The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Shiva is a perfect example, perfect representation of a yogi. Which of the Gods sits cross legged with eyes closed but Shiva. So that meditative posture in which these two eyes are closed, which me...
The whole process of sublimating the lower to the higher is the meaning of ‘Shivaratri’. To free oneself from temptation, to be totally attached to the highest so when you touch that there is no mo...
Kashi is called the city of light. To see the light, first we need to decondition ourselves, free from all the preconceived ideas stuffed into us. Take it all out.
If this little ‘I’, when it completely disappears when it becomes the ‘I’ of the little child, then you’ll know what is ‘Turiya’. When we reach close to it, ‘you’ are not there anymore. There is on...
If you really want to have an anubhava (experience) of that Turiya, This little ‘I’, which says I am so and so, I am this, I know this, I don’t know this, I studied this, which also has attractions...
The recognition of Turiya is Self-recognition. It’s not as if a third party is recognized. In the state called Turiya, Turiya itself is the witness of itself. There is no other entity out there to ...
Suppose, in deep sleep, in the heavenly state of bliss, the mind wakes up as a witness and sees it. Normally it doesn’t. It remembers when you wake up. Suppose there is awareness of deep sleep. The...
Turiya seems to be the basis on which waking, dream and deep sleep play around. Turiya is the original background.
The most difficult thing about life, is that it is so difficult to say ‘I don’t know’. Unfortunately everybody knows now-a-days and there are more number of gurus than disciples now.
On the one hand there is this traditional thing of serving the teacher and being around. But I always keep reminding them that this is not so important. The most important thing is to listen to wha...
The danger is when a person’s mind is settled down and he or she has a lot of energy inside, usually soothing energy, since the world is always looking for something soothing, there is a possibilit...
The idea is to keep your mind in rapport with the teacher. However what one should remember is that the mind is more important than the body.