In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji

Send us Fan MailRegister 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. 284Recorded on 11 July 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:20 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

9/6/26 • 55:34

Send us Fan MailRegister 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. 283Recorded on 27 June 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:13 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

8/31/26 • 55:30

Send us Fan MailRegister 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. 282Recorded on 24 May 2026 with US participants.0:00 Intro1:13 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

8/25/26 • 60:48

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Freedom from False Identification | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 281Recorded on 13 June 2026 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:31 How can this mind be the consciousness as it seems to be just a mixture of thoughts?10:06 If mind is always in the duality, how can the mind be the Self?15:31 Are thoughts the by-product of the mind?16:26 How do we stop getting fooled by the refections of the brain?22:40 If you can use the brain's capacity with the help of our conscious energy, anyone can be a champion or a genius?24:45 The brain can take us away from the truth and also take us towards the truth.31:35 How does Babaji identify Himself?  How does Babaji's mind operate?34:54 Is Babaji's mind ever in duality?35:20 How does Babaji see god?37:46 When the mind is silent, it is in the Divinity, when it is in duality it is in confusion.39:29 Just watching and becoming silent in meditation42:10 If the Atman is just a witness, where do I get my answer from?44:09 In day to day life, when you don't know what actions to take, where do you get the guidance?45:03 In meditation you become better only through practice46:12 What is the anchor when you concentrate in between the eyebrows in meditation?47:07 What is the difference between awareness and consciousness?47:40 In between the soul, Atma and supersoul, paramatma - the bridge is consciousness?48:44 How to make sure the physical body does not go into sleep mode during meditation?50:56 What is Tapas?51:28 Can we reach Tapas by doing 1 hour of meditation?51:47 When somebody abuses us, where does the abuse go?53:03 When you sat for 6 hours meditation before your Tapas, did you split the sessions or sit continuously?54:24 How to approach Jangama Dhyana in a devotional way?56:27 How to deal with the experience of losing a loved one?58:46 Is praying to Babaji mentally the same as messaging Babaji?59:29 How does the 'I' turn its attention towards the source of it?1:01:03 In meditation one day if I am able to quieten my mind, does the subtle body disappear, but you are left with the gross body?1:02:12 I have been unable to surrender myself to any deity or guru - should I try to find the right guru or will the right guru find me?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

8/16/26 • 63:54

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The Ultimate Truth | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 280Recorded on 6 June 2026 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:08 The Ultimate Truth, beyond the appearance of the universe7:19 The imagination must be within the Truth of Existence, but it is also away from the Truth; is that not a contradiction?14:46 Is imagination itself the problem, or is it because we get involved with it, that it becomes a problem?19:45 Should we avoid thinking that we are the creator of our thoughts?22:06 We can call the Truth neither  'something' nor 'nothing' but Babaji has said, 'It is there'?30:03 Babaji has said that a separate world exists within our mind.  What is the universe that is there outside our mind?34:14 Babaji has said that science is not wrong, but scientists can be wrong. Is there a science underlying all of creation and the Truth itself?37:23 How did the ancient sages know how to realise the Ultimate Truth?40:30 At the level of Parabrahman, are the supreme consciousness and supreme energy are also imaginations?41:52 What is the relationship between attention and imagination?42:31 How is it that we can concentrate in between the eyebrows in meditation?43:48 Where does the idea that we are all made of the same material come from?45:30 When we are completely quiet, how does the Supreme Consciousness communicate with the individual imagination?48:22 If everybody has come to play a role in this world, is it the soul's plan or the Divinity's plan?50:11 When people make wrong choices in their life, is that their pre-birth soul's plan?50:48 After this lifetime, does the soul think that I have accomplished what I wanted to do, even though it was wrong?51:32 When I am sitting for long in meditation, my head drops and interrupts my meditation.52:15 If consistent meditation can lead us to samadhi, then what is the purpose of Tapas?53:19 If the Self is non-dual and non-duality is the reality, then what is the point of anything anyway?54:27 When something arises in the mind, how to not get involved in it again?55:26 It seems challenging to quieten the mind.56:12 Innumerable thoughts and concerns are in the mind - would it be necessary to come out of the complexity of the external world to achieve samadhi?58:50 Difficult to stay in a community when practicing disciplined sadhana.___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

8/11/26 • 62:31

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Bondage and Liberation - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch8 vv1-4 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 279Recorded on 30 March 2025 with US participants0:00 Intro1:14 "Bondage is when the mind desires anything or grieves the loss of anything.."1:33 "Freedom is when the mind doesn't desire anything nor grieves the loss of anything.."2:51 Do desires still arise after Self-Realization?4:41 In Self-Realization, doesn't the mind become completely still?6:13 Once the Self is known, then the mind continues to function when it's needed, but it can no longer get attached to anything?9:12 You can be thinking and acting, but you're always aware that you're infinite, that you're not involved.10:49 What does it mean to be aware of the Self while acting?12:11 Can you desire without being bound to the desire?13:31 How are mind and consciousness the same, and how are they different?14:47 If the mind is producing our ideas, concepts, and imaginations, how do we function in the world if it remains quiet?18:46 Is Self-Realization the fulfillment of all desires?23:06 Without Self Awareness it's almost impossible to imagine that you could be happy or fulfilled without having a lot of stuff.24:54 When there is no ‘I,' there is Liberation. When there is ‘I,' there is bondage.27:43 You realize you're just the watcher, the silent witness to what the mind is creating and projecting?31:07 "I assure you, you can never make yourself disappear."32:46 If you remain quiet in your mind, that is Pure Consciousness, and being in the Self, that is the nature of Self Realization - story of Rama and Ravana from the Ramayana.35:51 "When the body urges of hunger, etc., happen, it appears as if they're happening to us. This is because consciousness is stuck into the reflections of the brain.."41:54 It seems that every being has come into this world with ignorance, so there could be no one who is Self-Realized coming into the world.44:28 The Divine is supposed to be all peace, and supreme peace. So why does it incorporate suffering into its existence?50:33 How do we know the difference between the intuition and the ego? H53:28 The terminologies Mind, Supreme Consciousness, space - are they all one and the same, and you use the nearest analogy to help?56:12 When we ask for grace from the so called Divine. Is it we ourselves that are giving us grace?57:02  Is it because normal human beings hold onto the past and present that they suffer more mentally?59:08 How to practice to see everything you see outside of you is nothing but you.1:00:19 Advice for when age advances and memory and knowledge falls away.1:03:49 What happens when a desire is binding. How do you tell if a desire is or is not binding?1:04:30 How to not be overpowered by a person or a situation and keep centered in spiritual power.___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

