The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Actually, nobody is so seriously interested in spiritual progress. I have seen hundreds of people; they are ok with spiritual progress as long as it doesn’t interfere with their daily life. If that...
Tantra says that you can get rid of the desire by enjoying it because most people cannot totally get rid of it by abandoning it or avoiding it.
Tantra is defined as Yoga through ‘bhoga’, yoga through enjoyment. That doesn’t mean that Tantra is orgies in the cremation grounds. It means understanding the fact that very few people can get rid...
You know how limited we make ourselves, thinking that we are limited? Why don’t we for once, at least in the mind, let go of this limitedness and say ‘It can’t be!’. There is the wide world, after...
Sometimes it happens spontaneously. You discover, ‘what have I been doing all these years?’ Sometimes it happens because of kindness and compassion. Sometimes it happens because you see somebody's ...
There are different ways of getting the ‘taste’. One way is to associate with one who is drunk with ‘That’. You associate for some time and you see that ‘hey!, there is something in this guy which...
The mind is always seeking fulfillment and it has not learned that the fulfillment is inside. So, while it’s still there, keep trying until you can taste a little bit. Once the taste gets into you,...
Disconnected is what we imagine. Not being disconnected is what is the Reality. When you find that which you seek in the outside world, when you find it inside then you realize that there has been ...
The whole of our life moves because we seek fullness and happiness, which, unfortunately, we don’t come across so easily.
. Because what we call mind is our own creation, of images, of experiences, of the past…the projected future. When all this disappears, what remains is not the mind. It’s That. The pure consciousne...
Then you go on to a healthy mind which means what? A mind which is not torn by conflict, a mind which is not disturbed by any distractions whatsoever, which does not overindulge, nor is it steeped ...
If you have a healthy body, you have a healthy mind. If you have a healthy mind then you understand the inner realities. So, therefore, you start with Yogasanas, which gives you a healthy body.