May 5th 2004 AM
Yosemite, CA

This meeting from a silent retreat opens with Gangaji's invitation: "What have you realized so far?" There is a common theme to the participants who come up: their humanity. From the grist of relationship, to the possibility of annihilation by love; from the passion for awakening, to the fear of being alone, Gangaji welcomes each report, each unique and beautiful human story, with the same grace and contagious joy. The meeting ends with a song from Amber Terrell.

October 20, 1997 PM
Asheville, NC

Failing to be who we think we should be, or that we somehow lack the maturity for true self-realization, can give rise to deep feelings of unworthiness. Yet as Gangaji points to throughout this video, the proof of real spiritual maturity is in the complete willingness to fail, to lose every pretense of control, and surrender the mind to what cannot be known.

“I am asking you to bring up all the images you have of yourself of being unworthy, unholy, undeserving, immature, not ready. Everything you think somehow separates you from the truth of who you are. I am asking you to open that door.” 

September 27, 1997 AM
New York, NY

For most people who have been graced with a pristine experience of Reality, the goal immediately becomes the recreation of that experience. In this video Gangaji points to a central disillusion that eventually must occur, and a ruthless truth-telling: “No matter how much I work to make that experience permanent, I still find myself basically back where I have always been—seeking happiness.”

“If there is still some hope that you can make this pristine clarity of truth permanent, then there is still some belief you are separate from truth. That moment of truth has become a 'thing' that you hope you can recapture, create, or keep. This is the spiritual illusion. To see clearly what all is, you first have to see who you are.”

Recording of Gangaji's March 27 Online Public Meeting.

October 27, 2002
Marin County, CA

Many of us struggle to realize unconditional self-acceptance. In this video Gangaji encourages us to let the battle between our so-called better selves and lesser selves end. As she says, “only then can the inherent peace that is the core of your being move from the background of your experience to the foreground.”

“In a moment of complete inclusion of every aspect of yourself, there is a gateway. An inherent quiet is revealed. No longer are you trying to keep some of yourself present while holding the rest of yourself back. From this opening comes authentic insight, true revelation, and an authentic experience of oneself, everywhere.”

February 20, 1999 AM
Maui, Hawaii

When you have been touched by a moment of pure realization, of pure grace, you know what a huge gift it is. After that moment, often begins a struggle with conditioned existence, which can also be huge. In this video, Gangaji gives us the opportunity to inquire, “What is my responsibility to grace?”

“If there is seriousness of intent to really be free, then there is a recognition that there is nothing more important than that. Seriousness of intent is your responsibility. It is a joyous realization, but it is not trivial. If it is trivial, then there is no possibility of real breakthrough.”