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Babaji’s life with His Guru, Shri Swamiji – Pt2 – Babaji Q&A, No. 286

Recorded on 20 June 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:30 What was Babaji’s daily routine when Swamiji was not at the Ashram?
4:33 How often did Swamiji stay at the Ashram?
5:03 An incident where a member of a local family took the photo of Swamiji from the Ashram
9:42 Did Babaji plan a considered response to situations rather than reacting immediately?
13:00 Was Babaji able to keep in contact with Swamiji when Swamiji was not at the Ashram?
14:32 Is it important that people keep in contact with the Guru physically in some way rather than just praying internally to the Guru?
21:17 If somebody said something hurtful to Babaji (as Seenu), would Babaji feel hurt and recover quickly or would He not feel hurt at all?
22:50 A sudden realisation of the meaning behind a passage in the Yoga Vasistha where it describes the Divine as boundless, or ‘it exists in itself’.
31:10 Did that change the way Babaji saw the world permanently?
33:00 When Swamiji initiated Babaji into Sannyas.
35:19 The time when Babaji asked Swamiji to be initiated into Tapas.
45:10 What is faith? Does it start from belief or does it come from Grace?
47:10 Can a Yogi create a universe?
48:39 How to overcome fear.
49:35 If there is no individual doer, and only the Self truly exists, who is responsible for negative actions and their karmic consequences?
51:55 What Buddha taught about the middle path and how to know how much sadhana one should do.
54:24 Can an enlightened person function normally in society?
56:36 Did the person who stopped his Tapas early do so because he was not ready for it?
57:51 How to avoid losing motivation to keep practicing meditation?
1:01:29 Wanting to remain in the peaceful state experienced in meditation when active in the world.
1:04:15 Did Swamiji make any reference to the spiritual heart as spoken of by Ramana Maharishi?
1:07:28 During meditation, when there is a moment of silence, the mind gets excited. What to do about that?
1:08:34 What is the space that Babaji was referring to as the Divinity? Is it the Pancha Bhoota?
1:09:42 Is there any significance to dreams?

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