Thus Spake Babaji
175 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 days ago - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsAnyone interested in meditation will find this series of questions and answers of interest. A Realized Meditation Master, Shri Babaji (Shri Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj), answers questions from people around the world on meditation and spirituality. His spontaneous answers are based on the wisdom gained from his own direct, first-hand experience of years of intense meditation (Tapas) and the teachings of his Guru, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj. He explains how meditation works and the purpose and benefits of spirituality in clear, simple terms. These recordings are taken from a live online meditation class that Babaji holds every Saturday. They are precious opportunities to receive direct guidance from a Realized Master. To register please visit: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
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Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.170
April 17, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Atma Sakshatkar | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.170 Recorded on 6 April 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 2:25 Why have we been born as a human being and what should we strive for? 4:35 What is Atma Sakshatkar? 9:41 Why is Atma Sakshatkar the highest that a human can achieve? 14:18 What is the peace that Babaji talks of and what ...
Consciousness, the mind and meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.169
April 09, 2024 11:00 - 50 minutes - 35.1 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Consciousness, the mind and meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.169 Recorded on 14 January 2024 with US participants. 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 0:29 Mind has to become quiet to know the Self 10:05 How can we strengthen our faith so we can realise the need for meditation and make more effort? 14:49 When the watcher no longer sees an object, what ...
Prarabdha - Destiny | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.168
April 01, 2024 09:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Prarabdha - Destiny | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.168 Recorded on 2 March 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction 0:05 What is prarabdha? 2:32 What determines the way in which we return to the real Self? 5:22 Why is destiny taught? 7:43 Should we be trying to make the mind quiet? 8:52 Does prarabdha exist for a Yogi? 9:42 Is Babaji's prarabdh...
The Teachings of the Yoga Vasistha | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.167
March 24, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Teachings of the Yoga Vasistha | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.167 Recorded on 24 February 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction 0:35 What is the Yoga Vasistha? 7:17 "The thing that exists in itself" - what is the meaning of the Self in this phrase from Yoga Vasistha? 17:15 Why in Yoga Vasistha it says that if you consider your body as yo...
Religion and Spirituality Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.166
March 17, 2024 21:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Religion and Spirituality Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.166 Recorded on 2 February 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction 0:17 What does Babaji mean by 'the secrets of your own existence'? 5:03 What is the best attitude to take when dealing with all the religions and teachings around us? 15:43 What is the significance of workshiping a ston...
Faith | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.165
March 07, 2024 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.165 Recorded on 6 January 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction 0:06 What does Babaji mean when He uses the word faith? 4:33 How is it we can develop a faith in god since we can't see god? 15:45 How is self-confidence different from pride or arrogance? 27:04 Does faith come through gr...
The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.164
March 02, 2024 09:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Mind and its Imaginations | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.164 Recorded on 28 January 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction 0:08 "It's not the mind that knows but because of the mind that we know" 1:19 The mind getting involved in the imaginations, away from the pure consciousness 5:58 Distinction between pure consciousness and the sense o...
Peace: The Recommended Goal | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.163
February 21, 2024 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Peace: The Recommended Goal | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.163 Recorded on 09 December 2023 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 2:40 What is peace and why is it the recommended goal? 3:58 Can there still be peace when the mind is active? 5:05 Are happiness and peace related? 7:20 How the truth of existence cannot be found through th...
The True Meaning of Yoga Part 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.162
February 21, 2024 16:00 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The True Meaning of Yoga Part 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.162 Recorded on 18 January 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction 0:14 Can Babaji please explain what is meant by, "Man exists as the immortal soul which is beyond the birth and death of the physical body."? 4:31 How does Parabrahma relate to the concepts of Brahma, Vishnu and Shi...
Beyond Birth and Death | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.160
February 05, 2024 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Beyond Birth and Death | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.161 Recorded on 27 January 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 0:58 Can Babaji explain how we are beyond the birth and death of this body? 6:00 Is it because of the imaginations and tendencies that we have acquired that this birth and death appears to us? 10:48 If in this li...
Ashtavakra Samhita | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.160
February 05, 2024 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang In this Q&A, Babaji answers questions about the Ashtavakra Samhita, one of the great spiritual texts of India. A new book, Babaji's commentary on the Ashtavakra Samhita, is available now to purchase here: https://shivarudrabalayogi.org/books-music-bhajans-and-chants/book/new-book-babajis-commentary-on-the-ashtavakra-samhita/ Ashtavakra Samhita | Thus Spake Babaji...
