The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
In the beginning, when you meditate, thoughts will come, sometimes in torrents, but don’t worry. Don’t try to throw them out. Watch calmly as you would a mischievous child and they’ll settle down a...
As you practise meditation daily, you’ll enter subtler spheres of consciousness and bliss. You will see lights and hear heavenly music and witness wonders, but tarry not. These are merely signposts...
Remember! There is no technique to reach the ‘Truth’, for you are yourself the ‘Truth’. Techniques are there to still the mind so that it understands the truth that the mind cannot reach the ‘Self ...
The reservoir of all joy, the essence of all bliss, is in your own heart, in the core of your own being.
You are the consciousness which is the witness of all the drama, watching in amusement as the ego plays its games, dons different masks at different times and ends up identifying itself with the ro...
The ultimate tandava nritya is when Shiva destroys all the structures and you are left with none other than the pure witness and this pure witness is none other than Shiva, “Chidananda roopah, shiv...
The sound of AUM is the link between this world and the other. It is the juncture between the unknown and the known. AUM is the bridge that takes one across.
The greatest miracle is to purify the mind and take it towards spiritual fulfillment.
The Truth cannot be expressed in words. All definitions fall short. Nor can it be reckoned in Time. It's timeless and tender and words corrupt its purity.
The Supreme Brahman is free of all conditionings and it is beyond our five senses, so we cannot do sparsha or touch it by our hands and yet it is manifested in all forms.
The best karma is doing good to others.
Through the practice of Yoga, understanding and intelligence expand and help to go beyond the ordinary mind. The mind ceases to exist as a separate entity as soon as the vrittis (distractions) are ...