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Sri M said...

July 03, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

From the unreal feeling, the unreal understanding, the unreal imagination that I am the body, may I be lifted to a plane where I may begin to understand that I am the Reality. May the Reality dawn ...

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July 02, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

‘Govinda’ is the Supreme Being; Krishna is also called ‘Govinda’ because he had complete control over the cows with him. Now ‘Go’ also means the senses and one who has complete control over the sen...

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July 01, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

The Dhyana sloka in the Bhagvad Gita says: “Sarvo Upanishado Gaavo—all the Upanishads are cows; Dugdha Gopala Nandana—the one milks them is Krishna, the cowherd boy; Partho Vatsaha—Partha or Arjuna...

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June 30, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 2 comments

In the deeper sense of the term, the consciousness, which is the ground from which all the thoughts arise, that is the real you. So to get back there, you have to allow the thoughts to quieten down.

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June 29, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 3 comments

When I am clear, when I have no single thought touching my mind, when I can control what thought I want, that is not fantasizing. Fantasizing means replacing reality with something unreal. Here, in...

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June 28, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

To get the mind free of the material world’s trappings, I would say the only way is to live in the midst of it. Get guidance from one’s teacher and work towards handling it. Come to terms with the ...

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June 27, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

The sustainer and creator of the universe is the intelligent energy that pervades this universe. The ‘atman’—the consciousness that we understand—is a spark of that supreme consciousness. We cannot...

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June 26, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read 1 comment

The sun is a symbol of the Supreme primordial life energy, the ‘Vaisvanaara’, which pervades all objects, protects all objects, and gives life to everything on Earth. The Rishi, also known as the K...

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June 24, 2015 The Satsang Foundation 1 min read

I look at this world and I see, through ordinary common sense, that it is not permanent. It is not permanent, it is temporary and what is temporary cannot be real. Everything is getting destroyed. ...