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Chasing Desires, Overlooking Fulfillment
Human beings have a profound desire to realize a lasting peace. The question is where are we looking, and what desire are we actually chasing? In this very relatable exchange, we see how reoccurring desires to avoid pain, end confusion, or gain clarity are simply the play of the mind. True and lasting peace remains undisturbed by any phenomena, and we can discover that in our willingness to simply meet what is arising.
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Chasing Desires, Overlooking Fulfillment
“When you know, without a shadow of a doubt, that you are this stillness, that you are this awareness, then it doesn’t matter what is on the surface.” Human beings have a profound desire to realize a lasting peace. The question is where are we looking, and what desire are we actually chasing? In this very relatable exchange, we see how recurring desires to avoid pain, end confusion, or gain clarity are simply the play of the mind. True and lasting peace remains undisturbed by any phenomena, and we can discover that in our willingness to simply meet what is arising.
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You Can't Fake It
You cannot fake who you are. And yet for many the longing for authenticity is part of the the search for home. Gangaji takes us on a deep dive into the desire for authenticity and the habit of postponement. Clips included: Can I AM Be Faked? recorded February 1997; Authentically Yourself: You can stop "faking it." recorded March 2001; Chasing the Desire to go Deeper, recorded November 2000, and The Invitation of the Open Door, recorded February 2000.
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Wanting More
In these clip Gangaji speaks powerfully about the momentum of desire that keeps us searching for home, long after we are already there. Clips included: Ungraspable Reality Reveals Itself, recorded October 1997; Are You Still Searching for More? recorded October 2016; Chasing the Desire to go Deeper, recorded November 2000, and What is Here When You Stop Trying to Get Anything? recorded November 2008.
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“If your devotion is to the truth, you can bear anyth
If your devotion is to the truth, you can bear anything, including any emotion. The more you are willing to bear and the more you do bear, the bigger your heart is and the more you are in love with life in all its forms.
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“The meditation I invite you to is the willingness to
The meditation I invite you to is the willingness to be fully conscious and yet not reach for anything, not try to accomplish anything, so that you can discover the effortless fulfillment of simply being.
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Just take a moment to be free. To be still. To be here.
Just take a moment to be free. To be still. To be here.
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In any particular moment and every moment, there is the
In any particular moment and every moment, there is the possibility of more deeply, more freshly, more certainly recognising the Truth of who you are.
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What you want, wants you. It is alive in you and you ca
What you want, wants you. It is alive in you and you can deny it for the rest of your life. You can die having denied it or you can live the rest of your life surrendering and opening to it.
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Most people never consider that awareness is your true
Most people never consider that awareness is your true face, your true identity. It is the nature of “I”.
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