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"The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262
Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
0:40 Ch 17, verse 6
1:34 What is the eternal Soul?
4:30 The consciousness of existence.
6:06 Is the Soul the Parabrahman or the consciousness of existence?
6:51 Pure consciousness
7:37 Pure awareness
7:56 Chapter 17, verse 6 contd. 
8:32 What is the mechanics of how the Self-Realized Souls can come to you?
9:34 Is it our love and faith that makes the Guru manifest to us?
9:59 Verse 7 - "A Yogi neither longs for the dissolution of the universe, nor is averse to its existence."
11:15 Is it because a Yogi is aware the he is not the body or the mind?
11:35 What is it like to be a Self-Realized Yogi?
13:28 'Existence appearance'
14:07 "Even if the world disappears, it doesn't matter to a Yogi, as their attention is not at all on this universe."
15:04 The achievement of Nirvikalpa Samadhi
15:31 Savikalpa Samadhi
18:00 A Yogi, externally would appear like any other ordinary human being but consciously they're never attached to their body actions.
19:41 Verse 9.  For a Yogi there is neither attraction nor aversion.
20:58 "For a yogi, the appearance of this universe is like a vague dream."
22:18 "Conscious attention will be on the Self."
22:59 During meditation, if our attention is on anything that is in the mind, then our attention is on the world.
24:30 "They are the ever silent one in consciousness."
25:50 What has made it possible for us to be here hearing this wisdom of the Self"
26:29 Our own consciousness has manifested You as this form to guide us back to the Self?
26:50 Once you've kind of gotten this far, can you get off the path?
28:50 Verse 11.
29:06 Does the Self-Realized person enjoy being alive in the body?
30:30 "Supreme Peace is beyond Bliss".
31:16 Does a Yogi know when they're going to drop their body?
33:11 Often you hear that the Guru is going to come back in another body.
34:08 A Yogi is never attached to anything of the world.
36:49 Awareness of who we are.
38:49 A Yogi remains in the Self, allowing the body to act mechanically.
40:38 Is survival wired into nature?
41:23 Was it difficult to get rid of the sense of 'I am' in Tapas?
42:24 A Yogi is free from the dualities of either accusing or praising somebody.
44:31 Is awareness a sense of knowing?
45:34 How to overcome the 6 enemies of the mind during meditation?
48:35 Is it ok to meditate while rocking my daughter to sleep?
49:17 When we see Babaji, we're seeing a person, but what we're really seeing is consciousness?
50:28 The moment you have your awareness in the present, is the consciousness with God?
51:33 Hearing a little cricket sound in the brain during meditation.
52:01 The first day Babaji met His Guru, was the faith already there?
53:20 What was the first experience of the nature of the mind?
54:08 Is every single thought continuing our illusion?
55:53 In my business life, can I trust that what is coming is exactly what I need?
56:28 Dwell in the 'I am' but not the words 'I am'.
57:24 When was it that you surrendered to your Guru?

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