8/5/26 • 66:29

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Devotion and Surrender | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 278Recorded on 30 May 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro4:43 Why is devotion considered an essential part for spiritual growth when knowledge and meditation also exist as the path to liberation?11:16 Before surrendering to God or Guru, why not first start devotion at our home, to our wife, son, father, or surroundings etc?13:49 So to accept, "Nar mein hi Narayan hai" (God resides within every human being")?14:12 How can we differentiate from genuine devotion from emotional attachment or blind following?16:30 Difficult to surrender but easy to meditate, or to read books.  What is holding us back, the ego?19:07 We use 'I' as the body, not the true Self.19:39 When we consider 'I' as the body there is a lot of gratification, but when that is dropped, there is no gratification.  How to start in dropping the ego?22:30 What the world cannot give us, only devotion and surrender can give us?25:04 Does surrender mean giving up desires, ambitions and plans?25:41 The concept of dharma, arth, kama, moksha.27:09 People who go to temples for worship but don't have faith.28:25 Does devotion create surrender or surrender create devotion?29:02 Like a baby in the womb who is connected to the mother via the placenta, are we surrendered to the guru in the same way?33:23 Unless and until the Self is experienced, you don't get it.35:39 When we are not meditating how can we keep our consciousness at a very high level? Can mantra japa be done?36:38 How do we remove imprints and tendencies from our previous life?  Are they in the brain or in the mind?37:49 Is Babaji a man or a deity?39:46 How to pray to all the deities in the same breath?40:50 If an appearance comes in meditation41:36 How can I make devotion as a practice everyday?43:08 Can I adopt a reminder to continuously be devoted throughout the day?43:40 When we act with devotion can you talk about Svadharma and Paradharma activities?44:49 Difference between nirvikalpa and sarvikalpa samadhi.46:27 People take advantage of my tolerance with them.  Is it ok not to talk to those people?  Is that wrong?49:26 What is the difference between Hanumanji and Parabrahma?50:11 How has Hanumanji become such an important part of people's lives?50:50 Would there be any impact from new moon or full moon days on the ability to concentrate in meditation?53:32 How do I convince my mind to have faith in the divinity and accept whatever is to happen in life. 59:47 The moment I put in efforts, the results are conceived by my mind also.  What is the trick to avoid this?  ___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

7/26/26 • 62:29

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Babaji's Life with Shri Swamiji | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 276Recorded on 23 May 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:28 Babaji's first personal meeting with Swamiji7:37 How Babaji got to the Dehradun Ashram from the station8:22 How did Babaji feel arriving at the Ashram in the middle of the night not knowing anyone?12:49 Did Swamiji give Babaji any instruction on what to do at the Ashram?14:14 What routine did Babaji follow at the Ashram when He was by Himself?16:44 When Swamiji was at the Ashram, how was the routine different?29:23 Swamiji asking Babaji to look after a mentally challenged boy within a few years of joining the Ashram.37:43 Swamiji showed a great deal of affection to Babaji but His guidance could often be very strict.44:49 It might look to an outside observer that the situation was unreasonable and uncontrolled but it was like a surgical procedure that was being performed.48:20 Why is Mount Kailash a sacred mountain?49:33 What is the Soul?51:38 Why does the mind fall silent when in the presence of a Master?53:38 What sort of relationship should we have with our body?55:40 What is the importance of Brahmacharya in the practice of meditation?57:25 Did Babaji ever speak to Swamiji's mother Parvathamma?  What was she like?59:35 Some pointers in progressing further in meditation.1:00:51 Being a musician, a melody stays in the mind during meditation.  How to overcome this?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

7/17/26 • 61:35

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsangNature of Self Realization - Ashtavakra Samhita (Ch7 vv1-5) | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 277Recorded on 16 March 2025 with US participants0:00 Intro2:18 Verses3:45 In me, the universe moves driven by its own inherent nature - I am completely unaffected by it.5:50 What makes the absolute manifest into mind?8:06 Is mind what is responsible for things appearing in consciousness9:10 What is the nature of manifest existence?10:23 What is the nature of consciousness?11:55 Why does Creation come into existence?13:42 We are actually living our life in our own mind?14:29 When we experience something, the object is actually there, but our interpretation is just an imagination about that object?16:00 So it's a cooperation between the brain, the physical organism, and the mind that fabricates the whole illusion.17:05 Verse 5 - "What a great marvel! I'm actually pure consciousness."19:36 You can stop thinking and all the imagery, but you can't make the consciousness go away, because that's your Self.20:19 Do you rise above that, Baba, in Nirvikalpa Samadhi or Sahaja Samadhi?20:37 Verse 5 comments21:49 What is watching the mind through the mind?24:31 So there is a duality in the sense that there's a knowingness going on, but there's no second thing, it's just knowing itself.25:40 So we're using the mind's attention to watch itself, is that what we're trying to accomplish with meditation?27:28 So once you get absorbed in that point there is just seeing?28:36 As you become absorbed in between the eyebrows, you are no longer seeing with the eyeballs, but yet you continue to see with your mind's eye?29:40 Reading of verses.31:25 All the universe has arisen in this Self simply by imagination.33:14 "You realize that this space is the ultimate Truth and Pure Consciousness."34:32 "Space is the source of consciousness of Self Existence."35:10 "Every term used is as an imagination for the sake of understanding and communication in this world."37:21 "The universe is also a higher consciousness magic show with no existence value"38:32 What's the difference between pure awareness and pure consciousness?39:09 Which will exist after the finishing of the body and mind — Pure Awareness, or Pure Consciousness?39:26 So awareness requires mind?39:45 What's the difference between Pure Consciousness and Consciousness of Existence?40:27 Sometimes you've given the example, if a person is looking in a mirror, the image in the mirror can't see the person. Is the person in that example consciousness, and the image in the mirror the mind?41:05 Why does the mind constantly test itself?42:41 In reality is there a specific auspicious or inauspicious time?44:15 Why would one come back to the body after the merger has happened?44:51 Just before the merger there's a warmth of duality that is experienced before you merge? Can one experience loved ones before the merger?47:41 What is the concept of 'the feet of Lord Vishnu'?48:51 Is the external world and what's happening also part of the mind — the same mind as the inner mind, but a higher potency?50:01 There is only one divinity, there is nothing else? So then everything is God?51:22 What do you mean watch the thoughts? Either thought is not there, or I am not watching it. 53:30 You don't try to actually watch the thought that you're having? You just continue to watch without imagining?54:32 My video was off during the initiation.  Have I received Baba's initiation?55:01 Just before merging, is there any Samyama that is helpful for Moksha, or is patience all that is needed? 57:38 If you have an intention when performing samyama, will it help to manifest that intention?58:16 Is dhyana, meditation, the ending of experience?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

