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Shri Babaji answers questions on the topic of thoughts. 

Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No. 62 - A themed Q&A recorded on 23 October 2021, with worldwide participants.

0:00 Introduction
0:11 What are thoughts?
1:01 Can we say our thoughts are from our mind or from somewhere else?
1:54 What does Babaji mean by existence value?
2:31 Will stopping the imaginations in meditation affect our creativity?
3:48 Can an imagination be useful ie to find a higher goal for a spiritual life?
5:05 Are good thoughts like kindness and happiness ok to cultivate?
5:59 Why are some people prone to negative thoughts?
6:33 Are the negative thoughts also the six shapes of the mind that Babaji talks of?
7:51 Are there positive shapes to the mind?
08:55 How to overcome the habit of worrying
10:36 How can we deal with overwhelming thoughts?
12:35 How to deal with a stronger attachment to worldly things, in spite of meditation
14:12 How can we watch a thought without it becoming active, turning into a stream of thoughts?
16:30 Is contemplation different from meditation?
17:54 When practicing japa should you think of the mantra or the deity?
18:34 Is multi-tasking in the mind really possible?
19:59 During Babaji's 20 years of training, what was the mind focused on?
21:00 Was Babaji trying to please Swamiji during this training?
21:53 Is intelligence the same as the mind or the brain?
23:25 Is intelligence necessary for spirituality?
26:52 Should we use the mind to keep the mind under control?
28:14 In daily life, how do we recognise which thoughts to act on and which thoughts not to act on?
33:00 What should we do when our mind starts to stray from the spiritual practice?
35:06 How can we disconnect from obsessive or foolish thoughts?


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