Teaching Spirituality To The Younger Generation | In Quest Of Truth - Q&A With Babaji, No.191 In Quest Of Truth

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.225 50:25

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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The Droplet and the Ocean | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.224 1:00:48

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Yoga Vasistha, Vairagya Part 3 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.223 45:44

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Viveka Choodamani - Impermanence of the Physical Body | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.222 39:34

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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 ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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The mind, the brain and its reflections | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.221 57:33

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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 ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Keeping quiet mentally | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.220 46:21

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Judgements and Discrimination | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.219 34:57

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Jangama Dhyana - the method | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.218 38:17

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Viveka Choodamani - Essence of Direct Experience | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.217 41:18

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Yoga Vasistha - Vairagya Part 2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.216 54:52

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang 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? ___ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Devotion - is it necessary? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.215 35:03

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Going on the right path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.214 1:01:48

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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 ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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Importance of Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.213 39:58

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Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/…

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