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November 15, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 3 comments

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...

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November 14, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 3 comments

To be truthful, there is really no little self. All the great sages who have gone deep into the question, “Who am I?” have found that as they begin to enquire into the origin of the ‘I’, the little...

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November 13, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

All our lives are based upon the understanding that, “I am the body’. The ego, which is the mind, is built-up based on the understanding that ‘I am this body’. But there are many aspects of you, wh...

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November 12, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The aim of the spiritual teaching in ancient India was to discover the unconditional ever-free self in all human beings. To break free from all bondage and all psychological bondage. To realize tha...

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November 11, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

Greed transfers itself even into the so-called spiritual system. I call this ‘spiritual materialism’. I don’t think real teachers are for sale. You can give them millions of dollars but I don’t thi...

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November 10, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 3 comments

Imagination or visualization is a divine capacity given to the human mind by which it can visualize and create reality out of its visualizations. This is because it derives its capacity to create f...

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November 09, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 2 comments

Have patience in the face of criticism. Even when greatly agitated, try to be patient. Things will take care of themselves. We can never say when the Grace of God comes, so we cannot be impatient. ...

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November 08, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

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...

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November 07, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

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...

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November 06, 2016 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 2 comments

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.