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Events - March, 2018 (and later)
Featured Introductory Events
Deeper than sleep, wider than dreaming, more intense and
all connected than waking. Become a participant in the Real
world of Always Already existing Reality instead of the
petty world of human mummery.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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1. Listings of Featured Events by Region or Venue
Click on a location below for more time,
place, and contact information.
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Berkeley,
California — "Where Is Happiness?"
Free Weekend Retreat, Saturday, March 31 - Sunday, April 1,
2018, Redwood Gardens, 2951 Derby Street, Berkeley, California.
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More times and dates for the "Where is Happiness?"
Free Weekend Retreat at the same location:
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Lower
Lake, California — "Death Cafe", Wednesday,
March 7, 4:00-5:30pm, Lower Lake Coffee 'n Cream Cafe, 16205
Main Street, Lower Lake, California. We explore the spiritual,
mental, emotional and physical aspects of death, and share Adi
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San Diego, California — Storytelling
& Book Signing with Gerald Sheinfeld, Friday, March 16, 7:30-9:30pm,
Upstart Crow Bookstore, 835 W. Harbor Drive, San Diego, California.
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San Marcos, California — Storytelling
& Book Signing with Gerald Sheinfeld, Saturday, March 17, 7:00-9:00pm,
place to be determined. Contact Tim Peterson at timpeterson108@gmail.com.
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San
Rafael, California — Monday, March
5, 7:30-9:00 pm, 68 Paul Drive San Rafael, California.
We will hear a devotee of Avatar Adi Da Samraj tell their
account of finding Divine Communion at the feet of the Master.
This sharing will be followed by a video discourse by Avatar
Adi Da and an informal discussion.
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Sherman Oaks, California — Storytelling
& Book Signing with Gerald Sheinfeld, Tuesday, March 13, 7:30-9:30pm,
The Sound Palace Temple, 4701 Cedros Avenue, Sherman Oaks, California.
Contact Athena Starseed at 323-793-4966.
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Venice, California — Storytelling
& Book Signing with Gerald Sheinfeld, Saturday, March 10, 7:00-9:00pm,
Mystic Journey Bookstore, 1624 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, California.
Contact timpeterson108@gmail.com.
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Washington,
DC — Leelas Occasion. Leelas means "play of the
Guru." The leelas offered on this occasion are given by a long
time devotee of Adi Da Samraj after his recent retreat on Adi
Da Samrajashram in the Fiji Islands. Saturday, March 10,4:00-5:30pm,
1707 Glastonberry Rd., Potomac Maryland. |
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Portland,
Oregon — "Wisdom Tools Series, Session: The
Dual Sensitivities Required for True Spiritual Life". Saturday,
March 31, 6:30-7:30pm, Multnomah Friends Meeting, 4312 Southeast
Stark Street, Portland, Oregon.
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Seattle,
Washington — Storytelling & Book Signing with
Gerald Sheinfeld, Friday, March 2, 7:00-9:00pm, East West Bookshop,
6407 12th Ave., NE Seattle, Washington. Contact: Tom Stiles
at 206-963-9248.
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Seattle,
Washington — "Reality, Truth, and Conscious
Light", Tuesday, March 27, 7:30-8:30 pm, 9200 Densrmore
Ave N, Seattle, Washington. |
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Canada |
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Port Coquitlam, British Columbia —
Storytelling & Book Signing with Gerald Sheinfeld, Friday, February
24, 2:00-4:30pm, Waves Coffee Shop, #300A- 2748 Lougheed Highway,
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. Contact Susan Gauer at 604-716-4831.
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Vancouver, British Columbia — Storytelling
& Book Signing with Gerald Sheinfeld, Friday, February 23, 7:00-9:00pm,
Maple Ridge Public Library (Alouette Room), 11925 Honey Place,
Maple Ridge, British Columbia. Contact Susan Gauer at 604-716-4831.
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United Kingdom |
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Brighton — "Heart Awakening". Sunday, March
18, 2:00-4:00pm, Brighton Jubilee Library, Jubilee St, Brighton.
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"There is a State of Being that is completely, unequivocally,
permanently, infinitely Happy and Free — a State that cannot
be lost under any conditions, in this world or after death.
Such a State is not imaginary. It is the underlying Truth
of existence." - Avatar Adi Da Samraj. But what does this
really mean and how does it actually relate to our ordinary
lives? How could anyone be happy under all circumstances?
At this (free) introductory event we will explore the actual
mechanism of un-happiness, which results in our misguided
attempts to become happy, and prevents true happiness, freedom,
and love from being obvious and the "underlying Truth of existence".
The event will include video clips of Adi Da and time to chat.
There will also be refreshments and time to look at the book
table. If you would like to attend, just turn up on the day.
