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The Way to Permanent Happiness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.173
Recorded on 24 June 2023 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:07 Why do we yearn for happiness?
1:40 When Babaji as a young boy wondered why happiness is not there at all times
6:03 Why is there no opposite to the highest happiness from the Self?
10:40 Can any imagination give us a permanent happiness?
14:42 The importance to 'adjust and manage'
18:20 How do we cultivate a strong desire for a permanent and real happiness?
23:55 So anything that is changing cannot give a permanent happiness?
26:25 Thinking in a noble way
28:10 How to make sure we don't jump from a desire into a craving or a greed
32:15 How to avoid getting affected by people with negative energy
34:25 Is the 'book of life' written at the time of birth?
36:58 If we are content with everything in life, does that prevent is from seeking anything higher?
41:01 When there are physical disturbances like an itch or a scratch during meditation
 
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Sadhana and Tapas | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.172
Recorded on 21 October 2023 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:07 What is the meaning of Tapas?
1:17 Is it necessary for Tapas to be sitting in meditation or can it happen while active in the world?
6:15 Does devotion have to be complete to be converted into Tapas?
11:40 Is total commitment and a 'do or die' attitude necessary for Tapas?
17:07 What was the significance of the tests that came in Tapas?
20:37 What causes one to fail to complete Tapas?
21:41 Is Self Realisation a permanent state?
24:17 Did an enormous determination come to achieve this?
26:10 Is it destiny for everyone to undertake Tapas at some point and become Self Realised?
28:18 Is Self Realisation and liberation one and the same thing?
29:03 If jeevanmukti is Self Realisation then what is videhamukti?
30:55 Is it the same effort for Babaji to bring the mind to the world, as it is for us to make the mind introverted to the Self?
31:54 In stories people have gotten liberated from listening to a Yogi, how is this possible without Tapas?
24:24 Why is the path of Tapas difficult?
38:15 Why did the lady who tried to help Swamiji get murdered?
39:15 How we should practice silence.
41:37 When will I devote all my time towards Realisation?
42:52 The effects of chanting as a sadhana
44:49 Did Babaji meditate for 2 to 3 days at a stretch before that time in Mysore after Swamiji's Mahasamadhi?
46:27 Is always Guru Maharaj who guides to go into Tapas?
47:52 Which is more important, physical exercise or meditation?
48:53 When the body's health is not so good, is there an alternative sadhana to meditation?
50:59 How do we know when we are ready for Tapas?
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Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.171
Recorded on 4 April 2024 with Malaysian participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:13 What is the innocence that is necessary and how is it connected to faith?
2:24 When we have faith in the Guru, are we supposed to not question?
3:30 Does the Guru's name serve as a point of focus?  How does one, without a Guru, get their anchor of support?
5:42 If we believe pain and pleasure is not real, should we tolerate people who do wrong things?
10:30 Through practice of meditation do we avoid getting attached to the outcome?
11:18 What are the teachings of duality and non-duality?
17:47 Does merging in the ocean eliminate all imagination including that of our Guru or our Ishtar Deva?
21:47 What is prana?
28:09 Is the inner voice the sixth sense?
29:29 An uncontrollable feeling and crying when first meeting Babaji - is this good?
31:03 Babaji's closing comments

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Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.170
Recorded on 6 April 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:25 Why have we been born as a human being and what should we strive for?
4:35 What is Atma Sakshatkar?
9:41 Why is Atma Sakshatkar the highest that a human can achieve?
14:18 What is the peace that Babaji talks of and what effect does peace have on a human being?
18:48 What is Tapas and what effect does Tapas have on the practitioner?
27:08 How can people of this world understand the need to achieve this goal?
34:20 The importance of not analysing in meditation
40:23 Why does it seem difficult and almost impossible to achieve what we have been born for?
44:21 What happened at the moment of Atma Sakshatkar?
47:25 Is Bhakti, Karma and Dhyana yoga all interlinked?
51:46 How does Babaji keep from getting mentally attached to good or bad people?
52:58 What are the possible distractions that sadhaks should be aware of?
56:10 Does one prepare for Tapas, is Tapas different for each person?
59:08 Is there life after death?
1:02:58 What is Shravanam, Mananam, Nidityasanam?

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Consciousness, the mind and meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.169
Recorded on 14 January 2024 with US participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:29 Mind has to become quiet to know the Self
10:05 How can we strengthen our faith so we can realise the need for meditation and make more effort?
14:49 When the watcher no longer sees an object, what happens to the watcher?
15:55 Difference between consciousness and awareness
17:47 How can consciousness of eternal existence be aware of itself before Mahasamadhi?
19:03 'The present has no story'
21:09 Why is no target given in the instruction of Jangama Dhyana?
22:27 Why does matter appears within space?
24:10 Babaji's meaning of pure consciousness
25:32 Are we returning to consciousness from which we came or is that just what we are?
27:39 Is the experience of neutrality towards externals closer to wisdom than positivity?
28:33 Does spirituality play an evolutionary role?
29:28 is it ok to imagine a mental axe chopping the thoughts down in meditation?
31:46 How to deal with auditory distractions
32:45 Where does supreme consciousness stop and start in terms of Mother Nature?
36:17 Does being in nature help the process of Self Realisation?
37:19 The most amazing thing as described by Yudhishthira
38:58 A devotee's comment on Babaji's teachings
40:48 Do stronger thoughts come as we progress in meditation?
42:11 Is there a conscious mind and a subconscious mind?
44:15 Does the act of not following a habitual thought, take away the power of it?
45:49 So are samskaras not real?
46:38 Is every thought a vibration that is making our reality?
48:03 Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu translation

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Prarabdha - Destiny | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.168
Recorded on 2 March 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:05 What is prarabdha?
2:32 What determines the way in which we return to the real Self?
5:22 Why is destiny taught?
7:43 Should we be trying to make the mind quiet?
8:52 Does prarabdha exist for a Yogi?
9:42 Is Babaji's prarabdha to teach others about the Truth?
12:11 Is it useful to think that 'it was destined to happen'?
15:19 Is that connected to faith in Divine and Guru?
16:51 Is an unconditional love to the Master needed?
18:28 Can the Guru or others connected to us change our prarabdha?
21:32 So do we have to overcome all likes and dislikes to remove our prarabdha?
23:12 Is it is not god's fault that these problems exist?
23:31 What is the importance of satsanga?
26:31 Is sadhana to purify the mind a necessity?
28:12 What should be our spiritual goal?
28:53 If there is enough determination and understanding of the teachings, can Self Realization come, or is time needed?
30:16 What is the value of karma in terms of destiny?
30:52 How to get over suffering due to persons in need, close to us?
32:50 Is it really the same entity that is undergoing the chain of cycles of rebirth?
35:46 Does a soul have its own energy independent of the Supreme?
36:59 Is the relationship between supreme soul and individual soul like that of father and child?
38:43 How to stop negative destiny and promote good destiny in children?
39:47 Can we consider prarabdha as a Divine plan?
40:26 Can we ask the primordial energy for spiritual upliftment?
42:14 How to prevent being affected by the negative energy of previous bad actions?
43:45 When a guru becomes Self-Realized, has he helped his ancestors?
44:38 What is the difference between believing something with conviction and realising something?
46:43 Suffering from a realization of the impermanence of everything, that there is not enough time to achieve realisation.

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The Teachings of the Yoga Vasistha | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.167
Recorded on 24 February 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:35 What is the Yoga Vasistha?
7:17 "The thing that exists in itself" - what is the meaning of the Self in this phrase from Yoga Vasistha?
17:15 Why in Yoga Vasistha it says that if you consider your body as yourself you are foolish
24:12 How is time and space an imagination?
30:00 How mind and matter will all return to the origin
37:10 What is the state of a Yogi?
42:05 Does a Yogi perceive others as separate entities?
44:45 In sakshi bhava is there anything to perceive?
46:33 The meditation technique that Babaji teaches and that is taught in the Yoga Vasistha
53:17 Is Babaji watching the Divinity?
55:14 What is the difference between the mind and the Self?
55:50 Feeling of consciousness coming from somewhere into the body in meditation
58:29 What is the difference between shushupti and turiya?
59:33 How the Atman, due to relationship with matter, acquires characteristics of matter
01:00:52 How to go beyond the feeling of being stuck within the body
01:02:55 "If you can see with the vision that lies between the looker and the object looked upon"

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Religion and Spirituality Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.166
Recorded on 2 February 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:17 What does Babaji mean by 'the secrets of your own existence'?
5:03 What is the best attitude to take when dealing with all the religions and teachings around us?
15:43 What is the significance of workshiping a stone idol and how to respond to criticism of the practice?
27:00 Are we living in a make-believe world if we do not know our Real Self?
37:11 In regards to divine guidance, at what point do we realise that the decision we take is guided by god?
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The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.165
Recorded on 6 January 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:06 What does Babaji mean when He uses the word faith?
4:33 How is it we can develop a faith in god since we can't see god?
15:45 How is self-confidence different from pride or arrogance?
27:04 Does faith come through grace?
33:51 Is faith all we need? 
36:56 Are there exercises we can practice to increase faith?
39:42 Is it important to have an initiation from Babaji before participating in the zoom classes?
41:31 Why is samsara mostly recognised as an ocean and how does faith help us cross it?
42:59 How to overcome hunger during morning meditation
43:39 What is sacrifice and how is it significant?
45:08 Does faith and self-confidence come from a string of successes?
46:17 Is there a difference between world and spiritual goals?
46:47 Difference between concentrating with eyeballs open and closed in meditation
48:55 When eyeballs are steady, is that the same thing as watching in meditation?
49:15 What is the difference between faith and trust?