7/17/26 • 58:51

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Mental Health | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 275Recorded on 16 May 2026 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:27 What is the mind?2:11 How does Babaji define mental health?4:54 How can people overcome stress, depression, fear etc and achieve a healthy mind?7:48 It seems that mental health has deteriorated more and more throughout history.  Why is this?27:53 Many young people today are unable to function properly due to lack of concentration.  What is going on in the mind and brain in this situation and what is the solution?34:26 What is happening in a person's mind when a situation gets so extreme that they consider taking their own life?48:55 What about the medicines that doctors prescribe to control these mental state?51:11 When we want to be peaceful but others try to trouble us, should we take it as a challenge or is it a prarabdha that we face this situation?  How should one get out of this situation?52:48 How to accelerate the cleansing of the acquired habits of the mind in meditation if we are not aware of what is there in the subconscious layers of the mind?54:25 Our attitudes hold our emotional content, so is it more important to remove the attitudes than the imprints?55:12 How do we protect ourselves in mediation from astral beings who may want to harm us in our meditations?56:30 Is it ok to continue with the practice of meditation that Babaji teaches if I have been initiated by another Guru?57:22 Breathing becomes slow and shallow in meditation and is distracting.58:40 How to get over depression when working in mental health therapy.1:00:10 A feeling of unconditional love.1:01:30 How long does Babaji recommend for the daily practice of meditation?1:02:28 A pressure, tightness and pain when concentrating between the eyebrows in meditation.___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

7/3/26 • 63:47

Send us Fan MailRegister 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 10-18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 274Recorded on 26 April 2026 with US participants0:00 Intro1:12 Chapter 18, verse 102:05 We have come up with words to describe things which are imaginations that are different from different people, and ultimately unreal?7:43 Verse 118:03 Yogis have no dualities – always contented in the supreme peace of Self awareness.9:01 We are so used to thinking of acquiring peace as something in our mind instead of going beyond it all.9:30 How does the mind lose its way and forget itself?10:34 Verse 1211:01 A Yogi has transcended all worldly pleasures. They have achieved that, after which there is no need to achieve anything else.13:47 It is getting over the ego, "I am this, I am that."14:26 Verse 13.  "A Yogi has neither any worldly duties to perform or any attachments to anything."16:14 Do the answers to questions come to Babaji spontaneously?16:43 Does a Yogi have imaginations flowing though the mind?18:19 So a Yogi has no worldly duties to perform?20:32 A Yogi's mechanical body actions are the effects of their past karma.23:24 What did Babaji mean by 'the body is just a robot'?24:16 Babaji is not a person?25:30 If a Yogi comes across suffering of others or if someone prays for them to help, they will always be compassionate.26:38 Is it important to ask the Divinity for something you want?27:13 Verse 14. "Where Is liberation for the great one who rests now beyond the world of desires?"29:16 Verse 15. "Although bodily they see the world, a Yogi actually, in consciuousnss, does not see anything."31:52 If you are not liberated and you hurt yourself, it's hard to tell them that it doesn't hurt.33:02 Does Yogi just witness the pain but is not involved?33:34 Verse 16. "In meditation the mind directly gives up all imaginations simply by watching itself.  A practice to realise the Self as it is without any attributes and to rest consciously in the Self."36:18 Verse 17.37:01 What does it mean that a Yogi has no distractions?38:59 Is it possible for a person to lose their identity as a result of extensive meditation?40:35 Are there two identities, one of the person which is held in the brain, and then one of being the Yogi?41:22 What does Babaji mean by, "You cannot make yourself disappear."42:10 For a Yogi, the consciousness of existence has to be functioning in order to have that "I"?42:41 So there is a person, body and mind, then a witness to what we are seeing and hearing, and then there is the consciousness of existence and then that merges back into pure consciousness?43:29 What causes eternal existence to become conscious of its existence?45:21 When you see situations that bring a lot of suffering, how to keep away from judgement and wanting to change the situation?48:51 God appears to people the way that they perceive.50:23 Can one meditate when one is travelling?51:02 Does hunger arise in the Yogi's body?52:08 How to stay grounded as the meditation practice progresses?53:29 What to do when there is anxiety in the body?55:30 Why can we not imagine the images of the Deities after returning from visiting the temple?56:58 Inability to progress in vipassana meditation58:16 How long should I practice meditation?58:33 Do divinely inspired ideas come into the mind, or is that simply the imagination?59:38 What is the difference between the consciousness of existence and the pure consciousness?1:00:50 Is pure consciousness the absolute?1:01:06 Does consciosiuness become mind or does mind become consciousness or do they come simultaneously?1:01:49 When the consciousness of existence arises from the absolute, it has the inherent ability to imagine?  1:02:44 Brahma is the 'I am-ness' without anything else?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

