Da Hridayam poster: DawnHorsePress length: 05:54 date added: November 15, 2017 language: English listens: 3060; listens this month: 23; listens this week: 8 This audio excerpt is "Da Om, Om Da" — track 5 on the CD, Da Hridayam.
Da Hridayam is a collection of devotional chants from longtime devotee, JoAnne Sunshine. These new chants invoke the Divine via the Names and Declarations of Divine Realizer Avatar Adi Da Samraj. The CD beautifully explores a vast array of cultural styles and instruments. It is uplifting, absorbing, and inventive — a sublime celebration.
"True Water—cool, clear, and surprising." —Ray Lynch, composer and 3-time Billboard Award winner
JoAnne Sunshine has devoted many years to studying and practicing the art of sacred devotional singing in the company of Avatar Adi Da Samraj. JoAnne has written compositions for Broadway star Laura Theodore, opera singers Crane Kirkbride, Mel McMurrin, and Elizabeth deBrine. Crane Kirkbride commissioned the song “I Am Who You Are”, which was first produced by Ray Lynch and subsequently by John Mackay. She recorded and sang “I Am With You Now” with Ray Lynch, a devotional song familiar to many devotees.tags: music comments: 2
poster: DawnHorsePress length: 01:00 date added: August 6, 2012 event date: 2012 language: English listens: 3050; listens this month: 7; listens this week: 5 "Brahmanandam", track 1 from Hansa, an album of ancient Indian prayers and poems set to new music by Tamarind Free Jones and Gawain Mathews.tags: TamarindCD
The Wordless Condition Prior to I poster: DawnHorsePress length: 12:13 date added: February 27, 2013 event date: October 12, 2004 language: English views: 2902; views this month: 3; views this week: 2 On the evening of October 12, 2004, Avatar Adi Da not only answered His devotees’ questions (ranging from the capacity of discrimination to living a Divinely Purposed life), He also addressed the chronic self-reference "I" in the patterns of speech. He pointed out that there is no actual experience of such a one, though language and thought are built upon the illusion of a separate "self". Adi Da contrasted this ego-based condition to the Wordless and Thoughtless State of the Divine.
This 12-minute excerpt is from the DVD, The Wordless Condition Prior to "I", which presents Adi Da's entire Avataric Discourse of October 12, 2004 (approximately 3 hours and 36 minutes altogether).tags: Avataric DiscourseDVD
Is God a Being, or the Being, taking care of everyone?
If there is a God, then why isn't God obviously just in charge?
Why do individuals who don't believe in God very often seem to have a relatively enjoyable life, and believers just as frequently suffer?
If God is a Parent-Force, then why doesn't the commitment to God bring into your life evidence that you are being protected and sustained?
These are some of the questions that Avatar Adi Da considers with devotees participating with Him in the gatherings from the 1980's presented on this CD. What unfolds is a lively consideration that you too can participate in, wherever or whenever you are, by listening to this CD.
Special terminology used in this excerpt: gnosistags: CD
The Ego's Logic of Cause-and-Effect poster: DawnHorsePress length: 02:04 date added: July 7, 2017 event date: October 20, 2004 language: English views: 2847; views this month: 13; views this week: 4 Video excerpt from an Avataric Discourse given by Adi Da Samraj at Adi Da Samrajashram, on October 20, 2004. In this excerpt, Avatar Adi Da speaks about the Big Bang theory in the context of the ego's logic of cause-and-effect.
In this Discourse, Avatar Adi Da points out that the logic of cause-and-effect is operative not only in the conventional religious presumption that the Divine is the Cause of the world, but also in all human historical traditions—from the most ancient astrologically based cultures, to various Western philosophies, to the esoteric traditions that posit a subjective source for phenomena.
The Truth of the matter, Avatar Adi Da Reveals, is this: Everything and everyone that arises is merely an apparent modification of Reality Itself. Reality Itself is always Prior to the universe of conditional beings and things. And, ultimately, the process of Realizing Reality Itself utterly Outshines both the question of cause and the noticing of effects. comments: 1
Surrender Without Limitation poster: DawnHorsePress length: 02:57 date added: March 5, 2017 event date: December 30, 1983 language: English listens: 2766; listens this month: 10; listens this week: 3 In this beautiful and intimate Discourse given on December 30, 1983 at Adi Da Samrajashram, Avatar Adi Da speaks with a man who suffers from claustrophobia. Avatar Adi Da points to the self-generated cause of such terrifying experiences, describing them as symptoms of feeling-contraction from the Field of Divine Existence. He calls this man—and all who are sensitive to suffering and anxiety—to find the Bliss of Divine Existence in His Company, and to intensively practice feeling beyond all emotional limits on living in That Bliss.
What makes Avatar Adi Da’s seventh stage Revelation utterly unique? To find out, listen to this CD set and learn about Adi Da’s singular seventh stage Way as He describes It directly and in the context of other genuine esoteric traditions. These Discourse excerpts are an incredible resource for understanding Adi Da’s seventh stage Way with the guidance of His “map” of the six stages of life, which correlates to the structures of the human being.
Disc 1 is a collection of Discourse excerpts in which Adi Da clarifies His seventh stage Way by distinguishing it from other esoteric traditions.
