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The Law of Love-Blissvideo
track 5 of Awaken To Brightness

poster: CDBaby
length: 08:23
date added: January 2, 2024
language: English
views: 131; views this month: 38; views this week: 8
“The Law of Love-Bliss” is track 5 on the CD, Awaken To Brightness.

This CD contains a selection of Discourses from 1974 to 1997, which cover a broad spectrum of Avatar Adi Da’s Instruction. They provide a basic introduction to His Wisdom-Teaching and include Adi Da addressing principle matters of Spiritual life.

These Talks encompass the relationship to the Spiritual Master, the principle of Attraction, what occurs in the death process, the fundamental error at the root of all seeking, the limits of conventional religion and scientific materialism, and more.
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CD  

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas: A Danavira Mela Considerationvideo
poster: AdiDaUpClose
length: 03:49
date added: December 23, 2023
language: English
views: 542; views this month: 68; views this week: 14
CHRIS TONG: Happy Danavira Mela to everyone!

I’ve sung Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to Beloved Adi Da many times over the years — at the Manner of Flowers, at Adi Da Samrajashram, at First People / Great Food Dish, etc. (as one of a small group of singers, and usually also as the keyboardist) — and I’m singing it to Him again (and all of you!) here. It is one of my favorite songs at this time of year.

For me (starting with Judy Garland's original film version), it has always been an emotion-filled song, by turns joyful, playful, nostalgic, and wistful — so that is how I sing it here.

This song as a bridge to God. In Beloved Adi Da’s Company, everything (from Mickey Mouse to cookie-making) becomes “a bridge to God”.

ADI DA: “You must Awaken and discover the Divine World wherein everything is a bridge to the Infinite, One Being.”

And so for me, the words of this song have always taken on a significance beyond the usual secular understanding of the song. They lead me through a consideration that I’ll share with you here.

Have yourself
a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles
will be out of sight

Have yourself
a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on our troubles
will be miles away.

Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more

Through the years
we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star
upon the highest bough
And have yourself
a merry little Christmas now.

That wistfulness: Raymond’s problem. On the surface, the words of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas are purely joyful — "faithful friends" coming together each year in a joyous Christmas celebration. And yet, one of the emotions I feel when I sing this song is wistfulness. So where is the wistfulness coming from? It's that big "IF" in the song: "if the fates allow". In fact, as every one of us knows (more and more, with each passing year), fate (conditional existence) only allows such reunions for a limited number of years. As I sing, I have a vision of a photograph of a gathering of friends, from a Christmas or Danavira Mela many years ago, and, in this vision, each face in the photograph — one by one over the years — turns "ghostly", either through our circumstances (high school, college, living near each other) no longer being shared, or life paths that have moved in different directions, or the passing on of that person. My awareness of that inevitable reality is the source of the wistfulness and nostalgia. The inevitable disappearance of the (mortal) loved one is “Raymond’s problem”, a phrase Adi Da uses, based on the central character of The Mummery Book.

Danavira Mela: A Divine Celebration in the midst of a conditional universe. The joy and playfulness of the song comes from the celebration we can still have together, even in the midst of an ever-changing, conditional universe. One of my (and many other devotees’) favorite quotes of Beloved Adi Da has always been this extraordinary prayer, from “Death is a Perfect Insult” in The Enlightenment of the Whole Body:

“Let us surrender into Infinity with all our friends and hold on to no thing or condition that ever appears. Let us forget all things in present Happiness, and so forgive the universe for all its playful changes. Let us always love one another, and so forgive one another for appearing, for changing, and for passing out of present sight. So be it.”

When I sing this song, I hear it giving further guidance for just how to do this.

The line, “Hang a shining star upon the highest bough”, is a call to a sacred puja, that “surrender into Infinity” of the separate self. The “highest bough” is like the reference to a “Higher Power” in the AA tradition: however you understand God or what is greater than you, surrender yourself to That, commune with That, and allow that Communion to transform you into a “shining star”, a radiant light that you share with others during this season. For devotees of Adi Da, of course, that “highest bough” is the Very Divine, in the human form of Beloved Adi Da.

