The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
In general, we don’t look at ourselves, and we blame others because we are either not prepared or we don’t have the guts to open ourselves up to take a look. We are afraid we might be opening a ‘Pa...
Don’t just accept what someone says. The idea is to go within oneself. If one doesn’t go into one’s mind, one cannot comprehend the different layers of the mind, which generally creates all our pro...
If you are seeking a spiritual teacher, get rid of the conventional ideas you may have about a teacher, because that prejudice may prevent you from seeing a real teacher.
While personal understanding and guidance are essential, it is also important that one’s aspiration for spiritual knowledge is profound.
When one is established in deep silence, then no noise can disturb you. Silence is not the absence of sound. In the depths of your heart, there is silence. You sometimes come upon it when you look ...
If we have one mind, a change in one part should affect the other. So, if we change ourselves, that change will affect all.
If we are making spiritual progress, don’t judge by how many visions or lights one sees. What we have to look at is how one behaves. Have I become less selfish? Has my world narrowed down or has it...
You need to practice. The approach does not matter. Results come with constant practice. This helps you maintain your spiritual journey without disruption. It’s not the terminology that matters, i...
Sharing is an essential part of well-being. As you give, so you receive. So, give whenever possible, whatever possible, in whichever way you can.
The mind has to be kept lively, no matter the consequences - including physical age. There are ways and means to achieve this. One has to decide that you are not going to let yourself feel old wi...
The world is such a funny place – you try to chase something and it always seems to run away from you. You leave it and it tries to follow you! It happens. When you don’t want it, it comes to you!
The avadhoot Dattatreya had twenty-four teachers in his life, and one of them was the honey–bee. He says,’ I learnt the lesson from the honeybee, collecting and storing for a rainy day’; how it goe...