Thus Spake Babaji

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The Way to Permanent Happiness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.173Recorded on 24 June 2023 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:07 Why do we yearn for happiness?1:40 When Babaji as a young boy wondered why happiness is not there at all times6:03 Why is there no opposite to the highest happiness from the Self?10:40 Can any imagination give u...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Sadhana and Tapas | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.172Recorded on 21 October 2023 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:07 What is the meaning of Tapas?1:17 Is it necessary for Tapas to be sitting in meditation or can it happen while active in the world?6:15 Does devotion have to be complete to be converted into Tapas?11:40 Is total commit...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.171Recorded on 4 April 2024 with Malaysian participants.0:00 Introduction0:13 What is the innocence that is necessary and how is it connected to faith?2:24 When we have faith in the Guru, are we supposed to not question?3:30 Does the Guru's name serve as a point of focus? How does one, without a G...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.170Recorded on 6 April 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji2:25 Why have we been born as a human being and what should we strive for?4:35 What is Atma Sakshatkar?9:41 Why is Atma Sakshatkar the highest that a human can achieve?14:18 What is the peace that Babaji talks of and wh...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Consciousness, the mind and meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.169Recorded on 14 January 2024 with US participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji0:29 Mind has to become quiet to know the Self10:05 How can we strengthen our faith so we can realise the need for meditation and make more effort?14:49 When the watcher no longer sees an object, w...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Prarabdha - Destiny | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.168Recorded on 2 March 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:05 What is prarabdha?2:32 What determines the way in which we return to the real Self?5:22 Why is destiny taught?7:43 Should we be trying to make the mind quiet?8:52 Does prarabdha exist for a Yogi?9:42 Is Babaji's prarabd...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Teachings of the Yoga Vasistha | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.167Recorded on 24 February 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:35 What is the Yoga Vasistha?7:17 "The thing that exists in itself" - what is the meaning of the Self in this phrase from Yoga Vasistha?17:15 Why in Yoga Vasistha it says that if you consider your body a...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Religion and Spirituality Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.166Recorded on 2 February 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:17 What does Babaji mean by 'the secrets of your own existence'?5:03 What is the best attitude to take when dealing with all the religions and teachings around us?15:43 What is the significance of workshiping a ...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.165Recorded on 6 January 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:06 What does Babaji mean when He uses the word faith?4:33 How is it we can develop a faith in god since we can't see god?15:45 How is self-confidence different from pride or arrogance?27:04 Does faith come through...

