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Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 250
Recorded on 25 October 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:14 When a thought pops up in the mind, what is it that has created that thought?
1:42 Has the mind created that thought within itself?
4:02 Everything we perceive of as the world, that is entirely within our own mind. Does the world exist outside of our own mind?
10:09 Is the creation in the mind the same technology for which this world has been created by a higher potency mind?
12:58 Can we say that a higher potency consciousness has a thought and within that thought a consciousness has arisen?
14:58 In the universe was the creation a single event, or is it continuously creating within that universe?
28:55 Is the practice to ‘just watch’ the practice to stop the creation of thoughts?
30:27 Why do I feel God created me to perform certain karmic duties in this world, but as I grow older I feel I want to abandon my worldly desires and society to follow in Babaji’s footsteps?
38:37 What is the difference between consciousness and attention? Who directs attention to the Self?
40:03 Do circulating thoughts come from our memory?
42:49 Is our ability to think of something in the mind simply due to the brain?
44:18 In the great beginning, was there a visualization before the first concepts came into universe?
44:40 Some people have aphantasia, where they have no ability to have a picture in the mind’s eye – is this just an effect of the brain?
45:11 For Ramakrishna, Kali the Cosmic Mother was so real, but when He reached Nirvikalpa Samadhi did She disappear, was She an imagination?
46:20 Are places like Vaikuntha where they say Vishnu resides real places or imaginations?
46:43 When sitting in meditation there is no experience, so how do I know if I am in samadhi, or sleep, or trance, what is the difference between them?
49:22 How do I know when I get out of meditation whether or not I was in a trance or sleeping?
51:35 How does the higher consciousness help us deal with the everyday life that is in the dream?
53:02 If the consciousness is not applied, does the imaginative world get reduced?
54:44 Though Babaji’s mind is completely silent, is the appearance of this world still strong?
55:31 So after Nirvikalpa Samadhi, the Yogi doesn’t pay attention to the universe, but it is just there?
56:20 Are vasanas the acquired habits of the mind?
56:50 Babaji's closing words

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Quietude - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch.10 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 249
Recorded on 4 May 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:24 What is the nature of quietude?
4:35 With meditation, by just watching, it brings the mind to silence and everything disappears, and only the Self that you are remains?
9:03 Does a Yogi have a thoughts?
12:30 Chapter 10, Verses 1 and 2 "Give up desire, wealth, even the scripturally commanded good works..."
14:20 Not to hold onto things in the mind
14:50 Meditation, the tool that can turn off the mind
15:09 Chapter 10, Verse 3 - "Wherever here is desire, there is the world."
15:29 Chapter 10, Verse 4 - "Bondage is made from desire alone, the destruction of desire is liberation."
17:35  So is the problem that consciousness, through mistaken identity, imagines itself as the body or the mind, and it gets stuck in that and desires are arising as a result of that bondage?
21:28 Chapter 10, verse 4 - "Only by detachment to the changing world does one attain the unceasing joy of realization of the Self."
21:45 Even wanting good for other people, you get attached to that too. 
22:20 "It's better if you don't need anything of this world and do not entertain any desire to obtain such prosperity."
24:29 Is Babaji advocating indifference?
27:58 "There is no peace ever in obtaining worldly objects."
34:49 Chapter 10, Verses 5 - 8 "For how many births you have worked hard and painfully with your body, your mind and speech? So today, finally, let it cease."
38:50 "The Self, as Pure Consciousness, is the real intelligence. It has the power to imagine, which is creativity."
44:57 "Only those alive, keep remembering the dead and experience emotions of sorrow and misery. Get rid of this imagination and become aware of the Self by coming by becoming quiet in consciousness."
47:45 "Mental attitude gives rise to more births and deaths."
52:02 What can we do besides meditation to develop a loving, life supporting attitude towards life, and people?
56:07 "It's time to stop this process of consciously undergoing births and deaths. Now work one last time to get liberated"
1:00:03 Babaji's closing words