More times and dates for "Heart Awakening" at the
same location:
- Sunday, April 15, 2:00-4:00pm
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- Sunday, May 20, 2:00-4:00pm
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- Sunday, June 17, 2:00-4:00pm
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- Sunday, July 15, 2:00-4:00pm
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- Sunday, August 19, 2:00-4:00pm
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Oxford
— "Perfect Not-Knowing". Friday, March 9, 7:00-8:30pm,
Turl Street Kitchen, 16-17 Turl Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire.
Contact Sara at grossatjericho@gmail.com.
In keeping with the general theme of the spiritual Great Tradition
of humankind, we will explore the subject of Crazy
Wisdom, and those Spiritual Realizers who exemplified
this paradoxical, unconventional and (from the point of view
of the ego) "mad" way of teaching. There are examples
in all traditions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism,Christianity
and Islam. The sessions consist of plenty of discussion, extracts
from books, and video clips. This session will be informative,
lively, humorous - even fun! All you need to bring is an open
mind, and a coffee from the cafe downstairs ( if you like).
More times and dates for "Perfect Not-Knowing" at
the same location:
- Monday, April 16, 7:00-8:30pm
- Thursday, May 10, 7:00-8:30pm
- Thursday, June 14, 7:00-8:30pm
- Thursday, July 12, 7:00-8:30pm
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Austria |
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Vienna — "Where Is Happiness?"
Free Retreat, Saturday, June 2 - Sunday, June 3, 2018, Vienna,
Austria. Retreat language: German.
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Germany |
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Berlin-Charlottenburg
— "Reality, Truth and Conscious Light" - Einführungsabend
über Leben und Werk von Avatar Adi Da und über den Weg von Adidam.
Dienstag, March 13, 2018, 7:30pm - 9:00pm, Buchladen und Spirituelles
Center, Pestalozzistr. 39, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg.
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Berlin-Charlottenburg
— "Not-Two Is Peace" - Lösungen zum globalen Zusammenleben.
Eine Einführung in Adi Da’s Buch Nicht-Zwei ist Frieden.
Dienstag, March 27, 2018, 7:30pm - 9:00pm, Buchladen und Spirituelles
Center, Pestalozzistr. 39, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg.
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Berlin-Charlottenburg
— "The Guru-Devotee Relationship" - Die Essenz der spirituellen
Praxis in zahlreichen spirituellen Traditionen und im Weg von
Adidam. Dienstag, April 10, 2018, 7:30pm - 9:00pm, Buchladen
und Spirituelles Center, Pestalozzistr. 39, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg.
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Berlin
— "Where Is Happiness?" Free Weekend Retreat,
Saturday, April 21- Sunday, April 22, 2018, Pestalozzistrasse
39, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg.
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The Netherlands |
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Maria
Hoop — "Where Is Happiness?" Free
Weekend Retreat, Saturday, March 17 - Sunday, March 18, 2018,
European Danda, Maria Hoop, The Netherlands.
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More times and dates for the "Where is Happiness?"
Free Weekend Retreat at the same location:
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Australia |
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Melbourne
— "Wisdom Tools Series, Session 5: Our Behaviour:
Why We Do What We Do". Sunday, March 4, 2018, 2:30pm-4:00pm.
Kathleen Symes Library and Community Centre, 251 Faraday St.,
Carlton, Melbourne.
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Melbourne
— "Wisdom Tools Series, Session 6: The Time-Honoured
Guru-Devotee Relationship". Sunday, May 6, 2018, 2:30pm-4:00pm.
Kathleen Symes Library and Community Centre, 251 Faraday St.,
Carlton, Melbourne. |
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Melbourne
— "Wisdom Tools Series, Session 7: The Wound of Love".
Sunday, June 3, 2018, 2:30pm-4:00pm. Kathleen Symes Library
and Community Centre, 251 Faraday St., Carlton, Melbourne. |
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New Zealand |
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Auckland
— "What Is Happiness?" Free Retreat, Saturday,
March 10 - Sunday, March 11, 2018, 12 Seibel Road, Henderson
Valley, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Auckland
— "The Heart Has a Question", Wednesday, March
28, 2018, 7:00-8:30pm, 12 Seibel Road, Henderson Valley, Auckland,
New Zealand.
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India |
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Weekly
Satsang Phone Calls — Divine Stories: Conversations
with Devotees Speaking about Adi Da's Blessings in Their Lives.
Satsang calls every Sunday at 10am. Please register ahead
of time!
- March 4, March 11, March 18, March 25, April 1
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2. Featured Introductory
Events Around the World
- Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light — A 90-Minute
Introductory Presentation on the Life, Teaching, and Living
Spiritual Presence of Avatar Adi Da Samraj. (More about this
intro event below.)
- Wisdom Tools — Wisdom Tools seminars introduce
you to Adi Da's remarkable wisdom on key topics as it applies
to human concerns.
