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Ashtavakra Gita - Baba's Commentary - ch 1 vv 14-20 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.196
Recorded on 1 September 2024 with US participants

0:00 Intro
0:08 The sword of knowledge slays ignorance of Self. Consciousness misidentifies itself as the body. Meditation shifts the attention from imaginations to the True Self.
6:07 How have we misidentified ourself from birth?
8:11 Until you regain consciousness of your real Self ignorance will be there.
8:59 By watching, the mind eventually becomes quiet and goes back to the Self, rather than imagining. Without paying attention, you cannot gain awareness of what you are. "Just Watch" explained.
13:11 Eventually the consciousness of existence will be there always, it doesn't disappear. The process of gaining awareness of the Self: watching, paying attention, and awareness.
15:55 When you just watch, thoughts and visions dissolve within the mind and it returns to where it came into existence. Purnamadah Purnamidam sloka explained.
18:19 Truth was always there, it didn't appear.
18:39 Space is the only thing which exists in itself. It doesn't need anything else. Both, Meditation and knowledge of the Absolute can attune your mind to the Truth.
22:11 Having knowledge, you begin to notice things you wouldn't notice otherwise.
22:57 The master prepares you to stop giving attention to thoughts and visions which are in your imagination.
23:34 The Truth of Existence is always there. It won't disappear. Only what is imagined can disappear. You loose the "I" consciousness when you go to Nirvikalpa Samadhi.
26:21 The Truth of Existence is not a void, it is Consciousness. Divinity can give blissfulness and eventually supreme peace. Only in that which is all pervading, like space, can appearances exist. It is not religious thinking, it is discovery of the Truth of Existence. Thru the culture of Spirituality the Truth of Existence can be realized and its nature is supreme peace.
31:57 Ashtavakra Gita verses 17-20 recited.
33:08 Desire arises because the body has needs. Realizing the Self doesn't need anything for its existence, mentally all desires subside. If the mind can keep quiet when death occurs, that is a practice known as tapas. Meditation is all that is needed. The difference between desire and craving.
37:36 What is "knowledge awareness"?
40:32 Does time only exist in the physical world?
41:40 Is it possible to go into Samadhi very quickly?
42:47 Along with theoretical knowledge you must meditate to improve your consciousness.
44:27 Desire is not a problem. Greed is the problem.
45:51 To know the Truth, theoretical knowledge is not enough. You must meditate to experience and gain the practical knowledge.
47:51 Why a person not following and spiritual practices can have strong spiritual tendencies.
49:36 What is the difference between space, emptiness, and the divine?
50:49 Baba explains the Gayatri Mantra.

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Maya - the endless illusion | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.195
Recorded on 12 October 2024 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:24 What is maya?
2:25 What's the difference between maya and samsara?
5:25 What is the power of the illusion that makes it appear as a reality?
11:20 "The appearance is latent in the infinite consciousness"
15:04 Can the illusion go on and on endlessly until we get out of it?
20:56 Why does the Yoga Vasistha refer to waking, sleeping and deep sleep states as the three worlds?
27:24 Is it important to think of the wakeful state as like the dream state?
33:43 What happens when we awake from this illusion?
35:35 What is the cosmic creation and cosmic dissolution?
38:15 Yoga Vasistha extract: "Dissolution of the world appearance that has never been, is not and it will never be. All this is pure consciousness and supreme peace. It exists as the infinite."
41:05 "Logical or physical conditioning is an appearance like the sound that is heard when the wind blows, which is heard though it is not there at all."
44:26 Is it ok to believe that we are totally protected by god and guru as we go through this?
45:05 What about the spirit world, star beings, guides or mediums?
45:53 How to avoid compulsion for food?
47:20 What is the prime maya?
48:28 How can anyone get liberated unless he drops his ego and personhood?
49:15 How can truth be experienced?
50:22 Withdrawing the mind through meditation - a questioner asks about her elderly mother.
53:00 A story from the Yoga Vasistha about the illusion - we believe and see whatever our mind tells us.
59:18 Is there no truth in trying to reason out what the mind is showing?
1:00:36 Unable to gather the strength to do something challenging.
1:01:32 What is the difference between Turiya and Nirvikalpa Samadhi?
1:01:55 Why is fear not included as one of the six shapes of the mind?
1:03:20 Doing puja for ancestors - how does this work?
1:05:56 Is whatever is playing out in this birth carried over from the previous birth's resolutions?
1:07:32 Does this meditation in Babaji's presence serve as initiation?

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1:10 Everybody tries to find security for themselves inn this world - how is the total security found in the Self different from this?
3:48 Is it because we have identified ourselves as this physical body, that all the problems start?
9:33 How do the cravings of the mind start?
15:07 Is it when we don't need anything that security is there?
16:14 Is contentment an imagination?
17:13 Is total contentment different from an experience?
18:24 How can one abide in the real Self as a body in this world?
22:27 Is it also important to learn acceptance in the world?
24:38 Could Babaji explain the security He had at the Lotus Feet of His Guru?
26:53 Is the devotional path alongside the meditation the strongest way to achieve the Self?
30:43 Do we need to give up our exceptions to have real love to the Guru?
31:13 Is there always contentment in that surrender?
31:43 "What you are is more important than what others think of you"
39:30 Faith in the mantra is important
42:08 Is the problem in the mind or in the five senses?
43:18 How to overcome discomfort experienced from the problems of the world
45:24 What will help deepen meditation to remain in the Self?
47:32 Does one need to force non-attachment or let it happen naturally?
49:41 What is the real meaning of buddhi in relation to meditation?
51:24 What is the role of self-control in relation to Self consciousness?
52:39 Should one keep focussing in between eyebrows if the focus starts moving upwards?
53:55 When Babaji used to meditate and read scriptures outside the Ashram
55:23 Did Babaji use to experience contentment throughout the day?
56:17 Physical eyes are seeing darkness in meditation
58:53 How can people overcome past experiences of trauma to feel total security in their bodies in the present moment?
59:48 As we progress in meditation into tapas, will we get some indication of the next steps to take?
1:01:16 The flow of thoughts and visions don't seem to stop in meditation - how to know if I am making progress?
1:02:49 Why have we forgotten who we are?
1:03:45 When asking inside for certain guidance, how to know if this is intuition or the imagination - how to dissolve the doubter?
1:05:16 If experiencing back pain in longer meditations.

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