Satsang Description & Schedule

Satsang is a Sanskrit word; sat means true or being and sanga means company or gathering. More specifically, satsang means a gathering about the Truth of the essence of our Being...and being together with those who know the essence of their being.

Satsang offers the opportunity for people to come together in stillness and share "presence". It is like how a tuning fork that is struck will make duplicate tuning forks of the same note vibrate as well through resonance. Our essence of Being is the same and it is that which resonates.

Current Satsangs
Ridgedale SatsangMinnetonka, MNBi-weekly Saturdays9:00am - 10:30am
Skype SatsangOnlineBi-weekly Saturdays12:00pm - 1:00pm
Click here to go to excerpts from past satsangs.



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Ridgedale Satsang Schedule
Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
  May 24th    Sep 13th  
We will not be meeting for the summer

The Ridgedale Satsang is free to attend, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Ridgedale Satsang Location
Ridgedale Library
12601 Ridgedale Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55305

NOTE: These satsangs are not part of a library program. This is just a public place to meet.

Meet Eric in the 1st floor (entry) lobby. Then we will likely go to the 2nd floor (where the coffee shop is located) and find a place to sit.


Skype Satsang Schedule
Saturday afternoon from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (CST) GMT -06:00
  Jun 7th    Jun 21st  
  Jul 5th    Jul 19th  
  Aug 16th    Aug 30th  
Current Time in Minneosta (CST):

The Skype Satsang is free to attend, but donations are greatly appreciated.

This does require downloading and installing Skype on your computer, which is free...and then signing up for a free Skype ID.

To attend the Skype Satsang, first email Eric with your Skype ID at eric@awaken2life.org. Eric will then add you as a new contact on his Skype account (Eric's Skype ID is eputkonen).

This will be a small group Satsang - no more than nine people can attend. So the Satsang will be on a first come first served basis...please email Eric the week of the Satsang to let him know that you will be attending. If you did not email Eric, there is room, and your Skype account is listed as Online, Eric will invite you into the conference call as well. Please make sure that if you have confirmed that you will attend the Satsang that you are Online on Skype on time; once we start the Satsang, Eric will not add late comers.

NOTE: A headset with microphone is strongly recommended, but you can still listen through the computer at a minimum. If you have a separate microphone (i.e. desktop), please mute it until you have a something to say because otherwise we will hear everything going on in your background and it may cause feedback if the microphone picks up the sound of the speakers. For those who would like to ask a question but do not have a microphone, you could use Skype to send a text message to Eric.


[Title, Duration (min:sec), and file size]
Satsang Excerpts
Being Present is Kinesthetic Rathan Than Mental 0:49296 Kb
Do You Have Goals? 2:12781 Kb
Holding Onto Silence and Stillness 0:37221 Kb
Do Not Fight the Mind 0:37226 Kb
Nothing to Do for Enlightenment 0:58345 Kb
Falling Awake 1:29530 Kb
The Mind is About Past and Future 0:30180 Kb
Nonduality and Language 1:41596 Kb
Attention and Awareness 2:04731 Kb

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