Send us a text Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang What is Consciousness? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.206 Recorded on 30 November 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:20 How has consciousness arisen within unconscious matter? 7:19 Is consciousness beyond the experiences of thoughts and sensations from our sensory organs? 9:00 Are there different individual consciousnesses within the one consciousness? 16:11 When the mind is still, you become aware of the real Self, the pure consciousness? 17:43 Is the instruction to 'just watch' in meditation the same as being aware of that consciousness of existence? 19:21 When the mind is totally quiet, does one experience anything in that state? 20:30 Many people are scared of no longer experiencing anything. 25:35 Is the goal of evolution of living organisms to develop a brain intelligent enough to realise that we need to become peaceful? 28:30 Does anything exist outside of our consciousness? 35:13 Do we have to stop making assumptions about anything? 39:48 What happens to the consciousness at the time of birth and death? 40:32 Within scientific community it is said that, "no science achieves maturity without a system of measurement." Will science have to change in order to understand consciousness? 42:25 By a tiny part of Parabrahman's imagination, the world appeared as his dream? 44:07 Is it important to think of consciousness in Indian yogic terms? 46:48 What does Babaji mean by the consciousness dilutes from birth to birth? 48:16 Is science as it exists now, also a product of imagination, creativity? 49:50 What is happening to the consciousness in someone who is mentally challenged? 51:50 What is the difference between the state of unconsciousness and pure consciousness? 53:29 Can quietness of mind take us to understanding the consciousness? 55:02 If I pray, does my individual consciousness link to the all-pervaded consciousness? 58:23 Is consciousness the same as Atma? 1:00:38 When a Self Realised master drops the body, are there no longer any thoughts? ___ Website: http://www.srby.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: 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.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/