6/20/26 • 63:13

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Guru | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 273Recorded on 9 May 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:10 Who is a guru?2:18 Is a guru essential for Self-Realisation?3:54 Some saints in the past have not had a physical guru.  How did they achieve Self-Realisation?6:17 'When the student is ready, the guru appears' - is this saying correct?7:52 From the student's point of view, how toidentify the right guru?13:57 How does a guru help a disciple or devotee?31:59 Why does a guru go through all the efforts to train the disciple?38:55 How do we repay the guru for all the pain that the guru takes for the disciple?40:02 What is the solution if many thought come in meditation?40:46 When Lord Buddha was asked what he had achieved, he said, "nothing".  What did he mean?42:08 Is there any way of intensifying the watching in meditation or does it happen automatically?44:00 Is meditation creating a habit of silence that we can also do outside of meditation?44:33 Should we accept scoldings from elders in the family?45:26 In my new business, f I am stressed, more things get organised and get done with work.  In the last 20 minutes of meditation, many ideas and new energy is there in the mind connected with my work.  How to deal with this?47:37 Is Gurudev our inner Divine space as we try to watch the gap in between the two thoughts? How does He manifest as the outer guru in the physical world?48:43 Should the student see everything in life as coming from the guru?49:29 How do I know what the guru is commenting day to day, when the guru is so far away?50:40 Is the guru an individual or a concept?  Can it be a 'baton-pass'?51:42 What is the difference between vipassana meditation and the technique that Babaji teaches.54:45 How can meditation be utilised in day to day life?55:23 What should we focus on when active in daily life?56:00 What is the concept of inner guru?56:49 Is it that the physical guru gives independence and awareness to the disciple of the inner guru? 58:35 How to keep the mind motivated  when it is failing to silence the mind in meditation many times?1:00:11 Like a disciple seeks a guru, does a guru also seek a student?1:00:33 Is there a spiritual transmission from the guru to the disciple, and how does that work in the development of the disciple?1:01:28 Can someone realise the Self, just by keeping the company of a Realised master?1:02:03 Thoughts are eliminated in meditation, but body consciousness is still there.  How to progress further?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

6/12/26 • 65:40

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Mental attachment and Liberation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 272Recorded on 2 May 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:13 What it is to have a mental attachment.3:08 When we imagine about something, do we always build a criteria, like 'it has to be like this', or 'it should not be like this.'4:10 Should we not be making any criteria in the mind of what will give us happiness?5:55 Why is it so difficult for us to think that there is something beyond this sight and sound?7:39 Do we need to let go of all mental attachments to achieve Self Realization?11:18 This watching process enables us to simply be in ourselves because we are not getting involved?14:06 How important is the regularity of practicing meditation?18:54 If one drops the body while holding many mental attachments, what happens?26:04 The people who don't practice spirituality at the moment, will they eventually get inspired in some way to practice?27:57 Could Babaji describe the state of a Yogi?  When the judgements that limit us have all disappeared, is that an infinite state?30:26 To have the mind at peace at all times is mind-boggling for many.31:16 Is there not a single worry for a Yogi?32:55 How to be liberated from attachments such as un-requited love and obsessive thinking.33:50 Is it possible to be reborn on astral planets where conditions are more conducive to spirituality?34:59 What happens when someone commits suicide?  Is there any way we can help that person through prayers?36:13 How to not be mentally disturbed by pain in the body38:13 With close family members, if we keep away emotionally, would that be indifference and uncompassionate?39:26 They say that in particular places like Haridwar or Vrindavan that if you die there you get moksha directly.41:31 The two aspects of the mind; to think and to watch.43:00 Please advise how I can truly forgive and let go of anger and resentment.44:20 If God knows everything inside me, why do I need to pray to God?45:35 Is killing a cockroach a sin, and are sins the root cause tying you to the samsara?46:35 Is a sin what plays on the mind, if it doesn't play on the mind it is not a sin?47:57 I sometimes fall asleep in meditation unintentionally, what should I do?48:40 Some spiritual teachers say that those who commit suicide will go to hell, is that true?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

6/1/26 • 49:49

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita, Chapter 18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 271Recorded on 12 April 2026 with US participants.0:00 Intro1:02 Chapter 18, Verse 11:46 Effulgence - to shine by it's own nature, not requiring any external force.3:55 Once you become aware of the Self, all ignorance of imaginations simply disappears like a dream.8:12 For a normal person, their attention is on the world and the imagination, not on the reality.10:41 Verse 211:04 "We have total peace only when we mentally renounce."15:22 Verse 3 15:41 "When the mind is quiet, only then is real peace enjoyed."18:50 So there's some blessing in the fact that there's a little misery in life?21:10 How would Babaji define peace?22:41 It's desires that tend to break the silence?23:03 Aren't those desires looking for happiness and peace?24:02 Verse 424:28 This universe is impermanent, therefore how can it give us a permanent happiness?29:30 The ability to accept what happens in life.30:08 What can we do to align our desires with the ultimate truth, with trying to acquire the ultimate truth.30:42 Verse 530:58 "The Self is nothing but all-pervasive space itself. Thus it is the absolute."33:56 But you're also saying even what's imagined is the ultimate truth too?35:29 Verse 635:43 When one is able to overcome all imaginations of the mind, unhappiness is dispelled once and for all. 37:35 Is it awareness that makes consciousness possible, or consciousness that makes awareness possible?38:31 'I am' consciousness and the awareness in pure consciousness.40:14 Verse 740:32 Is the world simply an imagination?44:51 So we can become the truth and have that Pure Awareness, but we can't know the truth because that would reduce Truth to just an idea in the mind.45:24 Since birth we have gone on absorbing impressions and beliefs until it is a firm reality.46:59 Verse 847:17 "Do sadhana and know the truth for yourself."49:22 Verse 950:18 "A Yogi realizes that 'I' is nothing but the ultimate truth of the Self"50:50 So it's the pure awareness, or consciousness of existence from where the "I" arises?52:33 In meditation, I have encountered two parts of watching; one is when we are trying to ignore thoughts and we just bring our attention to the centre (between our eyebrows), and second is, by just watching the thought, it dissolves itself. Is there a difference?54:22 Is ignoring a thought possible?54:45 When you first touched the feet of Shivabalayogi, your sense of 'I' disappeared. Can you remove the sense of 'I' from us if we touch your feet?56:33 How to harness and sustain intention, and is it related to concentration and devotion?57:54 Being quiet in life and the mind quietening when hearing Babaji talk.59:49 Being bothered by the amount of garbage waste in the world - is there a spiritual solution to it?1:01:27 How to be in awareness when doing something and not forget what I am doing?1:02:35 Research talks of importance of connection with other people, is it ok not to have relations with other people?1:04:27 Perspective on other lineages where meditation techniques are a lot more complicated, using chakras etc.Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

