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1:16 "..one cannot become established in the Self unless everything is forgotten."
3:10 You don't have to erase all your memories, but stop all the thoughts?
3:44 "Reading and listening to the teachings of great Masters alone cannot give Self-realization."
6:50 "By habits only, consciousness goes out of control, and by habit only, it can be brought under control. That's the practice of sadhana."
9:13 What happens to those people who meditate for a long time, but they don't progress?
11:19 Bringing the attention back to focusing when the mind goes off onto thoughts.
13:12 You start meditating, you focus, and then shortly you're off on thoughts.
14:13 No matter what you acquire, the mind will never be satisfied.
17:16 How can you become quiet mentally all the time and be active in the world?
20:17 A Self Realized person can be engaged in activity, but at the same time they're always aware they are the absolute.
20:46 "While trying to do sadhana, often, seekers are likely to be in a rush and force it upon themselves"
24:45 You say there's nothing coming to the mind, but you're talking to us. Isn't there something in the mind?
26:00 All these answers are just coming out spontaneously? They're not coming from your mind?
26:29 Is there anything we can do during the day to help us quiet our mind or keep it quiet?
27:39 Though a yogi remains in the Self at all times, a yogi will show compassion.
31:11 The difference between detachment and indifference
32:13 Would it be true to say that true detachment requires true compassion?
34:00 If a Yogi is not involved in any way, then who's doing it?
36:36 What are karmas?
38:00 What does prārabdha mean?
39:10 "There will not be any imagination of doership, and there shall not be any desire to achieve anything."
40:53 It says that abiding in the Self, there's no need for anything?
41:44 So the body, the mind, just responds to what is necessary at the moment without any additional craving?
42:28 Would any Self-realized person want their body to live indefinitely?
43:34 When doing your tapas, did time go by very fast?
44:41 "That one who neither likes nor dislikes is neither attached nor unattached."
46:35 The body moves during meditation, and the eyes will open. What can I do to dissolve this habit?
50:14 The mind keeps trying to go into imaginations and doesn't stay silent. Why is this?
52:06 If there is an idea of peace or losing all desires, why does the mind go into a depression?
53:58 Body can go through prarabdha of pain, but Babaji is not involved in it?
55:30 Is there a technique that we can use to disconnect from our body, so pain and suffering doesn't come up?
57:15 Is there a technique where our mind is focused on Self Realisation and our body is mechanically doing the day to day activities?
1:00:02 I feel the past all the time so it is hard to meditate.
1:01:37 Does a Yogi not differentiate individuals, only the one Self is seen?
1:03:37 How much effort should you make to concentrate your mind and sight between the eyebrows?
1:06:01 What is the connection between our breath and the mind?
1:07:08 If the mind shifts to the breath during meditation, is this ok?
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Paths of Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 263
Recorded on 7 March 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:35 What are the different paths of spirituality?
7:59 What is the right path for a rational, scientific temperament?
12:00 In Yoga Vasistha, through explanations only, Rama is able to achieve Self Realization. Is that a valid path for this Kali Yuga?
15:08 What kind of mindset is needed for one to be successful in Dhyana marga (path of meditation)?
23:59 How does the path of self-enquiry, as recommended by Ramana Maharshi, compare to Jangama Dhyana?
26:20 Some saints recommend the path of Nama Japa, repetition of a chant. Is this a valid path and how does it relate to Jangama Dhyana?
31:13 Some teachers advocate pranayama techniques, controlling of the breath. Is this a valid path for Self-Realization?
36:11 Institutions established by Shankaracharya recommend the traditional Vedic path; learning the vedas, following the various ritual etc. Is this a valid path in this current age?
41:18 Is the path of tantra a valid path for Self-Realization?
44:37 Can one follow multiple paths simultaneously?
46:21 How do I know what is the best and quickest path for me for Self-Realization?
50:42 Has 'yearning' for the truth of existence more depth to it than intelligence or rational thinking?
52:08 Is wisdom through the path of enquiry through intelligence?
54:23 In meditation is our attention on the attention?
56:08 Where to focus in meditation
57:06 If we make our body absolutely still, our mind becomes still. How to avoid our attention being divided between attention on the point in-between our eyebrows and on our body being still?
58:22 Do we need to put some effort in to keep the body still?
59:01 How to eliminate pain in the body so that we can keep our attention in-between the eyebrows?
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"The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262
Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
0:40 Ch 17, verse 6
1:34 What is the eternal Soul?
4:30 The consciousness of existence.
6:06 Is the Soul the Parabrahman or the consciousness of existence?
6:51 Pure consciousness
7:37 Pure awareness
7:56 Chapter 17, verse 6 contd.
8:32 What is the mechanics of how the Self-Realized Souls can come to you?
9:34 Is it our love and faith that makes the Guru manifest to us?
9:59 Verse 7 - "A Yogi neither longs for the dissolution of the universe, nor is averse to its existence."
11:15 Is it because a Yogi is aware the he is not the body or the mind?
11:35 What is it like to be a Self-Realized Yogi?
13:28 'Existence appearance'
14:07 "Even if the world disappears, it doesn't matter to a Yogi, as their attention is not at all on this universe."
15:04 The achievement of Nirvikalpa Samadhi
15:31 Savikalpa Samadhi
18:00 A Yogi, externally would appear like any other ordinary human being but consciously they're never attached to their body actions.
19:41 Verse 9. For a Yogi there is neither attraction nor aversion.
20:58 "For a yogi, the appearance of this universe is like a vague dream."
22:18 "Conscious attention will be on the Self."
22:59 During meditation, if our attention is on anything that is in the mind, then our attention is on the world.
24:30 "They are the ever silent one in consciousness."
25:50 What has made it possible for us to be here hearing this wisdom of the Self"
26:29 Our own consciousness has manifested You as this form to guide us back to the Self?
26:50 Once you've kind of gotten this far, can you get off the path?
28:50 Verse 11.
29:06 Does the Self-Realized person enjoy being alive in the body?
30:30 "Supreme Peace is beyond Bliss".
31:16 Does a Yogi know when they're going to drop their body?
33:11 Often you hear that the Guru is going to come back in another body.
34:08 A Yogi is never attached to anything of the world.
36:49 Awareness of who we are.
38:49 A Yogi remains in the Self, allowing the body to act mechanically.
40:38 Is survival wired into nature?
41:23 Was it difficult to get rid of the sense of 'I am' in Tapas?
42:24 A Yogi is free from the dualities of either accusing or praising somebody.
44:31 Is awareness a sense of knowing?
45:34 How to overcome the 6 enemies of the mind during meditation?
48:35 Is it ok to meditate while rocking my daughter to sleep?
49:17 When we see Babaji, we're seeing a person, but what we're really seeing is consciousness?
50:28 The moment you have your awareness in the present, is the consciousness with God?
51:33 Hearing a little cricket sound in the brain during meditation.
52:01 The first day Babaji met His Guru, was the faith already there?
53:20 What was the first experience of the nature of the mind?
54:08 Is every single thought continuing our illusion?
55:53 In my business life, can I trust that what is coming is exactly what I need?
56:28 Dwell in the 'I am' but not the words 'I am'.
57:24 When was it that you surrendered to your Guru?

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