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The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.164
Recorded on 28 January 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:08 "It's not the mind that knows but because of the mind that we know"
1:19 The mind getting involved in the imaginations, away from the pure consciousness
5:58 Distinction between pure consciousness and the sense of "I"
11:09 Is consciousness in every atom of creation?
12:22 Creation and the dilution of the consciousness away from the Self
17:19 Has consciousness gotten involved into imaginations through ignorance?
17:57 The same mind in illusion has to be used to find the way back home too?
20:48 What is god?
23:18 Is it possible to pray to the Divine and be blessed by the Divine?
24:44 Having faith in Babaji to take us to Self Realization
27:05 Does illusion just belong to me or is the universe one shared illusion experienced differently by each of us?
31:50 How to get to the stage of thinking "a problem is no problem"
33:41 When we still the mind do we tap into the potentiality of creation?
35:25 When we engage the mind in creativity
37:32 Is there a difference between samadhi and mahasamadhi?
40:03 Does meditation require effort or is it effortless?
41:43 What is the trigger that makes the last thought the last thought?
44:10 Experiencing happiness and unhappiness in meditation
47:55 Peace, beyond bliss
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Peace: The Recommended Goal | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.163
Recorded on 09 December 2023 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:40 What is peace and why is it the recommended goal?
3:58 Can there still be peace when the mind is active?
5:05 Are happiness and peace related?
7:20 How the truth of existence cannot be found through thinking 
10:46 How when you stop the mind you find out who you really are
14:47 Is the 'matter in the mind' the imagination habits which have to dissolve?
19:50 First the mind has to be stronger than the thoughts in the mind, then does the mind have to be stronger than the world?
21:17 How is the peace in the mind maintained when a Yogi moves in the world?
28:06 Is Babaji aware that this world is not a reality?
30:13 Is pain and suffering two different things?
31:12 How to achieve peace when working in the world, should we remind ourselves that we need peace or is practice of meditation the only way.
33:37 Should we accept the desires we have since they are habits out of our control?
34:50 How to encourage newcomers to stick to the meditation practice even though they have yet to experience peace in the mind.
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The True Meaning of Yoga Part 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.162
Recorded on 18 January 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:14 Can Babaji please explain what is meant by, "Man exists as the immortal soul which is beyond the birth and death of the physical body."?
4:31 How does Parabrahma relate to the concepts of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and to us?
8:31 What does it mean for the droplet of the mind becomes one with the ocean of the Self?
13:37 Is it correct to say that our imagination is the culprit that holds us back from discovering our True Self?
20:07 How do we become strong enough to become the master and not the servant to our brain's refections?
28:35 Experiences of body jerks during meditation
29:58 After death does our consciousness remain awake in the same way that it does in the real world?
33:28 How do we know if a judgment we make is from the brain's reflection or from us using or commanding the brain?
34:56 Once mind and body gets separated, how is that soul recognised?
37:13 Can the jeevatma comprehend the absolute?
38:24 Do evil spirits exist or is it an imagination from the mind?
40:51 What are the signs that our worldly desires are gradually ending?

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Beyond Birth and Death | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.161
Recorded on 27 January 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:58 Can Babaji explain how we are beyond the birth and death of this body?
6:00 Is it because of the imaginations and tendencies that we have acquired that this birth and death appears to us?
10:48 If in this lifetime we cannot achieve Self-Realization, what happens?
15:46 What is Mahasamadhi?
20:01 Is it not enough just to be tired of this world and desire not to be reborn?
22:35 Is it because we are born to our parents that we don't question why it has happened?
32:10 Will all individual souls all eventually go back to itself?
33:22 When someone close to you dies, in most religions we pray for them, is that beneficial?
34:43 Are chakras and kundalini myths because it is simply a part of our imagination?
37:02 The sensation of descending back into the body after experiencing silence in meditation
38:29 Can we benefit from being in samadhi for 1 hour a day?
40:13 During meditation how can we stop the mind conversing with itself.
41:43 Can we tell the mind to just 'shut up and focus'?
42:30 How did Swamiji come to know of stories from the scriptures?
44:05 Are animals also individual souls?
45:07 What is experienced in the last breath of life?
46:19 Are our good habits as involving in the world as our bad habits?
47:51 When we pray to Swamiji are we praying to the Divinity?
49:12 What is the inherent meaning of the dance of Shiva with the dead body of Uma on his shoulder?

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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 Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.160
Recorded on 25th November 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
01:20 How did King Janaka come to be Ashtavakra's disciple?
11:48 When we talk of liberation, what is it liberation from?
15:29 How does giving up objects help to attain liberation?
19:37 Does the interest in objects automatically fall away when we do sadhana?
21:13 To ask for liberation King Janaka must have known he was bound to begin with, how did this come about without grace?
25:22 We think that we are the physical body, how has this mistake occurred?
30:22 How can we remove the ego of 'I am the doer'?
34:34 Why does a disciple receive testing from the Guru as a personality?
42:12 'You can make everything in the mind disappear but not the mind itself'
45:13 Was Ashtavakra born Self-Realized?   Why do some Yogis have to go through more suffering in their tapas than others have to do?
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Consciousness and Energy | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.159
Recorded on 30th December 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:42 What is consciousness?
1:42 What is energy?
3:34 Is the energy we see in the world the same as what is within consciousness?
5:30 How can there be smaller consciousnesses within one all pervaded consciousness?
12:48 Is this imagination a quality of the energy-consciousness?
27:14 Is the creation or the imagination itself wrong?
33:51 Can scientists find the true nature of consciousness and energy?
41:29 In tapas, are you aware of the physical body?
42:02 Can a thought within consciousness be aware of itself?
45:41 What causes an individual consciousness to be born as a human being with the capability of reaching Self Realisation?
49:16 How the mind experiences happiness once and for all
50:35 Are activities like running or music which quieten the mind be helpful, or are they a distraction?
52:25 Do we have to mentally suffer as we recognise the ego during meditation to bring us back to peace?
55:30 Does the mind die?
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Faith and Practice | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.158
Recorded on 23rd December 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:53 What is faith and why is it necessary on the path of spirituality?
4:23 Is faith necessary to practice meditation and does the practice of meditation help to develop faith?
6183 In meditation when the mind becomes concentrated and settles down, developing self-confidence, is that connected to faith?
9:58 Where does this initial faith come from?  
17:55 Is the source of the faith in the Guru and Guru's teachings, the one Real Self?
20:01 What is the importance of practicing at least 1 hour of meditation every day?
25.50 How to avoid getting attracted to the world and losing the path
35:55 Should we be willing to let go of any preconception we have built up in our mind to be ready to learn?
40:15 Ambaji on the need for soldiers to surrender during tough training in the army and Babaji's comments on tough training in the Ashram
43:33 Ambaji on Babaji's unwavering discipline
44:49 Ramana Maharshi upholding his duty even through physical illness and Swamiji refusing to stop His routine while undergoing dialysis
47:78 In meditation what should we do if the focus keeps dropping from the eyebrows to the heart area?
48:37 How do we develop the kind of faith that will make our master manifest before us?
49:45 Are there ways other than doing our meditation practice of showing our faith to Babaji?
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The True Meaning of Yoga | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.157
Recorded on 4th January 2024 with Malaysian participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:53 Yoga is explained as the union with origin or self.  Which origin or self is Babaji referring to?
10:55 What should we do if after many years of meditation, the mind is not going inwards and more conscious of the real Self?
27:22 What is the real Self and how do we recognise it?
38:00 How has the Self forgotten itself?

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Jangama Dhyana - The Technique | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.156
Recorded on 12th August 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:37 How was the meditation technique first revealed to Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj?
8:55 How did the name Jangama Dhyana come about?
10:22 What are Babaji's meditation instructions?
14:48 What is the importance of keeping head and neck straight?
16:20 The instruction to 'gently close your eyes'
20:48 The position of the 'third eye' where we concentrate the mind and sight
22:33 The instruction 'do not repeat and mantra or name, do not imagine anything'
28:32 Is there a technical reason to meditate for 1 hour?
30:05 Are there signs of progress in meditation, like visions or experiences?
35:05 What are we doing wrong if we are finding meditation difficult?
40:45 When I meditate why can I only stop the mind for a few minutes only, but then thoughts come up?
46:00 How does this technique enable the mind to disconnect from the body?
47:36 What is the practice of kayakalpa?
49:12 Is god a personality that can think?
51:22 Concentrating on the breath in meditation
53:00 How can we repay Babaji for everything Babaji does for us?
53:50 If the body sways during meditation, should we stop that?
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Science and Spirituality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.155
Recorded on 26th August 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction
00:06 The parallels between the scientific and spiritual approach
02:58 Can looking externally to the world eventually lead to the truth?
05:10 Why can we not see or measure the truth?
12:43 Do all  definitions finally need to be given up?
13:48 Consciousness as the fundamental reality
20:44 How society can have faith in spirituality as it has in science.
27:32 Is it important to experience the results of applying the method of meditation?
38:53 Why is the mind so easily influenced by the brain every day?
40:01 Can the use of drugs i.e. from mushrooms etc have the same influence on the mind as meditation?
42:42 Why should Swamiji's story of the Jangama Deva coming out of the fruit be believed?
43:35 If a single mind passes away, does that individual's universe disappear?
46:13 A student being drawn to monkhood
49:39 Is the energy of consciousness the same as energy particles discovered in science?
50:27 How to deal with an inability to practice

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The Power of Surrender | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.154
Recorded on 19th October 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:14 Is acting selflessly the only indictor that one is truly surrendering?
5:46 How do we balance our jobs and responsibilities with our spiritual growth?
16:56 What is the indicator to now if the decision was the right decision?
29:42 "You stop bothering, your imagination stops or you stop imagining your botheration stops"
31:48 For the Self-Realized how easy it is to continue to be in the body?
33:35 Can a disciple be independent of the Guru?
35:10 How does one overcome ego?
37:45 How can one use a 'little bit of ego' as Babaji says?
40:06 Once you are Self-Realized is there a need to meditate?

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The Two Mantras: Adjust and Manage | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.153
Recorded on 2nd September 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction
0:06 What does it mean to adjust and manage?
5:12 If we find it difficult to accept a situation what do we do?
7:25 If we are getting mentally affected are we punishing ourselves?
10:15 How do we know when to adjust and manage and when to act?
13:52 Should we get into the habit to do one thing at one time and act in the present?
14:43 Babaji on adjusting and managing in Ashram life
17:03 Babaji narrates the lottery ticket incident with Shri Swamiji
22:11 In what way should we pray to god to ask for help?
25:23 If we find ourselves irritated what is a good thing to do in that situation?
26:47 If someone's frustration or anger is projected onto us, how do we respond?
31:10 Is there an element of luck in what we receive in life apart from hard work?
32:25 How to be happy when others are unhappy?
33:40 Is everything the divine?
34:52 When to adjust and when to be firm with others, how do we decide?
36:10 How can I remain detached while doing work sincerely?
37:34 Can we change our prarabdha by doing hard work?

