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Satsangs & Essays

Below are English language satsangs given by satsangis at Dera and elsewhere, alongside personal reflections and essays on applying the spiritual teachings.

2026 Satsangs & Essays

OCTOBER 2026 • ESSAY
The Snakes Within

Why are innocent people subjected to apparently terrible experiences? ...

SEPTEMBER 2026 • ESSAY
Invisible Us

There is a science fiction novel written by H.G. Wells called The Invisible Man that tells the story of a scientist who figured out a way to make himself invisible to the world. ...

AUGUST 2026 • SATSANG
Let the Light Shine Through

Rumi describes a profound truth: from that our mind behaves like a thick stone wall of ego, worldly attachments, desires, and karmas that block the path of our soul – going back to God. ...

JULY 2026 • ESSAY
Spiritual Liberation Is a Long Game

The Shabd masters are not interested in giving people spiritual experiences; rather, they want us to live spiritual lives: to spiritually develop and transcend our desires, attachments, and karmas so that we can be liberated from the cycle of transmigration in which our souls have been emmeshed for countless lifetimes. ...

JUNE 2026 • SATSANG
The Ashvattha Tree

There is a fig tree called “Ashvattha” that is said to have originated on the Indian subcontinent. ...

MAY 2026 • ESSAY
Einstein on Free Will

Does our world run entirely according to the Lord’s will, as the mystics assert? ...

APRIL 2026 • SATSANG
I Give Thee Thanks, O Lord

How grateful can we be for this gentle, loving and meaningful way of life in which our attention gradually shifts from the visible world to the divine, and our awareness awakens and gradually expands? ...

MARCH 2026 • ESSAY
Spirit Reaching Out to Us

Once longing for the Divine has been awakened within us, our life and our whole being starts going through an ever-deepening process of radical change and transformation. ...

FEBRUARY 2026 • SATSANG
Becoming a Spiritual Warrior

A spiritual warrior struggles and sacrifices to win the war in order to go home to the Lord. ...

JANUARY 2026 • ESSAY
Illusion of Time

Over the centuries, philosophers, scientists, and religious leaders have struggled to describe the physical universe, how it was created, when will it end, and the concept of time – each from their different points of view. ...

