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Mind's detachment, the real vairagya | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.227
Recorded on 31 August 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:06 The real vairagya is of the mind.
3:43 How can we achieve genuine vairagya in the world?
7:40 How can we reach that variagya, is it destiny?
11:08 What are the signs that we are progressing with vairagya?
13:26 How important is it to achieve vairagya while in the world?
17:01 How does vairagya create attachment to the Guru?
20:55 Why does vairagya not affect attachment to the Guru?
24:08 Why Swamiji trained to remove the attachment towards the Guru's physical form.
29:21 What is the connection between faith and vairagya?
30:51 Is the final vairagya achieved at Self Realization?
31:41 When this final vairagya is achieved, how does a person function in the world?
33:33 What is the relationship between vairagya and the doership?
34:55 How does the mind of a Yogi behave in the world?
39:24 Yogi's teach through their daily lives.
44:07 Whom should I take as a Guru, Swamiji or Babaji?
45:15 What is the significance of watching in between eyebrows?
45:49 As you gain vairagya do you become more of a witness?
46:50 When we experience physical or mental illness, how is it possible to cultivate vairagya in those situations?
48:06 Vairagya through contemplation versus directly through tapas.
51:32 Watching in meditation is like staring at a wall, is there something I should see?
54:21 How to practice vairagya in dealing with pain?
55:28 With vairagya, how to explain to family members when they notice a change in your behaviour?
57:17 How to respond to family members who think salvation is to be found only through Jesus.
1:01:44 How to give up attachments and to see that it is the Divine that both gives and takes.
1:03:11 Can the desire to earn money be an obstacle on the spiritual path?
1:05:25 Should you sit in any particular direction in meditation?
1:06:21 Can we only lose ego by doing seva?
1:08:09 As Babaji cultivated vairagya did Babaji lose interest in art, books and movies etc?

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How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.226
Recorded on 21 December 2024 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji mean by the term devotion?
2:30 What part does faith play in devotion?
4:15 What was Babaji taught about devotion by His mother?
5:39 How did devotion evolve and increase in Babaji's life?
6:41 Are rituals in the various religions around the world useful?
8:20 Could Babaji explain the technique by which prayers are useful?
11:57 If we perform devotional rituals, does that remove a person's karma?
13:30 What is the meaning of Aarati?
15:09 Why did Swamiji use the term Bhakti Marga for spirituality?
17:00 "Of all those means of attaining liberation, Bhakti is the highest means... ...Bhakti can also b described as the search for one's own true Self." quote from the Viveka Choodamani
18:12 It is possible to reach the ultimate truth without any devotional aspect to one's sadhana?
20:06 Is it true that not everybody's devotional tendency is the same?
22:11 Is there a way one can increase one's level of devotion?
23:30 Are there character traits which are apparent in a person who is truly devotional?
24:33 What is the place of gratitude in Bhakti Marga?
25:26 What is the meaning and purpose of the concept of Ishta Devata?
26:58 What is the concept of Shiva Lingam?
28:23 What role does body - mind play on the path of Bhakti Yoga?
31:24 How to overcome laziness which becomes a big hurdle in Bhakti Marga?
32:36 In meditation is there a difference between falling asleep and falling into tantra? What can I do to stay alert?
34:16 There are so many gurus around, how do I know my guru?
35:09 Is Self Realisation possible without rituals?
36:33 Many times I surrender to the Almighty but some times my mind becomes judgemental. Is that correct or not?
37:24 A personal question regards seeing suffering and illness of family members.
41:12 Why do I hear a constant sound during my brain during sadhana. What should I do?
41:58 A quote from Ramakrishna, a question regards whether God's Grace works even if one if not devoted.
43:50 By taking the name of the Divine, how can the burden be His?
45:12 Why do we show reverence to Ardhanarishwara at the end of the Aarati?
50:18 Ravana did meditation for many years but still had faults and arrogance, why was that?

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How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.225
Recorded on 18 April 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:07 Why is it so difficult to see our own faults and put in efforts to change ourselves?
6:07 If we don't see change in our character even though we are practicing sadhana - why is this?
22:15 Does spiritual yearning come to all of us eventually?
27:02 How do we overcome difficulties in life?
28:44 Should we concentrate on ourselves instead of trying to change the world?
33:07 Even if a Self Realised Yogi does not come out into the world, are they still helping the world in some way?
34:25 The thought of letting go of attachment to worldly things makes me angry and fearful even though I know there is no lasting joy in these things.
36:25 How to get rid of bad, negative, ugly and repetitive thoughts and the guilt trip thereafter?
37:46 How to protect ourselves from negative energy when meditating in different places?
38:40 Are all the paths of bhakti yoga, karma yoga and jnana yoga needed to achieve Self Realization?
41:06 If one experiences expanding beyond the body and the body dissolving, should one still focus in between the eyebrows?
42:10 Is the state of samadhi and deep sleep the same?
43:33 What is the point of trying to change oneself if the goal is not person-hood? Is trying to be a better person not an ego?
45:38 The mind jumping into arguments uncontrollably due to ADHD.
47:38 Feeling demoralised when mind is distracted many times during meditation and inability to become the desired personality.
49:00 Can we meditate on the bare floor?
49:44 Can meditation help criminals change?
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