Week 1: The Myths of Enlightenment
What is enlightenment really? Who or what is awake? As we examine what we imagine “enlightenment”
will give us, we have the opportunity to tell the deepest truth about what we really want and what we are
willing to give for that.
Week 2: Call Off the Search
Week two focuses on the essential step into awakening—calling off the search for some object or event
to deliver fulfillment. In one simple, radical moment of stopping, it is possible to discover the truth of your
nature as that fulfillment being sought everywhere else.
Week 3: The Vehicle of Direct Experience
Misidentification is the root of unnecessary suffering. Gangaji offers the vehicle of direct experience to
penetrate the storyline of our lives into the experience of our being. When we are ready to tell the truth of
our direct experience, rather than continuing our story of suffering, we live freely and authentically.
Week 4: Recognizing the Strategies of Ego
Gangaji takes the group through an examination of the three basic movements of ego; the habits of mind
that when followed, betray our essential, awake nature.
Week 5: The Spin into Hell
Much of our time can be spent caught in overwhelming spirals of fear, anger and emotional hysteria.
This week we examine the nature of human emotion to discover what is revealed when we are willing to
face what we avoid. What would our lives be like if we stopped both denying and indulging the waves of
human emotion?
Week 6: The Alchemy of Surrender
The primal experience of letting go is meeting death. Whether it is our physical death or the death of who
we imagine ourselves to be, or the death of what we think our life circumstance should be, surrender brings
us home to ourselves. In an instant of surrender, we recognize the vast and uncontrollable love that is our
true nature.
Week 7: Wait and See
Often after a profound experience of awakening we can fall into the trap of spiritual materialism: seeking
more and better states of mind. This habit can pull us away from the simple truth of ourselves, bringing us
back into a pattern of unnecessary suffering. In this meeting, we explore one of the most essential teachings
Gangaji ever received from her beloved teacher, “Wait and see;” three words that can radically change
your life.
Week 8: Choose What Has Chosen You
Once we recognize our true inner nature, how do we remain true to that recognition? What does it mean to
be at peace in our daily lives? Here we examine the nature of being vigilant in ordinary human existence.
- Eight 90-minute class sessions with Gangaji on video, including interactive question and answer time
- Eight 30-minute group discussion and engagement sessions after the time with Gangaji
- Unlimited access to video recordings of each course session
- Unlimited access to audio recordings of all class sessions (listen online or download the mp3 file to your iPod or audio player)
- PDF transcripts for each class session
- Participation in a private online community with other course members
Title: The Keys to Awakening and Freedom
Dates: Eight Week Course with 8 sessions, with Class sessions every Wednesday July 28, August 4, 11, 18, 25, and Sept 1, 8, 15.
Price: $287
| "The words themselves are charged with extraordinary aliveness and transformative power. This is because they come out of a living realization of truth, rather than the accumulated knowledge of the mind." From the foreword by Eckhart Tolle, author of "The Power of Now." |  |
| "Nakedness is a profound given. When Rumi speaks of the beautiful nakedness of the soul, this is what he refers to. Gangaji, too, with such grace, gently suggests that we remember and return to the deep being we already are, beneath all the clothes of our stories." Coleman Barks, author of Rumi, The Book of Love. |  |
| "Gangaji is clear and sharp like a diamond and her words cut through to the heart of the matter. I heartily recommend her as a teacher to seekers interested in inquiry into reality and themselves." Lama Surya Das, author of Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be. |  |
Born in Texas in 1942, Gangaji grew up in Mississippi. After graduating from the University of Mississippi in 1964, she married and had a daughter. In 1972, she moved to San Francisco where she began exploring deeper levels of her being. She took Bodhisattva vows, practiced Zen and Vipassana meditation, helped run a Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center, and had a career as an acupuncturist in the San Francisco Bay area.
Despite her successes, Gangaji continued to experience a deep and persistent longing for fulfillment. She 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 river Ganga, she met Sri H.W.L. Poonja, also known as Papaji, 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. It was then that Papaji gave Toni the name Gangaji and asked that she share with others what she had realized.
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 Papaji and offers it to all who want to discover a true and lasting fulfillment.
Gangaji is the author of You Are THAT! Volumes I & II, Freedom & Resolve: The Living Edge of Surrender, and The Diamond in Your Pocket: Discovering Your True Radiance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can you tell me more about the video and audio recordings and transcripts?
A: We will post these on the Course Media site for you to download and keep.
Q: Can you tell me about the Community Site?
A: We will have a private community for all the participants in this Course, which will support you in making connections between each other, sharing insights, engaging discussions, and exchanging information about events and other activities. You’ll have the ability to blog about your experiences, projects, and growth throughout the Course. We strongly encourage you to post a photo and some things about yourself.
Q: Do I need any special software to watch the video of Gangaji?
A: If you can watch videos on YouTube, you have all that you need on your computer to watch the live streaming video.
Q: What is your refund policy?
A: Our refund policy for this Course is to offer you a 100% refund, minus a $20 processing fee, up until the start of the first class at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, July 28th. Up until the start of the second class on Wednesday, August 4th, you can receive a 100% refund minus a $40 processing fee. After that time, there will be no further refunds, but if before the start of the 3rd class on August 11th, you cannot continue the course for some reason, we can apply your registration fee to a future course from The Shift Network. After the 3rd class session, no credits for future courses will be given. Cancellation requests to support@theshiftnetwork.com
Q: How can I reach Customer Support?
A: support@theshiftnetwork.com or (415) 439-0003.
Q: What are the benefits of telling my friends to join the program?
A: You can sign up as an Affiliate of The Shift Network and receive 20% for anyone that you introduce who registers for the Course. If you bring five friends into the Course, you can cover your own! Register at www.theshiftnetwork.com/affiliate and you’ll receive a promotional link to use.
Q: Can I use Skype to dial in to the sessions?
A: Yes, you can use SkypeOut from anywhere in the world to dial in to the MaestroConference line we will use. You’ll need to use the Skype keypad to enter your PIN and to respond to questions posed that require raising your hand. Just go to www.skype.com We’ll provide more detailed instructions for those in the course.
Q: Can I invite others to participate with me after I register?
A: Each registration is for one person to be part of the Course. You will have just one registration, one account on the Community Site, etc. If others would like to participate, please encourage them to register separately.
Q: If I need to miss a class, how can I make it up?
A: Each class will be both recorded and transcribed, so you can easily make-up any content that you missed live. The recordings will generally be available within 48 hours, with transcriptions available within a week. That said, you won’t be able to make up the break-out sessions and group dialogue. This is a critical piece, where the course participants are able to support each other in our leadership and in manifesting our projects in the world. So we really encourage you to attend LIVE so you can participate in all of the interactive portions.
Q: Can I share audios with others?
A: We ask that you respect that everyone is paying for this valuable Course and not to share the media products with other people.
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