Saturday, April 3, 2021

Coffee - A new idea for satsang

When you feel happy meeting or interacting with somebody, a positive energy is created in the process that will spread in the vicinity. people coming into that vicinity will also feel that positive energy. Similarly when you don't feel happy meeting or interacting with somebody a negative energy is created that is spread and people around them feel the negativity. For example, when parents fight with each other, kids around them feel sad. 

Our elders used to advice us to meet and spend time with good/noble people. They called it satsang. The idea was that in earlier days good people are synonymous with happy people. As days passed by, the word satsang is still in existence. But if we keep waiting for good people/happy people then we might keep waiting for a long time. So we may have to redefine the word satsang as well. Satsang - Is it meeting happy people or meeting people happily. If we get into the latter habit then whoever we meet, it would be a satsang meaning we will meet them happily and in the process a positive energy is created that spreads.  But it may not be possible to always meet happily whoever and whenever we meet. 

The idea is you need not always meet a person right. you can meet coffee or a book or whatever makes you feel happy. If you are sad meet coffee, it makes you happy. If you are happy, meet coffee and it feels happy. what other better satsang you can find. 


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