such a being experience?
49:49 In meditation there is stillness and silence, but the yearning or emotion is not there. Am I on the right track?
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Ashtavakta Samhita, Ch 12 "Abiding in the Self" | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.232
Recorded on 129 June with US participants
0:00 Intro
1:03 Chapter 12, Verse 1-4
2:28 How do you function in a world where you're unattached to everything?
8:49 Baba, are you saying that we should practice restraining our mind?
9:06 So this is a practice that we can do every day?
9:26 Like so many events in life, you just don't need to get involved with them, just let it go.
10:20 Practicing letting go should make it easier for meditation?
11:00 Cutting down on unnecessary thinking is an important practice
11:23 Attention needs to turn away from thoughts, onto the consciousness itself - how do we do that?
15:09 Concentration of the mind is necessary to overcome distractions.
16:02 With whatever you're doing, stay present with that. Don't allow your mind to wander around.
16:21 Having neither joy nor sorrow doesn't sound that interesting.
19:05 As you meditate more you can rid of becoming a ruminator.
20:01 Is there any other way to settle into the Self, besides effortlessly?
21:10 Baba experiences the reverse of what we experience - it's effortless for us to have mental chatter but Babaji's mental state is to be silent.
22:02 If you meditate regularly, the mind is a quieter place.
23:41 Accepting the results of our actions doesn't mean we can't try to change them.
26:23 "You need to understand the futility of actions, as there's nothing to achieve."
29:26 Importance of the zoom calls with Babaji which motivate us and inform us of the possibilities, otherwise it would be really difficult.
31:18 So what you're saying is that anything you achieve in this world is impermanent, it is not going to bring you peace, so it's really equivalent to nothing.
32:33 "Your very nature is Supreme Peace and the rest is unreal."
36:50 Important things we can practice during the day to quiet our mind.
38:59 If the mind is into imaginations, then you have to do sadhana to achieve silence of the mind.
42:48 "By a thought of the mind, you cannot know your real Self. Only by becoming quiet in the mind can you know your real Self... ...To know the space, you have to become space."
45:44 Mind can never give the Truth.
46:38 "You can make everything else disappear, but you can't make yourself disappear."
48:25 When you start to meditate, after about 40 minutes the mind and body get still, is that the time that the thoughts gets purified?
49:44 I always want to cry after a meditation. I find it very frightening when you're all alone.
50:47 When memory and time is the material of the mind, can the mind observe without memory and time.
51:56 So is supreme peace the ultimate goal of life? Is that what it is?
52:45 You mentioned that when your mind is completely quiet, then you dissolve in the consciousness. What's the process?
54:26 We don't really get absorbed into the Self, into the pure consciousness? We are the pure consciousness. Just the illusion that I am a separate being is what ends, right?
55:36 Situations happening because they were set in motion by desires long ago or is it happening because that is what the universe wants from me at this point?
57:41 Is it possible that everyone has already experienced Self Realizatio
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Removing the ego, the Guru's surgery | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.231
Recorded on 20 July 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:00 What is the ego and what role does it play?
2:45 Why does every soul have that ego?
4:43 How can we understand the ego in its right sense?
6:63 How important is it for us to understand the ego and to be able to overcome it?
12:48 Why is it that everyone tries to see the faults of others rather that our own?
17:58 How are we imagining something that is not real?
22:37 Can we try to understand the way that the Guru works on the disciple or is it better to surrender to whatever happens?
27:49 An experience with Babaji when cooking couscous
30:43 How important is it in progress of sadhana to follow the instructions in daily life from the Guru?
38:41 Is the surrender to the Guru a mix of following instructions from the Guru in every situation in daily life and faith in the Guru's teachings?
41:42 Is the level of the surrender we have that determines how deeply the Guru will work on the ego of the disciple?
46:06 How much impact does the food we eat have on our ego?
47:47 I get easily triggered and am unable to control myself and only realise afterwards
50:12 While meditating in the breath or on a word I'm able to meditate for longer but if I observe in between the eyebrows I get a little jerk from the body.
51:55 I can love my family members but how to really love the Guru or God?
55:18 My body and head becomes very heavy in meditation and this produces some anxiety in the mind.
58:48 The feeling of staring into the darkness in meditation
59:50 Is connecting with the master online working or is physical presence a must?
1:00:59 What is better to remove the ego, meditation or seva - or both?
1:01:47 Can Babaji give an example of arguing with the Guru?
1:03:20 If a person finds a Guru that is not Self Realised but serves that Guru with all their love and devotion, will that still put them on the spiritual path?
1:04:36 While reading a book, my mind is completely quiet, but the minute I sit in meditation, all these random thoughts come up.
1:07:14 Does it affect us spiritually if we always dark clothing like we often do I the west?
1:09:23 Is the soul within us and the witness consciousness one and the same?
1:10:36 Does the soul have attributes like love, knowledge, power etc?
1:11:52 Sometimes during meditation I get distracted out of impatience and restlessness - what is the surgical antidote to this?
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Krishna and His teachings | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.230
Recorded on 16th December 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:13 A short description of Krishna's life
9:56 Do we all know that the correct action is for the greater good instinctively or do we need training to know that?
11:17 The thing that stops us following that greater good is simply ego?
11:45 What Swamiji said of Krishna
17:50 Krishna seems to describe a technique close to Jangama Dhyana in the Bhagavad Gita
19:56 Krishna describing importance of devotion and the story of Arjuna asking about Bhima's devotion
25:10 "Before death shall claim thee, go to the knowers of Truth"
29:37 "You have the right to perform action but you don't have any right to the result of that action."
33:49 "I've now told you all the secrets of the universe, but in the end you will behave according to your inherent nature."
41:05 Where does fear and anxiety arise from and how do we overcome it?
43:15 What is the concept of Radha and why do people say Radha Krishna?
48:15 Where does the knowledge and wisdom of a Self Realised Master come from?
51:34 Krishna's quote, "You will achieve peace only when you have sacrificed"
52:36 What should be the goal when you perform actions?
54:57 Would any feelings be there in pure consciousness?
56:07 When we come out of meditation how can we stay in pure consciousness?
57:07 Why 1 hour meditation is prescribed
58:02 Astronomical interpretations from the Bhagavad Gita
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Supreme Peace: Beyond all dualities | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.229
Recorded on 3 August 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:11 Why is it important for the mind to rise above the qualities of the world and not get involved?
5:25 Is it through meditation that we can rise above these dualities?
7:07 So in daily life when a difficult situation comes we don't judge it as bad?
10:52 So by doing things as a duty we can overcome dualities and be at peace?
12:08 Quote from Ashtavakra Samhita (p88)
12:58 How can a Yogi live in this world and inspire others in character, culture and moral values, while still being detached?
20:20 Quote from Ashtavakra Samhita (p93)
21:15 Is it that we have misidentified this 'I' as something else?
29:53 Nonduality is very difficult to practice just by theory, so we need to put in practice?
33:59 Quote from Ashtavakra Samhita (p88)
34:58 Why is there no other peace above Self Realization?
45:05 When in dvaita bhav, does one devotee different to the adviata bhav follower?
46:51 Mind goes to the past or future, how do I get the mind in the present always?
48:38 When not seeing Babaji for the whole week I miss Babaji as the meditation is better with Babaji - how should I deal with this?
50:08 In spiritual practice is it that the capital 'I' refers to the Atma and the small case 'i' refers to the body?
51:18 Is the nearest clue to Supreme Peace similar to deep sleep?
52:16 When you start to touch the Self, are the aspects like supreme peace, compassion and joy just normal as they are qualities of the Self?
54:34 Are there signs that we are practicing meditation correctly?
57:00 Where can I see Babaji?
59:02 What is the purpose of the struggle of life?
1:00:51 At what can children start meditating?
1:01:29 Should they practice the same technique of Jangama Dhyana?
1:02:16 Shri Babaji App
1:03:40 One doesn't have to leave the world in order to follow spiritual practice but spiritual practice automatically generates dejection to the world - so how can a spiritual seeker stay motivated in this world?
1:08:23 I'm happier in your presence - how can I be more like Babaji so that people around me can be happier too?
1:08:53 It's easy to see all the differences in people, but what is the common thing in everything, the one Self?
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The mind, consciousness and meditation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.228
Recorded on 7 June 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 How is our mind a clue to who we really are?
5:19 Only through the mind you can catch your existence.
6:46 If your attention is away from the thoughts, is it automatically onto the Self?
7:52 By avoiding the thoughts, they cannot exist?
9:54 If you stop the mind you don't disappear, so the thoughts and imaginations are not who we are at all?
12:42 We need to go introverted.
15:04 Babaji has said that a small portion of the Self has come out and got involved in the brain - how has this happened?
23:30 The importance of keeping the attention focused continuously.
26:40 We make simple things complicated.
29:35 Efforts are needed to make the mind quiet, only then people can see the benefit of a peaceful mind?
32:45 How can we gain knowledge without creating mental constructs and reinforce the ego?
37:07 If this is all imagination, what is our body? Is everything in this world an imagination?
39:09 Does god decide who is a bad person?
40:28 What is the importance of darshan?
41:19 How can thoughts stay for so long if they are impermanent in nature?
45:06 How to get to a deeper place of practice?
47:46 Does going into longer meditations happen automatically in a gentle approach?
48:30 Does meditation make a person less intellectual, less joyous, more serious and socially withdrawn?
49:45 Why are most people unable to achieve what Babaji has acheived?
51:09 Babaji has to guide us to achieve Self Realization.
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Mind's detachment, the real vairagya | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.227
Recorded on 31 August 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 The real vairagya is of the mind.
3:43 How can we achieve genuine vairagya in the world?
7:40 How can we reach that variagya, is it destiny?
11:08 What are the signs that we are progressing with vairagya?
13:26 How important is it to achieve vairagya while in the world?
17:01 How does vairagya create attachment to the Guru?
20:55 Why does vairagya not affect attachment to the Guru?
24:08 Why Swamiji trained to remove the attachment towards the Guru's physical form.
29:21 What is the connection between faith and vairagya?
30:51 Is the final vairagya achieved at Self Realization?
31:41 When this final vairagya is achieved, how does a person function in the world?
33:33 What is the relationship between vairagya and the doership?
34:55 How does the mind of a Yogi behave in the world?
39:24 Yogi's teach through their daily lives.
44:07 Whom should I take as a Guru, Swamiji or Babaji?
45:15 What is the significance of watching in between eyebrows?
45:49 As you gain vairagya do you become more of a witness?
46:50 When we experience physical or mental illness, how is it possible to cultivate vairagya in those situations?
48:06 Vairagya through contemplation versus directly through tapas.
51:32 Watching in meditation is like staring at a wall, is there something I should see?
54:21 How to practice vairagya in dealing with pain?
55:28 With vairagya, how to explain to family members when they notice a change in your behaviour?
57:17 How to respond to family members who think salvation is to be found only through Jesus.
1:01:44 How to give up attachments and to see that it is the Divine that both gives and takes.
1:03:11 Can the desire to earn money be an obstacle on the spiritual path?
1:05:25 Should you sit in any particular direction in meditation?
1:06:21 Can we only lose ego by doing seva?
1:08:09 As Babaji cultivated vairagya did Babaji lose interest in art, books and movies etc?
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How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.226
Recorded on 21 December 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji mean by the term devotion?
2:30 What part does faith play in devotion?
4:15 What was Babaji taught about devotion by His mother?
5:39 How did devotion evolve and increase in Babaji's life?
6:41 Are rituals in the various religions around the world useful?
8:20 Could Babaji explain the technique by which prayers are useful?
11:57 If we perform devotional rituals, does that remove a person's karma?
13:30 What is the meaning of Aarati?
15:09 Why did Swamiji use the term Bhakti Marga for spirituality?
17:00 "Of all those means of attaining liberation, Bhakti is the highest means... ...Bhakti can also b described as the search for one's own true Self." quote from the Viveka Choodamani
18:12 It is possible to reach the ultimate truth without any devotional aspect to one's sadhana?
20:06 Is it true that not everybody's devotional tendency is the same?
22:11 Is there a way one can increase one's level of devotion?
23:30 Are there character traits which are apparent in a person who is truly devotional?
24:33 What is the place of gratitude in Bhakti Marga?
25:26 What is the meaning and purpose of the concept of Ishta Devata?
26:58 What is the concept of Shiva Lingam?
28:23 What role does body - mind play on the path of Bhakti Yoga?
31:24 How to overcome laziness which becomes a big hurdle in Bhakti Marga?
32:36 In meditation is there a difference between falling asleep and falling into tantra? What can I do to stay alert?
34:16 There are so many gurus around, how do I know my guru?
35:09 Is Self Realisation possible without rituals?
36:33 Many times I surrender to the Almighty but some times my mind becomes judgemental. Is that correct or not?
37:24 A personal question regards seeing suffering and illness of family members.
41:12 Why do I hear a constant sound during my brain during sadhana. What should I do?
41:58 A quote from Ramakrishna, a question regards whether God's Grace works even if one if not devoted.
43:50 By taking the name of the Divine, how can the burden be His?
45:12 Why do we show reverence to Ardhanarishwara at the end of the Aarati?
50:18 Ravana did meditation for many years but still had faults and arrogance, why was that?
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How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.225
Recorded on 18 April 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 Why is it so difficult to see our own faults and put in efforts to change ourselves?
6:07 If we don't see change in our character even though we are practicing sadhana - why is this?
22:15 Does spiritual yearning come to all of us eventually?
27:02 How do we overcome difficulties in life?
28:44 Should we concentrate on ourselves instead of trying to change the world?
33:07 Even if a Self Realised Yogi does not come out into the world, are they still helping the world in some way?
34:25 The thought of letting go of attachment to worldly things makes me angry and fearful even though I know there is no lasting joy in these things.
36:25 How to get rid of bad, negative, ugly and repetitive thoughts and the guilt trip thereafter?
37:46 How to protect ourselves from negative energy when meditating in different places?
38:40 Are all the paths of bhakti yoga, karma yoga and jnana yoga needed to achieve Self Realization?
41:06 If one experiences expanding beyond the body and the body dissolving, should one still focus in between the eyebrows?
42:10 Is the state of samadhi and deep sleep the same?
43:33 What is the point of trying to change oneself if the goal is not person-hood? Is trying to be a better person not an ego?
45:38 The mind jumping into arguments uncontrollably due to ADHD.
47:38 Feeling demoralised when mind is distracted many times during meditation and inability to become the desired personality.
49:00 Can we meditate on the bare floor?
49:44 Can meditation help criminals change?
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The Droplet and the Ocean | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.224
Recorded on 29 March 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is the droplet and what is the ocean?
2:47 Everything that we think we are as an individual does not actually exist?
3:57 Would it have been a very long journey to reach the situation we are in now where it's difficult to think in any other way?
9:07 A passage from the Viveka Choodamani - do we have to accept the world as it is and not go into a collision with it?
15:25 I it because we hold on to the thoughts and imaginations that we remain as a droplet?
20:50 Can a Yogi have a thought and still remain as the ocean?
24:18 Nothing has happened to the ocean of the Self, it remains intact.
34:18 Does the quietness have to be more interesting than the world?
38:49 What are the efforts that need to be made to return to the ocean, the Self, in addition to meditation?
41:12 Is there no in-between state between being Self Realised and not being Self Realised?
41:32 Does the Self have intelligence?
42:49 Does silence have a sound or a texture? How to recognise it?
45:44 Should I sit in meditation more than doing japam?
46:44 How can we achieve through paths other than meditation like Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga?
48:33 The more I am silent and meditate, I am unable to connect with family members.
49:45 Are animals and plants droplets also?
50:43 Does the space or ocean have some divine law or rules which we have to adhere to?
55:58 Is it the patterns and habits of the mind that go on as a seed to the next birth - is that the individual soul?
57:43 Although many masters have appeared throughout human history to bring everlasting peace, why is work still in progress?
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Yoga Vasistha, Vairagya Part 3 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.223
Recorded on 3 May 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction
0:38 "All hopes of man are consistently destroyed by time." If time is unreal, how can something unreal be indestructible?
7:26 What is the relation between silence and time?
9:53 Are time and space different aspects of the same thing?
11:52 Has a Yogi has overcome the effects of time?
14:17 Lord Yama as the presiding deity of time.
17:09 "Only that thing which cannot be lost I can regard as a gain, but such a thing does not exist in this world."
23:28 One who has given up everything but has not yet reached the Truth.
26:27 The story of Shuka Maharaj and King Janaka.
34:33 How can we perform Guru Seva when we are staying away from Babaji?
35:36 How can we have a two-way communication with God?
36:09 A feeling that something is spinning on the head during meditation.
37:00 Meaning of the Sanskrit term chid vyoma.
38:59 The concept of Mother kali in relation to time.
40:06 For a Yogi, time does not exist? Was it bondage of mind and thus time that made Shri Rama feel acute vairagya?
42:30 How to know if there is progress from meditation into samadhi? Is then self awareness effortless or is still effort is needed?
43:40 Why does the mind not let the body be disciplined?
44:42 Is it possible to divide the meditation into two parts, morning and evening?
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Viveka Choodamani - Impermanence of the Physical Body | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.222
Recorded on 10 April 2025 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 13 - The impermanence of the physical body, verses 72 & 73
1:34 How in the first place did the misidentification of consciousness identifying as the body and mind happen?
3:15 Do we also need to detach ourselves from people in our lives in order to achieve peace?
5:13 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 13 - The impermanence of the physical body, verses 74 & 75
6:30 What is the connection between jeevatma, mind and consciousness?
8:42 Are the brain's reflections just past imprints of the mind or are they fresh imaginations? How do we get out of this delusion?
12:30 Through meditation can we change our destiny?
16:18 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 14 - Rejecting the impermanent, verses 76 & 77
17:51 How can we keep the senses engaged in the world and at the same time keep them withdrawn?
23:01 If we have the mind under our control, the brain can be the best friend otherwise it can be the worst enemy
31:20 How does learning to control and withdraw our senses to live a better life in this dangerous world of ill-minded people?
38:35 Outro
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The mind, the brainand its reflections | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.220
Recorded on 5 April 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 The mind has come out of the Self
6:10 Is the mind and the Self the same substance?
12:06 The unique relationship between brain and mind
21:45 The brain needs more than blood and electrical impulses to function
26:10 Does the mind also need a brain to exist as a mind?
29:01 If the brain becomes damaged, does that damage the mind?
31:32 When we become happy, is that simply when the mind becomes more quiet?
33:51 Is the mind being quiet the same as being focussed or concentrated?
45:20 How to get free from bodily identification also doing the waking state?
48:14 Who is at peace if we do not have sense of self?
49:35 When the imagination is stopped, what is there?
50:30 An out-of-body experience
53:42 "just like a crow alights on the tree, a coconut falls - this happens in mere coincidence" quote from Sage Vasistha - with respect to unreality of the world
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Keeping quiet mentally | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.220
Recorded on 15 March 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:14 Why does Babaji recommend that we put in efforts to become quiet in the mind?
5:55 Is the concentration of the mind the same as the quietening of the mind?
7:40 Why has it become so difficult for the mind to be quiet?
10:11 Do we need to let go of desires and expectations in order to become quiet?
13:39 Is the recommendation not to be too attached to things?
17:54 What should we be doing in the meditation for the mind to become quiet?
26:37 So during meditation we should not worry about whether we are quiet or not, just apply the method?
27:06 A Yogi may appear to be acting in a normal way but inside is totally different?
32:36 Outside meditation, when active in the world, how can we be quiet?
34:28 When staring off into space and not thinking, is that laziness or something else?
35:52 Can we use the mind in the same way we use a switch to turn a light on whenever we need it?
37:19 While reading Ashtavakra Samhita, I experience an attachment to god for a short while, is that ok?
38:13 If 100 people in the world become Self Realised and the world collapses, what about the rest of humanity - what will happen to them?
38:45 How is the Ultimate Truth of the mind and the Divinity the same thing?
40:09 At the end of the meditation, how do I know whether my attention slipped off during the meditation?
41:46 How to achieve being mentally quiet through Bhakti yoga and Karma yoga?
42:53 I experience short periods of silence during meditation, how to prolong the silence and reduce the chatter?
43:48 When getting up in the morning, the mind starts overthinking and gives discomfort to the body in meditation.
45:00 Until we perfect holding the eyeballs in between eyebrows, the eyes are still active in meditation - is purification still happening?
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Judgements and Discrimination | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.219
Recorded on 1st February 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is the difference between judgements and discrimination?
2:14 Are discriminations always for a larger cause and judgements are made for narrow-minded personal choices?
8:32 How can a common person discriminate properly without making judgements and impressions in the mind?
17:19 How not to be judgemental to ourself and be more compassionate to ourself?
18:52 What is a judgement and what is discrimination?
22:11 Should we give someone who has done wrong another chance? How many times should we give fair chances?
23:23 Should we always avoid making quick judgements empowered by our emotions?
27:42 When we forgive without judgement, is this not justified?
28:13 How does ego impair our judgements?
29:24 How do we judge our own actions in the right way so we don't underestimate our own abilities?
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Jangama Dhyana - the method | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.218
Recorded on 22 February 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:18 1st instruction: to sit comfortably and keep the back and neck straight
1:10 2nd instruction: to close the eyes
2:44 Focusing the eyes and sight in between the eyebrows
6:02 When we are watching in meditation, is it the same as watching an object with eyes open?
8:52 Difference between watching in everyday life and watching in meditation
13:08 As our mind becomes quiet in meditation, do we start to become aware of our real existence?
15:28 What is the meaning of Jangama Dhyana?
16:32 The importance of a gentle approach in meditation
26:42 The thoughts are not separate from you
29:59 Why is this one method taught to advanced meditators and beginners alike?
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Viveka Choodamani - Essence of Direct Experience | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.217
Recorded on 20 March 2025 with Malaysian participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 Viveka Choodamani, chapter 12, Essence of Direct Experience
1:54 Everybody talks of peace but nobody wants to work for peace, why is this?
6:15 What is holding back spiritual aspirants from finding a Self Realised master?
13:20 Why are some seekers attracted to fake masters?
17:49 Viveka Choodamani, chapter 12, Essence of Direct Experience - verses 67 & 68
19:24 What is the importance of experiences in our sadhana?
21:01 What are the bondages that hinder our peace?
26:17 Viveka Choodamani, chapter 12, Essence of Direct Experience - verses 69 & 70
28:21 What is detachment in our spiritual sadhana?
30:49 What really happens to a disciple who enjoys the serenity and true message of a Yogi in silence in their presence?
33:37 How to achieve tranquility and self-control?
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Yoga Vasistha - Vairagya / Behaviour of the Seeker | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.216
Recorded on 22 March 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:18 The restless mind is unable to find happiness in the world
3:02 The cravings of the mind lead to unhappiness
10:21 How important is it for parents and schools to teach spirituality from a young age
16:08 Why do we seek wealth and power when we know those things will not stay with you at death
26:52 A child is innocent but vulnerable like an animal
33:41 Youth is subjected to the fire of lust and short-lived pleasures
39:00 In old age, unable to satisfy desires, one asks 'who am I' but at that stage is unable to change the life's course.
45:17 Which English version of Yoga Vasistha is recommended?
46:10 How to deal with other people's distress when more detachment comes from meditation?
48:00 Should we contemplate the beauty of god in nature or should we see the transience in all things - or do they go together?
48:55 How can we know the difference between the real Guru and the false prophets?
49:45 What is the difference between detachment and indifference?
51:27 How to deal with situations where we need to be involved with people who are not good?
52:50 How do we avoid being lazy, avoidant and fearful and be more selfless in our efforts?
53:38 How can we avoid dilemmas in life?
54:14 What does duality mean?
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Devotion - is it necessary? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.215
Recorded on 8 March 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji means when He speaks about devotion and devotional practices?
1:20 How did devotion manifest in Babaji's early life?
4:10 Some aspirants feel that devotion is an inferior path to meditation - how would Babaji reply to this suggestion?
16:24 Babaji narrates an event with Swamiji after being with Him after a few years.
20:28 Is meditation not enough by itself, but is devotion necessary also?
31:00 How can we develop devotion?
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Going on the right path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.214
Recorded on 19 October 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is the right path to take in life?
2:30 Why is it that many people seem to chose the wrong path in life?
5:49 Is it necessary to have the intelligence to realise we have to go for the permanent truth, the permanent happiness?
11:11 What is the importance of finding a master, a guru, to show us the right path?
17:08 Why do we not go for god itself?
22:42 How can we remain inspired and motivated to stay on the spiritual path?
29:16 What is the importance of adopting the right technique?
36:07 Do we need to understand all the time in our lives that we need to silence our mind?
38:21 Should a person directly activate the third eye using the shambhavi mudra?
41:46 How long should we be doing the meditation for?
43:28 In meditation my body starts to rotate anti-clockwise, why is this?
44:27 When Babaji was being trained by Swamiji and was, for example, doing cleaning, did he imagine Swamiji at the same time?
45:25 Vendanta emphasises viveka and vairagya - how does one fully live in the world and at the same time practice vairagya?
47:31 Is it the brain that gives us trouble and is it the brain that carries karma?
48:38 How to be fearless and face things in life outside the practice of meditation?
49:38 Will our karma reduce as we practice meditation?
50:56 What about the karma that has already accumulated, how can this be reduced?
51:31 What is paravak or Dakshinamurthi, silence?
52:41 In what way should thinking be used? Should we simply follow silence?
53:15 Thoughts about what we need to do in the day keep coming in meditation
55:49 Head moves to the left side during meditation
57:06 During recovery after illness the mind is very fuzzy and meditation is difficult
59:23 What is the eternal truth?
1:00:08 Experience of hair-twirling on top of head during meditation
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Importance of Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.213
Recorded on 20 February 2025 with Malaysian participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 11, Verse 59, 60 & 61
1:30 What is the real nature of the Aatman?
3:25 How do we get to be at Babaji's Lotus feet?
5:30 What should our sadhana be to keep this blessing of being able to be in Babaji's presence to learn?
7:33 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 12, Verse 62
8:24 How is it that we are ignorant? What it is that we are ignorant about?
11:25 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 12, Verse 62 contd.
12:26 How should we apply this knowledge of the all-pervaded Self as space - the only thing that exists in itself?
17:41 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 12, Verse 62 contd.
18:14 To remove ignorance we have to become aware of the permanent thing in life, the Self?
23:02 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 12, Verse 63 & 64
24:17 Why do we get attached to the impermanence of the world?
29:25 Is it correct to say that all that exists in our mind is an illusion?
32:49 How to stop analysing and making unnecessary judgments in daily activities?
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Mystery of Existence | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.212
Recorded on 14 September 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:28 We think of our existence as the body - is this our real existence or is it something else?
3:38 Is existence always in duality, or does it not need a second thing to exist?
5:09 Are existence and awareness the same?
5:34 Is awareness permanent but existence not permanent?
6:56 What is the source of existence?
7:51 Is this awareness which gives the sense of existence the same as the consciousness of existence?
10:20 Where has this mind come from and what is its existence?
13:16 Is this feeling of existence the source of my entity?
15:03 What is this awareness and how can I become aware of it?
17:52 Is my consciousness and your consciousness two different things or is it one single mass?
19:18 Is it because we thing our appearance in this world as our existence that prevents awareness of our permanent existence?
22:08 Even if I go to Mars or the Moon, if my mind is not under my control, I will always be unhappy?
24:15 Are human beings the most vulnerable beings because we are always dancing to the emotions of the mind ?
28:37 Every time we make a judgement are we going away from our existence?
31:06 Having value for every life at the same time as awareness of the permanent existence.
35:46 Purification of the mind allows consideration of people around you.
39:30 My existence as an individual brings lot of desires - how to overcome this drama of my own emotions?
42:54 As it is described in the Yoga Vasistha, how time and space are in the illusion.
46:55 Are time and space the same or two different things?
48:52 Is existence beyond time and space?
50:05 If there is no birth or death, where is there a place for rebirth, and why would the soul want to play the game of birth and death?
52:58 If all consciousness is the same, why do we have to be physically here?
54:52 Why does the mind create all these emotions and how to transcend all the emotions?
58:25 How has the pure consciousness become 8 billion minds?
1:00:40 What is maya and how is it different than visions and dreams?
1:05:23 What does Yoga Vasistha mean by 'no mind'?
1:06:15 In the context of existence is everything pre-determined?
1:09:40 Is karma in the brain and the body or in the mind?
1:10:18 Does Swamiji come in bhava samadhi?
1:11:54 A fear and body movement when sitting for longer meditations.
1:12:58 How long does it take to realise the Self?
1:14:26 Is consciousness and the Self the same?
1:14:55 Should we continue to follow a previous Guru? Is it ok to follow more than one Guru?
1:15:54 Headache when practicing meditation.
1:16:52 How to progress in spiritual path when experiencing obstacles in life.
1:17:42 Does our consciousness still experience individuality when it merges with the Self?
1:19:53 If we have dreams, does that mean our minds are not pure?
1:21:15 A strong identification of the body outside meditation.
1:22:17 A pressure felt in between eyebrows during meditation and outside meditation - is that normal?
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The Mind and its Imprints | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.211
Recorded on 10 August 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:10 What is the technology by which the mind perceives the object matter in the world via the brain and the sensory organs?
3:43 Is a judgement when we take something as real instead of just an imagination?
14:25 How can objects in the world which appear so solid be an imagination in the mind?
19:52 How do the imprints evaporate from the mind?
32:18 When we are watching in meditation, are we restraining ourselves from judging what we are seeing?
33:27 Is the only way a thought can disappear when we are not affected by the thought?
38:11 What is the difference between imprints and memories?
40:30 How a Yogi acts in the world - is it like acting out a role in a movie?
44:35 "Who does good, never comes to grief" - quote from the Bhagavad Gita.
48:23 In daily life what can we do to fight the temptations of this world?
52:03 What is the significance of the physical form of the Guru?
53:17 What does Babaji mean by "Swamiji is always with me"
54:43 Position of the central focus in between the eyebrows in meditation.
56:33 The mind's imprints can last a lifetime - how to overcome them?
58:08 Humans are emotional beings, how to overcome imprints in everyday life?
