Self-Inquiry with Gangaji
āYou are free to discover yourself as Truth. You are free to rest in that Truth. You are free to be happy, regardless of your body, your thoughts, emotions, or circumstances.ā
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In this monthās podcast, Gangaji begins with a clear exposition on how it is absolutely possible to discover yourself as Truth, no matter your past history. Then in the lively exchange that follows, she speaks to how we deny the truth of ourselves and instead, cling to an identify rooted in our thoughts, emotions, and relative circumstances. Do you dare give up your self-denial?
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Learn more about Gangaji, her programs, and event schedule at gangaji.org.
āThere is no problem with pain. There is pain. If you are seeking something to avoid pain, thatās the suffering. Thatās the search that must be called off.ā
It takes effort to avoid our emotional pain. We can try to avoid it, but ultimately the common strategies of withdrawing, protecting, and dissociating from feelings of hurt actually turn emotional pain into unnecessary suffering. This lively exchange taken from the Gangaji archives offers a clear demonstration of how we can recognize the strategies we use and then choose to give up the power to suffer.
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With gratitude..
āIf you stop thinking about how to get out of the body that may be painful or how to keep the body that is pain free, you get to experience the truth.ā
Physical pain is an essential aspect of life that serves the survival and well-being of the body, but we can easily turn that necessary pain that alerts us to injury and illness into unnecessary suffering. What is the difference between pain and suffering? What can physical pain reveal to us when we meet it directly?
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Where is the life you want?
As much as we can fear death, we can also fear living a full and vibrant life. In this exchange, Gangaji helps a woman get to the root of what keeps her fear of vibrancy running. This conversation demonstrates how each of us has the capacity to discover how to live a true and full life. Ā Ā
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āThe strategies and avoidance around the experience of ānot beingā or death are what keep you from the experience of eternal life.ā
As a young boy of 16, Ramana chose to stop running from what he feared and turned to face death directly. In that moment of inquiry, he opened his mind asking, āWho dies?āĀ All of us share that same opportunity to stop running and inquire into what we fear mostāthe end of āme.ā In the willingness to investigate death itself, we can discover what cannot die, we can truly rest in the peace that is present here and now.
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āIt was a fire. It was really a fire because it was a razorās edge. All of sudden there are these huge groups. And if I identified even the slightest negatively or positivelyā¦I am sliced on this razor I am living on. It was really a necessary fire. I had to be quiet. I had to be still.ā
This month we share the soundtrack to a special 30th anniversary video honoring the community of volunteers and donors. The video begins with Gangajiās first meeting with Papaji in 1990. After Gangaji speaks about her earliest experiences of teaching, we see what unfolded through community efforts in the years that followed. Includes featured music from Jami Sieber, Kirtana, and Amber Terrell.
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Gangaji speaks about the role spiritual practice plays in our lives and invites us to discover what we are practicing when we āget off our cushion and the chanting stops.ā What do our spiritual practices give us? What do we hope they will give us? What can they never give us?
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āThe error is that you are not what can be thought, or perceived, or felt.Ā You are that in which all thoughts, all perceptions, all feelings, appear in.ā
In countless ways, we search for a ābetterā identity to replace who we think we are. This month, Gangaji speaks to the trap of misidentification. How is it possible to see your true face? Where are you looking for yourself?
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āIncarcerated for life in a maximum security prison in Alabama and not using that as an excuse, refusing to use that as an excuse.Ā In fact, using that as a vehicle.ā
Gangaji reads a powerful letter of realization from a prisoner serving life without parole in an Alabama prison.
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