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We have forgotten who we really are | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.152
Recorded on 3 September 2023 with US participants

0:00 Introduction
0:06 Who are we, why do we not know who we are and how do we discover who we are?
7:13 Can self-enquiry lead to awareness of the Self?
12:57 What is detachment and why is it important?
15:10 Awareness of 'I am' without thoughts being there
19:13 Can you practice detachment?
23:25 As you practice meditation does detachment come?
24:31 Requirements when looking for a guru
28:00 What Babaji wanted in a guru
30:23 How do we become aware of supreme energy and that energy and consciousness are one and the same thing?
36:03 Are all dreams just imaginings or can the divine guru give darshan in dreams?
39:49 Experiencing fear during meditation when mind becomes more concentrated
41:57 What gives us authority to pray for others?
43:38 Will it be difficult for a householder to do meditation and achieve Self- Realisation?  [In Hindi]
45:47 [In English]
46:51 South Indian temple Chidambaram teaching the secret about consciousness beyond form and formlessness

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Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.151
Recorded on 7 October 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:13 What does Babaji mean by 'watching' in meditation?
5:24 In the instructions Babaji directs us to 'concentrate the mind and sight between the eyebrows' and then 'keep watching there by focusing the attention' - are these two different steps?
9:45 The position to concentrate in between the eyebrows
11:12 If you steadily watch, will the position take care of itself in time?
12:09 What do we do when sound effects come up in meditation?
13:48 How does meditation compare to watching a photo of guru or the divine?
17:06 Can we employ the technique of 'watching' when we are moving around in the world?
19:19 Why does it seem like a black void when all visions go, but feeling of existence is still there?
20:32 Do impressions register with the 'watcher' or is the 'watcher' free of all such samskars and is it just awareness?
22:01 How to heal ourselves of painful memories and what is the meaning of true forgiveness?
24:16 What does it mean to 'watch the thought'?
28:32 Is the gap between the thoughts the consciousness of existence?
30:03 Steadiness of eyeballs
33:09 Anxiety from letting go of things you previously thought were true, when on the spiritual path
36:59 How to stay focused on watching in meditation
39:20 If one is watching, will the thoughts not form?
41:32 Is it ok to concentrate on the peace between the thoughts?
43:24 When experiencing difficulty with watching, can one revert to a different technique?
45:33 What to do when breath almost stops in meditation?
46:42 It takes effort to stop the mind and when there are no thoughts a sleepy state comes.
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How to overcome stress and worry with meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.150
Recorded on 7 September 2023 with Malaysian participants

0:00 Introduction
0:06 How can we avoid stress while fulfilling worldly responsibilities?
7:40 How can we be aware of the supreme consciousness where nothing can trouble us?
13:46 Is the real challenge for a human being in the mind rather than in the world?
19:09 How to differentiate whether losing memory of past events is due to cleansing of the mind in meditation or simply forgetfulness?
28:19 How can one gain self-confidence in decision making?
34:22 How was Babaji able to accept any situation at the Ashram while serving Swamiji?
40:50 How to deal with someone who doesn't like you and you can't avoid them?
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The Divinity |  Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.149
Recorded on 16 September 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction
0:05 Why does Babaji generally use the world divinity as opposed to god?
1:18 Why neither atheists or theists know what god is.
7:30 If we believe in god in a particular form, how does that help us in finding divinity itself?
12:43 It seems that the space is a void in which objects can exist, how can this space be the divinity?
23:04 Is meditation the method to enable the mind to become that space, that divinity?
28:24 In Indian literature, when giving clues to the divinity, they use the term sat chit ananda.  What do they mean by this?
29:42 Is the space fully conscious and if so, does it have power to construct and destroy?
36:24 In books is it written that god is inexplicable, so why does Babaji take such effort to explain that divinity?
37:25 In the example of standing in front of the sun to receive the light, is it the same as quieting the mind to receive divinity?
37:59 Does remembering the divinity help the mind to go quiet and is this the same as meditation?
41:30 Babaji's closing words 
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Your Conscious Attention |  Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.148
Recorded on 17 September 2023 with US participants

0:00 Introduction
0:06 What is the attention?
7:38 The mind produces all imaginations but it also has the ability to watch them?
9:42 Does the attention become the 'I am' state?
10:48 When the mind becomes almost completely silent, unbounded, do you have awareness of your existence?
12:34 Does the mind eventually get absorbed into the Self?
13:46 Once the merger happens, what happens to the mind as attention and imaginations?
15:07 Once the mind goes back the Self, it won't get drawn back into the illusion?
17:59 What is the purpose of human existence?
20:06 Is spirituality about moving beyond the dualities?
22:27 Is the state of the Self aware of anything?
23:26 How does a Yogi rise above suffering?
25:59 Is a Yogi always aware of the unbounded awareness, even while acting I the world?
29:25 Anything the mind creates is not the truth, so how do we know the truth of existence?
37:47 What is the relationship between attention and the present moment?
40:17 What is the importance of patience?
46:40 If the mind is not Self-Realised, what happens when the body dies?
47:32 How can one get a deep peaceful experience back?
49:29 Does Brahman not witness the world because the world is created by individual minds?
53:27 Are presence and watching the same thing?
54:18 When the individual self merges with the Self, is this like a white spot merging with a white background?
56:23 If there are loud sounds or a pain in the body, if the attention is on the Self, do these disappear?
58:39 Being present is easy when in presence of Babaji, but how to be present when in the world?

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Rectifying our own faults | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.147
Recorded on 19 August 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:55 Why is it necessary to look at our own faults?
4:20 Are people not willing to look at their own faults and try to hide them?
5:14 If there is some stress in the mind, does that mean there is a fault that we need to rectify?
10:11 By practicing to become quiet in the mind through sadhana are we automatically rectifying our mistakes?
18:41 For a disciple if the attention is on the Guru would they know the dharma automatically?
21:11 Do our faults automatically get rectified through sadhana or does it require separate reflection and effort?
22:39 Is life the testing ground to see if the fault has been rectified?
24:00 Why is it so difficult to change oneself?
27:21 When a Yogi makes decisions, how is that different to when regular people make decisions?
29:07 What is conscience?
32:25 When people get confused on the path, are they cheating themselves?
33:01 How do we lose our ego?
35:48 Can anyone recover from any sin?
38:32 Is taking care of each other a sign of maturity?
39:41 What other activities other than meditation can we do to strengthen our conscience?
40:24 How to remove feelings of guilt?
41:15 Is it possible to burn our karmas in this birth?
42:03 How to maintain peace in the work place?

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The Mother Concept and the One Single Space | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.146
Recorded on 17 August 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction
0:11 How can we practice unconditional love in our daily lives?
21:05 The concept that we all exist and belong to one single space
28:03 How can develop the mother concept within us?
32:15 Mother's Kunti and Gandari, who is right and wrong in their behaviour?
34:26 How do we prevent hating people who do wrong to us?
36:16 Why does our body move or shake in meditation?

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Real and Unreal Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.145
Recorded on 09 September 2023 with worldwide participants

Watch Real and Unreal Pt1| Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.79
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0:00 Introduction
0.05 What Babaji means by 'real'
4:50 Am 'I' real?
7:55 Does this realness have characteristics?
16:32 What is creativity?
20:15 Is there a connection between our attention and being aware of our reality?
21:30 How can we avoid being sucked into the world when it seems so real to us?
28:16 Can we say that the experience of the unreal is itself also unreal?
29:55 Are our close human relationships also unreal?
32:39 In the world, when we have to react to this unrealness, what should we do?

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Silencing the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.144
Recorded on 16 July 2023 with US participants

0:00 Introduction
0:05 The strength of our concentration versus trying to see in meditation
4:40 Are there other ways to silence the mind besides meditation?
7:39 The path of knowledge 
11:26 Inspiration to reach the truth
13:30 What the mind gives cannot give us the truth
15:27 Does a Yogi rise above all suffering?
17:28 Who is thinking if a Yogi's mind has stopped?
19:25 What happens when Babaji answers a question
21:33 Permanent happiness is not an imagined thing
26:56 Why does my mind not stop when it is brought between the eyebrows?
27:57 How to not be bothered by the world
29:21 What happens when the mind stops?
32:35 Can an experience of sight and sound progress towards Self-Realization?
34:05 Pulling of the head downwards during meditation
35:42 Is it correct that no lasting peace and happiness can come from an experience within the mind?
37:33 Is it necessary to see thoughts or visions in the mind in meditation?
38:39 Does a Yogi still have pure peace when the body experiences pain?
39:33 Can one still stay in the state of stillness when in activity?
45:57 How can one overcome the thought 'how much more time is left in this 1 hour meditation?'
47:03 How many minutes of silence can be a good start in meditation?
47:25 Sitting quietly for some time before sitting
49:15 Constant thinking that creates a vibration in the mind, a habit to think
51:05 If you have a desire for Self Realization, is this also a vasana?
52:25 Definition of vasana and samskara
54:04 A habit to be quiet in tasks during the day
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Intelligence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.143
Recorded on 29 July 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:37 Wordly intelligence versus spiritual intelligence
9:40 Where does the intelligence to go on the spiritual path come from?
15:48 "Our intelligence must be above our ego"
17:45 The story of two brothers who were sent to know about god.
22:04 Do we still need to apply intelligence when take up meditation?
25:20 Is the brain there for us to realise that we must become quiet?
27:10 What is the relation between intelligence and emotions?
31:05 What role does intelligence have when Divine work is at play - do we have any control?
32:55 Is there an intelligence in consciousness itself or only when in touch with the brain?
35:55 If a computer has enough intelligence would consciousness arise within it?
42:04 Is there an infinite numbers of ways to arrive at peace in the mind?
43:50 Although inanimate matter has energy, it won't have any intelligence?
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Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.142
Recorded on 27 July 2023 with Malaysian participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji  
1:08 Krishna's teaching on not defining your dharma
11:25 How do we know we are doing the right thing, in reaction to what others are doing?
18:21 How do we know when to accept the results or when to keep putting in efforts to achieve something?
22:45 Are we able to achieve Self Realisation by doing the minimum practice?
26:31 What is the difference between mental and physical attachments?
32:38 Were the teachings in the Bhagavad Gita simplified for humankind?
38:44 Why is the ego present in someone even if they have been meditating for years/decades?
43:27 Why is there is so much suffering and so few who reach Self Realization?
46:04 Is it the will of god that we either take a Master's teachings positively or negatively?
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Judgements and the Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.141
Recorded on 22 July 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time
1:49 What does it mean to make a judgement?
3:22 Do we get lost in an illusion as we make judgements in the world?
7:09 Why is it that we do not see the absolute, all-pervading truth?
10:35 Do we have likes and dislikes because we identify ourselves as the body?
12:15 Do we make less judgements if we go on meditating?
15:07 The difference between a Yogi and a common person in making judgements
16:44 Is a Yogi totally secure?
18:09 Where does a faith come from?
20:55 Is Tapas practiced to remove the strongest judgements?
23:25 How is Babaji able to be in this world without making judgements?
27:43 Why do some people not recognise the greatness of a Yogi?
35:40 What is the role of the sadhak when undergoing tests in daily life?
37:30 Making judgements in the world while remaining unaffected mentally
39:53 Can we use judgements to make our faith stronger?
40:55 If I make a judgement and I don't take it as a truth, then it won't make an imprint?
41:17 Does the brain reflect emotion or is that an imagination in the mind?
42:07 Is it possible for a person, if they leave one Guru, to find another Guru?
42:41 What are the sheaths of the body that the scriptures refer to?
43:43 Why, when we see others physically, do we form our opinions and judgements?
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The Permanent and the Impermanent | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.140
Recorded on 2 July 2023 with US participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time
3:06 The difference between the permanent and the impermanent
10:23 "The Self is neither thought or silence, motions or stillness, something or nothing"
14:17 Do you have be 'that' to know 'that'?
17:15 Is pure consciousness beyond the sense of 'I am'?
19:37 What is the proper way to use the mind to aid us in liberation?
26:54 Can the mind only be aware of itself in duality?
28:22 What is our obligation to share the teachings and heal other people in the world?
32:13 How to stop internal conversations in meditation
33:43 Intensity of thoughts, impressions, karma, are these all different terminologies of the same thing?
38:38 Pure love as a function of pure consciousness
39:55 On the use of prescription drugs
46:00 Is it possible that impressions can be removed outside meditation?
47:28 The importance of the Guru
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Concentration | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.139
Recorded on 8 July 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji on Kshetra Kshetrajna yoga
4:04 When we concentrate in meditation what is it we are concentrating?
9:45 What is the difference between concentrating on an object and concentrating in meditation?
14:17 When the mind is concentrated to a single point does it become all pervaded?
16:13 Do we first achieve concentration and then meditation happens?
18:05 How, by simply watching in meditation, is concentration achieved?
23:58 If Babaji is all pervaded, who are we asking questions to?
25:26 When the mind is restless in meditation how can we improve concentration?
29:49 What Swamiji said on concentration in meditation
32:30 Babaji's advice on using the internet and new technologies
37:06 If the Self is one, should I consider a person harming me as me also?
38:39 If the mind becomes concentrated, what is the effect on the brain?
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Destiny and Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.138
Recorded on 13 July 2023 with Malaysian participants