59:54 What is meant by 'mastering the senses' in Yoga Vasistha?
1:01:28 Why does anger and frustration crop up after being in a longer peaceful state from sadhana?
1:03:33 Is it the mind or brain which attaches an emotion to every object?
1:05:21 Scared of meditating due to strain on the brain which might be causing seizures due to a neurological condition.
1:07:38 Is mind space itself?
1:09:33 Not able to feel senses and body, feeling of dying and dizziness in meditation.
1:11:47 Position of concentration in between eyebrows and using a sensation of breath to help achieve this.
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Peace: The Recommended Goal | In Quest of Truth - Q&A, No.163
Recorded on 09 December 2023 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:40 What is peace and why is it the recommended goal?
3:58 Can there still be peace when the mind is active?
5:05 Are happiness and peace related?
7:20 How the truth of existence cannot be found through thinking
10:46 How when you stop the mind you find out who you really are
14:47 Is the 'matter in the mind' the imagination habits which have to dissolve?
19:50 First the mind has to be stronger than the thoughts in the mind, then does the mind have to be stronger than the world?
21:17 How is the peace in the mind maintained when a Yogi moves in the world?
28:06 Is Babaji aware that this world is not a reality?
30:13 Is pain and suffering two different things?
31:12 How to achieve peace when working in the world, should we remind ourselves that we need peace or is practice of meditation the only way?
33:37 Should we accept the desires we have since they are habits out of our control?
34:50 How to encourage newcomers to stick to the meditation practice even though they have yet to experience peace in the mind
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Who am I - mind, body, brain | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.209
Recorded on 23 November 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:25 Is it correct to say that when we observe the mind, we are observing data that has been sent to our brains from our senses?
5:06 Is there a difference between the expressions 'not real' and 'impermanent'?
13:19 Is the brain our enemy which is deceiving us?
17:29 when we sit and try to meditate is there something different between the mind and brain?
22:31 When the mind is observing, watching the screen, is that then the I?
24:04 How did Babaji come to recognise the relationship between the mind and the brain?
32:29 Thoughts seem to spring up from nowhere. How do they come about?
39:01 With continuous practice will we start to understand the mind, body and brain in its true sense?
40:33 A steam of consciousness of 'Who am I' arose but it is very transient - how to make it consistent?
43:04 Is boht the mind and the Self, consciousness and energy?
43:07 Can the higher potency consciousness influence the lower potency mind or brain?
44:50 How can one get influenced by a Guru's vibrations?
45:55 When going to divine places, the mind becomes quiet and it is easier to meditate there. Why is this?
46:57 Is there any difference between Shankaracharya's philosophy and the Yoga Vasistha?
48:16 As long as there is the body will there always be some suffering?
49:13 As long as the physical appearance is there, is it possible to have absolute peace?
51:37 In deep sleep there is world or experience at all, similarly for a Realised Yogi is there any experience at all?
53:32 Will our skill and knowledge carry to the next body?
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Ego - the biggest hurdle for progress | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.208
Recorded on 4 January 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:17 What is the ego and why is it the biggest hurdle?
2:14 Is it because we start defining everything we see as a reality and become stubborn in our thinking - is that ego?
9:01 To remove the ego and achieve the truth of existence, do we need to let go of all definitions in the mind?
15:08 Babaji's quote "actions prove who someone is, words just prove who they pretend to be"
22:55 If a student authorises the Guru to remove the ego, how does the Guru help to remove it?
25:07 How does the technique of meditation help to dissolve this ego?
29:54 If the ego is removed, does that mean everything disappears?
32:53 When Babaji says that He takes a risk when teaching the student - does that mean the teaching is an automatic thing that happens?
35:43 Throughout the day, what is the best way to be aware of the movements of the ego and transcend those ego movements?
37:19 Properties and relationships have given me comfort but not happiness. Yet I am attached knowing well that everything will go one day - is it all ego-doing?
38:45 How is ego different from confidence?
40:09 In relationships, how do we interact with ego-minded people, when in disagreements or arguments and not losing our own spiritual path?
43:15 Why does this Maya exist? How do childhood issues affect your spiritual journey?
47:55 How to overcome resistance, frustration, misery, distraction with our daily practice of meditation?
49:43 During meditation, eyes open halfway which distracts. How to avoid this?
50:53 How can I feel more love in taking care of elderly parents during the last periods of their life.
54:22 In what sense are we saying that the world is unreal?
57:19 How to detach from the constant narrative in the mind when meditating or chanting?
58:55 Is ok to use the breath to focus?
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Eligibility of the Disciple | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.207
Recorded on 12th December 2024 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Viveka Choodamani Chapter 4, Verse 17
2:55 With constant meditation, will the mind slowly recede and start detaching from the worldly illusion, and start longing for Liberation?
13:04 When in Babaji's presence, the mind is peaceful and the longing for Liberation grows but when we are back to our daily lives, we get consumed by our responsibilities and the longing for Liberation lessens.
20:32 In ancient scriptures there are instances when Self Realized masters lost control of their mental desires and emotions. How is this possible?
26:36 Viveka Choodamani Chapter 11, Verse 56
27:52 How to stay sustained in our daily sadhana and eventually attain Liberation?
35:23 What is the concept of Advaita and how to gradually move from duality to non-duality?
41:32 What is the analogy of the earthen pots as individuals within the space?
45:32 Viveka Choodamani Chapter 11, Verse 57 & 58
46:49 We know how crucial our daily sadhana is yet we sometimes slip - why is this?
54:26 Why is the Truth bitter? Is it because we are always looking for quick solutions or an easy way out?
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What is Consciousness? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.206
Recorded on 30 November 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:20 How has consciousness arisen within unconscious matter?
7:19 Is consciousness beyond the experiences of thoughts and sensations from our sensory organs?
9:00 Are there different individual consciousnesses within the one consciousness?
16:11 When the mind is still, you become aware of the real Self, the pure consciousness?
17:43 Is the instruction to 'just watch' in meditation the same as being aware of that consciousness of existence?
19:21 When the mind is totally quiet, does one experience anything in that state?
20:30 Many people are scared of no longer experiencing anything.
25:35 Is the goal of evolution of living organisms to develop a brain intelligent enough to realise that we need to become peaceful?
28:30 Does anything exist outside of our consciousness?
35:13 Do we have to stop making assumptions about anything?
39:48 What happens to the consciousness at the time of birth and death?
40:32 Within scientific community it is said that, "no science achieves maturity without a system of measurement." Will science have to change in order to understand consciousness?
42:25 By a tiny part of Parabrahman's imagination, the world appeared as his dream?
44:07 Is it important to think of consciousness in Indian yogic terms?
46:48 What does Babaji mean by the consciousness dilutes from birth to birth?
48:16 Is science as it exists now, also a product of imagination, creativity?
49:50 What is happening to the consciousness in someone who is mentally challenged?
51:50 What is the difference between the state of unconsciousness and pure consciousness?
53:29 Can quietness of mind take us to understanding the consciousness?
55:02 If I pray, does my individual consciousness link to the all-pervaded consciousness?
58:23 Is consciousness the same as Atma?
1:00:38 When a Self Realised master drops the body, are there no longer any thoughts?
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Shaping a better future | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.205
Recorded on 31st December 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:08 How do we shape a better future for ourself?
1:27 How can we remove or change our latent tendencies?
5:19 Should we focus on our Self rather than the body and mind?
7:33 So how we perceive ourself is important?
8:40 Do all bodies and beings exist in one consciousness?
11:58 The Truth of our Existence revealed when we silence the mind.
15:30 Mind when it is silent it is pure consciousness and when it moves it is mind?
18:12 Knowledge requires a mind but awareness does not?
19:34 The wheel/axle analogy - what is beyond the almost stationary point at the middle of the axle?
24:46 Are awareness and existence the same?
26:26 Is it ok to consider consciousness as a field of all possibilities?
26:45 At every moment we have a chance to be aware of the Self as opposed to the mind and body?
28:33 What is everywhere, we don't notice.
33:27 Latent tendencies, acquired habits and previous resolutions.
34:54 Do we hold our current situation by holding on to our thoughts?
38:55 Having a silent mind versus changing our thinking when in the world.
43:41 How do we know when we are Self Realised?
45:31 Do we have to keep our mind quiet at the time of death?
47:59 What is the true meaning of dharma? Is it a part of Brahman or is it an imagination?
51:29 During the five year Tapas, was it the higher consciousness that prompted Babaji to be brought out of samadhi?
53:22 Is the state of enlightenment permanent or does it have to be worked on all the time?
58:20 Are there samskaras that continue to come up fro the past that we need to deal with consciously?
1:02:33 Our final experiences are not happy ones, with the body failing, in pain.
1:05:00 What causes the realisation that the world is not going to give what we are really seeking?
1:08:17 How to work with Swamiji's image?
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Bhakti Marga: The Devotional Path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.203
Recorded on 7th December 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:05 How do you define bhakti? Ramana Maharshi has said that bhakti is the mother of jnana.
4:46 How can one devote their total attention to the Divinity which is all around? Is bhakti possible with or without image?
8:04 Is it possible to have devotion to the Divinity without taking a deity as your focus?
12:10 If I do rituals to one particular deity, can that benefit my mind and how can it expand my love to the pure formless Divinity?
19:35 When in the duality and you perceive your Deity as higher than you, does it help the mind or is it also a process of going to the ultimate?
23:40 For busy householders, can everyday rituals to a deity purify the mind?
30:15 Is it wrong to worship deities with certain expectations of results which that particular deity can bring?
43:27 What are the stages of the devotion path?
46:55 How do bhakti and dhyana (meditation) support each other?
49:29 Is everyone capable of feeling that love in bhakti?
51:34 Is love absent if I just practice meditation, without following the bhakti marga?
52:54 Is it ok to focus our prayers to particular deities according to our needs?
54:53 What is the difference to the bhakti Babaji had to Swamiji at the beginning compared to now?
57:07 When Babaji talks about all the sages and deities, is that all Swamiji to you?
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Viveka Choodamani Ch.4, vv.14-17 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.203
Recorded on 21 November 2024 with Malaysian participants
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A Modern Exposition by Shri Babaji of Adi Shankara’s famous commentary. This book contains the teachings that Shri Shri Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj gave to Babaji during the twenty years of selfless service to His beloved Guru in the Dehra Dun Ashram.
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0:00 Introduction
0:13 Viveka Choodamani, Chapter 4 - Eligibility of the Disciple
1:41 Despite being sincere to Babaji and Swamiji as Gurus in life, why do we sometimes fail to practice meditation diligently? How to develop sincerity in one's thoughts and actions?
7:04 The only person who can determine our sincerity is we ourself, as we know where our thoughts. are?
8:03 Chapter 4, verse 14
9:05 What is the importance of auspicious time and place in reaching the Ultimate Truth and how do we convert the atmosphere into a conducive one?
16:41 Chapter 4, verse 15
18:04 Can one use the mind and its imaginations for self-inquiry towards Self-Realization? Does that mean that those who do not have a Guru can still achieve Self-Realization?
26:05 Chapter 4, verse 16
27:44 Can one gain real intelligence through meditation alone or are there other factors like reading, studying, observing, to gain such intelligence?
34:34 There are many intelligent individuals who lack spiritual growth and focus on worldly achievements - does this mean they are intelligent but lack spiritual wisdom?
46:54 Chapter 4, verse 17
49:19 With constant meditation, will the mind slowly recede and detach itself from worldly illusions and only when we start longing for liberation, we are on the right path of spirituality.
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Ashtavakra Gita - Chapter 2, verses 1-6 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.202
Recorded on 15 September 2024 with US participants
Baba discusses the importance of faith, devotion, and attention in self-realization. He emphasizes that self-realization is not a gift but a result of following the master's teachings with seriousness and reverence. Baba explains that Self-Realization involves understanding the supreme consciousness and becoming quiet, which leads to the realization of the Self. He clarifies that Self realization and God realization are the same, as they both involve merging the individual self with the ultimate truth.
0:00 Intro
0:08 Introduction to the Asthavakra Gita
0:43 Chapter 2, verse 1 - How do faith and devotion, attention and listening to Truth benefit us as well as meditation for silencing the mind to achieve Self Realization?
11:11 "Though all the universe is within me, nothing is really mine as the real Self."
17:02 Verse 3: "My consciousness has given up the universe as mine and the body as me, my total attention is on the awareness of existence which is the supreme consciousness and peace."
24:26 The grace comes spontaneously if you have faith.
26:02 What you think, it manifests.
27:28 "The objects of the mind are not different from the mind, this universe is not different from the Self."
30:09 Consciousness is the Truth and as that expands the universe expands?
30:44 Verse 5: "On examination a cloth is found to be only thread, in the same way, on close examination the universe is nothing but the Self."
34:43 Babaji's commentary on verse 5.
37:55 How does a Self Realised person see the world?
42:10 A Yogi doesn't get carried away, does not lose the conscious awareness of the Self.
43:29 Can we endure the prarabdha karmas through daily practice Jangama Dhyana?
45:52 The temporary nature of the universe, appearance value vs existence value.
49:03 Is space ultimately also just a concept?
50:00 Force is required to bring eyes and mind in between eyebrows in meditation.
51:57 How personalities start and change.
53:03 Babaji quote 'Everyday when you get to face tests and life, only then your worthiness is proven.'
54:43 What is the difference between Self Realization and enlightenment?
55:38 Where can one find the story of Ashtavakra and Shiva as the villager with the country made alcohol.
56:46 Instructions come up in the mind in meditation like a mantra.
57:49 In Bhagavad Gita, Krishna asks Arjuna to surrender on the battlefield, does this mean silencing the mind?
59:32 Can meditation be concentrating on a feeling of the Self and trying to stay there? And to think of that feeling ourself meditation, reminding oneself that you are that Divine?
1:00:52 Meditation technique is a balance of focusing with will power but also relaxing and surrendering?
1:01:42 Difference between Self Realization and God Realization?
1:02:21 Experiencing deities in meditation.
1:04:48 A verse from one of the upanishads.
1:07:25 A sensation which flows form the centre of my forehead to the centre of my head like something is being released? Is this good or am I overthinking?
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The Mind in Peace and Happiness | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.201
Recorded on 2 November 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji on deepavali
1:45 What does Babaji mean when He uses the term 'mind'?
4:25 Explanation of the 'Falsely imagined individual self'
9:04 What is happening in the mind when we are unhappy?
16:52 Are we happy simply when a desire is being fulfilled?
19:59 Is peace when we are not particularly happy, and not particularly unhappy?
21:37 Is it correct that everything we do is simply aimed at being in peace and happiness?
26:07 When I think of peace going on and on, it sounds bit boring?
29:18 What is the meaning of 'Sat chit anandam'?
36:25 Does one need to do longer meditations for the mind to stop over chattering in meditation?
38:40 When one wakes up in the middle of the night and gets anxious, what to do at that time?
38:33 If I am neither the doer or the enjoyer, who is it that is doing and enjoying? How to differentiate mind from the soul?
42:41 Can one lower position of focus of attention in meditation if pain arises in the head when concentrating in between eyebrows?
44:39 How can one overcome not recognising thoughts in meditation?
48:15 Unless consciousness is connected to mind and body it cannot experience pain or pleasure, so who is experiencing mind or Atma?
49:31 When we know we are not supposed to do something but can't restrain ourselves from doing it, how to control the mind?
51:04 Advice on living with someone who suffers a lot and is confused.
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Maya - the endless illusion, part 2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.200
Recorded on 9 November 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:26 Babaji comments on extract from Yoga Vasistha: "The unreal Jiva perceives the unreal world on account of the unreal influence of the unreality."
3:38 Babaji comments on extract from Yoga Vasistha: "The energy of this consciousness is able to create the entire universe and then entertaining the notion 'this is not', reduces everything to a state of void."
5:13 After the dissolution of the universe, how can that consciousness recreate that cosmic universe?
10:55 What happens to the individual soul when it merges with the Self? Can it not come back to this creation?
13:00 Why is that in the beginning when we were one with the Self, that we could separate from that?
17:12 The concept of Virat, the cosmic person.
21:06 When the experience happens that the mind becomes purified and the seeker feels as if they are at the crown of the head.
23:28 Can Babaji recollect at what point it happened that He felt His location at the crown of the head during tapas?
24:30 After that state is reached, is it not possible to go back?
25:05 What is the force that is dragging us to the illusion?
29:03 "Manifest consciousness is the universe and manifested universe is consciousness."
31:27 What is the meaning of "it is neither real nor unreal".
34:25 'The seer the seen and the sight' - what is the role of this in the preservation of the illusion?
41:49 "Whatever is seen here or thought of 'you exist' - all that is pure consciousness alone, there has never been a reason why anything else should have come into being."
43:55 Consciousness of inert objects or when in deep sleep.
48:59 The state of a Yogi
50:16 Fading of awareness and consciousness towards the end of a person's life.
52:32 What can one do to help someone who is nearing the end of life.
53:14 How to handle fear in the world and be more present.
55:00 How does biological reproduction of our parents create our physical existence and its consciousness?
56:11 When does a human being start to exist as a person?
56:58 How to deal with regret.
58:56 How did Babaji feel when His Guru Swamiji dropped the physical body?
1:00:05 What is the experience of deep sleep for a Realised person?
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Tapas - the highest pitch of meditation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.199
Recorded on 16 November 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is Tapas?
1:54 Why does Babaji call Tapas the highest pitch of meditation?
3:45 What defines how long one needs to do Tapas?
5:44 Do we have to meditate until every imprint in the mind has been purified?
11:01 In Tapas, does everything disappear? Is this what samadhi is?
12:22 What is the meaning of the many visions that appeared during Tapas?
18:29 As we go deeper into meditation, do the tests increase?
21:11 Do we need to have a desire to do Tapas?
21:27 How did Babaji go into Tapas? Was there a desire to do Tapas?
26:11 Can we say that Babaji's selfless service also a form of Tapas?
30:18 Did Babaji have awareness of any discomfort in the body or the passing of time during Tapas?
36:01 Would all Masters have practiced this meditation to achieve Self Realization?
37:52 Can the practice of 1 hour meditation take one to samadhi?
39:01 What does karma by thought and action do to our conscience?
41:23 How do traumas play a role in the visions in meditation?
43:33 Babaji received different mantras during Tapas, but in the meditation instructions we are told not to repeat mantras.
45:41 What do the various samadhis mean, ie sarvikalpa, nirvikaklpa?
47:26 How can a normal householder cultivate patience for sadhana?
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Human birth - the rarest of rare gems | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.198
Recorded on 26 October 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:15 What is special about being born as a human being?
5:48 Through our thinking capability, humans can elevate themselves or go away from the Self.
8:08 What is our duty as a human being?
14:56 "If humans are wise, why are we so stupid?"
27:55 Consciousness and the brain.
37:52 Why are some attracted to spirituality and some are not?
44:11 What will happen if I am unable to achieve enlightenment in my current life?
47:26 If the 'I' is never born what gets born and reborn?
48:50 How a Self Realised master can affect the minds of others
50:34 How to protect the purity of Ashram and Babaji and His teachings.
55:16 Can we take harsh measures to prevent people from disturbing the peace?
57:10 Is the subconscious mind the same as the brain?
57:26 What does it mean to invoke the spirit?
58:06 What are the ways to purify the mind other than meditation?
1:00:50 A jerk in the body is felt when Babaji chants at the end of meditation.
1:02:33 How to prevent the mind from going away from the Divine.
1:03:23 If consciousness is already within ourselves, why do we have to be born and reborn?
1:08:50 How to deal with people with rigid views without losing our peace.
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Meditation is Easy | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.197
Recorded on 5 October 2024 with Worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:44 "If you say that meditation is hard, it is hard, if you say it is easy, it is easy."
10:13 Why do more and more thoughts seems to come in meditation?
17:32 Is it a normal part of the process at the beginning, for thoughts to come in meditation?
21:20 "Every time we sit to meditate, there is some progress."
24:24 Babaji's mantra of 'dedication, discipline and patience'.
35:38 What is Babaji's advice for those who find meditation difficult?
39:12 Babaji comments on an extract from the Bhagavad Gita.
41:33 When going to the temple, practice of meditation declines.
42:42 If meditation is going well, should one not be able to hear the alarm?
44:01 Pain in the eyes when lifted up to concentrate in meditation.
45:45 Is it almost like watching nostrils or tip of the nose?
46:09 Is it necessary to use a mudra?
46:34 How to let go of problem solving during meditation?
47:19 Meditation has become deep so for the rest of the day the mind is quiet, which is unnerving.
50:05 Something is pulling me deeper, should I hold on to the professional life?
50:59 When surrounded by angry people, how to stay quiet amidst this disturbance?
52:32 After meditating for a year, thoughts still come up - how to know if I am progressing?
54:27 It is always a struggle in meditation, am I really progressing?
55:16 Should I do mantra japa meditation or continue with Jangama Dhyana?
56:21 I have a fear that Self Realization leads to termination of the physical body.
58:21 When someone becomes Self-Realized, what happens in terms of mind and body?
1:00:33 Will meditation allow me think creatively?
1:04:30 How much pranayama to do?
1:05:11 Many teachers and scriptures talk of the breath stopping in deep meditation, does this happen?
1:06:40 Is it ok to meditate lying down with eyes closed?
1:07:27 Is there any specific diet or discipline to follow?
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Ashtavakra Gita - Baba's Commentary - ch 1 vv 14-20 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.196
Recorded on 1 September 2024 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:08 The sword of knowledge slays ignorance of Self. Consciousness misidentifies itself as the body. Meditation shifts the attention from imaginations to the True Self.
6:07 How have we misidentified ourself from birth?
8:11 Until you regain consciousness of your real Self ignorance will be there.
8:59 By watching, the mind eventually becomes quiet and goes back to the Self, rather than imagining. Without paying attention, you cannot gain awareness of what you are. "Just Watch" explained.
13:11 Eventually the consciousness of existence will be there always, it doesn't disappear. The process of gaining awareness of the Self: watching, paying attention, and awareness.
15:55 When you just watch, thoughts and visions dissolve within the mind and it returns to where it came into existence. Purnamadah Purnamidam sloka explained.
18:19 Truth was always there, it didn't appear.
18:39 Space is the only thing which exists in itself. It doesn't need anything else. Both, Meditation and knowledge of the Absolute can attune your mind to the Truth.
22:11 Having knowledge, you begin to notice things you wouldn't notice otherwise.
22:57 The master prepares you to stop giving attention to thoughts and visions which are in your imagination.
23:34 The Truth of Existence is always there. It won't disappear. Only what is imagined can disappear. You loose the "I" consciousness when you go to Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
26:21 The Truth of Existence is not a void, it is Consciousness. Divinity can give blissfulness and eventually supreme peace. Only in that which is all pervading, like space, can appearances exist. It is not religious thinking, it is discovery of the Truth of Existence. Thru the culture of Spirituality the Truth of Existence can be realized and its nature is supreme peace.
31:57 Ashtavakra Gita verses 17-20 recited.
33:08 Desire arises because the body has needs. Realizing the Self doesn't need anything for its existence, mentally all desires subside. If the mind can keep quiet when death occurs, that is a practice known as tapas. Meditation is all that is needed. The difference between desire and craving.
37:36 What is "knowledge awareness"?
40:32 Does time only exist in the physical world?
41:40 Is it possible to go into Samadhi very quickly?
42:47 Along with theoretical knowledge you must meditate to improve your consciousness.
44:27 Desire is not a problem. Greed is the problem.
45:51 To know the Truth, theoretical knowledge is not enough. You must meditate to experience and gain the practical knowledge.
47:51 Why a person not following and spiritual practices can have strong spiritual tendencies.
49:36 What is the difference between space, emptiness, and the divine?
50:49 Baba explains the Gayatri Mantra.
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Maya - the endless illusion | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.195
Recorded on 12 October 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:24 What is maya?
2:25 What's the difference between maya and samsara?
5:25 What is the power of the illusion that makes it appear as a reality?
11:20 "The appearance is latent in the infinite consciousness"
15:04 Can the illusion go on and on endlessly until we get out of it?
20:56 Why does the Yoga Vasistha refer to waking, sleeping and deep sleep states as the three worlds?
27:24 Is it important to think of the wakeful state as like the dream state?
33:43 What happens when we awake from this illusion?
35:35 What is the cosmic creation and cosmic dissolution?
38:15 Yoga Vasistha extract: "Dissolution of the world appearance that has never been, is not and it will never be. All this is pure consciousness and supreme peace. It exists as the infinite."
41:05 "Logical or physical conditioning is an appearance like the sound that is heard when the wind blows, which is heard though it is not there at all."
44:26 Is it ok to believe that we are totally protected by god and guru as we go through this?
45:05 What about the spirit world, star beings, guides or mediums?
45:53 How to avoid compulsion for food?
47:20 What is the prime maya?
48:28 How can anyone get liberated unless he drops his ego and personhood?
49:15 How can truth be experienced?
50:22 Withdrawing the mind through meditation - a questioner asks about her elderly mother.
53:00 A story from the Yoga Vasistha about the illusion - we believe and see whatever our mind tells us.
59:18 Is there no truth in trying to reason out what the mind is showing?
1:00:36 Unable to gather the strength to do something challenging.
1:01:32 What is the difference between Turiya and Nirvikalpa Samadhi?
1:01:55 Why is fear not included as one of the six shapes of the mind?
1:03:20 Doing puja for ancestors - how does this work?
1:05:56 Is whatever is playing out in this birth carried over from the previous birth's resolutions?
1:07:32 Does this meditation in Babaji's presence serve as initiation?
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1:10 Everybody tries to find security for themselves inn this world - how is the total security found in the Self different from this?
3:48 Is it because we have identified ourselves as this physical body, that all the problems start?
9:33 How do the cravings of the mind start?
15:07 Is it when we don't need anything that security is there?
16:14 Is contentment an imagination?
17:13 Is total contentment different from an experience?
18:24 How can one abide in the real Self as a body in this world?
22:27 Is it also important to learn acceptance in the world?
24:38 Could Babaji explain the security He had at the Lotus Feet of His Guru?
26:53 Is the devotional path alongside the meditation the strongest way to achieve the Self?
30:43 Do we need to give up our exceptions to have real love to the Guru?
31:13 Is there always contentment in that surrender?
31:43 "What you are is more important than what others think of you"
39:30 Faith in the mantra is important
42:08 Is the problem in the mind or in the five senses?
43:18 How to overcome discomfort experienced from the problems of the world
45:24 What will help deepen meditation to remain in the Self?
47:32 Does one need to force non-attachment or let it happen naturally?
49:41 What is the real meaning of buddhi in relation to meditation?
51:24 What is the role of self-control in relation to Self consciousness?
52:39 Should one keep focussing in between eyebrows if the focus starts moving upwards?
53:55 When Babaji used to meditate and read scriptures outside the Ashram
55:23 Did Babaji use to experience contentment throughout the day?
56:17 Physical eyes are seeing darkness in meditation
58:53 How can people overcome past experiences of trauma to feel total security in their bodies in the present moment?
59:48 As we progress in meditation into tapas, will we get some indication of the next steps to take?
1:01:16 The flow of thoughts and visions don't seem to stop in meditation - how to know if I am making progress?
1:02:49 Why have we forgotten who we are?
1:03:45 When asking inside for certain guidance, how to know if this is intuition or the imagination - how to dissolve the doubter?
1:05:16 If experiencing back pain in longer meditations.
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Baba answers questions and comments on chapter 1 verses 8 thru 13 of the Ashtravakra Gita, followed by general questions on spirituality, ego, meditation, Self Realization and Supreme Peace.
0:00 Intro
0:06 Agastya introduces the Ashtavakra Gita.
1:34 Ego falsely imagines it is the doer.
5:20 Mind is infinite, it is your Self. Faith is necessary. Meditate to focus on the Self, your attention is preoccupied with imaginations.
7:56 When your consciousness is not into any type of imagination, know that as the truth of existence.
10:41 Mind gives only what it imagines, it can never give the Truth.
14:09 Time and space are imaginations; meditation is to stop imagining. Just watch and thoughts will disappear.
16:13 Due to imagination only, a false thing appears to be true.
17:17 Baba recommendation, the need for meditation.
18:08 Misunderstanding what the Self is, what the mind is.
20:54 Baba explains ego in detail.
23:25 What is true spirituality. The need for direct experience of the Self. Importance of having the right teacher.
26:33 Siddhis, celestial worlds, and super powers cannot give Self Realization. To know the Self is the greatest miracle, with it comes supreme peace.
31:24 Meditate to quiet the mind, overcome the ego, and attain liberation. Story of Astravakra commanding King Janaka to "Stop" mentally.
36:04 In addition to meditation, the practice of acceptance (karma yoga) can contribute to Self-Realization. Baba explains how mental attitude aids in spiritual growth.
40:48 Purpose can be more important than the act of doing.
43:37 How can a person be devoted to the path, perform karma yoga, and serve selflessly, without the quality of love? Devotion, service and acceptance.
47:05 The importance of learning from the knowers of Truth. True peace is within you only. Purushartha - individual effort is needed.
51:30 How can I wake up every morning inspired to live a spiritual life?
53:08 Space doesn't need anything for its existence, it is holding the entire universe.
55:38 How do we turn our attention from the world to our Self?
57:41 While keenly observing in meditation, if there are no thoughts can we know that as the Self?
58:31 Seeing the Self but again slipping back into thinking.
59:06 Why is our mind is working against us, rather than for us?
1:00:36 Does food play an important role in controlling the mind?
1:01:47 How to sustain thought free focus during meditation.
1:04:04 Celestial appearances are a distraction to meditation and a much higher reality.
1:05:59 Advice to someone who meditates a lot and does not need much sleep.
1:07:00 Is not reacting mentally or physically to external stimulation the same as withdrawing the senses, and quieting the mind?
1:07:57 When focused between the eyebrows, how do you get into samadhi? How to transcend body consciousness?
1:09:19 By theory alone you cannot know with certainty what is positive or negative behavior. Meditate to purify the mind and negativity will disappear.
1:11:28 Does Absolute Consciousness have the power to think of and manifest beautiful or ugly things?
