The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The Upanishads are not a doctrine but are in the form of open discussion between teacher and disciple. The teacher does not pretend to know everything. When young men would go to a Rishi, he would ...
Consciousness also means Sakshi, the witness. The all pervading consciousness is also the witness to all that happens. It appears to participate but does not participate. Find that witness in yours...
You are the consciousness which is the witness of all the drama, watching in amusement as the ego plays its games, dons different masks at different times and ends up identifying itself with the ro...
Nama Japa is the easiest way to keep continuous remembrance of the Divine in today's world. Some prefer the abstract way of engaging the mind in nothingness, but that is not easy to do.
Visualize your desires in complete detail and you are sure to attain them, but never visualise harm to others, for that will arrest your own spiritual development and pull you down the ladder of sp...
Step firmly upon the path. Have no fear. Fearlessness is close to 'Truth'.
Remember! There is no technique to reach the Truth, for you are yourself the Truth. Techniques are there to still the mind so that it understands the truth that the mind cannot reach the Self and s...
By silence does not mean the absence of sound, which can be easily achieved. Deaf people are in silence. Silence means the complete stopping of the chattering of the mind.
Most of our anger is not because of hunger or physical discomfort but it is because of mental discomfort. Non-fulfillment of desires, regret that we have done something which we should not have, re...
To lead a family life is a good way to test yourself. Only your spouse knows who you are. Outside we can put up many poses. They see you from close quarters so they know how you behave! It’s a ver...
As we have no idea as to when we will be ultimately free, the only work we can do is, now, so that we can be free from all conditioning in the future. When we go deeper and deeper into the core of ...
The theory of Karma presupposes the existence of this body, apart from this life, somewhere in the past. Our present is a reflection of our past. What I had done before decides what I am today.