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Tim’s Lunchtime Chat

Tim is a newcomer on the path who enjoys the interaction with older satsangis. His friend is a veteran… with a naughty sense of humour.

Food for Thought
Volume 14 · Issue 7

July 2018

There Is No One as Brave as a Saint

There is no one as brave as a saint. He has vanquished attachment along with its entire army, so perfect and tranquil is he. By donning the shield of …

Describing the Indescribable

From the beginning of my life I have been looking for your face but today I have seen it. Today I have seen the charm, the beauty, the unfathomable …

Except the Lord

Many years ago, the school I attended had its own school song which we used to sing on special occasions and at religious services. This song was …

The Image of God

Man is the highest form of creation, including the angels. Man is the image of God. The Creator and all his creation are within him, and he has been …

Truth in a Nutshell

Rich and Poor …

Another Side of Meditation

There seems to come a point in the journey of many satsangis when meditation is less than appealing. We tend to refer to this as a ‘dry’ period …

Love in Action

We all find that some occasions in our lives become engraved on memory. The events that are described below are engraved on mine because of three …

Benefits of Satsang

Let us remind ourselves how lucky we are to be able to attend satsang. No matter when or where followers of the spiritual path gather for satsang, it …

An Unchanging Happiness

Moods change us. This ‘I’ changes with the tides of mood. The word ‘emotion’ is from the Latin for ‘out’ and ‘move’. How we emote or …

Undoing the Knot

Mind is an instrument originating from the second spiritual region known as Trikuti. Here it was joined together with soul or atman which descended …

Living with a Serious Illness

We human beings are subject to the pairs of opposites that belong to this physical world – conditions such as health or sickness, wealth or poverty …

Why Question?

In life we are continually preoccupied with asking questions. We want to know when and how things will happen, building up a picture of the world …

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Those Who Bend Are Great

“Those who bend are great” is a wise Chinese proverb which, if applied to our own lives, would bring balance and harmony. We’re all in need of …

Under the Master’s Protection

We would be very pleased and surprised to know the depth of our Master’s concern for us, as shown by this very interesting extract from Treasure …

Don’t Expect

Baba Ji explains that pain comes from expectation. He points out that if we expect something from another as a reward for what we have done, we will …

Book Review

Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening …