Articles, teachings and quotes about meditation and the mind as taught by Baba Shiva Rudra Balayogi (Babaji).
Courage to change and serenity to accept.
Question: When you’re in a situation where you’re challenged more, what would you advise we do? It’s very hard then just to sit in meditation and watch, because there’s so…
Think when you want to think. Be quiet when you want to be quiet.
‘This mind itself is made up of Consciousness, meaning where you apply it you become aware. Through practice of meditation, eventually one day, when you are able to achieve the…
The three mantras for success
Babaji, how can we calm the mind when we live such busy, hectic lives? Babaji: Be determined. Dedication, discipline, patience are three important mantras to achieve things. If you are…
From cravings to peace
‘The constant cravings of the mind are the basic reason for unhappiness’. A couple of thousand years after Buddha said these words, still mankind is afflicted with these cravings of…
Break through the web of imaginations
‘Just like a spider spins a web and gets involved in its own web, it is the mind, called consciousness, which imagines and gets involved into its own resolutions of…
Moving forwards
‘The past is over and it’s not going to come back under any circumstances so there’s no point in simply brooding and feeling pain. Instead let me look for my…
The mind’s attention goes to itself
The mind is our conscious energy. Whatever object we apply the mind on we become aware of that. When we lose attention, we lose that awareness. For example, when we…
Overcoming fear, tension and stress through meditation
We all know that feeling when there is something unknown we have to face. Even though it may not be such a big problem, we magnify the fear into something…