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Mental attachment and Liberation – Q&A, No. 272

Recorded on 2 May 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:13 What it is to have a mental attachment.
3:08 When we imagine about something, do we always build a criteria, like ‘it has to be like this’, or ‘it should not be like this.’
4:10 Should we not be making any criteria in the mind of what will give us happiness?
5:55 Why is it so difficult for us to think that there is something beyond this sight and sound?
7:39 Do we need to let go of all mental attachments to achieve Self Realization?
11:18 This watching process enables us to simply be in ourselves because we are not getting involved?
14:06 How important is the regularity of practicing meditation?
18:54 If one drops the body while holding many mental attachments, what happens?
26:04 The people who don’t practice spirituality at the moment, will they eventually get inspired in some way to practice?
27:57 Could Babaji describe the state of a Yogi? When the judgements that limit us have all disappeared, is that an infinite state?
30:26 To have the mind at peace at all times is mind-boggling for many.
31:16 Is there not a single worry for a Yogi?
32:55 How to be liberated from attachments such as un-requited love and obsessive thinking.
33:50 Is it possible to be reborn on astral planets where conditions are more conducive to spirituality?
34:59 What happens when someone commits suicide? Is there any way we can help that person through prayers?
36:13 How to not be mentally disturbed by pain in the body
38:13 With close family members, if we keep away emotionally, would that be indifference and uncompassionate?
39:26 They say that in particular places like Haridwar or Vrindavan that if you die there you get moksha directly.
41:31 The two aspects of the mind; to think and to watch.
43:00 Please advise how I can truly forgive and let go of anger and resentment.
44:20 If God knows everything inside me, why do I need to pray to God?
45:35 Is killing a cockroach a sin, and are sins the root cause tying you to the samsara?
46:35 Is a sin what plays on the mind, if it doesn’t play on the mind it is not a sin?
47:57 I sometimes fall asleep in meditation unintentionally, what should I do?
48:40 Some spiritual teachers say that those who commit suicide will go to hell, is that true?

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