REFLECTION FROM OUR INHERITED WISDOM

REFLECTIONS FROM THE FAITHS :- No:- 2


Our theme is Dicipleship

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We continue our  series of reflections from the different Faith Traditions. These show both the richness in diversity and the Unity in the Spirit, which the human family shares and can give us insight into the meaning and the message of God , Ultimate Reality.

These reflections are part of humanity's common Inherited Wisdom, a wisdom that has stood the test of time.



When one has handed oneself over to the Master and Lord one is never alone. He is true to His promise ‘ I am with you all the time ‘ and one becomes stable because one never moves from the Master’s feet – only the body moves, the Self is still’
Sister Ishpriya


True understanding comes from true practice. Understanding and love are values that transcend all dogma.
Thich Nhat Hanh ( Zen Buddhist Master)

The entire meaning and content of the Bible is to be found, say the Apostles, not in the message about Christ but in an encounter with Christ
Thomas Merton ( Christian Monk )

Give me thy mind and give me thy heart, give me thy offerings and adoration; and thus with thy soul in harmony, and making me thy goal supreme, thou shall in truth come to me
Bhagavad Gita ( Hindu Scripture )

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Balance and Compassion in our life

The Need for Balance and Compassion in our Life


The Lord says, stand at the crossroads and look and ask for the ancient pathways and where is the best road and you will find peace          Jeremiah  6:16.


The quotation above is from the Jewish Scriptures. It highlights the importance and the value of Inherited Wisdom. This is wisdom that is universal and a wisdom that has stood the test of time. The following article reflects on how we can balance our twin needs and also the importance of Compassion , both for self and others.  It is based on some reflections made during a week long Satsang at Die Quelle with Sister Ishpriya


To view the article, click on the link below.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/36296142/Balancing-Twin-Needs

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Closed Minds or Open Doors

CLOSED MINDS or OPEN DOORS?

‘The one that sees only the diversity and not the underlying unity,

wanders on from death to death’ Hindu Scripture

The quotation (above) from the Hindu Upanishads sprang to mind during my reflections on a talk by Ishpriya on the urgent need to counter the tendency in our world community to increasingly close doors on each other. She was addressing the importance of being able to ‘speak across different religious languages’ and suggested that this required mindfulness and the need to re-energise our inner life and to keep this in focus. Our world is beginning to close its doors and fundamentalism, in all its aspects, has a tendency to slam shut the doors between peoples, ideas and cultures.

Gandhiji, before India was granted independence, was very aware of the tendency of fundamentalists to shut doors and build barriers between peoples. He is quoted as saying ‘. No, open the doors and windows wide. I want the wind of every culture and language to flow freely throughout this house’. Gandhiji certainly knew the importance and value of open doors and a free exchange between peoples.

In commenting on the tendency to close doors, Ishpriya stressed that this was mainly based on fear and lack of trust. She reminded us, that in the Christian tradition, the disciples hid behind closed doors at Pentecost

(This occurred before they then received the Holy Spirit). So this growing tendency to close doors required us to explore how our Satsang Commitment could help us to find ways of opening doors. The fear and mistrust that underpin the closed door syndrome cause growing depression, anxiety and can lead to ‘neurotic isolationalism’.

So our task in Satsang is to ask ourselves, ‘Where are my doors closing’? Because where doors close there is a breakdown in communication. This was, she suggested, a paradox in this digital age, an age where communication is so much easier. To counteract this tendency we needed to become fully human and to become fully human we needed each other. This meant that we needed to inter-communicate. We are not self-created and our style and method of communication is, of course, informed by our personality and personal circumstances. We need to look at our personal areas of communication, with friends, in other relationships and also our personal freedom and the choices we made.

This is a responsibility that each and every member of the human family needs to face and accept. We are all responsible for the future. Because when we become aware of our common humanity, ‘communication with the other leads us to the OTHER (The In-Dweller)’ She suggested that it seems both Interfaith and ecumenical dialogue are stuck in a rut and that the doors are closing. Therefore we need to urgently find ways to communicate. We need to bear in mind that our communication is ‘self-reflective’. The way I communicate reveals something of me. The way I am willing to ‘open doors’ , to inter-communicate and to play my part in reducing fear, defensiveness, depression etc, helps others to do likewise.

