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Understanding Death – Babaji Q&A, No. 287

Recorded on 25 July 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:53 Life is actually death and death is actually life – as the day we are born we are starting to move towards death. Are we looking at life correctly?
14:20 Once the illusion of Maya is dropped, we see the true Self which is in itself the death of the false self?
16:59 By seeing the dead bodies going into the ground in the graveyard and going to the funeral pyres, can this help us to realise the Truth?
25:14 Time is like the death around your neck that can sting you at any moment. When you understand limited time, then you understand beyond time and space.
34:29 Is the death of the mind necessary to realize the Self?
36:43 Is fear of death actually fear of the unknown or is it also rooted in attachment to the body?
38:08 Is meditation actually the practice of death?
38:56 Can a realised soul know the exact time of death?
40:00 So death is worth celebrating and being happy that you will merge with the true Self?
41:30 Once the mind has been totally stopped for 1 hour, why is it necessary to increase the duration to 10 or 20 hours in meditation? Why is time relevant when the mind is quiet?
43:50 “Energy is an inseparable entity in consciousness.” Can I inhale the supreme energy as life and exhale all the things we don’t need?
46:43 The tongue comes to the roof of the mouth during mediation, is that ok?
47:07 Can I look up during meditation?
47:23 What to do about a reactive mind?
48:00 Is the light that I experience in my mind?
48:54 Post death rituals are performed in various religion to remove negative energy for the departed soul. Are these necessary?
50:58 I hear things from the external world during meditation. How to overcome this?
54:00 The misconception that one needs to become powerful or supernatural when realising the Self.
57:10 Can only consciousness of existence know consciousness of existence?
58:05 Can you go from consciousness of existence as object and consciousness of existence as subject?
59:18 Is Hanuman eternal?
1:00:02 Are some souls more evolved than others?
1:01:59 Descriptions in the Puranas about the river of vaitarani, all just imaginations?
1:03:02 Should we perform Anna dana (donation of food)?
1:04:05 What is the meaning of invoking a spirit?
1:05:15 Thoughts are becoming more intense in meditation the longer I have been practising.
1:07:04 I focus on the inner space in meditation, is that a valid way to meditate?

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