Hidden Treasure: Uncovering the Truth in Your Life Story - Hardcover

Gangaji

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585428876 ISBN 13: 9781585428878

Publisher: Tarcher, 2011

Synopsis

An inspiring new book from one of our greatest living spiritual teachers.

All of these stories teach us that we aren't who we think we are. How we have defined ourselves is not the truth of ourselves. What we think we must have is already present, and when we think we have lost the value of our lives, it is still here if we know where to look.
-from Hidden Treasure

In this life-changing book, renowned spiritual teacher Gangaji uses the telling of her own life story to help readers uncover the truth of their own. Antoinette (Toni) Roberson Varner was given the name Gangaji by her teacher Sri H. W. L. Poonja in 1990. Before that meeting, she had pursued many paths to enlightenment. Brought up in the 1950s in the racially divided south, she married young and had a daughter. Following the dissolution of her first marriage, she moved to Northern California and immersed herself fully in the spiritual culture that was flourishing there-but all her efforts to achieve lasting fulfillment ultimately fell short. In the wake of her disillusionment, she made a final prayer for 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 river Ganges, she met Poonja, also known as Papaji, who opened her mind to the eternal presence of being.

In Hidden Treasure, Gangaji guides readers to the realization that once they can uncover and speak the truth about themselves, deep and lasting contentment is entirely possible.

About this title

About the Author:

Gangaji travels the world, speaking to spiritual seekers from all walks of life. A teacher and author, she lives with her husband in Ashland, Oregon.

Review:

"Gangaji is one of the smartest, clearest, and most poetic spiritual leaders of our time. Her writing in "Hidden Treasure" is compassionate, transparent, generous, and ruthless....[it] brings me home to the truth of who I am in seconds."--Alanis Morissette, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter

"This gently flowing but often disarming volume invites readers to examine the narratives that shape them, and is a call to pass beyond personal stories to find a deeper, more universal self."--"Publishers Weekly", starred review

About this edition

• Publisher: Tarcher
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1585428876
• ISBN 13: 9781585428878
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224