If you are willing to take an instant to withdraw attention from whatever your internal dialogue is, to withdraw energy from whatever the latest point of view about your suffering is, it is immediately obvious what is here: the fullness, the richness and the love of oneself as conscious life.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of being present and recognizing the inherent richness of life beyond our thoughts and suffering.
Gangaji's quote encourages us to step back from our internal narratives and the continuous stream of thoughts that often focus on our pain and suffering. By doing so, we can reconnect with the essence of our being, which is filled with richness, fullness, and love, allowing us to appreciate the present moment and the depth of our consciousness.
In practice
In a mindfulness workshop, a facilitator quoted Gangaji to emphasize the importance of living in the moment.
The most sublime truth of all has never been stated or written or sung. Not because it is far away and can not be reached, but because it is so intimately close, closer than anything that can be spoken. It is alive as the stillness in the core of your being, too close to be described, too close to be objectified, too close to be known in the usual way of knowledge. The truth of who you are is yours already. It is already present.
When you are willing to stop looking for something in thought, you find everything in silence.
Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have no past, you have no relationships, you have no country, you have no spiritual attainment, you have no lack of spiritual attainment. There is just the presence of beingness with itself.
Self is not liberated. It was never bound. What gets liberated are the demons as well as gods of your mind. Set them free. You are sick of playing with the game. Be willing to not play the game. This takes huge resolve.
Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.
Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
Nothing more or less than the deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
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