Gandhi Greeting

My reflections left me with lots of questions and a challenge. I was struck by the quotation from Gandhiji. It stands in stark contrast to the mood of our times. It is only when we feel safe that we can then open wide our doors and windows and welcome strangers. The United States was founded on the principle of welcoming strangers and the oppressed and poor. The quotation on the Statue of Liberty bears ample witness to this. History seems to suggest that it was this willingness to accept the poor and oppressed brought out the best in America. Britain is another country well known for its tolerance and ability to welcome the oppressed and successive waves of immigration, from the Huguenots, through to the Jews and Irish, the West Indians and people from the sub-continent of India. It was these two countries, along with others who have traditionally stood out against oppressors.

But now in the West we are beginning to pull down the shutters and close the doors. The U SA, post 9/11 is seemingly a less friendly and open society. In Europe we are beginning to shut our borders and to use ‘labels’ to describe the oppressed and poor members of the human family. We talk of ‘economic migrants’, ‘illegal immigrants’, ‘terrorists’ etc. All this is stated and printed in a derogatory and fearful way. Throughout the world people are beginning to close their hearts and minds to true dialogue, losing compassion and also sight of who we really are, made in the image of the Source and all joined by an underlying unity.

That our human family and our planet are at a crucial point is seemingly self-evident. Our scientists and cosmologists warn us of the dangers facing the planet. There is serious doubt whether mankind, as a species, can survive much longer. It seems that our planet may have no choice other than to ‘get rid of us’. The past 100 years have arguably seen more wars, famines and disasters than in all the previous history of mankind. We ignore our environment at our peril. Most of the aboriginal peoples, and their spirituality – including my roots in Celtic Spirituality, have stressed our need to cherish and reverence our planet, nature and the environment.

In the past few centuries we have seemingly ignored this ancient and well known ‘ wisdom of the ages’ and our planet is suffering. Our great Faith Traditions and ideologies are seemingly being taken over by fundamentalists whose ‘simplistic certainties’ counsel division and strife. The mystics and sages of all the great Traditions have throughout the ages warned us of the dangers of failing to see our underlying unity. They have tried to help us to see that we are essentially ‘Spirit’ and therefore united through The Source.


As an individual and a member of Satsang, I have to seriously challenge myself to face my responsibilities. There is no sitting on the fence, no waiting for further data before I make up my mind! I am either on the side of life or by making no choice I really choose death. There is a theory of ‘the critical/crucial mass. IT seems to be borne out in nature and by evolution. If this is in fact a ‘law’, which is highly likely, then, if sufficient people choose to side with life, to side with the Planet, to side with the concept that we are all equal members of this human family, then change will occur. This will require me (and others) to make constant choices for life, for equality for people and for the planet. Even our seemingly small choices make a difference. I, like others, need to reach out to others across difference and to build bridges that unite. This is a truly awesome and important task of the living out the Satsang Commitment and thus playing my part in :-

Seeking Together – Helping to Create – A Planetary Vision – A Universal Heart of Compassion

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Sister Ishpriya :- Spiritual Guide

Sister Ishpriya :- Spiritual Guide         and the foundations of the ISA

Sister Ishpriya is the founder and Spiritual Guide of the International Satsang Association  (ISA).  The following pdf file gives some background on Ishpriya and the ISA

They include some important aspects on her background in India and how India's rich spiritual heritage influenced and developed her approach to spirituality and the formation of the ISA.

It charts her involement in the Ashram movement, where she co-founded 4 Ashrams, her time in Rishikesh with Hidu Swamis and Sanyassins and her decision to take her teachings to the West.

All of this influenced and laid the foundations of the ISA

(For further details on the ISA, Sister Ishpriya and her teachings and podcasts see other posts on this Blog and the ISA website  ;- see link that follows.)


Website       http://www.international-satsang.org/


To learn more about Ishpriya and the ISA, Click on link below to view and to copy or print

http://www.scribd.com/doc/36264821/Notes-on-Sister-Ishpriya

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Die Quelle :- Prayers of Dedication

Die Quelle :- ISA Sadhana Ashram

Die Quelle is the International Centre of the ISA and a Sadhana Ashram. The following slideshow gives a guided tour around Die Quelle and includes the Prayers of dedication used to mark its opening.

