Sadhviji’s Divine LIVE Satsang
In tonight’s LIVE Satsang from the Sacred Garden at Parmarth Niketan, Pujya Sadhviji responds to questions from our global family with answers that take us deeper onto our spiritual path.
Starting with a beautifully grounding meditation. Sadhviji took a moment to make sure that everyone was focused in centered through meditation, mantra and pranic breathing and ready to enjoy the sanga of Satsang.
As always to begin, Sadhviji answers a question from a global family member sent in advance who asked “How can we apply of Neti Neti (not this, not this) to our spiritual practice?” There is a simple but profound meditation called Neti Neti.. I am not my hands or my feet until you come to the realization of the I AM presence. The is practice is power to bring in to your life, that if you become aware, you as emotions arise you can look at it and say neti neti (not this, not this). It’s a beautiful meditaton in action to bring you back to the truth of who you are.
Next, a seeker says there is no single answer to this but “How do you pray?” Sadhviji responds “How many ways is here to show love to our beloved?” A lot of people think that prayer is bargaining. That is not love. Prayer is when we go to God with love and it’s a time of being together with the one we love. There is an infinite number of ways that we express that we can show love. Prayer is just being with God connecting in love.
A man asks about the journey from lust to celibacy for training the mind. Sadhviji emphasizes that ojas are depleted by many things not only sex. But its mostly important to conquer the mind is more harmful than an occasional dharmic act of two people in love, in union is less oja draining than someone who is thiking about sex all day everyday but abstaining. Being celibate is helpful, when the mind is ready. Its important to conserve you ojas, and sex is not the only thing that deplete it – gossip, anger, talking negatively – that drains our ojas. Desires also drain your ojas.
Lastly a woman whos husband had become vegan directly after listening to Sadhviji even after the wife had tried to convince him to even become vegetarian. She asks what is the most convincing way to convince someone to become vegan without prostilitizng. Sadhviji shares the arguments she thinks are the most effective are the ones that tap into our already existant beliefs.
Tune-in every night for Divine Satsang with Sadhviji from the Holy Banks of Mother Ganga! And, take some time to revisit previous sessions of Satsang by scrolling through the timeline on this page – so many amazing and precious Drops of Wisdom, all available right at your finger-tips!