Silencing the Mind | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.144

In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji

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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 give us the truth
15:27 Does a Yogi rise above all suffering?
17:28 Who is thinking if a Yogi's mind has stopped?
19:25 What happens when Babaji answers a question
21:33 Permanent happiness is not an imagined thing
26:56 Why does my mind not stop when it is brought between the eyebrows?
27:57 How to not be bothered by the world
29:21 What happens when the mind stops?
32:35 Can an experience of sight and sound progress towards Self-Realization?
34:05 Pulling of the head downwards during meditation
35:42 Is it correct that no lasting peace and happiness can come from an experience within the mind?
37:33 Is it necessary to see thoughts or visions in the mind in meditation?
38:39 Does a Yogi still have pure peace when the body experiences pain?
39:33 Can one still stay in the state of stillness when in activity?
45:57 How can one overcome the thought 'how much more time is left in this 1 hour meditation?'
47:03 How many minutes of silence can be a good start in meditation?
47:25 Sitting quietly for some time before sitting
49:15 Constant thinking that creates a vibration in the mind, a habit to think
51:05 If you have a desire for Self Realization, is this also a vasana?
52:25 Definition of vasana and samskara
54:04 A habit to be quiet in tasks during the day
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