Synopses & Reviews
This slim volume challenges readers to discover their place in the universe. Gangaji conveys the radical invitation to choose to wake up from the trance of who we think we are and experience the truth of who we really are. The invitation is to self-inquiry, the willingness to ask the questions: Who am I? What is here? To directly experience what follows these and similar questions.
The resolve is to not go back into the trance by turning away from that essential experience, but to freshly inquire anew as thoughts or feelings of separation arise. We are encouraged not to judge them, rather to use them as pointers toward experiencing fully the emotions they lead to, divorced from the circumstances and thoughts, which gave rise to them.
Gangaji's invitation is radical in part because it is not based upon a particular philosophy or religion. There are no prescribed practices or rituals, unless one considers inquiry a practice, nor the prohibition of them. Most radically, it calls into question the very structure of who we've believed ourselves to be. Who you are is not separate from God or Love or Truth or Freedom or Peace or Silence, whatever one chooses to call it. Therefore, there is nothing you have to do to "get there". No merit to be earned. Who you are is already here, has always been and will always be. The invitation in this book is to wake up to Yourself.
This distinctive little book cuts to the heart of the ego's most subtle strategies for control. Through the gift of self-inquiry and your own deepest desire to live a true and authentic life, Gangaji invites you to discover the effortless simplicity of a resolve so total, every aspect of daily life is used naturally for deepening surrender.
Review
"This little book echoes the messages of many modern sounding tomes calling for the use of conscious awareness to break free of the ego's fear-based limitations and embrace the inner wisdom that is inherent in all of us. Unlike many of those books, however, it also harkens back to the subtle, channeled texts that many of us stumbled across in dusty, occult bookshops forty years ago. Gangaji's words fly free, like those that sparked the new consciousness revolution. Let customers know that this is a flight of fancy that will lead them to the question: How will your life be used?" -Anna Jedrziewski, Retailing Insight, December 2014
Synopsis
Home is Where You AreThis slim volume challenges readers to discover their place in the universe. In it, teacher, author, and spiritual leader Gangaji offers the radical invitation to:
- Examine one's own life.
- Choose to wake up from the trance of who you think you are and experience the truth of who you really are.
- Resolve not to go back into the trance by turning away from that essential experience of waking up.
- Freshly inquire anew as thoughts or feelings of separation arise.
Gangaji's invitation is radical in part because it is not based upon a particular philosophy or religion. There are no prescribed practices or rituals, unless one considers self-inquiry or self-observation a practice. Most radically, it calls into question the very structure of who we've believed ourselves to be. Who you are is not separate from God or Love or Truth or Freedom or Peace or Silence, whatever one chooses to call it.
Therefore, there is nothing you have to do to "get there." No merit to be earned. Who you are is already here, has always been and will always be. The invitation in this book is to wake up and be Yourself.
"My life is given to what I have received,
which is the truth of living peace, fresh
fulfillment. My life is given to serving that
truth, that fulfillment in you."