The following is an excerpt from the book The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji edited by David Godman Papaji: In English we say ‘falling in love’. When you fall, you start in one place and end up somewhere lower down. But in the kind of love that I am speaking of, there is no […]
The following is an excerpt from the book The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji edited by David Godman Question: I’m not clear how to make the best use of you as my teacher. I want to make the best use of my time here, but i’m not clear how I should use my time. […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman Question: Sometimes I know I am free, and I live that way, but at other times I just feel worried and tired. I am afraid of being hurt or sick. I feel I am lacking something, and I forget who I really […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman What comes and goes is a trap. It is a trap of the mind. Mind has created many traps for you, and these temporary bliss states are one of them. These experiences come from your own inner desires, your own ideas of […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman I was speaking earlier of traps, of traps of the mind. Happiness is not to be found in any of these traps of the mind. It is to be found when the mind is absent, and one day you will all know […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman Question: I still have so many concepts, and they are all swirling around inside me. Theories about different states of consciousness, theories about energy and light coming up in certain places, and so on. All these different things. Papaji:Yes, different books describe […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman Desires will only be a problem when they leave an impression in the mind. It is the impressions that are dangerous, not the desires themselves. When a bird flies, it doesn’t leave a mark in the air. When a fish swims it […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman Papaji: Mind can be the enemy and mind can also be the friend. It is the mind that binds and it is the mind that liberates. When the mind is attached to objects, which are transitory and impermanent, this is the mind […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman You have a relationship with this entity that is forgetting or remembering. There must be a person who is forgetting. There is a person who is the same whether she has forgotten or remembered. So, the person remains the same throughout the […]
Excerpt from The Fire of Freedom Satsang with Papaji Edited by David Godman Question: Should I try to stay in the emptiness? Thoughts arise in the emptiness. Some of them are attractive; some make me afraid; and some of them are repugnant. I find myself latching onto thoughts and identifying with them. I become those […]