To view some pictures of Die Quelle - the ISA Sadhana Ashram and the Prayers of Dedication  for its opening, then just click on the link below


http://www.scribd.com/doc/36258272/Die-Quelle

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The Voice of the First Day:- Mindful Practice

The Voice of the First Day

‘We have lived and kept the earth as it was on the First Day ‘

Words of Aboriginal Elder

Ayers Rock at Sunrise

Uluru ( Ayers ) Rock is an important ‘pilgrimage’ site for Australian Aborigines. It is a sacred place and a symbol of how these people revere and respect the land. Like many of the aboriginals peoples of our planet, land is sacred and certain places are especially so. For me the words of an Australian Aboriginal Elder ‘ We have lived and kept the earth as it was on the First Day’ still make an impact. I first heard them several years ago on a Retreat in Austria with Sister Ishpriya and the memory is still vivid today. They remind me of the importance of our environment and its impact on my spiritual journey. But first let us put them in a wider context.

All, the aboriginal peoples of the world have ‘creation stories’. These have been handed down from generation to generation. They are people’s attempts to explain the source and wonder of creation . They are an attempt to place creation in a context and to help us to understand our part in the ‘wholeness of creation’. The following are some further words from an Aboriginal Elder, who was answering the perennial call or search of the ages ‘ Where did all this come from ‘ ? These words convey the sacredness with which the Aboriginal people treat the earth, the land and all living things.

The Voice of the First Day

They say we have been here for 60,000 years
But it is much longer.
We have been here since the time before time began.
We have come directly out of the dream time
Of the creative elders

We have lived and kept the earth
As it was on the First Day
     

           The Blue Planet

For me these words demonstrate the respect and awe that some peoples have for creation. They convey a sense of the sacredness of Mother Earth, a sense that our modern world could benefit from experiencing. Arguably, we have done more in the past few centuries to despoil, destroy and detract from the environment and in the process have damaged our wonderful home – the Blue Planet.

My understanding is that so much of our modern attitude towards our planet is rooted in the Western sense of Duality. This has emerged over the past 8000 years and has arguably become more marked due to the Roman- Grecian influence on our culture and religions. This has led to a tendency to separate ourselves from our environment, nature and the planet. This was not always so. My own roots are in the Celtic Tradition. This was once a culture that revered the environment and the sacred in all. However, this too succumbed to Roman patriarchal influences.

Thus we in the West have a tendency to see things as opposites or as either or. Examples of this are :- Sacred versus Secular , Intellect versus Emotions , Right versus Wrong, Male versus Female, West versus East and so on. This constant either : or attitude saturates so much of our modern thinking and society. It has played a big part in creating divisions between us and our planet and between us as members of the human family. Thus we can so often act as ‘conquerors ‘ of the world and thus feel we can take whatever we want.

Yet our Planet , which is part of the evolving cosmos, has been around for billions of years. It is an amazing organism that has supported and co-created an amazing diversity of organisms; plants, animals, birds and peoples. It can provide all we need and are ever likely to need. Perhaps, we have lost sight of our real ‘needs’ and have become too focused on our wants.

                                                                   Walking with our Border Collie

I know, that at times, this can be true of me. I can get swept along by the frenzy and business of our modern acquisitive world. I am a product of my environment at the physical, intellectual, cultural and spiritual levels. To avoid being swept along, I have found that taking time out for reflection and retreat is so important. These times do not necessarily need to be for long. It can be as simple as my regular morning walks with our Border Collie ‘ Morgan’ . In fact it was during one of these regular walks that these reflections began to emerge.

Rear View of Die Quelle - Sadhana Ashram                                                                                

Of course it can also be important to take longer periods out. To find times of silence and solitude. In fact , as I stated earlier, it was during a Silent Retreat at Die Quelle , the ISA Sadhana Ashram in Austria, that the theme of walking our dream trek , an Aboriginal ides, was so prominent. Because a common spiritual analogy is that of life being a ‘Journey’ and this is both an inner and outer journey. In many cultures important milestones in life (e.g. entering adulthood ) are marked by an outer journey. In aboriginal culture the person goes on a Dream Trek – a walk about. They are encouraged to walk with great awareness and ,as Buddhism exhorts us, to ‘examine the ground on which we stand

My idea and intentions on Retreat are loosely based around these concepts. They provide me with the opportunity and the ‘space’ to reflect on ‘the ground on which I am standing’. Retreats give me the opportunity to reflect on this inner and outer journey and to assess the balance between the twin needs of living in my outer and inner world. I can ponder , but not necessarily find definitive answers, to the following questions:

Where am I on my journey ?

