Silencing the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.144

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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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