Articles, teachings and quotes about meditation and the mind as taught by Baba Shiva Rudra Balayogi (Babaji).
Emotions can be your strength or your weakness
Emotions can be our strength or they can be our weakness. Often they can get in the way. If we could just deal with a problem in a rational way…
The past is simply meant so that we can learn from our mistakes
The past is simply meant so that we can learn from our mistakes. Other than that, we can let go, we don’t need to be unnecessarily brooding about it. If…
The story of two monks: Letting go happens in the mind
Once there were two monks who were trying to get back to their monastery after travelling. The weather had been bad and the river had overflowed, making it difficult to…
If we can remain quiet whatever comes
Nothing is really easy if it is not adopted properly. Otherwise it can be easy – even the process of meditating can become easy. If we can remain quiet, whatever…
The mind never stays into one type of imagination
‘The mind never stays into one type of imagination. If you could have simply imagined all the pleasant things that you want you could have continued and remained happy all…
On willpower
Below I have written my observation during meditations and opinion re: free will. It is a peculiar relationship between mind and brain. Mind is our consciousness energy and brain is…
A determined player
Sometimes it may appear that the meditation is a bit tough going, and the mind appears to be so restless and unable to settle down. But the Meditation Master Babaji…
How do we know we are progressing in meditation?
As we start regularly practising meditation, we may wonder how to tell if we are progressing. Here the Meditation Master, Shiva Rudra Balayogi (Babaji) outlines what the real experiences to…