 How am I physically, psychologically and spiritually ?

What changes, however small, could I begin to make to address any imbalance?

                               Meditating in the Cave of the Heart

  These are complex, difficult but extremely important questions and difficult to answer. However, the silence and solitude of Die Quelle, along with the daily rhythm helps to calm down the inner noise and thus assist in encouraging an attitude of deep inner listening. This is further helped by the regular periods of Group Meditation and focused of mindful , mindfulness and my own particular Sadhana of Zen Walking , a practice of mindful, slow walking. I also daily take long walks in the surrounding hills, with its beauty and splendour.

                                                                             

After several days of descending into the silence, I find that the psychological begins to slow down and I can begin to listen to the ‘inner voice’. If , like me, you believe that there is an Ultimate Source to creation, God by whatever name you call it, then this ‘inner voice’ is connected to the Spirit. Listening attentively and mindfully to this is to begin to listen to ‘ the voice of the first day’ . Each day I arise presents me with a fresh opportunity to be open to the Spirit, to listen to myself, others and the beauty of nature. All speak of the beauty, inter-connectedness and the wonder and marvel of creation.

Times of Retreat heighten my awareness of all this and particularly to the fact that on my body-psyche journey I am part of this glorious planet. I am part of a world that has evolved over hundreds of millions of years and , as the Aboriginal Elder suggests, a world that has been here since the time before time began. So what can I do to begin to address the balance? What can I do to begin to live up to the challenge that the words of the aboriginal elder faces us with. Have we kept the earth as it was on the first day and what will we hand on to our children ?

There are no definite answers to these questions. They provide me with an on-going challenge and an ever-present responsibility towards developing my  awareness and , recognising the inter-connectedness of all, I can continue to  play my part in :-

‘creating a planetary vision

and a universal heart of compassion’

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LOCAL SATSANG MEETINGS - AUTUMN 2010

Satsang Programme :- September - December 2010



The following is a prelimary programme for our Area Meetings Autumn 2010.Normally our meetings take place in  Wolverhampton

The Friends Meeting House, Wolverhampton

The Friends Meeting House

Summerfield Road

Wolverhampton

September :- Special Members Only Meeting

We have been unable to obtain a meeting place for September. In addition, with the impending changes to the ISA Constitution we have decided to hold a special meeting to allow Members to discuss the implications for our Area. Normal OPEN MEETINGS 


OCTOBER :- Saturday 9th - 1.30 - 5.00


NOVEMBER:- Saturday 13th - 10.30 - 4.30

Buddha

This will be the first of our normal 3 special Days of Reflection. It will be a time for Mindful Awareness, Reflection, Companionship and sharing. With input, periods of silence, meditation/silent prayer, reflection and sharing.





DECEMBER:- Saturday 11th - 1.30 - 5.00

Further details on our October to December programme will be published in late September. It is also hoped to produce an Annual Programme of events

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Reflections from the Faith Traditions - August 2010

Some Reflections from the Storehouse of Universal Wisdom


This is the first in a regular series of quotations from our common inherited wisdom. These are quotations from the Universal experience and Inheritance of the spiritual traditions and of the mystics. They contain extremely condensed Spiritual wisdom. Each are worthy of deep reflection


"The time has come to lower our voices, to cease imposing our mechanistic patterns on the biological processes of the earth, to resist the impulse to control, to command, to force, to oppress, and to begin quite humbly to follow the guidance of the larger community on which all life depends."   
                                                                     Thomas Berry
  


There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it has happened.
                                                                    Mark Twain

“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.  Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. '                                                                                                        

                                                                  Chief Seattle

“The cause of all pain and suffering is ignorance.”                                     
                                                                 The Buddha


Whatever you do, make it an offering to me - the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering. In this way you will be freed from the bondage of karma, and from its results both pleasant and painful. Then, firm in renunciation and yoga, with your heart free, you will come to me                                        
                                                                 Bhagavad Gita


“Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents; it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors; we borrow it from our Children.”                                                                                             
                                                                  Ancient Indian Proverb




People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar                                
                                                               Thich Nhat Hanh (Buddhist Teacher)



The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of being hurt.                
                                                              Thomas Merton

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Iherited Wisdom- The Isa Upanishad

The Isa Upanishad - the Jewel of the Vedanta

The Spiritual and Faith Traditions are part of our common and inherited wisdom. Spirituality pre-dates the formal Religions or Faith Traditions by at least 50000 or more years. However, the most ancient of the formal religions is Hinduism.

