The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
If you’ve touched That, the world will still go on. You can still contribute, and you’ll probably do it in a better way, in a calm, peaceful and quiet way.
When you touch that, it’s not as if you are completely cut off from the world or that you can’t function in the world. You can actually function better because the source of your intelligence from ...
Try to find a teacher whose only interest is in your development. When you do, watch the person in all circumstances. And, if you find that his or her interest is in you and not himself, then you h...
Who will give? Only those who are full. Fullness is also called emptiness—Poorna is also Shunya.
You cannot go looking for a Guru with a magnifying glass; you may not find one anywhere. If you find that someone is not trying to take over your mind, but instead allowing you the freedom to figur...
If you feel that you are being led on the spiritual journey for spiritual progress and that person is able to help you, then that is your Guru.
Concentration, according to Yoga, is the same thing as relaxation.
The moment you become stressed, you cannot do your work. So, try to work without stress deliberately. You’ll be able to do better, and your mind expands. You will begin to touch things that you usu...
Whatever happens, even if you are sick, try not to miss the routine practice of meditation.
An example of Karma Yoga is looking after someone who is not well, as you get nothing out of it. This act is Karma Yoga in its purest form.
The real meaning of Karma Yoga is to work—not for oneself but for others, and not expecting results every minute. You must apply your mind to work on a long-term basis.
A teacher wants to help bring about a change in the student and would like to understand the student completely before instructing, but the student doesn’t want to let some parts of the mind be ava...