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The total security of the Self – online Q&A, No.194

Recorded on 7 September 2024 with worldwide participants

1:10 Everybody tries to find security for themselves in this world – how is the total security found in the Self different from this?
3:48 Is it because we have identified ourselves as this physical body, that all the problems start?
9:33 How do the cravings of the mind start?
15:07 Is it when we don’t need anything that security is there?
16:14 Is contentment an imagination?
17:13 Is total contentment different from an experience?
18:24 How can one abide in the real Self as a body in this world?
22:27 Is it also important to learn acceptance in the world?
24:38 Could Babaji explain the security He had at the Lotus Feet of His Guru?
26:53 Is the devotional path alongside the meditation the strongest way to achieve the Self?
30:43 Do we need to give up our exceptions to have real love to the Guru?
31:13 Is there always contentment in that surrender?
31:43 “What you are is more important than what others think of you”
39:30 Faith in the mantra is important
42:08 Is the problem in the mind or in the five senses?
43:18 How to overcome discomfort experienced from the problems of the world
45:24 What will help deepen meditation to remain in the Self?
47:32 Does one need to force non-attachment or let it happen naturally?
49:41 What is the real meaning of buddhi in relation to meditation?
51:24 What is the role of self-control in relation to Self consciousness?
52:39 Should one keep focussing in between eyebrows if the focus starts moving upwards?
53:55 When Babaji used to meditate and read scriptures outside the Ashram
55:23 Did Babaji use to experience contentment throughout the day?
56:17 Physical eyes are seeing darkness in meditation
58:53 How can people overcome past experiences of trauma to feel total security in their bodies in the present moment?
59:48 As we progress in meditation into tapas, will we get some indication of the next steps to take?
1:01:16 The flow of thoughts and visions don’t seem to stop in meditation – how to know if I am making progress?
1:02:49 Why have we forgotten who we are?
1:03:45 When asking inside for certain guidance, how to know if this is intuition or the imagination – how to dissolve the doubter?
1:05:16 If experiencing back pain in longer meditations.

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