SOHAM

Physicality is unconsciousness. Unconsciousness means that which exists by memory or information. Memory is always pre-written like a recording. It just plays out, that which is already fed inside. Thus, existing by memory is to become a record player which is to exist in a compulsive or in a pre-defined manner. Unconsciousness, always follows a laid-down path; a pre-written path. An unconscious existence has no freedom or choice to follow a different path than what is prescribed. A dog, for example, is born as a dog; lives as a dog and dies as a dog. How a dog will live its life is, predetermined. A dog, just happens strictly in line with the memory it carries within, similar to a toy which functions strictly as per the memory which it carries within. A dog cannot deviate from the laid-down path. It cannot, for example, become or live, like a lion. This is what unconsciousness or compulsiveness is. Unconsciousness, therefore is bondage because the way of functioning is well-programmed...

If you see someone as totally silent then, know for sure, that one of the two things are true about him - either he is asleep/ about to fall asleep or he is dead / will fall dead shortly. This is for the reason, that these two things – sleep and death - cannot happen to a person, until he becomes totally silent within. We know, through experience, that one cannot go to sleep until he is fully relaxed and silent within and the same is true for natural death too. If you pay little attention, you will know that a person who is approaching his natural death, he slowly and gradually, starts becoming silent within. This happens for the simple reason that his prarbdha or destiny, which is his karmic memory, is now coming to a close. Prarbdha is one installment of karma, which one is supposed to finish in this life. Once, this prarbdha is over, one cannot remain in this physical body any longer. That’s the reason that one who is quite young and is still left with enough prarbdha karma is u...

The word Satsang is a combination of two words, namely, sat and sang . Sat means truth and sang means company. Thus, satsang, simply means, to be in the ‘company of the truth’. When you are in communion with the truth, you are in satsang .   Now, the question arises as what is sat or truth. The word Sat or Satya or truth, here, does not mean and does not refer to, what we usually understand, by this word, in our day-to-day language. The word sat or satya or truth, here, means and refers to that truth which is ‘The Truth’ i.e. the only truth. Spiritually speaking, Truth is only one and this truth is the universal truth – (s aarvabhaumik sat ) i.e. that which is the truth, across the universe. The universal Truth is not limited to any particular period; time or space but is the truth, irrespective of the time, period and space. Also, the truth, which we are referring to, is always the truth i.e. was the truth yesterday; is the truth today and will be the truth tomorrow. ...

Did you ever wonder at the level and kind of knowledge a mystic has? I’m sure, you must have. Not only, but after having met a mystic, the first thought which must have come to your mind is, how and where from did he gather this knowledge? For sure, you, must have wanted to know as which books, he has been reading or he has read so that you could also access those books or that source so as to be equally knowledgeable as the mystic is. But you are mistaken. Because you are functioning out of your mind, hence, you also think that way. Because we gather knowledge from books and other sources on the outside by using our mind, we think or assume that he, too, must have done that. We only know and think that knowledge can only be gathered or acquired from outside such as books etc. This is totally incorrect.   We need to understand one thing that what a mystic has with him is not knowledge but knowing. Knowledge and knowing are completely different things. Knowledge is acquired or g...