Benefits of attending satsangs

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Benefits of attending satsangs<br><br>1. Most

people in society believe neither in Spirituality nor in

its practice. Listening to those who speak against

Spirituality or ridicule spiritual practice often causes the

faith of a seeker in the initial stages to waver.

Therefore, doubts that a seeker harbors are overcome only

when he attends satsangs regularly.<br><br>2.One of

the rationales of group therapy for patients is a

feeling of competitiveness developing amongst them to

recover faster, which helps in faster recovery. A similar

benefit is derived by seekers when attending

satsangs.<br><br>3. Seekers gain useful practical information through

discussion about the nature of problems faced by fellow

seekers and how these are resolved by them or by the Guru

at the satsang. <br><br>4. The proportion of the

sattva component in seekers attending satsangs is more

than that in the general population. Due to the

cumulative effect of the sattva component in all the

seekers, a sattvik environment is created. This helps to

further increase the proportion of the sattva component

in a seeker. <br><br>5. The sattvik environment

results in an improvement in the seeker’s spiritual

practice (chanting, meditation, etc.). <br><br>6.

Sometimes positive energies manifest around people with a

sattvik temperament. Seekers benefit from these also.

<br><br>7. In a satsang, one develops a feeling of closeness

towards other seekers; they seem to be ‘one’s own’.

Especially the younger generation, just starting the

practice of Spirituality, learns to live amicably,

forgetting family feuds and rivalries, which may have

existed for past generations. From this very feeling, the

attitude that ‘The whole Universe is my home’ develops in

due course of time. <br><br>8. The effect of bad

company (kusang) is exactly the opposite; hence, it is

best avoided.<br><br>Practical Application of the

Benefits of satsang<br><br>Since Spirituality is a science

of experience, the best way for a seeker to

experience the benefits of satsangs is to observe their

spiritual practice before and after the satsang.<br><br>The

different ways that one can be in satsang are: <br>1.

Attending satsang with fellow seekers. <br><br>2. Studying

a book on Spirituality or a Holy text written by a

Saint, Spiritual newsletters such as the Weekly Online.

<br><br>3. Listen to audiocassettes of discourse or bhajans

by Saints or watch videocassettes of discourses

given by Saints. <br><br>4. Doing Sat related activity

(satseva). <br><br>The point to remember here is that

satsang means to be in Sat or to experience Sat. Thus,

merely being in the company of fellow seekers or

Spiritual books will not give the benefit of satsang. One

needs to make an attempt to actually experience Sat in

such environments. Thus, by chanting the Lord’s Name

and being in satsang with the Name, one can

practically be in satsang throughout the day.<br><br>Source

<a href=http://www.sanatan.org/weekly

target=new>http://www.sanatan.org/weekly</a>