The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
When the mind becomes quiet, which is the aim of all forms of meditation, one comes face to face with one’s consciousness. This consciousness resides in all human beings, irrespective of caste, cre...
In ‘Grahastha’, when your responsibilities are wound up and the children have become self-reliant, you are free to spend time in retirement in a quiet place, free from the troubles of everyday phon...
The ‘Agni tattva’ vis-a-vis the mind is actually the fire that burns within. Physically, it is the digestive fire. It is the aspiration to transform oneself from crude to subtle. ‘Agni ye swaha’ me...
It is possible for someone to lead a life like a normal human being in a material world and, at the same time, keep the spiritual aspirations intact and work in such as a way as to attain spiritual...
You must remember, when you go into a cave, you can leave everything behind but you can’t leave your mind. And yes, the problem is indeed the mind, not anything else around you.
In ancient India, the young aspirant, the neophyte known as the ‘Brahmachari’ went to the Rishis, seeking neither wealth, nor health, nor position but pure and unconditioned freedom. This pure, unc...
From my personal experience, I would say that the Truth is in the present, an ever-living experience, and not anything that can be gathered and stored in memory, because memory is a thing of the pa...
Serving a human being is the greatest form of worship. It also purifies your mind and prepares you for the spiritual journey.
We think, that with our rational brain, we can solve everything! This is one of the problems faced by man when he reads the scriptures. He feels, that with his intellect, he can explain everything....
The whole science of meditation is a way to go beyond or to go deeper into the mind, explore the deeper recesses to come up with greater abilities and understanding so much so that the mind realize...
What it is that we would attain in the ‘Grahastha’ phase that is different from the ‘Brahmacharya’ phase? Once you are married, you cannot take independent exclusive decisions because you have one ...
In this material world, earning one’s living and going through all the travails of worldly existence is a very necessary step to learning about spiritual consciousness and evolving to higher levels...