The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
On the spiritual journey, if by some chance you have got stuck in a path which actually doesn't suit you but just imitating, then you're lost. So, before you choose the path in this journey, make s...
Sadhana and absolute realization of the truth is not for the lazy.
The starting point of a spiritual journey is - dissatisfaction with the status quo. This is not enough, this is not what I’m looking for, there is no joy in this. Can we find it?
While there are different ways and means to the spiritual journey, the essential thing about listening to someone, who probably has traveled the path and touched the goal - is to listen to it with ...
That which we seek, that which we search, whatever be the journey, whichever way we are traveling - is something which is so intimate, not even intimate, it is us. We are searching for ourselves.
What is sattva? Tranquility, clarity, peace, absolutely settled, goodness and purity.
Only when the churning takes place, can one finally separate the truth from the scum that comes out.
Freedom is our birthright. Our true self, the atman, is free. It does not need to be freed from anything. It is free because it is complete, ‘purna’. ‘Purnamadah’ - That completeness is actually ‘...
When I come in contact with something that I really love, I am happy. Yes! Why? Because, inside that little happiness is released from its fountainhead, from its source.
The ancient rishis say the enjoyment comes from inside you, your very essence, the core of your being, the essence of your consciousness, by its very nature. No matter who you are or what you are.
The first thing that happens as one advances in sadhana is that one develops compassion in the heart.
The spiritual training which is given, called ‘sadhana’, is the way of how to get to the fountainhead of happiness, the core of our being, that has been described in the ancient text books as ‘Satc...