The Satsang Journal
Teachings, field notes and stories of service from across The Satsang Foundation.
Shiva is neither born, nor does he die. As they say in Kashmir Shaivism, Shivam is Parabrahman, the all-pervading reality.
The night of Shivaratri is supposed to be the day of Shiva. What is night to us, is the day to the deity. It’s an awakening of energies and at that time if you sit down and do your sadhana, it will...
Do go at least once to the temple and see the aarti. If you can’t do that, sit quietly and meditate on the Shivam within you. Ajna is the doorway. When you look there, the light appears and, in thi...
Har Har Mahadev! Har means hara - to finish, to destroy, to remove and when everything is removed, who stays? Mahadev, who is in each one of us. So, the aim of sadhana is to find Shiva in yourself.
Trishool that Shiva holds - central part is the sushumna, right is the Pingala and left is the Ida nadi. When the Yogi symbolises the Trishool, it’s the spinal cord, the sushumna. And there is a da...
The Yogi knows that the first thing you hear in the Anahata, when the mind becomes calm, quietly enjoying, contemplating on the inner Shivam, is dum, dum, dum, the damru. Normally you don’t hear be...
Damru is special to Shiva. Dhug, dhug, dhug, when you make the sound of the damru and the nagada, you are sending a message to those beings who are responsible for the Jyotirlinga, saying we rememb...
Every human being, whatever be the outward actions or behavior, deep within treasures the Shivam, the Supreme Being. So, treat all human beings as temples, sacred. This is the first lesson to learn...
When you start your sadhana, you are swimming against the stream. Everybody is swimming in one way, you are trying to turn around and swim in the opposite direction. So, naturally obstacles and pro...
Yogas chitta vritti nirodha, which means yoga is the removal of all the disturbances and contradictions, all the distractions of the mind. When all the distractions of the mind are removed and the ...
Sadhana is living every day as a new day letting go of yesterday
The mind is the most important aspect of time. If you like something, time seems to be running very fast. If you don't like something, time seems to be running very slow.