snippets of satsang (Tiru Dec. 2010 & Jan. 2011)
Tiruvannamalai (India)
December 2010 & January 2011
satsang 9th December 2010:
distractions during meditation
what is the meaning
of satsang?
paths, shortcuts
& success rates
satsang 10th December 2010:
about Andy,
enlightenment & duality
is the intense search
necessary?
energy
attachment to
the inner master
satsang 12th December 2010:
the psychology of lecturing
the psychology of argument
plans & expectation
stepping out of the herd
money and
the pendulum effect
satsang 14th December 2010:
direct experience & thinking
confirmation & authenticity
integrity & authenticity
fear
self doubt
satsang 18th December 2010:
discipline disappears
with enlightenment
conditioning,
causality & acausality
victim consciousness,
control, choicelessness
living in let go
a practice to help surrender
good luck?, bad luck?,
who knows?
how long to use the coin?
postponing decisions
it needs to be your own truth
satsang 21st December 2010:
masculine & feminine
balancing
do I stay or do I go now?
the feeling that
something is wrong
frustration &
the ultimate method
cool methods & hot methods
relationship
satsang 23rd December 2010:
I am the only unhappy one
loneliness & aloneness
intensify the search or
return to normality?
decision making &
intensity of energy
satsang 24th December 2010:
money & the future
advice for those with a job
fragmentation
are we awareness or
something even deeper?
satsang 25th December 2010:
the inner fire
gut feeling &
decisions from the mind
commitment & spontaneity
the breaking of a commitment
separation &
interdependence
the simplification of life
retreats
satsang 26th December 2010:
surrender and
living in the moment
sex
codependency &
feeling complete
satsang 27th December 2010:
fear of death
detachment from parents
what to do
when anger arises?
living in a tense society
satsang 28th December 2010:
reliance on external authority
all is equally beautiful
be as light as a feather
the goal exists only as an idea
the idea and the reality
satsang 30th December 2010:
this is enough
a lover of reality
mixing methods & teachers
depression and
the limits of thought
the danger of
attachment to satsang
the magic of satsang
sex, relationship & attachment
nothingness & somethingness
don’t worry about
the ‘I’ disappearing
satsang 31st December 2010:
to be slain by grace
simple moments
satsang 1st January 2011:
dancing in paradox
enlightenment is an illusion
energy change is infectious
‘why?’ questions
the magical feeling
three rational proofs
that all is irrational
all proofs are circular
satsang 3rd January 2011:
mental understanding &
direct experience
hell & heaven
come from the same source
satsang 4th January 2011:
tile cutter meditation
life is chaotic
feeling lost
fear of the unknown
all we can do is surrender
total trust
satsang 8th January 2011:
don’t treat anything
as an investment
relative happiness
the feeling of incompetence
satsang 10th January 2011:
living in two worlds
thoughts are not
a problem in themselves
living in the unknown
choicelessness
trust and preference
and valuing what is
everything can be felt
as delicious
relative happiness
satsang 14th January 2011:
living without chains
free love & jealousy
satsang 15th January 2011:
thoughts
are not to be believed
we are not responsible
for others’ feelings
the fear
of not having any control
the fear of being divine
we do not need
to justify our existence
beyond being
a man or a woman