Beyond Birth and Death | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.161
February 05, 2024 23:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Beyond Birth and Death | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.161 Recorded on 27 January 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 0:58 Can Babaji explain how we are beyond the birth and death of this body? 6:00 Is it because of the imaginations and tendencies that we have acquired that this birth and death appears to us? 10:48 If in this li...
Consciousness and Energy | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.159
January 23, 2024 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Consciousness and Energy | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.159 Recorded on 30th December 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 0:42 What is consciousness? 1:42 What is energy? 3:34 Is the energy we see in the world the same as what is within consciousness? 5:30 How can there be smaller consciousnesses within one all pervaded consciou...
Faith and Practice | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.158
January 20, 2024 21:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Faith and Practice | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.158 Recorded on 23rd December 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 2:53 What is faith and why is it necessary on the path of spirituality? 4:23 Is faith necessary to practice meditation and does the practice of meditation help to develop faith? 6183 In meditation when the mind bec...
The True Meaning of Yoga | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.157
January 20, 2024 21:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The True Meaning of Yoga | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.157 Recorded on 4th January 2024 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 0:53 Yoga is explained as the union with origin or self. Which origin or self is Babaji referring to? 10:55 What should we do if after many years of meditation, the mind is not going inwards and more conscious of...
Jangama Dhyana - The Technique | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.156
January 02, 2024 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Jangama Dhyana - The Technique | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.156 Recorded on 12th August 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 2:37 How was the meditation technique first revealed to Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj? 8:55 How did the name Jangama Dhyana come about? 10:22 What are Babaji's meditation instructions? 14:48 What is the importa...
Science and Spirituality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.155
January 01, 2024 12:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Science and Spirituality | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.155 Recorded on 26th August 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction 00:06 The parallels between the scientific and spiritual approach 02:58 Can looking externally to the world eventually lead to the truth? 05:10 Why can we not see or measure the truth? 12:43 Do all definitions finally need t...
The Power of Surrender | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.154
December 22, 2023 12:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Power of Surrender | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.154 Recorded on 19th October 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 1:14 Is acting selflessly the only indictor that one is truly surrendering? 5:46 How do we balance our jobs and responsibilities with our spiritual growth? 16:56 What is the indicator to now if the decision was ...
The Two Mantras: Adjust and Manage | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.153
December 22, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Two Mantras: Adjust and Manage | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.153 Recorded on 2nd September 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction 0:06 What does it mean to adjust and manage? 5:12 If we find it difficult to accept a situation what do we do? 7:25 If we are getting mentally affected are we punishing ourselves? 10:15 How do we know when to a...
We have forgotten who we really are | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.152
December 02, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang We have forgotten who we really are | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.152 Recorded on 3 September 2023 with US participants 0:00 Introduction 0:06 Who are we, why do we not know who we are and how do we discover who we are? 7:13 Can self-enquiry lead to awareness of the Self? 12:57 What is detachment and why is it important? 15:10 Awareness of 'I am' without...
Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.151 #meditation
November 26, 2023 23:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.151 Recorded on 7 October 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 1:13 What does Babaji mean by 'watching' in meditation? 5:24 In the instructions Babaji directs us to 'concentrate the mind and sight between the eyebrows' and then 'keep watching there by focusing the attention' - are these two...
How to overcome stress and worry with meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.150
November 12, 2023 18:00 - 43 minutes - 30.3 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang How to overcome stress and worry with meditation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.150 Recorded on 7 September 2023 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Introduction 0:06 How can we avoid stress while fulfilling worldly responsibilities? 7:40 How can we be aware of the supreme consciousness where nothing can trouble us? 13:46 Is the real challenge for a human be...
The Divinity | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.149
October 30, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Divinity | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.149 Recorded on 16 September 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction 0:05 Why does Babaji generally use the world divinity as opposed to god? 1:18 Why neither atheists or theists know what god is. 7:30 If we believe in god in a particular form, how does that help us in finding divinity itself? 12:43 I...
Your Conscious Attention | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.148
October 24, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Your Conscious Attention | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.148 Recorded on 17 September 2023 with US participants 0:00 Introduction 0:06 What is the attention? 7:38 The mind produces all imaginations but it also has the ability to watch them? 9:42 Does the attention become the 'I am' state? 10:48 When the mind becomes almost completely silent, unbounded, do...
Rectifying our own faults | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.147
October 08, 2023 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29.6 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Rectifying our own faults | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.147 Recorded on 19 August 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 0:55 Why is it necessary to look at our own faults? 4:20 Are people not willing to look at their own faults and try to hide them? 5:14 If there is some stress in the mind, does that mean there is a fault that we...