5/28/26 • 66:58

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Oneness | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 270Recorded on 25 April 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Can Babaji comment on Kabir’s couplet “‘I’ is there when God is not there, God is there when ‘I’ is not there”? and explain it further in context of ‘oneness’?1:31 If you are aligned with and one with your true nature to realise and drop your ego, what is that true nature?2:41 How can we stay in this state of oneness while being in this world?7:06 If we keep observing our thoughts continuously, do they disappear, or are we taking control of ourselves?8:19 So the truth of the mind is not the truth?8:34 What happens when we come out of meditation into the world?9:59 Which practice dissolves the senses of separation most effectively? Is meditation enough or is self-inquiry necessary on a regular basis?10:57 Who is the one practising if ultimately there is no separate self?11:36 When we are aware and very conscious that ‘I am That’, can we again fall into the trap of desires? 13:35 When we say we are one is that because we are made up of all the same elements and consciousness?17:44 How to solve the problem of your relations not being prepared to join you in your journey of becoming detached and achieving oneness?19:47 Why is it we cannot reach the true love which is non-transactional?28:02 Is it selfish to say our time has come to realise the truth, or do we say it is our destiny which got us here and other people who have not realised will get their time in due course? 31:15 When Babaji met His Master Swamiji the sense of ‘I’ disappeared. Why then was it still necessary to do Tapas?32:35 After merging in Nirvikalpa samadhi, what happens now when Babaji goes into samadhi, is it deepening all the time, not just a static sense of bliss?33:11 Sometimes we encounter arrogant or rude people even in family situations.  I try to remain unaffected, but sometimes it’s hard – how to achieve oneness with such people?34:40 I don’t show my anger outside, but sometimes I get affected internally. 35:20 Is the space, consciousness of existence and silence the same?37:20 I was advised not to practice this meditation, but I want to; should I?39:41 Can we consider all Gurus to be the same being, in oneness?40:55 Sometimes the mind creates a confusion when trying to see the same Guru in other forms.42:04 How is undergoing hardships in life related to progress in meditation and spiritual life? 43:51 What is the form of the soul?46:11 After death does a person hear or see us?47:50 Is God the divine, or a person who has attained the true nature of mind?49:02 Do sages who have been in samadhi get angry?50:36 So God doesn’t have an ego and doesn’t get angry?51:31 In meditation is it the stabilising of the eyes that is the key point rather than where they are looking?52:21 How is it possible to drop all ideas of the mind? As long as the ‘I’ exists, the mind exists and you are in separation.55:16 So all my thoughts, imaginations are not me?58:03 Ashtavakra says the Self cannot be experienced as long as the mind is clinging on.59:23 How do You see God? What is God for You?1:00:52 Do You ever objectify God as an entity or does it just exist to You eternally?1:01:53 When I listen in satsangs, my mind listens very attentively and I feel at peace, but when I close the eyes in meditation it is more difficult.1:03:34 When the samskaras of the mind are so strong, how can we win?1:05:55 When you keep staring at the space, there is nothing there. 1:06:51 What is the importance of the physical initiation and presence of the Guru?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

5/19/26 • 68:40

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "The True Knower", Pt3- Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 269Recorded on 15 March 2026 with US participants0:00 Intro1:11 How does a Yogi view the world or life?6:30 Does a Yogi no longer see himself as a person?7:03 Does a Yogi see himself as the witness, as just the consciousness?7:36 How do you jump across the abyss between the changing world and desires, to the desireless, changeless reality?10:23 Verse 13. "A Yogi is free from attachment to all objects and actions."13:56 "Once liberation is achieved, a need for anything else never occurs."17:58 When the mind becomes completely silent, it shines forth with this true knowledge. It wasn't learned from books.22:35 Is there a point when the mind becomes silent, where true knowledge just appears, or comes to you?23:51 And does all ignorance, and false belief, just vanish at that time?24:38 If you quiet your mind and you lose all desire and there's nothing to achieve in the world, what allows the body to move, to function and perform action?26:49 Why does knowing the Self bring Supreme Peace and perfect contentment to the mind? 28:43 Verse 15. "A Yogi always sees the Self everywhere."31:03 The Yogi identifies with being pure consciousness. How does he see the world?32:08 Verse 16.  From the standpoint of just being a person, it sounds pretty callous, but from the standpoint of a Yogi, everything seems all proper.33:34 It seems that you still have thoughts, ideas and imaginations?35:30 Do Yogis daydream?36:33 Dreams can come up because the brain generates those?37:28 Verse 17.  A Yogi's consciousness is always detached.40:15 Could you elaborate on the consciousness of existence, what that is and how it merges into the Self?41:42 The abyss between the changing world and non-changing existence.44:09 A Yogi does not perform activities, though it might appear that they act.47:08 Verse 20.  For a Yogi, no depression or dullness would ever occur.49:23 The state of a Yogi and a guru, are these two terms synonymous? Like, is every Yogi a guru?50:38 Is the importance of a guru always in the faith of the disciple?51:29 If Babaji suggests something to a disciple, is that because the disciple was looking for that suggestion?52:09  If a Yogi does not have compassion, why do Yogis bless people?53:13 For a householder, if they reach samadhi and there is no motivation left, how would they care for their family?55:00 Is it true that some Yogis take the body with them when they pass?55:44 Does black magic exist?___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

