The Diamond in Your Pocket

The Diamond in Your Pocket

by Gangaji
The Diamond in Your Pocket

The Diamond in Your Pocket

by Gangaji

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Overview

A master thief waited his whole life to acquire the most beautiful diamond in the world. When he heard it had been purchased, he spent three days trying to steal the rare jewel. He failed.
Finally, the thief walked right up to the owner and asked, "How did you hide this precious jewel from me?"
To which the owner replied, "I placed it where I knew you would never look—in your own pocket!"
This insightful tale opens the first major book release from Gangaji—an American-born teacher who has influenced the lives of thousands of people through her public events.
In The Diamond in Your Pocket, Gangaji describes our never-ending search as human beings to find fulfillment—which, paradoxically, already exists if only we will stop long enough to experience it. Readers join Gangaji to learn more about:
How to let go of your need to control, and activate instead the choice of where you put your mind's attentionCultivating the courage to be vulnerable, so you can meet—and deeply merge with—the unknownHow to unearth the roots of suffering—learn to stop replaying your life's dramatic stories over and over, and much more

As long as you are searching for it, it cannot be found, " teaches Gangaji. Written as a series of short contemplations, The Diamond in Your Pocket shows you thought-by-thought how to stop the endless activity of your mind, and experience the brilliance and radiance of who you really are.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781591798736
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated
Publication date: 04/01/2007
Sold by: Macmillan
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 757,906
File size: 546 KB

About the Author

Gangaji
Gangaji is an American-born spiritual teacher dedicated to sharing the path of freedom through simple and direct self-inquiry, as taught by the legendary sage Sri Ramana Maharshi of India. In 1990, Gangaji (then Antoinette Roberson Varner) entered this lineage through Sri H.W.L. Poonjaji. Since that time, she has traveled the world, holding gatherings and retreats with spiritual seekers of all faiths.

Table of Contents

Forewordxi
Editor's Prefacexv
Acknowledgmentsxxi
Introduction1
Part 1The Invitation: Discovering the Truth of Who You Are13
1The Last Place You Thought to Look15
2Searching for Happiness17
3Opening to Receive23
4Divine Disillusionment29
5What Do You Really Want?33
6What Is the Self?37
7You Are Not Who You Think You Are43
8Who Are You?47
9Truth or Story?51
10What Is Your Story?55
11Self-Inquiry Exposes the Story59
12Telling the Truth63
13See What Is Always Here67
14The Power of Stopping73
15Resting in Nothing77
Part 2Beyond the Mind, Deeper Than Emotion81
16Peace Is Beyond Understanding83
17The Ungraspable Offering89
18The Trance of Language93
19Where the Mind Cannot Go95
20The Mind's Surrender to Silence101
21Spiritual Practice107
22The Impermanence of Mental Constructs115
23Memory and Projection119
24Comparison and Possession123
25Strategies of the Superego127
26Directly Experiencing the Emotions135
Part 3Unravelling the Knot of Suffering143
27The Roots of Suffering145
28The Definition of Suffering149
29The Difference Between Pain and Suffering153
30Suffering Is Not the Problem157
31See What Causes Your Suffering161
32Healing the Primal Wound165
33Meeting Fear173
34Letting Go of Control177
35Getting, Giving, or Simply Being183
36The Practice of Desire185
37What Will Enlightenment Give You?189
38Already Immortal193
39The Heart of Self-Betrayal199
40Conscious Innocence203
41Surrendering to Love209
Part 4Choosing Peace213
42Taking Responsibility215
43Choosing Peace Over Problems219
44Victim No Longer223
45The Power of Forgiveness225
46No End to Opening231
47Dropping the Layers of Insulation235
48The Treasure Within Despair241
49Letting the World into Your Heart245
50The Cult of Society251
51Freedom Is Facing Death257
52The Seriousness of Your Intent263
53Intention and Surrender267
54Crossing the Line into Freedom271
55The Resolve to Vigilance277
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