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Myths, Miracles and Meditation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 248
Recorded on 18 October 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:20 There are so many myths about the powers that one can get through meditation.  What powers can one get through meditation?
7:02 How can one be more successful in life when one meditates?
10:00 Is it possible for a Guru who has done a lot of meditation to resolve people's problems?
15:52 Superstitious beliefs of doing rituals or fasting on particular days.
24:18 Can one know the future?
26:27 What is the soul and can one's soul be read?
32:00 Is the soul and consciousness the same?
35:00 Some people who meditate claim they can heal people in the name of spirituality.
38:09 Meditation heals your mind and prepares you for everyday challenges in life.
38:58 Does Babaji have the power to produce something from thin air?  
40:29 Through meditation one is protected from external influences that might harm one emotionally or physically, god intervenes at the last moment - does this happen all the time, or is it in the imagination?
41:46 I see blankness when meditating, am I doing it correctly?
43:05 What if our body moves forwards and backwards in meditation?
43:50 In day to day life, how to settle the mind - and what are the things that unsettle you from the Self?
45:30 When a blissful, joyful feeling in meditation comes, should we try to dissolve that feeling?
46:16 What is Dharma?
49:00 What does Babaji as a Yogi advise as the right path?
50:05 If the mind gets cleared, is whatever path one choses the right choice?
51:01 How to encourage open and honest communication with people?
52:26 What if the siddhi comes, unasked for?
54:25 Why is there more emphasis on 'neti, neti' (not this, not that) rather than all this, all that?
56:24 When I question my existence, I can't find it.
57:34 How to remain unaffected by people who live in the same household?

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Religion and Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 247
Recorded on 11 October 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:14 Do religions and spirituality lead to the same goals?
9:51 How do we choose which path to adopt?
11:30 Some religions say after death there is rebirth, others say there isn't - which is correct?
21:16 Is there a heaven and is the goal of life heaven or Self Realisation?
25:26 Some religions say there is one god, in some religions there are many gods, and some say there is no god.  Which is correct?
28:34 Is god a personality sitting in heaven or is god formless?
35:14 If god is all-pervaded and transcending the forms is the goal, then how do we understand the appearance of Shiva and Parvati at the end of Swamiji's Tapas?
38:13 There are so many methods prescribed in the different religious and spiritual paths, are some better than others?
42:45 Do Yogis exist in all religions and paths?
45:08 There have been many wars fought in the name of religion - is religion actually helping or causing problems also?
46:46 So to conclude, we should focus more on the mind and meditation and leave aside all the differences in the religions and reach the goal of Self Realisation?
49:33 For those who believe that god is a particular form, have they simply not reasoned it out?
53:18 I understand that the Divinity is all-pervaded so why do we concentrate the Divinity into one form?
55:22 Why after Babaji has blessed an object, do I feel more attracted to it?
56:20 If god is pure consciousness, how can anything dark or evil come from purity?
57:26 If god is everything, why do we assume god is pure and bliss?

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Tranquility - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.14 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 246
Recorded on 27 July 2025 with US participants

0:00 Intro
0:48 Chapter 14, verse 1
1:22 "The mind being fully settled in the Self" - what do you mean by the mind?
4:22 For a Self Realized person, do thoughts arise in the mind?
6:21 So thoughts arise as needed and then spontaneously settle down?
6:50 It seems that the nature of the mind is to have thoughts, but you've also said the nature of the mind is to be silent.
8:15 What makes creation start?  What makes thoughts arise?
8:39 So could you say that creation in the mind is a second nature of the mind?
10:19 Once Self Realization has happened, will nothing make the mind go back to the world?
10:46 What is it about the unrealized person that keeps us involved in the Maya, unable to see the truth of our own Self?
11:30 The difference between an intention and desire is you want something to happen, but you have no attachment to it?
12:35 Babaji comments on the term in science, 'singularity'
15:56 For the Self Realized person, what happens to karma?  
18:08 What is it that makes consciousness become mind?
18:42 Chapter 14, verse 1 - the indifference of a Yogi to the world.
20:24 Chapter 14, verse 2 - What keeps a Self Realized person functioning, if there is no attachment to the world?
23:10 For the Self Realized person the wisdom comes spontaneously.
24:16 So the scriptures and knowledge are really unnecessary?
25:15 What books would Babji recommend people to read for inspiration, besides the Ashtavakra Gita?
26:04 Chapter 14, verse 3 - Is a Self-Realized person just a silent witness to everything that's happening?
27:48 Chapter 14, verse 4 - the Self Realized person can be involved in thought, but never loses awareness that He's infinite, eternal, unbounded?
29:42 "For the Self Realized one, the mind will be infinite like space."
33:16 Seeing everything as divine, every atom.
33:58 "knowledge is self experience"
35:55  Consciousness has potential to express itself in some type of creation or imagination - when that's there, you call it mind, when it's not there you call it consciousness?
37:55 Science will never fully prove the Self because the only way to know the Self is to become the Self?
40:56 You can't tell who's an enlightened person by looking at them.
41:38 Babaji's use of word peace instead of tranquility.
43:18 Are the imprints in the mind, the habits and patterns we have adopted? 
47:41 How to explain to others about the spiritual path.
49:38 Is our ability to understand from our karma?
50:17 In nirvikalpa samadhi Babaji observed matter disappearing - does that mean the universe doesn't exist without an observer to observe it?
51:19 What is on the other side of a black hole?
52:48 What is the best way to select and cultivate a purpose in life?
54:08 The role of enjoyment in a Self Realized being.
57:15 Should one sit in one place to chant mantra japa?
58:01 How to get rid of negative imprints of somebody?
59:09 Are peace and silence the only worldly imaginations of the space?
1:00:13 How to know whether a thought is arising from intuition or the imagination.
1:01:10 Can unhappiness return for enlightened ones?

