Events: Themed Playlist
Themed collection of videos.
Themed collection of videos.
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.”
A selection of highlights from the second day of Gangaji's January 2, 2022 Public Meeting.
July 29, 1995 AM
Boulder, CO
In this video from the archives, Gangaji opens the meeting by asking you “What do you serve?” She reminds us that this life we are living is giving itself to something; what is it giving itself to? Only then can we see that we have a choice about unnecessary suffering. It’s clear from how the meeting unfolds that this particular group is intent on serving love!
“You have the opportunity for your life to be lived beyond ‘whys’ and ‘shoulds,’ beyond subservience to conditioning and beyond rebellion to conditioning. A life freely lived. Not based on ideas of what will serve your image of yourself. Not based on any idea at all.”
Recording of Gangaji's January Online Public Meeting.
May 2, 2004
Yosemite, CA
When we choose to walk on a spiritual path, our first aspiration may be to transcend our problems or at least transcend the world’s problems. From the mundane to the catastrophic, problems are part of living a human life. So where is peace? What if true fulfillment is realized when we actually stop trying to transcend what Gangaji calls “trouble?”
“We are here to retreat from the trouble, so that actually when the trouble returns, we have a bigger capacity, a stronger foundation to meet whatever appears.”
February 19, 1995
Maui, Hawaii
In this meeting Gangaji points to the ending of all doubt and confusion. If you find that your mind still waffles between fully receiving the truth of your being and the conditioning of separateness, this video is especially for you. But first you must ask yourself, “How badly do I want the truth?” As Gangaji says, “You have to want it like a drowning person gasping for air. Truth is not a lover interested in casual affairs.”
“The window to truth is open wide. Break this window so that it can never close. Give up the choice to turn, to close, to deny. Then the window is open. You can't close it. Closing is finished. Closing no longer works. This is the secret.”