The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
The whole science of meditation is a way to go beyond or go deeper than the surface of the mind, explore the deeper recesses and come up with greater abilities and greater understanding. So much so...
If we can voluntarily extricate ourselves from the conditioning thoughts that are in our minds and open up for receiving what is beyond the three dimensional world and the ordinary way of thinking,...
Shraddha - people say it’s faith but I would translate shraddha to total one-pointed attention. Saburi is patience. Patience is essential because when all are swimming along the stream and allowing...
Alchemistry is actually the metaphoric expression of purifying the mind, of the soul. The base metal which is the gross mind can be purified and made very subtle and pure. Then the same mind turns ...
The more something is done for oneself only, one can say it is wrong. The more something is done for others and of that, a little bit is for oneself, then I can say it is the right way. That is the...
Once all illusions are burnt to ashes, one arrives at supreme satisfaction, unlimited bliss and happiness. Therefore one has no other desire left. This happens when the Kundalini reaches the ajna c...
When the third eye or the center, which is known as the agna chakra is activated or opened when the kundalini energy reaches the ajna chakra, then the mind understands the reality behind all illusi...
There is a story in Shiva Purana about Kamadeva – the god of love. Kama actually can best be translated as desire, could be any desire – sensuous, non sensuous. Kamadeva, shoots arrows of flowers a...
Kamadeva, once went to Shiva and tried to shoot his arrows of desire on Him. Shiva, the mighty lord of the yogis, who had conquered all desire and who was supreme and peaceful, is supposed to have ...
All things about spiritual matters boil down to your relationships, day to day. We can sit at home and meditate for hours but when we come out and we are still the same, it does not work.
The anahatha chakra is also called the anahath, because when the mind is fixed on this center, one hears the sound which is unstruck. This means the inner sound, which is the sound of ‘Om’ or prana...
The centre which is at the navel is known as the ‘manipura’ chakra. When the heat of the practice of kundalini yoga emanates from the manipura chakra, then the kundalini rises further up, from soli...