5/13/26 • 57:33

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Mastery of the mind | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 268Recorded on 11 April 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:07 When things happen that are not according to our expectations, why do we lose control of our mind and experience tension and unhappiness?6:30 Swamiji said, "Meditate, know your Self, and don't be prejudicial."  How to avoid being prejudicial?14:54 How to improve our observation power and understanding capability?21:11 Peculiar relationship between the brain and the mind and how one must never stop the learning process.31:21 How does meditation enable the consciousness to gain control of itself?40:52 Stopping all identifications of the world45:47 The stages during Babaji's 25 years of sadhana at the Ashram46:56 How to master the emotions of the mind in a healthy way.48:50 How to know that the mind is watching itself, and who is watching the 'I'?49:51 Can one do meditation anytime, anywhere and without taking a shower beforehand?  Also, do I need to get initiated?51:01 What is the difference between acceptance and loss of hope?52:08 Is hope a desire?52:36 If life is like a long dream, it will end one day - so why the special sadhanas to become one with the Ultimate?54:15 Is there a witness behind the witness when you are watching in meditation?55:11 What is the difference between Parabrahman and Paramatma?55:31 When things don't happen according to our expectations, finally the mind gives up criticising itself and self-esteem drops.  What is the best way to rebuild self-confidence?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

5/3/26 • 57:57

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The True Knower, Pt1 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 267Recorded on 18 January 2026 with US participants0:00 Intro0:33 Verse 1. Someone who's attained Self-realization is fully contented, attaining the fruit of all knowledge.2:52 For a Self-realized soul, solitude is not loneliness or missing something. 6:43 The most that knowledge can do is bring peace, which is the fruit of all Knowledge and the goal of Yoga.7:58 What does it mean to purified the senses?9:59 Verse 2.  What does it mean, that the entire universe filled with nothing but the Self?14:28 A Self-realized soul is fully aware that this all-pervasive space is nothing but the Self.16:11 Is the mind is just the thoughts arising in consciousness? 18:14 How consciousness got trapped into it's own illusion.21:46 Verse 3. None of the senses please One who rests delighting in the Self.26:00 What's the different between a Self-Realized person and a Self-Realized soul?27:38 How does a Yogi perceive people?28:34 Verse 4. A Yogi is no longer a victim of the past memories.30:35 Are you destroying your mind, the imprints and memories?31:47 Are the imprints and memories erased from the mind but not erased from the brain?33:25 What is the fastest way to realise that what you are seeing is not the truth?34:21 Verse 5.  What motivates a Yogi to get up in the morning if they are completely contented? 39:15 Attaining Yoga, union with the Self, is that beyond desire, and even the idea of liberation?40:50 Do you get carried across the threshold spontaneously?41:45 Are you training the mind to surrender until the point of going beyond the 'I am'? 43:46 At that time when you're completely engrossed in the experience, do you still have an awareness of yourself?44:58 The story of Angulimala and Buddha in today's context.47:07 Is it recommended to practice sitting on the ground in meditation?48:01 How do we carry on with our daily lives and at the same time remove the ego and thoughts?49:39 Why is it we have to keep our back straight in meditation?51:04 A personal decision about whether to stay and help family members or to move away, helping more people elsewhere.53:19 Can a Guru give an experience of Samadhi to the disciple?55:38 How to practice consciousness in daily activity?58:35 People who do some magic work and cheat people of this world claiming they are gods.  What knowledge of the Self can these gods impart?___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

4/28/26 • 62:33

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Yoga Vasistha - Creation Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 266Recorded on 14 March 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:29 The story of Leela from the Yoga Vasistha9:51 The story of the 10 sons from the Yoga Vasistha21:46 "When the tree dies, the seed doesn't die, but when the seed dies, the tree perishes with it."29:23 Why does this creation idea have to exist?32:00 The story of the man with many hands beating himself in the dense forest.39:27 Apprehension about facing the thousands of thoughts in meditation.43:04 Does the resolution power to achieve Self Realisation have to be finally dropped before achieving it?45:57 If I sit for 1 hour meditation and there are constantly thoughts in the mind, is that time wasted?46:50 Is it possible to overcome negative choices, even after repeated failures?48:35 If unable to sit upright due to a broken leg, how to avoid falling asleep?50:17 I dream of previous lives, different characters - why does the monkey mind play these games?52:24 How to overcome bodily discomfort in meditation.53:52 Breathing suddenly stops during meditation.56:19 How to ensure the mind stays calm for 1 hour and beyond that?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

4/20/26 • 58:28

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Babaji's Life Story | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 265Recorded on 21 March 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:07 What were the characteristics that Babaji's parents demonstrated that helped impact the development of His character?7:57 Innate characteristics of Babaji's personality as a young boy that were unusual compared to those around Him?13:24 After Babaji first heard the song 'Bhaja Govindam', would the people around him have noticed a change in His behaviour or temperament?19:43 What was the attraction that Babaji had to the Hanuman temple near His home?37:18 How Babaji came to enter Swamiji's service after waiting for 3 years.46:16 Stories that there are other lokas where you can achieve god realisation.49:42 How to get over the fear that one will be reborn into the world again.52:59 If we want Self Realization will we all have to do Tapas for many years?55:39 How should one look at an appearance of either Swamiji or Babaji in a dream?56:52 For Babaji, what kind of association is there to the memories of early life, considering that no ego is now left?59:14 During Babaji's 5 year Tapas, did Babaji stretch out His legs, changing posture?59:53 An experience of hearing a heavenly voice chanting 'narayana' - what was that?1:01:11 Why did Babaji seek a Guru and not god?1:02:13 The difference between a devotee and merging with the Self.1:03:09 The worry that moving the eyes to the centre and meditating is unsafe for people who are impure.1:05:25 In meditation, how to go beyond the witness, the observer.1:06:04 How to overcome past sing and guilt?1:07:22 Who was Swamiji's master?___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

