The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
‘Krishna’ also means all-pervading. The root is ‘Kri’, to create, an action, movement, kriya. The word ‘Krish’ means action from the core of consciousness. In fact, according to the Gnostics, the w...
In the language of Yoga, our flute is the spine and it is usually full of muck. Kriya is one of the ways to clean it up. One cannot do anything more; only clean it up and wait! He will sing only wh...
Once the music is heard, thenceforth our problems are solved. We are onto a different world altogether. It’s also called ‘Shabd‘. Shabd need not mean only a word– it also means a sound. That is whe...
Happiness is the common thing that everybody seeks. When somebody commits suicide, it is generally because one wants to escape the unhappiness, the sorrow, the sadness – hoping when one escapes fro...
Whenever I think of preparing for a new day, leaving behind the old, I am reminded of the cry of John the Baptist, who declared, 'Voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye, the way of the L...
All our lives are based upon the understanding that, 'I am the body'. The ego which is the mind is built-up based on the fact that ‘I am this body only’; but there is more to it than just the body....
Music cannot be played if the flute is filled with muck. You have to empty it out. A flute has to be hollow; you can’t blow through a solid flute! So, all the muck has to go and when it is clean, h...
I think all the sadhana we do is intended to mostly bring about the hunger for God – for that Truth. When that hunger has built up, then God is at your doorstep!
Navanita is the Sanskrit word for butter. So, He is called the Navanita Chor – one who steals the butter. Only by churning the milk, butter is derived. Hence, churning is essential, without which n...
Happiness is a universal search. Whether one is a believer or a non–believer, Hindu, Muslim, Christian or Sikh – everybody looks for happiness in this world. All our attempts to grasp things and ho...
To find yourself, to examine yourself, to look at life – try and become as less selfish or ‘less self-centered’ as possible. While there is no human being who is completely ‘non self-centered’, som...
The state where you remain alone in your true self – enjoying the bliss of your inner being – is called the ‘severance of connection with pain’. When that happens, one severs one’s connection with ...