Maya - the endless illusion, part 2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.200

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Maya - the endless illusion, part 2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.200
Recorded on 9 November 2024 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:26 Babaji comments on extract from Yoga Vasistha: "The unreal Jiva perceives the unreal world on account of the unreal influence of the unreality."
3:38 Babaji comments on extract from Yoga Vasistha: "The energy of this consciousness is able to create the entire universe and then entertaining the notion 'this is not', reduces everything to a state of void."
5:13 After the dissolution of the universe, how can that consciousness recreate that cosmic universe?
10:55 What happens to the individual soul when it merges with the Self?  Can it not come back to this creation?
13:00 Why is that in the beginning when we were one with the Self, that we could separate from that?
17:12 The concept of Virat, the cosmic person.
21:06 When the experience happens that the mind becomes purified and the seeker feels as if they are at the crown of the head.
23:28 Can Babaji recollect at what point it happened that He felt His location at the crown of the head during tapas?
24:30 After that state is reached, is it not possible to go back?
25:05 What is the force that is dragging us to the illusion?
29:03 "Manifest consciousness is the universe and manifested universe is consciousness."
31:27 What is the meaning of "it is neither real nor unreal".
34:25 'The seer the seen and the sight' - what is the role of this in the preservation of the illusion?
41:49 "Whatever is seen here or thought of 'you exist' - all that is pure consciousness alone, there has never been a reason why anything else should have come into being." 
43:55 Consciousness of inert objects or when in deep sleep.
48:59 The state of a Yogi
50:16 Fading of awareness and consciousness towards the end of a person's life.
52:32 What can one do to help someone who is nearing the end of life.
53:14 How to handle fear in the world and be more present.
55:00 How does biological reproduction of our parents create our physical existence and its consciousness?
56:11 When does a human being start to exist as a person?
56:58 How to deal with regret.
58:56 How did Babaji feel when His Guru Swamiji dropped the physical body?
1:00:05 What is the experience of deep sleep for a Realised person?

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