0:00 Intro
0:09 Babaj's experience the moment of completing tapas
5:55 What is the meaning of dreams?  
9:55 With each reincarnation does our mind lose potency?  if so, how can we be guided to the Truth?
17:05 Can we achieve Self Realization by doing just 1 hour of meditation each day?
25:03 How can we accept the biggest and most tragic events in life?
30:29 What is the biggest vasana?
31:40 What is the best quality to have for sadhana?
32:35 Closing words from Babaji

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Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.137
Recorded on 15 July 2023 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:13 What is the meaning of the word 'sadhana'?
1:20 A time when Swamiji asked a man if he was doing sadhana.
3:14 What is the technology of karma yoga?
8:22 What is the technology of bhakti yoga?
15:31 Is acceptance and the mind settling also aspects of dhyana yoga?
18:19 Does sadhana also have an effect on our life in the world?
20:03 Through sadhana does one mature in a moral sense automatically?
20:25 How to practice selfless service to others while facing obstacles to our service.
23:09 It seems meditation is more difficult that any other sadhana, so why is it recommended so much?
27:23 How Lord Rama achieved Self-Realization through listening to Yoga Vasistha.
33:05 Can I get rid of all bad karmas in this life?  What kind of person should I become to accumulate good karmas?
35:49 The story of Krishna, Arjuna and the farmer.
39:19 Does sadhana stop when Self-Realization is achieved?
41:07 How to make an emotional connection with god.
42:18 By silencing the mind can you stop acquiring future karmas also?
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Thinking of a Larger Cause | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.136
Recorded on 1 July 2023 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:05 Could Babaji explain the significance of Guru Purnima?
6:30 What does it mean to think of a larger cause?
8:14 Does a Yogi automatically think of a larger cause?
11:39 Why is it a tendency for human beings to selfish?
15:22 Swami's quote, "If you live for yourself it is life, if you live for others it is Mission."
16:33 Swami's quote, "If you cannot help anybody, at least do not hinder them"
22:53 When you are serving the master should you always think of the larger cause?
26:05 Is immersive renunciation the correct way to live in the larger picture of life?
27:52 How to avoid negative influence from others when on the spiritual path.
29:22 Babaji explains how you should not define your dharma, with a story in the Mahabharata.
32:33 Thinking about future generations on earth.
35:25 How to trust in yourself despite criticism from others.
38:27 How to avoid getting attached to objects around us.
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Babaji talks about the teachings of his master Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj

O:05 How Swamiji taught, emphasising the importance of your own experience
7:49 How Swamiji taught in a unique way to bring meditation to every doorstep
14:22 The two paths in life
20:13 How can we develop the 'do or die' attitude that Swamiji had?
29:40 The meaning of 'Atma sakshatkara'
36:21 The need for a Guru and 'Aham Brahmasmi'
38:26 Once merged with the Self, can an individual be reborn?

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The individual and the one true Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.134
Recorded on 08 January 2023 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
0:06 Babaji conveys a message for the new year
5:17 Is the purpose of meditation for the consciousness to become aware of itself?
6:44 How do we overcome the misidentification of the individual imagined self?
9:35 What is consciousness's attention?
11:59 Concentrating the mind and sight in meditation?
15:56 What else can someone do to avoid being distracted by thoughts?
16:39 Watching vs thinking
18:21 Do Realized masters feel fear?
19:04 Are we holding our own dream by our imagination, making each moment ever new?
21:40 What is the Sanskrit word for awareness and consciousness?
22:14 What is chitta?
22:53 In meditation my attention between the eyebrows falls down to a lower position and distracts me
24:05 Is it right to call god a cosmic mind?
26:37 A passage from the Avadhuta Gita
28:36 What is unlearning in the context of spirituality?
30:26 Does the sense of who I am disappear in meditation?
32:25 Is concentrating on the Shambhavi Mudra the same as what Babaji teaches?
33:47 Babaji used to watch Swamiji so intently - was that like a meditation?

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How can we resolve our karma in daily life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.133
Recorded on 03 November 2022 with Malaysian participants.

0:00 Intro
0:18 How does karma affect our life?
4:32 Is it important to be aware of our karma in daily life?
6:17 How do we release ourselves our from past life karma?
7:53 If we do something with a good intention but the result of our action is otherwise where do we stand in terms of karma?
11:06 Does being engaged in spiritual activities help to deplete bad karma from the past?
14:33 What happens when a karmic cycle ends and how will we know when it ends?
15:54 How do we spiritualise our daily activities?
19:51 Does spiritualising our daily activities help in clearing our past karma or does it only prevent formation of new karma?
25:07 Can anyone practice spiritualising daily activities easily?
29:27 If one is immersed in thinking of Babaji does that help resolve our bad karmas?
31:45 For a beginner of meditation, will making the effort to sit regularly have a positive effect even if one is unable to meditate and is caught up in thoughts?
32:46 What are the benefits a person derives from darshan, being in the physical presence of a yogi?
34:26 Does good karma of a previous life make it possible for someone to come in contact with a yogi?
36:05 Closing comments from Babaji
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Thoughts and the Consciousness of Existence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.132

0:00 Intro
0:10 Babaji talks about the meditation retreat in India
2:36 Can we function without thoughts? Is there much need for so much thinking?  
4:58 Is 'watching' simply being aware without thinking?
6:28 How much thinking does Babaji do?
8:42 What does Babaji mean by 'watching through the eyeballs'?
10:27 It seems the eyes see things in the physical world and the mind's eye sees things in the mind
11:35 Once you realise your true Self, does that remain while you are having thoughts?
13:49 The state before the merger with the Self
15:10 Once the merger fully happens, is it permanent?
17:11 Is love what makes two things become one?
18:48 What is the difference between the watcher and the witness?
20:30 For there to be a 'watcher' does the 'I' have to be there?
24:02 As long as there is some residual 'I am' then is Self-Realization not yet complete?
26:23 Should we be listening out for answers to our problems in meditation?
29:37 "if you are not doing anything mentally, there is nothing you have to do to abide in the Self"
31:34 Difficulty in focusing the eyeballs in between the eyebrows
33:51 Is time the culprit to why we see the world as a reality?
38:50 Why does Babaji use the world 'eternal' with existence?
40:32 The playfulness of the Divine
42:05 If you just watch an object do we see the existence value?
43:21 If the objects which have emotional involvement creates impressions, should we just be a witness in order to live a life free of this karma?
46:45 If two people do the same action and one person feels a greater shame than the other person, is the karma the same in both cases or is it how much the mind reacts to the action?
48:16 On some level are all different things the same if we are not thinking?
51:28 Is it only through our imprints that we see the world around us?
52:38 Can we create good imprints to shape a better future and also go for the ultimate with silent meditation?
1:01:25 Is it ok to start meditation by praying to deities?
1:02:55 What approach should we have to forms of a deity?
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Developing discipline and endurance to do spiritual sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.131

Recorded on 18 August 2022 with Malaysian participants.

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0:00 Introduction
1:51 What is the key motivation that keeps Babaji going on the spiritual path?
 9:35 Is being disciplined an in-born quality or can it be cultivated and if so how can we cultivate it?
18:08 Is having a strong goal important to help us stay disciplined?
21:52 How to avoid our discipline from weakening if our motivation fades?
32:32 When things are not going our way how can we stop negativity?
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Pure Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.130
Recorded on 1 April 2023 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Introduction
0:17 Amongst the millions of thoughts there is one thing in the mind that is not a thought
7:33 Is the consciousness able to think only when in collision with the brain?
10:19 Why is it referred to as 'pure' consciousness?
13:08 Have we misidentified the pure consciousness as the thoughts?
17:49 Has the pure consciousness created this universe in the same way as the mind creates imaginations?
 22:34 Are we a part of the imagination of the pure consciousness?
 23:55 When one is aware of the pure consciousness of existence 'you don't think of yourself but you really exist'.
29:52 Is there something else we have to realise above the pure consciousness?
30:47 Who is not recognising that we are the pure consciousness?
32:01  An experience of a vision and joyful memories in meditation
37:30 Is it my imagination that we have to go through karma?
38:35 In this technique why do we not focus on other chakras?
39:52 Is there any food or drink that we should avoid?
40:48 What is it in us that wants to stop the thinking?
43:05 Why does being with people affect my state of mind and can it be corrected in some way?
44:45 Can we regain the 100% potency of the consciousness?
46:01 Does the moment of Self Realisation come instantly or is it a culmination?
49:09 How does our progress in meditation carry on to the next life?

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Spiritual Transformation, Mind & Brain | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.129
Recorded on 19 January 2023 with Malaysian participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:26 Why is it pain and agony that sets us off on the spiritual path rather than joy or success?
6:59 Why do we experience discomfort when in the company of people who are not spiritually inclined?
12:12 Is kindness and consideration to others the core criteria of spirituality?
14:02 Why is difficult for us to practise what we preach?
17:40 Does the brain exclusively drive the mind?
23:14 Without a brain can there be consciousness?
33:07 Outside meditation how can we keep our mind silent when we are going about our duties?
35:56 Other than meditation, how can we master the mind?

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Character and Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.128
Recorded on 18 March 2023 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:07 What does Babaji mean when He refers to a person's character?
2:35 Are there any good habits or just bad habits?
4:17 Is the character, behavioural structure and personality the same?
5:10 How is the character formed?
9:45 Does the sadhana have an impact on our character?
14:28 Can your character be influenced by the people you are associated with?
16:31 Can we consciously alter our character or does the character itself prevent that?
19:42 Amongst yogis are there common characteristics of their character?
21:33 Why did Babaji talk once about how 'Ravana' who is often portrayed as a baddie in the Ramayana, actually had great character?
25:41 How can we develop a more mature character?
28:49 Is a Yogi's body under the law of prarabdha?
29:27 Are small incidents that happen all prarabhda?
30:15 How to deal with many thoughts coming up during meditation
31:21 Should one experience any pain when focusing the eyeballs in between eyebrows?
32:50 What is the favourite god of this lineage?
34:05 Is it ok to eat food that is older than 4 hours or refridgerated food
35:18 How to make ourselves eligible for grace?
35:47 What can be done to help someone face terminal illness as they near the end of their life?
41:25 Is it possible for a yogi's mind to be disturbed by physical illness?

