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February 22, 2020 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Shiva is a perfect example, perfect representation of a yogi. Which of the Gods sits cross legged with eyes closed but Shiva. So that meditative posture in which these two eyes are closed, which me...

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February 21, 2020 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The whole process of sublimating the lower to the higher is the meaning of ‘Shivaratri’. To free oneself from temptation, to be totally attached to the highest so when you touch that there is no mo...

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February 19, 2020 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

If this little ‘I’, when it completely disappears when it becomes the ‘I’ of the little child, then you’ll know what is ‘Turiya’. When we reach close to it, ‘you’ are not there anymore. There is on...

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February 18, 2020 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

If you really want to have an anubhava (experience) of that Turiya, This little ‘I’, which says I am so and so, I am this, I know this, I don’t know this, I studied this, which also has attractions...

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February 17, 2020 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The recognition of Turiya is Self-recognition. It’s not as if a third party is recognized. In the state called Turiya, Turiya itself is the witness of itself. There is no other entity out there to ...

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February 16, 2020 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

Suppose, in deep sleep, in the heavenly state of bliss, the mind wakes up as a witness and sees it. Normally it doesn’t. It remembers when you wake up. Suppose there is awareness of deep sleep. The...

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February 13, 2020 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

On the one hand there is this traditional thing of serving the teacher and being around. But I always keep reminding them that this is not so important. The most important thing is to listen to wha...