--- title: "2 Mental Activity Quotes By Gangaji" description: "2 Mental Activity quotes by Gangaji. Plus more from Gangaji and more Mental Activity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/gangaji-10997_absolutes_when-all-mental-activity-around-who-you_361064.jpg" --- > [When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of the mind. I invite you to enter through that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/when-all-mental-activity-around-who-you-think-you-are-or-what-you/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/gangaji-10997_absolutes_when-all-mental-activity-around-who-you_361064.jpg) > [When all mental activity around who you think you are is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of the mind. I invite you to enter through that crack. Come in through that opening.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/when-all-mental-activity-around-who-you-think-you-are-is-stopped/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/gangaji-10997_authority_when-all-mental-activity-around-who-you_1048217.jpg) ## More by Gangaji > [But somehow in identifying myself as the healer, there was still a seed of both self-righteousness and defense from a kind of emptiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/but-somehow-in-identifying-myself-as-the-healer-there-was-still-a/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [Fulfillment has nothing to do with circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/fulfillment-has-nothing-to-do-with-circumstances/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [I support people if they are called to be active and protesting, resisting, working for restoration or, for more just political conversation. I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/i-support-people-if-they-are-called-to-be-active-and-protesting/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [I don't mean to say that you shouldn't take care of your body, or want to keep it from dying. But it doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/i-don-t-mean-to-say-that-you-shouldn-t-take-care-of-your-body-or-want/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/when-all-mental-activity-around-who-you-think-you-are-or-what-you/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [If you will stop all searching right now and tell the truth to yourself, you will know what is known in the core of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/if-you-will-stop-all-searching-right-now-and-tell-the-truth-to/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [Recognize, you ARE Home. Not, you are 'at home'... you ARE Home. Not, you have 'come home'... you ARE Home. You are that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/recognize-you-are-home-not-you-are-at-home-you-are-home-not-you-have/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [If you are willing to experience anything directly and immediately, whether good or bad, joyous or hateful, you will recognize that what you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/if-you-are-willing-to-experience-anything-directly-and-immediately/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [“We have tried everything to get rid of suffering. We have gone everywhere to get rid of suffering. We have bought everything to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/we-have-tried-everything-to-get-rid-of-suffering-we-have-gone/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [Be still. it takes no effort to be still; it is utterly simple. When your mind is still, you have no name, you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/be-still-it-takes-no-effort-to-be-still-it-is-utterly-simple-when/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [Under the obsessive thoughts and plans, under the emotions, positive and negative, there is an ocean of peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/under-the-obsessive-thoughts-and-plans-under-the-emotions-positive/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [What ever we embrace eventually reveals the place we have been seeking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/what-ever-we-embrace-eventually-reveals-the-place-we-have-been-seeking/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [I'm a student of history and know that civilizations get lost - they are born and die - and so I recognize the tender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/i-m-a-student-of-history-and-know-that-civilizations-get-lost-they/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [You have the freedom, ability and authority to love your life. Just be you, then wait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/you-have-the-freedom-ability-and-authority-to-love-your-life-just-be/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) > [If you're laughing, you're healing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/if-you-re-laughing-you-re-healing/) [Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mental-activity/gangaji/#itemlist", "name": "2 Mental Activity Quotes By Gangaji", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When all mental activity around who you think you are or what you need for happiness is stopped, there is a crack in the authority of perception, in the structure of the mind. I invite you to enter through that crack. Come in through that opening. 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