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 Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.164Recorded on 28 January 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:08 "It's not the mind that knows but because of the mind that we know"1:19 The mind getting involved in the imaginations, away from the pure consciousness5:58 Distinction between pure consciousness and the sen...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Peace: The Recommended Goal | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.163Recorded on 09 December 2023 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji2:40 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...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The True Meaning of Yoga Part 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.162Recorded on 18 January 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:14 Can Babaji please explain what is meant by, "Man exists as the immortal soul which is beyond the birth and death of the physical body."?4:31 How does Parabrahma relate to the concepts of Brahma, Vishnu an...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Beyond Birth and Death | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.161Recorded on 27 January 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji0:58 Can Babaji explain how we are beyond the birth and death of this body?6:00 Is it because of the imaginations and tendencies that we have acquired that this birth and death appears to us?10:48 If in thi...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang In this Q&A, Babaji answers questions about the Ashtavakra Samhita, one of the great spiritual texts of India. A new book, Babaji's commentary on the Ashtavakra Samhita, is available now to purchase here: https://shivarudrabalayogi.org/books-music-bhajans-and-chants/book/new-book-babajis-commentary-on-the-ashtavakra-samhita/Ashtavakra Samhita | Thus...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Consciousness and Energy | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.159Recorded on 30th December 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji0:42 What is consciousness?1:42 What is energy?3:34 Is the energy we see in the world the same as what is within consciousness?5:30 How can there be smaller consciousnesses within one all pervaded consc...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Faith and Practice | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.158Recorded on 23rd December 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji2:53 What is faith and why is it necessary on the path of spirituality?4:23 Is faith necessary to practice meditation and does the practice of meditation help to develop faith?6183 In meditation when the mind...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The True Meaning of Yoga | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.157Recorded on 4th January 2024 with Malaysian participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji0:53 Yoga is explained as the union with origin or self. Which origin or self is Babaji referring to?10:55 What should we do if after many years of meditation, the mind is not going inwards and more co...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Jangama Dhyana - The Technique | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.156Recorded on 12th August 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji2:37 How was the meditation technique first revealed to Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj?8:55 How did the name Jangama Dhyana come about?10:22 What are Babaji's meditation instructions?14:48 What is the impo...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Science and Spirituality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.155Recorded on 26th August 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction00:06 The parallels between the scientific and spiritual approach02:58 Can looking externally to the world eventually lead to the truth?05:10 Why can we not see or measure the truth?12:43 Do all definitions finall...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Power of Surrender | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.154Recorded on 19th October 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji1:14 Is acting selflessly the only indictor that one is truly surrendering?5:46 How do we balance our jobs and responsibilities with our spiritual growth?16:56 What is the indicator to now if the decision ...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Two Mantras: Adjust and Manage | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.153Recorded on 2nd September 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction0:06 What does it mean to adjust and manage?5:12 If we find it difficult to accept a situation what do we do?7:25 If we are getting mentally affected are we punishing ourselves?10:15 How do we know when t...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang We have forgotten who we really are | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.152Recorded on 3 September 2023 with US participants0:00 Introduction0:06 Who are we, why do we not know who we are and how do we discover who we are?7:13 Can self-enquiry lead to awareness of the Self?12:57 What is detachment and why is it important?15:10 Awareness of 'I am' with...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.151Recorded on 7 October 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji1:13 What does Babaji mean by 'watching' in meditation?5:24 In the instructions Babaji directs us to 'concentrate the mind and sight between the eyebrows' and then 'keep watching there by focusing the attention' - are thes...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang How to overcome stress and worry with meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.150Recorded on 7 September 2023 with Malaysian participants0:00 Introduction0:06 How can we avoid stress while fulfilling worldly responsibilities?7:40 How can we be aware of the supreme consciousness where nothing can trouble us?13:46 Is the real challenge for a huma...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsangThe Divinity | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.149Recorded on 16 September 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction0:05 Why does Babaji generally use the world divinity as opposed to god?1:18 Why neither atheists or theists know what god is.7:30 If we believe in god in a particular form, how does that help us in finding divinity itself?12:4...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Your Conscious Attention | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.148Recorded on 17 September 2023 with US participants0:00 Introduction0:06 What is the attention?7:38 The mind produces all imaginations but it also has the ability to watch them?9:42 Does the attention become the 'I am' state?10:48 When the mind becomes almost completely silent, unbou...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Rectifying our own faults | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.147Recorded on 19 August 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji0:55 Why is it necessary to look at our own faults?4:20 Are people not willing to look at their own faults and try to hide them?5:14 If there is some stress in the mind, does that mean there is a fault tha...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Mother Concept and the One Single Space | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.146Recorded on 17 August 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction0:11 How can we practice unconditional love in our daily lives?21:05 The concept that we all exist and belong to one single space28:03 How can develop the mother concept within us?32:15 Mother's Kunt...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Real and Unreal Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.145Recorded on 09 September 2023 with worldwide participantsWatch Real and Unreal Pt1| Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.79here: https://youtu.be/TH_tCum7tX00:00 Introduction0.05 What Babaji means by 'real'4:50 Am 'I' real?7:55 Does this realness have characteristics?16:32 What is creativit...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Silencing the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.144Recorded on 16 July 2023 with US participants0:00 Introduction0:05 The strength of our concentration versus trying to see in meditation4:40 Are there other ways to silence the mind besides meditation?7:39 The path of knowledge 11:26 Inspiration to reach the truth13:30 What the mind gives c...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Intelligence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.143Recorded on 29 July 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji1:37 Wordly intelligence versus spiritual intelligence9:40 Where does the intelligence to go on the spiritual path come from?15:48 "Our intelligence must be above our ego"17:45 The story of two brothers who were sent to ...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.142Recorded on 27 July 2023 with Malaysian participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji 1:08 Krishna's teaching on not defining your dharma11:25 How do we know we are doing the right thing, in reaction to what others are doing?18:21 How do we know when to accept the results or when to keep putting in...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Judgements and the Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.141Recorded on 22 July 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time1:49 What does it mean to make a judgement?3:22 Do we get lost in an illusion as we make judgements in the world?7:09 Why is it that we do not see the absolute, all-perv...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Permanent and the Impermanent | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.140Recorded on 2 July 2023 with US participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time3:06 The difference between the permanent and the impermanent10:23 "The Self is neither thought or silence, motions or stillness, something or nothing"14:17 Do you have be...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Concentration | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.139Recorded on 8 July 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Introduction from Babaji on Kshetra Kshetrajna yoga4:04 When we concentrate in meditation what is it we are concentrating?9:45 What is the difference between concentrating on an object and concentrating in meditation?14:17 When the mind is conc...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Destiny and Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.138Recorded on 13 July 2023 with Malaysian participants0:00 Intro0:09 Babaj's experience the moment of completing tapas5:55 What is the meaning of dreams? 9:55 With each reincarnation does our mind lose potency? if so, how can we be guided to the Truth?17:05 Can we achieve Self R...