4/13/26 • 68:27

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Recorded on 9 November 2026 with US participants1:16 "..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 indifference32:13 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?___Website: http://www.srby.orgRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

4/4/26 • 68:18

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Paths of Spirituality  | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 263Recorded on 7 March 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:35 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 meditation57:06 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?___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

3/28/26 • 61:22

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants.0:00 Intro0:40 Ch 17, verse 61:34 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 consciousness7:37 Pure awareness7:56 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 Samadhi15:31 Savikalpa Samadhi18:00 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?Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

3/16/26 • 58:13

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Purushartha - Self-Efforts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 261Recorded on 28 February 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro from Babaji0:56 What does the word purushartha mean?3:34 How do we put in efforts to know Oneself?  What is the process?14:37 If there is a single thought within the mind does that mean we still need to put in efforts until eventually the mind is purified of all imaginations?19:09 Some people might think that spirituality is something mystical where a power descends on us and we can immediately achieve Self Realization.  Does it happen like this?32:06 If the guru is not physically there to scold you, how do we catch that grace?  Is it through faith?36:10 Does daily meditation help us to not get too involved into the world?41:11 Can we use the mind to create our reality through imagination, or does everything just naturally unfold and we should simply let go and remain a witness to what is happening?42:24 If destiny is acting against us, how to exercise purushartha?45:04 If we want something to happen a certain way, we pray to the Divine or the Guru - is that ok, or should we accept whatever happens?46:03 While meditating do we need to stick our mind to god's name or chant god's name?47:50 Shravana, manana and nididhyasana48:27 Outside of meditation, we can analyse?48:48 Is worshipping with form easier than worshipping without form?49:42 Ultimately do you have to give up the form?51:47 Can purushartha lead to a better destiny?52:14 Does the word Niyati, as used in the Yoga Vasistha, mean destiny?53:05 We have to put in purushartha to achieve Self Realization, but at a certain point we need to have acceptance that it has not happened yet?53:49 When doing purushartha, I notice things come up in life with more intensity, stress and pressure becomes worse.  How to stay motivated and inspired to continue?56:50 When I am quiet internally, how to have discernment on how to respond to things externally?57:58 Why does good and bad exist when the Divinity does not have discrimination and is all-pervading?59:34 How has the identity of the mind happened?1:00:49 Does the mind have a unique identity after the body dies or does it merge with the consciousness?1:01:57 Does the mind with vasanas have an identity?1:02:47 When my family go to wedding parties, my meditation routine gets disturbed - how to deal with this?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

3/8/26 • 64:22

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Time and Space | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 260Recorded on 7 February 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:27 Are time and space two different things, or are they thoughts and perceptions?2:41 Can the mind go beyond time?3:59 The story of Leelavati from the Yoga Vasistha in the context of the discovery of entangled particles in quantum mechanics.15:00 Is the mind, consciousness and space one and the same thing?19:21 When a Yogi attains Self Realisation, how is that awareness beyond time and space?21:44 What is the status of the mind of the Self-Realised Yogi?23:43 When one becomes space, where is god then?26:34 The universe is expanding, so the space is also expanding?28:54 How does this existence of pure consciousness take the form of an object?31:25 What is the cause of the separation from the pure consciousness and how to go back?34:21 Is our existence the same as the supreme conscious energy, but because of the mind we suffer in duality?37:04 As there are fewer thoughts in meditation, is the perception of time less?39:45 In Tapas is it a thrilling thing as one becomes aware of the Self?41:50 Is it true that the past, present and future occur simultaneously - and we cannot change the predetermined incidents in our life.  Thus what is the purpose of time and space?45:35 Is the mind and the consciousness the same entity, and who or what creates the illusion, is it a different entity or is it the mind itself?48:19 How do we understand that the universe is timeless?51:00 Is there a need to study science as it has increased understanding of the universe?55:22 Science as a quest for the truth of existence.57:07 If god is the god of love, what is left of love in the space of silence?58:27 What is the state of the mind in a dreamless deep sleep?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

3/1/26 • 96:51

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The mind and the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 259Recorded on 17 January 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:07 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?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

2/21/26 • 51:56

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang 'Special Instruction' - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 258Recorded on 4 January 2026 with US participants0:00 Intro0:10 Desire is the root of indiscrimination, Chapter 16, verse 73:54 What causes attachment?5:42 Why does desire arise in the first place?6:45 So desire is not the problem, it's the attachment to the desire?7:45 Is a Self-Realized Yogi free of desire or just free of attachment?8:57 What use is the body for someone who is free of attachment?9:47 Chapter 16, verse 7.  A Yogi is free from the dualities of likes and dislikes.13:44 A Yogi is not attached to interesting places15:00 How did Babaji get on this call without a resolution in the mind?16:49 When you're completely in the moment, there is no resolution. There is just awareness of the present.17:21 When you make a resolution, consciousness seems to automatically provide to fulfill that resolution. 18:57 Chapter 16, verse 9 "One attached to the world wishes to give it up in order to avoid its miseries, but that One who is free of all attachment is free from those miseries, even if he is moving in the world."20:51 How the world appears as a dream for the Yogi.26:46 So we have to quiet the mind, silence the mind, and then what's left is your own consciousness of existing?27:37 Chapter 16, verse 10 "True knowledge is that state where the imagined individual self, the ego, no longer exists."29:32 Does "the knowledge" mean Self knowledge—awareness that you're the Consciousness of Existence?31:16 Chapter 16, verse 11. "Even if the gods, Shiva, Vishnu or Brahma, become your teacher, until you forget everything, you cannot become settled in the True Self."42:20 "The yogi who is liberated while alive, after dropping the physical body, will become one with the ultimate Truth." Wasn't he already one with the ultimate Truth?43:57 Somebody who hasn't attained Self Realization may not be able to imagine a level of Supreme Peace. They might think they are enjoying their body and the world fully, so they might not want to give them up.46:15 Did the creation or bodies, these humans and all of creation come as a result of a desire, or was it just a spontaneous uncaused manifestation? 46:37 Baba, is desire something for a more evolved nervous system? Did creation begin with desire?52:06 Imaginations eventually develop into desires, and eventually reach the desire that we want to know the Self, and if it is strong enough, we dedicate ourselves to discovering the Truth.___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

