“Mahar-jji used to say 'wherever the Satsang gets together, I am there', kind of echoing Jesus' statement: wherever two or more of you get together in my name, I am there. So Maharaj-ji was a universal part of the spirit in that way. He's always with me, here. He's with whoever is with him. Not only just me.” WayKindTwoTogetherUsedSpiritJesusNamesUniversalStatementsGet TogetherSatsang Author:Surya Das
“So we're all living spirit. It's not about isms and schims or religions. Religions are almost like political institutions, but the heart of it is the spirituality.” HeartPoliticalSpiritSpiritualityInstitutionsIsmsPolitical Institutions Author:Surya Das
“But you know the difference between sex and love. And sex can be part of love, but what moves your heart, what's really intimate, that's the real spirit. And that's very personal, it's also transpersonal. It's not impersonal, it's beyond any of us, it's transcendent of any of us, yet imminent in dwelling, imminent to each of us.” KnowsHeartRealMovingSpiritSexDifferencesAnd LoveIntimateDwellingTranscendentSex And Love Author:Surya Das
“It's not like we're all animalistic people trying to become more spiritual. We're really living spirit, trying to find out how to live embodied in this nitty gritty world, these corporeal forms, in these fleeting bodies in the material world where everything's changing and we're not in control.” PeopleWorldTryingBodySpiritualFormSpiritMaterialsFleetingMaterial WorldReally LivingAnimalistic Author:Surya Das
“Spirit is love, spirit is connection, inclusive, and that's what I'm interested in, and that's what moved me. That's what I got more and more into as I grew up and as I was in college in the 60's with consciousness raising and other kind of things, gestalt psychology etc.” KindSpiritConsciousnessPsychologyCollegeGrewGrew UpConnectionsMovedEtcGestalt Author:Surya Das
“Really, whatever I was seeking and looking into in those days like creative arts, chant, the muse being in touch with the muse for poetry and writing and music. It's all part of the spirit and if we look particularly at Hinduism and Buddhism, the tantric stream of those traditions totally embraces all aspects of human life and life on this world.” IfsWorldWritingHumansLooksArtSpiritCreativeThis WorldBuddhismAspectTraditionEmbraceSeekingHuman LifeStreamsHinduismMuseCreative ArtHinduism And Buddhism Author:Surya Das
“Spiritual seekers particularly are on a quest to understand life; we want to examine our own lives and find meaning in what we do and who we are. ... We find meaning in the seeking itself. Every step along the way is the Way.” WayWantSpiritualSpiritSpiritualityStepsSeekingWho We AreQuestsSeekersFind MeEvery Step Book:Letting Go Of The Person You Used To Be Source: Letting Go Of The Person You Used To Be