Register your free place for the weekly live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.137Recorded on 15 July 2023 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:13 What is the meaning of the word 'sadhana'?1:20 A time when Swamiji asked a man if he was doing sadhana.3:14 What is the technology of karma yoga?8:22 What is the technology of bhakti yoga?15:31 Is acceptance and the mind settling al...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Thinking of a Larger Cause | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.136Recorded on 1 July 2023 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:05 Could Babaji explain the significance of Guru Purnima?6:30 What does it mean to think of a larger cause?8:14 Does a Yogi automatically think of a larger cause?11:39 Why is it a tendency for human beings to selfish?15:22 ...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Babaji talks about the teachings of his master Shri Shivabalayogi MaharajO:05 How Swamiji taught, emphasising the importance of your own experience7:49 How Swamiji taught in a unique way to bring meditation to every doorstep14:22 The two paths in life20:13 How can we develop the 'do or die' attitude that Swamiji had?29:40 The meaning of 'Atma sakshatkara'3...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The individual and the one true Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.134Recorded on 08 January 2023 with US participants.0:00 Intro0:06 Babaji conveys a message for the new year5:17 Is the purpose of meditation for the consciousness to become aware of itself?6:44 How do we overcome the misidentification of the individual imagined self?9:35 What is...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang How can we resolve our karma in daily life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.133Recorded on 03 November 2022 with Malaysian participants.0:00 Intro0:18 How does karma affect our life?4:32 Is it important to be aware of our karma in daily life?6:17 How do we release ourselves our from past life karma?7:53 If we do something with a good intention but...

Register your free place to join the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Thoughts and the Consciousness of Existence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.1320:00 Intro0:10 Babaji talks about the meditation retreat in India2:36 Can we function without thoughts? Is there much need for so much thinking? 4:58 Is 'watching' simply being aware without thinking?6:28 How much thinking does Babaji do?8:42 What does Babaji ...

Developing discipline and endurance to do spiritual sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.131Recorded on 18 August 2022 with Malaysian participants.Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction1:51 What is the key motivation that keeps Babaji going on the spiritual path? 9:35 Is being disciplined an in-born quality or can it be cultivated and if so how can we cultivat...

Pure Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.130Recorded on 1 April 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 Introduction0:17 Amongst the millions of thoughts there is one thing in the mind that is not a thought7:33 Is the consciousness able to think only when in collision with the brain?10:19 Why is it referred to as 'pure' consciousness?13:08...

Spiritual Transformation, Mind & Brain | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.129Recorded on 19 January 2023 with Malaysian participants.Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:26 Why is it pain and agony that sets us off on the spiritual path rather than joy or success?6:59 Why do we experience discomfort when in the company of people who are not spiritually inclined?12:12 Is ...

Character and Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.128Recorded on 18 March 2023 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:07 What does Babaji mean when He refers to a person's character?2:35 Are there any good habits or just bad habits?4:17 Is the character, behavioural structure and personality the same?5:10 How is the character formed?9:45 Does the sadhana have an impact on our character?14:28 Can your character be influenced by the people you are associated with?16:31 Can we cons...

Meditation for Mind Control | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.127Recorded on 11 March 2023 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji2:03 The final battle for a human being to control the mind13:25 Importance of adopting a discipline and not forcing the mind15:57 The polite but firm approach22:21 How we have to become infinite to control this infinite mind25:53 How to keep the mind quiet when in activity33:09 Adopt any role but without the ego34:35 How do we know we are ...

Meditation, The Imagination And The Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.126Recorded on 22 January 2023 with US 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 Babaji3:13 Concentrating the mind and sight and then watching in meditation15:01 Importance of remembering Pure Consciousness even when we are not experiencing it?16:01 What is imagination?17:12 The mi...

