The Sanskrit word satya (सत्य) derives from the verbal root as (अस्), ‘to be.’ From as (अस्) we get sat (सत्) which means that which is, that which is real, and true.
In Yoga, when we engage Satya as a primary value, we align with more than a factual sense of truth.
Truth becomes a path towards greater wisdom.
Satya is the practice of alignment with what is.
Intuition is the ability to sense something before it’s fully revealed to our senses and mind. Our intuition lies beyond our ordinary sense of reasoning.
Common misconceptions around intuition:
1. Fear can masquerade as intuition.
2. Desire can appear as intuition.
3. Projection can feel like intuition.
4. Previous conditioning can feel like intuition.
What we want to be true can act as a mask for inner knowing.
At times like these Satya becomes the essential tool you’ll need to properly access your intuition.
What I mean is, when you're committed to Satya, you become interested in the difference between:
What do I know?
What do I feel?
What do I fear?
What do I want to be true?
And
what is actually true?
The willingness to be with what is, brings clarity to your inner life, such that your intuition can reveal knowledge to you.
Satya Clears the Field
Think of Satya as the practice that sets up the conditions where intuition is trustworthy.
Every time I distort something because I don’t want to see it, rationalize something because I want a specific outcome, or override what I know because the truth I see may be uncomfortable, I confuse my own perception.
But the more I practice staying with Satya, with what’s true, the more I become willing to see what is, even if what I isn’t what I want.
Thus, my commitment to Satya supports my ability to perceive truly.
From this vantage point intuition is less some mysterious voice from the beyond giving you answers, and more the subtle capacity to perceive what the thinking mind has not yet fully grasped, or been able to articulate, yet is.
Intuition then becomes divine seeing. Through intuition, you come to understand beyond the boundary of what is ordinarily known.
When you establish yourself in Satya, the question is always:
Can you stay with what you perceive without immediately turning it into a story?
And that is precisely what is the powerful connection between Satya and intuition.
Additionally,
Satya isn’t only about being truthful with other people. It’s first the practice of being truthful with oneself.
If you know something but you talk yourself out of knowing it because it’s inconvenient, frightening, or uncomfortable, etc., then you’ll likely weaken your confidence in your connection with your inner knowing.
But when you practice steadily being with Satya, which has inherent in it the concept:
I will not lie to myself about what I see,
Then something starts to happen.
You begin to recognize the texture of truth.
It’s not certainty.
What I mean is it doesn’t present as, “Oh I know exactly what’s going to happen.”
Scratch that and grow yourself to a higher position.
It’s this:
This is what I see clearly right now let me be with that.
That’s a more subtle and sophisticated understanding of intuition.
Later you’ll need the connection with Viveka, discernment. But I’ll discuss that in another post.
For now, I want you to reflect here.
Seeing Through Yogic Eyes Exercise:
Take a moment to reflect.
Let your mind and awareness rest on what you see.
See what you see.
Let go of the story.
If there’s something you’re not letting yourself see because it’s inconvenient, uncomfortable, or not what you want, remind yourself you’re only seeing.
Practice seeing, not determining next steps.
Just see and be with it.
For 5 minutes write the what is.
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Satya and intuition are deeply interconnected.
Satya clears inner confusion by being with what is, while intuition perceives.
The more you practice grounding in Satya, the more trustworthy your relationship with yourself will become.
And that is not nothing…
Sending My Best,
Manorama
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Alignment with Satya
The Satya Pendant is a wearable sign of your commitment to truth.
It serves as a reminder to you and others to return to what matters, rather than returning to fear, or fantasy about what you wish were true, or what you want to be.
Living in Satya means to choose to keep returning to yourself each day.
And from that understanding, which is your floor, you nourish your capacity to listen and to trust your intuition.
Satya is alignment with the Divine.
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