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London retreat 2007 – Q & A Question: So Babaji, from what You have spoken for a normal person every thought – and that means whatever we think – every thought leaves an impression… Babaji: Yes, it leaves an impression. That is why it is said, “What you think, you become.” Question: So, when we … Read more
Perth Retreat Q & A 2nd May 2009 Question 1 Baba, this probably has been asked before, but when we’re meditating, thoughts come up and we’re supposed to just watch them and not even react. But one thought just goes into another and another and another and I find eventually I just have to stop … Read more
London, 3rd July 2010 – Questions & Answers Question: If somebody is trying to meditate and sat for an hour, or even an hour and a half, and hadn’t been able to still the mind, would that be a waste of time, or would they have paid off a little bit of karma by trying … Read more
King Ugrasena ruled the Kingdom of Mathura. His son was Kamsa. By nature he was wicked, narrow minded and for selfish needs could harm anybody. Devaki was his sister who had got married to Vasudeva. To this couple was born Lord Krishna. Legend has it that Kamsa heard a cosmic voice while driving the chariot, … Read more
London, 3rd July, World Tour 2010 Brahmanandam ParamasukadamKevalam JnanamurtimDvandvaateetam GaganasadrishamTattvamasyadi LakshiyamEkam Nityam Vimalam AchalamSarvadhi Sakshi BhutamBhava Teetam Triguna RahitamSatgurum Tvam Namami Prostrations with deep love and reverence at the Lotus Feet of Beloved Master Shivabalayogi. I greet you all this beautiful evening with my love and blessings. It all starts with the mind and ends … Read more
Oxford University 4th July 2010 Brahmanandam ParamasukadamKevalam JnanamurtimDvandvaateetam GaganasadrishamTattvamasyadi LakshiyamEkam Nityam Vimalam AchalamSarvadhi Sakshi BhutamBhava Teetam Triguna RahitamSatgurum Tvam Namami Prostrating at the Lotus Feet of Beloved Master Shivabalayogi with deep love and reverence, I greet you all this evening with My love and blessings. Brahmanandam – The One who is enjoying the Peace that … Read more
Atma is not an individual soul, for which one has to travel and reach anywhere. That is a simply All-Pervaded, Supreme Consciousness from which this spark called the mind has come out. Because of its imaginations mind goes on watching all such visions and visual effects of the drisha (scene). When it overcomes everything, this mind … Read more
Renunciation and meditation Renunciation has to come from the mind, if you can let go of the ego and lose any expectations. When we do this – like service simply for the sake of service; you do service and do not expect anything – then there shall not be any desire. Your mind automatically becomes … Read more
Perth, Australia, 17 October 2007: Q&A – Part Two “You try to imagine a form, a personality trying to be everywhere. That appearance is not real actually because as even Ramana told, “Whatever appears and disappears cannot be real, it is simply an imagined thing that happens.” Real existence is the Divine’s Supreme Consciousness, it … Read more
Perth, Australia, 17 October 2007: Q&A – Part One “The mind is effortlessly at all times settled into the Self, that is what being a ‘Yogi’ means. The mind would have abandoned all cravings and is settled effortlessly, naturally into the Self and is totally contented there, there are no desires.” Question: Baba, I noticed … Read more
A poem by Babaji To face the tests that The Divine Guru sendsall my children will remain together, come closer and closer! For the Truth is dearer and dearer.Daredevils they will be, noble and wise in nature! While trying to remain peaceful and calm,they would not hesitate to face the challenge if it is thrust … Read more
On the auspicious occasion of Shri Guru Maharaj’s Tapas Purti Day, as devotees of Shivabala-Shivarudra Balayogi Mission celebrated all over the world, devotees celebrated at the feet of Baba Shivarudra Balayogi in the Dehra Dun Ashram of Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj Trust. Gurudev Shivabalayogi’s senior disciples, Baba Maharaj and Lt Gen Hanut Singhji, performed the purnahuti … Read more
London, UK, 28th June 2008: Q&A – Part Two “You cannot show your mind to anybody – ‘This is the shape of my mind, this is the color’ – impossible. Simply based on the thoughts only you recognize your mind, ‘My mind wants to do this.’ Otherwise the mind is like a bundle of thoughts.” … Read more
London, UK, 28th June 2008: Q&A – Part One “You see the mind’s Ultimate Truth is recognized as God; the same thing that I was mentioning earlier as the Self. So, if the mind becomes totally concentrated, giving up all its imaginations and thought processes, then automatically it goes introverted.” Question: Pranam Babaji. You mentioned … Read more
Many people fail to realize that there is some problem in pursuing worldly things, how the mind goes into cravings and makes one to lose peace. How impermanent this world is. Master used to say, “If you have twelve bananas eat some and give some to others. How much are you going to eat? If … Read more
Perth, Australia, 6 May 2007 Sometimes as youngsters we used to watch in some movies and some books also we used to read, how the primitive people of this world, ages ago used to behave. It always appeared that they used to be quite violent, mistrusting each other, behaving like animals often. And then we … Read more
Guru Maharaj always emphasized on putting self efforts to do sadhana. Always when we try to do some sort of ritual outside, we must remember not to simply do an external ritual act and forget to cleanse the mind. That is possible through an inner act of sincerity in performing the ritual, by adopting the … Read more
Perth, Australia, 16 October 2007 Om, Brahmananadam Parama Sukadham, Kevalam Jnaanamoorthim Dvandhvaatheetam Gagana Sadhrisham, Tatvamasyaadhi Lakshyam Ekam Nithyam Vimalamachalam, Sarvaadhee Saakshibhootam Bhavaatheetham Trigunarahitham, Sadgurum Tvam Namaamee. Again and again, millions of times, I offer my salutations at your Lotus Feet my dearest Lord, my Shivabalayogi, my Master. This evening I once again greet you all … Read more
Baba in Oz, May 13 2004 This was the final night of public programs in Perth and the hall was beautifully decorated for the event. Rose petals were strewn along the walkway laid out for Babaji’s Lotus Feet. The crowd that had gathered for the evening were solemn as they contemplated this last opportunity to be … Read more
Perth, Australia, May 6 2004 This was Babaji’s 6th visit to Perth and the devotees had waited eagerly to be in His blissful and Divine presence once again. We sang Swamiji’s aarati as Babaji entered the hall and after paying all due reverence to Swamiji at the beautifully decorated altar, Babaji sat on the special dais, … Read more
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Babaji explains that if everything happened according to our wishes, why would you need the Divinity? When we are away from the Divine we suffer,
Babaji sings the bhajan Dhimika Dhimika Dhim, recorded in 2001 at a program given by Babaji at Finesse Language school in Dehradun.
Taken from the Q&A ‘The mind and the Self’ In Quest of Truth – Babaji Q&A, No. 259
Babaji talks of the knowledge of the great sages who enquired into the Self to find from where the ‘I’ feeling was coming. Within this
Leo, a Romanian devotee, talks about the time he visited the Dehradun Ashram 27 years ago in November 1998 and witnessed Babaji sitting in Samadhi
Shri Babaji explains the 3 stages that occur as the mind gets more concentrated in Tapas on the way to achieving Self Realisation. Find out
“This was a mesmerizing song that Adi Shankara had composed. It says Adi Shankara was camping in the pilgrimage town of Banaras Kashi in India.
Shri Babaji tells the story of Jadabharata, which His Master Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj used to narrate. The story warns that having attachments to the world