The Mother Concept and the One Single Space | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.146
September 27, 2023 20:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Mother Concept and the One Single Space | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.146 Recorded on 17 August 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction 0:11 How can we practice unconditional love in our daily lives? 21:05 The concept that we all exist and belong to one single space 28:03 How can develop the mother concept within us? 32:15 Mother's Kunti a...
Real and Unreal Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.145
September 27, 2023 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Real and Unreal Pt 2 | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.145 Recorded on 09 September 2023 with worldwide participants Watch Real and Unreal Pt1| Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.79 here: https://youtu.be/TH_tCum7tX0 0:00 Introduction 0.05 What Babaji means by 'real' 4:50 Am 'I' real? 7:55 Does this realness have characteristics? 16:32 What is creativity? 2...
Silencing the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.144
September 12, 2023 20:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Silencing the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.144 Recorded on 16 July 2023 with US participants 0:00 Introduction 0:05 The strength of our concentration versus trying to see in meditation 4:40 Are there other ways to silence the mind besides meditation? 7:39 The path of knowledge 11:26 Inspiration to reach the truth 13:30 What the mind gives cannot g...
Intelligence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.143
September 05, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Intelligence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.143 Recorded on 29 July 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 1:37 Wordly intelligence versus spiritual intelligence 9:40 Where does the intelligence to go on the spiritual path come from? 15:48 "Our intelligence must be above our ego" 17:45 The story of two brothers who were sent to kno...
Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.142
August 28, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.142 Recorded on 27 July 2023 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 1:08 Krishna's teaching on not defining your dharma 11:25 How do we know we are doing the right thing, in reaction to what others are doing? 18:21 How do we know when to accept the results or when to keep putting in efforts ...
Judgements and the Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.141
August 15, 2023 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Judgements and the Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.141 Recorded on 22 July 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time 1:49 What does it mean to make a judgement? 3:22 Do we get lost in an illusion as we make judgements in the world? 7:09 Why is it that we do not see the absolute, all-pervadin...
The Permanent and the Impermanent | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.140
August 06, 2023 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.3 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Permanent and the Impermanent | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.140 Recorded on 2 July 2023 with US participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji on putting in efforts one at a time 3:06 The difference between the permanent and the impermanent 10:23 "The Self is neither thought or silence, motions or stillness, something or nothing" 14:17 Do you have be 'th...
Concentration | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.139
August 02, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Concentration | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.139 Recorded on 8 July 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji on Kshetra Kshetrajna yoga 4:04 When we concentrate in meditation what is it we are concentrating? 9:45 What is the difference between concentrating on an object and concentrating in meditation? 14:17 When the mind is concentr...
Destiny and Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.138
July 25, 2023 20:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Destiny and Renunciation | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.138 Recorded on 13 July 2023 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Intro 0:09 Babaj's experience the moment of completing tapas 5:55 What is the meaning of dreams? 9:55 With each reincarnation does our mind lose potency? if so, how can we be guided to the Truth? 17:05 Can we achieve Self Realization by...
Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.137
July 22, 2023 16:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBRegister your free place for the weekly live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.137 Recorded on 15 July 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:13 What is the meaning of the word 'sadhana'? 1:20 A time when Swamiji asked a man if he was doing sadhana. 3:14 What is the technology of karma yoga? 8:22 What is the technology of bhakti yoga? 15:31 Is acceptance and the mind settling also...
Thinking of a Larger Cause | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.136
July 09, 2023 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Thinking of a Larger Cause | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.136 Recorded on 1 July 2023 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:05 Could Babaji explain the significance of Guru Purnima? 6:30 What does it mean to think of a larger cause? 8:14 Does a Yogi automatically think of a larger cause? 11:39 Why is it a tendency for human beings to selfish? 15:22 Sw...
Thus Spake Swamiji | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.135
July 01, 2023 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Babaji talks about the teachings of his master Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj O:05 How Swamiji taught, emphasising the importance of your own experience 7:49 How Swamiji taught in a unique way to bring meditation to every doorstep 14:22 The two paths in life 20:13 How can we develop the 'do or die' attitude that Swamiji had? 29:40 The meaning of 'Atma sakshatkara' ...
The individual and the one true Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.134
June 24, 2023 18:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The individual and the one true Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.134 Recorded on 08 January 2023 with US participants. 0:00 Intro 0:06 Babaji conveys a message for the new year 5:17 Is the purpose of meditation for the consciousness to become aware of itself? 6:44 How do we overcome the misidentification of the individual imagined self? 9:35 What is co...
