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The mind, the brain and its reflections – Q&A, No.221

Recorded on 5 April 2025 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:06 The mind has come out of the Self
6:10 Is the mind and the Self the same substance?
12:06 The unique relationship between brain and mind
21:45 The brain needs more than blood and electrical impulses to function
26:10 Does the mind also need a brain to exist as a mind?
29:01 If the brain becomes damaged, does that damage the mind?
31:32 When we become happy, is that simply when the mind becomes more quiet?
33:51 Is the mind being quiet the same as being focussed or concentrated?
45:20 How to get free from bodily identification also doing the waking state?
48:14 Who is at peace if we do not have sense of self?
49:35 When the imagination is stopped, what is there?
50:30 An out-of-body experience
53:42 “Just like a crow alights on the tree, a coconut falls – this happens in mere coincidence” quote from Sage Vasistha – with respect to unreality of the world

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