The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Layers of prejudice close the eyes, ears, and heart. When the wind blows, nothing can enter. So, all the practices we do are meant to open the windows to the heart.
Anyone who has succeeded in stilling the disturbances and the subtle hankerings of the mind, and all the work that this person does is for others and not for oneself, then that person has already c...
Usually, the mind is scattered; therefore, your energies are also scattered. To find out which is essential, you need to gather these energies together. Therefore, all the training of various schoo...
An example of Karma Yoga is looking after someone who is not well, as you get nothing out of it. This act is Karma Yoga in its purest form.
The Gita is an exhortation to perform action and not to run away from it. It is not that one becomes inactive. One acts but is not caught by the results of the activity. This is karma yoga.
Whatever happens, even if you are sick, try not to miss the routine practice of meditation.
When you understand that the spiritual journey is not something dry but exciting and if you are genuinely interested in it, then you will have no distractions whatsoever. Until then, you have to ke...
Truth is infinite. So, there must be infinite ways of approaching it. Truth is like the sun; there is nothing secret about it. It is open to all, especially now when the human brain has evolved eno...
Being truthful and honest is a prerequisite for any spiritual journey.
There is no difference in the ancient universal teachings. But when it becomes more organized, it loses its core. Why? Because we get more interested in the external aspects.
Thinking itself is ‘mind’. When there are thoughts, automatically there is the mind. Therefore it implies that where there is no thought there is no mind, in the ordinary sense of the term.
It's dangerous for spiritual aspirants to get caught up in miracles. Most of the miracles are of this world, and if you get caught up in it, you're also caught up in this world.