Freedom and Resolve (Gangaji)
Bereft of Substance and Depth
[My 2-star Amazon review (NDA) of “Freedom and Resolve: Finding Your True Home in the Universe” by Gangaji.]
A fan of my Amazon reviews sent me this 73-page book to review, and I zipped through it in less than half an hour.
What has been said about Cleveland—there is no there there-- can be said about this book. In other words, I have no idea why it was even written, because what Gangaji has to say can be summed up in a few sentences: You are the Self (awareness, consciousness, stillness, silence, Truth); you should vigilantly surrender to that Truth, and you should enquire, “Who Am I?” to realize you are that Truth. She doesn’t elaborate on these statements, and beyond them she has nothing substantive or insightful to say. She’s read Ramana Maharshi, but clearly has never gone beneath the surface of his teachings.
Anyone who has already read books on Advaita Vedanta will find nothing new, interesting, or deep in this skimpy text, which is bereft of an esoteric dimension. And even newbies will be better off starting with other Advaita Vedanta texts.
[My 2-star Amazon review (NDA) of “Freedom and Resolve: Finding Your True Home in the Universe” by Gangaji.]
A fan of my Amazon reviews sent me this 73-page book to review, and I zipped through it in less than half an hour.
What has been said about Cleveland—there is no there there-- can be said about this book. In other words, I have no idea why it was even written, because what Gangaji has to say can be summed up in a few sentences: You are the Self (awareness, consciousness, stillness, silence, Truth); you should vigilantly surrender to that Truth, and you should enquire, “Who Am I?” to realize you are that Truth. She doesn’t elaborate on these statements, and beyond them she has nothing substantive or insightful to say. She’s read Ramana Maharshi, but clearly has never gone beneath the surface of his teachings.
Anyone who has already read books on Advaita Vedanta will find nothing new, interesting, or deep in this skimpy text, which is bereft of an esoteric dimension. And even newbies will be better off starting with other Advaita Vedanta texts.
