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Freedom from False Identification – Q&A, No. 281

Recorded on 13 June 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:31 How can this mind be the consciousness as it seems to be just a mixture of thoughts?
10:06 If mind is always in the duality, how can the mind be the Self?
15:31 Are thoughts the by-product of the mind?
16:26 How do we stop getting fooled by the reflections of the brain?
22:40 If you can use the brain’s capacity with the help of our conscious energy, anyone can be a champion or a genius?
24:45 The brain can take us away from the truth and also take us towards the truth.
31:35 How does Babaji identify Himself? How does Babaji’s mind operate?
34:54 Is Babaji’s mind ever in duality?
35:20 How does Babaji see god?
37:46 When the mind is silent, it is in the Divinity, when it is in duality it is in confusion.
39:29 Just watching and becoming silent in meditation
42:10 If the Atman is just a witness, where do I get my answer from?
44:09 In day to day life, when you don’t know what actions to take, where do you get the guidance?
45:03 In meditation you become better only through practice
46:12 What is the anchor when you concentrate in between the eyebrows in meditation?
47:07 What is the difference between awareness and consciousness?
47:40 In between the soul, Atma and supersoul, paramatma – the bridge is consciousness?
48:44 How to make sure the physical body does not go into sleep mode during meditation?
50:56 What is Tapas?
51:28 Can we reach Tapas by doing 1 hour of meditation?
51:47 When somebody abuses us, where does the abuse go?
53:03 When you sat for 6 hours meditation before your Tapas, did you split the sessions or sit continuously?
54:24 How to approach Jangama Dhyana in a devotional way?
56:27 How to deal with the experience of losing a loved one?
58:46 Is praying to Babaji mentally the same as messaging Babaji?
59:29 How does the ‘I’ turn its attention towards the source of it?
1:01:03 In meditation one day if I am able to quieten my mind, does the subtle body disappear, but you are left with the gross body?
1:02:12 I have been unable to surrender myself to any deity or guru – should I try to find the right guru or will the right guru find me?

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