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In this occasion at The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary from October 6, 2005 (the last time Adi Da spoke formally, in response to a devotee's question about practice), a longtime devotee, Cheech Marreo, who recently has had an automobile accident, asks Avatar Adi Da a question about the role of karma in his life and practice. Adi Da, in turn, points to something even more fundamental than the universal law of cause and effect. He also clarifies that the old saying, "through suffering comes wisdom", is just not true. If it were it so, He asserts with amusement, then everyone would be wise — because everyone suffers. Mere suffering makes no difference, unless there is availability to Reality.

This video excerpt is from the DVD, Enter Into Unlimited Profundity, which is available from The Dawn Horse Press. Subtitles in English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, and Hebrew. There is also an associated Adidam Revelation Magazine article, and a CD version is also available.

Tags: Cheech Marerro   karma   Avataric Discourse   CD   DVD  

Music by Aura Bakker. Sung by Aura Bakker. Poem by Adi Da Samraj, from the book, Crazy Da Must Sing:

The world is endlessly allowed to be until I die.
I Am the Heart's Shout.
The worlds are endlessly involved with me while I appear, in forms that know them.
But when I die and disappear from worlds where I have lived, there is no absence.
My life has never made a world for me.
I Am the Heart that Shouts them.

Tags: Aura Bakker   music   The Heart's Shout  

The Art of Adi Da Samraj
with music by "Facing East"
John Wubbenhorst (bansuri)
Steve Zerlin (bass)
Samrat Kakkeri (tabla)

July 16th, 7:30 pm
Land Bridge Pavillion
The Mountain Of Attention
$10 suggested donation
Money to benefit The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary and cover the musicians' travel expenses.

Tags: Mountain Of Attention   John Wubbenhorst   Steve Zerlin   Samrat Kakkeri   Facing East  

One of the core practices of The Transcendental Spiritual Way of Adidam in relationship with His Divine Presence Adi Da Samraj. Part of "The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries", in Part 11 of The Aletheon. The musical recitation appears on the CD, The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries.

Tags: Reality-Teachings   The Teaching Manual of Perfect Summaries   Aletheon   CD  

This excerpt is from the Adidam Revelation Discourse of October 20, 2004. In response to a series of questions about self-awareness, the nature of the “ego”, and how the self-contraction is caused, Avatar Adi Da speaks of the self-confinement of human beings (in contrast to non-humans as natural contemplatives), the effort to trace any experience or thought to its Source, and the Divine Reality as the True Condition of all things (not the “cause” of any thing). This Discourse concludes with Avatar Adi Da's confession of the direct and tacit “Point of View” of Divine Realization — the universe as Unconditional Light.

This excerpt is part of the longer DVD, The Divine Is Not The Cause. Subtitles in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Finnish, Polish, Czech, Chinese, Japanese, and Hebrew. A CD version is also available.

A version of this excerpt with German subtitles can be watched here.

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This excerpt is from the Adidam Revelation Discourse of October 24, 2004. A devotee's question about memory and a bicycle accident sparks Avatar Adi Da's Discourse about the nature of the human mechanism. Likening the mind to "cyberspace", Avatar Adi Da describes the "codes" human beings use to interpret perceptions and give apparent meaning to the "game" of life. He also exposes as an illusion the very presumption of being a separate, perceiving self. Adi Da Samraj calls everyone to relinquish the commitment to all presumptions and Awaken to that Realization which is not a state, but a Force that Spiritually Outshines all of illusory existence.

This excerpt is part of the longer DVD, Cracking the Code of Experience. Subtitles in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and Polish. A CD version is also available.

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This excerpt is from one the Adidam Revelation Discourse of November 6, 2004. Adi Da proposes that all human lifetimes are a “quest for the historical self”. He describes how this search is based on the activity of “self”-contraction — the erroneous presumption of an actual, defined, knowable “self”. His Discourse exposes that neither experience nor memory nor the sensations of the physical body actually define a separate entity. The “I” is a fiction, a lie—and Reality Itself is Self-Evident only when the activity of the “self”-contraction is transcended.

This excerpt is part of the longer DVD, The Quest for the Historical Self. A CD version is also available.

A version of this excerpt with German subtitles can be watched here.

Tags: avataric discourse   CD   DVD  

This is the selection, "Descending Grace", from the CD, "True Water" recorded by John Wubbenhorst (flutes,vocals and keyboards) and Ken Anoff (percussion). This recording, inspired by the wisdom of Adi Da, is a unique collection from these world travelers, available at www.facingeast.com.

Tags: Facing East   John Wubbenhorst   Ken Anoff  

An artistic offering about the "Divine Spirit-Tree of Light", an expression of happiness that is part of Adidam's annual celebration of the Season of "Light-In-Everybody".

Accompanied by Naamleela's musical version (from her album, Eyes In Other Worlds) of Adi Da's poem, "I served to priest the pharoahs", from Crazy Da Must Sing.

For more about the celebration of Light-In-Everybody, read here and read Naamleela's The Danavira Mela Book.

Tags: Danavira Mela   Light-In-Everybody   Giving Tree   Divine Spirit Tree of Light   Naamleela  

A celebration of the emergence of the "Bright" in the world. Featuring Adi Da's Image-Art, accompanied by the music of rock group, Swaybone, led by devotee, Theo Cedar Jones.

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This is an improvisation that took place in July 2008 on the island of Naitauba, Fiji. On this occasion, we were playing while Adi Da Samraj was working on His Divine Image-Art. It was truly a blissful and ecstatic time.

The music is from John Wubbenhorst's and Otto Probst's CD, Breath of Devotion.

Tags: Facing East   John Wubbenhorst   Otto Probst   Kalimba   chant   Naitauba   CD  

A dance that creatively develops the meaning of "Satsang". Choregraphed and danced by devotees Tom Evert and Susana Weingarten, and dedicated to Adi Da. Costume Design by Janet Bolick. Set Design by Molly Watson. Music by Phillip Glass and Ravi Shankar. Voiceover by Adi Da.

Tags: dance   Susana Weingarten   Tom Evert  

Step-by-step guide to subscribing to Adidam's podcast, "The Radical Truth" - particularly for those not familiar with podcasts or ITune. The key thing: you need to download Apple's ITune application to your desktop.

We also have all the video podcasts released to date (by AdidamVideos) here in our Library.

Visit the Adidam Podcasting site for more information.

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The Florence Dance Company performs Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons") live at Teatro Goldoni. Music by Vivaldi, art by Adi Da.

Tags: Dance   Florence Dance Company   image-art   Vivaldi  

Keith Ferrone, director of the Florence Dance Company, introduces the ballet, Quattro Maggiore ("Four Seasons"): Adi Da Samraj for Vivaldi, in a packed auditorium with 1,300 guests, on January 30, 2010. Music by Vivaldi, art by Adi Da. The performance is in celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the newspaper, 'Il Resto del Carlino'.

Tags: Dance   Florence Dance Company   image-art   Vivaldi