The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Consciousness is all-pervading, Purna – complete, which we cannot define and the brain is a product of evolution which has become so refined and functional that the consciousness is able to functio...
Every mantra is not suitable for everybody, take time to choose. Once you have chosen, stick to it for some time till you begin to feel the effects of it.
Yoga is a practice by which any human being who is earnestly interested can transform his or her life in a positive way, to start with. Yoga has a much vaster implication than just postures. It sta...
Bharat Yoga Vidya Kendra announces the Yoga M course for July 2021. Yoga M has been conceived by Sri M for daily practice of any spiritual aspirant. The course is a fine balance of Asanas, Pranayam...
Bharat Yoga Vidya Kendra announces KausalaM Yoga - Intermediate level of Yoga M course for July 2021. “Yogah Karmasu Kausalam” (Yoga is skill in action) - One of the definitions of Yoga in Bhagavad...
Sometimes spiritual inclination happens when you ultimately see the futility of all this. You feel it’s so false. People don’t mean what they say, and you have happiness but there is sorrow also lu...
Can you conceive of a mind without thoughts, you cannot. So mind means thought and therefore if I say I am now tranquil and thoughtless, the thought is still there. All you can do is, as Patanjali ...
Half an hour or one hour of sitting down quietly and being mindful of your mind, thoughts, and breath is a very important preparation to attain that mindfulness which we seek, which is to be totall...
There is a constant movement towards trying to find peace by acquiring things but that never happens. That’s why the Upanishads say ‘Tena Tyaktena Bhunjita’; Let go and rejoice.
The grace is always there. But our windows are closed and you can’t dictate when the grace should flow. The entire process of spiritual practice is to leave your windows and doors open, so when it ...
The true essence of Consciousness is beyond the brain but functions through the brain. If you have to touch That consciousness which is not part of the brain - with its activities, memories, emoti...
We spend all our lives trying to push sorrow away and keep only happiness. This is not possible. The very moment you try to push sorrow away you create more sorrow. If you understand this, then eve...