2/8/26 • 53:30

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Thoughts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 257Recorded on 11 January 2026 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:06 What does Babaji mean when He speaks of thoughts?1:22 Is there a seed that starts the thoughts?2:00 Are thoughts the act of creation itself?2:48 Do thoughts spring up in relation to the imprints from previous experiences 6:08 Why can't we control our thoughts if they are in 'my mind'?12:52 A study done by the national science foundation suggests that 80% of our thoughts are negative and 95% of our thoughts are repetitive.  Can Babaji speak about this?20:09 Western neuroscience suggests that thoughts are caused by electrical activity in the brain.  Could Babaji discuss this?24:08 Are thoughts always about the world?24:50 What is the space in-between the thoughts?  Is that the Divinity?28:29 Does the purification process that happens in meditation also happen in other sadhanas like karma yoga or bhakti marga?35:30 Some people experience their mind's becoming quiet when in the presence of Babaji - is this a long term effect or a temporary tranquilliser?38:05 Is the mind being quiet the same as the mind being concentrated?40:13 A feeling of emptiness when meditating.43:01 What is the difference between Akasha and Brahman?43:53 When we sit for meditation, external sounds trigger more thoughts.45:15 Where should focus when chanting mantras?45:54 The feeling of merging with god before sleeping.46:58 My practice is progressing but the feeling of doership is still there and fear arises?50:44 ASMR and meditaiton52:30 Consciousness and the brain53:20 There is an awareness of 'I am meditating' during meditation - where should we put our main focus when meditating?57:27 Why is meditation only taught in a positive way, not the negative aspects?59:30 Not knowing if one if meditating or not.1:00:23 If due to busy life, one skips a day of meditation, does it affect progress?1:01:30 The closer you are to the Self, the quicker desires are manifested if those desires are beneficial - so why are my prayers not being answered?1:03:49 Does there need to be a problem in life first for it be solved and only then one can achieve happiness? ___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

1/23/26 • 65:06

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Yoga Vasistha - Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 256Recorded on 3rd January 2026 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:11 When grace meets maturity of discrimination then dispassion is generated within the heart.1:18 The relation between non-dual point of view of the Self - everything is within the Self, and how the mind has started creation with thoughts.4:15 Why has creation happened?6:56 Why is it almost impossible to achieve Self-Realization if this creation is just a play of the Self?11:49 Simply denying the notion of 'I' does not mean that it gets destroyed.14:02 How can the Creator come into an apparent relative existence to create and what is the relationship between karma and death?17:09 This Creation's nature is thought, it doesn't have any materiality.20:34 What is the trigger point for the Consciousness to start creating at the beginning of everything?22:18 The Creator was never created but is the creator of everything.24:30 Shakti is the reality of all inevitable events in the future. What is the role of our efforts in relation to the nature we carry due to this Shakti?26:35 The creation in the mind is an agitation in the consciousness.  How can we prevent that agitation to go on and on, how can we diminish it with our consciousness?34:04 If the agitation in the consciousness stops us to know who we are, what is the meaning of doing anything in this world that is not related to achieve this?45:12 Is this state of no-mind and being Self-Realized the same thing, and what does that look like in Bhakti Yoga?47:55 What is the similarity and difference between Jangaam Dhayan and Trataka?48:52 When all vasanas are dropped, how then is creation perceived as the external world?49:52 Does Babaji's experience during Tapas align with scriptural descriptions of cosmic creation?50:38 How to use intelligence power of discrimination in such a way that it does not bind to ego and judging others, but simply to transcend the unreal and awaken to the real Self?52:53 Experiences within a dream of being aware that one is dreaming.___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

1/11/26 • 57:56

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Karma Yoga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 255Recorded on 27 April 2024 with worldwide participants.0:00 Intro0:07 What is Karma Yoga?1:00 Is Karma Yoga the same as Dhyana Yoga, but in activity?13:40 Do we need to lose the idea in our imagination that an outcome of our action is either good or bad?17:02 Babaji's natural love and surrender to Swamiji that allowed Karma Yoga to happen.24:21 Wouldn't it be better to retreat from the world after Tapas to avoid getting dragged into politics between human beings?27:10 How to achieve having our work and duties converted into Tapas, like Babaji's selfless service was converted into 7 years of Tapas?31:37 "It is not enough just to be good, you have to be wise also."36:29 Do not let the mind go into agitations when active in the world.40:09 Dedicating our actions in life to the Guru.41:11 A quote from the Bhagavad Gita on giving up doership.44:50 Is there a possible state where there are no thoughts in the mind, but there still exists an imagination or an ego?45:41 From desires we take action, so if we don't have desires then we won't take any action?47:35 During Tapas, is it continuous 14-16 hours in day at a stretch?47:57 Do we slowly increase our meditation from 1 to 2 to 3 etc like that, to eventually reach Tapas?49:11 Did Swamiji need to do His Tapas in the graveyard?  Could they not have found a more sheltered place for Him?51:27 Was the Karma Yoga that Babaji did a preparation to strengthen him to develop the necessary quality to do Tapas, or could Realization have happened through continuous Karma Yoga?54:03 What should be a mother or wife's Karma Yoga while still supporting the other family members' Karma Yoga?56:28 Through meditation and prayer can you impact on your family's Karma Yoga?___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: 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.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

1/2/26 • 58:20