The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
You cannot maintain this silence. It comes and goes on its own. The moment you try to maintain it, there is conflict. When it comes, enjoy it! Live with it. When it goes, leave it. Don't try to hol...
Whatever be the activity you are involved in, don't forget to remember at least for a few minutes in the evening that there is a Supreme Reality behind the whole universe.
When we finally realize the futility of trying to find It through the brain, then, our heart opens up.
The more purified, the kinder your heart is, the more you are moving towards the Supreme Reality.
Sadhana is a way of removing impurities that have gathered around the Self so that the Self shines in its pristine purity and it realises it's connection to the Supreme being.
When we go down to our essence, to the purest form of our being, there is a spark of the Divine and it is around that divinity that the whole world revolves.
True surrender, from my understanding, is realizing that no amount of mental acrobatics is going to bring about that stillness and peace that I am looking for. When I drop all of it and sit quietly...
When you say 'empty yourself,' it also means, 'empty yourself of your prejudices.'
According to our Parampara (tradition) of Kriya, this whole system of the world is linked within the body. All pilgrimages are performed within, Kailash being on the top.
Self realisation means, first to understand the connection between the body and the brain, not just saying ‘I am the Supreme Brahman’. You are not!
In the ancient texts, anything that is described universally in the macrocosm is also linked to something in the microcosm, which is the human system.
Spiritual development is not a mass affair. It is an individual one. You cannot develop spiritually in groups. If there are groups, we are differentiating ourselves from the whole.