Michael Thomas

Yeshu Satsang Michael Thomas

The smell of incense fills the room, as a clay oil lamp known as a diya or a deepak is lit, surrounded by colourful flowers. An ancient, 4000-year-old prayer is chanted, and singing begins, in the local language, singing praises to the Creator. The Satsang has begun. Satsang literally means "truth meeting," and is a North Indian devotional meeting. Its format changes from place to place, and from Guru (teacher) to Guru. But the thing that stays the same: it is a meeting devoted to Truth, to the Divine. In Northern India, an increasing number of followers of Jesus (Yeshu in Hindi) are meeting with a Satsang format and style. But what does that even mean? How do you do it? What do the symbols mean? Is there one correct way to hold this kind of service? What might I be getting myself into