In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji

Shiva Rudra Balayogi
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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

  1. 6d ago

    Moral Health | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 289

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  Moral Health | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 289 Recorded on 1 August 2026 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:07 What is moral health? 0:09 Are moral values human concepts or is there a Divine moral law in the universe? 17:55 Is dharma acting for a larger cause 18:20 Is it important that our intention is good, even if we fail in our pursuit to do the right thing? 20:34 Will our intentions always be good if the mind is under control? 22:59 Can our consciousness expand and start to include other people through the practice of meditation? 26:27 Has Babaji's consciousness expanded to the ultimate? 27:17 Does a Yogi automatically think of a larger cause without being consciously aware of it? 28:03 Is behaviour in either of the two extremes usually wrong? 37:18 Does immoral or selfish behaviour damage the mind? 38:38 "In the world, what do we have to give but love and honour?" 41:28 With advances in technology like AI, is it more important in this day and age to practice meditation and have control of our mind? 48:55 What does the initiation imply from both the Guru and the student's perspective? 51:19 Can meditation dissolve deep impressions in the mind?  How to deepen the practice and what types of food should be eaten? 54:32 Is it ok to let go of the position of the eyes when the mind is quiet? 55:19 If a mantra appears in the mind and keeps running and then stopping, how should one understand this? 56:30 Is mantra initiation correct for me? 57:13 Using AI as a spiritual teacher. 58:53 Do I just focus on my meditation and that takes care of my moral health? 1:01:05 Would Arjuna have added bad karma to his account for his actions following Krishna's command? 1:02:13 When a Self-Realised Yogi takes Mahasamadhi, where does the Atma go? 1:03:09 When I encounter people who are sly, manipulative or demanding, how to avoid feeling anger? 1:03:51 Is it wrong to kill an animal if it is a threat to us? 1:04:30 Doubts about the existence of god. 1:09:23 the moral dilemma whether to care for a mentally ill family member at home or to send him to an institution.  1:12:24 When praying for the happiness of all people, I don't feel that for someone that I dislike greatly.  What can I do? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

  2. Oct 13

    'Peace' — Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 35 - 43 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 288

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  'Peace' — Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 35 - 43 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 288 Recorded on 21 June 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 Verse 35 0:29 What is pure intelligence? 2:05 It seems that the creation is orderly, is that organizing power of consciousness through intelligence? 3:57 Could we call that intelligence cosmic intelligence? 5:15 What is the relationship between intelligence and mind? 6:41 Is it discouraged to have many practices? 8:51 So faith is important, because with faith you get direction and dedication? 10:10 Verse 36 10:31 How do you directly realize the truth? 12:19 "Only the blessed ones, through understanding of the master's teachings and adopting proper technique in sadhana, will easily achieve Self-Realization". 13:19 Verse 37 - "The wise one simply realizes their own true nature is that Ultimate Truth, without ever desiring it." 14:19 You have to stop thinking to know the Truth. 15:26 :For the wise one, all desires recede with humility and surrender to the Master and Self-Realization happens in a simple way." 18:22 The idea of surrender is that you are surrendering to your Self, and that means you're letting go of everything that the mind is presenting. 20:09 Verse 38 - The wise stop all analyzations and judgments, thus ending all imaginations of the mind, which are the root cause of all misery. 22:26 How can we develop an attitude of surrender towards the world of thoughts? 24:06 Does a Master have to be a physical person, or can the master be formless? 25:51 Verse 40 - "..The Wise do not target any object and simply become quiet and become aware of the eternal Self." 27:44 The technique that you're teaching us is completely without control. It's just letting go? 30:50 Verse 42 - "Some think that existence is real, while others think that nothing really exists. Rare is the one who thinks neither, and thus settles, free of distraction." 32:00 We have a limited ability to control what's happening in the world, but we do have the ability to quiet our mind or try to quiet our mind? 32:54 The ego kind of keeps us engaged in the drama. Ashravakar speaks a lot in this chapter about ego. 33:50 What is the ego? 35:33 What makes the ego form? You said it created for itself. 35:25 So the ego is just a misplaced identification? 37:40 Does creation happen without ego, just spontaneously or automatically? 38:15 Do other beings have egos, or is this just a human thing? What about animals and other beings. 39:24 How do we become egoistic? 39:40 If you could become non-egoistic by thinking you're not egoistic, it would be pretty simple, but it doesn't work that way.  40:13 Is willpower a function of ego? 41:00 Then it takes ego to obtain Self-Realization? 41:14 "For the ignorant one, who gives so much importance to power and status, the mind never comes under control..." 42:30 Verse 42 43:17 Verse 43 43:39 We've seen people saying, "We're all one". Mentally, they are telling themselves that, but they haven't really realized the Truth? 44:47 If I'm able to steady my eyes and use control to steady my eyes, then the surrender can be there or is available? 47:33 How what Jesus has said, "Forgive them, for they know not what they do", applies to us now. 48:55 Symbolism of Shiva and Shakti appearing to Swamiji. 50:55 I have doubt regarding meditation technique. I could not find the certain point between eyebrows to fix my sight on. 54:04 Is thinking habitual and is sadhana really creating the habit to remain in the Self? 54:41 Along with meditation, is it also important to include prayer as a daily routine? 55:41 If there is no "I", who is realizing the Self? ___ Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

