Travis Eneix

I went to see Gangaji in San Rafael on Sunday the 10th. Amazing.

I choose to trust Google maps directions rather than those on her website and promptly sped right through San Rafael. I turned around, got her site up on my blackberry and followed the directions there (now coming from the north). I missed the starting meditation, so I stood in the lobby of the San Rafael community center with 15 others waiting to get in. My seat was in the last row, and strategically behind one of the video camera lights, so she did not see me raise my hand repeatedly. Next time I will arrive an hour early and sit up front!

She spoke for about 25 minutes and then opened the floor for people to come up and sit with her.

A few days ago I was speaking with my wife about the thing in life I find most fascinating - the way in which people relate and how they connect to one another, and what gets formed in that space. Gangaji said that lately she has been thinking about inquiry in terms of not just what we are, but what we can be to (and for) each other. Kind of a cool synchronicity.

She was incredibly skillfull at catching people up in their straying from the inquiry, and kept very gently, but absolutely firmly, bringing them back to it. Several people got it right there on stage, and Gangaji would ask them to look out at the crowd with the light pouring from their faces saying, “Share that with them too. It’s infectious.”

All in all, a terribly beautiful way to spend a Sunday evening. Life got even better when I got home of course, I got to make dinner for my wife and myself and then we spent the hours until bedtime sitting on our couch and reading next to each other.

Life is perfect.

Stumble it!