The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The only way to deal with it on a permanent basis is to come face to face with sadness. When you come face to face with it, you will see that it has lost its sting. Then, sadness becomes your frien...
If you don’t like to enjoy sadness, sometimes you need to survive. So it’s good to sweep it under the rug for some time. But always pick up the rug and see where it is so that you can deal with it...
The root of sadness is that we are not complete, that we are missing something. We feel empty, we feel rejected, therefore we feel dejected. We feel loss of trust all around. We thought ‘this is li...
What we usually do when we are sad is to bring on some entertainment so that we are free of it. But that is like sweeping the sadness under the rug. Well, it might be required sometimes, like when ...
Sadness comes to every human being at some point. We don’t know when it comes or how. It could be that we are deprived of something. It could be because we don’t know where to go. It could be becau...
The fact is that we are separated, and we are looking for it. The puny brain can never find the ‘why’ until it reaches the goal. When it does reach the goal and finds the ‘why’, it cannot explain t...
If you have already spiritually advanced during many births and have come to a stage where you need just a little bit of a turn, then, the Guru will choose you. Until then, don’t put your brain int...
Nobody is perfect. As long as you have a human body some imperfections will be there.
One should utilize one’s limited intelligence to try and figure out which teacher is suitable for one. Then, take it up, practice sincerely what is being said. Live with the person and find out wha...
If you think you will give up work and come to an ashram and live in tranquility and peace, you are completely mistaken. There is no ashram that is tranquil. There is always someone whispering. In ...
It’s not that work churns you up and meditation makes you inert. It’s not true. Meditation also churns you up, but in a better way, in a different way. And, worldly life churns you up in a differen...
Moving towards the spiritual journey does not mean that you stop all work. Stopping all work is utter laziness, it has nothing to do with spirituality.