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Meditation for Mind Control | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.127
Recorded on 11 March 2023 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:03 The final battle for a human being to control the mind
13:25 Importance of adopting a discipline and not forcing the mind
15:57 The polite but firm approach
22:21 How we have to become infinite to control this infinite mind
25:53 How to keep the mind quiet when in activity
33:09 Adopt any role but without the ego
34:35 How do we know we are moving in the right direction with our practice?
37:42 Will physical yoga or other practices help you physically as well as spiritually?
39:41 Is it ok to meditate in a public environment with external noises?
42:35 How important is it to get initiated by a guru?
43:53 What is the purpose of heat in the body when meditating?

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Meditation, The Imagination And The Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.126
Recorded on 22 January 2023 with US participants.

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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
3:13 Concentrating the mind and sight and then watching in meditation
15:01 Importance of remembering Pure Consciousness even when we are not experiencing it?
16:01 What is imagination?
17:12 The mind and pure consciousness
19:22 What does Babaji mean by the universe is the imagination of a bigger consciousness?
22:30 How do we acquire habits and what effect do they have on our life?
29:45 How does Babaji see the world as a Self Realized person?
34:29 How can we turn around the obstacle of time into peace?
37:39 If one wants to go for more meditation, is it better to extend the period of an hour or better to wait to do a separate sitting?
40:25 The difference between Christianity and going inwards in meditation
45:06 What did Ramana Maharshi mean with the word 'choiceless' when he said "effortless, choiceless awareness is our true nature"
46:27 If someone takes an oath in one lifetime, if that oath doesn't serve well in another lifetime, how to break such habits?
52:15 When we experience a moment of silence in meditation is that a glimpse of pure consciousness?
53:19 Before Tapas, can we know for certain that one single Self exists?
55:33 What is the value of the notion of liberation in this world which has only an appearance value?
57:11 How to find real peace in this world?

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How do we spiritualize every role we assume in life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124

Recorded on 17 November 2022 with Malaysian participants.

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0:00 Introduction
0:15 What is the key throught or anchor that we have must have in our mind to carry out our roles in life spiritually?
1:53 How do we track ourselves spiritually, what is the ideal to follow?
4:12 When we surrender whatever we do to god, is that being spiritual enough?
5:43 As a parent, what is my spiritual role to my children? Should I enforce or just encourage them into spirituality?
9:17 How to know we are operating spiritually when looking after our children?
11:11 As a child, what is my spiritual role towards my parents?
13:40 If our family members are not on the spiritual path, what is our duty to them?
15:33 How can being spiritual help us at work for example in busy and pressured situations?
17:06 If one wants to pursue Self Realisation, how does one deal with family duties and responsibilities that stand in the way?
20:02 If someone has a deep desire to serve the Guru physically but can't do so due to circumstances, is it possible to match this in service to family members?
22:32 For people in professions which involve killing animals, to be spiritual should they give up such jobs?

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The Acquired Habits | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124
Recorded on 21 January 2023 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:58 The three thought processes that occur whenever we apply our mind on something
6:34 How and why does a judgment create an imprint?
16:09 With meditation practice, s it possible in daily life to make a judgment without absorbing an imprint?
18:19 Does the brain still behave with tendencies even when the mind is purified?
25:53 Is it only due to acquired habits that we are unaware of the Self?
28:43 Withdrawing the mind's attention from the thoughts in meditation
32:23 Why generally do people not want to correct their bad habits?
37:54 Does a person take up meditation due to being born to certain parents?
39:50 Why do two people, ie a couple who are both on the spiritual path die at different times?
41:37 Can purification ceremonies like baptism or sweat lodge be good?
43:25 Is the opening of the heart chakra a glimpse of god?
44:32 Can one inherit imprints from parents?

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Babaji answers questions on  'watching', the central technique of Jangama meditation.

Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.123
Recorded on 14 January 2023 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:19 The technology of 'watching' in meditation
5:27 What should we do when thoughts come up in meditation?
9:52 Why do people find it difficult to meditate?
16:04 Is it possible to have our attention on two things at the same time?
18:25 Babaji has given us these instructions hundreds of times, but Shri Swamiji received these instructions only once and went into deep meditation and tapas -  what is the difference there?
25:10 How to deal with worries about the future?
26:10 Is it ok to use a stronger thought to stop other thoughts?
27:56 How can we prevent other people's energies from affecting us?
29:16 Is it ok to watch ourselves watching?
30:33 Can I make changes to my life while maintaining a simple life?
31:55 Sound distractions while meditating
33:08 Is an experience of total blankness in meditation ok?
34:22 Is samadhi required to realise the Self?
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What is the right attitude with which to approach our meditation practice?  Babaji explains.

The Right Attitude | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.122
Recorded on 17 December 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:00 Importance of dedication
4:20 Importance of discipline
8:35 Importance of patience
13:02 Is it important not to think of meditation in a negative way?
17:01 How does one's personality change as one practises meditation?
21:03 Do we create the world we experience around us?
23:16 The need for peace in the mind
28:55 A story of Babaji following a command from His guru Swamiji
33:16 Should we see the good in everything?
35:49 When we are meditating should we forget about the world and our responsibilities?
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Oneness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.121
Recorded on 10 December 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:59 When Babaji uses the term 'oneness' what does Babaji mean?
2:46 If everything is one then why does it appear that there is a separation?
3:42 Does a Yogi see themselves in everything?
5:00 Is one's like experiencing all the characters of a dream within yourself
6:34 Seeing God and Guru in everything
8:10 The story of the elephant rider
13:50 Is not judging anything what faith is?
16:50 Is it our own negative imaginations that prevents faith?
20:40 Is it possible for there to be peace and harmony in this world?
23:31 The highest prayer 'loka samasta sukhino bavantu'
23:39 How to find oneness when there are so many gods?
30:12 When we do this meditation do we need to do any other practices?
31:01 Should we avoid watching media to stop negative impressions?
31:40 Does time pass between death and rebirth?
33:32 How to discriminate between true and false?

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Babaji goes into more detail about meditation and why it is recommended.

Why Meditate? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.120
Recorded on 3 December 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Introduction to newcomers from Babaji
2:06 Why should we meditate?
5:24 Why should we focus in between the eyebrows?
14:34 Why does Babaji recommend to meditate for at least 60 minutes?
17:48 Are there people for whom meditation is not advised?
19:02 Picking up habits from people we associate with
22:33 What are the qualities of a strong mind?
26:44 When you are sleepy in meditation, should we take rest, or should we keep persevering?
31:53 What to do when we feel we are not progressing in meditation?
36:13 Why is devotion technically important and how can we increase it?
38:00 Is there a proof that Divinity exists?
44:43 Can Kriya yoga help in controlling your mind
45:58 When sound is experienced in meditation
48:00 Why do people come onto the spiritual path at different times, and some never at all?
49:44 Why do we not remember our previous lives?

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Babaji explains, step-by-step, the instructions of the meditation technique Jangama Dhyana.

Jangama Dhyana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.119
Recorded on 26 November 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Meditation instructions from Babaji
2:05 The meaning of 'dhyana'
4:15 Meaning of 'jangama dhyana'
6:02 The posture for meditation
8:14 Importance of closing the eyes in meditation
11:31 Why the eyeballs are used to concentrate in meditation
16:08 The secret of 'just watching' in meditation
19:11 Purification of the imprints or acquired habits in the mind 
27:57 If we don't support the thought, the thoughts disappear
28:00 What Babaji means buy 'no third way' for the mind
34:35 The importance of a master to guide in meditation
41:36 The benefits of sitting with a master 
43:21 How we give too much importance to the thoughts
45:27 What do we do away from meditation, while in the world

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The mind into future and past | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.118
Recorded on 5 November 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:58 Is there a technique where we can practice remaining in the present?
7:05 Does this nature which we see as divinity an illusion or does the divinity really exist?
9:32 How does the mind come out of the whirlpool of habits carried on from previous lives?
14:14 Is it possible for the mind to eradicate all the acquired habits?
20:38 Importance of keeping back straight and upright in meditation
21:51 The weakened mind
23:20 Is it possible for one mind to experience two difference worlds in two difference dimensions (regarding a story in Yoga Vathista)?
25:52 Time and the present as a concept and illusion
30:16 How to find peace while dealing with things in the world
31:57 Do the past and future exist for a yogi?
35:46 Does the karmic function still work for a yogi?
36:32 Does the body of a yogi have to go through suffering because of a yogi's karma or someone else's karma?
38:18 How does a yogi see the world?
39:01 If the mind doesn't exist, how does this creation continue?
41:31 How a yogi exists
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Meditation and Supreme Peace | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.117
Recorded on 4 September 2022 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
0:15 What is the difference between 'I am' consciousness and the consciousness of existence?
0:23 Is 'I am' consciousness a product of the mind?
2:26 If the bundle of thoughts the mind appears and disappears, we can't be that?
4:07 Is there consciousness with no thought?
5:15 Is there a gap between the relative and absolute consciousness?
7:05 One single Self exists
10:02 If we stop identifying with thoughts, we identify with the Self
11:08 What is spirituality?
13:26 How do we stop recognizing things in meditation?
15:19 How does Divine resolve great souls to leave their worldly lives?
17:51 Is one mantra more powerful than another?
18:44 Space, beyond the imagined idea of space
19:45 Is the mind maya itself or does maya take place within the mind?
20:56 The mind as consciousness and energy
23:13 How to improve ability to stop naming and identifying things in meditation
25:12 How to face the fear of non-existence
28:08 If we get rid of the 'I am' then none of the problems can arise
32:11 It seems that consciousness and energy are at battle against each other, is that right?
35:35 Are thoughts projected and then witnessed by consciousness?
36:21 Why does the mind not want to be dissolved, and why do the tests increase in intensity as we progress?
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Meditation and Supreme Peace | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.116
Recorded on 21 August 2022 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
0:06 What is meditation and the value of it?
4:11 Can you find peace in the mind?
5:51 What is sat chit ananda?
8:34 How can you think in the world and remain in supreme peace?
11:40 Where does the 'I am'-ness come from?
19:22 How is love that is experienced in silence distinguished from the imagination?
21:37 When Self-realized does the mind not catch the reflections of the brain or does the brain stop reflecting?
25:47 The different states of samadhi
31:20 High energy experienced after chanting which drops quickly to a low level
35:25 Samadhi and ego
40:17 How to get beyond fears
43:25 After meditation practice, why does the world seems more real rather then less real?
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Recorded on 29 October 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:41 What are the six shapes of the mind that the ancient sages spoke of?
16:00 Why are they no shapes of the mind that are positive?
18:23 People tend to have one type of behaviour that sticks with them, is that a special challenge for that particular person?
22:15 What happens that a person tends to automatically think of the greater good of everybody?
25:57 Can the mind control itself or is there something else which controls the mind?
28:46 What is the difference between suppressing and sublimating emotions ie when an anger flares up?
35:46 What is happening in the mind when we are happy, sad, frightened or confused - these are not shapes of the mind so what happens at this moment?
40:03 What is happening in a person when they feel insecure?
44:27 Is the liberated mind equal to Brahman itself?

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Recorded on 20 October 2022 with Malaysian participants.

