“You need not give up anything. There were kings who got free, who got freedom, holding onto their kingdoms, sitting on the thrones, commanding the armies. It doesn’t mean that you have to give up everything. You need all these things to run your life. Only ego, attachment towards them, you have to give up. […]
This is a great extract of a satsang from the 7th of March 1994, in which Papaji replies Alan’s question: “How experience of fullness is related to emptiness?” Papaji: “There’s no difference. What is empty is fullness, and what is full has to be empty. In the beginning was emptiness, in the end will be emptiness, in […]
In this satsang from the 22nd of January 1993, Papaji starts the conversation on the topic of identification and asks. “Here and now, in this instant, open your own identity to your own self and introduce yourself to the Self: “I am so-and-so.” What’s your answer? How will you identify to your own Self?” Ran […]
In this extract from the 7th of March 1994 Vijan asks Papaji: There’s one desire of falling totally in love with you. What hinders me? Papaji: When you fall in love with someone totally, you have lost the ego. You go alone with the one whom you love. Because this is the time of honeymoon. No one knows […]
This amazing satsang from the 22nd of December 1992 starts with a discourse on contemplation: “Contemplate on that from where all these things arise. Contemplate on that where all these things exist. Contemplate on that, which is absolute silence. Simply retrace back your own original place and don’t rest unless you have done it. Don’t […]
In this powerful Satsang from November 16, 1992, Papaji talks about consciousness and explains how being aware of the ego is essential to stop identifying with it. To see the ego is not to be the ego and in that moment of total awareness one is free.
This satsang from the 21st of December 1993 starts with Papaji quoting from a newspaper about the benefit of meditation. Papaji recollects meeting the Noble Laureate Doctor C. V. Raman and Nasa experiments on Swani Rama which were done to help train Astronauts in space. Highlights of this satsang are: * Sarah: “How do I […]
In this extracts from the 8th of May 1993 Papaji addresses Prabha who is in search of a permanent state of being and wants to know if it is necessary to take steps towards it. Papaji: “Enlightenment is statelessness. No step and no direction. You have not to move. If you follow your habits you […]
This amazing satsang from the 6th of November 1993 includes the following interactions: *NOLA: “How do I turn the mind in?” Papaji: “Withdraw from events of the body. What is it that knows the function of the mind? Decision = Buddhi = Intellect. Who is aware of ‘I’? What is this awareness? Sleep when others […]
The first 9 and half minutes of this amazing satsang from the 12th of February 1993 are in silence. Papaji speaks about Consciousness: “You are already free, and this freedom is consciousness. You think that contact with the objects of the senses gives you happiness, therefore everybody is involved with the objects of the senses. […]