The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Self-realization means to understand first the connection between the body and the brain. It is not to say that you are the Supreme Brahman. You are not! Actually, not on a day-to-day basis.
A clear understanding of anatomy and physiology is an important aspect of yoga. That is the first realization of yourself; first understanding of yourself. I am not saying you should all do medicin...
One more thing, in your relationship with the spiritual teacher – I won’t even use the word spiritual – in your relationship with the teacher, please be frank, truthful and clear. Don’t try to bluf...
Every day, when you get up in the morning or go to sleep at night, look at yourself and ask, “Where am I, what am I doing? How many falsities have happened in my life? Even in Sadhana - how much am...
At least in spiritual matters, please don’t tell lies. Don’t say I meditated for six hours today and my lights were going up and down. Say only what you really feel - if you don’t do that, that is ...
The insistence is on finding the Truth - going towards the Truth. That word – Truth – seems to be such an important word. Now, what we have to think in this pilgrimage of life is that it is good to...
Sometimes, there may be a mad man – looking absolutely crazy, sitting in one corner in the bus stand or in the street somewhere – who may not show any powers but he could very easily be an advanced...
If both ‘Shraddha’ and ‘Saburi’ are there, then there is definitely no problem in Sadhana. What happens often is that, when there is ‘Shraddha’, there is not enough ‘Saburi’ and, sometimes, ‘Saburi...
‘Shraddha’ means absolute one-pointed attention. It has been translated as ‘Faith’ also. It actually means absolute, one-pointed attention; complete attention on your goal. This is ‘Shraddha’.
Amongst the Sufis, there is a saying, which they attribute to Prophet Mohammed: ‘man arafa nafsahu faqad arafa rabbahu’ which means, he who knoweth his Self, knoweth his Lord.
Sometimes, what you think is misfortune is actually ‘fortune’, which comes in the garb of misfortune. Only then, you begin to think seriously, “Where am I going?” “What am I doing?” So, that’s anot...
The movement is from the unreal to the Real. For that, as mentioned in the Viveka Chudamani and other ancient texts like the Upanishads and Gita, the first thing to understand is that there is noth...