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Paths of Spirituality – Q&A, No. 263

Recorded on 7 March 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:35 What are the different paths of spirituality?7:59 What is the right path for a rational, scientific temperament?12:00 In Yoga Vasistha, through explanations only, Rama is able to achieve Self Realization. Is that a valid path for this Kali Yuga?15:08 What kind of mindset is needed … Read more

“The True Knower” – Ashtavakra Samhita – Q&A, No. 262

Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro0:40 Chapter 17, “The True Knower”, verse 61:34 What is the eternal Soul? “In consciousness you are established in that.”4:30 Is that the consciousness of existence that you are referring to?6:06 Are you considering the Soul as the Parabrahman or the consciousness of existence?6:51 Pure consciousness7:37 … Read more

Purushartha – Self-Efforts – Q&A, No. 261

Recorded on 28 February 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro from Babaji0:56 What does the word purushartha mean?3:34 How do we put in efforts to know Oneself? What is the process?14:37 If there is a single thought within the mind does that mean we still need to put in efforts until eventually the mind is … Read more

Time and Space – Q&A, No. 260

Recorded on 7 February 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:27 Are time and space two different things, or are they thoughts and perceptions?2:41 Can the mind go beyond time?3:59 The story of Leelavati from the Yoga Vasistha in the context of the discovery of entangled particles in quantum mechanics.15:00 Is the mind, consciousness and space … Read more

The mind and the Self – Q&A, No. 259

Recorded on 17 January 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:07 The feeling that we exist, beyond the thoughts.3:30 Your existence beyond your thoughts.7:05 Applying the mind to itself, the infinite entity.10:17 How is the imagination within the Self, but also away from the Self?15:38 The vastness of the universe is only in relativity.17:15 Why there … Read more

Special Instruction – Ashtavakra Samhita – Q&A, No. 258

Recorded on 4 January 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro0:10 Desire is the root of indiscrimination, Chapter 16, verse 73:54 What causes attachment?5:42 Why does desire arise in the first place?6:45 So desire is not the problem, it’s the attachment to the desire?7:45 Is a Self-Realized Yogi free of desire or just free of attachment?8:57 … Read more

Thoughts – Q&A, No. 257

Recorded on 11 January 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:06 What does Babaji mean when He speaks of thoughts?1:22 Is there a seed that starts the thoughts?2:00 Are thoughts the act of creation itself?2:48 Do thoughts spring up in relation to the imprints from previous experiences6:08 Why can’t we control our thoughts if they are … Read more

Yoga Vasistha – Creation Pt 1 – No. 256

Recorded on 3rd January 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:11 When grace meets maturity of discrimination then dispassion is generated within the heart.1:18 The relation between non-dual point of view of the Self – everything is within the Self, and how the mind has started creation with thoughts.4:15 Why has creation happened?6:56 Why is it … Read more

Karma Yoga- Q&A, No. 255

Recorded on 27 April 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro0:07 What is Karma Yoga?1:00 Is Karma Yoga the same as Dhyana Yoga, but in activity?13:40 Do we need to lose the idea in our imagination that an outcome of our action is either good or bad?17:02 Babaji’s natural love and surrender to Swamiji that allowed … Read more

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