Swami Nishchalananda Online Satsang 06/05/23

Swamiji gives a meditation on change (both outer and inner) and finding the changeless Awareness within, which is the very essence of what we are. He also indicated how we can face insecurity, anxiety and fear with a wider perspective based on Awareness. 

 

There was then a forum of exchange on a range of subjects including compassion, that it is an expression of Awareness and that Awareness experiences through the mind as thoughts and heart as feelings. But he emphasised that Awareness is not confined to the mind and heart. To illustrate Swamiji gave the example of the person in front of a mirror and the image in the mirror. He emphasises that we don’t need to renounce or abandon human feelings, but rather to appreciate and harmonise them by letting our identification move onto a deeper more encompassing level. We need not try to emulate the personal traits of the sages mentioned in the sacred texts, nor be overly influenced by stereotypical concepts of what it is to be spiritual. Rather, we should more and more identify with Awareness and having the trust that it will express what we need moment to moment in our life.