The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
We spend all our lives trying to push sorrow away and keep only happiness. This is not possible. The very moment you try to push sorrow away you create more sorrow. If you understand this, then eve...
If you can be mindful of your thoughts, actions, meditation, and breath, that is called mindfulness. Complete mindfulness is not just a small practice but a total mindfulness as you go along with l...
Every little cell has an intelligence and therefore it is conscious. In every cell and in every living being there is intelligence, therefore, there is consciousness.
The movement towards fulfillment and happiness is the whole center of civilization. All civilization has come because we want to expand, improve, become more refined and experience more happiness.
Sometimes the aspiration for spiritual practice comes in the presence of someone who has touched it. You feel what is the secret of this person's happiness? He doesn’t seem to possess much, but he...
The Gita says Sanyasa is not throwing away things and walking off. It is when one can live under all circumstances without being attached to it. No change of robe, no nothing is required.
Conscious means to be aware of the world, of all that you see in the world; all these things together constitute consciousness. Consciousness naturally also means awareness.
In life, we go through all circumstances. Sometimes there is happiness, sometimes there is sorrow. Sometimes people blame you, sometimes they praise you. The yogi is one who considers praise and bl...
The first chapter of the Gita is called “Arjuna Vishada Yoga”, the yoga of Arjuna’s dissatisfaction, sorrow, and insecurity. It’s a study that is for all of us because we are not actually in the ba...
Swami Vivekananda said that one cannot meditate all the time. Serving humanity is needed. Moksha for the self and wellbeing of humanity was his motto.
Swami Vivekananda said that one cannot meditate all the time. Serving humanity is needed. Moksha for the self and wellbeing of humanity was his motto.
The spiritual journey is not something passive. It requires prime energy. It’s not something that can be done when one has retired. It requires virility. When you go to a teacher, go with your ...