Om Namah Shambhave,
Lots of love and blessings to all of you.
This way of meeting with all of you is very nice. I wait every Sunday that I get to meet you so for me this moment of coming for Satsang and meeting all of you is a moment of great happiness.
Let’s not take much time and begin Q & A session. Whoever has any question in mind, please ask.
Ranjit: What’s the difference between Yoga and Meditation?
Babaji: The difference that is between Yoga and Meditation that I will tell you.
There are three things: Yoga, Sadhana, and Meditation (Dhyana). Yoga is that which is connected to our body. Sadhana is when we worship any form of God, i.e. the form of God whom we love, with whom we are connected. Whatever is proved for them through the remembrance of the name of that form of God, that is Sadhana. Meditation is the act of removing focus from everything else to bring the focus on one’s inner self, i.e. detaching from everything else, worshipping of only inner self, watching within, coming from within to outside. In correct terms we can say that the focus of the conscience on the soul is called Meditation.
Now what happens is this. We have to sit in meditation. To sit in meditation means to sit for a long period of time. There is no time limit for that. As long as you can sit, you should do. To bring that capacity of sitting, to prepare the body for meditation, you need Yoga. Yoga helps you to increase the energy of the body, make body flexible, and keep body free from every disease. Meditation helps in bringing energy and peace to your inner soul. With Yoga you can keep your body healthy but for the purification of soul (soul is pure because soul is God), for the identification of soul, for the peace of your inner soul, and for focus meditation is required. Yoga develops moral energy and happiness within you that you also gain from meditation, but what is most important between these two things is how you conduct them. If you get guidance of a good Guru then doing both Yoga and Meditation is possible for you.
Babaji: Om Namah Shambhave to everyone. Lots of love and blessings to all of you.
In today’s session you may ask your questions. But we have to keep in mind about the kind of question that we ask from our Guru; that is very important. And another important thing is that what you ask from your Guru and what your Guru (your Babaji) answers you about it, the effect that happens in your life, that happens only when you follow Guru’s words, Guru’s instructions. It may happen that what you ask about and what you hear back from me, you may have already heard or known about it. But it is similar to the act of reminding us again. For example, sometimes it happens that we forget about a number of things and someone reminds us about those things by moving words here and there however the essence of it remains the same. This is like reminding us again. Hence there is no end to the order of questions and answers. One question can have two answers. And from one answer two to three more questions can arise. What is an answer? It is very important to understand it. Answer is the peace of your soul, it is an inner satisfaction. It happens that after listening to an answer a peace and a satisfaction come from within. You become satisfied from that answer. That inner peace and that answer is what your soul wants to hear. In right terms you only get satisfied when you hear from a person what you desire to hear. Hence if you want to know an answer to a question, if you want to know about something, then you should listen to the instruction that your Guru wants to give to you. When you ask a question from anyone, then you should empty your mind; don’t use your mind. Because when you use your mind that proves that you already know. What is a question? It is something that you want to know about.
Let’s start.
Om Namah Shambhave,
Babaji’s love and blessings are always with all of you. After a long period of time, today I have got this opportunity of meeting with all of you like this and for me it is a matter of great joy. Our relationship is not connected through some phone or network. This network of ours is “heart-to-heart” and through this network we all are always connected. The way you miss me every day, miss me every moment, say your prayers, and the way you speak so many words and prayers to Babaji within your heart, the same way I also keep you within my heart. You all have always been within my heart. Every moment I can feel your words, your love. Every moment I can listen to your prayers.