The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The Devi Bhagavata Purana says that She directs and upholds everything – that is, She is the source of the vitality that pervades the physical creation.
Praying is a beautiful psychological exercise where deep down you want to come out of the circumstances that are limiting your progress.
The practice of Yoga is the means and way of finding that happiness, our true identity; When we discover that, we are not what we think we are but something completely different.
When a spiritual teacher says something, it’s not the words that are important but the effect it has on you. Watch carefully and understand where you are, which part of the journey you're in, which...
When enlightenment really happens there is no doubt in mind whether it is the real thing. As long as there is doubt, it is not enlightenment. Because when it happens, all boundaries are burst asunder.
If you have happiness as your aim, get ready to sacrifice everything else for it. Happiness is not attainable by acquiring and gathering. It is reached by being good and 'letting go!'
Meditation is usually done to keep the mind tranquil, If it only works when you sit down, it’s a good thing, but if it also works when you are in this tumultuous world, then it is even better.
Be mindful of your breathing. Understand how valuable it is to you, how nourishing it is to you. It is a link between you and your inner being.
The teaching of Vedanta is that this happiness that one is seeking is not anywhere in the outside world. What we need to find is that in the middle of our activities, there is a permanent sense of ...
Pratyahara means the capacity that the yogi develops to be able to fix his attention on one object, an idea, or thought and be able to switch it off at any given moment and shift it to something else.
Deep down somewhere in the core of our consciousness, there is this understanding, which we don’t see, that I am actually complete and I have to get back to that completeness.
Observing oneself in a relationship with others is a very important part of spiritual sadhana.