The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
This one-pointed attention to the Supreme Lord, this all-consuming love for the Lord is expressed by the great Sufi, Jalaluddin Rumi in his epic Masnavi. He says, "All else do thou turn out from th...
The mind is evolving, and therefore, many a time, the higher intelligence guides our evolution. I am supposing that we believe there is a higher intelligence. If you don’t, that’s alright. Then the...
Jalaluddin Rumi, the great mystic poet, said, “I was a mineral, I became a plant. From plant, I became an animal; from animal, I became a man; from man, perhaps I shall evolve into angels, or who k...
Man has evolved from an amoeba to this present state. Physically, yes! But are we going to be unscientific and say, this is the end of man’s evolution? But what if man is still evolving in his cons...
At a particular stage of one’s life, or one’s spiritual journey, when we do not get what we thought is necessary for us, it may not be what we actually need for our higher evolution. We may want it...
When we are on the path of spiritual progress, or even when we are not, very often we don’t get what we want; or at least if not very often, many a time we don’t get what we want. This makes us dep...
When Kabirdas settled down in Kashi and began giving spiritual discourses, fanatical Hindus and Muslims soon turned against him for his teachings were different from theirs. Their hostility towards...
When there is a guide, who has walked through largely unexplored territory and knows every pit and turn on the way, he can help you to avoid the dangers and obstacles you face if you go walking una...
Many people of high status lose faith because of public opinion. So watch out! Public opinion is not the criterion. A Master can act in many ways, but it is for the good of the disciple. Only a rar...
When we think we are alone, we are not! The Supreme Being, the all-pervading being, is described in the Upanishads as ‘Isavasyam idam sarvam’ – is there always!
Saints, cutting across religions, have great love for the lovers of the Lord. A saint is a saint - be a Christian, a Hindu, or a Muslim.
Sage Vashishta said to Sri Ram, his disciple, “If I were told that someone had lifted the Himalayas, I may, for a moment, assume that there is such a person in the world. If someone were to say tha...