0:00 Intro
0:27 What is self-integrity in spirituality?
4:25 How do we develop and sustain self-integrity?
8:10 What are the characteristics of a person with self-integrity?
12:27 Is having integrity only a virtue or does working on oneself to achieve integrity get converted to sadhana?
14:57 If one practices meditation sincerely, do good virtues increase, and is this a sign that one is progressing spiritually?
17:19 In this life is self-integrity the only way to grow spiritually to realise the ultimate truth?
21:35 How to insure we have self-integrity in difficult situations?
26:39 How would a person with strong negative mental habits attempt to cultivate self-integrity?
28:43 Babaji's closing words
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Recorded on 22 October 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
4:00 Is freedom the ability to do what we want to do?
8:08 How have we bound ourselves?
14:42 Is suffering there are a reminder that there is a problem?
16:25 Does separation give rise to the ego and is this what we need to be free of?
17:57 Is meditation practiced to remove the notion that anything is a reality?
20:07 Does every action of the Guru help us stop making analysations and judgments?
21:34 If we authorises the Guru fully to perform surgery on the ego, is it less painful?
24:04 As the student do we need to understand that the Guru is removing the ego?
25:36 So we can't be a slave to this world and also be surrendered to the Guru?
27:56 Is it possible for a person to be free from painful memories and keep pleasurable relationships?
30:16 Some people think discipline is a bondage, why is discipline so necessary?
31:51 Is total freedom the freedom from the cycle of birth and death?
34:09 What is the individual consciousness that is in the body, is it the Self?
37:01 How does the Yogi know that the mind has settled down once and for all?
38:16 Helping others on their journey to the Self
42:17 Why have we lost our childlike innocence? 
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What is our true nature and why are we not aware of it?  Babaji answers questions on the Self.

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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
5:10 What is our true nature and why are we not aware of it?
14:47 As Babaji says, the imagination is no ordinary thing.
17:12 Can we say the imagination is not real but the experience of the imagination is real?
20:14 The 'space' as absolute, the divinity
26:32 The Self was already there, we don't become the Self, we simply become one with it.
28:45 If we are 100% watching are we abiding in the Self?
29:14 The salt doll analogy that Ramakrishna spoke of
31:58 How has Babaji come out of the ocean to lead us back to it?
42:45 How do I know when in meditation that I am abiding in the Self, as opposed to sleep?
48:20 Do we not need the body to experience the true Self?
50:55 What was the need to come out of the Self to experience this creation?
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Babaji explains the amazing, awe-inspiring state of a yogi.

Recorded on 8 October 2022 with worldwide participants

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0:00 Intro
0:07 What is a yogi?
2:18 A yogi might seem like an ordinary person, but is the experience of a Yogi different?
4:00 Is a yogi different from what we would consider a saint or a spiritual person in the West?
4:45 Might a yogi appear not to be behaving well but would still be in yoga?
6:24 Why a yogi might talk repeatedly about an event that had occurred, as Swamiji sometimes did
13:16 Are there any outward signs that one could recognise the body of a yogi?
20:14 Does a yogi have an imagination?
24:38 Is the brain of a yogi different to that of an ordinary person?
26:52 What do the stories of yogis performing miracles and supernatural feats mean?
32:45 What is tapas shakti?
36:26 When Babaji was asked the question 'What have you achieved?'
38:08 When a yogi offers darshan or blessings, what is it that is being offered?
41:29 What state, relative to happiness or sadness are we trying to reach through yoga? 
42:35 When Babaji says 'shaping our future', is this in our life or in future lives?
43:05 When a yogi is in a perfect thoughtlessness state, what brings them out of this state?
44:46 What is meant by 'do not annoy the guru as you are annoying your own karmas'?
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Babaji explains in detail how the mind tricks us and how the Truth can be revealed.

Overcoming the Tricks of the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A No.110
Recorded on 1 October 2022 with worldwide participants

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0:00 Intro
0:05 What does Babaji mean by the 'tricks of the mind'?
1:34 Are the tricks of the mind connected to expectations?
2:42 On the path to achieving liberation, is everything in the mind a test to keep quiet?
6:30 If we go on rejecting what is not the truth, does that bring us closer to the truth?
7:47 Is it through meditation that we de-hypnotize the mind?
11:17 Is it surrender when we realise we don't really know anything?
12:54 Do we need to have a yearning for the truth in order to overcome the tricks of the mind?
15:01 Is the resolution to 'do or die' needed to overcome the highest test?
19:13 What does Babaji mean by applying the brakes to the mind?
 22:25 Is control of the mind the same as total freedom?
24:00 Does the ego exist as a separate thing or is it a bundle of habits?
24:42 Does the yearning for the Truth happen naturally?
26:31 How to deal with procrastinations of the mind?
27:55 When we ask a question to Babaji, who is the 'You' that is answering?
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Sadhana and Emotions | Thus Spake Babaji No.109
Recorded on 24 September 2022 with worldwide participants

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0:00 Intro
0:20 What should we do for the rest of the day outside meditation?
2:52 Is there a need for any other sadhana if we practice meditation properly?
4:42 Through meditation we don't absorb impressions so much, is this something we consciously need to do or is it an automatic thing?
5:56 Our three-fold obligations that Swamiji spoke of
10:55 What are emotions?
16:16 If the mind has goes into an extreme emotion, at that time should we try to bring it under control or is it too late?
17:12 Are emotions related to the six shapes of the mind?
19:08 What does Babaji mean about sublimating the emotions rather than suppressing them?
20:23 How do we serve with humility the old who needs care, who refuses a spiritual outlook and tries to be self-destrucitve?
21:44 When struggling with a deep emotion, how not to get caught up into it in that moment?
24:08 At the time when Swamiji left His body, how did Babaji manage to do sadhana during this intense grieving period?
25:56 What does it mean to apply the mind to the brain?
27:20 What are the vedas and connection with Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva?
29:18 With constant practice of meditation will the mind not get into the six shapes of the mind?
32:03 When we don't feel well and struggle with concentration should we still sit for meditation?
33:17 How to overcome intense emotions that come up out of the blue?
34:52 Is there a value to having a positive emotion in meditation?
41:48 How to overcome fear and paranoia
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What is the peculiar relationship between the mind and the brain?  Babaji gives us some clues and recommendations on how to gain control of the mind and use the brain in the best possible way.

Thus Spake Babaji No.108
Recorded on 17 September 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:07 What is the relationship between the mind and the brain?
4:50 The brain as a tool to go towards the Self but also away from the Self
14:38 Is the ultimate aim of meditation to bypass the brain?
19:37 Is it possible to use the brain to its maximum potential but to also stay detached?
21:28 As the mind becomes more and more quiet, do the brain's reflections also calm down?
28:04 What is the relationship between the quality of health of the brain and the mind?
30:32 During tapas, did the mantra that was given register in the mind or brain?
32:45 Where is the all-pervaded consciousness in the body?
33:46 How does one maintain focus in the mind during challenging times?
36:21 Does meditation also help the brain not to reflect such confusion to the mind?
38:14 How can physical matter (the brain) and consciousness be in collision with each other?
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How have impurities appeared in the mind and why is the purification necessary?
Babaji answers questions on meditation as a purification process.

Thus Spake Babaji No.107
Recorded on 10 September 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:10 What is it that is being purified in meditation?
6:20 How does the meditation practice work to purify the mind of its habits?
11:42 Is this silent practice without any external anchor the highest form of purification?
16:23 Should we not take anything of the world seriously in the mind?
20:17 How does a totally purified mind function in the world?
25:27 Is any action of a Yogi for the benefit of all?
28:52 Do we gradually purify the mind of the subtle bodies through meditation?
31:08 Why do more and more tests come as the mind becomes purified?
38:45 How to deal with problems with people
40:33 How to deal with visions in meditation
44:29 Can trials and tribulations lead us to purifying the mind?
46:57 How to manage family members who don't understand your path
49:40 When we struggle in meditation, is this how the purification starts happening?
51:00 What to do when we feel a strain in-between eyebrows in meditation
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Babaji explains the meaning of the term sadhana, its benefits in daily life and what is the highest form of sadhana.

Thus Spake Babaji No.106
Recorded on 03 September 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji mean by the term sadhana?
1:25 The story when Swamiji pulled Babaji up for translating sadhana as meditation
5:35 Outside of meditation are there things we can do to keep the mind quiet as a sadhana?
7:42 Babaji explains how practicing service is not a sign weakness but can be used as a sadhana
13:51 Are some forms of sadhana higher than others, is meditation the highest form of sadhana?
15:55 Is sadhana and moral behaviour in the world related?
21:08 Does a Buddhist puja count as sadhana?
21:48 Did caring for the handicapped boys at the ashram reduce Babaji's sadhana?
23:29 How would Babaji keep mental calm if he was ill and unable to perform his duties at the Ashram?
31:43 If we perform sadhana and then we stop, do we lose the benefits?
32:39 Could it be said that taking the Darshan of a Yogi is a form of sadhana?
33:49 Could Babaji explain the relationship between acquiring patience and practicing quietness?
35:20 To what extent does our practice help our relatives who have passed on?
40:50 When our body feels uncomfortable to sit for meditation - how to strengthen the mind to keep sitting?

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Babaji answers questions from His monastic disciple Amba Shvaranjani on the mind and mind control.

Thus Spake Babaji No.105
Recorded on 27 August 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:06 The mind as your conscious energy
3:57 How to go beyond the idea of 'me and mine'
8:29 Is the brain the main cause of the ego?
14:46 Does God exist or is it a concept adopted by people in their own way?
21:52 Does your own destiny play a role in your spiritual progress?
27:50 How to stop the judgmental nature of the mind
33:17 Do the judgments we make in this life cause bondage in the next birth?
34:42 How the mind picks up habits
36:02 How to help quieten the mind before meditation
37:05 Is it the nature of the mind to get attached to the thoughts? 
41:20 Is it the detachment and imprints that is sin?
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Thus Spake Babaji No.104
Recorded on 15 September 2022 with Malaysian participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:06 What is the real Self? Is it separate from the individual self?
6:10 What are the benefits of knowing ourself?
11:25 What is this power that the topic 'the power of the Self ' is referring to?
20:20 How best should we use this power in this life?
23:34 How do we maintain and grow this power within us?
29:41 Why do some people who have achieved great spiritual accomplishments later drift away form the spiritual path?  How do we avoid this?
35:01 Is it right to invoke deities for abundance and prosperities?
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Babaji talks about the amazing in-born qualities of the young Sathyaraju who, after 12 years of gruelling tapas, became one of India's greatest spiritual giants, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.

Thus Spake Babaji No.103
Recorded on 20 August 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:08 What were the main in-born qualities of Swamiji as a young boy?
3:06 What if we don't have the same in-born qualities as Swamiji?
3:50 Is it a wrong interpretation to describe the young Swamiji as extroverted, active and worldly wise?
8:30 What was happening at the time prior to starting tapas when Sathyaraju appeared to become withdrawn from the world?
12:15 Sathyaraju seemed to question authorities figures often.  When he was initiated into tapas, did he question that?
17:58 How is it possible that Swamiji was able to instantly focus his mind 100%?
27:31 Early on in His tapas, Swamiji stopped and decided to return to the world.  What stopped him from returning?
36:37 Could it be said that the Jangama sage is a manifestation of Swamiji's mind?
39:12 Could Tapaswiji Maharaj, who helped Swamiji with His tapas, be considered as His Guru?

