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Gangaji – The Gift of Retreat (2001)Satang with Gangaji”We come together like this so that there can be a moment of raw and naked exposure of what is truly prayed for.”Most of us spend our lives in a flurry of activity, searching for an elusive sense of personal satisfaction through security, physical pleasure, love, and even enlightenment. To retreat is to allow the time and space to stop following the mind’s habits of grasping and rejecting, running toward and running away, and to fully feel the exhaustion and futility of searching outside oneself for happiness. The Gift of Retreat is a collection of Gangaji’s monologues specifically selected to help one face the momentum of conditioned existence and to see what is revealed in that meeting. Here you can directly discover the effortless possibility ofresting in the truth of your being every moment of your life.About Gangaji:Gangaji, born Antoinette Roberson and known as Toni, grew up in Mississippi in the 1950’s. Like many of her contemporaries, she carried on a life-long search for personal happiness and fulfillment. Seeking to fulfill the longing she felt in her heart, Gangaji pursued many paths to change her life including relationship, motherhood, political activism, career, and spiritual practice. But even the greatest of her successes ultimately came up short. In the wake of her disillusionment, she made a final prayer for true help. In 1990, the answer to her prayer came unexpectedly, taking her to India and to the meeting that would change everything.There on the banks of the Ganges River, she met Sri H.W.L. Poonja, who opened the floodgates of self-recognition. In this meeting, Gangaji’s personal story of suffering ended and the promise of a true life began to flower and unfold.Today, Gangaji travels the world speaking to seekers from all walks of life. A teacher and author, she shares her direct experience of the essential message she received from Poonjaji and offers it to all who want to discover true and lasting fulfillment. Through her life and words, she powerfully articulates how it is really possible to discover the truth of who you are and to be true to that discovery. English | 2001 | AVI | 352 x 256 | 638 kbps | 25 fps | AC3 192 kbps  44KHz | 67 min