How do we spiritualize every role we assume in life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124Recorded on 17 November 2022 with Malaysian participants.Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction0:15 What is the key throught or anchor that we have must have in our mind to carry out our roles in life spiritually?1:53 How do we track ourselves spiritually, what is the ideal to foll...

The Acquired Habits | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124Recorded 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 Babaji1:58 The three thought processes that occur whenever we apply our mind on something6:34 How and why does a judgment create an imprint?16:09 With meditation practice, s it possible in daily life to make a judgm...

Babaji answers questions on 'watching', the central technique of Jangama meditation.Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.123Recorded on 14 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 Babaji2:19 The technology of 'watching' in meditation5:27 What should we do when thoughts come up in meditation?9:52 Why do people find ...

What is the right attitude with which to approach our meditation practice? Babaji explains.The Right Attitude | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.122Recorded on 17 December 2022 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 Babaji1:00 Importance of dedication4:20 Importance of discipline8:35 Importance of patience13:02 Is it important not t...

Oneness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.121Recorded on 10 December 2022 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 Babaji0:59 When Babaji uses the term 'oneness' what does Babaji mean?2:46 If everything is one then why does it appear that there is a separation?3:42 Does a Yogi see themselves in everything?5:00 Is one's like experiencing al...

Babaji goes into more detail about meditation and why it is recommended.Why Meditate? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.120Recorded on 3 December 2022 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 to newcomers from Babaji2:06 Why should we meditate?5:24 Why should we focus in between the eyebrows?14:34 Why does Babaji recommend to meditate for at le...

Babaji explains, step-by-step, the instructions of the meditation technique Jangama Dhyana.Jangama Dhyana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.119Recorded on 26 November 2022 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 Meditation instructions from Babaji2:05 The meaning of 'dhyana'4:15 Meaning of 'jangama dhyana'6:02 The posture for meditation8:14 Importance of c...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The mind into future and past | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.118Recorded on 5 November 2022 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji1:58 Is there a technique where we can practice remaining in the present?7:05 Does this nature which we see as divinity an illusion or does the divinity really exist?9:32 How does the mind come out o...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Meditation and Supreme Peace | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.117Recorded on 4 September 2022 with US participants.0:00 Intro0:15 What is the difference between 'I am' consciousness and the consciousness of existence?0:23 Is 'I am' consciousness a product of the mind?2:26 If the bundle of thoughts the mind appears and disappears, we can't be that?4...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Meditation and Supreme Peace | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.116Recorded on 21 August 2022 with US participants.0:00 Intro0:06 What is meditation and the value of it?4:11 Can you find peace in the mind?5:51 What is sat chit ananda?8:34 How can you think in the world and remain in supreme peace?11:40 Where does the 'I am'-ness come from?19:22 How i...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Recorded on 29 October 2022 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji1:41 What are the six shapes of the mind that the ancient sages spoke of?16:00 Why are they no shapes of the mind that are positive?18:23 People tend to have one type of behaviour that sticks with them, is that a special challenge for that particular person?22:15 What happ...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Recorded on 20 October 2022 with Malaysian participants.0:00 Intro0:27 What is self-integrity in spirituality?4:25 How do we develop and sustain self-integrity?8:10 What are the characteristics of a person with self-integrity?12:27 Is having integrity only a virtue or does working on oneself to achieve integrity get converted to sadhana?14:57 If one practi...

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Recorded on 22 October 2022 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction from Babaji4:00 Is freedom the ability to do what we want to do?8:08 How have we bound ourselves?14:42 Is suffering there are a reminder that there is a problem?16:25 Does separation give rise to the ego and is this what we need to be free of?17:57 Is meditation practiced to remove t...

What is our true nature and why are we not aware of it? Babaji answers questions on the Self.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 Babaji5:10 What is our true nature and why are we not aware of it?14:47 As Babaji says, the imagination is no ordinary thing.17:12 Can we say the imagination is not real but the experience of the imagination is real?20:14 The 'space' as...

Babaji explains the amazing, awe-inspiring state of a yogi.Recorded on 8 October 2022 with worldwide participantsRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:07 What is a yogi?2:18 A yogi might seem like an ordinary person, but is the experience of a Yogi different?4:00 Is a yogi different from what we would consider a saint or a spiritual person in the West?4:45 Might a yogi appear not t...