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"Yoga means union with the origin" ~ Babaji explains the meaning of yoga and how our efforts should be to go back to the Self.

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0:00 Intro
0:05 What lineage of yoga does Babaji belong to?
2:44 Is it because of the habit to think that we are away from the yoga?
5:18 The quality the consciousness has to imagine
12:23 Yoga through being silent while performing action
19:20 Do all the paths of yoga, bhakti, karma, gnana - ultimately become dhyana yoga, meditation?
24:50 Explanation of 'knowledge personified' from the Guru Gita
25:47 For a Yogi does this world seem like a movie?
29:09 How can a Yogi operate in the world through the body after merging with the Self?
32:08 How is a Yogi before Mahasamadhi different from a Yogi after Mahasamadhi?
35:22 What part of the individual achieves Self-Realisation?
36:55 What does the Bhagavad Gita mean when it says the Yogi is the best state to be in?
39:04 Is devotion required to achieve yoga?
41:09 Do all these different paths lead to silence?
42:00 What is the status of the rishis?
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Babaji answers questions on spiritual transformation

Thus Spake Babaji No.101
Recorded on 16 July 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:06 What was the 'restlessness' that Babaji experienced as a child and is it necessary for spiritual transformation?
4:56 How can consideration to others be helpful for spiritual transformation?
13:05 Is it better to get away from people and the world or is it better to stay amongst people so it can serve as a training?
19:53 Outside meditation should we always be judging our own mind to see if we are improving in the way that we behave?
21:40 Is faith and devotion to the Guru, faith and dedication to the spiritual path and devotion to God all the same thing? 
23:35 Are we missing out on anything by not practicing other meditation methods?
25:24 When I started on my spiritual journey I was very inspired but as I have aged, the experiences have become flat and regularised.  What is the transformation that is happening?
27:00 If peace and pure observation has become a more regular experience, where do we go from there?
30:02 Could Babaji talk about the story of Nachiketa in the Katha Upanishad when he met Lord Yama?
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Babaji on why this world is considered an illusion in spirituality.

Thus Spake Babaji No.100
Recorded on 18 June 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:07 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 Babaji says that the one thing that is real is the one thing we cannot measure?
18:56 Should we be trying to stop the illusion or stop believing in the illusion?
24:11 Does my illusion belong only to me or is the universe one shared illusion experienced differently by each of us?
26:03 What does the story of the three princes from the Yoga Vasistha illustrate?
28:45 If a Yogi has woken up from this illusion, does the world still exist for the Yogi?
30:26 How should one treat relationships with other people within this illusion?
33:20 Babaji said that it is the mind only that can recognise the parabrahman. Is this because the mind is part of the parabrahman?
35:19 Mind and brain relationship
31:14 Is it because we have clouded the mind with imaginations that we cannot see the parabrahman?
36:30 Is death the only way to lose the existence value?
40:28 How can our subjective experience in this body become universal?
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Babaji explains and emphasises the important attribute the mind must have when performing selfless service and when helping others.

Thus Spake Babaji No.99
Recorded on 15 January 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:06 What is selfless service?
1:44 Can one become Self-Realised through the practice of selfless service?
3:37 What can we do to make our service selfless service?
10:14 When we serve relatives, friends and others, how we do we make sure we are not exploited?
13:17 If people perform genuine selfless service to others without considering it a spiritual practice, could they become Realised without intention?
16:30 How do we offer our services to God?
16:56 How do we recognise when someone is in real need, that we can assist rather than simply interfering?
19:21 If one is asked by anyone to be involved in an action that we believe is morally wrong, are we justified in ignoring that request?
20:55 Can it be right to tell a lie or is it always important to tell the truth?
24:11 What is self respect and does it conflict with selfless service?
32:15 Is the instant response to help an ego or is it compassion?
33:47 What advice to give on assisted suicide?
36:40 What is the technology that enables the quiet mind to make good judgments?

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Babaji explains what is needed to be a sincere spiritual seeker, the best student to the master - the ideal disciple.

Thus Spake Babaji No.98
Recorded on 04 June 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:05 What are the most important attributes to being a good disciple?
4:42 Story of a disciple asking a master to tell him about the ultimate truth.
14:04 King Janaka as a student to Ashtavakra
21:12 How Babaji learnt from Swamiji
26:17 How important is to be physically close to the Yogi?
31:21 Hearing the same teachings repeatedly so that they penetrate the inner layers of the mind

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Babaji talks about His early life and the events that led to meeting His Guru Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.  Released In honour of Babaji's 86th Birthday on 20 September 2022.

Recorded on 11 June 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:17 Babaji's parents and their influence
3:38 Impact of Babaji's father dying when Babaji was young
5:32 The 'Thus Spake' booklets which Babaji read in His childhood
9:41 The 'button to get rid of the universe' that Babaji imagined when young
12:11 Visiting the Hanuman temple when young
16:10 Learning chants as a child
19:16 Spending time in a cave at the Chamundi hills
21:00 Did Babaji actively seek a Realised Guru?
22:40 How Babaji met His Guru
40:17 How Babaji's childhood was pleasant yet His own mind was restless seeing the world
44:11 Did Swamiji choose Babaji before His birth?
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Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A theme: We Must Stop Thinking To Realise The Truth
Recorded on 24 April 2022 with US participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:07 "Thinking will never give us the truth of who we are"
4:30 Is the consciousness of existence the same as pure awareness?
5:15 Knowing the Self
6:24 The difference between individual consciousness and pure consciousness
7:25 Pure love
10:15 Definition of meditation
13:21 How did Babaji imagine His Guru when Swamiji left His Body?
15:34 How should we think of our loved ones when they pass away?
16:07 In meditation are we losing the habit to think and visualise unnecessarily?
18:00 How do mantras work on the mind?
19:29 Was Babaji's wisdom attained during His 5 years of tapas?
21:22 Always having a strong will to go towards the goal
23:39 As you progress on the path, does it become easier?
26:55 By just being present day to day and doing meditation practice - can that become tapas?
28:00 Can a yogi come back to the world?
29:46 How to overcome fears that come up when meditating
32:01 Are we exposed to our previous lives in tapas?

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Babaji explains the technology of prayer and how we should pray.

Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A theme: The Power of Prayer
Recorded on 5 May 2022 with Malaysian participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:06 What is prayer?
2:17 If we practice regular meditation, are we still required to perform prayer?
4:46 Is prayer to be focused on God?
6:18 If the ultimate goal is to silence the mind and realise the Self, what should our prayers be like?
8:44 What is the secret of prayer?
11:17 What is happening when one gets emotional when chanting the Divine's name or signing devotional songs?
13:56 When we perform our worship to the altar, what is actually happening?
16:07 What is the significance of Hindu prayers such as slokas, stotrams and mantras?
21:31 Is it important to understand the meaning of the mantras or stotrams?

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The Mother Concept and Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A No.94
Recorded on 8 May 2022 with US participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:06 Mother and the Divine Mother in personified and unmanifest form
6:59 What is love?
9:06 Is pure love just pure oneness?
13:10 Explaining consciousness
16:32 Thoughts and consciousness
20:50 Spirit and Soul
25:49 Chanting the Gayatri mantra for a dying person
27:34 Spiritual beings having a human experience
29:38 Difference between energy of Shiva and that of Divine Mother, Adi Para Shakti
30:20 Innate objects and consciousness
32:49 Can you become Self-Realised during or after transition after death?
33:23 Is the emptiness that the Buddhists describe as the essence of existence the same as the 'space' that Babaji talks of?
35:43 When you 'watch' in meditation, 'you are not doing anything else mentally'
38:45 How does sitting in silence during meditation clear the impressions in the mind?
40:17 Impressions in the mind and memories
42:28 What is the 'ground truth' reality?  Once Mahasamdhi occurs does the universe disappear?
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How to Improve the Quality of the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #93
Recorded on 14 May 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:00 Intro
0:06 Were people in the Rig Vedic era able to simply meditate, go into samadhi and realize the Truth?  If so why could they do it then but we can't do it now?
8:44 If our mind is weaker every lifetime, is it harder each time to achieve Self-Realisation?
10:35 Explanation of the six shapes of the mind
19:17 Why are the six shapes all negative?
23:04 The story of Yudhishthira and Duryodhana from the Mahabharata
25:45 What qualities of the mind are there to make the mind pure?
29:07 Were the mantras of the vedas composed like a poet does or as a vision that came from the divine?
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Babaji explains the essence of spiritual training and sadhana, emphasizing the importance of applying the mind and keeping it quiet.

0:00 Intro
0:06 The unique way that Babaji was trained by his Guru, Swamiji
9:26 Did Babaji practice all three yogas of bhakti yoga, karma yoga and dhyana yoga?
13:31 Should we look at our own faults instead of those of others?
14:56 How can we make sure we look at our own faults constructively?
22:25 How should we deal with individuals that are trying to be difficult?
28:45 Practicing concentration in meditation
31:40 Focusing on the space between the eyebrows and watching the thoughts in meditation
33:41 Adopting the right technique of sadhana
35:04 Babaji's spiritual practice during his college days
37:56 Is it better for spiritual progression to retreat from city life?
39:16 Will it improve meditation if you are vegetarian?
40:32 How to choose what kind of sadhana we do?


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Duality and Nonduality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #91
Recorded on 30 April 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:06 You as the droplet and the ocean as the target
4:42 Do you start as dualistic and end as nondualistic?
8:04 Adi Shankar wrote devotional hymns and taught nonduality - is that a contradiction?
10:23 Is nonduality an experience of a Yogi, a philosophy or a practice?
12:27 In duality is there a danger of becoming too attached to the creation or the creator?
16:12 If the correct meditation technique and right guidance are adopted is there a natural progression?
19:39 Bhaja Govindam, the song that inspired Babaji at a young age
21:01 If after tapas the mind is nonexistent, how do devotees interact with their masters?
23:04 Meaning of vasistha advaita as described by Ramanuja
26:17 Meaning of Aham Brahmasmi
27:18 Explanation of the saying "Desiring you see creation, desireless you see the creator"


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The Teachings of Shri Krishna | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A #90

Babaji explains various teachings of Shri Krishna from the Mahabharata

0:00 Intro
0:06 Sometimes the Pandavas sought Shri Krishna's advice, sometimes they didn't - is there a lesson to be learnt from this?
3:25 How to decide what is appropriate to ask the Guru
6:40 The teaching behind the disrobing of Draupadi
15:50 Why Gandhari, the mother of the Kauravas, blamed Shri Krishna for not stopping the war
24:52 Why did Shri Krishna give up teaching at the end?
26:40 Shri Krishna's teaching of "You have the right to action but not the fruits of those actions"
30:39 What is the significance of the vows taken in Shri Krishna's teachings?
31:59 Shri Krishna said that when dharma has declined, the divine will incarnate again

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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #89 recorded on 16 April 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:07 What is faith and what should we have faith in?
1:41 What is the difference between faith and blind belief?
2:50 Should you not lose faith in Guru, in yourself and your sadhana, all these 3 things?
5:34 How can we develop stronger faith?
14:49 Is belief in the teachings an intellectual understanding, but faith comes from your own experience?
20:37 A story of Hanuman's faith in his Guru's name
31:30 If you have faith in the Guru then the grace has to flow, but should we not have any expectation of that?
32:45 How did Babaji cope when the faith was tested?
36:47 How do we remove ignorance forever?
37:27 Can we take anything that life brings us as Guru's grace, for our own good only?
39:25 What is the importance of Hanuman Jayanti?

