The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
There is a story in Shiva Purana about Kamadeva – the god of love. Kama actually can best be translated as desire, could be any desire – sensuous, non sensuous. Kamadeva, shoots arrows of flowers a...
Kamadeva, once went to Shiva and tried to shoot his arrows of desire on Him. Shiva, the mighty lord of the yogis, who had conquered all desire and who was supreme and peaceful, is supposed to have ...
All things about spiritual matters boil down to your relationships, day to day. We can sit at home and meditate for hours but when we come out and we are still the same, it does not work.
The anahatha chakra is also called the anahath, because when the mind is fixed on this center, one hears the sound which is unstruck. This means the inner sound, which is the sound of ‘Om’ or prana...
The centre which is at the navel is known as the ‘manipura’ chakra. When the heat of the practice of kundalini yoga emanates from the manipura chakra, then the kundalini rises further up, from soli...
Praying is a beautiful psychological exercise where deep down, you want to come out of circumstances that are limiting your progress. Finding that the mind with its present conditioned capacity is ...
Sri M would be in Switzerland from 8 - 23 July 2018 and would be participating in Satsangs, Talks and a Walk of Unity through central Switzerland with Annette Kaiser. Here is the approved program d...
Mantra is a technique and not the goal. When you feel you have entered a deep state and chanting the mantra also takes effort, Stop! But watch out, the mind is very tricky, it may be laziness which...
The highest function of the intellect is to understand its limitations in the spiritual field. This is possible only if you have really good intelligence; good intelligence sharpened by concentrati...
Sri M's 1st Novel - Shunya was launched in Bangalore on 29th May 2018 in Landmark at the Forum Mall in Koramangala, Bangalore. The book was launched after the panelists, Mr. Shankar Annaswamy, Mr. ...
From ancient times, meditation has been defined as one-pointedness, where the mind is not allowed to be scattered or dissipated in different directions. In fact, if you learn the art of being one p...
Does this freedom happen in stages? I would say, It’s like the wheel; the network of illusion is gradually lifted as one goes deeper and deeper into understanding one’s own self, one’s own mind.