The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
If you want to delve deep into the layers of your consciousness and finally reach the essence, then meditation is a must!
I think it’s possible for everybody to meditate but when you begin to understand the reason why you want to understand spiritual matters, then meditation can be shifted to spiritual matters.
When you are so deeply continuously in dhyana on the object which is either the deity or your innermost self, after some time you forget that you exist. There is only That. When this stage takes pl...
People usually say ‘dhyana’, but dhyana is not complete by itself. First, there is dharana then there is dhyana; the ultimate aim of dhyana is samadhi, all these three together are called – Samyama.
Not only sadhana is important, but also the practical application of what has been taught, the way of life – dinacharya; what they call in Ayurveda.
Following the teachings is more important than worshipping the Teacher.
Understand the fact that perhaps there are ways and means to go deep within yourself, to find that element in you, your consciousness which never dies even if the physical body dies.
When the ordinary thinking or the ordinary rational logic subsides, then comes the feeling called Bhakti. Bhakti is not different from Jnana Yoga but it’s that which comes with feelings not words, ...
The Keno Upanishad declares, “Yan Manasa na Manute, Yenahur Mano matam”, which means that the Supreme Truth is that which cannot even be accessed by the ordinary mind.
It doesn’t matter how you consider or conceive of the Supreme Being - whether with form or without form. Important are the qualities that are developed in the bhakta or the yogi.
There are many other parts of the brain that have been left unexplored because so much lopsided interest has been shown in the frontal lobe development. The whole process of yogic sadhana is to awa...
Every morning we see the sunrise. If seeing is believing, then it must be right. But an elementary school kid will tell you that the sun, neither rises nor sets. So how much can I depend on this pa...