  3. Sep 28

    Understanding Death | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 287

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  Understanding Death | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 287 Recorded on 25 July 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:53 Life is actually death and death is actually life - as the day we are born we are starting to move towards death.  Are we looking at life correctly?   14:20 Once the illusion of Maya is dropped, we see the true Self which is in itself the death of the false self? 16:59 By seeing the dead bodies going into the ground in the graveyard and going to the funeral pyres, can this help us to realise the Truth? 25:14 Time is like the death around your neck that can sting you at any moment.  When you understand limited time, then you understand beyond time and space. 34:29 Is the death of the mind necessary to realize the Self? 36:43 Is fear of death actually fear of the unknown or is it also rooted in attachment to the body? 38:08 Is meditation actually the practice of death? 38:56 Can a realised soul know the exact time of death? 40:00 So death is worth celebrating and being happy that you will merge with the true Self? 41:30 Once the mind has been totally stopped for 1 hour, why is it necessary to increase the duration to 10 or 20 hours in meditation? Why is time relevant when the mind is quiet? 43:50 "Energy is an inseparable entity in consciousness." Can I inhale the supreme energy as life and exhale all the things we don't need? 46:43 The tongue comes to the roof of the mouth during mediation, is that ok? 47:07 Can I look up during meditation? 47:23 What to do about a reactive mind? 48:00 Is the light that I experience in my mind? 48:54 Post death rituals are performed in various religion  to remove negative energy for the departed soul. Are these necessary? 50:58 I hear things from the external world during meditation.  How to overcome this? 54:00 The misconception that one needs to become powerful or supernatural when realising the Self. 57:10 Can only consciousness of existence know consciousness of existence? 58:05 Can you go from consciousness of existence as object and consciousness of existence as subject? 59:18 Is Hanuman eternal? 1:00:02 Are some souls more evolved than others? 1:01:59 Descriptions in the Puranas about the river of vaitarani, all just imaginations? 1:03:02 Should we perform Anna dana (donation of food)?  1:04:05 What is the meaning of invoking a spirit? 1:05:15 Thoughts are becoming more intense in meditation the longer I have been practising. 1:07:04 I focus on the inner space in meditation, is that a valid way to meditate? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

  4. Sep 24

    Babaji's life with His Guru, Shri Swamiji - Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 286