Disc 2 is a single Discourse in which Adi Da describes the signs and requirements of His seventh stage Way.tags: CDAvataric Discourseseventh stage
The Ego's Logic of Cause-and-Effect poster: DawnHorsePress length: 02:04 date added: November 3, 2017 event date: October 20, 2004 language: English views: 2749; views this month: 16; views this week: 9 This is a video excerpt from Adi Da's Avataric Discourse of October 20, 2004, at Adi Da Samrajashram. In this excerpt, Adi Da speaks about the Big Bang theory in the context of the ego’s logic of cause-and-effect, and how egos tend to mistakenly confuse "first cause" with God or Reality.
The full talk is available on the DVD, The Ego's Logic of Cause-and-Effect (nearly four hours long). In this talk, Adi Da points out how the logic of cause-and-effect is operative not only in the conventional religious presumption that the Divine is the Cause of the world, but also in all human historical traditions—from the most ancient astrologically based cultures, to various Western philosophies, to the esoteric traditions that posit a subjective source for phenomena.
The Truth of the matter, Avatar Adi Da Reveals, is this: Everything and everyone that arises is merely an apparent modification of Reality Itself. Reality Itself is always Prior to the universe of conditional beings and things. And, ultimately, the process of Realizing Reality Itself utterly Outshines both the question of cause and the noticing of effects.tags: Avataric DiscourseDVD
The Grace of Suffering poster: DawnHorsePress length: 03:48 date added: November 26, 2015 event date: January 18, 1976 language: English listens: 2744; listens this month: 12; listens this week: 6 This clip is an excerpt from Adi Da's talk, "The Grace of Suffering", which was given on January 18, 1976. In this talk, Adi Da describes how sensitivity to one's own suffering is the beginning of real ego-transcending practice. Such sensitivity moves an individual out of the usual life of effort and search, into inspection of the nature of existence and availability to Him as Divine Guru. Adi Da reveals the real nature of suffering—the action of ego—and draws the individual beyond egoic suffering into the True Source-Condition.
Additional (videoed) excerpts from this talk are available here and here.
By tendency, people are bound to the natural cycle of ups and downs. Neither bodily pleasures nor spiritual pursuits result in True Freedom from this constant phasing. One path merely accentuates the descending (or bodily) experiences and the other, the ascending (or subtle) experiences.
In this Discourse, Avatar Adi Da reveals with absolute clarity how the relationship with the Guru gives freedom from this trap—because the Guru is the Manifestation of the Condition that is Prior to this mechanical cycling, not part of it.
Watching this DVD will transport viewers to a special moment in Adidam history. July 29, 1973, was the day Avatar Adi Da left Los Angeles for a Yajna (sacred journey) through India and Nepal. He returned as “Bubba Free John”, His first spontaneously revealed Teaching-Name. Thus, this was the last Discourse He gave as “Franklin Jones” (Avatar Adi Da’s birth name).tags: DVD comments: 1
Parama-Sapta-Na poster: DawnHorsePress length: 02:38 date added: December 15, 2020 language: English listens: 1659; listens this month: 22; listens this week: 8 This excerpt is from "Parama-Sapta-Na", track 6 of the album, I Am The Heart.
I Am The Heart contains six tracks of beautiful devotional music and chant, written and recorded by Antonina Randazzo and Elaine Dixon, with one traditional chant.
Antonina and Elaine write: "We offer this CD in loving regard, devotion, and gratitude to our Divine Heart-Master, Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj, who is our inspiration. 'I Am The Heart' is His Divine Confession and True Nature, which He Reveals and freely Gives to all. May His Blessings flow through this offering, and touch your heart."
Joining Antonina and Elaine on "Parama-Sapta-Na" is Steve Brown (vocals).
The Grace of Trust poster: DawnHorsePress length: 04:13 date added: August 27, 2017 event date: January 7, 1994 language: English listens: 1632; listens this month: 10; listens this week: 4 Audio excerpt from a Discourse given by Adi Da Samraj at Adi Da Samrajashram, on January 7, 1994. Adi Da leads us to inspect all the unconscious presumptions that determine our sense of what is "real" - including the core presumption of being a separate "self". "Notice the chronic disposition of mistrust and fear that accompanies this core illusion", He says, "and allow your heart to trust What Is Real."
Da Adi Da poster: DawnHorsePress length: 02:36 date added: December 15, 2020 language: English listens: 1133; listens this month: 21; listens this week: 8 This excerpt is from "Da Adi Da", track 5 of the album, I Am The Heart.
I Am The Heart contains six tracks of beautiful devotional music and chant, written and recorded by Antonina Randazzo and Elaine Dixon, with one traditional chant.
Antonina and Elaine write: "We offer this CD in loving regard, devotion, and gratitude to our Divine Heart-Master, Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj, who is our inspiration. 'I Am The Heart' is His Divine Confession and True Nature, which He Reveals and freely Gives to all. May His Blessings flow through this offering, and touch your heart."
Using the Shamanistic traditions of North America to illustrate right relationship to the invisible, energy realms of existence, Avatar Adi Da urgently calls everyone to overcome the addiction to the false doctrine of materialism. Free and full participation in the energy dimension of existence, Avatar Adi Da says, provides the necessary foundation for restoring balance to the Earth-world, and for ecstatic embrace of the Reality-Realizing Process in His Divine Company.
ADI DA: Aren’t you still . . . limited by this materialistic “point of view”, such that you do not yet feel free to accept the Reality of the Very Divine (and the spirit-“world” itself) in all of Its dimensions? . . . You have to break the spell of the doctrines of your own time that limit your consciousness to the material domain. . . . You have to Wake Up. tags: CD comments: 2
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