Babaji explains in detail how the mind tricks us and how the Truth can be revealed.Overcoming the Tricks of the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A No.110Recorded on 1 October 2022 with worldwide participantsRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:05 What does Babaji mean by the 'tricks of the mind'?1:34 Are the tricks of the mind connected to expectations?2:42 On the path to a...

Sadhana and Emotions | Thus Spake Babaji No.109Recorded on 24 September 2022 with worldwide participantsRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:20 What should we do for the rest of the day outside meditation?2:52 Is there a need for any other sadhana if we practice meditation properly?4:42 Through meditation we don't absorb impressions so much, is this something we consciously need t...

What is the peculiar relationship between the mind and the brain? Babaji gives us some clues and recommendations on how to gain control of the mind and use the brain in the best possible way.Thus Spake Babaji No.108Recorded on 17 September 2022 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 Intro0:07 What is the relationship between the mind and the brain?4:50 The...

How have impurities appeared in the mind and why is the purification necessary?Babaji answers questions on meditation as a purification process.Thus Spake Babaji No.107Recorded on 10 September 2022 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 Babaji2:10 What is it that is being purified in meditation?6:20 How does the meditation practice work to puri...

Babaji explains the meaning of the term sadhana, its benefits in daily life and what is the highest form of sadhana.Thus Spake Babaji No.106Recorded on 03 September 2022 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 Intro0:06 What does Babaji mean by the term sadhana?1:25 The story when Swamiji pulled Babaji up for translating sadhana as meditation5:35 Outside of medit...

Babaji answers questions from His monastic disciple Amba Shvaranjani on the mind and mind control.Thus Spake Babaji No.105Recorded on 27 August 2022 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 Intro0:06 The mind as your conscious energy3:57 How to go beyond the idea of 'me and mine'8:29 Is the brain the main cause of the ego?14:46 Does God exist or is it a concept ad...

Thus Spake Babaji No.104Recorded on 15 September 2022 with Malaysian participants.Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:06 What is the real Self? Is it separate from the individual self?6:10 What are the benefits of knowing ourself?11:25 What is this power that the topic 'the power of the Self ' is referring to?20:20 How best should we use this power in this life?23:34 How do we ma...

Babaji talks about the amazing in-born qualities of the young Sathyaraju who, after 12 years of gruelling tapas, became one of India's greatest spiritual giants, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.Thus Spake Babaji No.103Recorded on 20 August 2022 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 Intro0:08 What were the main in-born qualities of Swamiji as a young boy?3:06 What if...

"Yoga means union with the origin" ~ Babaji explains the meaning of yoga and how our efforts should be to go back to the Self.Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:05 What lineage of yoga does Babaji belong to?2:44 Is it because of the habit to think that we are away from the yoga?5:18 The quality the consciousness has to imagine12:23 Yoga through being silent while performing acti...

Babaji answers questions on spiritual transformationThus Spake Babaji No.101Recorded on 16 July 2022 with worldwide participants.Register to join the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji at https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:06 What was the 'restlessness' that Babaji experienced as a child and is it necessary for spiritual transformation?4:56 How can consideration to others be helpful for spiritual transformation?13:05 Is it better to get away from...

Babaji on why this world is considered an illusion in spirituality.Thus Spake Babaji No.100Recorded on 18 June 2022 with worldwide participants.To register your free place on the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:07 How can this world, which seems so real, be an illusion?6:50 What does Babaji mean by 'existence value'?14:27 Science says that we should be able to measure anything that is real. But B...

Babaji explains and emphasises the important attribute the mind must have when performing selfless service and when helping others.Thus Spake Babaji No.99Recorded on 15 January 2022 with worldwide participants.0:00 Introduction0:06 What is selfless service?1:44 Can one become Self-Realised through the practice of selfless service?3:37 What can we do to make our service selfless service?10:14 When we serve relatives, friends and others, how we do we make sure we are not exploited?13:17 If peop...

Babaji explains what is needed to be a sincere spiritual seeker, the best student to the master - the ideal disciple.Thus Spake Babaji No.98Recorded on 04 June 2022 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:05 What are the most important attributes to being a good disciple?4:42 Story of a disciple asking a master to tell him about the ultimate truth.14:04 King Janaka as a student to Ashtavakra21:12 How Babaji learnt from Swamiji26:17 How important is to be physically close to the Yogi?31:21 Hea...