Seminar topics include:
- an overview of the Wisdom Tool Series
- The Dual Sensitivities Required for True Spiritual
Life — Adi Da instructs that in order for true spiritual
practice to begin there must be both the sensitivity to
our mortality and the futility of looking for fulfilment
in life as well as an intuition of our Prior Condition beyond
that.
The sensitivity to the mortality of existence and
the heart-impulse must strike against one another
at the heart and become an intense heart-fire.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- Death is a Living Process — A helpful and informative
webinar presentation by members the Adidam Death & Dying
Ministry, on preparing for the death process and serving
others going through the death process.
I have called the process of death "easy death",
because that is what it can become. In order to
die free of fear, you must be in a different disposition
toward life altogether.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- Transcending the Mechanism of Doubt — Doubt is
one of the core human emotions that creates separation from
others and the Divine. Hear and consider Adi Da’s simple
but profound discourse on how to transcend this powerful
mood.
We tend to associate doubt with some ‘thing’ we
feel negative about. Whereas actually doubt is a
mechanism that doesn’t have anything to do with
some object or thing to be doubted.
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- Transcending the Knot of Fear — Fear is one of
the strongest and most powerful of human emotions. Hear
Adi Da, in a compassionate but very direct way, address
a devotee who had suffered debilitating fear in his life.
Everyone is in the midst of an activity that is
generating fear. . . It's inherent in the presumption
of identification with the state of separateness,
change and inevitable death. You cannot get rid
of fear. The Way I have Given enters you fully consciously
into the Domain of Reality Itself, which transcends
that activity which generates fear.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- Understanding Vital, Peculiar, and Solid Character
Strategies — Human beings develop what Adi Da calls
“character strategies” in reaction to the "vital shock"
of birth and identification with the body- mind. Discover
what your character strategy might be and how that strategy
dictates your expression of life-energy.
The three human types (vital, peculiar, and solid)
are a strategic play on life, or the Life-Principle,
conceived as dilemma or conflict.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- Feel the Wound of Love — A profound consideration
about how to incarnate love under all conditions beyond
recoil and rejection.
Love Does Not Fail For You When You Are Rejected
or Betrayed or Apparently Not Loved. Love Fails
For You When You Reject, Betray, and Do Not Love.
. . Therefore, Love. Do This Rather Than Make Any
Effort To Get Rid Of The Feeling Of Being Rejected.
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- The Traditional and Time-Honored Guru-Devotee Relationship
— At the center of all the world’s religions are individuals
who by their actual Realization of Truth, Reality or God
draw others into that Realization. This session will give
insight into how the relationship to such an Adept-Realizer
works and how it serves one’s own Realization.
The Primary force and “root” of all esoteric traditions
of human kind are the Adept- Realizers, those who
actually Realize the Spiritual and Transcendental
Nature of Reality.
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- The Seven Stages of Life
- The Searchless Raw Diet
- The Gift of True Happiness — The way that Adi
Da Samraj offers is a choice based on awakening to the prior
unity of our true condition and recognition of the Divine alive
in the world. This is an introduction to His work. In addition,
find out about local classes that give you immediate access
to the profound wisdom gifts of Adi Da Samraj on topics such
as Death is a Living Process, the Wound of Love, Transcending
the Knot of Fear, Understanding Vital, Peculiar, and Solid Character
Strategies, The Traditional and Time-Honored Guru-Devotee Relationship,
Transcending the Mechanism of Doubt, and Dual Sensitivities
Required for True Spiritual Life.
- Locate What Is Real — In this two-part presentation,
you will be introduced to Avatar Adi Da's core teaching on the
true nature of reality, the illusion of the separate self, and
the nature of human suffering. Experience Avatar Adi Da's transformative
Spiritual Presence through His Teaching and Sacred Sightings
(or Darshan). Hear stories and testimonials from long-time devotees
of Avatar Adi Da. See video discourses of Avatar Adi Da speaking.
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More About the "Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light"
Event
"Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light" is a 90-minute,
introductory presentation on the Life, Teaching, and Living Spiritual
Presence of Avatar Adi Da Samraj.
"Everything about this presentation was a delight! Beautifully
done. I had a delightful time. Let's do it again!"
Leonard M., an attendee at
"Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light"
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"About the evening: I can only say it was lovely warm,
welcoming. . . And Adi Da's presence in the film spoke for
itself, very beautifully."
another attendee at
"Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light"
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Watch a free recording — You can watch
a free recording of our introductory webinar which aired in
February, 2016. It includes stories by two devotees, Rachel Kuhn
and Ruy Carpenter, a 35 minute video, and Rachel and Ruy's answers
to questions asked by webinar participants about Avatar Adi Da
and the Reality-Way of Adidam.
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