In associating with the saints, we will see holiness in action before our very eyes. He is not saying, “Well, you can attend satsang if you get time in your busy life.” He is rather implying that we must cling to those enlightened souls, the mystics, because only clinging to the enlightened ones will give us the chance to end the tyranny of the ego’s habitual worldliness. In the quotation above, the Master gives very clear advice. That is why the Masters tell us to associate with saints. When we keep the company of saints, devotees and lovers of God, we automatically develop the habit of devotion, whether we want to or not. When we spend time with drinkers, we take on the habit of drinking with smokers we get into the habit of smoking with thieves, we begin to steal. Our minds, as you know, are easily influenced by the company we keep. II, Hazur Maharaj Ji explains that in the company of the worldly, man loses his inborn spiritual qualities, whereas in the company of holy men or saints, he develops spiritual wisdom and love for God: Devotion turns to love and we realize that Shabd (the Name) and the giver of the Name (the Master) are ever present. Longing establishes the soul’s natural devotion for the Lord. It is only as satsang works on us and these attachments start to dissolve that the gift of divine longing unfolds. Paltu’s beautiful words remind us that we are seeking the Shabd (the Lord’s Name), without which we can’t get rid of the attachments that tie us to the physical. It is the beginning of a soul’s transformation from being trapped by ego to realizing its own divine nature.
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Satsang is given as a grace of the Lord and it is that grace which gives us enough faith to start regularly keeping company with the Master. Paltu explains that satsang is the means whereby the whole process of going back to the Lord is set in motion. Seek the gift of satsang therefore, O Paltu. If longing is absent,ĭevotion will not blossom. The Name of the Lord remains unknown, and without his Name,Īttachment to the world does not vanish. Paltu Sahib, a true Master who lived in eighteenth century India, explains: The paradox is that it is by listening to satsang and acting upon what we hear that we get the precious insight that attending satsang is very important – whether the Master is physically present or not. In our group meetings we intellectually say he is here, but do we really know it? Do we act as if we believe it? Actually, if it was more than a mere concept for us, our approach and behaviour would be very different. But are we there? Baba Ji counsels that we should rise above the limits of mind and body. The Master is present at every satsang whether he is delivering the discourse or giving darshan, or whether it is a group meeting held without his physical presence.
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Jesus Christ explained the essence of satsang when he said, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” We discover where we come from, who we are and where we are heading.
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We learn about our true nature and our true position in the world and we learn about our relationship with our Creator and how to get back to him. At satsang we receive an education of the heart (the spiritual heart or the soul). Satsang is a school of spirituality, a school with a difference because it is run by a realized soul who is one with the One. Truth is the true Master and in his company we grow spiritually. Sat means truth and sang means association or company. Satsang is a great anchor.Īlthough satsang can never be a substitute for our own spiritual practice, it is nevertheless an essential part of our spiritual development. We are all in the storm of our mind, and when we go to the satsang of the mystics, we find we can land on a shore. If your boat is caught in a storm and you reach the shore, you feel so relieved. III, Maharaj Charan Singh is quoted as saying: Perhaps its absence has reminded us of how precious it is and rekindled our longing for it. Following the several months when many of us had to do without satsang because of the coronavirus pandemic, it might be helpful to revisit why satsang is so valuable.