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You Are Only Consciousness Itselfaudio
track 9 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 08:41
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: November 30, 1998
listens: 79; listens this month: 79; listens this week: 51
Track 9 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

Be Moved By Me To Infinityaudio
track 8 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 07:31
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: January 5, 1996
listens: 65; listens this month: 65; listens this week: 35
Track 8 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

Reality Is Not What You Thinkaudio
track 7 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 09:11
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: April 22, 1995
listens: 49; listens this month: 49; listens this week: 32
Track 7 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

The Bodily Location of Happinessaudio
track 5 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 06:41
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: December 28, 1981
listens: 53; listens this month: 53; listens this week: 25
Track 5 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

This talk was published in The Bodily Location Of Happiness.

The Asana of Scienceaudio
track 4 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 08:56
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: October 25, 1978
listens: 44; listens this month: 44; listens this week: 28
Track 4 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

Remember The Mystery in which You Liveaudio
track 3 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 06:19
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: October 28, 1978
listens: 47; listens this month: 47; listens this week: 31
Track 3 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

Adi Da answers a question from a 10-year-old boy who wants to not be so angry all the time.

Divine Distractionaudio
track 2 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 08:52
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: December 16, 1975
listens: 63; listens this month: 63; listens this week: 45
Track 2 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

Garbage and the Goddessaudio
track 1 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 03:23
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: April 15, 1974
listens: 87; listens this month: 87; listens this week: 54
Track 1 of the free, downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

This talk was published in the book, Garbage and the Goddess.

God Is Not In Chargeaudio
track 6 of The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1

poster: DawnHorsePress
length: 09:19
date added: May 12, 2013 New
event date: September 23, 1982
listens: 59; listens this month: 59; listens this week: 28
Track 6 of the free. downloadable CD, The Liberating Word of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Volume 1.

Adi Da calls devotees to consider whether there is any evidence that a God exists Who one can hook up with through mere belief; and Who will then, like a Parent with Infinite Resources, start granting the believer a better life: reduced suffering, all kinds of earthly benefits, etc.
tags:
God   theology  

The Grace Of Sufferingvideo
poster: AdiDaVideos
length: 13:13
date added: March 20, 2013
event date: January 1976
views: 212; views this month: 82; views this week: 16
In this seminal discourse (at The Mountain Of Attention), from the early years of His Teaching Work, Adi Da speaks about the inevitable process of self-revelation and self-understanding that prepares the being for true Spiritual life.

The full talk is available as Volume 2 of the 25th Anniversary DVD Series published by the Dawn Horse Press.


This is a beautiful talk by Adi Da. But it IS very compressed, making quite a few points in a short space, and depending to a significant degree on a familiarity with Adi Da's spiritual teaching. Here are some notes that may help.

Throughout the talk, the technical term, "sadhana" (spiritual practice), is used.

Genuine spiritual practice is not about belief systems, mere rituals, or a little "peace of mind", but rather about actually locating the Divine, through the tangible Transmission of the Spiritual Master.

After a recent illness, a devotee mentions to Adi Da that he notices how the physical suffering of illness was distracting enough that he was not "able" to find Adi Da's Transmission when he is ill.

Adi Da acknowledges this, and responds with three more general points.

1. The illness didn't "make" the devotee lose the thread of practice; rather, he allowed himself to be distracted from God by the illness. When the devotee gets this, and sees how he himself is "doing" the turning away, he'll be able to "do better next time" by not turning away even when ill.

2. Until Divine Enlightenment — in other words, until there is no limit on one's spiritual practice — sadhana (spiritual practice) is always only reflecting back to devotees the remaining limits in their practice: where they are still turning away from the Divine, where they still need to become responsible for not turning away.

In the beginning, the "turning away" is very "crude": even mere physical suffering is enough to distract one from God. (If we find ourselves saying, "what do you mean, MERE physical suffering?" that definitely identifies us as spiritual beginners! :-) ) But as one grows in practice, and ceases to turn away in such a crude manner (as one becomes a "saint", "yogi", "sage", etc.), one discovers that one is still turning from the Divine at an even subtler level of the being (in the mind, the psyche, etc.)

It is only when that "turning away" has been inspected, understood, and transcended in every dimension of the being that Divine Realization occurs.

In this sense, for the genuine spiritual practitioner, physical suffering — along with every other circumstance that reveals to us our turning away from the Divine — is truly a Grace, enabling us to grow in our practice.

3. Where we are turning away is a reflection of what we are identifying with: the body, the mind, the soul, etc. (For example, if physical illness is enough to distract us from God, then the physical body is what we currently are identified with.) God-Realization only occurs when all "identities" less than God are understood and transcended.

In this sense, "there are no winners in God" — the Way is not about seeking, accomplishment, or winning, but rather about surrender to God, sacrifice of self, and ego-death. There's no "one" left to "win"! But the One Who Remains is perfectly, eternally happy.

