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In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji

Anyone 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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Going on the right path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.214

March 08, 2025 • Shiva Rudra Balayogi • Season 1 • Episode 214

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Going on the right path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.214
Recorded on 19 October 2024 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:07 What is the right path to take in life?
2:30 Why is it that many people seem to chose the wrong path in life?
5:49 Is it necessary to have the intelligence to realise we have to go for the permanent truth, the permanent happiness?
11:11 What is the importance of finding a master, a guru, to show us the right path?
17:08 Why do we not go for god itself?
22:42 How can we remain inspired and motivated to stay on the spiritual path?
29:16 What is the importance of adopting the right technique?
36:07 Do we need to understand all the time in our lives that we need to silence our mind?
38:21 Should a person directly activate the third eye using the shambhavi mudra?
41:46 How long should we be doing the meditation for?
43:28 In meditation my body starts to rotate anti-clockwise, why is this?
44:27 When Babaji was being trained by Swamiji and was, for example, doing cleaning, did he imagine Swamiji at the same time?
45:25 Vendanta emphasises viveka and vairagya - how does one fully live in the world and at the same time practice vairagya?
47:31 Is it the brain that gives us trouble and is it the brain that carries karma?
48:38 How to be fearless and face things in life outside the practice of meditation?
49:38 Will our karma reduce as we practice meditation?
50:56 What about the karma that has already accumulated, how can this be reduced?
51:31 What is paravak or Dakshinamurthi, silence?
52:41 In what way should thinking be used? Should we simply follow silence?
53:15 Thoughts about what we need to do in the day keep coming in meditation
55:49 Head moves to the left side during meditation
57:06 During recovery after illness the mind is very fuzzy and meditation is difficult
59:23 What is the eternal truth?
1:00:08 Experience of hair-twirling on top of head during meditation

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