1:14:43 Is consciousness or mind evolving?
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Efforts and Acceptance | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.192
Recorded on 27 July 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
3:05 Can Babaji elaborate on the idea of acceptance?
8:59 If the results don't come from our efforts, do we just give up?
11:23 After facing repeated failures, when to know when to persist or to give up and accept the results?
12:32 When we accept the results, is there a danger that we weaken our efforts?
15:33 Can Babaji talk about the importance of focus when putting in efforts.
19:14 Does our focus when putting in efforts become sadhana?
22:02 Can this focus also generate a peace?
23:08 How can Grace be related to our efforts?
30:20 How Babaji applied efforts and acceptance in His years as a student monk with Swamiji.
41:19 If you lose a million dollars how is it possible to quietly accept this?
43:00 If we always choose good karma then do we always get good results?
48:26 If you are putting in efforts should it be put in with discrimination, or can Yogis follow their desires mindlessly?
51:28 For every action is there a reaction?
52:10 For grace is faith, dedication and determination required?
52:48 Are there alternative options to sitting for Tapas to achieve Self Realization?
54:18 How to make hearltful effort with full focus without thinking about results at all?
1:00:23 Advice for someone suffering from depression
1:02:29 Can one reach Self Realization by practicing 1 hour meditation daily?
1:04:13 Mind slipping into thoughts continuously throughout meditation
1:08:43 Position of the eyeballs in meditaiton
1:10:04 Position of the head in meditaiton
1:10:54 For a failed marriage or critical illness for example how can one accept such things?
1:15:51 My mind is judgemental, how to be more accepting of what happens?
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Teaching Spirituality to the Younger Generation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.191
Recorded on 13 July 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:44 How can we protect young people from distractions in the modern world and guide them to spirituality?
13:18 Is it important for spirituality to be taught at school? Can it be taught without a religious connection?
23:13 When should parents start teaching their children meditation, and are there some preliminary exercises for them to start with on the spiritual path?
27:59 Babaji talks about His upbringing and what He learnt from His mother
33:16 What is the importance of in-born qualities on the spiritual path?
37:58 What is the foundation on which to build a spiritual society?
42:52 How can a human being avoid laziness and be disciplined in any path?
46:51 How to talk to a son who has stopped communicating and is always on the phone?
48:32 How to deal with family members who are afraid that I might go too deep into spirituality?
49:18 How to receive initiation from Babaji
50:22 Visiting Babaji
51:40 What is the origin of this dhyana and is there a connection with advanced practices from Yoga Sutras called Samyama and Shambavi?
53:57 What to do if light, heat and sounds increase in meditation?
54:44 What about art, is it an imagination and could it be a source to keep the mind quiet as well as meditation?
56:42 Aham the individual and Aham the cosmic Self.
58:09 Until there is Self Realization then there is no peace.
1:00:16 How can one proceed in life without any desires?
1:02:36 How to introduce a son who is going to college to spirituality?
1:04:51 How to differentiate between ego and self-respect?
1:07:57 Is the Self different from the mind?
1:10:42 How does meditation purify the mind?
1:11:50 Does one have to look upwards to keep the eyeballs in between eyebrows?
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The Divine Mother: Exploring Meditation and the Journey to Self-Realization | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.190
This profound Q&A session with Baba delves into the concept of Divine Mother, explaining the symbolic significance of Hiranyagarbha (the golden womb) as the source of all creation. The discourse details meditation, higher states of consciousness, the journey to Self-Realization, and transcendence of the mind to realize one's true Self, beyond the illusions of the material world.
0:00 Intro
0:07 How and why Divine Mother came into existence.
3:59 Story of Vishnu and Narada, why Mother comes first.
7:02 he concept of Hiranyagarbha, "The Golden Womb" from which all creation has emerged. There you realize your real Self.
9:21 What appears in the mind is a stumbling block for Self Realization.
10:19 The technique of "Just Watch" to regain Pure Consciousness and attain Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
11:24 For Self Realization, Consciousness has to watch itself, not what appears in the mind.
12:21 Meditation is to stop the mind from thinking or imagining.
13:20 I no longer have many flashy experiences in meditation, only peace and expansiveness. Am I progressing?
15:04 "I assure you, you can't make your Self disappear."
15:44 What happens to the person after Self Realization?
17:09 The body is for others to watch and recognize; it is just a media to talk to you.
18:01 It is like entering the dream to awaken someone who is dreaming.
18:13 Is Self Realization like waking up from a dream? Self Realization explained.
20:07 As you continue meditating are there signs of progress?
21:36 The world cannot contribute anything to the real Self, because matter cannot touch or give anything to infinity. Self doesn't need anything else for its existence.
24:01 Absolute or zero, both our imaginations.(Truth) It is simply there.
24:31 After Self-Realization, at all times only the absolute is visible, we see only the Self.
25:51 How did Rudra become associated with your name?
29:11 Tapas, the final step to Self Realization, can be achieved by meditation or action.
32:52 Developing an attitude of silently watching while you're in activity.
34:01 The concepts of Mother and Father.
35:55 The distinction between emptiness and the Absolute. In Nirvikalpa Samadhi all imaginations have disappeared.
38:30 Is the principle of male and female present on all planes of existence?
40:25 Illusion was created so creation could continue.
41:44 The yogi is neither attracted or repulsed. He is neutral.
44:44 Impermanence makes you attracted or repulsed.
45:25 Baba gives advice to someone with an abusive mother.
48:40 Meditation is to turn off the projector. Baba explains Consciousness as the watcher, brain as the screen and mind as the projector.
52:21 While living, can a person affect the existence of a departed loved one, such as a mother or father?
54:10 Why is the Divine not telling us, "I am here and I am giving you everything?"
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The thought of death, the trigger for Vairagya | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.189
Recorded on 15 June 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:18 What is death? Who is it that dies?
2:47 Why do people want to avoid thinking about death and don't want to find out the truth?
5:48 Why doesn't everyone ponder about what is going to happen after death?
9:04 What effect did the thought of death have in Yogis such as Buddha, Nachiketa, Adi Shankara etc?
19:51 What is vairagya and its connection with the thought of death?
24:51 How should we enquire about death to understand the impermanence of the world?
28:10 What connection is there between the thought of death and meditation?
36:18 Why is it that for Yogis, the strong thought of death came at an early age?
40:33 Why is there a fear of death?
43:13 How can we overcome that fear of death and teach the next generation?
45:47 How important is it for society worldwide to get exposed to spirituality?
54:50 When close to death, does a dying person see people that have departed in their lives?
55:24 Are there many different layers of the body or koshas?
57:48 Does the body of a person who has died need to be put in a particular posture?
59:21 Is the idea of heaven a myth?
1:01:01 Is it because we are in the age of the Kali Yuga that we there are so many distractions and less opportunity too know the Truth?
1:03:06 How to develop vairagya in relationships?
1:04:39 The name of Lord Murugan
1:06:30 Meditation is better when on Babaji's online session. How to achieve the same level of focus when meditating alone?
1:07:17 Does meditation purify the body as well as the mind?
1:08:59 Is it possible to meditate when in the lying posture?
1:10:05 Could Babaji clarify about why we don't see relatives when close to death?
1:12 :58 When we sleep are we unconscious?
1:13 :41 How do dreams happen?
1:15:27 Before we die how can we ensure that we are the best moral person?
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How to live a Spiritual Life? Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.188
Recorded on 25 July 2024, with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:08 How can one develop awareness of the Self while carrying out day to day activities?
4:36 Advice to newcomers to meditation on how to avoid anxiety and outcomes in daily life.
6:53 If we become unattached to the world, how to handle being perceived as cold-hearted or not responsible?
12:05 To experience life fully should we experience the full array of emotions in this world?
16:20 Is it correct that emotion itself is not right or wrong, but we shouldn't get too attached?
17:18 What can we do to increase willpower to practice meditation?
24:35 What to do when the mind drifts away in meditation when concentrating mind and sight inbetween eyebrows?
25:53 Is the space between two thoughts the same as the space around us and throughout the universe?
27:14 What is the difference between the space, brahman and parabrahman?
28:51 The head tilts during meditation, what is the explanation for this?
29:51 If I sit crosslegged in meditation, after a while the legs become numb. Should I avoid sitting in this way?
30:36 Could peace be an imagination?
32:00 How not to lose heart if things don't turn out as expected?
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A purified mind while living in the world | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.187
Recorded on 22 June 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:55 how do we achieve a purified state of mind while living in the world?
9:24 We shouldn't indulge in unnecessary negative thoughts.
11:11 Why is a daily practice of meditation recommended?
16:40 Is it the ego that makes us believe we don't need to make efforts to change?
25:18 When Babaji says 'be sincere' does that mean to put in all efforts into the practice?
29:32 Is a Jeevanmukta the highest, most purified state of a human being?
34:12 How important is it to have a Jeevenmukta as a Guru?
39:00 Why is it more difficult to overcome thoughts when in the world compared to in meditation?
40:00 When there is a mental disorder, is the mind or the brain damaged?
40:45 Is it possible for a Guru and a disciple to have telepathy?
41:27 The mind as energy and consciousness
42:51 Are we silencing the energy part of consciousness in meditation?
43:26 What is Babaji's experience of Self Realization and how to switch between Self Realization and living in the world
46:31 Is it difficult to hold onto the body after Self Realization?
47:25 When the body is in intense pain, what is the best practice?
48:25 How important is it to make a certain time for your meditation practice?
49:42 How is the mind's experience different from the mind's thoughts and imaginations?
50:31 How is the imagination so real that creation could happen?
54:16 The ego of not wanting to have thoughts in meditation
56:11 How long does it take to erase the negative thoughts in the mind?
57:42 What can we do when anxiety or panicky thoughts come up in meditation?
58:55 If someone cannot do silent meditation, is japa ok as an alternative?
59:49 Is it important that a mantra is given by a Guru?
1:00:55 How can one strengthen faith?
1:02:21 How to be more disciplined with meditation practice when stuck in a rut?
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Baba discusses the significance of meditation in gaining one's true identity and overcoming the obstacles to gaining Self-Realization. He emphasizes the need for the mind to become silent in order to find fulfillment . Questions exploring "Who Am I" and how experiences, meditation, and self-awareness are keys to understanding this relationship.
0:00 Intro
0:07 Main obstacle for advancing spiritually and attaining Self Realization.
1:39 The ultimate goal of meditation.
4:52 Self Realization - the droplet uniting with the Ocean.
6:09 You are the watcher not the movie.
7:51 Difference between watching and witnessing.
8:56 Just silently watch and all will dissolve; you don’t remain a witness.
12:40 Can a person become lazy while practicing meditation?
13:38 Why people may practice meditation for a long time and not seem to progress.
14:37 A person must stop all thinking, analyzing and judgements to realize the Self.
15:30 Can a person be too vigilant trying to meditate?
17:56 What is life and does it have a purpose?
20:34 Everybody is too busy with the world.
21:49 Consciousness has imagined this world. You have to come to the infinite to find permanent happiness.
24:00 If you care for the world it will never let you settle down peacefully.
25:09 Having achieved peace in your Self, you are not indifferent to the world.
25:56 Prayer can be very effective if you concentrate with total faith.
26:49 Understanding the technique, and purpose of meditation. Meditate to silence the mind and become aware of the SELF. Just watch explained.
30:22 Why have we forgotten our connection to the Divine?
33:36 With thought we anchor ourselves and find support in this world and we forget our Self.
36:35 Is it necessary to choose between practicing meditation and worldly involvement?
40:03 Attend to the world inside of you first. It is the one troubling you. Understand the outside world is impermanent.
42:45 How to overcome random thoughts in meditation.
45:00 How to pray.
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Overcoming Karma | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.185
Recorded on 4th July 2024 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:22 Is there a connection between parents and children when it comes to karma?
3:35 Do rituals and prayers help to reduce karma?
5:37 How can we free ourselves from the distractions through modern technology and go into spirituality?
17:39 How can we prevent feeling disappointment from failure?
27:30 How can we overcome Karma through reverence to the Master and by practicing meditation?
34:33 What can we do in our daily lives outside meditation to be one with the Atman?
35:44 How to not be affected by undesirable people who are a part of our lives?
39:22 Feeling a jerk in the body during meditation.
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Mind, Brain and Meditation Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.184
Recorded on 1 June 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0.08 What is the mind and brain and the difference between the two?
1:38 What does Babaji mean by the Divine and the mind?
9:13 Are we only aware of the mind when there are thoughts in it?
11:40 What happens to the mind when it's happy?
17:00 Are thought processes voices and sounds that we hear when we think?
21:37 When we have an emotion, it seems to be drawn out over a long period of time - are emotions different to thoughts?
27:21 If we try to calm the mind down ourselves, is that a genuine improvement or are we fooling ourselves?
28:37 When we try to meditate, what is happening in the mind and the brain?
32:18 When thoughts come up in meditation, is it a failure or is it a part of the process?
41:46 When I get tired when working, it feels like, rather than the body getting tired, it's the brain that gets tired?
46:53 When the brain reflects on the mind, does the mind have the capacity to decide whether it is good or bad?
48:10 Does Babaji experience fear in the mind?
49:30 How to purify the soul?
50:56 How to overcome unknown fears?
51:58 Is the time for the mind to operate through the brain limited?
55:25 Visions of seeing things before they happen - is this a coincidence?
57:39 Our mind can create illusions when in the world, how to distinguish what is real or unreal?
59:20 Is the energy and consciousness that Babaji talks about the same as how they explain it in science?
1:01:18 How can we utilise the power of our sub-conscious to manifest our dreams?
1:03:24 Are there any other wasy to purify the mind other than meditation, for instance seva?
1:04:48 During meditation I try to find solutions to the problems in my life. How to avoid this?
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Discussions with Shiva Rudra Balayogi on spiritual growth, consciousness, and the true nature of the Self. Baba emphasized the importance of meditation and self-awareness. He delves into the idea that the Self is the source of creation and true freedom lies in recognizing this reality. Insights on the path to self-realization and spiritual growth, highlighting the significance of listening and absorbing teachings into the mind. Also discussed is the role of meditation in quieting the mind and focusing on the Self.
Recorded on 23 June 2024 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:09 What is meditation and how it helps achieve the goals of spirituality and of life?
3:29 Meditation is to bring the attention onto the your Self.
4:56 The distinction between mind and what appears in the mind.
8:17 Meditation quiets the mind and reveals the Conscious Existence as our Self.
9:36 You are not a body, a thought, an idea, or an ego.
10:05 Distinction between Consciousness and Existence.
12:19 How important is discernment? Can it bring detachment?
14:05 Consciousness is what gives value to the body.
15:53 Illusion continues until Truth is discovered?
17:03 Is it true a Ghani (Knower of Truth) ) has no limitations, no boundaries, no definitions.
20:05 Does the universe exist outside of me?
21:45 Hearing Wisdom about the Self is life transforming. It make me go for what's permanent.
23:54 Shravana (listening), Mañana (absorbing into the mind), Nididhyasana (practice) (the 3 pillars of Vedantic Practice).
24:56 During meditation should we take the attitude that anything we see, recognize, visualize or imagine, is not real?
26:16 I realize I have been writing my life script but I don’t know how it ends, and it frightens me. What should I do?
26:58 There is Consciousness and Energy but where is the Light?
27:36 Supreme Peace is beyond light and bliss.
30:57 I feel pain when concentrating between my eyes.
32:16 Importance of dedication, discipline and patience.
33:04 Is the experience of becoming one with the Ocean of Pure Consciousness the same for everyone?
34:55 A Self Realized person feels silence as ones Self, not the minds thoughts.
35:26 Age is a factor with meditation but attachment can be a barrier.
37:14 Mind has to stop writing the script, then you are there. Trust is necessary.
37:58 Story of Angulimala and Buddha. Importance of ripeness in taking up the spiritual path (right purpose).
41:11 It's not necessary for a person to undergo bad and harsh things. Inner purification can take care of that.
42:10 Once the thought of death comes, a person may become restless until they know the secret of birth and death.
43:13 During meditation my breath is constant but I feel sleepy.
44:55 Can we have the feeling of joy or bliss we get while meditating by imagining the Guru or God?
45:40 Does your Guru come to you? Everything is guru for me now.
46:10 The role faith and freewill play in Spirituality.
47:47 I have lost my motivation to meditate. How do I find it again?
48:31 It is the guru who will tell you about the final goal you need to reach.
50:41 You must be careful to overcome imaginations, then the truth will be revealed.
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Efforts towards Self-Realization | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji No.182
Recorded on 23 May 2024, with Malaysian participants
0:00 Intro
0:21 Is the fact we are in 'Kali Yuga' why not many people are attracted to meditation?
22:25 Can we say that challenging events are sent to us to push us towards god?
29:28 How does one motivate oneself despite experiencing the discomfort of the bodily suffering.
36:47 During meditation the mind gets sucked into the thoughts, how to avoid this?
41:09 Why does my own mind want to disturb my efforts?
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Myths and Misconceptions of Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji No.181
Recorded on 8 June 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What is the basic aim of the spiritual path?
2:17 Is the spiritual practice to bring the attention away from the thoughts?
5:00 Should we expect experiences within our meditation?
13:12 Would a real miracle make one go towards peace?
16:18 What is a real spiritual awakening?
25:04 Have we imagined consciousness to be in the body?
35:37 When starting on the spiritual path, should one simply practice this meditation?
40:29 Do we need to believe in anything in order to practice meditation?
41:55 What is a Yogi?
43:35 How does a Yogi operate in the world?
48:55 Does a Self Realised Yogi stop having dreams?
50:20 How and why did the Vedas come into existence?
53:30 How to decipher incomprehensible spiritual experiences?
56:29 What is purusharta, self-efforts?
1:01:55 What is the heart?
1:02:52 How to overcome fear?
1:03:48 How to avoid anger?
1:04:59 What are the benefits of worshipping deities?
1:05:54 Is having a target in the material world counterproductive to spirituality?
1:07:07 How to control the seemingly infinite thoughts in meditation?
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The Power of Imagination and Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.180
Recorded on 9 June 2024 with US participants.
0:00 Intro
0:04 What is the 'love of being' that makes one get through life's unsurmountable difficulties?
5:00 Is it because we have wrongly identified ourselves that we develop a need for things in our life?
7:13 Overcoming the idea of ourselves as a person with the practice of meditation.
11:17 Is it our mind that changes, not ourselves?
11:50 The distinction between consciousness and mind
13:03 Removing the sense of 'I am' to achieve Nirvikalpa Samadhi
14:11 The word for 'I am consciousness' could just be 'mind'?
15:05 At first you realise yourself as the 'I' and then when that goes away you become universal existence?
18:08 Is the meditation technique is observing without analysing?
18:30 What is a definition of the Self?
19:17 What is a subtle body?
20:45 What happens to the subtle body at death?
21:53 Is the mind without a body what is called a soul?
22:26 Could the rebirth happen anywhere, not necessarily in this world?
23:29 Will your progress continue inthe next rebirth or do you have to start over?
25:13 Is the highest goal of life supreme peace?
27:14 Why does Tapas take so long before Self Realisation happens?
28:14 Is meditation just about removing thoughts, or is it also about understanding and realisation?
29:55 What is the difference between dreams and regular everyday thoughts?
32:24 Is karma simply in the imagination, there is no good or bad?
33:22 Can meditation practice go side by side with worldly activities?
35:19 How to let go of the 'I' thought
36:49 What is the choice that Swamiji made to come back to the world?
38:33 The experience of a loved one leaving the body
39:30 What is Siddhi and Samadhi?
41:05 Is marriage necessary for a seeker who wishes to go into Tapas?
41:38 What are two other things we can do during the day, like reading or service work?
43:13 What is the difference between service work and karma yoga?
44:30 Is there any hope for humanity?
45:30 When we sit to meditate should we think of our individual 'I' that is trying to watch?
46:54 For someone who does bad things but thinks they are doing good, will their actions be registered as a bad thing?
47:48 Does a Yogi become everything in this universe, having lost the individual ego?
49:27 Is Mahasamdhi the same thing as becoming a Yogi?
50:30 Do we become shunya or nothing eventually?
51:04 How do we spread awareness of Babaji's teachings?
52:03 What are angels?
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The Power of Imagination and Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.179
Recorded on 25 May 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:09 What is it that indcues the imaginations to come out in the first place?
6:10 Would Swamiji's mind as a young boy have had such a strong potency for the Divinity to manifest?
9:12 If we visualise about God, Guru or Self Realization, does it help us to get closer to that?
16:51 Technically, how did the manifestation of the Divine happen for both Swamiji and Babaji?
22:41 Is devotion connected to the yearning for the highest?
24:42 Can the highest imaginations of God and Guru lift our mind our of lower, confused imaginations that we have?
26:20 So should any tests, difficulties or suffering be welcomed?
29:42 So should we not imagine things to be a certain way?
30:58 Does the power of the imagination have to be totally controlled for the mind to merge back to the real Self?
36:30 Does the bird exist of the One imagination or does it exist in the individual imagination?
39:37 "The world is sitting in our mind"
40:28 Is there any imagination for a Yogi?
41:50 Mind has to become under our control, quiet, and then can merge with the Self
43:52 Is devotion the same as demand?
44:35 How to deal with auditory imagination in meditation?
46:19 How does Babaji perceive us?
46:51 Should one get up from meditation to deal with things in the world?
49:18 Are karmas the mind's imprints?
50:23 A Guru would not do anything to add to a person's karma, even when such a person has abused the Guru?
53:30 The difficulty of taking the step to leave the home and devote one's life to spirituality
54:25 If we come across people who are mentally or physicalyl ill, can we use the power of the imagination to inspire them to be healed of their illness?
56:09 In real life can we use the power of imagination to manifest things for us and others?
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Different paths of religion, different methods of sadhana and different Gurus | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.178
Recorded on 25 May 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:58 If someone is not born as a Hindu, can they still benefit from meditation?
5:49 What difference does it make to have a Guru?
7:42 Different Gurus may have prescribed different techniques, how do we know which one is the most beneficial for us?
17:07 Is the physical Guru and the inner Guru the same?
20:56 Ego vs the Guru
28:58 Is the Guru-Disciple relationship like that of the mother and child?
30:38 If we were to follow the technique that Babaji teaches, can we also achieve Self Realization?
33:27 Is the Atma already enlightened?
36:13 The feeling of 'I' and the Self, are they the same thing?
39:03 Is there a mind in Baba's body or not?
40:25 Is there any thought process in Babaji's mind or is it always silent?
41:38 What does Babaji mean by "You can be your best friend and you can be your worst enemy"
45:33 How to make sure our emotions don't override our decision?
50:46 Swamiji used to show anger, why was that?
52:22 Is it possible for someone to be a descendent of Lord Shiva?
53:14 Can deep physical pain and suffering keep you in the moment?
54:28 Is it possible to lose all the benefits from your sadhana?
57:20 Is it the role of the Guru to bring the disciple back to the path?
1:00:05 Is it possible to practice meditation with open eyes?
1:01:35 If one is closely aligned with more than one Guru who teach slightly differing techniques, how does one handle this?
1:03:26 When we see something in the world that is frightening, if we watch it, like in meditation, will it disappear?
1:05:27 What does Babaji mean by conscience?
1:07:34 How to control the ego which plays havoc in everyday life.
1:09:58 What is the difference between Yoga and Hinduism?
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To have Peace you need to practice Peace | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.177
Recorded on 9 May 2024 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:15 How is religion the same as spirituality?
7:37 What steps can we take as a society to promote peace in this world?
12:33 What is the distinction between self-defence and being offensive?
18:03 How do we balance between fulfilling our worldly duties and ensuring that we don't compromise our duty to our Guru?
35:23 What is enlightenment and how do we know that we have achieved enlightenment?
39:23 Can we say that consciousness is Divine? Do we need the physical body to experience consciousness?
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Space - the Supreme Consciousness of Existence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.176
Recorded on 20 April 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:07 If this space is the supreme consciousness of existence, how has it remained so hidden from us?
11:08 Is any appearance within the space not a reality, only the space itself can be a reality?
18:15 Is it the identity that we give up as our consciousness expands?
19:25 Is the same consciousness behind each of our individual consciousnesses?
22:43 Is it because the space is not relative to anything else that we can't understand it?
26:36 Why is it that we see Babaji in a physical form if Babaji is that all-pervaded space?
29:15 As we practice sadhana are we able to let go of attachment to material objects?
31:50 Can space be equated to unconditional spiritual love?
32:59 Is there experience of space sat chit ananda?
33:31 Will artificial intelligence become an extension of our consciousness?
35:22 is it right that the individual mind's thoughts and imaginations are not shared with everyone?
36:28 As the individual sense of self expands is there more of a sharing of consciousness and energy?
38:01 What is kundalini?
38:52 The Self versus no-Self in regards Buddha's teachings
43:53 Is light and space one and the same?
46:10 How does a Self-Realised master communicate with others in the world?
47:12 In the practice of meditation should we let go of any thoughts pertaining to the creation?
47:55 How long will it take for us to achieve silence in the mind?
49:46 Why don't the thoughts and imaginations also get destroyed with the end of the body?
51:55 The matter is hardly 1% of the space, why are we so stuck with the matter?
54:43 How can matter help us to get to supreme consciousness such as worshipping an idol?
56:25 We know the structure of the brain, what is the structure of the mind?
1:00:05 If parabrahman is all pervaded, why do we concentrate in-between the eyebrows to become aware of that?
1:01:38 Does the Indian term for silence carry more implication and shades of meaning than the western term?
1:02:37 What is the term for space used in India and does it have any other shade of meaning other than just space?
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Dharma | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.175
Recorded on 13 April 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:53 What is meant by the word dharma?
3:17 When we talk about someone being obliged to do something, it implies that someone is being forced to do it?
12:33 Regards the moral aspect of dharma, is it better for the individual or for society?
17:12 A scholarly application of the root of the word dharma gives the meaning 'to hold' or 'to support'.
19:47 Does following dharma help us in our worldly life?
22:19 Is dharma different for householders or monks?
26:23 The great stories of India like the Mahabharata seem to recall events and not say if anything is right or wrong, but shows that if you do this, this happens, is that correct?
36:18 What does the phrase 'don't define your dharma' mean?
47:00 If there is a conflict, is it better to walk away from it to protect my mind, or is that selfish?
47:53 In Bhagavad Gita it says 'it is better to do one's own dharma even though you do it imperfectly, that to do another person's dharma even though perfectly.'
50:00 The incident of Ahalya in the Ramayana
51:58 What is the meaning sanatana dharma?
53:25 How could it happen that Mirabai merged with the idol of Lord Krishna?
55:23 What happened to Mirabai's latent tendencies?
55:44 Babaji's closing words
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The Secrets of the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.174
Recorded on 25 April 2024 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:11 Does having a desire mean we are not peaceful?
4:03 What is the first step to renounce expectations?
5:54 Are the relationships and materialistic pressures part of a test from god?
16:15 Babaji was drawn to the spiritual path from childhood, is this because in previous lives Babaji had grown tired of living in the world?
19:29 If we feel sad for people who are suffering in this world, how should we help?
24:37 "Knowledge and wisdom are poles apart"
29:58 How do we transcend space to become one with the space?
31:37 Turya and turiyatita
33:29 What happens to the brainwaves of someone in samadhi?
35:25 How to strengthen oneself to overcome negative feelings for someone
38:17 Closing words from Babaji
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The Way to Permanent Happiness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.173
Recorded on 24 June 2023 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Why do we yearn for happiness?
1:40 When Babaji as a young boy wondered why happiness is not there at all times
6:03 Why is there no opposite to the highest happiness from the Self?
10:40 Can any imagination give us a permanent happiness?
14:42 The importance to 'adjust and manage'
18:20 How do we cultivate a strong desire for a permanent and real happiness?
23:55 So anything that is changing cannot give a permanent happiness?
26:25 Thinking in a noble way
28:10 How to make sure we don't jump from a desire into a craving or a greed
32:15 How to avoid getting affected by people with negative energy
34:25 Is the 'book of life' written at the time of birth?
36:58 If we are content with everything in life, does that prevent is from seeking anything higher?
41:01 When there are physical disturbances like an itch or a scratch during meditation
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Sadhana and Tapas | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.172
Recorded on 21 October 2023 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:07 What is the meaning of Tapas?
1:17 Is it necessary for Tapas to be sitting in meditation or can it happen while active in the world?
6:15 Does devotion have to be complete to be converted into Tapas?
11:40 Is total commitment and a 'do or die' attitude necessary for Tapas?
17:07 What was the significance of the tests that came in Tapas?
20:37 What causes one to fail to complete Tapas?
21:41 Is Self Realisation a permanent state?
24:17 Did an enormous determination come to achieve this?
26:10 Is it destiny for everyone to undertake Tapas at some point and become Self Realised?
28:18 Is Self Realisation and liberation one and the same thing?
29:03 If jeevanmukti is Self Realisation then what is videhamukti?
30:55 Is it the same effort for Babaji to bring the mind to the world, as it is for us to make the mind introverted to the Self?
31:54 In stories people have gotten liberated from listening to a Yogi, how is this possible without Tapas?
24:24 Why is the path of Tapas difficult?
38:15 Why did the lady who tried to help Swamiji get murdered?
39:15 How we should practice silence.
41:37 When will I devote all my time towards Realisation?
42:52 The effects of chanting as a sadhana
44:49 Did Babaji meditate for 2 to 3 days at a stretch before that time in Mysore after Swamiji's Mahasamadhi?
46:27 Is always Guru Maharaj who guides to go into Tapas?
47:52 Which is more important, physical exercise or meditation?
48:53 When the body's health is not so good, is there an alternative sadhana to meditation?
50:59 How do we know when we are ready for Tapas?
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Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.171
Recorded on 4 April 2024 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:13 What is the innocence that is necessary and how is it connected to faith?
2:24 When we have faith in the Guru, are we supposed to not question?
3:30 Does the Guru's name serve as a point of focus? How does one, without a Guru, get their anchor of support?
5:42 If we believe pain and pleasure is not real, should we tolerate people who do wrong things?
10:30 Through practice of meditation do we avoid getting attached to the outcome?
