The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
You think you are this little pool of stagnant water that stands in the way with no movement whatsoever. The Guru says, “Look, my dear fellow, you are a lion, you are not a goat. You aren’t this li...
From ancient times, meditation has been defined as one-pointedness. One-pointedness means the mind is not allowed to be scattered around or dissipate in different directions, rather it is brought t...
Alchemy is actually the metaphoric expression of purifying the mind and soul. The base metal, which is the gross mind, can be purified and made very subtle and pure. Then, the same mind becomes gold.
The path that has been described by all the important teachers, unfortunately, happens to be narrow, not because of any narrowness in thinking but because the other paths are so wide and inviting t...
Most of the activities of the world that we perform, based on the assumption that we are the body, binds us down to the earth. Karma Yoga is the theory or teaching that says that if you can act kno...
Arjuna attempted to run away from sorrow and hide. Krishna said, “Face it! There is no way you can get rid of it. Understand its reason. If you understand the reason, then you can be free of it for...
In the Gita, there is an exhortation to perform action and not to run away from it. It is not that one becomes inactive. On acts but one is not caught by the results of the activity. This is ‘karma...
In sleep, you are not even aware of your own existence. If you are not aware of your own existence, then where is your problem? The world may turn upside down but you don’t care. That’s why everybo...
We have not changed. You see, the way of doing things has been polished and perfected. This is what intellectual life has taken us to. We have found medicines for diseases; but we haven’t found med...
Those who have transcended the external rites of religion should begin to look within to find the true essence. This is very essential because without the true essence, sometime or the other, the e...
We are either full of our own thoughts or our own prejudices. We are full of what others have taught us or what has been crammed into our brain. There is no space, it is filled to the brim. And if ...
Most of the time, we spend all our energies on worrying about the failure. If we could only just brush it out and retain our energies, we could move forward and look to fresher avenues. A mind that...