April 19, 2023

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Modern Day Ego Hype vs. Actual Experience

Eastern Sierras    July, 2008 Santosha Ma:  Anybody can like music, but that does not mean you are a musician.  You can talk about how much you like about music, and you can say, ‘I like that song,’ but it does not mean you have the experience of someone who has actually spent countless years and days learning something.  But in our culture, because we have affluence and we have access to almost anybody’s experience – people who have real experience...

The Link and The Spark

By Santosha Tantra Freedom Rider was geared up with her hiking boots and sticks and a full tank of gas. Today was an ascension day—up the mountain road till it ended. As she ascended, Freedom Rider handled the mountain curves with a steady push—up 1,000 feet, to 8,000 feet above the valley floor. Freedom Rider always got her there. The mountain air was twenty degrees cooler than the valley, a fall nip in the air causing the aspens to turn...

The Contemplative Life

A talk by Santosha Tantra 10/6/1996 Santosha Ma: What I am trying to do is use this occasion, not just to serve your impulse, but for other people in other places, and other generations. In our society particularly, I feel the need and necessity for the contemplative life is not understood. It is not welcomed, and in most cases, it is absolutely rejected. There is a certain aspect of religious life that can be a little bit accepted. But somehow...

It takes the Guru

The mind cannot figure out Enlightenment 1/9/11     Just do exactly what I have asked you to do, and that’s it.  I don’t care how much TV you watch or anything else, except what I have asked you to do exactly.  Just be obedient and do that perfectly, and then the next thing will be given and you can go deeper.  You can still have lots of faults and go deeper.  These instructions I’m giving you are dealing with your...

Women – The Way To Change

Women, The Way To Changeby Santosha Tantra2011 Women, the way to change and grow out of the female programming is to take action. Always do whatever comes up that you think should be done. Do not go to someone else and tell them and talk about it and decide about it. Simply just do it. Always find a way to go about doing whatever it takes to get something you really want. Try lots of things, and what works will...

Contact

If you feel a connection to Santosha through her writing and art and would like to make a heartfelt communication to her, send us an email at barbss5754@gmail.com and we will be happy to pass it on to her. Santosha has retired from teaching completely, and no longer meditates on Friday nights. Do please contact Torrey for information if you feel the need:email: barbss5754@gmail.comcell / text: 559-769-5133...