11:18 What are the teachings of duality and non-duality?
17:47 Does merging in the ocean eliminate all imagination including that of our Guru or our Ishtar Deva?
21:47 What is prana?
28:09 Is the inner voice the sixth sense?
29:29 An uncontrollable feeling and crying when first meeting Babaji - is this good?
31:03 Babaji's closing comments
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Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.170
Recorded on 6 April 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:25 Why have we been born as a human being and what should we strive for?
4:35 What is Atma Sakshatkar?
9:41 Why is Atma Sakshatkar the highest that a human can achieve?
14:18 What is the peace that Babaji talks of and what effect does peace have on a human being?
18:48 What is Tapas and what effect does Tapas have on the practitioner?
27:08 How can people of this world understand the need to achieve this goal?
34:20 The importance of not analysing in meditation
40:23 Why does it seem difficult and almost impossible to achieve what we have been born for?
44:21 What happened at the moment of Atma Sakshatkar?
47:25 Is Bhakti, Karma and Dhyana yoga all interlinked?
51:46 How does Babaji keep from getting mentally attached to good or bad people?
52:58 What are the possible distractions that sadhaks should be aware of?
56:10 Does one prepare for Tapas, is Tapas different for each person?
59:08 Is there life after death?
1:02:58 What is Shravanam, Mananam, Nidityasanam?
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Consciousness, the mind and meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.169
Recorded on 14 January 2024 with US participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:29 Mind has to become quiet to know the Self
10:05 How can we strengthen our faith so we can realise the need for meditation and make more effort?
14:49 When the watcher no longer sees an object, what happens to the watcher?
15:55 Difference between consciousness and awareness
17:47 How can consciousness of eternal existence be aware of itself before Mahasamadhi?
19:03 'The present has no story'
21:09 Why is no target given in the instruction of Jangama Dhyana?
22:27 Why does matter appears within space?
24:10 Babaji's meaning of pure consciousness
25:32 Are we returning to consciousness from which we came or is that just what we are?
27:39 Is the experience of neutrality towards externals closer to wisdom than positivity?
28:33 Does spirituality play an evolutionary role?
29:28 is it ok to imagine a mental axe chopping the thoughts down in meditation?
31:46 How to deal with auditory distractions
32:45 Where does supreme consciousness stop and start in terms of Mother Nature?
36:17 Does being in nature help the process of Self Realisation?
37:19 The most amazing thing as described by Yudhishthira
38:58 A devotee's comment on Babaji's teachings
40:48 Do stronger thoughts come as we progress in meditation?
42:11 Is there a conscious mind and a subconscious mind?
44:15 Does the act of not following a habitual thought, take away the power of it?
45:49 So are samskaras not real?
46:38 Is every thought a vibration that is making our reality?
48:03 Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu translation
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Prarabdha - Destiny | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.168
Recorded on 2 March 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:05 What is prarabdha?
2:32 What determines the way in which we return to the real Self?
5:22 Why is destiny taught?
7:43 Should we be trying to make the mind quiet?
8:52 Does prarabdha exist for a Yogi?
9:42 Is Babaji's prarabdha to teach others about the Truth?
12:11 Is it useful to think that 'it was destined to happen'?
15:19 Is that connected to faith in Divine and Guru?
16:51 Is an unconditional love to the Master needed?
18:28 Can the Guru or others connected to us change our prarabdha?
21:32 So do we have to overcome all likes and dislikes to remove our prarabdha?
23:12 Is it is not god's fault that these problems exist?
23:31 What is the importance of satsanga?
26:31 Is sadhana to purify the mind a necessity?
28:12 What should be our spiritual goal?
28:53 If there is enough determination and understanding of the teachings, can Self Realization come, or is time needed?
30:16 What is the value of karma in terms of destiny?
30:52 How to get over suffering due to persons in need, close to us?
32:50 Is it really the same entity that is undergoing the chain of cycles of rebirth?
35:46 Does a soul have its own energy independent of the Supreme?
36:59 Is the relationship between supreme soul and individual soul like that of father and child?
38:43 How to stop negative destiny and promote good destiny in children?
39:47 Can we consider prarabdha as a Divine plan?
40:26 Can we ask the primordial energy for spiritual upliftment?
42:14 How to prevent being affected by the negative energy of previous bad actions?
43:45 When a guru becomes Self-Realized, has he helped his ancestors?
44:38 What is the difference between believing something with conviction and realising something?
46:43 Suffering from a realization of the impermanence of everything, that there is not enough time to achieve realisation.
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The Teachings of the Yoga Vasistha | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.167
Recorded on 24 February 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:35 What is the Yoga Vasistha?
7:17 "The thing that exists in itself" - what is the meaning of the Self in this phrase from Yoga Vasistha?
17:15 Why in Yoga Vasistha it says that if you consider your body as yourself you are foolish
24:12 How is time and space an imagination?
30:00 How mind and matter will all return to the origin
37:10 What is the state of a Yogi?
42:05 Does a Yogi perceive others as separate entities?
44:45 In sakshi bhava is there anything to perceive?
46:33 The meditation technique that Babaji teaches and that is taught in the Yoga Vasistha
53:17 Is Babaji watching the Divinity?
55:14 What is the difference between the mind and the Self?
55:50 Feeling of consciousness coming from somewhere into the body in meditation
58:29 What is the difference between shushupti and turiya?
59:33 How the Atman, due to relationship with matter, acquires characteristics of matter
01:00:52 How to go beyond the feeling of being stuck within the body
01:02:55 "If you can see with the vision that lies between the looker and the object looked upon"
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Religion and Spirituality Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.166
Recorded on 2 February 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:17 What does Babaji mean by 'the secrets of your own existence'?
5:03 What is the best attitude to take when dealing with all the religions and teachings around us?
15:43 What is the significance of workshiping a stone idol and how to respond to criticism of the practice?
27:00 Are we living in a make-believe world if we do not know our Real Self?
37:11 In regards to divine guidance, at what point do we realise that the decision we take is guided by god?
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The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.165
Recorded on 6 January 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:06 What does Babaji mean when He uses the word faith?
4:33 How is it we can develop a faith in god since we can't see god?
15:45 How is self-confidence different from pride or arrogance?
27:04 Does faith come through grace?
33:51 Is faith all we need?
36:56 Are there exercises we can practice to increase faith?
39:42 Is it important to have an initiation from Babaji before participating in the zoom classes?
41:31 Why is samsara mostly recognised as an ocean and how does faith help us cross it?
42:59 How to overcome hunger during morning meditation
43:39 What is sacrifice and how is it significant?
45:08 Does faith and self-confidence come from a string of successes?
46:17 Is there a difference between world and spiritual goals?
46:47 Difference between concentrating with eyeballs open and closed in meditation
48:55 When eyeballs are steady, is that the same thing as watching in meditation?
49:15 What is the difference between faith and trust?
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The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.164
Recorded on 28 January 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:08 "It's not the mind that knows but because of the mind that we know"
1:19 The mind getting involved in the imaginations, away from the pure consciousness
5:58 Distinction between pure consciousness and the sense of "I"
11:09 Is consciousness in every atom of creation?
12:22 Creation and the dilution of the consciousness away from the Self
17:19 Has consciousness gotten involved into imaginations through ignorance?
17:57 The same mind in illusion has to be used to find the way back home too?
20:48 What is god?
23:18 Is it possible to pray to the Divine and be blessed by the Divine?
24:44 Having faith in Babaji to take us to Self Realization
27:05 Does illusion just belong to me or is the universe one shared illusion experienced differently by each of us?
31:50 How to get to the stage of thinking "a problem is no problem"
33:41 When we still the mind do we tap into the potentiality of creation?
35:25 When we engage the mind in creativity
37:32 Is there a difference between samadhi and mahasamadhi?
40:03 Does meditation require effort or is it effortless?
41:43 What is the trigger that makes the last thought the last thought?
44:10 Experiencing happiness and unhappiness in meditation
47:55 Peace, beyond bliss
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Peace: The Recommended Goal | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.163
Recorded on 09 December 2023 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:40 What is peace and why is it the recommended goal?
3:58 Can there still be peace when the mind is active?
5:05 Are happiness and peace related?
7:20 How the truth of existence cannot be found through thinking
10:46 How when you stop the mind you find out who you really are
14:47 Is the 'matter in the mind' the imagination habits which have to dissolve?
19:50 First the mind has to be stronger than the thoughts in the mind, then does the mind have to be stronger than the world?
21:17 How is the peace in the mind maintained when a Yogi moves in the world?
28:06 Is Babaji aware that this world is not a reality?
30:13 Is pain and suffering two different things?
31:12 How to achieve peace when working in the world, should we remind ourselves that we need peace or is practice of meditation the only way.
33:37 Should we accept the desires we have since they are habits out of our control?
34:50 How to encourage newcomers to stick to the meditation practice even though they have yet to experience peace in the mind.
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The True Meaning of Yoga Part 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.162
Recorded on 18 January 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:14 Can Babaji please explain what is meant by, "Man exists as the immortal soul which is beyond the birth and death of the physical body."?
4:31 How does Parabrahma relate to the concepts of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and to us?
8:31 What does it mean for the droplet of the mind becomes one with the ocean of the Self?
13:37 Is it correct to say that our imagination is the culprit that holds us back from discovering our True Self?
20:07 How do we become strong enough to become the master and not the servant to our brain's refections?
28:35 Experiences of body jerks during meditation
29:58 After death does our consciousness remain awake in the same way that it does in the real world?
33:28 How do we know if a judgment we make is from the brain's reflection or from us using or commanding the brain?
34:56 Once mind and body gets separated, how is that soul recognised?
37:13 Can the jeevatma comprehend the absolute?
38:24 Do evil spirits exist or is it an imagination from the mind?
40:51 What are the signs that our worldly desires are gradually ending?
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Ashtavakra Samhita | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.160
Recorded on 25th November 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
01:20 How did King Janaka come to be Ashtavakra's disciple?
11:48 When we talk of liberation, what is it liberation from?
15:29 How does giving up objects help to attain liberation?
19:37 Does the interest in objects automatically fall away when we do sadhana?
21:13 To ask for liberation King Janaka must have known he was bound to begin with, how did this come about without grace?
25:22 We think that we are the physical body, how has this mistake occurred?
30:22 How can we remove the ego of 'I am the doer'?
34:34 Why does a disciple receive testing from the Guru as a personality?
42:12 'You can make everything in the mind disappear but not the mind itself'
45:13 Was Ashtavakra born Self-Realized? Why do some Yogis have to go through more suffering in their tapas than others have to do?
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Beyond Birth and Death | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.161
Recorded on 27 January 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:58 Can Babaji explain how we are beyond the birth and death of this body?
6:00 Is it because of the imaginations and tendencies that we have acquired that this birth and death appears to us?
10:48 If in this lifetime we cannot achieve Self-Realization, what happens?
15:46 What is Mahasamadhi?
20:01 Is it not enough just to be tired of this world and desire not to be reborn?
22:35 Is it because we are born to our parents that we don't question why it has happened?
32:10 Will all individual souls all eventually go back to itself?
33:22 When someone close to you dies, in most religions we pray for them, is that beneficial?
34:43 Are chakras and kundalini myths because it is simply a part of our imagination?
37:02 The sensation of descending back into the body after experiencing silence in meditation
38:29 Can we benefit from being in samadhi for 1 hour a day?
40:13 During meditation how can we stop the mind conversing with itself.
41:43 Can we tell the mind to just 'shut up and focus'?
42:30 How did Swamiji come to know of stories from the scriptures?
44:05 Are animals also individual souls?
45:07 What is experienced in the last breath of life?
46:19 Are our good habits as involving in the world as our bad habits?
47:51 When we pray to Swamiji are we praying to the Divinity?
49:12 What is the inherent meaning of the dance of Shiva with the dead body of Uma on his shoulder?
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Consciousness and Energy | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.159
Recorded on 30th December 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:42 What is consciousness?
1:42 What is energy?
3:34 Is the energy we see in the world the same as what is within consciousness?
5:30 How can there be smaller consciousnesses within one all pervaded consciousness?
12:48 Is this imagination a quality of the energy-consciousness?
27:14 Is the creation or the imagination itself wrong?
33:51 Can scientists find the true nature of consciousness and energy?
41:29 In tapas, are you aware of the physical body?
42:02 Can a thought within consciousness be aware of itself?
45:41 What causes an individual consciousness to be born as a human being with the capability of reaching Self Realisation?
49:16 How the mind experiences happiness once and for all
50:35 Are activities like running or music which quieten the mind be helpful, or are they a distraction?
52:25 Do we have to mentally suffer as we recognise the ego during meditation to bring us back to peace?
55:30 Does the mind die?
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Faith and Practice | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.158
Recorded on 23rd December 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:53 What is faith and why is it necessary on the path of spirituality?
4:23 Is faith necessary to practice meditation and does the practice of meditation help to develop faith?
6183 In meditation when the mind becomes concentrated and settles down, developing self-confidence, is that connected to faith?
9:58 Where does this initial faith come from?
17:55 Is the source of the faith in the Guru and Guru's teachings, the one Real Self?
20:01 What is the importance of practicing at least 1 hour of meditation every day?
25.50 How to avoid getting attracted to the world and losing the path
35:55 Should we be willing to let go of any preconception we have built up in our mind to be ready to learn?
40:15 Ambaji on the need for soldiers to surrender during tough training in the army and Babaji's comments on tough training in the Ashram
43:33 Ambaji on Babaji's unwavering discipline
44:49 Ramana Maharshi upholding his duty even through physical illness and Swamiji refusing to stop His routine while undergoing dialysis
47:78 In meditation what should we do if the focus keeps dropping from the eyebrows to the heart area?
48:37 How do we develop the kind of faith that will make our master manifest before us?
49:45 Are there ways other than doing our meditation practice of showing our faith to Babaji?
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The True Meaning of Yoga | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.157
Recorded on 4th January 2024 with Malaysian participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:53 Yoga is explained as the union with origin or self. Which origin or self is Babaji referring to?
10:55 What should we do if after many years of meditation, the mind is not going inwards and more conscious of the real Self?
27:22 What is the real Self and how do we recognise it?
38:00 How has the Self forgotten itself?
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Jangama Dhyana - The Technique | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.156
Recorded on 12th August 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:37 How was the meditation technique first revealed to Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj?
8:55 How did the name Jangama Dhyana come about?
10:22 What are Babaji's meditation instructions?
14:48 What is the importance of keeping head and neck straight?
16:20 The instruction to 'gently close your eyes'
20:48 The position of the 'third eye' where we concentrate the mind and sight
22:33 The instruction 'do not repeat and mantra or name, do not imagine anything'
28:32 Is there a technical reason to meditate for 1 hour?
30:05 Are there signs of progress in meditation, like visions or experiences?
35:05 What are we doing wrong if we are finding meditation difficult?
40:45 When I meditate why can I only stop the mind for a few minutes only, but then thoughts come up?
46:00 How does this technique enable the mind to disconnect from the body?
47:36 What is the practice of kayakalpa?
49:12 Is god a personality that can think?
51:22 Concentrating on the breath in meditation
53:00 How can we repay Babaji for everything Babaji does for us?
53:50 If the body sways during meditation, should we stop that?
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Science and Spirituality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.155
Recorded on 26th August 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction
00:06 The parallels between the scientific and spiritual approach
02:58 Can looking externally to the world eventually lead to the truth?
05:10 Why can we not see or measure the truth?
12:43 Do all definitions finally need to be given up?
13:48 Consciousness as the fundamental reality
20:44 How society can have faith in spirituality as it has in science.
27:32 Is it important to experience the results of applying the method of meditation?
38:53 Why is the mind so easily influenced by the brain every day?
40:01 Can the use of drugs i.e. from mushrooms etc have the same influence on the mind as meditation?
42:42 Why should Swamiji's story of the Jangama Deva coming out of the fruit be believed?
43:35 If a single mind passes away, does that individual's universe disappear?
46:13 A student being drawn to monkhood
49:39 Is the energy of consciousness the same as energy particles discovered in science?
50:27 How to deal with an inability to practice
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The Power of Surrender | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.154
Recorded on 19th October 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:14 Is acting selflessly the only indictor that one is truly surrendering?
5:46 How do we balance our jobs and responsibilities with our spiritual growth?
16:56 What is the indicator to now if the decision was the right decision?
29:42 "You stop bothering, your imagination stops or you stop imagining your botheration stops"
31:48 For the Self-Realized how easy it is to continue to be in the body?
33:35 Can a disciple be independent of the Guru?
35:10 How does one overcome ego?
37:45 How can one use a 'little bit of ego' as Babaji says?
40:06 Once you are Self-Realized is there a need to meditate?
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The Two Mantras: Adjust and Manage | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.153
Recorded on 2nd September 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction
0:06 What does it mean to adjust and manage?
5:12 If we find it difficult to accept a situation what do we do?
7:25 If we are getting mentally affected are we punishing ourselves?
10:15 How do we know when to adjust and manage and when to act?
13:52 Should we get into the habit to do one thing at one time and act in the present?
14:43 Babaji on adjusting and managing in Ashram life
17:03 Babaji narrates the lottery ticket incident with Shri Swamiji
22:11 In what way should we pray to god to ask for help?
25:23 If we find ourselves irritated what is a good thing to do in that situation?
26:47 If someone's frustration or anger is projected onto us, how do we respond?
31:10 Is there an element of luck in what we receive in life apart from hard work?
32:25 How to be happy when others are unhappy?
33:40 Is everything the divine?
34:52 When to adjust and when to be firm with others, how do we decide?
36:10 How can I remain detached while doing work sincerely?
37:34 Can we change our prarabdha by doing hard work?
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We have forgotten who we really are | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.152
Recorded on 3 September 2023 with US participants
0:00 Introduction
0:06 Who are we, why do we not know who we are and how do we discover who we are?
7:13 Can self-enquiry lead to awareness of the Self?
12:57 What is detachment and why is it important?
15:10 Awareness of 'I am' without thoughts being there
19:13 Can you practice detachment?
23:25 As you practice meditation does detachment come?
24:31 Requirements when looking for a guru
28:00 What Babaji wanted in a guru
30:23 How do we become aware of supreme energy and that energy and consciousness are one and the same thing?
36:03 Are all dreams just imaginings or can the divine guru give darshan in dreams?
39:49 Experiencing fear during meditation when mind becomes more concentrated
41:57 What gives us authority to pray for others?
43:38 Will it be difficult for a householder to do meditation and achieve Self- Realisation? [In Hindi]
45:47 [In English]
46:51 South Indian temple Chidambaram teaching the secret about consciousness beyond form and formlessness
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Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.151
Recorded on 7 October 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:13 What does Babaji mean by 'watching' in meditation?
5:24 In the instructions Babaji directs us to 'concentrate the mind and sight between the eyebrows' and then 'keep watching there by focusing the attention' - are these two different steps?
9:45 The position to concentrate in between the eyebrows
11:12 If you steadily watch, will the position take care of itself in time?
12:09 What do we do when sound effects come up in meditation?
13:48 How does meditation compare to watching a photo of guru or the divine?
17:06 Can we employ the technique of 'watching' when we are moving around in the world?
19:19 Why does it seem like a black void when all visions go, but feeling of existence is still there?
20:32 Do impressions register with the 'watcher' or is the 'watcher' free of all such samskars and is it just awareness?
22:01 How to heal ourselves of painful memories and what is the meaning of true forgiveness?
24:16 What does it mean to 'watch the thought'?
28:32 Is the gap between the thoughts the consciousness of existence?
30:03 Steadiness of eyeballs
33:09 Anxiety from letting go of things you previously thought were true, when on the spiritual path
36:59 How to stay focused on watching in meditation
39:20 If one is watching, will the thoughts not form?
41:32 Is it ok to concentrate on the peace between the thoughts?
43:24 When experiencing difficulty with watching, can one revert to a different technique?
45:33 What to do when breath almost stops in meditation?
46:42 It takes effort to stop the mind and when there are no thoughts a sleepy state comes.
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How to overcome stress and worry with meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.150
Recorded on 7 September 2023 with Malaysian participants
0:00 Introduction
0:06 How can we avoid stress while fulfilling worldly responsibilities?
7:40 How can we be aware of the supreme consciousness where nothing can trouble us?
13:46 Is the real challenge for a human being in the mind rather than in the world?
19:09 How to differentiate whether losing memory of past events is due to cleansing of the mind in meditation or simply forgetfulness?
28:19 How can one gain self-confidence in decision making?
34:22 How was Babaji able to accept any situation at the Ashram while serving Swamiji?
40:50 How to deal with someone who doesn't like you and you can't avoid them?
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The Divinity | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.149
Recorded on 16 September 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction
0:05 Why does Babaji generally use the world divinity as opposed to god?
1:18 Why neither atheists or theists know what god is.
7:30 If we believe in god in a particular form, how does that help us in finding divinity itself?
12:43 It seems that the space is a void in which objects can exist, how can this space be the divinity?
23:04 Is meditation the method to enable the mind to become that space, that divinity?
28:24 In Indian literature, when giving clues to the divinity, they use the term sat chit ananda. What do they mean by this?
29:42 Is the space fully conscious and if so, does it have power to construct and destroy?
36:24 In books is it written that god is inexplicable, so why does Babaji take such effort to explain that divinity?
37:25 In the example of standing in front of the sun to receive the light, is it the same as quieting the mind to receive divinity?
37:59 Does remembering the divinity help the mind to go quiet and is this the same as meditation?
41:30 Babaji's closing words
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Your Conscious Attention | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.148
Recorded on 17 September 2023 with US participants
0:00 Introduction
0:06 What is the attention?
7:38 The mind produces all imaginations but it also has the ability to watch them?
9:42 Does the attention become the 'I am' state?
10:48 When the mind becomes almost completely silent, unbounded, do you have awareness of your existence?
12:34 Does the mind eventually get absorbed into the Self?
13:46 Once the merger happens, what happens to the mind as attention and imaginations?
15:07 Once the mind goes back the Self, it won't get drawn back into the illusion?
17:59 What is the purpose of human existence?
20:06 Is spirituality about moving beyond the dualities?
22:27 Is the state of the Self aware of anything?
23:26 How does a Yogi rise above suffering?
25:59 Is a Yogi always aware of the unbounded awareness, even while acting I the world?
29:25 Anything the mind creates is not the truth, so how do we know the truth of existence?
37:47 What is the relationship between attention and the present moment?
40:17 What is the importance of patience?
46:40 If the mind is not Self-Realised, what happens when the body dies?
47:32 How can one get a deep peaceful experience back?
49:29 Does Brahman not witness the world because the world is created by individual minds?
53:27 Are presence and watching the same thing?
54:18 When the individual self merges with the Self, is this like a white spot merging with a white background?
56:23 If there are loud sounds or a pain in the body, if the attention is on the Self, do these disappear?
58:39 Being present is easy when in presence of Babaji, but how to be present when in the world?
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Rectifying our own faults | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.147
Recorded on 19 August 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:55 Why is it necessary to look at our own faults?
4:20 Are people not willing to look at their own faults and try to hide them?
5:14 If there is some stress in the mind, does that mean there is a fault that we need to rectify?
10:11 By practicing to become quiet in the mind through sadhana are we automatically rectifying our mistakes?
18:41 For a disciple if the attention is on the Guru would they know the dharma automatically?
21:11 Do our faults automatically get rectified through sadhana or does it require separate reflection and effort?
22:39 Is life the testing ground to see if the fault has been rectified?
24:00 Why is it so difficult to change oneself?
27:21 When a Yogi makes decisions, how is that different to when regular people make decisions?
29:07 What is conscience?
32:25 When people get confused on the path, are they cheating themselves?
33:01 How do we lose our ego?
35:48 Can anyone recover from any sin?
38:32 Is taking care of each other a sign of maturity?
39:41 What other activities other than meditation can we do to strengthen our conscience?
40:24 How to remove feelings of guilt?
41:15 Is it possible to burn our karmas in this birth?
42:03 How to maintain peace in the work place?
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The Mother Concept and the One Single Space | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.146
Recorded on 17 August 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction
0:11 How can we practice unconditional love in our daily lives?
21:05 The concept that we all exist and belong to one single space
28:03 How can develop the mother concept within us?
32:15 Mother's Kunti and Gandari, who is right and wrong in their behaviour?
34:26 How do we prevent hating people who do wrong to us?
36:16 Why does our body move or shake in meditation?
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Real and Unreal Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.145
Recorded on 09 September 2023 with worldwide participants
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0:00 Introduction
0.05 What Babaji means by 'real'
4:50 Am 'I' real?
7:55 Does this realness have characteristics?
16:32 What is creativity?
20:15 Is there a connection between our attention and being aware of our reality?
21:30 How can we avoid being sucked into the world when it seems so real to us?
28:16 Can we say that the experience of the unreal is itself also unreal?
29:55 Are our close human relationships also unreal?
32:39 In the world, when we have to react to this unrealness, what should we do?
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Silencing the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.144
Recorded on 16 July 2023 with US participants
0:00 Introduction
0:05 The strength of our concentration versus trying to see in meditation
4:40 Are there other ways to silence the mind besides meditation?
7:39 The path of knowledge
11:26 Inspiration to reach the truth
13:30 What the mind gives cannot give us the truth
15:27 Does a Yogi rise above all suffering?
17:28 Who is thinking if a Yogi's mind has stopped?
19:25 What happens when Babaji answers a question
21:33 Permanent happiness is not an imagined thing
26:56 Why does my mind not stop when it is brought between the eyebrows?
27:57 How to not be bothered by the world
29:21 What happens when the mind stops?
32:35 Can an experience of sight and sound progress towards Self-Realization?
34:05 Pulling of the head downwards during meditation
35:42 Is it correct that no lasting peace and happiness can come from an experience within the mind?
37:33 Is it necessary to see thoughts or visions in the mind in meditation?
38:39 Does a Yogi still have pure peace when the body experiences pain?
39:33 Can one still stay in the state of stillness when in activity?
45:57 How can one overcome the thought 'how much more time is left in this 1 hour meditation?'
47:03 How many minutes of silence can be a good start in meditation?
47:25 Sitting quietly for some time before sitting
49:15 Constant thinking that creates a vibration in the mind, a habit to think
51:05 If you have a desire for Self Realization, is this also a vasana?
52:25 Definition of vasana and samskara
54:04 A habit to be quiet in tasks during the day
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Intelligence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.143
Recorded on 29 July 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:37 Wordly intelligence versus spiritual intelligence
9:40 Where does the intelligence to go on the spiritual path come from?
15:48 "Our intelligence must be above our ego"
17:45 The story of two brothers who were sent to know about god.
22:04 Do we still need to apply intelligence when take up meditation?
25:20 Is the brain there for us to realise that we must become quiet?
27:10 What is the relation between intelligence and emotions?
31:05 What role does intelligence have when Divine work is at play - do we have any control?
32:55 Is there an intelligence in consciousness itself or only when in touch with the brain?
35:55 If a computer has enough intelligence would consciousness arise within it?
42:04 Is there an infinite numbers of ways to arrive at peace in the mind?
43:50 Although inanimate matter has energy, it won't have any intelligence?
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Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.142
Recorded on 27 July 2023 with Malaysian participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:08 Krishna's teaching on not defining your dharma
11:25 How do we know we are doing the right thing, in reaction to what others are doing?
18:21 How do we know when to accept the results or when to keep putting in efforts to achieve something?
22:45 Are we able to achieve Self Realisation by doing the minimum practice?
26:31 What is the difference between mental and physical attachments?
32:38 Were the teachings in the Bhagavad Gita simplified for humankind?
38:44 Why is the ego present in someone even if they have been meditating for years/decades?
43:27 Why is there is so much suffering and so few who reach Self Realization?
46:04 Is it the will of god that we either take a Master's teachings positively or negatively?
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Judgements and the Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.141
Recorded on 22 July 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time
1:49 What does it mean to make a judgement?
3:22 Do we get lost in an illusion as we make judgements in the world?
7:09 Why is it that we do not see the absolute, all-pervading truth?
10:35 Do we have likes and dislikes because we identify ourselves as the body?
12:15 Do we make less judgements if we go on meditating?
15:07 The difference between a Yogi and a common person in making judgements
16:44 Is a Yogi totally secure?
18:09 Where does a faith come from?
20:55 Is Tapas practiced to remove the strongest judgements?
23:25 How is Babaji able to be in this world without making judgements?
27:43 Why do some people not recognise the greatness of a Yogi?
35:40 What is the role of the sadhak when undergoing tests in daily life?
37:30 Making judgements in the world while remaining unaffected mentally
39:53 Can we use judgements to make our faith stronger?
40:55 If I make a judgement and I don't take it as a truth, then it won't make an imprint?
41:17 Does the brain reflect emotion or is that an imagination in the mind?
42:07 Is it possible for a person, if they leave one Guru, to find another Guru?
42:41 What are the sheaths of the body that the scriptures refer to?
43:43 Why, when we see others physically, do we form our opinions and judgements?
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The Permanent and the Impermanent | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.140
Recorded on 2 July 2023 with US participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time
3:06 The difference between the permanent and the impermanent
10:23 "The Self is neither thought or silence, motions or stillness, something or nothing"
14:17 Do you have be 'that' to know 'that'?
17:15 Is pure consciousness beyond the sense of 'I am'?
19:37 What is the proper way to use the mind to aid us in liberation?
26:54 Can the mind only be aware of itself in duality?
28:22 What is our obligation to share the teachings and heal other people in the world?
32:13 How to stop internal conversations in meditation
33:43 Intensity of thoughts, impressions, karma, are these all different terminologies of the same thing?
38:38 Pure love as a function of pure consciousness
39:55 On the use of prescription drugs
46:00 Is it possible that impressions can be removed outside meditation?
47:28 The importance of the Guru
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Concentration | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.139
Recorded on 8 July 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji on Kshetra Kshetrajna yoga
4:04 When we concentrate in meditation what is it we are concentrating?
9:45 What is the difference between concentrating on an object and concentrating in meditation?
14:17 When the mind is concentrated to a single point does it become all pervaded?
16:13 Do we first achieve concentration and then meditation happens?