Babaji talks about His early life and the events that led to meeting His Guru Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj. Released In honour of Babaji's 86th Birthday on 20 September 2022.Recorded on 11 June 2022 with worldwide participants.If you would like to convey birthday wishes to Babaji you may do so by emailing birthday@srby.orgTo join the live online meditation classes with Babaji please register at https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:17 Babaji's parents and t...

Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A theme: We Must Stop Thinking To Realise The TruthRecorded on 24 April 2022 with US participants.If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:07 "Thinking will never give us the truth of who we are"4:30 Is the consciousness of existence the same as pure awareness?5:15 Knowing the Self6:24 The difference between individual consciousness and pur...

Babaji explains the technology of prayer and how we should pray.Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A theme: The Power of PrayerRecorded on 5 May 2022 with Malaysian participants.If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:06 What is prayer?2:17 If we practice regular meditation, are we still required to perform prayer?4:46 Is prayer to be focused on God?6:18 If the ultimate goa...

The Mother Concept and Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A No.94Recorded on 8 May 2022 with US participants.Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji every Saturday: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:06 Mother and the Divine Mother in personified and unmanifest form6:59 What is love?9:06 Is pure love just pure oneness?13:10 Explaining consciousness16:32 Thoughts and consciousness20:50 Spirit and Soul25:49...

How to Improve the Quality of the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #93Recorded on 14 May 2022 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 Intro0:06 Were people in the Rig Vedic era able to simply meditate, go into samadhi and realize the Truth? If so why could they do it then but we can't do it now?8:44 If our mind is weaker every lifetime, is it harde...

Babaji explains the essence of spiritual training and sadhana, emphasizing the importance of applying the mind and keeping it quiet.0:00 Intro0:06 The unique way that Babaji was trained by his Guru, Swamiji9:26 Did Babaji practice all three yogas of bhakti yoga, karma yoga and dhyana yoga?13:31 Should we look at our own faults instead of those of others?14:56 How can we make sure we look at our own faults constructively?22:25 How should we deal with individuals that are trying to be difficult...

Duality and Nonduality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #91Recorded on 30 April 2022 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:06 You as the droplet and the ocean as the target4:42 Do you start as dualistic and end as nondualistic?8:04 Adi Shankar wrote devotional hymns and taught nonduality - is that a contradiction?10:23 Is nonduality an experience of a Yogi, a philosophy or a practice?12:27 In duality is there a danger of becoming too attached to the creation or the creator?16:12 If the ...

The Teachings of Shri Krishna | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #90Babaji explains various teachings of Shri Krishna from the Mahabharata0:00 Intro0:06 Sometimes the Pandavas sought Shri Krishna's advice, sometimes they didn't - is there a lesson to be learnt from this?3:25 How to decide what is appropriate to ask the Guru6:40 The teaching behind the disrobing of Draupadi15:50 Why Gandhari, the mother of the Kauravas, blamed Shri Krishna for not stopping the war24:52 Why did Shri Krishna g...

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #89 recorded on 16 April 2022 with worldwide participants.If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:07 What is faith and what should we have faith in?1:41 What is the difference between faith and blind belief?2:50 Should you not lose faith in Guru, in yourself and your sadhana, all these 3 things?5:34 How can we develop stronger faith?14:49 Is belief...

Babaji explains the true nature of reality, as he experienced in deep meditation. Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #88 recorded on 26 March 2022 with worldwide participants.If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:06 What does Babaji means when he says that the world is not real and that only the Self is real?6:28 If the past no longer exists and the future does not yet exist...

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #87 recorded on 5 December 2021 with US participants.If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:06 Clarification on the meditation technique2:42 To know the truth of who we are do we have to stop thinking?4:17 Is it possible to have an uncaused happiness?9:25 Do we need body and mind to discover the Self?10:59 Do we need the body any longer when we re...

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #86 recorded on 2 January 2022 with US participants.If you are interested in joining the live online meditation classes with Babaji please visit https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:06 Do all the benefits of meditation including Self- Realization come from silencing the mind?1:54 What is the attention of the mind?6:33 As we progress in meditation does consciousness start to watch itself?8:06 Is consciousness of existence a permanent thi...

