The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The world is a testing point. Therefore we need some periods of solitude to figure out that we have a deep sea of peace and happiness within.
If you say that I depend on God or the Supreme Being and ask for help to fend yourself from the disasters that happen to you and not give up, that is the best way to move forward. Surrender and har...
The ancient teachers said that there is a link between your breathing pattern and your emotional states, and if you change the rhythm or pattern of your breath, you can change your emotional state....
Change has to come from within, it cannot be brought from outside.
When a person has unquestioned faith in his own capacity for achieving a goal, whether spiritual or temporal, he/she is not disturbed by negative thoughts that weaken the will and discourage the sp...
If you want to delve deep into the layers of your consciousness and finally reach the essence, then meditation is a must.
It’s quite natural that sometimes the mind would want an excuse, give it a little leeway and then say come on enough, come back, pull it. nothing should be carried to fanatic limits, follow the mid...
We cannot do anything about the past so we have to work with the present, something now. It’s simple like the breeze that is blowing in here. We are generally not even aware of the breeze.
To be eternally vigilant is the beginning of the journey. The amount of effort you put into it has its own reward. When the mind, after a while, becomes so sensitive that nothing can escape it, the...
One-pointedness is a complete stillness of mind where there is no thought whatsoever.
Become independent. Follow the teachings. Come for satsangs. Read the books, all the literature available in the spiritual field. Do your meditation regularly and carry on.
There is a way to be free while still living in this world, performing your duties, doing what you want and yet be free. Our own mind is the tool. It's the mind that binds and it's the mind that se...