18:05 How, by simply watching in meditation, is concentration achieved?
23:58 If Babaji is all pervaded, who are we asking questions to?
25:26 When the mind is restless in meditation how can we improve concentration?
29:49 What Swamiji said on concentration in meditation
32:30 Babaji's advice on using the internet and new technologies
37:06 If the Self is one, should I consider a person harming me as me also?
38:39 If the mind becomes concentrated, what is the effect on the brain?
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Destiny and Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.138
Recorded on 13 July 2023 with Malaysian participants
0:00 Intro
0:09 Babaj's experience the moment of completing tapas
5:55 What is the meaning of dreams?
9:55 With each reincarnation does our mind lose potency? if so, how can we be guided to the Truth?
17:05 Can we achieve Self Realization by doing just 1 hour of meditation each day?
25:03 How can we accept the biggest and most tragic events in life?
30:29 What is the biggest vasana?
31:40 What is the best quality to have for sadhana?
32:35 Closing words from Babaji
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Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.137
Recorded on 15 July 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:13 What is the meaning of the word 'sadhana'?
1:20 A time when Swamiji asked a man if he was doing sadhana.
3:14 What is the technology of karma yoga?
8:22 What is the technology of bhakti yoga?
15:31 Is acceptance and the mind settling also aspects of dhyana yoga?
18:19 Does sadhana also have an effect on our life in the world?
20:03 Through sadhana does one mature in a moral sense automatically?
20:25 How to practice selfless service to others while facing obstacles to our service.
23:09 It seems meditation is more difficult that any other sadhana, so why is it recommended so much?
27:23 How Lord Rama achieved Self-Realization through listening to Yoga Vasistha.
33:05 Can I get rid of all bad karmas in this life? What kind of person should I become to accumulate good karmas?
35:49 The story of Krishna, Arjuna and the farmer.
39:19 Does sadhana stop when Self-Realization is achieved?
41:07 How to make an emotional connection with god.
42:18 By silencing the mind can you stop acquiring future karmas also?
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Thinking of a Larger Cause | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.136
Recorded on 1 July 2023 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:05 Could Babaji explain the significance of Guru Purnima?
6:30 What does it mean to think of a larger cause?
8:14 Does a Yogi automatically think of a larger cause?
11:39 Why is it a tendency for human beings to selfish?
15:22 Swami's quote, "If you live for yourself it is life, if you live for others it is Mission."
16:33 Swami's quote, "If you cannot help anybody, at least do not hinder them"
22:53 When you are serving the master should you always think of the larger cause?
26:05 Is immersive renunciation the correct way to live in the larger picture of life?
27:52 How to avoid negative influence from others when on the spiritual path.
29:22 Babaji explains how you should not define your dharma, with a story in the Mahabharata.
32:33 Thinking about future generations on earth.
35:25 How to trust in yourself despite criticism from others.
38:27 How to avoid getting attached to objects around us.
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Babaji talks about the teachings of his master Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj
O:05 How Swamiji taught, emphasising the importance of your own experience
7:49 How Swamiji taught in a unique way to bring meditation to every doorstep
14:22 The two paths in life
20:13 How can we develop the 'do or die' attitude that Swamiji had?
29:40 The meaning of 'Atma sakshatkara'
36:21 The need for a Guru and 'Aham Brahmasmi'
38:26 Once merged with the Self, can an individual be reborn?
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The individual and the one true Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.134
Recorded on 08 January 2023 with US participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 Babaji conveys a message for the new year
5:17 Is the purpose of meditation for the consciousness to become aware of itself?
6:44 How do we overcome the misidentification of the individual imagined self?
9:35 What is consciousness's attention?
11:59 Concentrating the mind and sight in meditation?
15:56 What else can someone do to avoid being distracted by thoughts?
16:39 Watching vs thinking
18:21 Do Realized masters feel fear?
19:04 Are we holding our own dream by our imagination, making each moment ever new?
21:40 What is the Sanskrit word for awareness and consciousness?
22:14 What is chitta?
22:53 In meditation my attention between the eyebrows falls down to a lower position and distracts me
24:05 Is it right to call god a cosmic mind?
26:37 A passage from the Avadhuta Gita
28:36 What is unlearning in the context of spirituality?
30:26 Does the sense of who I am disappear in meditation?
32:25 Is concentrating on the Shambhavi Mudra the same as what Babaji teaches?
33:47 Babaji used to watch Swamiji so intently - was that like a meditation?
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How can we resolve our karma in daily life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.133
Recorded on 03 November 2022 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:18 How does karma affect our life?
4:32 Is it important to be aware of our karma in daily life?
6:17 How do we release ourselves our from past life karma?
7:53 If we do something with a good intention but the result of our action is otherwise where do we stand in terms of karma?
11:06 Does being engaged in spiritual activities help to deplete bad karma from the past?
14:33 What happens when a karmic cycle ends and how will we know when it ends?
15:54 How do we spiritualise our daily activities?
19:51 Does spiritualising our daily activities help in clearing our past karma or does it only prevent formation of new karma?
25:07 Can anyone practice spiritualising daily activities easily?
29:27 If one is immersed in thinking of Babaji does that help resolve our bad karmas?
31:45 For a beginner of meditation, will making the effort to sit regularly have a positive effect even if one is unable to meditate and is caught up in thoughts?
32:46 What are the benefits a person derives from darshan, being in the physical presence of a yogi?
34:26 Does good karma of a previous life make it possible for someone to come in contact with a yogi?
36:05 Closing comments from Babaji
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Thoughts and the Consciousness of Existence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.132
0:00 Intro
0:10 Babaji talks about the meditation retreat in India
2:36 Can we function without thoughts? Is there much need for so much thinking?
4:58 Is 'watching' simply being aware without thinking?
6:28 How much thinking does Babaji do?
8:42 What does Babaji mean by 'watching through the eyeballs'?
10:27 It seems the eyes see things in the physical world and the mind's eye sees things in the mind
11:35 Once you realise your true Self, does that remain while you are having thoughts?
13:49 The state before the merger with the Self
15:10 Once the merger fully happens, is it permanent?
17:11 Is love what makes two things become one?
18:48 What is the difference between the watcher and the witness?
20:30 For there to be a 'watcher' does the 'I' have to be there?
24:02 As long as there is some residual 'I am' then is Self-Realization not yet complete?
26:23 Should we be listening out for answers to our problems in meditation?
29:37 "if you are not doing anything mentally, there is nothing you have to do to abide in the Self"
31:34 Difficulty in focusing the eyeballs in between the eyebrows
33:51 Is time the culprit to why we see the world as a reality?
38:50 Why does Babaji use the world 'eternal' with existence?
40:32 The playfulness of the Divine
42:05 If you just watch an object do we see the existence value?
43:21 If the objects which have emotional involvement creates impressions, should we just be a witness in order to live a life free of this karma?
46:45 If two people do the same action and one person feels a greater shame than the other person, is the karma the same in both cases or is it how much the mind reacts to the action?
48:16 On some level are all different things the same if we are not thinking?
51:28 Is it only through our imprints that we see the world around us?
52:38 Can we create good imprints to shape a better future and also go for the ultimate with silent meditation?
1:01:25 Is it ok to start meditation by praying to deities?
1:02:55 What approach should we have to forms of a deity?
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Developing discipline and endurance to do spiritual sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.131
Recorded on 18 August 2022 with Malaysian participants.
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0:00 Introduction
1:51 What is the key motivation that keeps Babaji going on the spiritual path?
9:35 Is being disciplined an in-born quality or can it be cultivated and if so how can we cultivate it?
18:08 Is having a strong goal important to help us stay disciplined?
21:52 How to avoid our discipline from weakening if our motivation fades?
32:32 When things are not going our way how can we stop negativity?
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Pure Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.130
Recorded on 1 April 2023 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction
0:17 Amongst the millions of thoughts there is one thing in the mind that is not a thought
7:33 Is the consciousness able to think only when in collision with the brain?
10:19 Why is it referred to as 'pure' consciousness?
13:08 Have we misidentified the pure consciousness as the thoughts?
17:49 Has the pure consciousness created this universe in the same way as the mind creates imaginations?
22:34 Are we a part of the imagination of the pure consciousness?
23:55 When one is aware of the pure consciousness of existence 'you don't think of yourself but you really exist'.
29:52 Is there something else we have to realise above the pure consciousness?
30:47 Who is not recognising that we are the pure consciousness?
32:01 An experience of a vision and joyful memories in meditation
37:30 Is it my imagination that we have to go through karma?
38:35 In this technique why do we not focus on other chakras?
39:52 Is there any food or drink that we should avoid?
40:48 What is it in us that wants to stop the thinking?
43:05 Why does being with people affect my state of mind and can it be corrected in some way?
44:45 Can we regain the 100% potency of the consciousness?
46:01 Does the moment of Self Realisation come instantly or is it a culmination?
49:09 How does our progress in meditation carry on to the next life?
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Spiritual Transformation, Mind & Brain | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.129
Recorded on 19 January 2023 with Malaysian participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:26 Why is it pain and agony that sets us off on the spiritual path rather than joy or success?
6:59 Why do we experience discomfort when in the company of people who are not spiritually inclined?
12:12 Is kindness and consideration to others the core criteria of spirituality?
14:02 Why is difficult for us to practise what we preach?
17:40 Does the brain exclusively drive the mind?
23:14 Without a brain can there be consciousness?
33:07 Outside meditation how can we keep our mind silent when we are going about our duties?
35:56 Other than meditation, how can we master the mind?
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Character and Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.128
Recorded on 18 March 2023 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:07 What does Babaji mean when He refers to a person's character?
2:35 Are there any good habits or just bad habits?
4:17 Is the character, behavioural structure and personality the same?
5:10 How is the character formed?
9:45 Does the sadhana have an impact on our character?
14:28 Can your character be influenced by the people you are associated with?
16:31 Can we consciously alter our character or does the character itself prevent that?
19:42 Amongst yogis are there common characteristics of their character?
21:33 Why did Babaji talk once about how 'Ravana' who is often portrayed as a baddie in the Ramayana, actually had great character?
25:41 How can we develop a more mature character?
28:49 Is a Yogi's body under the law of prarabdha?
29:27 Are small incidents that happen all prarabhda?
30:15 How to deal with many thoughts coming up during meditation
31:21 Should one experience any pain when focusing the eyeballs in between eyebrows?
32:50 What is the favourite god of this lineage?
34:05 Is it ok to eat food that is older than 4 hours or refridgerated food
35:18 How to make ourselves eligible for grace?
35:47 What can be done to help someone face terminal illness as they near the end of their life?
41:25 Is it possible for a yogi's mind to be disturbed by physical illness?
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Meditation for Mind Control | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.127
Recorded on 11 March 2023 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:03 The final battle for a human being to control the mind
13:25 Importance of adopting a discipline and not forcing the mind
15:57 The polite but firm approach
22:21 How we have to become infinite to control this infinite mind
25:53 How to keep the mind quiet when in activity
33:09 Adopt any role but without the ego
34:35 How do we know we are moving in the right direction with our practice?
37:42 Will physical yoga or other practices help you physically as well as spiritually?
39:41 Is it ok to meditate in a public environment with external noises?
42:35 How important is it to get initiated by a guru?
43:53 What is the purpose of heat in the body when meditating?
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Meditation, The Imagination And The Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.126
Recorded on 22 January 2023 with US participants.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
3:13 Concentrating the mind and sight and then watching in meditation
15:01 Importance of remembering Pure Consciousness even when we are not experiencing it?
16:01 What is imagination?
17:12 The mind and pure consciousness
19:22 What does Babaji mean by the universe is the imagination of a bigger consciousness?
22:30 How do we acquire habits and what effect do they have on our life?
29:45 How does Babaji see the world as a Self Realized person?
34:29 How can we turn around the obstacle of time into peace?
37:39 If one wants to go for more meditation, is it better to extend the period of an hour or better to wait to do a separate sitting?
40:25 The difference between Christianity and going inwards in meditation
45:06 What did Ramana Maharshi mean with the word 'choiceless' when he said "effortless, choiceless awareness is our true nature"
46:27 If someone takes an oath in one lifetime, if that oath doesn't serve well in another lifetime, how to break such habits?
52:15 When we experience a moment of silence in meditation is that a glimpse of pure consciousness?
53:19 Before Tapas, can we know for certain that one single Self exists?
55:33 What is the value of the notion of liberation in this world which has only an appearance value?
57:11 How to find real peace in this world?
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The Acquired Habits | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124
Recorded on 21 January 2023 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:58 The three thought processes that occur whenever we apply our mind on something
6:34 How and why does a judgment create an imprint?
16:09 With meditation practice, s it possible in daily life to make a judgment without absorbing an imprint?
18:19 Does the brain still behave with tendencies even when the mind is purified?
25:53 Is it only due to acquired habits that we are unaware of the Self?
28:43 Withdrawing the mind's attention from the thoughts in meditation
32:23 Why generally do people not want to correct their bad habits?
37:54 Does a person take up meditation due to being born to certain parents?
39:50 Why do two people, ie a couple who are both on the spiritual path die at different times?
41:37 Can purification ceremonies like baptism or sweat lodge be good?
43:25 Is the opening of the heart chakra a glimpse of god?
44:32 Can one inherit imprints from parents?
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How do we spiritualize every role we assume in life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124
Recorded on 17 November 2022 with Malaysian participants.
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0:00 Introduction
0:15 What is the key throught or anchor that we have must have in our mind to carry out our roles in life spiritually?
1:53 How do we track ourselves spiritually, what is the ideal to follow?
4:12 When we surrender whatever we do to god, is that being spiritual enough?
5:43 As a parent, what is my spiritual role to my children? Should I enforce or just encourage them into spirituality?
9:17 How to know we are operating spiritually when looking after our children?
11:11 As a child, what is my spiritual role towards my parents?
13:40 If our family members are not on the spiritual path, what is our duty to them?
15:33 How can being spiritual help us at work for example in busy and pressured situations?
17:06 If one wants to pursue Self Realisation, how does one deal with family duties and responsibilities that stand in the way?
20:02 If someone has a deep desire to serve the Guru physically but can't do so due to circumstances, is it possible to match this in service to family members?
22:32 For people in professions which involve killing animals, to be spiritual should they give up such jobs?
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Babaji answers questions on 'watching', the central technique of Jangama meditation.
Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.123
Recorded on 14 January 2023 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:19 The technology of 'watching' in meditation
5:27 What should we do when thoughts come up in meditation?
9:52 Why do people find it difficult to meditate?
16:04 Is it possible to have our attention on two things at the same time?
18:25 Babaji has given us these instructions hundreds of times, but Shri Swamiji received these instructions only once and went into deep meditation and tapas - what is the difference there?
25:10 How to deal with worries about the future?
26:10 Is it ok to use a stronger thought to stop other thoughts?
27:56 How can we prevent other people's energies from affecting us?
29:16 Is it ok to watch ourselves watching?
30:33 Can I make changes to my life while maintaining a simple life?
31:55 Sound distractions while meditating
33:08 Is an experience of total blankness in meditation ok?
34:22 Is samadhi required to realise the Self?
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What is the right attitude with which to approach our meditation practice? Babaji explains.
The Right Attitude | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.122
Recorded on 17 December 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:00 Importance of dedication
4:20 Importance of discipline
8:35 Importance of patience
13:02 Is it important not to think of meditation in a negative way?
17:01 How does one's personality change as one practises meditation?
21:03 Do we create the world we experience around us?
23:16 The need for peace in the mind
28:55 A story of Babaji following a command from His guru Swamiji
33:16 Should we see the good in everything?
35:49 When we are meditating should we forget about the world and our responsibilities?
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Oneness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.121
Recorded on 10 December 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:59 When Babaji uses the term 'oneness' what does Babaji mean?
2:46 If everything is one then why does it appear that there is a separation?
3:42 Does a Yogi see themselves in everything?
5:00 Is one's like experiencing all the characters of a dream within yourself
6:34 Seeing God and Guru in everything
8:10 The story of the elephant rider
13:50 Is not judging anything what faith is?
16:50 Is it our own negative imaginations that prevents faith?
20:40 Is it possible for there to be peace and harmony in this world?
23:31 The highest prayer 'loka samasta sukhino bavantu'
23:39 How to find oneness when there are so many gods?
30:12 When we do this meditation do we need to do any other practices?
31:01 Should we avoid watching media to stop negative impressions?
31:40 Does time pass between death and rebirth?
33:32 How to discriminate between true and false?
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Babaji goes into more detail about meditation and why it is recommended.
Why Meditate? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.120
Recorded on 3 December 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction to newcomers from Babaji
2:06 Why should we meditate?
5:24 Why should we focus in between the eyebrows?
14:34 Why does Babaji recommend to meditate for at least 60 minutes?
17:48 Are there people for whom meditation is not advised?
19:02 Picking up habits from people we associate with
22:33 What are the qualities of a strong mind?
26:44 When you are sleepy in meditation, should we take rest, or should we keep persevering?
31:53 What to do when we feel we are not progressing in meditation?
36:13 Why is devotion technically important and how can we increase it?
38:00 Is there a proof that Divinity exists?
44:43 Can Kriya yoga help in controlling your mind
45:58 When sound is experienced in meditation
48:00 Why do people come onto the spiritual path at different times, and some never at all?
49:44 Why do we not remember our previous lives?
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Babaji explains, step-by-step, the instructions of the meditation technique Jangama Dhyana.
Jangama Dhyana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.119
Recorded on 26 November 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Meditation instructions from Babaji
2:05 The meaning of 'dhyana'
4:15 Meaning of 'jangama dhyana'
6:02 The posture for meditation
8:14 Importance of closing the eyes in meditation
11:31 Why the eyeballs are used to concentrate in meditation
16:08 The secret of 'just watching' in meditation
19:11 Purification of the imprints or acquired habits in the mind
27:57 If we don't support the thought, the thoughts disappear
28:00 What Babaji means buy 'no third way' for the mind
34:35 The importance of a master to guide in meditation
41:36 The benefits of sitting with a master
43:21 How we give too much importance to the thoughts
45:27 What do we do away from meditation, while in the world
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The mind into future and past | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.118
Recorded on 5 November 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:58 Is there a technique where we can practice remaining in the present?
7:05 Does this nature which we see as divinity an illusion or does the divinity really exist?
9:32 How does the mind come out of the whirlpool of habits carried on from previous lives?
14:14 Is it possible for the mind to eradicate all the acquired habits?
20:38 Importance of keeping back straight and upright in meditation
21:51 The weakened mind
23:20 Is it possible for one mind to experience two difference worlds in two difference dimensions (regarding a story in Yoga Vathista)?
25:52 Time and the present as a concept and illusion
30:16 How to find peace while dealing with things in the world
31:57 Do the past and future exist for a yogi?
35:46 Does the karmic function still work for a yogi?
36:32 Does the body of a yogi have to go through suffering because of a yogi's karma or someone else's karma?
38:18 How does a yogi see the world?
39:01 If the mind doesn't exist, how does this creation continue?
41:31 How a yogi exists
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Meditation and Supreme Peace | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.117
Recorded on 4 September 2022 with US participants.
0:00 Intro
0:15 What is the difference between 'I am' consciousness and the consciousness of existence?
0:23 Is 'I am' consciousness a product of the mind?
2:26 If the bundle of thoughts the mind appears and disappears, we can't be that?
4:07 Is there consciousness with no thought?
5:15 Is there a gap between the relative and absolute consciousness?
7:05 One single Self exists
10:02 If we stop identifying with thoughts, we identify with the Self
11:08 What is spirituality?
13:26 How do we stop recognizing things in meditation?
15:19 How does Divine resolve great souls to leave their worldly lives?
17:51 Is one mantra more powerful than another?
18:44 Space, beyond the imagined idea of space
19:45 Is the mind maya itself or does maya take place within the mind?
20:56 The mind as consciousness and energy
23:13 How to improve ability to stop naming and identifying things in meditation
25:12 How to face the fear of non-existence
28:08 If we get rid of the 'I am' then none of the problems can arise
32:11 It seems that consciousness and energy are at battle against each other, is that right?
35:35 Are thoughts projected and then witnessed by consciousness?
36:21 Why does the mind not want to be dissolved, and why do the tests increase in intensity as we progress?
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Recorded on 29 October 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:41 What are the six shapes of the mind that the ancient sages spoke of?
16:00 Why are they no shapes of the mind that are positive?
18:23 People tend to have one type of behaviour that sticks with them, is that a special challenge for that particular person?
22:15 What happens that a person tends to automatically think of the greater good of everybody?
25:57 Can the mind control itself or is there something else which controls the mind?
28:46 What is the difference between suppressing and sublimating emotions ie when an anger flares up?
35:46 What is happening in the mind when we are happy, sad, frightened or confused - these are not shapes of the mind so what happens at this moment?
40:03 What is happening in a person when they feel insecure?
44:27 Is the liberated mind equal to Brahman itself?
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Meditation and Supreme Peace | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.116
Recorded on 21 August 2022 with US participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 What is meditation and the value of it?
4:11 Can you find peace in the mind?
5:51 What is sat chit ananda?
8:34 How can you think in the world and remain in supreme peace?
11:40 Where does the 'I am'-ness come from?
19:22 How is love that is experienced in silence distinguished from the imagination?
21:37 When Self-realized does the mind not catch the reflections of the brain or does the brain stop reflecting?
25:47 The different states of samadhi
31:20 High energy experienced after chanting which drops quickly to a low level
35:25 Samadhi and ego
40:17 How to get beyond fears
43:25 After meditation practice, why does the world seems more real rather then less real?
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Recorded on 20 October 2022 with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Intro
0:27 What is self-integrity in spirituality?
4:25 How do we develop and sustain self-integrity?
8:10 What are the characteristics of a person with self-integrity?
12:27 Is having integrity only a virtue or does working on oneself to achieve integrity get converted to sadhana?
14:57 If one practices meditation sincerely, do good virtues increase, and is this a sign that one is progressing spiritually?
17:19 In this life is self-integrity the only way to grow spiritually to realise the ultimate truth?
21:35 How to insure we have self-integrity in difficult situations?
26:39 How would a person with strong negative mental habits attempt to cultivate self-integrity?
28:43 Babaji's closing words
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Recorded on 22 October 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
4:00 Is freedom the ability to do what we want to do?
8:08 How have we bound ourselves?
14:42 Is suffering there are a reminder that there is a problem?
16:25 Does separation give rise to the ego and is this what we need to be free of?
17:57 Is meditation practiced to remove the notion that anything is a reality?
20:07 Does every action of the Guru help us stop making analysations and judgments?
21:34 If we authorises the Guru fully to perform surgery on the ego, is it less painful?
24:04 As the student do we need to understand that the Guru is removing the ego?
25:36 So we can't be a slave to this world and also be surrendered to the Guru?
27:56 Is it possible for a person to be free from painful memories and keep pleasurable relationships?
30:16 Some people think discipline is a bondage, why is discipline so necessary?
31:51 Is total freedom the freedom from the cycle of birth and death?
34:09 What is the individual consciousness that is in the body, is it the Self?
37:01 How does the Yogi know that the mind has settled down once and for all?
38:16 Helping others on their journey to the Self
42:17 Why have we lost our childlike innocence?
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What is our true nature and why are we not aware of it? Babaji answers questions on the Self.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
5:10 What is our true nature and why are we not aware of it?
14:47 As Babaji says, the imagination is no ordinary thing.
17:12 Can we say the imagination is not real but the experience of the imagination is real?
20:14 The 'space' as absolute, the divinity
26:32 The Self was already there, we don't become the Self, we simply become one with it.
28:45 If we are 100% watching are we abiding in the Self?
29:14 The salt doll analogy that Ramakrishna spoke of
31:58 How has Babaji come out of the ocean to lead us back to it?
42:45 How do I know when in meditation that I am abiding in the Self, as opposed to sleep?
48:20 Do we not need the body to experience the true Self?
50:55 What was the need to come out of the Self to experience this creation?
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Babaji explains in detail how the mind tricks us and how the Truth can be revealed.
Overcoming the Tricks of the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A No.110
Recorded on 1 October 2022 with worldwide participants
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0:00 Intro
0:05 What does Babaji mean by the 'tricks of the mind'?
1:34 Are the tricks of the mind connected to expectations?
2:42 On the path to achieving liberation, is everything in the mind a test to keep quiet?
6:30 If we go on rejecting what is not the truth, does that bring us closer to the truth?
7:47 Is it through meditation that we de-hypnotize the mind?
11:17 Is it surrender when we realise we don't really know anything?
12:54 Do we need to have a yearning for the truth in order to overcome the tricks of the mind?
15:01 Is the resolution to 'do or die' needed to overcome the highest test?
19:13 What does Babaji mean by applying the brakes to the mind?
22:25 Is control of the mind the same as total freedom?
24:00 Does the ego exist as a separate thing or is it a bundle of habits?
24:42 Does the yearning for the Truth happen naturally?
26:31 How to deal with procrastinations of the mind?
27:55 When we ask a question to Babaji, who is the 'You' that is answering?
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Babaji explains the amazing, awe-inspiring state of a yogi.
Recorded on 8 October 2022 with worldwide participants
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0:00 Intro
0:07 What is a yogi?
2:18 A yogi might seem like an ordinary person, but is the experience of a Yogi different?
4:00 Is a yogi different from what we would consider a saint or a spiritual person in the West?
4:45 Might a yogi appear not to be behaving well but would still be in yoga?
6:24 Why a yogi might talk repeatedly about an event that had occurred, as Swamiji sometimes did
13:16 Are there any outward signs that one could recognise the body of a yogi?
20:14 Does a yogi have an imagination?
24:38 Is the brain of a yogi different to that of an ordinary person?
26:52 What do the stories of yogis performing miracles and supernatural feats mean?
32:45 What is tapas shakti?
36:26 When Babaji was asked the question 'What have you achieved?'
38:08 When a yogi offers darshan or blessings, what is it that is being offered?
41:29 What state, relative to happiness or sadness are we trying to reach through yoga?
42:35 When Babaji says 'shaping our future', is this in our life or in future lives?
43:05 When a yogi is in a perfect thoughtlessness state, what brings them out of this state?
44:46 What is meant by 'do not annoy the guru as you are annoying your own karmas'?
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Sadhana and Emotions | Thus Spake Babaji No.109
Recorded on 24 September 2022 with worldwide participants
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0:00 Intro
0:20 What should we do for the rest of the day outside meditation?
2:52 Is there a need for any other sadhana if we practice meditation properly?
4:42 Through meditation we don't absorb impressions so much, is this something we consciously need to do or is it an automatic thing?
5:56 Our three-fold obligations that Swamiji spoke of
10:55 What are emotions?
16:16 If the mind has goes into an extreme emotion, at that time should we try to bring it under control or is it too late?
17:12 Are emotions related to the six shapes of the mind?
19:08 What does Babaji mean about sublimating the emotions rather than suppressing them?
20:23 How do we serve with humility the old who needs care, who refuses a spiritual outlook and tries to be self-destrucitve?
21:44 When struggling with a deep emotion, how not to get caught up into it in that moment?
24:08 At the time when Swamiji left His body, how did Babaji manage to do sadhana during this intense grieving period?
25:56 What does it mean to apply the mind to the brain?
27:20 What are the vedas and connection with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva?
29:18 With constant practice of meditation will the mind not get into the six shapes of the mind?
32:03 When we don't feel well and struggle with concentration should we still sit for meditation?
33:17 How to overcome intense emotions that come up out of the blue?
34:52 Is there a value to having a positive emotion in meditation?
41:48 How to overcome fear and paranoia
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What is the peculiar relationship between the mind and the brain? Babaji gives us some clues and recommendations on how to gain control of the mind and use the brain in the best possible way.
Thus Spake Babaji No.108
Recorded on 17 September 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:07 What is the relationship between the mind and the brain?
4:50 The brain as a tool to go towards the Self but also away from the Self
14:38 Is the ultimate aim of meditation to bypass the brain?
19:37 Is it possible to use the brain to its maximum potential but to also stay detached?
21:28 As the mind becomes more and more quiet, do the brain's reflections also calm down?
28:04 What is the relationship between the quality of health of the brain and the mind?
30:32 During tapas, did the mantra that was given register in the mind or brain?
32:45 Where is the all-pervaded consciousness in the body?
33:46 How does one maintain focus in the mind during challenging times?
36:21 Does meditation also help the brain not to reflect such confusion to the mind?
38:14 How can physical matter (the brain) and consciousness be in collision with each other?
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How have impurities appeared in the mind and why is the purification necessary?
Babaji answers questions on meditation as a purification process.
Thus Spake Babaji No.107
Recorded on 10 September 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:10 What is it that is being purified in meditation?
6:20 How does the meditation practice work to purify the mind of its habits?
11:42 Is this silent practice without any external anchor the highest form of purification?
16:23 Should we not take anything of the world seriously in the mind?
20:17 How does a totally purified mind function in the world?
25:27 Is any action of a Yogi for the benefit of all?
28:52 Do we gradually purify the mind of the subtle bodies through meditation?
31:08 Why do more and more tests come as the mind becomes purified?
38:45 How to deal with problems with people
40:33 How to deal with visions in meditation
44:29 Can trials and tribulations lead us to purifying the mind?
46:57 How to manage family members who don't understand your path
49:40 When we struggle in meditation, is this how the purification starts happening?
51:00 What to do when we feel a strain in-between eyebrows in meditation
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Babaji explains the meaning of the term sadhana, its benefits in daily life and what is the highest form of sadhana.
Thus Spake Babaji No.106
Recorded on 03 September 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji mean by the term sadhana?
1:25 The story when Swamiji pulled Babaji up for translating sadhana as meditation
5:35 Outside of meditation are there things we can do to keep the mind quiet as a sadhana?
7:42 Babaji explains how practicing service is not a sign weakness but can be used as a sadhana
13:51 Are some forms of sadhana higher than others, is meditation the highest form of sadhana?
15:55 Is sadhana and moral behaviour in the world related?
21:08 Does a Buddhist puja count as sadhana?
21:48 Did caring for the handicapped boys at the ashram reduce Babaji's sadhana?
