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The Dual Sensitivity That Moves The Heart (excerpt)– Two Discourses Given by His Divine Presence, Avatar Adi Da Samraj on June 20 and 21, 1995. A 2-CD Set from the Dawn Horse Press.

Excerpt from Disc One (entitled "The Dual Sensitivity At The Origin of The Divine Way of Adidam").

In these two exquisite Discourses, recorded over two consecutive nights on the island of Naitauba in Fiji, Avatar Adi Da Communicated essential Instruction on what He calls the "dual sensitivity" — or the simultaneous sensitivity to the suffering of mortal existence and to the heart’s impulse toward True Happiness.

On the first night, Avatar Adi Da spoke with His devotees about how they distract themselves from mortality by fixating on passing pleasures and self-fulfillment, in their relationships and in ordinary life altogether — and how this effort suppresses the heart’s impulse to True Happiness.

On the second night, Avatar Adi Da discussed how the tradition of Buddhism is characterized by the sensitivity to the mortal condition, and the tradition of Advaitism is characterized by sensitivity to the heart’s impulse to Realize the Happiness beyond conditional existence. Through this in-depth analysis, Avatar Adi Da also clarifies the sympathetic likenesses between these traditions and the Reality-Way of Adidam, and simultaneously clarifies the unique "dual sensitivity" that is fundamental to the Reality-Way of Adidam.

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[A presentation given by James Steinberg on June 2, 2016, at the Many Rivers Bookstore in Sebastopol, California.]

Adi Da Samraj (1939-2008) offers a unique Spiritual Way that radically differs from, and yet perfectly completes the world's Great Spiritual Traditions. James Steinberg provides an introduction to Adi Da's core teaching. Questions to be discussed include: "What do you need to know about yourself and any teacher before you approach for instruction? Is a Spiritual Master necessary for Realization? What makes Avatar Adi Da's Teaching and Realization unique? How does his Spiritual Transmission work to purify body, mind and emotion?" Video footage will offer attendees an experience of Avatar Adi Da's Living Spiritual Presence. In Adi Da’s words: "Your Heart must decide whether to raise a fist and throw a rock, at the ego-crushing natural universe or make a flower grow in the Garden of Indestructable Light." James will also share many remarkable stories of what he witnessed serving in the company of his Spiritual Master for many years.

James Steinberg, international lecturer and religious scholar, has been a devotee of Avatar Adi Da Samraj since 1973 and was personally schooled by Him in the entire Great Tradition of humankind's practical, religious, and Spiritual literature. At Adi Da's Instruction, he wrote two books about the Guru-devotee relationship: Love of the God-Man and Divine Distraction
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[Contains Spanish subtitles. If the CC icon ("Subtitles/closed captions") has a red line under it, the subtitles should appear. If you don't see them, just press the CC icon to turn them on.]

Un discurso de Avatar Adi Da Samraj acerca de la Por Qué Se Necesita a Un Gurú.

In this video clip from the 1988 talk, "What Is Your Intention?", Adi Da criticizes the "do-it-yourself" approach to spirituality that is popular in the world today, and speaks about why a teacher is necessary.

The full talk is available on the DVD, The Commitment To Real-God-Realization.

For more on this subject, read our article, Why Great Spiritual Realization Requires a Spiritual Transmission Master.

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[Contains Polish subtitles. If the CC icon ("Subtitles/closed captions") has a red line under it, the subtitles should appear. If you don't see them, just press the CC icon to turn them on.]

This videp clip, "Kim jest Awatar Adi Da Samraj" ("Who is Avatar Adi Da Samraj") begins with a documentary style segment narrated by Nick Elias. Then the rest of the clip (starting at 4:02) is Adi Da speaking about the self-contraction, set to photos of Adi Da.

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[Contains Finnish subtitles. If the CC icon ("Subtitles/closed captions") has a red line under it, the subtitles should appear. If you don't see them, just press the CC icon to turn them on.]

Tässä ainutlaatuisessa puheessa vuodelta 1979 Avatar Adi Da Samraj pohtii, miten ihmisen hengellinen muutos liittyy fyysisen vartalon eri piirteisiin. Hän myös käsittelee sitä, että aito hengellinen prosessi ei perustu pyrkimyksiin tai kokemusten lisäämiseen, ei edes mystisessä ulottuvuudessa. Aidossa hengellisessä prosessissa se kaikki koetaan, kaikissa sen muodoissa (fyysisissä ja ilmiöllisissä), ja se kaikki täytyy ylittää.

From a question and answer session with Adi Da on October 28, 1978, in Land Bridge Pavilion at the Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary in Northern California. This is track 2 on the DVD, Surrender of self Is A Koan.

