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 Ego - the biggest hurdle for progress | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.208 Recorded on 4 January 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:17 What is the ego and why is it the biggest hurdle? 2:14 Is it because we start defining everything we see as a reality and become stubborn in our thinking - is that ego? 9:01 To remove the ego and achieve the truth of existence, do we need to let go of all definitions in the mind? 15:08 Babaji's quote "actions prove who someone is, words just prove who they pretend to be" 22:55 If a student authorises the Guru to remove the ego, how does the Guru help to remove it? 25:07 How does the technique of meditation help to dissolve this ego? 29:54 If the ego is removed, does that mean everything disappears? 32:53 When Babaji says that He takes a risk when teaching the student - does that mean the teaching is an automatic thing that happens? 35:43 Throughout the day, what is the best way to be aware of the movements of the ego and transcend those ego movements? 37:19 Properties and relationships have given me comfort but not happiness. Yet I am attached knowing well that everything will go one day - is it all ego-doing? 38:45 How is ego different from confidence? 40:09 In relationships, how do we interact with ego-minded people, when in disagreements or arguments and not losing our own spiritual path? 43:15 Why does this Maya exist? How do childhood issues affect your spiritual journey? 47:55 How to overcome resistance, frustration, misery, distraction with our daily practice of meditation? 49:43 During meditation, eyes open halfway which distracts. How to avoid this? 50:53 How can I feel more love in taking care of elderly parents during the last periods of their life. 54:22 In what sense are we saying that the world is unreal? 57:19 How to detach from the constant narrative in the mind when meditating or chanting? 58:55 Is ok to use the breath to focus? ___ 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/