You Will Reach My Country My Home Take a Step Towards Me The Ship of Faith Pleasure and Pain Into Great Silence By Guru’s Grace The Glory of Repetition Bridge Over Troubled Water Being All In Advancing Age Purpose of this Human Form At the End of the Day Yesterday is History Touched by Stillness The Role of the Living Master Row, row, row your boat Our Last Moment One Long Chain Life is Nothing but an Exchange of Love and Devotion He is Simply Waiting Having Faith, Finding Love Being at Dera with Our Master Becoming Human Let Us Turn Homeward A Wake Up Call to Life That One Thing What Do We Live For? Closing the Gap His Inner Guidance Sacrifice Practical Hints on Meditation Remembering Our True Objective Worship Vast Joy The Ocean and the Ship of Nam Inner Silence Being Still Over 3,000 Years Our Positive Essential Nature Find the Positive The Waiting Soul Living Water In the Court of the Lord The Path of Love Wondrous Sound The Reason for Living I and My Father Are One Discouragement in Meditation The Bird that Sings Within Keep Your Gaze Fixed on the Master We Don’t Belong Here Language of Love A Bright Sun Has Dawned Seek the Lord Seeking Divine Presence Spiritual Need Catch-22 Opening the Heart Whole Again A Way of Life Spiritual Loneliness The Importance of the Master Is the Lord Lonely The More We Know, The Less We Understand A Life with Purpose Shifting Our Consciousness The Ultimate Act of Courage Through the Eyes of Animals You Ask for a Message Wake Up to Love I Will Show You My Form Die While Living The Subject Tonight Is Love Feeding the Flame of Love Death My Satguru Two Faces of Creation In the Stream of the Friend Balance and Stillness Patience Denial and Acceptance Love Defined Very Beauteous Is the Body-Bride A Hero’s Journey The Secret of Attention Trusting Mystery Rumi on Meditation Freedom from Misconceptions Ancient Myths, Modern Mystics Be Doers of the Word Going to the Giver Love (Bhakti) The Purpose of Life How To Be a True Sevadar Look into the Darkness Doubt Illusion Sticking to God's Plan Cinderella and the Dead Parrot Don't Worship the Physical Innocent as a Child Rebuilding Our Platforms True Grit Wonder Simplicity Living in the Will of the Lord Habits - The Stockholm Syndrome Devotion and Love Search for a True Guru Nothing Else Matters A Clear Mission The Red Carpet Thankful Beyond Words Remembering Dream or Reality Our Heart with His I Love You Human Being Remembering our Objective Listening I Know the Way You Can Get Becoming Conscious Commitment Attachments Diamonds Meditation is Medicine Stay Close The Spiritual Journey Forget Your Perfect Offering Intellect and Rationality in Spirituality Longing for Love Prescription for Life We All Have So Much in Common
Love is the Reason He is Very Much Present Wisdom of Kabbalah God Joins In We are Just Spectators Choice – A Beautiful Gift There is time to slow down The Machinery of Love Forgetfulness Do you have a Death Wish? Taking Refuge Baggage Handling A Relaxed Life Still Crazy After All These Years Rules Rules Rules The Mystic’s Miracle Exploring A Thankful Heart Our Own Corner of Peace Leaving Ourselves Behind Turn Around The Mystery of Effort Letting Go of Self Clarity of Purpose Living the Vertical Life Just Stay in the Race The Days of Our Lives From Compulsive Stumbling to Conscious Living I Wish You Joy of Heart Today The Master’s Health Who Am I A Change in Outlook Just Being Grateful Being Alone and Lonely Keep Paddling Our Relationship with the Divine Addicted to Our Selves The Value of Tears The Magic of Life Signs of a Vanishing Ego A Spiritual Perspective It’s All About Stepping Up The Purpose of Quarantine Three Diseases, One Cure Are We There Yet Lovers of Leaving The Living Water Entering Sach Khand Simran Is Remembering Our Master Our Insignificant Sevadar The Elephant in the Room Simplicity In All Its Grandeur Revolutionary Love Babel and Babble Appointment With Death The Origin of Origins Struggle Makes Us Strong One and the Same What If…. Can You See Me Now? Water Seeks Its Own Level Karma Made Simple Seva in Time of Covid Confronting Nothingness One Fold One Shepherd Come Let Us Meet Love in an Instant Sincerity Carrying Satsang into Our Daily Lives Ten Letters from a Representative Love One Another Advice for All Times Only Do Good Things Following Instructions The Best of Times Escaping the Sword of Damocles Glimpses of the Divine The Value of Life The Importance of Faith during the Covid-19 Pandemic Fraternity and Social Friendship Become So Beautiful that God Can No Longer Resist You Just Relax The Intricate Game of Love What Attitude! Rest Awhile True Protection from Life's Pandemics All Clear! Kill the Buddha Giving Up Old Ways of Thinking Ode to Joy The Goal Ever Recedes It’s About Time Why Do Fools Fall in Love? The Nectar Within You've Got a Friend Life's Contradictions On Realizing Real Reality Infinity and Beyond The Link between Love and Obedience Letting Go Blind Faith 2020 Spiritual Hindsight The Master’s Purse The Server or the Served No Social Distancing with the Inner Master In a Dark Wood Man is a God in Ruins The Use of Our Extra Time The Quest for Health Rumi in the Time of COVID-19 What’s Important in Life? Who Is Pushing Our Swing Time No Better Time Live Life As Life Lives Itself Touch of Grace All Dressed Up and Ready to Dance What, me worry? Wake Up Self-Reflection in Times of Disruption Love is a Verb The Joy of Solitude Love Reigns Supreme Responding to Stress Use It to Go to God Beyond Judgment The Gift of Fear Something Is Missing Butter, Rope, $20, and Happiness The Wisdom of the Virus A Change of Perspective Do We Need a Minister of Loneliness? The Meaning of Satsang What Is Our Perspective on Life? Transforming Prison Into a Refuge Happiness Is Available Right Now Shabd Amrit Dhara Time and Opportunity Thoughts from Lockdown The Coronavirus and Karma Theory The World Has Come to a Full Stop Dera’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Advice from the Masters in Times of Upheaval Why Be Vegetarian? Cults, Gurus, Religions, and Misconceptions Making Sense of Being Human A Spiritual Perspective Mysticism and the Search for Truth One Spiritual Family Running from Death, Longing for Love Finding Peace and Happiness At Last A Brief Biography of Maharaj Charan Singh