23:29 How would Babaji keep mental calm if he was ill and unable to perform his duties at the Ashram?
31:43 If we perform sadhana and then we stop, do we lose the benefits?
32:39 Could it be said that taking the Darshan of a Yogi is a form of sadhana?
33:49 Could Babaji explain the relationship between acquiring patience and practicing quietness?
35:20 To what extent does our practice help our relatives who have passed on?
40:50 When our body feels uncomfortable to sit for meditation - how to strengthen the mind to keep sitting?
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Babaji answers questions from His monastic disciple Amba Shvaranjani on the mind and mind control.
Thus Spake Babaji No.105
Recorded on 27 August 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:06 The mind as your conscious energy
3:57 How to go beyond the idea of 'me and mine'
8:29 Is the brain the main cause of the ego?
14:46 Does God exist or is it a concept adopted by people in their own way?
21:52 Does your own destiny play a role in your spiritual progress?
27:50 How to stop the judgmental nature of the mind
33:17 Do the judgments we make in this life cause bondage in the next birth?
34:42 How the mind picks up habits
36:02 How to help quieten the mind before meditation
37:05 Is it the nature of the mind to get attached to the thoughts?
41:20 Is it the detachment and imprints that is sin?
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Thus Spake Babaji No.104
Recorded on 15 September 2022 with Malaysian participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:06 What is the real Self? Is it separate from the individual self?
6:10 What are the benefits of knowing ourself?
11:25 What is this power that the topic 'the power of the Self ' is referring to?
20:20 How best should we use this power in this life?
23:34 How do we maintain and grow this power within us?
29:41 Why do some people who have achieved great spiritual accomplishments later drift away form the spiritual path? How do we avoid this?
35:01 Is it right to invoke deities for abundance and prosperities?
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Babaji talks about the amazing in-born qualities of the young Sathyaraju who, after 12 years of gruelling tapas, became one of India's greatest spiritual giants, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.
Thus Spake Babaji No.103
Recorded on 20 August 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:08 What were the main in-born qualities of Swamiji as a young boy?
3:06 What if we don't have the same in-born qualities as Swamiji?
3:50 Is it a wrong interpretation to describe the young Swamiji as extroverted, active and worldly wise?
8:30 What was happening at the time prior to starting tapas when Sathyaraju appeared to become withdrawn from the world?
12:15 Sathyaraju seemed to question authorities figures often. When he was initiated into tapas, did he question that?
17:58 How is it possible that Swamiji was able to instantly focus his mind 100%?
27:31 Early on in His tapas, Swamiji stopped and decided to return to the world. What stopped him from returning?
36:37 Could it be said that the Jangama sage is a manifestation of Swamiji's mind?
39:12 Could Tapaswiji Maharaj, who helped Swamiji with His tapas, be considered as His Guru?
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"Yoga means union with the origin" ~ Babaji explains the meaning of yoga and how our efforts should be to go back to the Self.
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0:00 Intro
0:05 What lineage of yoga does Babaji belong to?
2:44 Is it because of the habit to think that we are away from the yoga?
5:18 The quality the consciousness has to imagine
12:23 Yoga through being silent while performing action
19:20 Do all the paths of yoga, bhakti, karma, gnana - ultimately become dhyana yoga, meditation?
24:50 Explanation of 'knowledge personified' from the Guru Gita
25:47 For a Yogi does this world seem like a movie?
29:09 How can a Yogi operate in the world through the body after merging with the Self?
32:08 How is a Yogi before Mahasamadhi different from a Yogi after Mahasamadhi?
35:22 What part of the individual achieves Self-Realisation?
36:55 What does the Bhagavad Gita mean when it says the Yogi is the best state to be in?
39:04 Is devotion required to achieve yoga?
41:09 Do all these different paths lead to silence?
42:00 What is the status of the rishis?
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Babaji answers questions on spiritual transformation
Thus Spake Babaji No.101
Recorded on 16 July 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:06 What was the 'restlessness' that Babaji experienced as a child and is it necessary for spiritual transformation?
4:56 How can consideration to others be helpful for spiritual transformation?
13:05 Is it better to get away from people and the world or is it better to stay amongst people so it can serve as a training?
19:53 Outside meditation should we always be judging our own mind to see if we are improving in the way that we behave?
21:40 Is faith and devotion to the Guru, faith and dedication to the spiritual path and devotion to God all the same thing?
23:35 Are we missing out on anything by not practicing other meditation methods?
25:24 When I started on my spiritual journey I was very inspired but as I have aged, the experiences have become flat and regularised. What is the transformation that is happening?
27:00 If peace and pure observation has become a more regular experience, where do we go from there?
30:02 Could Babaji talk about the story of Nachiketa in the Katha Upanishad when he met Lord Yama?
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Babaji explains and emphasises the important attribute the mind must have when performing selfless service and when helping others.
Thus Spake Babaji No.99
Recorded on 15 January 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:06 What is selfless service?
1:44 Can one become Self-Realised through the practice of selfless service?
3:37 What can we do to make our service selfless service?
10:14 When we serve relatives, friends and others, how we do we make sure we are not exploited?
13:17 If people perform genuine selfless service to others without considering it a spiritual practice, could they become Realised without intention?
16:30 How do we offer our services to God?
16:56 How do we recognise when someone is in real need, that we can assist rather than simply interfering?
19:21 If one is asked by anyone to be involved in an action that we believe is morally wrong, are we justified in ignoring that request?
20:55 Can it be right to tell a lie or is it always important to tell the truth?
24:11 What is self respect and does it conflict with selfless service?
32:15 Is the instant response to help an ego or is it compassion?
33:47 What advice to give on assisted suicide?
36:40 What is the technology that enables the quiet mind to make good judgments?
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Babaji explains what is needed to be a sincere spiritual seeker, the best student to the master - the ideal disciple.
Thus Spake Babaji No.98
Recorded on 04 June 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:05 What are the most important attributes to being a good disciple?
4:42 Story of a disciple asking a master to tell him about the ultimate truth.
14:04 King Janaka as a student to Ashtavakra
21:12 How Babaji learnt from Swamiji
26:17 How important is to be physically close to the Yogi?
31:21 Hearing the same teachings repeatedly so that they penetrate the inner layers of the mind
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Babaji talks about His early life and the events that led to meeting His Guru Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj. Released In honour of Babaji's 86th Birthday on 20 September 2022.
Recorded on 11 June 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:17 Babaji's parents and their influence
3:38 Impact of Babaji's father dying when Babaji was young
5:32 The 'Thus Spake' booklets which Babaji read in His childhood
9:41 The 'button to get rid of the universe' that Babaji imagined when young
12:11 Visiting the Hanuman temple when young
16:10 Learning chants as a child
19:16 Spending time in a cave at the Chamundi hills
21:00 Did Babaji actively seek a Realised Guru?
22:40 How Babaji met His Guru
40:17 How Babaji's childhood was pleasant yet His own mind was restless seeing the world
44:11 Did Swamiji choose Babaji before His birth?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A theme: We Must Stop Thinking To Realise The Truth
Recorded on 24 April 2022 with US participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:07 "Thinking will never give us the truth of who we are"
4:30 Is the consciousness of existence the same as pure awareness?
5:15 Knowing the Self
6:24 The difference between individual consciousness and pure consciousness
7:25 Pure love
10:15 Definition of meditation
13:21 How did Babaji imagine His Guru when Swamiji left His Body?
15:34 How should we think of our loved ones when they pass away?
16:07 In meditation are we losing the habit to think and visualise unnecessarily?
18:00 How do mantras work on the mind?
19:29 Was Babaji's wisdom attained during His 5 years of tapas?
21:22 Always having a strong will to go towards the goal
23:39 As you progress on the path, does it become easier?
26:55 By just being present day to day and doing meditation practice - can that become tapas?
28:00 Can a yogi come back to the world?
29:46 How to overcome fears that come up when meditating
32:01 Are we exposed to our previous lives in tapas?
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Babaji explains the technology of prayer and how we should pray.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A theme: The Power of Prayer
Recorded on 5 May 2022 with Malaysian participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:06 What is prayer?
2:17 If we practice regular meditation, are we still required to perform prayer?
4:46 Is prayer to be focused on God?
6:18 If the ultimate goal is to silence the mind and realise the Self, what should our prayers be like?
8:44 What is the secret of prayer?
11:17 What is happening when one gets emotional when chanting the Divine's name or signing devotional songs?
13:56 When we perform our worship to the altar, what is actually happening?
16:07 What is the significance of Hindu prayers such as slokas, stotrams and mantras?
21:31 Is it important to understand the meaning of the mantras or stotrams?
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The Mother Concept and Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A No.94
Recorded on 8 May 2022 with US participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:06 Mother and the Divine Mother in personified and unmanifest form
6:59 What is love?
9:06 Is pure love just pure oneness?
13:10 Explaining consciousness
16:32 Thoughts and consciousness
20:50 Spirit and Soul
25:49 Chanting the Gayatri mantra for a dying person
27:34 Spiritual beings having a human experience
29:38 Difference between energy of Shiva and that of Divine Mother, Adi Para Shakti
30:20 Innate objects and consciousness
32:49 Can you become Self-Realised during or after transition after death?
33:23 Is the emptiness that the Buddhists describe as the essence of existence the same as the 'space' that Babaji talks of?
35:43 When you 'watch' in meditation, 'you are not doing anything else mentally'
38:45 How does sitting in silence during meditation clear the impressions in the mind?
40:17 Impressions in the mind and memories
42:28 What is the 'ground truth' reality? Once Mahasamdhi occurs does the universe disappear?
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How to Improve the Quality of the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #93
Recorded on 14 May 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:06 Were people in the Rig Vedic era able to simply meditate, go into samadhi and realize the Truth? If so why could they do it then but we can't do it now?
8:44 If our mind is weaker every lifetime, is it harder each time to achieve Self-Realisation?
10:35 Explanation of the six shapes of the mind
19:17 Why are the six shapes all negative?
23:04 The story of Yudhishthira and Duryodhana from the Mahabharata
25:45 What qualities of the mind are there to make the mind pure?
29:07 Were the mantras of the vedas composed like a poet does or as a vision that came from the divine?
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Babaji explains the essence of spiritual training and sadhana, emphasizing the importance of applying the mind and keeping it quiet.
0:00 Intro
0:06 The unique way that Babaji was trained by his Guru, Swamiji
9:26 Did Babaji practice all three yogas of bhakti yoga, karma yoga and dhyana yoga?
13:31 Should we look at our own faults instead of those of others?
14:56 How can we make sure we look at our own faults constructively?
22:25 How should we deal with individuals that are trying to be difficult?
28:45 Practicing concentration in meditation
31:40 Focusing on the space between the eyebrows and watching the thoughts in meditation
33:41 Adopting the right technique of sadhana
35:04 Babaji's spiritual practice during his college days
37:56 Is it better for spiritual progression to retreat from city life?
39:16 Will it improve meditation if you are vegetarian?
40:32 How to choose what kind of sadhana we do?
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Duality and Nonduality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #91
Recorded on 30 April 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 You as the droplet and the ocean as the target
4:42 Do you start as dualistic and end as nondualistic?
8:04 Adi Shankar wrote devotional hymns and taught nonduality - is that a contradiction?
10:23 Is nonduality an experience of a Yogi, a philosophy or a practice?
12:27 In duality is there a danger of becoming too attached to the creation or the creator?
16:12 If the correct meditation technique and right guidance are adopted is there a natural progression?
19:39 Bhaja Govindam, the song that inspired Babaji at a young age
21:01 If after tapas the mind is nonexistent, how do devotees interact with their masters?
23:04 Meaning of vasistha advaita as described by Ramanuja
26:17 Meaning of Aham Brahmasmi
27:18 Explanation of the saying "Desiring you see creation, desireless you see the creator"
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The Teachings of Shri Krishna | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #90
Babaji explains various teachings of Shri Krishna from the Mahabharata
0:00 Intro
0:06 Sometimes the Pandavas sought Shri Krishna's advice, sometimes they didn't - is there a lesson to be learnt from this?
3:25 How to decide what is appropriate to ask the Guru
6:40 The teaching behind the disrobing of Draupadi
15:50 Why Gandhari, the mother of the Kauravas, blamed Shri Krishna for not stopping the war
24:52 Why did Shri Krishna give up teaching at the end?
26:40 Shri Krishna's teaching of "You have the right to action but not the fruits of those actions"
30:39 What is the significance of the vows taken in Shri Krishna's teachings?
31:59 Shri Krishna said that when dharma has declined, the divine will incarnate again
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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #89 recorded on 16 April 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:07 What is faith and what should we have faith in?
1:41 What is the difference between faith and blind belief?
2:50 Should you not lose faith in Guru, in yourself and your sadhana, all these 3 things?
5:34 How can we develop stronger faith?
14:49 Is belief in the teachings an intellectual understanding, but faith comes from your own experience?
20:37 A story of Hanuman's faith in his Guru's name
31:30 If you have faith in the Guru then the grace has to flow, but should we not have any expectation of that?
32:45 How did Babaji cope when the faith was tested?
36:47 How do we remove ignorance forever?
37:27 Can we take anything that life brings us as Guru's grace, for our own good only?
39:25 What is the importance of Hanuman Jayanti?
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Babaji explains the true nature of reality, as he experienced in deep meditation.
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #88 recorded on 26 March 2022 with worldwide participants.
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0:06 What does Babaji means when he says that the world is not real and that only the Self is real?
6:28 If the past no longer exists and the future does not yet exist, can we say the present is the only thing that exists and is the reality?
9:18 The concept of space as the divine, the supreme being
16:51 When a Yogi has experienced the divine is it still possible to worship and pray to that supreme consciousness?
19:28 Are the gaps between the thoughts the experience of space and the true now?
22:55 Are there different levels of reality or the imagination?
28:34 How is the inactive Brahma able to produce any manifestations at all? [Explanation of Shiva and Shakti]
33:34 Explanation of 'vimalam achalam' from the Guru Gita shloka
35:11 Is time as we experience it not real?
36:39 When someone dies does reincarnation happen according to time?
40:31 If divine is pure consciousness, is our communication with the divine a part of the imagination or the reality?
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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #87 recorded on 5 December 2021 with US participants.
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0:06 Clarification on the meditation technique
2:42 To know the truth of who we are do we have to stop thinking?
4:17 Is it possible to have an uncaused happiness?
9:25 Do we need body and mind to discover the Self?
10:59 Do we need the body any longer when we realize the Self?
14:04 Relative knowledge and pure knowledge
15:38 What happens when you die before discovering the Self?
20:37 Difference between nirvikalpa, asamprajnata and sarvikalpa samadhi
24:06 The concept of god: if there is no personal god then who responds to our prayers?
28:15 What is the right way to pray to god?
30:40 What happens at the moment of awakening when one receives shakti pat?
34:10 Does watching need to stop outside of meditation?
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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #86 recorded on 2 January 2022 with US participants.
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0:06 Do all the benefits of meditation including Self- Realization come from silencing the mind?
1:54 What is the attention of the mind?
6:33 As we progress in meditation does consciousness start to watch itself?
8:06 Is consciousness of existence a permanent thing?
8:57 is consciousness the basic material of meditation?
11:38 Is consciousness the dreamer and the knower of the dream?
12:41 Is consciousness the seed of all creation?
13:57 What are we, prior to consciousness?
14:25 is it possible to empty the mind of thoughts?
15:58 How can we keep the mind quiet both in meditation and out of meditation?
18:07 What is the role of desire in the creation of consciousness?
23:53 How to manage pain and not let it affect you
26:37 Does creation come about because the nature of energy is to be active?
28:17 If we can disconnect from the ownership of desires, can we desire with more consciousness?
31:36 Overcoming desires and passions with jangama dhyana
34:58 Can you do meditation with your eyes open, doing regular activities of the day?
36:49 How does the ego dissolve?
37:42 How to not recognise and analyse in meditation?
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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #84 recorded on 12 March 2022 with worldwide participants.
"Renunciation has to happen in the mind first"
Babaji answers questions on the real meaning of renunciation.
0:06 Is it possible to be renounced but still continue with worldly responsibilities?
3:05 Do we renounce expectations, desires or ego?
4:38 Should we aim to remove the ego by accepting all outcomes or focus on the sadhana which gives us this ability?
6:11 Is it easier to renounce as a monk or easier in the world?
8:28 How can renunciation be viewed positively?
11:00 Is renunciation the fruit of sadhana or a part of sadhana itself?
12:58 Are there levels of renunciation?
14:25 Is selfless service renunication?
15:32 Do we need both a longing for liberation and renunciation?
18:13 Did Babaji renounce the idea of Realisation while serving Swamiji?
24:17 Do you have to evaporate the ego to a certain point before tapas?
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Destiny | Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #85
Self-realized meditation master Shiva Rudra Balayogi (Babaji) gives insights into the wide subject of destiny.
0:06 Is destiny the result of our actions?
18:17 Should we think that we have no destiny or that we must create a positive destiny?
20:57 If in each incarnation our mind loses potency, how can we overcome the results of a previous more powerful mind?
26:16 How can make sure we have the right motivation and attitude?
32:04 Was it Babaji's destiny to meet His Guru?
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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #83 recorded on 5 March 2022 with worldwide participants.
"Our body's health, mental health and moral health - that's religion"
Babaji explains the true meaning of religion.
0:06 What is the true meaning of religion and is it different to spirituality?
4:13 Why is it that religious people get into conflicts?
9:22 Why is there division between religions and even within the same religion?
12:59 How can we promote Babaji's teachings without causing offence to others?
16:23 What is the true purpose of worship and rituals?
20:00 Is it a good thing to get attached to an object of devotion?
23:41 What does Babaji mean by a systematic approach and a proper adoption of methods?
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"When your mind becomes quiet, it goes towards the Divine, its ultimate truth."
Babaji answers questions on Divinity
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #82 recorded on 19 February 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:06 Explanation of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Parabrahman
6:55 God as form or formlessness
10:27 How Babaji considered statues of the Divine as a young boy
14:08 How one worships an idol
18:44 People who claim to speak to god
20:55 Belief in god
27:03 Is everything we experience with our senses unreal, and what we cannot experience with the senses, real?
37:30 Overcoming difficulty to 'just watch'
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Babaji answers questions on the beautiful concept of Guru and Disciple.
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #81 recorded on 12 February 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:20 Is it only the ego that needs renouncing?
3:01 What is real renunciation?
4:27 What is Guru's Grace?
8:24 What are the qualities of a true Guru?
10:24 How can a Yogi or Guru teach in silence?
14:43 Having total faith in the Guru
16:48 Babaji's training under Swamiji, working without mental chatter
19:22 The Guru may appear inert but is compassionate
23:06 What can a devotee give to a Guru?
24:00 The toughness of a Guru's training
27:05 Authorising a Guru to test you
28:59 A sincere seeker should be tired of this world
32:07 Having the right intention to go to an Ashram
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Babaji answers questions on His commentary on the Viveka Choodamani (the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination), the ancient text written by the great Yogi-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #80 recorded on 5 February 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:07 How do you shape a positive destiny?
7:18 How to make meditation fun?
10:13 Why is it important for the seeker to be sincere?
13:30 Is the mind tranquillised by the brain's reflections?
18:19 Self control - 'even while the ears hear, the consciousness would not be hearing anything'
22:35 The importance of apt attention in all things we do
25:24 Must we have forbearance equally with the bad things but also the good things in life?
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Babaji answers questions on His commentary on the Viveka Choodamani (the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination), the ancient text written by the great Yogi-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #79, recorded on 29 January 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:06 The meaning of 'Viveka Choodamani'
1:17 What is the real and the unreal and how to discriminate between them
11:24 How to achieve realisation of the ultimate reality
17:23 When the mind becomes silent, is that experience Realisation?
21:24 The wisdom of right thinking versus worldly intelligence
28:40 Satsang, the protecting company of the great ones
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Babaji explains how to find permanent peace and happiness.
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #78, recorded on 22 January 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:07 The question Babaji had on happiness as a small child
1:31 Why do we think of happiness as being from this world only?
3:23 Is our imagination of unhappiness the reason for losing happiness?
5:35 Is happiness, excitement and bliss all the same?
7:49 How do we find the highest form of happiness while living in the world?
10:57 Can we depend on external things for peace and happiness?
12:29 Should we renounce the world?
15:11 Should we replace our attachment to worldly things to an attachment to god or guru?
19:18 Can one achieve Self Realization without any attachment to god and guru?
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Babaji explains how to deepen your meditation practice.
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #77, recorded on 8 January 2022 with worldwide participants.
0:06 I meditate everyday but don't feel like I am progressing, am I doing something wrong?
5:24 As a young boy did Babaji's mind naturally go quiet in meditation?
7:01 When the mind is too busy to go into meditation is it ok to chant or listen to spiritual music until the mind calms down?
8:16 Should a fear of nothingness and non-existence in meditation happen?
11:08 Does watching exciting or violent films make meditation difficult?
13:21 Should we share our experiences in meditation with others?
14:52 Is there a reason why meditating in a group is better?
15:34 Are certain days more auspicious for meditation?
17:26 Is it better to concentrate on improving our meditation technique or extending the time in meditation?
18:49 Why do we concentrate on the brow chakra? Is there a stage when we move to the crown chakra?
22:14 When meditation deepens, should attention between eyebrows fade into awareness?
23:43 How was the nature of the mind revealed to Babaji in deep meditation?
27:45 What are the signposts that we can recognise as we go deeper in meditation?
28:56 What is the difference between the tendencies in the brain and imprints in the mind?
35:52 Is there an electricity or a vibration to thoughts?
37:16 what is the difference between impressions and tendencies?
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Babaji explains his teachings on the eternal existence and consciousness.
Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #76, recorded on 12 December 2021, with US participants.
0:12 The difference between the eternal existence and consciousness
10:42 Once the mind becomes totally still does it transcend consciousness?
15:06 If the mind creates the illusion does it all disappear when you quieten the mind?
17:23 Is mind an imagination?
19:21 Is there a universal mind?
22:15 The essence of Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj's teachings
29:38 Does giving up the world mean being irresponsible?
31:05 Swamiji, the Jangama sage and His tapas
37:35 Creation seems to have order, where does this order come from?
42:27 What is purification of the mind?
44:57 in meditation is there a difference between focusing between the eyebrows and focusing on the heart space?
45:46 How is the world an illusion when it appears to be a reality?
48:07 Where does control of the mind and good behaviour in the world fit into the process of purification in meditation?
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Thus Spake Babaji #75, recorded on 09 December 2021, with Malaysian participants.
Babaji explains the real meaning of spiritual surrender
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0:00 Intro
0:09 What is meant by surrender?
1:39 What are we expected to surrender?
3:21 What is spiritual achievement, and how is it measured?
6:08 What spiritual sadhana is recommended apart from meditation?
11:03 Is there a difference in to whom or how we pray
14:02 After we surrender what should be the mindset to take the next action?
16:21 Is it a sign if we are going through a period without any tests?
18:00 After surrendering how will we know what is the right decision or action we should take?
20:08 What characteristics do we need to cultivate when building up the power of surrender?
22:50 How do we manage the world's norms and perceptions?
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Thus Spake Babaji #74, recorded on 11 December 2021, with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:07 Does a thought become a worry when we invest in it too much emotionally?
2:31 Why has this mind got the habit of revisiting unpleasant memories?
4:38 How can I plan for an unavoidable unpleasant situation without getting anxious?
6:24 Is the problem the expectation of how something will happen rather than the event itself?
7:38 The way Babaji operates in having a long term aim
13:43 The meaning of your own dharma
14:54 How to avoid caring too much about what other people think
20:27 Is it really possible to live without any stress at all?
22:24 Where does self-confidence come from?
29:29 Was Babaji ever anxious while serving Swamiji that he'd done something wrong?
32:54 How to reconcile being separate from each other but also one with everything?
35:50 What is the difference between mental resolution and a repetitive fear or worry?
36:54 Can reading scriptures become an obstacle to our sadhana?
38:42 When the cleaning process starts in meditation do we experience emotions?
39:50 How to sit in meditation for longer periods
42:23 How to overcome emotions that pull one back?
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"If you practice the cleansing of the mind and achieve total silence, you settle back into the real Self that is pure consciousness, then you realise that it is the same consciousness everywhere."
Babaji explains the truth about consciousness in this online Q&A.
Thus Spake Babaji #73, recorded on 4 December 2021, with worldwide participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:16 Is consciousness all pervading and do all forms of life have consciousness?
1:03 Why is there conflict between different parts of the same one consciousness?
2:56 Is it that the brain's reflections misguide the consciousness to misidentify itself?
4:19 What is the connection between the brain reflecting and the mind imagining?
7:15 When you achieve a silent mind in meditation, is that the consciousness of existence?
9:04 Once we achieve silence in the mind, why can we not sustain it permanently?
12:51 In meditation, when our attention is between the eyebrows, is this what allows us to see the consciousness of existence?
15:32 Does the identification of the 'I' remain until towards the end of tapas?
16:50 Towards the end of tapas as the mind becomes more and more powerful, can the ego also become more powerful?
19:23 Supreme consciousness and supreme energy - are they one and the same?
21:36 What is prana?
27:22 What is Mahasamadhi?
29:32 How does someone with God consciousness see the world?
33:09 Is there an intelligent consciousness allowing the creation to unfold with a purpose?
36:44 Did my consciousness create different people and will they disappear if I stop thinking about them completely?
42:17 What does Nirvikalpa mean?
44:21 In some stories Realised sages get into arguments and curse each other, how can Realised masters curse each other?
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"You can lose anything in life but do not ever lose faith" - Babaji answers questions on faith in this online Q&A, Thus Spake Babaji #72.
A themed Q&A recorded on 25 November 2021, with Malaysian participants.
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0:00 Intro
0:07 If we have unwavering faith in god and guru does that mean we also have unwavering faith on ourselves?
2:09 Difficult things always somehow work out in the end, is this a sign that my faith in god and guru is being answered?
4:26 When we experience failures in life, how do we build back faith in ourselves?
6:18 How do we maintain unwavering faith when we meet obstacles in life?
9:10 How does the guru test our faith?
11:08 How do we handle the mind when things don't go as expected?
14:03 Can we only know how strong our faith is until it is tested?
16:15 How to keep our faith when being discouraged by others
20:59 Is it better to have faith and devotion or selfless service in today's world?
23:40 Closing words from Babaji
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Shri Babaji explains how peace can be achieved in the world, and how Supreme Peace that can be achieved within.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 71 - A themed Q&A recorded on 27 November 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:09 How can we feel secure in this world?
2:50 Babaji's prayer for no other power but the power to give peace to the people of this world
7:02 Is it important to understand other people better in order to establish peace?
14:15 Is peace an imagination, but a higher imagination?
15:24 Will I lose my passion for life if I have peace at all times?
17:59 Is it the highest goal of living in the world, to create peace between people?
23:10 If we try to be a peacemaker is there a danger we try to impose our standards on others and thus create conflict?
27:36 Is the first thing we need to do for peace is to make ourselves peaceful?
28:07 When Jesus threw people out of the temple for conducting business, was there peace within even while taking those actions?
31:28 What is dharma?
33:09 What is Supreme Peace?
35:43 What is the relationship between peace and truth?
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What is meditation? How does this practice give us the awareness of our true nature? Babaji explains in detail how meditation works.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 70 - A themed Q&A recorded on 21 November 2021, with US participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:06 What is meditation?
0:53 What is the attention?
1:43 What is unique about Jangama Dhyana that Babaji teaches?
3:40 What are the obstacles to meditation?
5:17 The mind hindering the ability to become quiet
7:29 What watching in meditation means
9:15 The instruction to focus the mind and sight in between eyebrows
10:24 How to develop the ability to sit for longer periods
13:47 How to focus the attention
15:29 How much effort should we put in to focus the attention?
17:55 The uncaused peace that your are
19:55 Can we have quietness when in activity?
22:12 Is it mind watching the mind or consciousness watching the consciousness?
24:07 How should we feel when we experience the gaps between thoughts?
25:07 The awareness of non-duality
26:56 In meditation is the consciousness watching the mind or the mind watching the consciousness?
27:57 Is meditation the process of giving up all imaginations until consciousness alone remains?
31:01 How one single Self can exist
35:03 Can Nirvikalpa Samadhi be reached outside the human body?
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Babaji is asked questions on surrender and acceptance, working for world peace and how to sacrifice the ego.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 68 - A themed Q&A recorded on 20 November 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:13 Do we surrender our imagination?
7:32 Along with inner surrender is it also important to show outer surrender?
9:20 Should we work for worldly peace or should we accept the world as it is?
12:37 Is the ability to adjust and manage a part of surrender and acceptance?
18:27 The story of Jadabharata
30:43 Not to give up and renouce everything, but to mentally surrender
34:20 Sacrificing the ego
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"You have forgotten about yourself consciously, it is just like you go out of your home and you forget to come back home, aimlessly you are wandering like a monkey."
Babaji is asked questions on how to be lead by the true Self in our daily life and overcome the influence of the monkey mind.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 69 - A themed Q&A recorded on 11 November 2021, with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:10 How can a layman understand the True Self?
3:49 Who is the "I"? How to ensure we are progressing in the right way?
10:04 What is the monkey mind?
13:05 How does the monkey mind overshadow the Self?
17:48 After many years of struggling with the traits of the mind, why does it seem not get any easier?
25:19 Will constant mind chatter strengthen the monkey mind?
27:53 Can our daily converstion in the mind with Guru and God help to control the monkey mind?
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Babaji is asked questions on his own first-hand experience of tapas, the highest pitch of meditation which he practiced continuously for five years before attaining Self Realization.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 67 - A themed Q&A recorded on 13 November 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:06 Babaji on his own tapas experience
2:31 Where does this ego come from?
20:18 The 20 years of service as part of Babaji's tapas
22:45 Is it important to have a Realized Yogi to give guidance for tapas?
24:37 Is there a significance to Swamiji appearing each month on the full moon?
26:09 The appearance of manifestations as the mind becomes more and more quiet
29:59 Had almost all the imprints in the mind already evaporated before tapas?
31:42 Does every imprint in the mind have to evaporate and disappear?
