Gangaji helped me to understand the art of self-inquiry and how to silence my mind. She has helped me to break free from the bondage of believing that my thoughts are my reality. Without a "story" to back up my thoughts they simply cease to be. I can choose at this moment to quit telling myself negative stories.

My eyes were opened to how powerful my thoughts are - they are the filler of all my experiences of reality.

The Diamond in Your Pocket is divided into four units. In Unit 1 "Discovering the truth of who you are", we begin to silence the mind through the art of self-inquiry. To stop looking for happiness and fulfillment in external things. And to begin recognizing the stories we tell ourselves.

In Unit 2 "The mind, deeper than emotion", we learn to free ourselves from the bondage of believing that "thoughts" are reality. We give thought the authority to define who we are. As a thought arises we can either follow that thought or be still. Being still occurs by recognizing the activity of the mind and not following it.

In Unit 3 "Unravelling the knot ot suffering", we learn to stop the suffering by stopping the story.

In Unit 4 "Choosing peace", we now realize how powerful our thoughts are. We now know how to identify and recognize the stories we tell ourselves.

I hope you will find this book to be a worthwhile addition to add to your collection. I hope it is as life-altering for you as it was for me.