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Baba answers questions and comments on chapter 1 verses 8 thru 13 of the Ashtravakra Gita, followed by general questions on spirituality, ego, meditation, Self Realization and Supreme Peace.

0:00 Intro
0:06 Agastya introduces the Ashtavakra Gita.
1:34 Ego falsely imagines it is the doer.
5:20 Mind is infinite, it is your Self. Faith is necessary. Meditate to focus on the Self, your attention is preoccupied with imaginations.
7:56 When your consciousness is not into any type of imagination, know that as the truth of existence.
10:41 Mind gives only what it imagines, it can never give the Truth.
14:09 Time and space are imaginations; meditation is to stop imagining. Just watch and thoughts will disappear.
16:13 Due to imagination only, a false thing appears to be true.
17:17 Baba recommendation, the need for meditation.
18:08 Misunderstanding what the Self is, what the mind is.
20:54 Baba explains ego in detail.
23:25 What is true spirituality. The need for direct experience of the Self. Importance of having the right teacher.
26:33 Siddhis, celestial worlds, and super powers cannot give Self Realization. To know the Self is the greatest miracle, with it comes supreme peace.
31:24 Meditate to quiet the mind, overcome the ego, and attain liberation. Story of Astravakra commanding King Janaka to "Stop" mentally.
36:04 In addition to meditation, the practice of acceptance (karma yoga) can contribute to Self-Realization. Baba explains how mental attitude aids in spiritual growth.
40:48 Purpose can be more important than the act of doing.
43:37 How can a person be devoted to the path, perform karma yoga, and serve selflessly, without the quality of love? Devotion, service and acceptance.
47:05 The importance of learning from the knowers of Truth. True peace is within you only. Purushartha - individual effort is needed.
51:30 How can I wake up every morning inspired to live a spiritual life?
53:08 Space doesn't need anything for its existence, it is holding the entire universe.
55:38 How do we turn our attention from the world to our Self?
57:41 While keenly observing in meditation, if there are no thoughts can we know that as the Self?
58:31 Seeing the Self but again slipping back into thinking.
59:06 Why is our mind is working against us, rather than for us?
1:00:36 Does food play an important role in controlling the mind?
1:01:47 How to sustain thought free focus during meditation.
1:04:04 Celestial appearances are a distraction to meditation and a much higher reality.
1:05:59 Advice to someone who meditates a lot and does not need much sleep.
1:07:00 Is not reacting mentally or physically to external stimulation the same as withdrawing the senses, and quieting the mind?
1:07:57 When focused between the eyebrows, how do you get into samadhi? How to transcend body consciousness?
1:09:19 By theory alone you cannot know with certainty what is positive or negative behavior. Meditate to purify the mind and negativity will disappear.
1:11:28 Does Absolute Consciousness have the power to think of and manifest beautiful or ugly things?
1:14:43 Is consciousness or mind evolving?

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Efforts and Acceptance | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.192
Recorded on 27 July 2024 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
3:05 Can Babaji elaborate on the idea of acceptance?
8:59 If the results don't come from our efforts, do we just give up?
11:23 After facing repeated failures, when to know when to persist or to give up and accept the results?
12:32 When we accept the results, is there a danger that we weaken our efforts?
15:33 Can Babaji talk about the importance of focus when putting in efforts.
19:14 Does our focus when putting in efforts become sadhana?
22:02 Can this focus also generate a peace?
23:08 How can Grace be related to our efforts?
30:20 How Babaji applied efforts and acceptance in His years as a student monk with Swamiji.
41:19 If you lose a million dollars how is it possible to quietly accept this?
43:00 If we always choose good karma then do we always get good results?
48:26 If you are putting in efforts should it be put in with discrimination, or can Yogis follow their desires mindlessly?
51:28 For every action is there a reaction?
52:10 For grace is faith, dedication and determination required?
52:48 Are there alternative options to sitting for Tapas to achieve Self Realization?
54:18 How to make hearltful effort with full focus without thinking about results at all?
1:00:23 Advice for someone suffering from depression
1:02:29 Can one reach Self Realization by practicing 1 hour meditation daily?
1:04:13 Mind slipping into thoughts continuously throughout meditation
1:08:43 Position of the eyeballs in meditaiton
1:10:04 Position of the head in meditaiton
1:10:54 For a failed marriage or critical illness for example how can one accept such things?
1:15:51 My mind is judgemental, how to be more accepting of what happens?

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Teaching Spirituality to the Younger Generation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.191
Recorded on 13 July 2024 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:44 How can we protect young people from distractions in the modern world and guide them to spirituality?
13:18 Is it important for spirituality to be taught at school? Can it be taught without a religious connection?
23:13 When should parents start teaching their children meditation, and are there some preliminary exercises for them to start with on the spiritual path?
27:59 Babaji talks about His upbringing and what He learnt from His mother
33:16 What is the importance of in-born qualities on the spiritual path?
37:58 What is the foundation on which to build a spiritual society?
42:52 How can a human being avoid laziness and be disciplined in any path?
46:51 How to talk to a son who has stopped communicating and is always on the phone?
48:32 How to deal with family members who are afraid that I might go too deep into spirituality?
49:18 How to receive initiation from Babaji
50:22 Visiting Babaji
51:40 What is the origin of this dhyana and is there a connection with advanced practices from Yoga Sutras called Samyama and Shambavi?
53:57 What to do if light, heat and sounds increase in meditation?
54:44 What about art, is it an imagination and could it be a source to keep the mind quiet as well as meditation?
56:42 Aham the individual and Aham the cosmic Self.
58:09 Until there is Self Realization then there is no peace.
1:00:16 How can one proceed in life without any desires?
1:02:36 How to introduce a son who is going to college to spirituality?
1:04:51 How to differentiate between ego and self-respect?
1:07:57 Is the Self different from the mind?
1:10:42 How does meditation purify the mind?
1:11:50 Does one have to look upwards to keep the eyeballs in between eyebrows?

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