Meditationvideo
part 3 of Listen to Me and Forget Your self

poster: delphiyes
length: 10:26
date added: February 17, 2013
event date: 1996
views: 189; views this month: 40; views this week: 9
At The Mountain Of Attention, Adi Da addresses beginners' questions about meditation.

[Note: The "Devotional Way of Insight" to which Adi Da refers here in 1996 has since been superceded by the Way of Adidam Ruchiradam.]
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Mountain Of Attention  

The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summariesvideo
poster: delphiyes
length: 17:07
date added: January 15, 2013
event date: May 10, 2006
views: 269; views this month: 53; views this week: 10
Adi Da Samraj recites some of the core practices of the Transcendental Spiritual Way of Adidam from "The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries". This recitation took place at Adi Da Samrajashram on the Fijian island of Naitauba, as part of Adi Da's recitation of the complete Text of The Happenine Book, in a series of occasions starting on April 22, 2006 and ending on May 10, 2006.

"The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries" is available as Part 11 of The Aletheon.

A musical recitation by devotees appears on the CD, The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries.
tags:
Reality-Teachings   The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries   Orpheum   Happenine   Aletheon   CD  

Hearingvideo
poster: delphiyes
length: 07:45
date added: December 25, 2012
views: 241; views this month: 28; views this week: 6
Adi Da describes how the processes of listening, self-discipline, and hearing (the capability that enables fundamental responsibility for the self-contraction) develop in His Company.

The complete details of the levels of practice in the Way of Adidam can be found in Adi Da's Dawn Horse Testament.

[Note: the lacto-vegetarian diet to which Adi Da refers in this talk has been superceded by the raw, fructo-vegetarian diet now recommended by Adi Da, and summarized in Green Gorilla.]
tags:
listening   discipline   hearing   seeing   narcissus  

Baba Da's Great Tradition Improvisation and Fusionvideo
poster: SusanaWeingarten
length: 16:05
date added: December 23, 2012
views: 329; views this month: 41; views this week: 12
Excerpts from the first public performance of Baba Da's Great Tradition Improvisation and Fusion, by DANCEVERT (Susana Weingarten and Tom Evert) and FACING EAST, along with Byron Duckwall, Josh Sherman, and Shawn Sterling.

Anything was allowed to happen in the performance, and no rehearsal was required. The performers were open, concentrated, and ultimately, surrendered to the Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj, permitting His Divine Transmission to dance the dancers and play the musicians.

Victor Lucas, dance critic for Cool Cleveland writes:

John Wubbenhorst on lead flute, Michael Sheppard on electronic keyboard, Steve Zerlin and Byron Duckwall on various stringed instruments, and Ken Anoff with hand-held drums launched into a piece that ran for 75 minutes. The dancers began seated facing each other on the 8 X 16 foot raised stage they'd built for the occasion. From low-key, seated movements they took perhaps 6 minutes to develop their movements into a standing dance which acknowledged the portrait of Adi Da Samraj off stage left and climaxed in a slow but spectacular partnering sequence in which Tom carried Susana on his shoulders and lowered her to the floor by bending forward from the hips with a straight spine, a risky show of strength. The intensity of that early climactic moment galvanized the attention of the audience and lifted this improvisation out of any association it might have had with the lazy or casual.Later in their improvisation, Tom and Susana managed passages of rhythmic intensity, flinging their arms to the musicians' tight, fast tempos. We always expect professionalism from the Everts, but we were surprised at how successfully they maintained our interest in the extended improvisation.

This music and dance collaboration was inspired by an earlier, purely musical creative effort, reflected by the album, Baba Da's Great Tradition Improvisation Fusion Orchestra.

For more of Adi Da's wisdom about artistic improvisation in the context of communion with the Divine, click here.
tags:
dance   music   improvisation  

The Dreaded Gom-Boovideo
poster: delphiyes
length: 14:23
date added: December 4, 2012
event date: 1982
views: 362; views this month: 52; views this week: 8
An audio talk from 1982 accompanied by images of Adi Da. This talk was later published in the book, The Dreaded Gom-Boo.

This talk considers that all religion seeks to cure us of an unreal disease, which Adi Da humorously calls the "Dreaded Gom-Boo". This disease is our constant presumption that we have somehow "fallen from Grace" and are in need of the salvatory "cure" of religious belief.

Adi Da uproots this religious conceit and illusion by Confessing (based on His Own Realization) that we are always already present and alive in and as Divine Being. The "good news" of Adi Da's Way of Adidam is that, in present Communion with the Divine (made available through Adi Da's Spiritual Transmission), we need not seek to be cured, but must only feel, observe, understand, and renounce the very activity of seeking itself, and thus be restored to our native Happiness and Freedom.
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