To Be In Satsang
Estar en satsang
--por Adyashanti
Nos reunimos aquí junt@s para reconocer la Verdad que es eterna. Estar en satsang significa estar en asociación con la Verdad. En satsang, preguntarás "¿Quién soy yo?" O "¿Qué soy yo?", sin ningún guión ni rol, sin la historia de quién eres. Nuestros roles e historias no son lo que somos. La verdad es quien eres sin tu historia o guión, ahora mismo. El despertar es un cambio radical en la identidad. Crees que eres tú, pero no lo eres. Eres un ser eterno. El momento de despertar es ahora. Mañana no. Ahora.
La bendición aquí es ser desarmad@ sin ninguna ventaja, sin ningún guión. La mente en sí no tiene ni idea cuando está totalmente desarmada. "Mi" es el actor que está actuando hasta ahora. Miramos y buscamos, pero no podemos encontrar nada ni a nadie detrás del "yo". Solo hay un eco vacío. De esta manera, cuando dejes ir más y más no encontrarás ningún actor detrás del papel. Esta es la experiencia sin palabras de ser. Lo que eres es anterior a tu idea de ti. Aquellos que saben quiénes son, son los que están despiertos sin un guión o una historia.
Incluso una experiencia de despertar puede ser reivindicada por la mente para no desarmarse más. Entonces, incluso el concepto más sagrado puede ser usado como una defensa sutil contra el estado del ser, que no puede ser fijado en un concepto. "Quién soy yo" es el estado vivo de ser que siempre has sido y eres ahora. No eres un ser humano, estás apareciendo como humano. Cuanto más te metas experiencialmente en lo desconocido, más te desarmarás. Justo en medio de lo desconocido, hay un vívido resplandor radiante. Al permitir el reconocimiento de ese despertar en ti, puedes despertar así.
El despertar, que está en ti, tiene agenda propia. No podrían importarle menos tus agendas. Se está moviendo según su propio movimiento. Así que sé agradecid@ por ello.
En estas circunstancias de estar totalmente desarmad@ y dejar de lado todos los conceptos y guiones, podrías pensar que no te beneficiaste de nada con este despertar. No resuelve ningún problema. No te proporciona nada. Lo importante es que ya no te importa. En el satsang un@ se despierta a lo que él/ella es eternamente y puede tener una vida verdadera.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Qué significa para ti estar en satsang? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de un momento en que ya no te importaban tus agendas? ¿Qué te ayuda a entrar experiencialmente en lo desconocido?
Adyanshanti es un maestro de meditación de renombre mundial.
Adyanshanti is a world-renowned meditation teacher. More about his awakening journey can be read here.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does being in satsang mean to you? Can you share a personal story of a time you no longer cared about your agendas? What helps you experientially enter the unknown?
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On Apr 11, 2019 Nidhi Kamath wrote :
To me Satsang means to be with oneself. To be in silence and face our own naked truths.
I think my agendas or things which I needed to improve shineout during a good meditation. And what helps me let go of these is the faith in the inner high consciousness which tries to reconnect with my unawakened part.
To me two things help me enter unknown
1. Gratitude for abundance or a good experience
2. Anxiety and unpleasantness inspires me to seek stability
I think my agendas or things which I needed to improve shineout during a good meditation. And what helps me let go of these is the faith in the inner high consciousness which tries to reconnect with my unawakened part.
To me two things help me enter unknown
1. Gratitude for abundance or a good experience
2. Anxiety and unpleasantness inspires me to seek stability
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On Apr 9, 2019 David Doane wrote :
Satsang means union with the truth. The truth is who I really am, not my roles and agendas. The truth is the essential me, out of which develops my ego which construct agendas. The fact is, I often care about agendas. Times I don't care about agendas are goalless and purposeless times, a break or vacation from agendas. Such are my happiest times. We're always in the unknown -- I'm usually aware of that -- we just fool ourselves into thinking we know. Only the past is known, and much of that we reconstruct. What keeps me knowing that we live in the unknown is the many times the "known" didn't happen. What helps me is to have learned to focus on process over outcome, right action over agendas.
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On Apr 9, 2019 Rajul Shah wrote :
To be in satsang to me means just TO BE without any concepts , beliefs , opinions. To see one self and others as such without their 'agendas' is being in satsang. Self inquiry in introspection helps me enter the unknown, also during meditation , in realizing the space between thoughts, I feel I have entered the unknown, even if for a brief time. i feel when the fine balance of life is disturbed with an illness or a death, one no longer cares for the agendas. We really start asking basic questions of life, who are we and why are we here and what is the purpose of our life. All the pursuits, rat races lose their meaning, we are more in the present, here and now. Deaths, illnesses are great to wake us up from this deep slumber .
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On Apr 9, 2019 kay wrote :
Simply, in nature. When I’m in presence in nature, my agenda is nothing and there is Oneness.
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On Apr 8, 2019 sheetal wrote :
I read this story about Satsang where sage Narada asks Lord Narayana what is the meaning of satsang, lord says your answer will be given by a worm on earth, so Narada decends to earth and asks the worm. Before replying, the worm dies. Perplexed Narada, goes back and this time the Lord sends him back to a bird. The bird hears the question, looks into the eye of Narada and passes away. Narada goes back and the lord sends him to a new born calf. The calf meets similar fate. At this Narada looses all patience and demands an answer from the Lord. The Lord very lovingly convinces him that new born human child will surely answer the question. Naradaupon this promise from Lord tries one more time, and asks the child and the child smiles and says "i gave you the answer when i was a worm".! Satsang is the one that helps you attain "sadgati"- i.e. helps you awaken in a new realm. And the child bows and says, just by your (Narada-the closest to Narayana) coming and seeking coun... [View Full Comment]
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On Apr 6, 2019 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
Satsangis a Sanskrit word, made up od two words, sat(pure Existence or Truth) and sangain the company or association with Truth.Sat is not bound by past or future. It is eternal presence. It is an experiencewithout preconceived thoughts and ideas, no prescript or no postscript.To me it is wordless experience of being.
I live in a world of space and time, where and when.I create my agenda and follow it without getting stressed out.I follow it to the best of my ability. This is the world of doing. I also invariably time for satsangawhere there is no time line or space boundry.It is a free zone, a zone of being- nothing to do and nowhere to go. Just to be fully present, to be here and now. It is an experience of inner unbound freedom. It is a time for waking up and staying in the state of awakening.
Practicing satsang everyday has helped me to be balanced between the world of doing and the world of non-doing,the world of being.Finding time everyday for practicing satsangacreates a state o... [View Full Comment]