The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Anyone who has touched the amrita, even a drop of it, or half a drop of it, becomes so intoxicated and filled with the joy of Shivam, that nothing else is an attraction to him.
When the mind is calm - beyond the tempest of its passions and desires - in that utter stillness the ‘Truth’ comes into being. One understands one’s true reality.
Whenever a sincere student, a Satya Kama—one who searches for nothing but the ‘Truth’—sits in humility before a teacher, with his mind open and unprejudiced, ready to receive what is given—that lea...
Self realization is basically to understand oneself and, in this process one has to break down innumerable illusions that we have created about ourselves, one by one.
When the mind has completely emptied itself, has almost ceased to move and remains in its original state of no action and no movement, something takes place which we may call recognition of the ‘Re...
According to Vedanta, to enquire is to keep your mind open, totally unprejudiced, and to slowly explore the issue.
The true inner Self is the consciousness deep within us, which by its very nature is full of bliss.
Everything becomes a festival of joy and the root of this lies within oneself. It is when we find the inner being dwelling within us that the world becomes full of joy for us.
Let us not think that we cannot do much – let us say, ‘let us do something,’ And that ‘something’ should start in here, in the heart.
Inner growth is reflected and is shown by the way we act and behave with people who are close to us – when we reflect this, not what we wish to project.
Inner change can be brought about only through one’s own personal sadhana. If we don’t grow inside, what will we give to others?
Any meditation or any religious advancement which is not accompanied by inner- selflessness has no meaning; because if our meditation does not contribute to changing us even one little bit from our...