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

A flower.