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Personal Effort, Grace and Satsanga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 245
Recorded on 23 August 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:15 Babaji's comment on the quote from Yoga Vasistha: "In the whole of creation, there is no force more powerful than personal effort in the present."
8:36 If that peace is the mind's natural state, why does it take effort to attain it?
14:43 If one puts in efforts, is there a danger you will develop a false spiritual pride?
17:44 Is grace something which is a Divine blessing, a gift which is not earned, not because of efforts?
23:16 Are there certain qualities you can associate with a person who is receptive?
27:00 What does Babaji mean when He uses the word satsanga?
28:34 Is satsanga a form of sadhana?
30:37 Some people say that when in Babaji's presence, their mind settles and their questions go away.  Can we have that same experience when not in Babaji's physical presence?
33:16 Shri Ramana, using his grace and power, confirmed his mother had attained Self Realisation despite not completing Tapas, the same with Lakshmi, the cow at the Ashram.
37:15 How do we know when we have put in enough effort and when to surrender and let god carry on; Divine will versus one's own egotistic will.
38:40 What is the meaning of 'Satyam Shivam Sundaram'?
39:44 If you speak truth all the time, can one experience god?
41:06 To attain grace do you need a personal deity or mantra?  How does grace unfold simply by watching in meditation?
42:28 Can one do Tapas and attain silence while chanting a mantra?
45:24 A devotee asks who to take as a Guru, Shivabalayogi or Babaji.
46:22 While sitting for mediation, is there any particular hand mudra to adopt?
47:30 Is patience during sadhana a self-effort which will grant grace?
 
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The Behaviour of the Seeker: Yoga Vasistha | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 244
Recorded on 19 July 2025 with worldwide participants

0:06 The end of pleasure is liberation.
10:17 Why are we all after the desires if it is the cause of unhappiness?
16:17 Countless universes have been created in our own mind - how can we realise the truth of this creation in one moment?
22:57 Destiny and self effort.
32:58 Why should we not weep daily over the inevitability of death?
38:51 The relationship between self effort and Divine will.
43:51 Believing stories written about Mahabharata.
45:23 Is god in non-living things also?
46:48 How to integrate a worldly life with peace?
48:41 How does a Yogi in the physical body experience mind and the ego?
52:46 If we are disturbed by external sounds in meditation, do we watch the sound?
54:09 Increased sensitivity to sounds
55:22 What is Grace?
56:58 Can I chant the name of Krishna with an image of Swamiji in front of me?