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  Babaji's life with His Guru, Shri Swamiji - Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 286 Recorded on 20 June 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:30 What was Babaji's daily routine when Swamiji was not at the Ashram? 4:33 How often did Swamiji stay at the Ashram? 5:03 An incident where a member of a local family took the photo of Swamiji from the Ashram 9:42 Did Babaji plan a considered response to situations rather than reacting immediately? 13:00 Was Babaji able to keep in contact with Swamiji when Swamiji was not at the Ashram? 14:32 Is it important that people keep in contact with the Guru physically in some way rather than just praying internally to the Guru? 21:17 If somebody said something hurtful to Babaji (as Seenu), would Babaji feel hurt and recover quickly or would He not feel hurt at all? 22:50 A sudden realisation of the meaning behind a passage in the Yoga Vasistha where it describes the Divine as boundless, or 'it exists in itself'. 31:10 Did that change the way Babaji saw the world permanently? 33:00 When Swamiji initiated Babaji into Sannyas. 35:19 The time when Babaji asked Swamiji to be initiated into Tapas. 45:10 What is faith?  Does it start from belief or does it come from Grace? 47:10 Can a Yogi create a universe?  48:39 How to overcome fear. 49:35  If there is no individual doer, and only the Self truly exists, who is responsible for negative actions and their karmic consequences? 51:55 What Buddha taught about the middle path and how to know how much sadhana one should do. 54:24 Can an enlightened person function normally in society? 56:36 Did the person who stopped his Tapas early do so because he was not ready for it? 57:51 How to avoid losing motivation to keep practicing meditation? 1:01:29 Wanting to remain in the peaceful state experienced in meditation when active in the world. 1:04:15 Did Swamiji make any reference to the spiritual heart as spoken of by Ramana Maharishi? 1:07:28 During meditation, when there is a moment of silence, the mind gets excited.  What to do about that? 1:08:34 What is the space that Babaji was referring to as the Divinity?  Is it  the Pancha Bhoota? 1:09:42 Is there any significance to dreams? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

  5. Sep 16

    'Peace' — Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 28 - 34 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 285

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  'Peace' — Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 28 - 34 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 285 Recorded on 7 June 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro 1:11 Verse 28.  "That one, having no distractions, has no need for meditation, neither aspiring for liberation nor being in bondage.." 2:15 What does it mean to have no distractions? 2:44 Do Yogis not have imaginations? 3:30 What is an imagination? 4:31 Are all thoughts imaginations? 4:41 So it's just the nature of consciousness, the creative nature of consciousness that gives rise to mind, which gives rise to thoughts, which gives rise to creation.  5:09 How does a Yogi function in the world without thoughts? 5:44 So if nature or creation needs to be dealt with, then it'll arise. Otherwise, it just stays silent? 6:48 The Truth as that which never changes, and which has always existed. 7:29 If a Yogi is in Supreme Peace all the time and free of desires, what motivates him or her to move or to act? 8:17 So, for a Yogi, the only motivation would be to help other people become Yogis? 8:37 "One who still has the ego-sense of 'I' acts even when not performing actions. The one who has no sense of 'I' does not act even when performing actions." 9:13 The Yogi spontaneously carrying out activity, as a witness, witnessing the whole thing? 9:48 A person will never become eternal, but they can realize they are Pure Consciousness, or Eternal Existence.  10:36 Verse 29, Babaji's comments. 11:06 Verse 30. "The consciousness of the liberated One is neither troubled nor pleased—actionless, motionless, desireless, free of all doubt.”  13:14 Is ignorance just the belief that consciousness is a body—that our existence is a body? 14:07 We are aware we exist even without thinking. 15:44  "Pure Consciousness exists in itself." 20:22 Are there any thoughts that can give liberation?  22:18 Verse 31. "The consciousness of the Liberated One has no aim to be meditative or to be active; it simply becomes meditative or active spontaneously." 23:36 If you had to give an identity of yourself, just for the sake of words and understanding, what would you say? How would you identify yourself? 25:26 "The Yogi remains quiet and does not experience any destiny mentally and watches as a witness." 26:46 Most people’s mind have something going on all the time, like imagining and remembering. 27:43 So, being involved in your thoughts constantly you're unable to see your Self? 28:58 Can a yogi have a desire? Could he wish something for the world? 29:57 The world is not because of our own desire or making? What produces it? 30:26 Verse 32. " On hearing the real truth spoken, an unreceptive, dull student might become bewildered. A more qualified student might withdraw his mind's activity as instructed, and might thus appear like a dull fool." 32:20 Verse 33.  "Those who are perplexed constantly practice concentration and control of the mind; but the Wise—abiding in the True Self —do not find any actions needing to be performed.” 35:19 Everybody nowadays has a means to post on the internet to tell the world about their mind, and it can get pretty bizarre. 36:12 So many mixed messages and gurus cropping up in today's world. 38:01 Verse 34. "Ignorant people do not attain peaceful happiness by either action or inaction; but for the Wise One simply knowing the Truth gives peaceful happiness."  38:18 What constitutes knowing? And can thoughts liberate a person? 39:14 The only way to know that Truth is to become Truth. You are that Truth. 39:47 In the gap between the relative and the absolute, knowingness of the Self can happen. 41:22 An unrealized person might think the absolute is a state of zero, but in fact it's a state of infinity? 42:20 Meaning of Satyam Shivam Sundaram. 42:53 Why doesn't the Self completely pervade our mind in spite of our ignorance? 45:30 How do I navigate the world knowing that it's all a lie? 48:14 How a Yogi shows compassion. 50:11 Is time also an imagination? 52:57 What is the purpose of God and this creation? 54:13 Can Yogis time travel? 55:00 What does one hour of perfection in meditation look like?  56:15 Why you must avoid moving the body in meditation. 57:53 Meditation without an external anchor. 1:00:02 Is it just time and meditation which helps to heal agitations, to forgive and forget? 1:01:40 If there is no time, there can be no time, even for imaginations. ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