The Vedas are the Holy Scriptures of the Hindu Faith Tradition. They are the oldest recorded scriptures and contain many pearls of wisdom. The Upanishads are referred to as the Vedanta - the end of the Vedas. They are the jewels of Hindu Scripture and its Spiritual Teaching. One of the shortest but most concise, precise and beautiful, is the Isa Upanishad.


Sister Ishpriya has recorded some reflections on this Upanishad in her series Take Fullness from Fullness. These are available in CD format or can be downloaded and/or ordered on the Media portion of the
ISA website http://www.international-satsang.org/


The Scriptures of all the Faith Traditions are Universal Wisdom. They belong to all peoples for all times. They are part of our common inheritance. Whenever and wherever people are 'touched by the Spirit' and record these experiences, they are relevant for all. Christians inherited the Jewish Scriptures and find comfort and wisdom in these. Islam, acknowledges much of the Old Testament and Sikhism, incorporates Islamic and Hindu Scripture into its Guru Granth Sahib ( The Holy Book) . So being inspired by the Scriptures of other Traditions is a well known experience.

Take Fullness from Fullness

Reflections on the Isa Upanishad

Take Fullness from Fullness is a series of CDs downloadable from the ISA Website www.international-satsang.org They are some wonderful reflections by Sister Ishpriya on the Isa Upanishad. Her first talk in the series, ‘WHY ?’ , sets the series and the Isa Upanishad in a context . These notes are merely added as many may be interested in the Upanishads and their background.


Although we may come from different Faith Traditions, those of us who are committed and serious about our chosen spiritual path derive great comfort and inspiration from the Sacred Scriptures. In addition we know that the One we seek is in many ways ‘unknowable’ . God, the Supreme Spirit, Ultimate Reality Allah, Satguru or by whatever name we call Him is in many ways a sacred mystery. Our Muslim friends talk about the 99 names of God and Hindus talk of the 1000 faces of Brahman.



                                                            Boat on the Sacred Ganges at Varanasi

So each Faith Tradition provides a ‘window’ onto the Reality and each also has a strong history or tradition which dwells on the ‘Mystical’ aspect of God. In Islam, this is perhaps best represented by the Sufi Mystics and Masters. In Christianity we have the long tradition of the Desert Fathers, John of the Cross, Hildegard of Bingen and Mother Juliana of Norwich to mention but a few. In Hinduism this mystical strand is found in the life and teachings of the Rishis ( seers) and many Sannyasis ( monks and nuns). However, they reach the peak of the essence of the teaching in the great Upanishads.


The Upanishads are part of the Vedanta ( the end of the Vedas), whilst the Vedas themselves come from a Sanskrit word ( to know or to possess) The Upanishads are considered to be the ‘pearls of the Hindu teachings’ A very literal translation of the Sanskrit word Upanishad is ‘to sit at the feet of the Master. There are many hundreds of these ‘epistles’ or Upanishads. Their authors are unknown and they stretch back at least 3000 years. However, there are about twenty or so which are considered to be spiritual masterpieces and in most compilations the Isa Upanishad, although the shortest and by no means the oldest, is considered to be the most concise and prosaic of them all, in fact it is ‘ the jewel in the crown of the Upanishads’ . It is almost always the first one in any edition of the Upanishads. Unlike the great Bhagavad Gita, many of the Upanishads are not as well known but they do contain wisdom of equal validity and relevance.

The 18 verses plus the opening Shanti Patha ( Invocation for Peace) are contained in the following two pages.

Sannyasi near Rishikesh

ISAWASYA UPANISAD:- THE ISA UPANISHAD

SHANTI – PATHA :- The Invocation of Peace

Fullness is here; Fullness is there.