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The Practice of Non-Violence | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 243
Recorded on 13 September 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:06 What is the true meaning of non-violence
9:38 When Babaji says ‘you have aright to defend yourself’ - is that the self respect? That Babaji talks about?
11:25 Is it the human being that has the ability to rise out of violence compared to the animal kingdom.
20:18 Where we can we adjust and manage, but If we have no choice, we have to defend ourselves and go into a conflict. What is the difference between these approaches?
29:36 If we aim for moksha then why do people raise a family and bring another life into this world?
 34:03 Hanuman burning down the Lanka and Krishna telling Arjun to kill Bhisma - how is this ahimsa?
38:02 Are we violating non-violence by eating meat?
39:18 Was Krishan advising Arjuna to shoot weapons at the Kauravas as an act of self defence?
39:36 Is the ego of being righteous and a good person also violence?
42:23 When Babaji had to defend the Ashram and chose the path of conflict, it was dharma - but for someone else it might look like a violent act?
 43:35 Is it ok to keep eyes closed when Babaji says to open the eyes at the end of meditation?
44:20 When we watch in between the eyebrows are we to imagine that area?

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Detachment - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 242
Recorded on 13 April 2025 with US participants

0:00 Intro
0:06 Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 vv.1-4
1:36 'To whom do the conflicts belong?'
5:39 Is detachment something that you can practice?
8:17 Difference between detachment, indifference and apathy and how a Yogi acts in the world
9:40 How Babaji seems detached and the most caring also.
10:25 So the important thing to remind yourself if that the body, mind and world are impermanent?
12:32 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.1-4
13:43 What causes the consciousness of existence to lose awareness of itself?
17:09 How to we develop detachment, let go of things and not get carried away emotionally?
20:50 The consciousness is never suffering, it's not involved in the activity.
22:51 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.1-4
25:32 Does a Yogi have happiness or unhappiness, or is he just in a state of peace?
27:58 Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 vv.5-8
29:38 "Once one knows the varying transformation of the elements to be nothing but the elements themselves."
32:58 Mental impressions, mind, consciousness, a brain gets involved and mental impressions are created.
33:54 How can we have a better attitude?  Be like a honeybee and not a fly?
35:29 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.5-8
36:48 How a Yogi is "totally indifferent to the world in consciousness"
39:27 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.5-8
41:40 Mental suffering from worry about loved ones
45:00 How do we protect ourselves from other people's negativity?
46:50 When I wake up in the morning, there is a lowness of energy and a kind of a sadness.  What happens to the mind that causes this?
48:34 Lately I have this feeling that there are less and less differences between people, things, and whatnot.  That on some level, they're really all the same. Is this so?
50:13 How to avoid suffering due to loved ones.
52:29 How to pray to god?
53:28 I am not in close physical proximity to a Guru - how to get Diksha, initiation from a Master?
56:10 Just like in a dream, is it true that all the people and characters we witness are actually the same I-Self emanating from the body consciousness?
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Silencing the Mind | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 241
Recorded on 9 August 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:06 The mind is continually jumping from one thought to another - how has it become like this?
5:25 "The desire for experience arises as a thought in consciousness and by the repetition of this thought it gains strength."
7:57 When we think it is a problem it becomes a problem.
8:35 If we can silence the mind whenever we wish to, then we can be free of any problems in the mind.
13:25 The watching process of meditation.
27:17 Atman and Anatman
32:14 Silence is the source from which everything arises - mind, world and ego are all one, when we wake up all three arise and when we sleep all three dissolve?
36:34 In daily life is it possible to have a silent mind?
40:28 Take a decision for the sake of taking a decision, then work.  Once you have worked, then keep quiet.  What has to happen will happen, that is all.
44:19 Should peace be dearer to you than things of the world.
47:15 Is the mind dual or multidimensional - it watches, thinks, analyses and creates.
48:24 We have to use the mind against the mind?
50:51 How to know what is a right or wrong decision.
53:11 What is the technology in watching where slowly the observer and the object starts splitting?
55:20 In the world where the brain is functioning, can we apply this 'watching'?
56:20 To Babaji, what is more important, the love for Swamiji or the silence of the mind?
57:07 What do I do to silence the negative wave of thoughts when waking up in the morning?
58:40 The scriptures say the mind is active in all the three states, waking state, dream state and deep sleep - is the mind when there are thoughts and is the ego there because of the thoughts?
1:02:29 What is the relationship between the brain and the mind when the brain is not functioning - what happens to the Self?
1:03:26 Does Jangama Dhyana restrain the life force or just silence the mind?

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