Spiritual Advancement and Its Obstacles | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.186

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Baba discusses the significance of meditation in gaining one's true identity and overcoming the obstacles to gaining Self-Realization. He emphasizes the need for the mind to become silent in order to find fulfillment . Questions exploring "Who Am I" and how experiences, meditation, and self-awareness are keys to understanding this relationship. 0:00 Intro0:07 Main obstacle for advancing spiritually and attaining Self Realization.1:39 The ultimate goal of meditation.4:52 Self Realization - the droplet uniting with the Ocean.  6:09 You are the watcher not the movie.7:51 Difference between watching and witnessing.8:56 Just silently watch and all will dissolve; you don’t remain a witness.12:40 Can a person become lazy while practicing meditation?13:38 Why people may practice meditation for a long time and not seem to progress.14:37 A person must stop all thinking, analyzing and judgements to realize the Self.15:30 Can a person be too vigilant trying to meditate?17:56  What is life and does it have a purpose?20:34 Everybody is too busy with the world.21:49 Consciousness has imagined this world. You have to come to the infinite to find permanent happiness.24:00 If you care for the world it will never let you settle down peacefully.25:09 Having achieved peace in your Self, you are not indifferent to the world. 25:56 Prayer can be very effective if you concentrate with total faith. 26:49 Understanding the technique, and purpose of meditation. Meditate to silence the mind and become aware of the SELF. Just watch explained.30:22 Why have we forgotten our connection to the Divine?33:36 With thought we anchor ourselves and find support in this world and we forget our Self.36:35 Is it necessary to choose between practicing meditation and worldly involvement?             40:03 Attend to the world inside of you first. It is the one troubling you. Understand the          outside world is impermanent.42:45 How to overcome random thoughts in meditation.45:00 How to pray.___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/