Gangaji - A00098
"Trust yourself. At the root, at the core, there is pure sanity, pure openness. Don't trust what you have been taught, what you think, what you believe, what you hope. ... Deeper than that, trust the silence of your being." (11/11/2022)
Gangaji (born Merle Antoinette Roberson in Texas, 1942) is an American Neo-Advaita spiritual teacher and writer.[1]
Gangaji (/ˈɡɑːŋɡədʒi/ GAHNG-gə-jee; born Merle Antoinette Roberson in Texas, 1942) is an American Neo-Advaita spiritual teacher and writer.[1]
Early life
[edit]Gangaji was born Merle Antoinette Roberson[2][3][4] in Texas in 1942, and grew up in Mississippi.[5] After graduating from the University of Mississippi, she married her first husband and had a child, then became a teacher in Memphis, Tennessee.[5][1] The couple moved to California and later divorced.[5] Gangaji became interested in spirituality, then met and married her second husband, Eli Jaxon-Bear.[5][1] For a time, the two operated a Tibetan Buddhism Dharma center overseen by Kalu Rinpoche.[1] Gangaji and Jaxon-Bear went to India where she met H. W. L. Poonja, better known as Papaji.[1] Afterwards, Gangaji devoted herself to teaching satsangs.[1]
Teachings
[edit]Gangaji holds satsangs which are strongly influenced by Ramana Maharshi and Papaji.[1] She started the Gangaji Foundation, which sponsors live events and publishes her books and other media.[1]
A video of Gangaji teaching about peace was used in the video game The Witness.[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]In October 2005, Gangaji and husband Eli Jaxon-Bear separated after he admitted to a three-year affair with an adult female student.[8] The two reunited three months later, and also merged their foundations.[8]
Bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- You are That!. Satsang Press. 1995. ISBN 0-9632194-3-X.
- Freedom and Resolve. Gangaji Foundation. 1999. ISBN 1-887984-01-1.
- (with Roslyn Moore) Just Like You. DO Publishing. 2003. ISBN 0-9646999-2-3.
- The Diamond in Your Pocket: Discovering Your True Radiance. Sounds True. 2007. ISBN 978-1-59179-272-7.
- Hidden Treasure: Uncovering the Truth in Your Life Story. Penguin Publishing Group. 2011. ISBN 978-1-58542-887-8.
- Freedom and Resolve, Finding Your True Home in the Universe. Hampton Roads Publishing. 2014. ISBN 978-1571747211.
Chapters
[edit]- Robinson, Rita, ed. (2007). Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom: The Feminine Face of Awakening. O Books. pp. 209–231. ISBN 978-1-84694-068-2.
- Shapiro, Ed; Shapiro, Deb, eds. (2009). Be the Change: How Meditation Can Transform You and the World. Sterling Ethos. ISBN 978-1-4027-6001-3.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Lucas, Phillip Charles (2011-11-01). "When a Movement Is Not a Movement". Nova Religio. 15 (2): 93–114. doi:10.1525/nr.2011.15.2.93. ISSN 1092-6690.
- ^ Altman, Michael J. (2022-04-28). "Spirituality: The hippies and the seekers find India". Hinduism in America: An introduction. Religion in America. London: Routledge. doi:10.4324/b22841. ISBN 978-1-138-38938-0.
- ^ Vliegenthart, Dave (2018). The secular religion of Franklin Merrell-Wolff: An intellectual history of anti-intellectualism in modern America. Numen Book Series. Leiden: Brill. p. 270. ISBN 978-90-04-36107-2. ISSN 0169-8834.
- ^ Wessinger, Catherine (2013-01-09). "The second generation leaders of the Theosophical Society (Adyar)". In Hammer, Olav; Rothstein, Mikael (eds.). Handbook of the Theosophical current. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Leiden: Brill. pp. 33–50, at p. 44. ISBN 978-90-04-23596-0.
- ^ a b c d Gangaji; Moore, Roslyn (2003). Just Like You, An Autobiography. Do Publishing. p. 137. ISBN 0-9646999-2-3.
- ^ Totilo, Stephen (2016-01-25). "The Witness: The Kotaku Review". Kotaku. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ Grubb, Jeff (2016-09-13). "The Witness: What it means". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ a b Plain, Robert (October 14, 2006). "Spiritual leaders' split leads to consolidation of groups". Ashland Daily Tidings. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008.
Further reading
[edit]- Downing, Jerry N. (2000). Between Conviction and Uncertainty. SUNY Press. ISBN 0-7914-4627-1.
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