The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
It is possible for someone to lead a life like a normal human being in the material world and at the same time keep the spiritual aspirations intact, and work in a way as to attain the aim of spiri...
In the evening satsang on Guru Purnima on 27th July 2018, Sri M explains the shloka - "Poornamada Poornamidam" and also explains how one can let go and rejoice and live in such a way that one can l...
Sri M explains the concept of Guru Poornima as respect given to all gurus and also expounds the Gayatri Mantra and narrates an experience with Babaji when he was wandering with him, in this satsang...
It is possible to live in this world and reach one’s spiritual fulfillment at the same time, provided, we know the rules and regulations and the traffic signals to watch out for; where we can overs...
In spiritual matters, you start with the understanding that there is something beyond the ordinary mind. And it cannot be known through study. Soaking in the atmosphere in places where the rishis h...
The result of dharana and dhyana is samadhi. Samadhi is an altered state of consciousness wherein a person who meditates upon whatever he is meditating upon, merges with the object of meditation. T...
If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfillment, the Supreme Lord would not have created it at all. The very fact that the world exists around us and also in us ...
Samadhi is when you are meditating upon the Supreme Being and there is no individual meditator but only the Supreme Being. In the sankhya parlance, the atman merges with the paramatman. In Vedantic...
Sri M speaks - "If I start my spiritual journey saying, 'I know', then I cannot start anything, because what I know maybe completely wrong. But if I say, "I don't know, I should keep an open mind, ...
"We carry so many things in our head; it' such a dead weight. Drop it! Including our learning, our knowledge, be simple like a child and experience the freedom." - Sri M narrates Zen stories on Fre...
The Lord says, ‘If it is difficult for you to serve and purify yourself to the state of attaining the capacity to meditate, simply surrender yourself to me. Your mind is automatically controlled. G...
Sri M speaks about the importance of solitude and silencing the mind in the spiritual path, followed by Q&A on Day 4 of Satsang in the Alps, on 20th July 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLSot...