The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Whenever a Satya Kama—one who searches for nothing but the Truth, sits in humility before a teacher, with his mind unbiased and open, ready to receive what is given, the teaching or learning involv...
If you don’t watch where you go in your outer life, if you don’t know what you are doing, and if you are not aware of your actions and reactions that you have on others in this world, then it’s alm...
When you say Guru, it means a teacher in all ways; could be a small child who teaches you innocence of childhood, it could be a philosophical teacher who teaches you the Upanishads, they are all Gu...
The mind is always moving up and down. Sometimes here, sometimes there. Sometimes happy, sometimes sad. It is like a roller-coaster ride. Yoga is to balance this movement of the mind and make it qu...
All methods of meditation and spiritual disciplines are meant to turn your mind within, make it tranquil, peaceful, and kinder. When you touch that joy which is within, you can lead a joyous life.
Every failure is a stepping stone. When you fail, it’s a great opportunity given to see ‘why did I fail’.
Don’t ever get yourself discouraged by any circumstances. Move ahead and you will overcome it.
In this circus of life that we go through, the peace, happiness, completeness, and the stillness we seek lie within us. That ‘inner essence’, which is purna, is in everyone of us.
For a mind that is still, and in that stillness, there is an abundance of energy.
The Guru principle, which means the principle by which one learns from the teacher, is forever. Now and then there are people coming, teaching, and going away. But that doesn't mean the teaching ev...
If your body is healthy, your mind is healthy. Your mind is healthy, you are getting ready for ascension to spiritual health, and then you go beyond. So this is the reason why yoga is practiced.
You are the consciousness, which is the witness of all the drama, watching in amusement as the ego plays its games and dons different masks at different times. The real you is that ever-blissful, u...