How can we resolve our karma in daily life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.133
June 18, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang How can we resolve our karma in daily life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.133 Recorded on 03 November 2022 with Malaysian participants. 0:00 Intro 0:18 How does karma affect our life? 4:32 Is it important to be aware of our karma in daily life? 6:17 How do we release ourselves our from past life karma? 7:53 If we do something with a good intention but th...
Developing discipline and endurance to do spiritual sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.131
June 11, 2023 17:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBDeveloping discipline and endurance to do spiritual sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.131 Recorded on 18 August 2022 with Malaysian participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction 1:51 What is the key motivation that keeps Babaji going on the spiritual path? 9:35 Is being disciplined an in-born quality or can it be cultivated and if so how can we cultivate it? 18:...
Thoughts and the Consciousness of Existence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.132
June 11, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBRegister your free place to join the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Thoughts and the Consciousness of Existence | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.132 0:00 Intro 0:10 Babaji talks about the meditation retreat in India 2:36 Can we function without thoughts? Is there much need for so much thinking? 4:58 Is 'watching' simply being aware without thinking? 6:28 How much thinking does Babaji do? 8:42 What does Babaji mean by ...
Pure Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.130
June 03, 2023 19:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBPure Consciousness | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.130 Recorded on 1 April 2023 with worldwide participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction 0:17 Amongst the millions of thoughts there is one thing in the mind that is not a thought 7:33 Is the consciousness able to think only when in collision with the brain? 10:19 Why is it referred to as 'pure' consciousness? 13:08 Ha...
Spiritual Transformation, Mind & Brain | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.129
May 28, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBSpiritual Transformation, Mind & Brain | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.129 Recorded on 19 January 2023 with Malaysian participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Intro 0:26 Why is it pain and agony that sets us off on the spiritual path rather than joy or success? 6:59 Why do we experience discomfort when in the company of people who are not spiritually inclined? 12:12 Is kindness...
Character and Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.128
May 14, 2023 16:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBCharacter and Sadhana | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.128 Recorded on 18 March 2023 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:07 What does Babaji mean when He refers to a person's character? 2:35 Are there any good habits or just bad habits? 4:17 Is the character, behavioural structure and personality the same? 5:10 How is the character formed? 9:45 Does the sadhana have an impact on our character? 14:28 Can your character be influenced by the people you are associated with? 16:31 Can ...
Meditation for Mind Control | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.127
May 08, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBMeditation for Mind Control | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.127 Recorded on 11 March 2023 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 2:03 The final battle for a human being to control the mind 13:25 Importance of adopting a discipline and not forcing the mind 15:57 The polite but firm approach 22:21 How we have to become infinite to control this infinite mind 25:53 How to keep the mind quiet when in activity 33:09 Adopt any role but without the ego 34:35 How do we know ...
Meditation, The Imagination And The Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.126
April 30, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBMeditation, The Imagination And The Self | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.126 Recorded on 22 January 2023 with US participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 3:13 Concentrating the mind and sight and then watching in meditation 15:01 Importance of remembering Pure Consciousness even when we are not experiencing it? 16:01 What is imagination? 17:12 The mind ...
How do we spiritualize every role we assume in life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124
April 21, 2023 15:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBHow do we spiritualize every role we assume in life? | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124 Recorded on 17 November 2022 with Malaysian participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction 0:15 What is the key throught or anchor that we have must have in our mind to carry out our roles in life spiritually? 1:53 How do we track ourselves spiritually, what is the ideal to follow? ...
The Acquired Habits | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124
April 21, 2023 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31.7 MBThe Acquired Habits | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.124 Recorded on 21 January 2023 with worldwide participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 1:58 The three thought processes that occur whenever we apply our mind on something 6:34 How and why does a judgment create an imprint? 16:09 With meditation practice, s it possible in daily life to make a judgment ...
Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.123
April 07, 2023 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBBabaji answers questions on 'watching', the central technique of Jangama meditation. Watching | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.123 Recorded on 14 January 2023 with worldwide participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 2:19 The technology of 'watching' in meditation 5:27 What should we do when thoughts come up in meditation? 9:52 Why do people find it diff...
The Right Attitude | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.122
April 02, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBWhat is the right attitude with which to approach our meditation practice? Babaji explains. The Right Attitude | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.122 Recorded on 17 December 2022 with worldwide participants. Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang 0:00 Introduction from Babaji 1:00 Importance of dedication 4:20 Importance of discipline 8:35 Importance of patience 13:02 Is it important not to thin...