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The Acquired Habits | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124
Recorded on 21 January 2023 with worldwide participants.
Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
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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The Acquired Habits | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124
Recorded on 21 January 2023 with worldwide participants.
Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
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?
Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
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Bhakti Marga, part 2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.226 51:33

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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 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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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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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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Mystery of Existence | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.212 1:23:19

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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 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission 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 and its Imprints | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.211 1:13:17

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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 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. ___ 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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Maya - the endless illusion, part 3 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.210 56:37

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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 Peace: The Recommended Goal | In Quest of Truth - Q&A, No.163 Recorded on 09 December 2023 with worldwide participants. Read the full transcript at https://shivarudrabalayogi.org/qa/peace-the-recommended-goal-online-qa-no-163/ 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 ___ 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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Who am I - mind, body, brain | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.209 55:17

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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 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? ___ 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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Ego - the biggest hurdle for progress | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.208 59:54

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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 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? ___ 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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Eligibility of the Disciple | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.207 58:05

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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 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? ___ 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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What is Consciousness? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.206 1:04:46

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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 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? ___ 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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Shaping a Better Future | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.205 1:10:03

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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 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? ___ 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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Bhakti Marga: The Devotional Path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.204 58:27

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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 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? ___ 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 Ch.4, vv.14-17 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.203 1:08:42

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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 Ch.4, vv.14-17 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.203 Recorded on 21 November 2024 with Malaysian participants Babaji's commentary on the Viveka Choodamini is available to buy. 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. Digital version https://shivarudrabalayogi.org/product/viveka-choodamani-the-crest-jewel-of-discrimination-digital-pdf/ Physical version: https://shivarudrabalayogi.org/product/viveka-choodamani-the-crest-jewel-of-discrimination/ 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. ___ 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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Ashtavakra Gita - Chapter 2, verses 1-6 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.202 1:09:07

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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 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? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitt 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 in Peace and Happiness | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.201 52:31

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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 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. ___ 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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Maya - the endless illusion, part 2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.200 1:01:17

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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 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? ___ 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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Tapas - the highest pitch of meditation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.199 49:22

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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 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? ___ 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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Human birth - the rarest of rare gems | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.198 1:11:31

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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 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. ___ 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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Meditation is Easy | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.197 1:09:39

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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 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? ___ 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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