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Join Swamiji, Devi Ma and @the.ashram for our weekly satsang program. Satsang is the perfect thing to attend if you're visiting The Ashram for the first time and wondering what we're all about. The program begins every Saturday at 7:15pm, with some chanting and ritual. This emulates the tradition which is followed daily in Ganeshpuri, India, the home of our lineage. Swami Shankarananda shares a talk on a different great being each week, and there is also covid-safe darshan (meeting Swamiji and Devi Ma in person). The night ends with a short meditation.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
'I was wrestling with a spiritual paradox. If the goal of spiritual practice is to reach a state of desirelessness, how can doing sadhana with desire get you there? This was typical of the self-critical way I thought at that time. Baba, in his energetic and practical way, told me there was nothing wrong with a desire for liberation. Noble desires were okay. Then he switched gears and spoke to the heart of the matter: worry. He told me that we all inevitably get the fruits of our actions. They follow us like the night follows the day. If we do good things, we get good fruits; if we do bad things, we get bad fruits. If you serve God and surrender to God, what you get in return is the Lord Himself. He concluded, ‘Do not worry about the fruits of the actions you perform: the fruit is bound to come. In fact, it will pursue you, so why worry about it?’' - Swami Shankarananda, 'Ganeshpuri Days: Memoirs of a Western Yogi'⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Have you noticed how you're speaking to yourself today? Take a moment to close your eyes and check in. Notice if your thoughts are contracting you, or uplifting you.
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