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Mental Health – Q&A, No. 275

Recorded on 16 May 2026 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:27 What is the mind?
2:11 How does Babaji define mental health?
4:54 How can people overcome stress, depression, fear etc and achieve a healthy mind?
7:48 It seems that mental health has deteriorated more and more throughout history. Why is this?
27:53 Many young people today are unable to function properly due to lack of concentration. What is going on in the mind and brain in this situation and what is the solution?
34:26 What is happening in a person’s mind when a situation gets so extreme that they consider taking their own life?
48:55 What about the medicines that doctors prescribe to control these mental state?
51:11 When we want to be peaceful but others try to trouble us, should we take it as a challenge or is it a prarabdha that we face this situation? How should one get out of this situation?
52:48 How to accelerate the cleansing of the acquired habits of the mind in meditation if we are not aware of what is there in the subconscious layers of the mind?
54:25 Our attitudes hold our emotional content, so is it more important to remove the attitudes than the imprints?
55:12 How do we protect ourselves in mediation from astral beings who may want to harm us in our meditations?
56:30 Is it ok to continue with the practice of meditation that Babaji teaches if I have been initiated by another Guru?
57:22 Breathing becomes slow and shallow in meditation and is distracting.
58:40 How to get over depression when working in mental health therapy.
1:00:10 A feeling of unconditional love.
1:01:30 How long does Babaji recommend for the daily practice of meditation?
1:02:28 A pressure, tightness and pain when concentrating between the eyebrows in meditation.

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