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Thus Spake Babaji

Thus Spake Babaji

Shiva Rudra Balayogi

Anyone interested in meditation will find this series of questions and answers of interest. A Realized Meditation Master, Shri Babaji (Shri Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj), answers questions from people around the world on meditation and spirituality. His spontaneous answers are based on the wisdom gained from his own direct, first-hand experience of years of intense meditation (Tapas) and the teachings of his Guru, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj. He explains how meditation works and the purpose and benefits of spirituality in clear, simple terms. These recordings are taken from a live online meditation class that Babaji holds every Saturday. They are precious opportunities to receive direct guidance from a Realized Master. To register please visit: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang

173 - The Way to Permanent Happiness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.173
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  • 173 - The Way to Permanent Happiness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.173

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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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    Tue, 07 May 2024
  • 172 - Sadhana and Tapas | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.172

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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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    Wed, 01 May 2024
  • 171 - Faith and Duality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.171

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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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    Fri, 26 Apr 2024
  • 170 - Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.170

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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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    Wed, 17 Apr 2024
  • 169 - Consciousness, the mind and meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.169

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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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    Tue, 09 Apr 2024
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