The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
When the ‘kundalini’ goes to the ‘sahasrara’, then the person has access to wisdom which normally is not possible for the person to acquire, even if he reads a thousand books for a thousand years.
The most intelligent person very soon discovers the limitations of the ordinary intellect. When I say ordinary intellect, it means all the experiences we have in this world come from our five senses.
In the human being, the tremendous energy, after having done its work of making a complete human being, resides quietly, at the bottom of the spine in a centre which we call the ‘muladhara’. ‘Mul...
‘Shakti’ means ultimate, universal, primordial energy. All the energies that we find on this earth are also part of that. It’s a manifestation of that energy.
When the mind is free of all distractions, when it settles down, tranquil and quiet, then you find the treasure trove of happiness.
Either through devotion or through the practice of techniques of yoga, through purifying the mind or understanding the higher levels of Vedanta — depending on who you are, how many lives you have ...
Through bhakti or complete absorption in the divinity, one can reach that inner self.
There is prana in all of us and that energy is linked intimately to our thought process. When this energy goes one-pointedly in the direction of the inner, then everything ceases and you go back to...
When the mind stops moving in any direction, when it stops, then you understand that which the Upanishads have described as tad dure tad vadantike — it’s so far and it’s so near — within us.
There is a witness in us who is there in waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, and perhaps the witness himself or herself or itself is the source of the joy and the pain you feel in all the experiences...
The fragrance that you seek is in you. You think it is outside but the good news is that fragrance happens to be your true soul or happiness, your true identity, free of all other distractions.
Any place, where the truth is worshipped, is a temple for us. The most important temple is the body. Inside us is the heart where the Truth sits.