In this excerpt, "Ei ole ketään, kuka antautuisi" ("There Is No One To Surrender"), Adi Da Samraj considers the spiritual transformation of a human being, and states of the body-mind. The real spiritual process is not based on effort or having more (or greater) experiences, even in the mystical dimension. In the true spiritual process, experience, in all its forms (first physical and then mystical), must be transcended through our heart-based practice of God-Communion.

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The 2025 Image-Art Calendar, "Transcendental Realism: Self-Portraits of Reality Itself" is now available.

Celebrating 25 years since the "Initiation of Free Light-Imagery" (in June of 2000), the 2025 Image-Art Calendar is a selection of Adi Da’s artistic works from the late 1960s through 2008. Each image exemplifies a unique period of Adi Da’s aesthetic expression, while demonstrating his entire body of artistic work as a singular communication of beauty and profundity beyond "point of view". It is a sublime and enduring communication of Transcendental Realism!

This contemplative video is a reading of the quotes accompanying the images on the calendar, along with the images themselves.

Music is "Noon Dreams", from John Wubbenhorst, Bansuri Dreams.

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Adi Da addresses the "do-it-yourself" approach to spirituality that is popular in the world today, and speaks about why a teacher/Realizer is necessary.

Video includes a Sacred Sighting of Adi Da (recorded July 18, 2008, at Adi Da Samrajashram), beginning at 1:30.

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An excerpt from Track 3 (entitled "Realization Has No self") of the CD, You Can Get There From Here.

The famous punch line "You can't get there from here" is Avatar Adi Da's starting point for this engaging Discourse. He uses this humorous paradox to perfectly crystallize the condition of all who are caught in the trap of seeking.

"The 'self' can't get to God", Avatar Adi Da clarifies, because the act that generates the sense of "self" is the act of recoil from the Divine. Life is rightly lived not by concentrating on "fixing" this recoil but as the feeling-embrace of the requirements and conditions of existence. And Avatar Adi Da offers the Way "out" of the trap of "self" -and-"other": Locate the supreme attractiveness of His Radiant Divine State, and "self" is dissolved in "Brightness".

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[Contains Finnish subtitles. If the CC icon ("Subtitles/closed captions") has a red line under it, the subtitles should appear. If you don't see them, just press the CC icon to turn them on.]

Adi Dalle omistautunut Vanessa kertoo Hänen ainutlaatuisesta tarjouksestaan, ja siitä, miten se eroaa muista lähestymistavoista. Otteessa Hänen esseestään Se, Mitä Tuon tänne, Adi Da sanoo:

"Se, Mitä Tuon tänne, ei ole mytologiaa.
Se, Mitä Tuon tänne, ei ole "uskontoa".
Se, Mitä Tuon tänne, ei ole mitään, jonka ihmiset jo "tuntevat".
Se, Mitä Tuon tänne, ei ole tie tai tavoittelu, joka olisi jo ilmennyt ihmiskunnan Suuren Perinteen historiassa.
Se, Mitä Tuon tänne, on jotain, jota ei ole ikinä ennen tarjottu, josta ei ole ikinä ennen kuultu, jota ei ole ikinä ennen harjoitettu."

Vanessa Kenoyer, a devotee of Avatar Adi Da, speaks about His Unique Offering and how it differs from other approaches. In an excerpt from one of His essays, "There Is A Way And Reality Itself Is It" (in The Aletheon), Adi Da states: "What I Bring to here is not mythology. What I Bring to here is not ‘religion’. What I Bring to here is not anything that human beings already ‘know’. What I Bring to here is not a path or a search that is already evident in the history of the Great Tradition of humankind. What I Bring to here has never been offered before, never heard of before, never practiced before."

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This audio excerpt is from the CD, The Ultimate Self-Understanding and Divine Communion, a collection of Talk excerpts illustrating the two fundamental principles of Avatar Adi Da’s Unique Revelation.

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This audio excerpt is from the CD, The Ultimate Self-Understanding and Divine Communion, a collection of Talk excerpts illustrating the two fundamental principles of Avatar Adi Da’s Unique Revelation.

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This audio excerpt is from the CD, The Ultimate Self-Understanding and Divine Communion, a collection of Talk excerpts illustrating the two fundamental principles of Avatar Adi Da’s Unique Revelation.

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This audio excerpt is from the CD, The Ultimate Self-Understanding and Divine Communion, a collection of Talk excerpts illustrating the two fundamental principles of Avatar Adi Da’s Unique Revelation.

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This audio excerpt is from the CD, The Ultimate Self-Understanding and Divine Communion, a collection of Talk excerpts illustrating the two fundamental principles of Avatar Adi Da’s Unique Revelation.

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This audio excerpt is from the CD, The Ultimate Self-Understanding and Divine Communion, a collection of Talk excerpts illustrating the two fundamental principles of Avatar Adi Da’s Unique Revelation.

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