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Teaching Spirituality to the Younger Generation – online Q&A, No.191

Recorded on 13 July 2024 with worldwide participants

0:00 Introduction from Babaji
0:44 How can we protect young people from distractions in the modern world and guide them to spirituality?
13:18 Is it important for spirituality to be taught at school? Can it be taught without a religious connection?
23:13 When should parents start teaching their children meditation, and are there some preliminary exercises for them to start with on the spiritual path?
27:59 Babaji talks about His upbringing and what He learnt from His mother
33:16 What is the importance of in-born qualities on the spiritual path?
37:58 What is the foundation on which to build a spiritual society?
42:52 How can a human being avoid laziness and be disciplined in any path?
46:51 How to talk to a son who has stopped communicating and is always on the phone?
48:32 How to deal with family members who are afraid that I might go too deep into spirituality?
49:18 How to receive initiation from Babaji
50:22 Visiting Babaji
51:40 What is the origin of this dhyana and is there a connection with advanced practices from Yoga Sutras called Samyama and Shambavi?
53:57 What to do if light, heat and sounds increase in meditation?
54:44 What about art, is it an imagination and could it be a source to keep the mind quiet as well as meditation?
56:42 Aham the individual and Aham the cosmic Self.
58:09 Until there is Self Realization then there is no peace.
1:00:16 How can one proceed in life without any desires?
1:02:36 How to introduce a son who is going to college to spirituality?
1:04:51 How to differentiate between ego and self-respect?
1:07:57 Is the Self different from the mind?
1:10:42 How does meditation purify the mind?
1:11:50 Does one have to look upwards to keep the eyeballs in between eyebrows?

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