The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
In this material world – earning one’s living, going through all the problems and travails of worldly, mundane existence is a necessary step in learning about spiritual consciousness and evolution ...
If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfillment, the Supreme Being would not have created it at all. The world exists around us and also in our minds to make us ...
In matters beyond the rational mind, realisation takes place only when the rational mind becomes absolutely still. To find that out, we need a rational mind!
The rishis–seeing how people are constantly unhappy; seeking all the time and not getting the ultimate fulfillment – discovered that there is happiness, a complete fulfilment available to every hum...
In any martial art like Kalaripayattu they say, ‘never do anything when you are angry’ because all your calculations may go wrong. So let your anger go, cool down, and then perform the action.
When you enter the meditation hall, leave your ego outside along with your shoes; don’t bring it in. Go inside like a new-born child who is free - you have no enemies, you don’t hate anybody, at le...
Great yogis, great rishis, great scientists, the ‘great’ in all fields, are those who are not satisfied believing the conditioned mind. They know that this is a prejudice and try hard to break thro...
The more something is done only for oneself, I can say it is wrong. The more something is done for others and of that a little bit is for oneself, then I can say it is the right way. That is the o...
Moving up and down the spine is Mukhya Prana, the Supreme energy. In yogic terms, it is the movement of the aspiration, thought, concentration and energy towards the higher side or the lower side. ...
Does freedom happen in stages? I would say, It’s like the wheel; the network of illusion is gradually lifted as one goes deeper and deeper into understanding one’s own self, one’s own mind.
Very often, we tend to mistake tamas – Tamo guna – for sattva. Sattva is goodness and calmness and quietness. Tamo guna is not goodness and calmness and quietness but laziness, sloth, and pretend...
If all my mind is concentrated on seeking the Truth, then I am what in the Upanishads is called Satya Kama. That means I have no kaama other than seeking satya.