Dedicated to the lotus feet of the divine Guru Shivabalayogi Maharaj

Oneness – Q&A, No. 270

Recorded on 25 April 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Can Babaji comment on Kabir’s couplet “‘I’ is there when God is not there, God is there when ‘I’ is not there”? and explain it further in context of ‘oneness’?
1:31 If you are aligned with and one with your true nature to realise and drop your ego, what is that true nature?
2:41 How can we stay in this state of oneness while being in this world?
7:06 If we keep observing our thoughts continuously, do they disappear, or are we taking control of ourselves?
8:19 So the truth of the mind is not the truth?
8:34 What happens when we come out of meditation into the world?
9:59 Which practice dissolves the senses of separation most effectively? Is meditation enough or is self-inquiry necessary on a regular basis?
10:57 Who is the one practising if ultimately there is no separate self?
11:36 When we are aware and very conscious that ‘I am That’, can we again fall into the trap of desires?
13:35 When we say we are one is that because we are made up of all the same elements and consciousness?
17:44 How to solve the problem of your relations not being prepared to join you in your journey of becoming detached and achieving oneness?
19:47 Why is it we cannot reach the true love which is non-transactional?
28:02 Is it selfish to say our time has come to realise the truth, or do we say it is our destiny which got us here and other people who have not realised will get their time in due course?
31:15 When Babaji met His Master Swamiji the sense of ‘I’ disappeared. Why then was it still necessary to do Tapas?
32:35 After merging in Nirvikalpa samadhi, what happens now when Babaji goes into samadhi, is it deepening all the time, not just a static sense of bliss?
33:11 Sometimes we encounter arrogant or rude people even in family situations. I try to remain unaffected, but sometimes it’s hard – how to achieve oneness with such people?
34:40 I don’t show my anger outside, but sometimes I get affected internally.
35:20 Is the space, consciousness of existence and silence the same?
37:20 I was advised not to practice this meditation, but I want to; should I?
39:41 Can we consider all Gurus to be the same being, in oneness?
40:55 Sometimes the mind creates a confusion when trying to see the same Guru in other forms.
42:04 How is undergoing hardships in life related to progress in meditation and spiritual life?
43:51 What is the form of the soul?
46:11 After death does a person hear or see us?
47:50 Is God the divine, or a person who has attained the true nature of mind?
49:02 Do sages who have been in samadhi get angry?
50:36 So God doesn’t have an ego and doesn’t get angry?
51:31 In meditation is it the stabilising of the eyes that is the key point rather than where they are looking?
52:21 How is it possible to drop all ideas of the mind? As long as the ‘I’ exists, the mind exists and you are in separation.
55:16 So all my thoughts, imaginations are not me?
58:03 Ashtavakra says the Self cannot be experienced as long as the mind is clinging on.
59:23 How do You see God? What is God for You?
1:00:52 Do You ever objectify God as an entity or does it just exist to You eternally?
1:01:53 When I listen in satsangs, my mind listens very attentively and I feel at peace, but when I close the eyes in meditation it is more difficult.
1:03:34 When the samskaras of the mind are so strong, how can we win?
1:05:55 When you keep staring at the space, there is nothing there.
1:06:51 What is the importance of the physical initiation and presence of the Guru?

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