The Power of Imagination and Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.179
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The Power of Imagination and Illusion | Thus Spake Babaji - online Q&A, No.179
Recorded on 25 May 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:09 What is it that indcues the imaginations to come out in the first place?
6:10 Would Swamiji's mind as a young boy have had such a strong potency for the Divinity to manifest?
9:12 If we visualise about God, Guru or Self Realization, does it help us to get closer to that?
16:51 Technically, how did the manifestation of the Divine happen for both Swamiji and Babaji?
22:41 Is devotion connected to the yearning for the highest?
24:42 Can the highest imaginations of God and Guru lift our mind our of lower, confused imaginations that we have?
26:20 So should any tests, difficulties or suffering be welcomed?
29:42 So should we not imagine things to be a certain way?
30:58 Does the power of the imagination have to be totally controlled for the mind to merge back to the real Self?
36:30 Does the bird exist of the One imagination or does it exist in the individual imagination?
39:37 "The world is sitting in our mind"
40:28 Is there any imagination for a Yogi?
41:50 Mind has to become under our control, quiet, and then can merge with the Self
43:52 Is devotion the same as demand?
44:35 How to deal with auditory imagination in meditation?
46:19 How does Babaji perceive us?
46:51 Should one get up from meditation to deal with things in the world?
49:18 Are karmas the mind's imprints?
50:23 A Guru would not do anything to add to a person's karma, even when such a person has abused the Guru?
53:30 The difficulty of taking the step to leave the home and devote one's life to spirituality
54:25 If we come across people who are mentally or physicalyl ill, can we use the power of the imagination to inspire them to be healed of their illness?
56:09 In real life can we use the power of imagination to manifest things for us and others?
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