  6. Sep 6

    Vairagya (detachment) | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 284

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  Vairagya (detachment) | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 284 Recorded on 11 July 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:20 How do we understand the term 'vairagya' in the spiritual context? 2:21 Is vairagya essential for Self Realization? 7:55 Is practicing vairagya helpful for dhyana (meditation)? 10:25 Is dhyana helpful for vairagya? 13:50 In the scriptures, both abhyasa (practice) and vairagya are recommended, whereas Babaji emphasizes mostly abhyasa.  So is abhyasa sufficient on the path of meditation? 18:44 Why do some people take sanyasa?  Is sanyasa a form of vairagya and essential for Self Realization? 23:44 What is the thing that a sadhak would find hardest to renounce or to understand the impermanence of? 29:26 How to distinguish between what is need and what is greed? 32:00 How important is celibacy for Self Realization? 35:40 How can we measure our progress in vairagaya? 43:00 To what extent can meditation induce dispassion? 45:32 If one continues sadhana correctly, will that account for self-study? 46:38 When concentrating in between the eyebrows, it is blank or pitch black.  Am I progressing in meditation? 47:55 During meditation I reach a point where I disappear.  How to remain in that state? 49:20 Is there a link between vairagya and facing life's challenges courageously? 50:03 While practicing sadhana, should one completely abstain from all desire by use of will? 52:00 What do the great Yogis mean by, "If you renounce women and wealth, you renounce the world."? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

  7. Aug 31

    Individual imagined self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 283

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  Individual imagined self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 283 Recorded on 27 June 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:13 Why does Babaji use the wording 'individual imagined self'? 2:08 Is it the imagined self who thinks, "I want to do this, I want to do that"? 4:34 Has the individual imagined self been imagined by the consciousness? 6:39 The body appears to be here, and I am imagining that I am the body, but in fact it is just an appearance, it is not connected to us? 8:45 So the real Self, who we really are, is not an identity? 9:51 What is happening then we ask Babaji a questions?  Is it like the droplet is asking the ocean? 11:14 Do we have to destroy this individual imagined self? 11:39 Why can we not give up the attachments we have in the mind? 13:16 We do not know what the "I" actually is, but why do we still do not want to give it up? 14:47 So the remedy is to become silent in the mind? 16:34 In that state of silence there are no judgements of anything. 17:40 As an individual imagined self, we may be scared to lose anything, but we cannot actually lose anything? 18:51 So at some point this imagination of acquiring something cropped up in the consciousness, and we believed that to be the truth? 27:51 It seems we are so brainwashed from an early age - so we have to give up all of that up? 36:16 Instruction to keep the eyes concentrated between the eyebrows - should that be a soft gaze? 36:41 What to do with the fear of disappearing during meditation? 37:26 Devotional practices. 39:50 Why is it so rare to have dreams of the forms of the Divine?   40:45 What is stopping us to go into the silence? 42:28 Every day we have a new conviction to 'just watch', it continues like this.  43:45 I get angry with myself for allowing thoughts to come in meditation. How to overcome this? 45:25 What secrets of the mind were revealed to Babaji in Tapas? 47:08 I it possible to take the spiritual journey that Babaji went through, without being in Ashram life? 50:21 Is it not good to put insects in a safe place away from danger, as if they are killed they will go to heaven? 52:16 If we help homeless people for instance, do we take on their karma? 53:24 How to remain in the awareness in meditation outside the practice? 54:06 Is meditation the only way to come out of the illusion?   ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