32:31 How to know when you are ready for tapas.
36:36 Tapas as the ability to sit with single-pointed flow of attention for eight hours continuously
39:52 Should we be concerned about tapas in our practice?
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Babaji answers questions on the ego
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 66 - A themed Q&A recorded on 6 November 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Why is ego the basic problem?
2:32 Where does this ego come from?
4:32 Why does losing the ego have to be so painful?
9:10 Surrendering the ego
10:32 How important is acceptance?
17:17 When the ego trips us up, how can we get over this?
20:53 Is there a difference between being egotistical and having self confidence?
21:49 If we lose the ego do we lose the identity of friends and family?
23:56 Doing everything as a duty
24:59 When criticised unfairly by someone is it wrong to be annoyed by that person?
27:49 How did Swamiji train Babaji to lose the ego?
30:36 After Realization is there still some form of ego left?
32:17 When trying to see a larger cause is there a danger in becoming egotistical in doing so?
35:32 To remove your ego does the master work directly or through other people?
38:26 Taking difficulties as training
40:47 Is it necessary for a Guru to humiliate the seeker?
43:31 Is it a state of mind when authorizing the Guru to remove the ego?
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Babaji answers questions on Spirituality and the Self
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 65 - A themed Q&A recorded on 26 September 2021, with US participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:07 'Spiritual experiences' versus the Self
10:49 Among all the thoughts of the mind there is one thing that is not a thought
12:49 How does Babaji see the world?
14:35 Why are we not aware of the consciousness of existence?
17:54 How to become aware of the Self
18:46 The analogy of the movie projector
23:43 Switching off the mind during daily life
25:05 The 'light' in the movie projector analogy
26:45 The application of the mind keeping your thoughts alive
33:07 Is there a universal mind that runs the show?
33:26 The Parabrahman
35:02 Abiding in the Self in our daily life
37:57 Is it necessary to sit in meditation after achieving awareness of the Self?
39:31 Does abiding in the Self automatically take care of the physical body?
41:23 The difference between the path of knowledge and the path of meditation
45:45 Going beyond experiences, thoughts and mantras in meditation
50:25 Can we heal the physical body by doing meditation?
51:15 Transcending the 5 coverings of ignorance from Adi Shankara's Viveka Choodamani
55:20 The creation manifesting due to the Parabrahman, not according to the wishes.
64:14 A Yogi's attention
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Babaji goes in depth on the topic of karma.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 64 - A themed Q&A recorded on 30 October 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Is karma simply the acquired habits of the mind?
2:19 Do all thoughts create an impression on the subconscious and become karmic?
4:04 Is it ok to think if we don't create a habit within the mind?
5:18 When we act is it the action or the intention behind the action that is more important?
8:24 If someone stays in a room and minimizes action, can they still obtain karma from their thoughts?
09:55 Is everything that happens to us a result of our karma or are there random events?
15:55 Does meditation remove karma or stop the karma from affecting us?
18:06 If we bear with a difficult situation peacefully does that erase our karma?
19:33 Is destiny entirely down to our actions or are we born with a destiny?
23:40 Is there such a thing as good karma and bad karma?
26:57 Is there such a thing as a mass karma?
30:00 Is karma already determined before we are born?
32:55 If we suffer difficulties is this a chance for us to progress more?
35:26 On achieving Realization, is there still karma?
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Shri Babaji answers questions on how to manage our emotions in daily life.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 63 - A themed Q&A recorded on 23 September 2021, with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:22 What is meant by 'just do your best and leave the rest to God'?
7:12 How can we be sure that we have done our best?
11:44 How should we manage our feelings when we are not appreciated for our efforts?
16:15 In every form of happiness we experience the Truth momentarily
19:08 How to be careful not to get excited or resentful towards the results of our efforts in life
23:51 What should our attitude be when we face the result of our actions?
25:55 How to manage excitement when doing something enjoyable
31:05 How to let go of resentment?
35:55 How do we deal with built up anger
38:07 How do we develop the ability to move on and forgive?
40:07 Should we focus on the goal or just focus on the effort?
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Shri Babaji answers questions on the topic of thoughts.
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 62 - A themed Q&A recorded on 23 October 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:11 What are thoughts?
1:01 Can we say our thoughts are from our mind or from somewhere else?
1:54 What does Babaji mean by existence value?
2:31 Will stopping the imaginations in meditation affect our creativity?
3:48 Can an imagination be useful ie to find a higher goal for a spiritual life?
5:05 Are good thoughts like kindness and happiness ok to cultivate?
5:59 Why are some people prone to negative thoughts?
6:33 Are the negative thoughts also the six shapes of the mind that Babaji talks of?
7:51 Are there positive shapes to the mind?
08:55 How to overcome the habit of worrying
10:36 How can we deal with overwhelming thoughts?
12:35 How to deal with a stronger attachment to worldly things, in spite of meditation
14:12 How can we watch a thought without it becoming active, turning into a stream of thoughts?
16:30 Is contemplation different from meditation?
17:54 When practicing japa should you think of the mantra or the deity?
18:34 Is multi-tasking in the mind really possible?
19:59 During Babaji's 20 years of training, what was the mind focused on?
21:00 Was Babaji trying to please Swamiji during this training?
21:53 Is intelligence the same as the mind or the brain?
23:25 Is intelligence necessary for spirituality?
26:52 Should we use the mind to keep the mind under control?
28:14 In daily life, how do we recognise which thoughts to act on and which thoughts not to act on?
33:00 What should we do when our mind starts to stray from the spiritual practice?
35:06 How can we disconnect from obsessive or foolish thoughts?
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Shri Babaji clears doubts about the devotional path.
A themed Q&A recorded on 16 October 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
1:13 How should a devotee act?
3:18 Should we surrender to God, Guru or everything?
4:19 Difference between 'love for the sake of love' and blind faith
5:51 Paying apt attention
8:01 Does singing devotional songs help in developing devotion?
9:04 Is prayer necessary or helpful?
10:05 How should a devotee ask a question to a Master?
12:26 Is it possible for someone to develop devotion?
13:40 How can devotion be lost and how can it be regained?
14:46 Can devotion be to something abstract?
16:19 Can devotion overcome obstacles to reach god?
17:30 Did Babaji practice devotion, meditation and service equally or one more than the other?
21:24 During the 20 years serving Swamiji did Babaji's devotion change in any way?
23:57 When being tested strongly by Swamiji, how did this affect Babaji?
24:57 When a bad thing happened to Babaji, would Babaji take any action?
26:15 Is there a difference between devotion and blind faith?
27:11 A story on Hanuman and his devotion towards Ram
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Shri Babaji answers questions from US devotees.
An online Q&A recorded on 1 August 2021, with US participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:07 What is the difference between physical matter and the mental matter?
3:23 The real truth of spirituality
6:17 The mirror between the relative and the absolute
9:52 What is right action?
13:55 How to overcome extreme anger
17:50 Spirit guides, ghosts etc - are they distractions from spirituality?
19:38 Strong electric sensation in the body during meditation
21:33 Should we fight our mental disturbances?
23:25 How to overcome difficulty with the meditation technique
28:50 Can action without expectations act as a meditation?
31:15 Can 'mediums' communicate to people on the other side?
32:26 What is the source of thought?
33:37 Is there a causal connection with thought? What makes it arise?
34:57 Practicing acceptance when being active in the world
36:07 How to overcome emotions of sadness, grief and loss
39:21 Does thinking of world peace bring you further into illusion?
41:48 How to manifest positive imaginations
43:41 What happens after we die?
46:55 The attitudes that are carried from life to life
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How to Balance Spiritual and Material Life Pt2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 59
A themed Q&A with Shri Babaji recorded on 26 August 2021, with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Stress due to tug of war between worldly responsibilities and the spiritual path
4:27 A fear of a change of attitude as a result of acquiring wealth
6:18 Is it ok to claim ownership of our own properties and to defend it if necessary? If so how can we remain detached in the process?
9:00 Is it ok to come onto the path of spirituality no matter what the reason is?
11:49 If a person works hard to earn money to give to the poor and needy, will this action help them to spiritually grow and purify the mind?
13:06 How can we live happily in the material world while simultaneously being spiritual?
16:20 How to handle friends who do not understand the spiritual path
17:49 A heavy head after meditating for some time
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Babaji answers questions on The Mind.
A themed Q&A with Shri Babaji recorded on 09 October 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:13 What is the mind?
2:45 Why does the infinite consciousness seem to have a location in our individual mind?
7:14 What is 'viveka' or discrimination?
10:52 Should we take discrimination as a mental pratice outside meditation?
13:02 As we develop discrimination do we also develop detachment to the outside world?
14:08 Is it the mind or the brain that makes a judgment?
22:47 What is it that incarnates from life to life?
28:59 If the mind gets weaker each lifetime, how can we reverse this process?
33:57 What is meant by a troubled mind?
35:35 Does the soul go on a journey to the new incarnation?
41:13 Is it possible to remember a past life?
42:48 What is meant by the mind getting weaker with each birth?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.57
An online Q&A with Shri Babaji, recorded on 18 July 2021, with US participants
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0:00 Introduction
0:07 Babaji explains the quote "You are more than you imagine, know your true Self"
1:53 When consciousness come in contact with the brain, does that create the 'I am' sense?
3:03 Is the spiritual journey simply a shifting of our consciousness of what is in the mind to the watcher?
4:01 What can we do during the day, besides meditation, to bring our attention to the Self?
6:01 What is happening in the 'now' moment?
7:11 Why do imaginations seem to spring up automatically?
7:48 Can hearing the truth take away all doubts?
10:45 How to break the myths in the mind
12:25 Lust and greed
17:39 How to dissolve the samskaras
21:58 How to figure out what to do next in life
23:18 Can working intensely in our everyday lives be like a tapas for us?
25:15 How to get back to single-pointed focus in meditation
27:45 Is it possible to achieve total celibacy in meditation?
28:53 Is the world happening at random?
34:23 Is purification of the mind in meditation the same as balancing karma?
36:34 Is 1 hour a day enough meditation?
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How to Balance Spiritual and Material Life | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 56
A themed Q&A with Shri Babaji recorded on 12 August 2021, with Malaysian participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:08 Is the spiritual world and material world a reality or made up by the mind?
3:06 I it possible to synchronize both spiritual and material life?
6:27 Can one enjoy material things and still progress in spiritual life?
10:00 How can we best keep the mind with the Divine while performing material duties?
18:15 How to make a connection to the higher purpose while doing everyday things
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The Role Of The Guru.
A themed Q&A with Shri Babaji recorded on 2 October 2021, with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction
0:16 What is the meaning of 'the Guru'?
0:55 Is it important for a Guru to be Self-Realized?
2:22 What other teachers inspired you before meeting your Guru?
6:40 What was it about your Guru, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj, that caused you to fall in love and surrender?
11:36 The voice which directed Babaji to Swamiji as His Guru
21:32 What is the role of the disciple?
24:20 Can you achieve Self-Realization without a Guru?
28:23 The saying 'Don't get too close to the Guru and don't get too far away from the Guru'
32:09 How can we identify a true Guru?
35:41 Can someone follow more than one Guru?
37:50 How can someone with a family and commitments follow a Guru properly?
40:25 What to do if your partner or family disapproves of your Guru
44:01 What is God?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.54
An online Q&A with Shri Babaji, recorded on 4 September 2021, with worldwide participants
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0:00 Introduction
0:07 Is ego the mind?
02:04 What are the three gunas?
04:22 Advice on overcoming difficulty of meditation
06:47 What does it mean to have a non-violent mind?
11:01 Where do the images we see in meditation come from?
12:33 How to maintain the focus for longer periods of meditation?
15:37 Where does the violent mind originate?
19:41 Is observation itself a thought?
21:30 What is the value of dancing etc in spirituality of other cultures?
24:17 How to be more patient?
27:04 What determines which guna predominates?
29:49 The mind itself has no desires but desires come with thoughts
31:24 Should we rise abover feelings of empathy?
33:15 Would we have previously resolved that we would be in contact with Babaji?
34:26 When a loved one has died, what advice would you give to the surviving partner?
35:58 How many lifetimes would we have known or met Babaji?
38:07 A question about a story from Ramakrishna
41:14 If we are the ocean, why does the individual droplet not burst?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.53
A themed Q&A with Shri Babaji on the topic 'Meditation and Samadhi', recorded on 29 July 2021, with participants from Malaysia.
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0:00 Introduction
0:15 What are the benefits of meditation and why is it not given utmost importance in society?
8:22 What are the things we should not do before and during meditation?
12:12 My mind keeps on wandering on other things in meditation, how to fix this?
13:47 What causes a headache in meditation?
15:08 How do we increase the meditative state more effectively?
17:54 Does watching the mind during daily activities improve meditation?
19:28 What is the state of samadhi?
21:04 What is the difference between complete meditative state and samadhi?
23:07 Is it true that people benefit from being around a person in samadhi?
24:53 What happens to the body when the mind is in samadhi?
26:27 Can one go into samadhi due to intense bhakti (devotion)?
28:26 How does the mind come out of samadhi?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.52
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 15 August 2021, with US participants
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:56 The culmination of Swamiji's Tapas
6:12 Meaning of Yoga 'union'
7:41 How a Yogi uses the mind in the world
8:47 Meaning of 'bala' in Shivabalayogi
9:29 How to get unstuck from the changing reality
14:36 Is it memory that causes time?
16:49 Stopping the cravings of the mind
18:18 What keeps the Yogi's body functioning?
20:52 Can God be reached in our current state or only in samadhi state?
22:56 Do we see ourselves in other people, and who is watching through me?
24:34 As we go through our daily lives how can we develop positive karma?
27:18 Going to the route cause
31:57 How to integrate all sadhanas
36:21 How to practice discrimination of the real and unreal and control of the senses
39:53 How to carry the peace from meditation into daily life
41:39 What to say to people who have a fear of disappearing from the world
45:02 Mind out of alignment with the physical body
46:45 Physical exercise
47:33 What part of the mind does desire come from?
49:54 How to 'watch' the desire
50:45 Samadhi versus sleep
51:50 What to do when your help is rejected
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.51
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 11 September 2021, with worldwide participants
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
5:24 When mind becomes independent of brain, brain loses ego of being the master, is this during meditation or after as well?
7:24 Can we change our destiny or do we simply watch our destiny unfold?
8:32 What is the significance of Ganesha?
12:39 Do we need to give up all worldly activities for Self Realization?
14:12 What is Guru's grace?
15:25 Is it possible to live without ambition and desire when living in the world?
17:03 How do we cultivate faith?
18:14 When we experience physical ailments, is this because of karma or simply frailty of the body?
20:56 With meditation is it possible to remove past impressions of people who have misbehaved?
22:35 How does a Guru bless a devotee?
24:12 When to talk and when not to talk?
25:31 How should we treat employees?
27:37 How should we control the tongue in food and speech?
30:08 Can a person's basic temperament change through meditation?
31:38 In meditation if our focus is just on being aware, will our judgments slowly drop away?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.50
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 15 July 2021, with participants from Malaysia
Babaji answers questions on the topic of 'karma' - Part 2.
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:14 How do we know that we have karma and how do we remove it?
2:38 Has God already written our destiny?
7:54 Does a person who is causing suffering escape from his or her karma as they are paying back the previous life's karma?
9:02 How can we see what the lesson is we are supposed to learn from an incident?
10:42 On the spiritual path s it important to know what our pending karma is?
12:27 Should we act in a particular way based on karma?
13:55 Can Realizing our Self stop the negative effect of prarabdha karma?
14:38 Is getting Realized in our life time decided by our karma?
15:30 If paramatman or pure consciousness is not affected by the law of karma, why is the atman affected?
19:16 Why do people commit suicide, is it due to their previous karma?
21:14 Does our karma decide when we get into spiritual life?
22:46 How can we mend deep hurt in our mind?
25:42 When we say we forgive someone, can we just keep a distance from them?
27:26 If till the end we couldn't forgive someone, does that mean we have to meet the same person in the next birth?
29:29 How do we live life with the principal of dhyana, dharma and karma?
31:14 What can we do for the departed to ensure a good journey to God?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.49
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 12 September 2021, with US participants
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Jangama meditation technique of focusing the mind between the eyebrows
4:02 To have the consciousness of existence do you need the body?
6:01 Fixing the eyeballs in between eyebrows in meditation
8:30 How to remember the consciousness of existence outside of meditation
15:06 Some advice for a newcomer on how to go on the spiritual path
17:18 Does meditation increase detachment to the world?
19:05 What is the difference between watching and concentration?
20:04 The mind unable to stay still when trying to concentrate on an object
22:3 Can we say that the watcher and the watched disappear and finally watching remains?
25:10 Is there a difference between the third eye chakra and the space between the eyebrows?
27:00 How to silence the auditory component of thoughts
27:52 After how many months of tapas did it take to achieve thoughtlessness?
29:39 What would bring you out of deep meditation?
30:09 How to be content and grateful and avoid fear of poverty in your practice
32:31 Is Jangama dhyana in line with Patanjali yogi sutras or non-duality meditation?
33:22 Mental chatter that comes in meditation
34:47 Is it ok to be attracted to chanting mantras? Does cleansing of the mind occur during chanting?
36:39 How sadhana affects our actions in daily life and visa versa.
38:12 Are we going back to being a child as the mind becomes purified?
39:46 Joy when dancing
40:55 How to avoid the body jerking during meditation
42:03 How to cope with getting older as we experience more physical problems
47:03 How many thoughts would Swamiji have had when in tapas for 12 years?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.48
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 18 September 2021, with worldwide participants
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
14:37 Mind getting active towards the end of meditation
15:29 Meaning of Vidhya Avidhya Swaroopini
16:50 When we watch in mediation are we actually watching space or is this an imagination?
17:52 When we follow the path of meditation and spirituality, do we gain knowledge aswell?
18:42 Attention of eyeballs drops down during meditation
20:56 Is it the grace of the Guru that brings a natural vairagya?
21:51 When Babaji talks of knowledge, is it the text book knowledge?
23:18 Will there be a miracle in the world?
24:33 Is 1 hour meditation per day essential?
25:29 What aspects of the body drop off and what are those that stay when we die?
32:55 How does the process of concentration take place?
35:49 What is the ideal lifetime of a human?
38:01 Babaji describes a dream He had of Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj
41:19 The meaning of an encounter between Ramakrishna and Vivekananda
42:57 An energy around the head during meditation
45:11 How can one cultivate devotion towards ones Guru?
46:34 Is loving the Guru even stronger than the desire for Realization?
47:19 Is meditation still helpful if we do not experience silence in the mind?
49:01 Intermittent fasting
50:09 Is there a positive side to sufferings that arise in the world?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.47
A themed Q&A with Shri Babaji, part 2 of the topic 'How to live a spiritual life', recorded on 27 May 2021, with participants from Malaysia.
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0:00 Introduction
0:06 What do you mean when you say 'spiritual life' and why is spiritual living important?
3:32 What should we do to live a spiritual life?
5:29 What is the difference between being spiritual and being religious?
9:31 Is spiritual growth the removal of unwanted paths and beliefs?
11:09 What is spiritual sadhana?
12:54 What makes a person spiritually good? Is it just meditation alone?
15:19 How do I know that I am growing spiritually?
16:45 How do we keep mankind happy at all times?
18:32 How can one keep remembering god at all times?
21:49 What are the things we should do and not do before and during meditation?
23:58 What are the benefits of doing meditation?
26:06 How to stop the mind wandering during meditation?
27:56 How to avoid headaches when trying to focus in between the eyebrows during meditation.
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.46
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 20 June 2021, with US participants
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
4:03 What is the natural state of the mind?
8:12 What happens in the mind when Babaji answers a question?
9:56 How can we get control of our mind?
12:39 What is life like for a person with a controlled mind?
15:49 How to function through the day without a mind full of thoughts?
18:42 What is intuition?
20:27 'Me and mine' and the 'I' concept
22:04 How to continue sadhana outside meditation
25:00 Tingling sensations in the throat during meditation
26:14 How do we love like Babaji?
31:20 Are our debts to our teachers the reason for our avalanche of thoughts?
37:04 What is it like to do meditation? (asked by a child)
38:17 Why not enjoy the lifetimes of being devoted to god rather than becoming Self-Realized?
42:32 How does the knowledge and wisdom come from the silent mind of a Yogi?
43:54 Where is the awareness knowledge that eliminates the Avidya (ignorance) and Maya (illusion)
48:19 How important is vairagya?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.45
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 19 June 2021, with worldwide participants
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
4:01 The true meaning of dharma
5:47 I can easily have a quiet mind when walking in nature but not when sitting in meditation
8:55 Does the awareness of the space come from an inner awareness?
9:57 Control of the eyes
13:13 Are the yugas real?
18:32 Spirituality as a science
26:36 Prostrating to the Guru
27:42 How to calm down when agitated during the day, outside of meditation
29:15 Aggression in nature reflected in human aggression
34:05 What does God Realization mean?
39:07 At the end of creation what happens to the individual souls that are not Realized?
41:27 Exercises to do before meditation
43:15 Why are Self-Realized masters so rare?
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Themed Q&A: Karma | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.44
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 24 June 2021, with Malaysian participants
The next in the series of themed Q&As, Babaji answers questions on the topic of karma.
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:06 What is karma yoga and how to adopt it in our daily life?
11:01 What is good karma and what is bad karma? Is it subjective?
16:20 How do thoughts and feelings affect our karma?
17:14 Does having a guru and doing sadhana reduce one's bad karma?
19:05 Does a person have to go through the consequences of his/her actions irrespective of their sadhana?
22:48 If children disobey parents does this generate karma? How are parent and child affected?
27:32 Does past life karma exist, if so how do we get rid of this? Is it fair to us if we don't know what we did in a past life?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.43
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 4 July 2021, with participants from US
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:18 What is meant by the Self?
5:58 What directs our awareness?
8:53 Is reviewing ourselves in meditation also an imagination?
10:52 An experience in meditation
13:33 What is the difference between consciousness and energy?
14:48 When we stop needing to look for happiness do we automatically arrive at Self Realization?
16:08 Is Realization another word for Divine love?
16:35 If the sense of 'I' disappears, what takes its place?
17:59 Even if the 'I' disappears, do you still know that you exist?
19:39 Churning in stomach and heart when meditating later in the day
22:49 Is the Divine and God ultimately an imagination?
25:52 Peaceful state comes easier when sitting in nature rather than when trying to meditate
30:23 Inspiration coming up during meditation
34:35 Can listening to a sound help in meditation?
39:35 Instead of concentrating on sound can you concentrate on silence?
40:11 Significance of an image of ganesha appearing in meditation
41:55 Can one follow multiple paths?
43:35 Can one meditate on a bus journey?
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Themed Q&A: Meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.42
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 26 June 2021, with worldwide participants
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 What is the purpose of meditation?
2:35 Are the physical health benefits to meditation?
3:48 What do all types of meditation have in common? How do they differ?
9:19 The meaning of the ancient word for meditation, dhyana
11:39 What are we watching in meditation?
18:02How long should we have to meditate for before we experience the benefits?
20:30 How can we prepare ourselves for meditation?
22:46 What was the purpose of ancient sages meditating in mountains and caves?
27:01 Obstacles and things to avoid in meditation
29:31 A fear of no thoughts, silence in the mind
31:34 What to do when mind is agitated in meditation
34:59 Are there different stages in meditation?
37:02 Why is this technique called Jangama meditation?
38:54 What to do when images appear in meditation
41:54 What to do when experiencing energy currents in the body during meditation
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.41
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 6 June 2021, with participants from US
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:06 The difference between discrimination and judgment
6:06 What are the impurities of the mind and how do you get rid of them?
7:54 Can someone be established in the Self and think also?
12:36 What role does community play on the spiritual path?
13:29 What is the difference between Jangama dhyana and Ramana Maharshi's path of enquiry?
16:18 Can you get powers when you chant mantras?
18:13 How does one know you are progressing in meditation?
18:59 How to overcome temptations and do the right thing when we still have our health?
26:27 To relax into the Guru to be carried to safety
29:29 How do Buddha's and Ramakrishna's practices differ from Babaji's?
32:06 The two aspects of the mind, to watch or to think.
39:39 A feeling of 'just being' in meditation and in waking state
40:55 Ego out of fear of the unknown
42:41 What happens to the body and mind when we watch in between eyebrows in meditation?
46:06 What happens to the energy centres of the body in meditation?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.40
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 13 May 2021, with participants from Malaysia.
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In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:20 What is meant by the Guru's lotus feet?
1:39 How to meditate when the mind is in a highly agitated state?
3:51 How to overcome the fear of leaving loved ones behind when we die
5:25 What is the relationship between the mind and consciousness?
6:39 Why is anger still there in some situations even after practising meditation?
10:04 How do we do yearly prayers for deceased parents?
11:28 While progressing in meditation is it possible to gain siddhis (spiritual powers)
12:57 What do we need to do to see God everywhere, outside of meditation practice?
14:11 How to love unconditionally
15:44 How to keep Babaji in mind when we are experiencing happy thoughts
17:36 How important is it to be in constant conversation with Swamiji in the mind?
19:47 How to resolve the attachment that comes from being in a soul group?
20:48 Is there a proper way to conduct daily prayers?
21:54 Does being a vegetarian make you more spiritual?
23:44 Movement of eyeballs and past emotions in meditation
25:15 How to best spend the time when too tired to meditate?
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In the first of a series of themed Q&A sessions with Babaji, the topic 'How to live a spiritual life' is explored.
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0:00 Introduction
0:06 What are the characteristics of a spiritual person?
1:43 What does Babaji mean when defining people's behaviour as being either mature or immature?
5:20 Can a spiritual person get involved in helping people or is there a danger in getting too involved?
6:39 How do we get the balance between being compassionate and detached?
10:18 The fear that not being emotional will make us lose the sense of love in our life.
13:33 How does a spiritual person handle people who behave wrongly?
18:27 Should we always accept the results of anything that happens to us?
19:43 Karma or destiny, which is it?
22:51 What is it from within that comes up with excuses not to do meditation or spiritual practices?
26:00 Does it take a super-human effort to achieve Self-Realization?
29:03 What inspired Babaji as a young child to adopt the spiritual life before meeting Swamiji?
31:10 What did Babaji do as a young child while spending time alone in the temple?
33:57 How can people with worldly responsibilities be spiritual outside of meditation practice?
37:08 Should we give up the world?
40:37 How do we maintain mental peace whilst in the world?
45:41 Not being critical of others, but critical of ourselves
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.38
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 23 May 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Summary of the essential points of Babaji's teachings
1:47 Is imagination the seed within consciousness to create?
16:16 Creativity in the standpoint of the larger cause
22:06 Does a Yogi still have imaginations?
23:20 How do we go beyond our emotions?
26:50 Teaching meditation to medical patients
29:33 How to practice karma yoga and how to be more regular in meditation practice
34:57 Is the best sanskrit word for imagination maya or avidya?
36:31 Instantaneous love for a Yogi or Saint
38:27 Where do desires arise from?
40:56 The last instruction that Krishna gave to Arjuna on the battlefield in the Bhagavad Gita
46:38 What's the difference between imagination and creativity?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.37
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 24 April 2021, with UK participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:06 Watching in-between the eyebrows in meditation
2:14 Is there any point in pursuing happiness as we are bound to be unhappy later on?
5:36 Request for advice on a life decision
7:19 Swamiji's Mahasamadhi and yoga nidra
8:35 Is kundalini required for Self-Realization?
10:32 Finding peace when practicing in nature
11:53 The purpose of pain in the life of a meditator
14:44 Is meditation good for physical as well as mental health?
15:36 Does meditation transform the energies that we have in our bodies/minds or does it bring us to experience different energies?
17:16 Importance of acceptance
19:14 Is it necessary to have a sense of security to be able to have acceptance?
20:26 Giving up the fruits of actions in daily life
21:48 How to get around judging ourselves negatively
23:24 Is it ok to take consolation in the thought that the past had to happen in that way?
27:02 Overcoming impact of past events on oneself
30:11 Is it always the right thing to forgive and forget?
32:18 Things to remember on the path
33:08 How to get rid of bad habits
34:26 Reaction to the teaching 'turn the other cheek'
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.36
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 11 April 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:06 What is meant by the Self in Self-Realization?
3:11 The mind and the 'I'
5:08 Mind and Pure consciousness
8:12 Why has imagination appeared in the first place, where is the need?
12:11 Is space aware of its own existence?
12:26 Watching in meditation, do we watch the thought?
15:48 Enjoyments in everyday life and spiritual practice, yoga and bhoga
19:01 When to get up from meditation it is restless
20:44 Is samadhi a glimpse of Self-Realization?
23:53 Nirvikalpa Samadhi
25:36 How to keep peaceful throughout the day
27:28 Through meditation alone can we experience non-violence in thought and action?
29:25 Bringing peace into a busy life
32:04 Giving up the world
36:51 Anxiety and fear during lock-down and meditation practice
41:28 Clinging onto thoughts
43:41 The story of 'Rudra'
46:53 Only one samadhi
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.35
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 1 May 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
6:34 As consciousness weakens with each rebirth does spiritual practice become more difficult each time?
9:16 What is the trigger to cause us to go to the knowers of the Truth?
12:29 Is the time for one to go into Tapas already written?
13:43 What is the meaning of the homa ceremony?
15:35 Does the mind control the brain?
17:56 Going through tough periods in meditation
21:28 Does the Guru always know what the seeker is going through?
24:07 How to move on from sadness due to lost opportunities in the past
25:34 How to stop feeling like a failure
27:13 How Ravana could not get the grace of the Guru due to ego
29:34 The gaps between thoughts
31:07 Is it better to gradually increase the time of meditation rather than increase quickly?
32:15 What is the motivation of a Yogi to do anything after Self-Realization?
34:27 How does a Yogi experience extreme emotions?
36:50 How to know if our meditation practice is in service of the ego instead of to Guru and divinity?
38:14 How can we awaken the kundalini shakti through meditation?
40:49 Dava and duaa, medicine and prayer
42:08 Do the effects of actions make much difference for 2 people who both meditate long hours?
