Recorded on 16 November 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 What is Tapas?
1:54 Why does Babaji call Tapas the highest pitch of meditation?
3:45 What defines how long one needs to do Tapas?
5:44 Do we have to meditate until every imprint in the mind has been purified?
11:01 In Tapas, does everything disappear? Is this what samadhi is?
12:22 What is the meaning of the many visions that appeared during Tapas?
18:29 As we go deeper into meditation, do the tests increase?
21:11 Do we need to have a desire to do Tapas?
21:27 How did Babaji go into Tapas? Was there a desire to do Tapas?
26:11 Can we say that Babaji’s selfless service also a form of Tapas?
30:18 Did Babaji have awareness of any discomfort in the body or the passing of time during Tapas?
36:01 Would all Masters have practiced this meditation to achieve Self Realization?
37:52 Can the practice of 1 hour meditation take one to samadhi?
39:01 What does karma by thought and action do to our conscience?
41:23 How do traumas play a role in the visions in meditation?
43:33 Babaji received different mantras during Tapas, but in the meditation instructions we are told not to repeat mantras.
45:41 What do the various samadhis mean, i.e. sarvikalpa, nirvikaklpa?
47:26 How can a normal householder cultivate patience for sadhana?
