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This video features Part 1 of the two-part Satsang by Swamini Ma Gurupriya, delivered in Malaysia on 4th July 2018, on the theme Way to Freedom and Fearlessness.

In this Satsang, Ma explains that our life is besieged by stress, anxiety, fear, desires etc., which make us suffer. We all yearn to be free of the cluttering thoughts in our mind and become free and fearless. Towards this goal, reading of scriptures and listening is not enough. We must make a sincere and dedicated effort to attain it. There must be constant introspection on how one can become peaceful, fearless, and unaffected.

Scriptures say that our life-span gets shortened with the rising and setting of the Sun every day. Being busy with professional matters, taking care of the family, and other activities, we do not realize the passage of time. Being busy with multifarious activities, we do not dedicate any time to realize the Self. Always finding joy in the company of family and friends, and ignoring the purpose of life, we suffer.

The purpose of life is to realize one’s own true identity. Knowing the Truth, we can be free of fear and all affectation. When the seeking and yearning is strong in the mind, one finds a Guru (a saint) who helps one progress in the spiritual pursuit. Saintly people are calm and magnanimous. There move around the world like the spring season, working for the welfare of the world. Having themselves known the Truth, they guide others to reach the goal.

Ma exhorts seekers to constantly remind themselves of their own real identity. The effort must be to constantly dip within and connect with the Self. It must become a practice and a habit. Through this regular, dedicated, sincere practice, the seeker must strive to reach the state of lightness, freedom, and expansion.

Shlokas chanted in the Satsang:
9:42 - विहाय कामान्य: सर्वान्पुमांश्चरति… Bhagavad Gita-2.71
20:54 - जन्मानेकशतैः सदादरयुजा भक्त्या समाराधितो… Sarvavedāntasiddhāntasārasaṅgraha: 254
36:40 - शान्ता महान्तो निवसन्ति सन्तो… Vivekacūḍāmaṇiḥ 37
49:51 – दुर्वारसंसारदवाग्नितप्तं… Vivekachudamani 36
57:51 - आदित्यस्य गतागतैरहरहः संक्षीयते जीवितं…– Vairāgyaśatakam 43
1:01:33 - कुटुम्बपोषाय वियन्निजायुर्न बुध्यतेऽर्थं.. Srimad Bhagavatam 7.6.14
1:13:44 – आकाशवल्लेपविदूरगोहं... Vivekacuḍamaṇiḥ 499

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