44:44 For the last moments before death, should we meditate or chant the name of god?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.34
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 25 April 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Is a Self-Realized person free of desire?
2:41 How does a personality of a Self-Realized person function?
3:53 What does Babaji see in us?
5:03 Babaji's explanation of His answer "I made myself disappear"
6:46 The bliss of the Self
8:16 Isn't bliss an experience of individuality?
9:27 Explanation of a passage from the Bhagavad Gita
12:34 Liberation from the cycle of birth and death
18:59 The senses and watching during meditation
22:30 Using sexuality and tantra yoga for spiritual progress
24:20 The computer's effect on the brain
26:32 Anger arising through breathing exercise
27:57 Service and meditation
30:21 Destiny and Self-Realization
33:40 Keeping our attention on something while active in the world
36:25 Sustaining the effects of meditation in daily life
41:07 Death and what comes back in reincarnation?
50:09 Should one have caution to feelings of sweetness?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.33
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 09 May 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
3:10 What is mind and the difference between mind of a Self-Realized person and a non-Self-Realized person?
9:40 Focus, awareness and silence
13:07 Is focus initially a function of the mind?
15:34 Awareness of the Self and samadhi
18:10 Awareness with no thought, 'I' and yoga nidra
22:18 What is the energy within consciousness and where does it come from?
23:15 Is there some way to avoid yoga nidra?
24:30 Can you use blissful feelings as an anchor in meditation?
25:29 Watching and not reacting in meditation
26:16 Is there a consciousness that created our consciousness?
31:08 Quality of meditation when in Babaji's presence versus when alone
34:10 What is the role of grace in the achievement of awareness?
35:45 Can we change our thinking to create a more positive state of being
38:14 How can eternal existence be known without the tools of time and space?
39:48 What other works of Adi Shankara would Babaji recommend outside Viveka Choodamani?
41:11 Connection between art and spirituality
42:51The role of discrimination in our journey of quietening the mind
45:43 How can meditation help with conflict in the mind
46:53 Is living a monastic life in an ashram the ultimate way of living?
50:21 Are memories and emotions stored in the chakras?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.32
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 08 May 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:24 The importance of initiation
3:44 How to sit if we have a back problem
4:39 How to go inwards, unaware of surroundings in meditation
5:37 Worldly desires preventing one to go deeper in meditation
6:55 How important are funeral rites to be performed for the deceased?
10:13 Can we produce thoughts that we can't recognise as thoughts?
11:33 When we observe the point between eyebrows, is that also a thought?
12:23 Do we still benefit from meditation even when we have lots of thoughts in meditation?
14:25 Flickering eyelids during meditation
16:41 For a Self-Realized master does the body feel restrictive?
18:03 How to remedy being attracted to people before getting to know them
19:13 Intense energy experiences in meditation, is this an imagination?
20:17 How a single-pointed concentration makes the consciousness expand
21:57 Feeling of boredom
22:59 How can regular meditation and total devotion to Guru lead to supreme peace?
24:08 What happens when we have total love and devotion to the Guru?
24:56 Using imagination in everyday life.
27:05 What does it mean to have a strong mind
28:46 Is it a weakness of the human mind to want God to fulfil our wishes?
30:45 Is it ok to change a situation in the interest of peace?
32:03 What happens to the soul after death?
34:50 Heart pumping strongly in deeper meditations
36:28 Can a Yogi be born again?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.31
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 21 March 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
14:34 Unwavering focus on one thing in meditation
16:28 What is focusing the attention, the mind or the awareness?
17:51 Thoughts in the background during meditation
20:02 Do all forms of meditation eventually come to the stage of 'watching'?
21:35 Consciousness and the mind
23:51 Experience of different dimension and the heart beating faster in meditation
26:31 Gayatri Mantra chanting and meditation
29:06 Planning things while in meditation
30:32 Going back to the point between the eyebrows after disturbing thoughts appear in meditation
32:27 Benefits of meditation to daily life
34:41 Is the thoughtless state the ultimate goal?
37:52 Relationship between consciousness and mind
39:07 Excitement when reaching a quiet state
40:19 How can we help people affected by gender or race issues?
42:15 The breath and meditation
44:19 Explanation of the name Jangama in Jangama dhyana
46:02 The saying, 'Liberation isn't of the person, it is from the person'
47:10 Is liberation the state of no thoughts in the mind?
51:38 If eternal consciousness is all-pervaded, how are there different consciousness having different experiences?
54:57 Where does love fit into the six shapes of the mind?
56:05 Did creation never happen, or is consciousness and creation equally real, like fire and its power to burn?
58:22 Does our need for sleep at night diminish as we practice meditation?
1:00:17 For the majority of people this world and its sufferings are very real, how can they be liberated from it?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.30
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 06 February 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:04 The importance of patience
7:26 Why is the number 108 used for japa, beads etc?
9:27 When something happens in the day that distracts us from doing our daily meditation
10:40 When we meditate it is the Self that is watching
12:27 A question about ayahuasca
13:30 Is a Self Realized master aware when body is asleep?
15:17 Why has the droplet separated from the ocean of the Divine?
16:36 What is the significance of 'lotus feet'?
17:28 Use of an eye patch to give comfort to eyes when meditating
19:02 What happens to the soul when we die, and can a soul be good or bad?
22:33 The mind as your conscious energy
24:55 When do we know when the mind is purified and how long will it take?
26:39 Who is the real Self?
28:49 What is difference between Samadhi and Nirvikalpa Samadhi and how can it be achieved?
31:36 Difference between trance and meditation
33:59 The world as your Guru
36:08 What are angels?
38:07 How can ultimate intelligence of real Self work without thoughts?
40:09 Can being in the presence of someone in samadhi help to achieve samadhi also?
40:50 How to maintain patience when one is attacked verbally and emotionally?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.29
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 13 February 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:22 Are there other worlds?
2:54 A request for blessings to achieve enlightenment
3:27 Dealing with a recently departed family member
4:23 Meditating for longer periods
6:06 Are we the breath?
7:18 How should we target our prayers?
7:57 How can we be happy when there is conflict everywhere?
10:00 Increasing meditation time
10:34 Expressing gratitude and meditation
11:51 Are there any desires after total surrender?
13:09 How to control body movements during meditation
14:43 Meaning of 'Silence is the weapon' and teaching in silence
18:01 How to spend the day in silence
20:03 Is the happiness from meditation the same for each of us?
20:49 Balance between material and spiritual world
24:33 For an individual to be truly peaceful do all beings have to find peace?
26:07 How to deal with strong negative emotions?
26:56 How to live in the present, achieve enlightenment
28:13 Can there be real enlightenment only when everyone has peace?
30:09 Is our real Self only revealed after Tapas is performed?
30:59 If we concentrate on things we love do we become more in tune with God?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.28
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 28 February 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Intro
0:06 Imagination is no ordinary power
10:45 'Being', beyond your existence as a human being
17:39 Experience of bliss and the mind going off
21:14 Manifestation from imagination
24:53 Concentrating the mind
29:19 How is shakti transmitted?
34:16 Can meditation improve mental and physical flexibility?
36:38 Will everything eventually be absorbed into the Divine?
39:06 How to stay in the state of 'no thinking'
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.27
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 6 March 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:25 Can a person striving for material success practice daily meditation?
2:17 How to get rid of negative thoughts in meditation and daily life?
3:53 How to deal with anxious thoughts in meditation
6:40 How to ignore habits that take us away from positive intentions.
8:11 The illusion that thoughts are there that you can't perceive
9:16 The meaning of vairagya
10:28 Getting so absorbed in thoughts that you don't hear anything
12:45 Mindfulness
13:23 How we accumulate karma
16:51 How to avoid making plans during meditation
18:36 Do animals and plants also have consciousness and energy?
20:19 Why is 'watching' so important in meditation?
22:25 Emotions of love and anger
25:22 How to do longer meditations
27:17 How longer meditations affect us
28:04 The Self as consciousness and energy
36:41 How to get rid of loneliness
39:50 Is faith connected to acceptance?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.26
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 7 March 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Intro
0:06 Difference between being conscious, consciousness and eternal existence
4:12 Do you need a body to have consciousness of existence?
5:43 What is the state of a Self Realized Yogi's mind?
9:08A feeling of being outside the body during meditation
10:57 Is body in the consciousness or is the consciousness is in the body?
12:32 The subtle body
13:13 Prarabdha Karma
19:08 How watching purifies the mind of the acquired habits
24:07 Guided by your acquired habits
26:21 Fear and the watcher
27:49 Does watching lead to simply 'being'?
29:50 Is fear a form of desire?
32:16 Will non-attachment to things change our destiny?
35:17 An urge to get up during meditation
36:21 What is infinity?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.25
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 13 March 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Intro from Babaji
4:28 The practice of brahmacharya
6:20 How to stay in stillness
9:00 Willpower
10:18 How to know when its the right time to transform ourselves and dealing with people who don't understand our path
11:42 The witness in meditation and oneness
14:35 Can meditation help with loneliness?
15:45 Your attention in meditation
23:32 What is unconsciousness?
27:15 Can you know what you were in a previous life?
29:03 What is destiny and can we change our destiny?
31:55 In meditation are we supposed to replicate deep sleep but with conscious awareness?
33:15 In deep sleep has the mind merged with the Self at that time?
34:22 Surrendering your responsibilities to the Guru
36:20 Is the mind space? Do we become space when we no longer hold onto thoughts?
38:20 Is faith the same as belief?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.24
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 20 December 2020, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Intro
0:07 The 'I am' consciousness
11:05 Is it the habit of activity that causes a thought to appear?
12:35 Not following thoughts in meditation
13:33 Achieving Self Realization
18:11 Is the feeling of peace in meditation an imagination also?
20:14 Tapas
24:50 Willpower and doership
27:07 How to make sure we maintain the need to meditate
29:21 Is the expansiveness of consciousness an experience in the mind?
31:08 Our sadhana (efforts) as a fixed deposit
34:17 Should we avoid professions that require a lot of analysing and judging?
36:28 Where does the concept of ghosts and dark spirits come from?
38:57 Whatever we imagine, we experience that as a reality
40:14 Reincarnation
44:34 Initiation into meditation
45:39 What age can we initiate youngsters into meditation?
48:20 Can we jump from kali yuga into sat yuga?
52:14 If our job requires intellectual work is that detrimental to attaining awareness of the Truth
53:29 How are acquired habits created by judgments?
57:20 Watching a single point and the mind watching itself
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.23
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 20 March 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:17 When and how will I be able to know the Truth of the Self?
3:05 Is isolation from other people important?
4:22 Is the process of thinking an addiction?
5:28 How can we overcome doubt in the Guru?
7:05 Does the universe exist outside of our mind?
10:15 Why do we consider Hanuman as the perfect devotee?
13:11 Babaji explains a recent quote about a Yogi being like a mirror
15:37 How can we become better human beings?
17:14 When we have difficulties in life, is it to help us grow?
19:08 How can we burn out our karmas?
23:44 What is personality?
26:09 Where does the question 'Who am I?' come from?
27:29 How to prevent worldly experiences being imprinted on the minds of children
31:07 If karma does not exist how will people be accountable for their actions?
32:36 Kundalini
34:32 How can we be kind to ourselves?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.22
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 27 February 2021, with worldwide participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:12 How to forget and forgive others who have insulted you
3:24 Where does my responsibility to help end and the responsibility of the other person start?
5:13 How to tell the difference between peace in the mind and drifting into sleep in meditation
6:18 Difference between what we see outside and what we see inside the mind
7:23 What does Babaji mean by "Be kind to yourself" in meditation?
9:07 Relationship between our body, brain and the mind
12:42 How to overcome laziness
14:08 How to find out who we are
15:17 How we benefit physically from meditation practice
16:17 How to regain faith
17:21 How reincarnation happens
18:31 How to liberate ourselves from ignorance
20:01 Impact of memory on the mind
22:30 The goal of meditation
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.21
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 14 February 2021, with US participants.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Intro
00:05 What did the Divine request of Shivabalayogi at completion of His Tapas? What is the True Self as compared to the imagined self?
10:02 A quote that Babaji read as a young boy
10:52 Bringing the mind back to pure consciousness
14:49 What is the purpose of life? Are we the body?
26:36 Using the mind itself to slay the mind
28:15 A runny nose in meditation
29:51 Being conscious of a danger but not being over burdened by fear
32:04 Living in the world, utilizing your talents to help others, but not getting caught in the trap of this world.
34:48 Is there a state where there is no awareness in meditation?
37:14 Was Shiva and Parvati appearing at the end of Swamiji's Tapas a unique experience to Swamiji?
38:56 Is the element of Akash one and the same as the Supreme Consciousness?
40:17 Purification of the vasanas
41:43 Being sure you are doing the right thing in following a Guru
43:37 How to overcome an unpleasant state of mind after a series of unfortunate events
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.20
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 10 January 2021.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
8:05 Time, place and posture for meditation
10:05 An experience while making an offering at a temple
11:69 A dropping back in meditation
11:05 How do we know we are following the meditation instructions correctly & coming to Ashram after fulfilling role as husband and father
13:07 Significance of sitting in different directions in Tapas
15:36 How to manage our energy
18:06 How do we forgive and bring justice to the atrocities of the past
20:05 Explanation of 'thou art That'
22:00 How can we be sure that we are truly meditating and not imagining
24:30 How long will it take for a beginner to reduce thoughts, anxiety and stress?
27:48 Fasting
30:01 Is God, time and space all a concept?
32:03Does consciousness expand as our concentration becomes more focused?
34:13 Does the practice of silence help in mind activity as well as in meditation?
35:50 Are substances like tobacco to be avoided?
37:09 Does Vedanta and Bhakti Marga help to reach the final goal?
39:45 Happiness and Self-Realization
41:50 Maintaining inner peace after meditation
44:14 Experience of energetic force after initiation into meditation
46:54 Closing words from Babaji
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.19
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 30 January 2021.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
3:51 Participating in jury service
4:50 Finding out who you are through 'watching' in meditation
6:35 Difficulty in focusing in meditation
7:42 Should we be concerned with the consequences of our actions?
10:46 Having a cellphone in the room during the meditation
11:25 How to grow good desires and reduce bad desires
13:43 The serenity prayer
15:48 Feeling a presence during meditation
16:34 What part does the mind and brain play in forming emotions?
18:36 Should we listen to helpful insights that we get during meditation?
22:16 Daunted by the amount of sadhana needed
23:56 The meaning of Rudra and how Babaji received the name.
26:25 What is special about rudraksha beads.
27:39 The prayer that Babaji chants at the end of meditation
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A live online Q and A session, recorded on 2 January 2021.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
6:26 What do you see in meditation when the mind is quiet?
9:41 What effect does a country have on your practice?
11:38 Wisdom in dealing with people
13:12 Bhrikuti and Ajna chakra
14:51 Concept of Samyama
17:29 Difficulty in stopping the imagination
19:05 Does Hell exist?
20:28 Awareness of the Consciousness of your Existence
23:00 Explanation of Atma Samyama
24:22 Is there any truth in Astrology?
26:57 Sensations in the heart during meditation
28:39 How long should we meditate?
30:07 Why has there always been a need for a god in human history?
33:24 Impact of devotional practices on meditation
37:28 The belief in a higher power
40:37 Struggling with addiction
42:16 The power behind prayer
43:52 Putting a mark between eyebrows to aid concentration
44:44 Jnana and Bhakti Yoga
47:00 Closing words from Babaji
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.15
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 23 January 2021.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
2:28 Maunavrata, the practice of silence
5:23 When the mind gets stuck on one thought in meditation
6:45 Does Babaji come face to face with Divinity day to day?
7:32 Rising above duality
13:48 What is the relevance of bhava and attachment when in deep meditation
15:33 The bhava of Ramakrishna
17:17 Should I travel to India as soon as possible to help my practice?
18:47 Adi Parashakti
22:15 The purpose of Tapas
24:24 Isn't happiness also a duality?
26:00 The practice of silence when we perform daily activities
27:29 Conserving our energies through meditation
30:25 Ramakrishna's devotion to Mother Kali after Self-Realization
32:05 Can one focus on anything which enables single-pointedness in meditation?
34:30 Desires
35:36 How prayer works
37:32 The qualities one should have to progress in meditation
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.16
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 17 January 2021.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
1:03 How are we connected to our ancestors?
4:49 How to avoid dwelling on the past outside of meditation
6:45 Visualisation
7:41 Is God making this pandemic for a reason?
9:10 How does chanting purify the mind?
11:27 When to resist and when to accept
15:06 Ajna chakra
16:04 Nirvana Shatakam
17:10 How to be creative while living in the present
19:39 Challenges to sit for meditation
22:35 How to practice bhakti yoga
24:30 Focus and surrender in meditation
26:11 Inner Guru
27:02 The ego
32:13 "I am" consciousness and Parabrahman
33:52 Who am I at this stage?
36:37 Guidance from the real Self
38:01 The ultimate Truth
40:18 Closing words from Babaji
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.17
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 16 January 2021.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
8:22 How to stop brooding over negative past events
10:42 What does it mean to 'apply the mind'
12:35 Advice on spiritual progress
14:06 Position of eyeballs in meditation
15:30 Intuition and faith
18:39 Drowsiness in meditation
20:24 Can Samadhi only be achieved through Tapas?
22:47 Attachment to family and friends on its impact on meditation
24:09 Does one experience duality in Tapas?
25:45 How a Self-Realized master does not experience doership
27:41 Closing words from Babaji
Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.14
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 25 October 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
4:00 The awareness of the Self.
10:21 Being vigilant with your meditation practice
13:28 Having faith in your practice
15:26 Seeing images in meditation
16:55 The meaning of birth and death
19:57 Manifestations in Tapas
25:36 Hearing sounds in meditation
27:53 Single -pointed focus in meditation
29:50 The third eye
31:27 Is meditation a masculine or feminine activity?
32:45 Does the pure consciousness of existence think?
36:36 Does feeling or thought come first?
39:11 Is it possible to meditate with eyes open?
39:08 Importance of keeping eyeballs still in meditation
40:27 In brief moments of peace in meditation are we getting a glimpse of pure consciousness?
45:33 Tests in meditation
47:14 The meaning behind the celebration of ten days of Vijayadashami
51:06 Isn't asking questions here also a part of the thoughts arising?
52:06 Focusing on the Guru in meditation
58:07 Why does the Mother goddess present herself in complex and fierce forms?
1:01:05 Body bending down even when mind is alert in meditation
1:03:29 How long should we meditate?
1:04:31 How to see people beyond the male or female form
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.13
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 24 October 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Babaji's introduction
6:14 What does Babaji mean by 'do not define your dharma'?
9:43 How can one do Tapas in modern society?
12:16 What is the role of our mind, consciousness and the brain in sensory experiences?
14:38 What are the demons that Swamiji experienced in His Tapas?
16:33 The ultimate Truth and space
22:29 Agitations after a peaceful meditation
24:33 Disturbance in the throat during meditation
25:59 Consequences of previous actions of a Realized master.
27:49 How the mind's attention withdraws from the thoughts and onto the Self in meditation
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.12
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 31 October 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
12:10 How to tell who is a genuine Guru?
14:44 Jnana yoga and raja yoga
19:20 How to keep yourself under control in daily life
22:12 Connection between faith and miracles
23:41 Mind has no third way, into imaginations or its ultimate truth.
27:11 How to avoid falling back into old ways
28:33 Cultivating faith through difficult situations
29:43 The urge to get up from meditation
31:37 Fear of the world
33:19 The false state of 'I' only lasts as long as the ignorance that gives rise to it lasts
36:52 The ego
38:54 How do longer meditations shape our destiny?
41:00 Experiencing shocks at the base of the spine in meditation
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.11
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 21 November 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji.
3:59 Is it ok to tell yourself to 'just watch' in meditation?
5:10 How can meditation help people suffering from depression?
7:09 Conflicts with family members who have differing views
8:39 How to tell what is true or false, if someone is really troubling me or am I imagining it?
11:38 How to balance family relationships
13:14 Dealing with negative emotions
15:21 Comforting or coaxing the mind in meditation
17:32 What transformation can we achieve by meditating one hour a day?
20:57 Sound effects in meditation
23:58 How long does it take for the mind to go inwards?
25:21 Why do Self-Realized masters also suffer physically?
27:58 Is there a way to help others to keep their mind from brooding other than meditation?
30:11 If someone cannot meditate, can prayer help to quieten the mind?
32:49 How important is kundalini?
36:57 Difficulty in keeping up the meditation practice.
38:57 The mind and consciousness
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.10
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 5 December 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction from Babaji.
10:01 A story about Rama and Hanuman as heard from Babaji's Guru Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.
21:51 How can you keep your consciousness on the Self while living in the world?
24:06 How to calm the mind in the middle of pandemic restrictions?
26:36 What is shakti?
29:09 How to overcome fear through inner surrender.
30:26 How to cope when fear wins over love.
36:14 Initiating into meditation.
39:49 Why do we watch between the eyebrows and not watch the breath in meditation?
41:39 What is happening in the mind when there is a feeling of peace and happiness when thinking of Babaji?
43:17 Meditating in a dark a room
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.9
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 19 December 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
4:44 How to love God
9:51 Are there different levels of consciousness and energy in human beings?
12:59 Is collective negativity in the world responsible for anxiety and fear?
16:04 Is it possible to do walking meditation?
17:28 Will reciting a mantra make meditation more powerful?
18:56 Does the mind still imagine behind the stillness when we are properly meditating?
21:13 Is fear an imagination?
22:32 In your 20 years of training with your Guru Swamiji, was your practice a combination of meditation, selfless service and devotion?
27:05 Babaji's selfless service equivalent to 7 years of Tapas
28:01 How to deal with worldly desires
31:12 How can we get rid of past fear and pain?
33:19 Can fear be valuable in a troubling situation?
36:02 Why can I not concentrate in my studies?
36:51 The feeling of going home when thinking about death.
40:43 Dealing with fear and anger from past events.
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.8
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 22 November 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
6:08 Not knowing when to come out of meditation
8:00 Meaning of 'Bhava teeta' from the chant
9:19 Does it matter if the desire for liberation is motivated by fear of suffering?
10:12 Are grace and faith similar to each other?
10:44 How to forgive deeply?
12:23 How can I let go of worrying about the body during the current pandemic?
13:45 Wanting joy and ecstasy in meditation
15:25 Surrender and accepting the result
20:20 Can you explain how 'The world was created because of God but not according to His wishes?'
28:02 How to deal with physical pain
29:51 Relationship between physical pain and emotional pain
32:58 Chanting the Gayathri mantra
43:15 The feeling that doing anything other than spiritual practice is futile
45:24 Experiencing a hot head in meditation
47:02 Why do so few people attain Self-Realization?
51:37 Isn't putting in efforts and accepting the results contradictory?
57:00 How to be more compassionate?
58:48 Is it valuable to feel silence as a companion?
59:27 The meaning of prayer?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.7
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 13 June 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:16 Do we have an objective conscience?
2:33 How did you know it was Shiva that manifested in Tapas?
3:49 Is it possible to experience emotions after Self-Realization?
5:08 Is there any point to try to change the world before changing yourself?
6:42 Why do the imprints from judgments stay within the mind?
8:04 The feeling that someone who has passed never existed at all.
12:55 The Peace achieved in Self-Realization
15:11 Is there another word we can add to peace when conveying to others?
18:13 Can Babaji please advise on how to calm an agitated and angry mind?
21:04 What is inseparable to watching?
22:37 Should we become the watcher?
24:11 When I sit with you why does my mind goes quiet and my questions disappear?
25:54 Is the witness/watcher a purer part of the mind and at some point do we need to surrender this also?
27:29 Isn't the watching a process of thinking?
29:09 Is sadhana just meditation in action?
30:18 Could Babaji explain how God has kept all the happiness in himself and not left any in the world?
33:55 Could Babaji explain the Om Shivaya Shivabalayogendraya mantra?
34:26 How to overcome resistance to meditation?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.6
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 23 May 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 How to overcome ignorance and ego
2:40 How to conquer the six enemies of the mind
4:28 How to maintain focus for a longer duration in meditation
5:56 Meaning of karma yoga
8:19 Can selfless service happen without faith in the divine or Guru?
9:08 Overcoming tiredness in meditation
11:23 The concept of the trimurtis
14:05 Qualities of a strong mind
15:40 Babaji's meditation experience before Tapas
18:32 How a Yogi remains quiet while being active in the world
23:22 Your efforts when facing difficulties and illness
25:44 Babaji's surrender to Swamiji
28:34 Can the energy of the mind be thought of as 'maya' (illusion)?
32:03 Position of concentration between the eyebrows in meditation
33:53 Why we can experience a peaceful feeling even after a disturbing meditation
37:04 Who is the one watching in meditation?
38:53 Getting rid of thoughts
40:50 The Self-Realized divine Rishis
42:13 Difference between mindfulness and meditation
43:14 Is chanting in the mind helpful outside meditation?
44:29 What is the effect of chanting and why do they usually start with Om?
46:44 The meaning and benefit of sacrifice
49:11 In Tapas did the divine appear to you in the form of Swamiji?
51:49 Significance of sitting posture
55:38 Concept of Guru
58:59 Appearance of Swamiji at the end of Tapas
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.5
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 7 June 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:06 The relationship between the mind and the brain
2:40 How acceptance is like 'watching' in meditation
6:23 Can 'watching' in meditation be carried on in everyday activity?
7:23 How can being in the now and in silence be beneficial?
8:47 What little baby steps can be taken on the way to Realization?
12:00 How do you place the eyeballs in meditation?
13:36 Is there a difference between the sound of silence and the primordial sound?
14:37 Can you explain avyakta, vyakta and vyakti?
17:40 Is the sound that I hear in silence an imagination?
20:02 Are there different stages of consciousness on the way to Realization?
22:47 What is the stage when you realize you are not the body but don't yet see everything as yourself?
24:21 How do you come from a place of stillness and also be in action?
27:45 Does negativity exist inside or outside me?
29:46 Is there something I can do outside meditation to ease negativity?
31:57 Can you explain the four avasthas, states of consciousness?
40:26 Is the Self devoid of subject or object?
41:15 Is the existence of space itself the closest description of the Self?
42:27 How do blessings happen?
44:14 What is the role of Om in meditation or samadhi?
46:43 Could Babaji explain chanting?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.4
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 2 May 2020.
In this session Shri Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Doing service without ego
2:47 Levels of consciousness
4:42 The difference between knowledge and wisdom
7:36 The Truth of life
9:39 The relationship between the mind, brain and body
13:50 Why do we feel consciousness is located in the body?
17:28 Raising body-consciousness
20:17 How to remain focused while working
21:51 The thought 'I need to meditate'
23:54 Visions in meditation
26:50 Is there Self-awareness at death?
29:47 Experiences during meditation
31:53 How can I return to my Master after death?
34:23 Difficult times
38:16 What watches during meditation?
41:02 Effort in meditation
43:01 Chakras
46:32 Loving the Master
48:59 Distractions in meditation
50:18 Agitations in the mind
52:49 The proper technique to achieve success
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.3
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 19 April 2020
Questions:
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is the true Self, why don't we know it and how do we discover it?
3:49 You've said that the mind can't really know the Truth, would you explain what you mean by that?
5:37 To get established in the Self awareness do I have to meditate for long hours?
9:57 How is the ego related to the imagination?
12:07 How to surrender the ego during this difficult time?
13:14 How can I overcome guilt of feeling blessed when others are suffering?
15:18 When progressing in meditation, how to overcome an attachment that doesn't go away?
16:24 I see Ganesha's shape and form in everyday objects, should I pay any attention to this?
17:35 How can I cope with verbal abuse I am experiencing at work?
19:52 Can you describe the ideal death in the perspective of the Self?
21:35 Is it better to go for one uninterrupted meditation or break it up into shorter periods?
22:39 The breath seems to stop in meditation when the mind stops. How can I move forward?
24:18 Is it better to do mantra chanting separately from meditation practice?
25:34 Please clarify your answer to a previous question
27:57 Mind is always quiet except when using logic or programming. How to go beyond 'amness'?
31:52 How can I feel a connection to the Divine?
34:29 Can you talk about willpower in meditation practice?
38:32 How can people quench anger?
43:40 Does the mind stop when you can completely bring the eyeballs to the centre?
44:42 Can you explain the connection between the body, the mind and the Divinity?
48:05 What happens beyond meditation, throughout the day?
49:51 How can you tell the difference between spiritually correct or incorrect teachers?
51:23 What is the best way to achieve inner peace, just meditate?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q and A, No.2
A live online Q and A session, recorded on 18 April 2020
Babaji talks about destiny, the meaning of success, Self-Realization and many other spiritual topics in answer to questions from people in many different countries around the world.
Questions:
0:00 Intro
1:01 Is God Realization and Self Realization the same?
4:27 Do we have freewill or is everything predestined?
6:46 Why are some people more successful than others?
9:57 How is it possible to strengthen our concentration and focus in meditation?
12:43 What is the energy in the mind?
14:19 How can I resist the mind's thoughts in meditation?
16:22 What is prayer?
19:17 Is there a spiritual bonus in being a monk rather than a householder?
21:14 How can I overcome the mind's agitation in meditation
23:57 What is the sense of existing as nothing as opposed to something?
30:48 Could you explain about pilgrimage?
32:50 How to know when a thought is from the mind or from the Soul?
35:26 What is the state of Self-Realization?
If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
The first of a series of live online Q and A sessions, this was recorded on 12 April 2020.
In this session Babaji answers questions on the effect the ongoing pandemic has had on spiritual practice, how to watch and be aware in meditation, the similarities between different teachings and Self-Realization.
If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
In this session Babaji gives guidance on the following:
0:00 Introduction
0:10 How do we manage conflicting opinions
3:00 Inability to meditate for longer times
4:56 Awareness and attention
6:46 Babaji's comment on words from the Bible
9:43 Babaji comments on the saying 'finite is the cost of infinity and death is the cost of immortality'
11:36 Suffering at the time of death
14:24 Sensation of being observed and receiving messages in meditation
18:02 Goodness coming out of hardship
21:47 The chant that Babaji gives at the end of meditation