  8. Aug 25

    "Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch18, vv. 18-27 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 282

    Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang  "Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch18, vv. 18-27 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 282 Recorded on 24 May 2026 with US participants. 0:00 Intro 1:13 Chapter 18, Verse 18 -  The state of a Yogi. 5:35 What does Babaji mean by 'knowledge awareness'? 6:08  So it's knowing that truth, supreme truth, by being that awareness? 7:24 So it's like knowing without any thoughts? 7:55 Verse 19 - Even if moving and acting bodily, a Yogi is actually doing nothing. 9:06 You're really a witness to what exists and what doesn't exist. 12:42 Truth means eternal existence, something that never changes, it has always existed. 13:38 Our attention is always shifting between the past and the future, between a memory and an imagination. It never actually stays in the middle, on the Self. 15:37 If it's beneficial to a larger cause, without getting mentally involved, the wise yogi does work mechanically. 17:37 There's no longer an individual imagined self? 18:18 What is it that makes a yogi to act if they are in supreme peace and always free of desires? 20:07 Once the yogi becomes aware that they are the Self, is the body's action just being carried on by the karma of the world, or of the creation? 21:18 You've liberated yourself, yet your body continues to serve humanity, by to trying to raise the consciousness. So isn't that just an act of the Self continuing to use your body? 22:12 Verse 21.  Easily, a yogi will have acceptance for the things that happen. 23:01 Verse 22.  "A yogi moves in this world without the universe registering in their consciousness." 24:11 There is neither joy nor sorrow, so what's left? 25:32 You are the space, but You are beyond the space? 26:45 Verse 23. Yogis have no resolutions in the mind. 28:17 How do you strength your faith? 28:56 Verse 24.  That One is not affected by either honor or dishonor. 29:49 Nothing really registers in a yogi's consciousness - but Babaji seems to be the most conscious and the most responsive person. 34:38 Verse 25. Consciously, A yogi never gets involved in the doership or undergoes any fruits or results of any karmas.  35:52 Verse 26.  Though they are simply acting, and in reality are not in this world's scheme. The yogi also never claims that they are acting. 39:20 Verse 27.  "Tired of thinking about many different things, the consciousness has settled peacefully, and neither thinks nor knows nor hears nor sees." 41:12 When the Self is fully realized, Self-Realization is complete and permanent a yogi can't fall from that state. Is that true? 43:23 At what point in your tapas had you reached the state of no return, the state of permanent Self-Realization? 44:55 During your tapas, Swamiji was taking you through celestial lokas and said, "Be careful, don't get attracted to any of this, or you could be here a long time". 48:22 When the acceptance and love for Swamiji was so strong, what could have been the ego that Swamiji was trying to get rid of in Babaji? 51:14 How does a guru realise there is ego in the disciple? 52:09 A feeling of when there is nothing to pay attention to, naturally it goes to the space. 54:05 When the thoughts go away in meditation, then what? 55:40 The mind merging with the Self. 56:18 Does Babaji as the guru operate differently to Babaji the man? 57:28 I fear that the last step in gaining enlightenment will never come. 58:33 When I concentrate between the eyebrows I get more thoughts.  If I concentrate on the space, I have less thoughts. 59:37 Before doing Tapas did you still have a sense of 'I'?   Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/ Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang  Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

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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

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