Bondage and Liberation - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch8 vv1-4 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 279

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Bondage and Liberation - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch8 vv1-4 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 279Recorded on 30 March 2025 with US participants0:00 Intro1:14 "Bondage is when the mind desires anything or grieves the loss of anything.."1:33 "Freedom is when the mind doesn't desire anything nor grieves the loss of anything.."2:51 Do desires still arise after Self-Realization?4:41 In Self-Realization, doesn't the mind become completely still?6:13 Once the Self is known, then the mind continues to function when it's needed, but it can no longer get attached to anything?9:12 You can be thinking and acting, but you're always aware that you're infinite, that you're not involved.10:49 What does it mean to be aware of the Self while acting?12:11 Can you desire without being bound to the desire?13:31 How are mind and consciousness the same, and how are they different?14:47 If the mind is producing our ideas, concepts, and imaginations, how do we function in the world if it remains quiet?18:46 Is Self-Realization the fulfillment of all desires?23:06 Without Self Awareness it's almost impossible to imagine that you could be happy or fulfilled without having a lot of stuff.24:54 When there is no ‘I,' there is Liberation. When there is ‘I,' there is bondage.27:43 You realize you're just the watcher, the silent witness to what the mind is creating and projecting?31:07 "I assure you, you can never make yourself disappear."32:46 If you remain quiet in your mind, that is Pure Consciousness, and being in the Self, that is the nature of Self Realization - story of Rama and Ravana from the Ramayana.35:51 "When the body urges of hunger, etc., happen, it appears as if they're happening to us. This is because consciousness is stuck into the reflections of the brain.."41:54 It seems that every being has come into this world with ignorance, so there could be no one who is Self-Realized coming into the world.44:28 The Divine is supposed to be all peace, and supreme peace. So why does it incorporate suffering into its existence?50:33 How do we know the difference between the intuition and the ego? H53:28 The terminologies Mind, Supreme Consciousness, space - are they all one and the same, and you use the nearest analogy to help?56:12 When we ask for grace from the so called Divine. Is it we ourselves that are giving us grace?57:02  Is it because normal human beings hold onto the past and present that they suffer more mentally?59:08 How to practice to see everything you see outside of you is nothing but you.1:00:19 Advice for when age advances and memory and knowledge falls away.1:03:49 What happens when a desire is binding. How do you tell if a desire is or is not binding?1:04:30 How to not be overpowered by a person or a situation and keep centered in spiritual power.___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/