The mind and the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 259

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The mind and the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 259
Recorded on 17 January 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:07 The feeling that we exist, beyond the thoughts.
3:30 Your existence beyond your thoughts.
7:05 Applying the mind to itself, the infinite entity.
10:17 How is the imagination within the Self, but also away from the Self?
15:38 The vastness of the universe is only in relativity.
17:15 Why there is a feeling of individual consciousness, within the all-pervaded consciousness.
20:36 To be quiet in the mind, does the ego have to completely disappear?
23:56 Only because of the existence of the brain, the consciousness gets sucked into it, and then it becomes an obstacle.
29:15 Science does not understand what anything is.
30:26 You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.
33:01 Once Self Realisation is achieved, how is the connection between the consciousness and brain maintained? Why does the body not drop?
40:28 If one is not supposed to react to anything during meditation, why did Babaji interact with the manifestations of HIs Guru during Tapas? How did He know not to ignore them?
42:13 Does meditating regularly help to eradicate fearful thoughts?
43:07 How can we develop wisdom to differentiate between true and false and moral versus immoral?
44:08 Did Babaji face challenges when He started on His meditation journey and how did He overcome them?
45:16 Is ok to tell myself to 'just watch' during meditation?
45:56 Does karma of our last birth affect this birth if we are going for Self Realisation?
47:04 After the Self has been experienced, do we have to make effort everyday or only have to sit still and calm the mind and Self will be experienced again?
48:09 Does the boundless space also only have appearance value?
49:05 The diffenrence between the mind and the brain and how they diffently play upon the consciousness.
50:23 When you are asleep and dreaming, is the power of creation the energy part of the consciousness?
51:09 Is the awareness of the Self the same for all human beings?

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