Destiny | Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #85Self-realized meditation master Shiva Rudra Balayogi (Babaji) gives insights into the wide subject of destiny.0:06 Is destiny the result of our actions?18:17 Should we think that we have no destiny or that we must create a positive destiny?20:57 If in each incarnation our mind loses potency, how can we overcome the results of a previous more powerful mind?26:16 How can make sure we have the right motivation and attitude?32:04 Was it Babaji'...

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #84 recorded on 12 March 2022 with worldwide participants."Renunciation has to happen in the mind first"Babaji answers questions on the real meaning of renunciation.0:06 Is it possible to be renounced but still continue with worldly responsibilities?3:05 Do we renounce expectations, desires or ego?4:38 Should we aim to remove the ego by accepting all outcomes or focus on the sadhana which gives us this ability?6:11 Is it easier to renounce as a monk or easier...

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #83 recorded on 5 March 2022 with worldwide participants."Our body's health, mental health and moral health - that's religion"Babaji explains the true meaning of religion.0:06 What is the true meaning of religion and is it different to spirituality?4:13 Why is it that religious people get into conflicts?9:22 Why is there division between religions and even within the same religion?12:59 How can we promote Babaji's teachings without causing offence to others?1...

"When your mind becomes quiet, it goes towards the Divine, its ultimate truth."Babaji answers questions on DivinityThus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #82 recorded on 19 February 2022 with worldwide participants.0:06 Explanation of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Parabrahman6:55 God as form or formlessness10:27 How Babaji considered statues of the Divine as a young boy14:08 How one worships an idol18:44 People who claim to speak to god20:55 Belief in god27:03 Is everything we experience with our sens...

Babaji answers questions on the beautiful concept of Guru and Disciple.Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #81 recorded on 12 February 2022 with worldwide participants.0:20 Is it only the ego that needs renouncing?3:01 What is real renunciation?4:27 What is Guru's Grace?8:24 What are the qualities of a true Guru?10:24 How can a Yogi or Guru teach in silence?14:43 Having total faith in the Guru16:48 Babaji's training under Swamiji, working without mental chatter19:22 The Guru may appear inert bu...

Babaji answers questions on His commentary on the Viveka Choodamani (the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination), the ancient text written by the great Yogi-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #80 recorded on 5 February 2022 with worldwide participants.0:07 How do you shape a positive destiny?7:18 How to make meditation fun?10:13 Why is it important for the seeker to be sincere?13:30 Is the mind tranquillised by the brain's reflections?18:19 Self control - 'even while the ...

Babaji answers questions on His commentary on the Viveka Choodamani (the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination), the ancient text written by the great Yogi-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #79, recorded on 29 January 2022 with worldwide participants.0:06 The meaning of 'Viveka Choodamani'1:17 What is the real and the unreal and how to discriminate between them11:24 How to achieve realisation of the ultimate reality17:23 When the mind becomes silent, is that experience ...

Babaji explains how to find permanent peace and happiness.Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #78, recorded on 22 January 2022 with worldwide participants.0:07 The question Babaji had on happiness as a small child1:31 Why do we think of happiness as being from this world only?3:23 Is our imagination of unhappiness the reason for losing happiness?5:35 Is happiness, excitement and bliss all the same?7:49 How do we find the highest form of happiness while living in the world?10:57 Can we depend on...

Babaji explains how to deepen your meditation practice.Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #77, recorded on 8 January 2022 with worldwide participants.0:06 I meditate everyday but don't feel like I am progressing, am I doing something wrong?5:24 As a young boy did Babaji's mind naturally go quiet in meditation?7:01 When the mind is too busy to go into meditation is it ok to chant or listen to spiritual music until the mind calms down?8:16 Should a fear of nothingness and non-existence in medita...

Babaji explains his teachings on the eternal existence and consciousness.Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #76, recorded on 12 December 2021, with US participants.0:12 The difference between the eternal existence and consciousness10:42 Once the mind becomes totally still does it transcend consciousness?15:06 If the mind creates the illusion does it all disappear when you quieten the mind?17:23 Is mind an imagination?19:21 Is there a universal mind?22:15 The essence of Shri Shivabalayogi Mahar...

Thus Spake Babaji #75, recorded on 09 December 2021, with Malaysian participants.Babaji explains the real meaning of spiritual surrenderTo register for the live online meditation sessions with Babaji please visit: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro0:09 What is meant by surrender?1:39 What are we expected to surrender?3:21 What is spiritual achievement, and how is it measured?6:08 What spiritual sadhana is recommended apart from meditation?11:03 Is there a dif...