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Babaji explains the true nature of reality, as he experienced in deep meditation.  

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #88 recorded on 26 March 2022 with worldwide participants.

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0:06 What does Babaji means when he says that the world is not real and that only the Self is real?
6:28 If the past no longer exists and the future does not yet exist, can we say the present is the only thing that exists and is the reality?
9:18 The concept of space as the divine, the supreme being 
16:51 When a Yogi has experienced the divine is it still possible to worship and pray to that supreme consciousness?
19:28 Are the gaps between the thoughts the experience of space and the true now?
22:55 Are there different levels of reality or the imagination?
28:34 How is the inactive Brahma able to produce any manifestations at all?  [Explanation of Shiva and Shakti]
33:34 Explanation of 'vimalam achalam' from the Guru Gita shloka
35:11 Is time as we experience it not real?
36:39 When someone dies does reincarnation happen according to time?
40:31 If divine is pure consciousness, is our communication with the divine a part of the imagination or the reality?

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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #87 recorded on 5 December 2021 with US participants.

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0:06 Clarification on the meditation technique
2:42 To know the truth of who we are do we have to stop thinking?
4:17 Is it possible to have an uncaused happiness?
9:25 Do we need body and mind to discover the Self?
10:59 Do we need the body any longer when we realize the Self?
14:04 Relative knowledge and pure knowledge
15:38 What happens when you die before discovering the Self?
20:37 Difference between nirvikalpa, asamprajnata and sarvikalpa samadhi
24:06 The concept of god: if there is no personal god then who responds to our prayers?
28:15 What is the right way to pray to god?
30:40 What happens at the moment of awakening when one receives shakti pat?
34:10 Does watching need to stop outside of meditation?

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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #86 recorded on 2 January 2022 with US participants.

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0:06 Do all the benefits of meditation including Self- Realization come from silencing the mind?
1:54 What is the attention of the mind?
6:33 As we progress in meditation does consciousness start to watch itself?
8:06 Is consciousness of existence a permanent thing?
8:57 is consciousness the basic material of meditation?
11:38 Is consciousness the dreamer and the knower of the dream?
12:41 Is consciousness the seed of all creation?
13:57 What are we, prior to consciousness?
14:25 is it possible to empty the mind of thoughts?
15:58 How can we keep the mind quiet both in meditation and out of meditation?
18:07 What is the role of desire in the creation of consciousness?
23:53 How to manage pain and not let it affect you
26:37 Does creation come about because the nature of energy is to be active?
28:17 If we can disconnect from the ownership of desires, can we desire with more consciousness?
31:36 Overcoming desires and passions with jangama dhyana
34:58 Can you do meditation with your eyes open, doing regular activities of the day?
36:49 How does the ego dissolve?
37:42 How to not recognise and analyse in meditation?

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Destiny |  Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #85

Self-realized meditation master Shiva Rudra Balayogi (Babaji) gives insights into the wide subject of destiny.

0:06 Is destiny the result of our actions?
18:17 Should we think that we have no destiny or that we must create a positive destiny?
20:57 If in each incarnation our mind loses potency, how can we overcome the results of a previous more powerful mind?
26:16 How can make sure we have the right motivation and attitude?
32:04 Was it Babaji's destiny to meet His Guru?
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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #84 recorded on 12 March 2022 with worldwide participants.

"Renunciation has to happen in the mind first"
Babaji answers questions on the real meaning of renunciation.

0:06 Is it possible to be renounced but still continue with worldly responsibilities?
3:05 Do we renounce expectations, desires or ego?
4:38 Should we aim to remove the ego by accepting all outcomes or focus on the sadhana which gives us this ability?
6:11 Is it easier to renounce as a monk or easier in the world?
8:28 How can renunciation be viewed positively?  
11:00 Is renunciation the fruit of sadhana or a part of sadhana itself?
12:58 Are there levels of renunciation?
14:25 Is selfless service renunication?
15:32 Do we need both a longing for liberation and renunciation?
18:13 Did Babaji renounce the idea of Realisation while serving Swamiji?
24:17 Do you have to evaporate the ego to a certain point before tapas?

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Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #83 recorded on 5 March 2022 with worldwide participants.

"Our body's health, mental health and moral health - that's religion"
Babaji explains the true meaning of religion.

0:06 What is the true meaning of religion and is it different to spirituality?
4:13 Why is it that religious people get into conflicts?
9:22 Why is there division between religions and even within the same religion?
12:59 How can we promote Babaji's teachings without causing offence to others?
16:23 What is the true purpose of worship and rituals?
20:00 Is it a good thing to get attached to an object of devotion?
23:41 What does Babaji mean by a systematic approach and a proper adoption of methods?


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"When your mind becomes quiet, it goes towards the Divine, its ultimate truth."
Babaji answers questions on Divinity

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #82 recorded on 19 February 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:06 Explanation of Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva and Parabrahman
6:55 God as form or formlessness
10:27 How Babaji considered statues of the Divine as a young boy
14:08 How one worships an idol
18:44 People who claim to speak to god
20:55 Belief in god
27:03 Is everything we experience with our senses unreal, and what we cannot experience with the senses, real?
37:30 Overcoming difficulty to 'just watch'

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Babaji answers questions on the beautiful concept of Guru and Disciple.

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #81 recorded on 12 February 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:20 Is it only the ego that needs renouncing?
3:01 What is real renunciation?
4:27 What is Guru's Grace?
8:24 What are the qualities of a true Guru?
10:24 How can a Yogi or Guru teach in silence?
14:43 Having total faith in the Guru
16:48 Babaji's training under Swamiji, working without mental chatter
19:22 The Guru may appear inert but is compassionate
23:06 What can a devotee give to a Guru?
24:00 The toughness of a Guru's training
27:05 Authorising a Guru to test you
28:59 A sincere seeker should be tired of this world
32:07 Having the right intention to go to an Ashram

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Babaji answers questions on His commentary on the Viveka Choodamani (the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination), the ancient text written by the great Yogi-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #80 recorded on 5 February 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:07 How do you shape a positive destiny?
7:18 How to make meditation fun?
10:13 Why is it important for the seeker to be sincere?
13:30 Is the mind tranquillised by the brain's reflections?
18:19 Self control - 'even while the ears hear, the consciousness would not be hearing anything'
22:35 The importance of apt attention in all things we do
25:24 Must we have forbearance equally with the bad things but also the good things in life?

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Babaji answers questions on His commentary on the Viveka Choodamani (the Crest-Jewel of Discrimination), the ancient text written by the great Yogi-philosopher Adi Shankaracharya.

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #79, recorded on 29 January 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:06 The meaning of 'Viveka Choodamani'
1:17 What is the real and the unreal and how to discriminate between them
11:24 How to achieve realisation of the ultimate reality
17:23 When the mind becomes silent, is that experience Realisation?
21:24 The wisdom of right thinking versus worldly intelligence
28:40 Satsang, the protecting company of the great ones

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Babaji explains how to find permanent peace and happiness.

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #78, recorded on 22 January 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:07 The question Babaji had on happiness as a small child
1:31 Why do we think of happiness as being from this world only?
3:23 Is our imagination of unhappiness the reason for losing happiness?
5:35 Is happiness, excitement and bliss all the same?
7:49 How do we find the highest form of happiness while living in the world?
10:57 Can we depend on external things for peace and happiness?
12:29 Should we renounce the world?
15:11 Should we replace our attachment to worldly things to an attachment to god or guru?
19:18 Can one achieve Self Realization without any attachment to god and guru?

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Babaji explains how to deepen your meditation practice.

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #77, recorded on 8 January 2022 with worldwide participants.

0:06 I meditate everyday but don't feel like I am progressing, am I doing something wrong?
5:24 As a young boy did Babaji's mind naturally go quiet in meditation?
7:01 When the mind is too busy to go into meditation is it ok to chant or listen to spiritual music until the mind calms down?
8:16 Should a fear of nothingness and non-existence in meditation happen?
11:08 Does watching exciting or violent films make meditation difficult?
13:21 Should we share our experiences in meditation with others?
14:52 Is there a reason why meditating in a group is better?
15:34 Are certain days more auspicious for meditation?
17:26 Is it better to concentrate on improving our meditation technique or extending the time in meditation?
18:49 Why do we concentrate on the brow chakra?  Is there a stage when we move to the crown chakra?
22:14 When meditation deepens, should attention between eyebrows fade into awareness?
23:43 How was the nature of the mind revealed to Babaji in deep meditation?
27:45 What are the signposts that we can recognise as we go deeper in meditation?
28:56 What is the difference between the tendencies in the brain and imprints in the mind?
35:52 Is there an electricity or a vibration to thoughts?
37:16 what is the difference between impressions and tendencies?

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Babaji explains his teachings on the eternal existence and consciousness.

Thus Spake Babaji, online Q&A #76, recorded on 12 December 2021, with US participants.

0:12 The difference between the eternal existence and consciousness
10:42 Once the mind becomes totally still does it transcend consciousness?
15:06 If the mind creates the illusion does it all disappear when you quieten the mind?
17:23 Is mind an imagination?
19:21 Is there a universal mind?
22:15 The essence of Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj's teachings
29:38 Does giving up the world mean being irresponsible?
31:05 Swamiji, the Jangama sage and His tapas
37:35 Creation seems to have order, where does this order come from?
42:27 What is purification of the mind?  
44:57 in meditation is there a difference between focusing between the eyebrows and focusing on the heart space?
45:46 How is the world an illusion when it appears to be a reality?
48:07 Where does control of the mind and good behaviour in the world fit into the process of purification in meditation?

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Thus Spake Babaji #75, recorded on 09 December 2021, with Malaysian participants.

Babaji explains the real meaning of spiritual surrender

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0:00 Intro
0:09 What is meant by surrender?
1:39 What are we expected to surrender?
3:21 What is spiritual achievement, and how is it measured?
6:08 What spiritual sadhana is recommended apart from meditation?
11:03 Is there a difference in to whom or how we pray
14:02 After we surrender what should be the mindset to take the next action?
16:21 Is it a sign if we are going through a period without any tests?
18:00 After surrendering how will we know what is the right decision or action we should take?
20:08 What characteristics do we need to cultivate when building up the power of surrender?
22:50 How do we manage the world's norms and perceptions?

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