When Fullness is taken from Fullness

Fullness still remains

OM Shanti – Shanti - Shanti

1. Behold the Universe in the glory of God: and all that lives and moves on earth.Leaving the transient, find Joy in the Eternal: Set not your heart on another’s possessions.

2. Working thus, a man may wish for a life of a hundred years. Only actions done in God bind not the soul.

3. There are demon haunted worlds, regions of utter darkness. Whoever in life denies the Spirit falls into that darkness of death.

4. The Spirit, without moving, is swifter than the mind.The senses cannot reach him: He is ever beyond them all. Standing still, he overtakes those who run. To the ocean of His being, the Spirit of Life leads the streams of action.

5. He moves, and he moves not. He is far, and He is near. He is within all, and he is outside all.

6. The one who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings, loses all fear.

7. When a wise one sees this Great Unity and his own Self has become all beings.What delusion and what sorrow can ever be near him?

8. The Spirit filled all with his radiance. He is without form and invulnerable, pure and untouched by evil.
He is the supreme seer and thinker, immanent and transcendent. He placed all things in the path of Eternity.

9. Into deep darkness fall those who follow action. Into deeper darkness fall those who follow knowledge.

10. One is the outcome of knowledge and the other is the outcome of action. Thus have we heard from the ancient sages who explained this truth to us.

11. He who knows both knowledge and action, with action overcomes death and with knowledge reaches immortality.

12. Into deep darkness fall those who follow the immanent. Into deeper darkness fall those who follow the transcendent.

13. One is the outcome of the transcendent and the other is the outcome of the immanent. Thus have we heard from the ancient sages who explained this truth to us.

14. He who knows both the transcendent and the immanent, with the immanent overcomes death and with the transcendent reaches immortality.

15. The Face of Truth remains hidden behind a circle of Gold. Unveil it, O God of Light, that I, who love the True, might see!

16. O life giving sun, off-spring of the Lord of Creation, solitary seer of heaven! Spread Thy Light and withdraw Thy blinding splendour, that I might behold Thy radiant form.That Spirit far away within Thee is my own inmost Spirit.

17. May Life go to immortal life, and the body go to ashes. Oh my soul, Remember past strivings, Remember! Oh my soul, Remember past strivings, Remember!

18. By the Path of Good lead us to final bliss, O Fire Divine, thou god who knows all ways. Deliver us from Wandering Evil. Prayers and adoration we offer unto thee.

Translation by Juan Mascaro(Penguin Books)

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Meeting in Satsang - Resting on the Journey

Satsang with Sister Ishpriya

We live in a world that is constantly changing. For many change is exciting, for others it is stressful. However, for all of us it can be challenging. The 'flow' or 'rush' of life can sweeep us along and we can so often end up in a places we don't want to be. Consequently, it is wise to regularly take time out to reflect on our Journey

Satsang Members meet regularly in monthly Satsang and are joined by many others. Our meetings provide a 'space' in which to reflect on and share of the Journey. It can be both helpful and comforting to spend time with 'like minded' people. This  does not mean we all share precisely the same ideas, Faith Traditions or Spiritual Practices. It merely means that we are all open to the challenge of diversity and the positive possibilities of compassionate companionship.  Each year we try to find the opportunity to meet for a a number of days of reflection , commonly referred to as a Retreat. Annually, these Retreats are facilitated by Sister Ishpriya, the founder and Spiritual Guide of the International Satsang Association ( http://www.international-satsang.org/) This picture records one of these annual retreats.

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Welcome to the Midlands and North ( UK) Satsang Members

WELCOME

Welcome to this our  first 'posting' on our Satsang Members Blog. We hope that this Blog areawill provide a useful and interesting place for all who visit our Website and who are interested in the principles, ideals and values of the International Satsang Association.( ISA)

The ISA is an association of people from all over the world, of all and no Faith Traditions. Its members are seriously interested in developing their awareness of themselves, each other, the environment, planet and the Cosmos. They are individuals who strive  to become  more aware of themselves, of theit inter-connectedness with others, the Cosmos and Ultimate Reality.

This 'blog' will be regularly updated to provide news of the activities of Satsang Members in the UK (Midlands and North ). It will, contain articles, pictures, poems and reflections  on spirituality.

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