Just as the word “light” has two senses, so the admonition, “Let your heart be light”, has two meanings.

The first meaning is: “Be light-hearted”. This is a call to self-understanding, released of the primary knot of self at the heart, and so free of all sense of dilemma. “Our troubles will be out of sight”: the dilemma we thought we were in vanishes when the heart is unknotted.

The second meaning is: “Let your heart be Light”. This is a call to the heart to commune with the Divine, and so be heart-awakened by the Divine, and thereby serve as a “shining star”, a “light”, a radiant beacon of light and love for all, through feeling to Infinity, feeling to, through and beyond the changing (including all the mortal beloveds) to the Changeless (the Immortal Beloved who is all of us), in all directions in every moment — the call to serve the awakening of Light in everybody.

And so it is in this spirit that I sing this song and this wish for all my friends: “Have yourself a merry little Christmas”!

ADI DA: Know that I Bless you through and beyond time and space. Live a life of celebration. True life, ego-transcending life, is a celebration, a joyous occasion of meeting with others in the universal circumstance of prior unity and in the joy of Communion with the Indivisible Divine Reality.

That is why I look forward to this season every year. It is the greatest season of the year. It is a marvelous season. I hope it is a happy time for you and for all of your friends.
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Danavira Mela  

The Law of Love-Blissvideo
track 10 of Reality Is Beyond Point of View

poster: CDBaby
length: 07:26
date added: June 19, 2023
language: English
views: 294; views this month: 21; views this week: 9
This talk excerpt is track 10 of the CD, Reality Is Beyond "Point Of View", a selection of talks by Adi Da (from the 30 years of His formal Teaching-Work) on the true nature of Reality. Brings together samples from His vast Divine Instruction relative to the true nature of Reality — as the unknowable Condition that is Always Already the Case, prior to the presumption of a separate “point of view”.

The album is available through iTunes, Spotify, and The Dawn Horse Press.

Note: Due to distribution policies set by CDBaby (and beyond the control of this website and Adidam), this video may not be playable in every country. However, sometimes, even when you can't play it on this page, you may be able to play it on YouTube: click here.
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CD  

Acércate a Mí desde el Corazónvideo
poster: Videos de Adi Da - Español
length: 06:19
date added: May 8, 2023
event date: March 8, 1984
language: Spanish
views: 470; views this month: 31; views this week: 1
[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.]

In this clip, "Acércate a Mí desde el Corazón" ("Approach Me from the Heart"), Adi Da speaks to devotees in the Manner Of Flowers (at the Mountain Of Attention), during the "Love of the God-Man" Celebration on March 8, 1984. Adi Da talks about praise speech, ecstasy, and Satsang.

The full talk can can be found on the DVD, Approach Me From the Heart.

Some of the questions Adi Da addresses in the full talk are: What is a Divine experience? Who is God that God could be identified over against anything whatsoever? Who is a Spiritual Master if He can find Himself apart from God, such that He could say: “This piece is Me and this piece is God”? How could such distinctions continue in the consciousness of one who has Realized the Divine?
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Spanish   DVD  

Přibližuj se ke Mně srdcemvideo
poster: Adi Da Videa, čeština
length: 06:20
date added: February 15, 2023
event date: March 8, 1984
language: Czech
views: 567; views this month: 24; views this week: 4
[Contains Czech 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.]

In this clip, "Přibližuj se ke Mně srdcem" ("Approach Me From the Heart"), Adi Da speaks to devotees in the Manner Of Flowers (at the Mountain Of Attention), during the "Love of the God-Man" Celebration on March 8, 1984. Adi Da talks about praise speech, ecstasy, and Satsang.

The full talk can can be found on the DVD, Approach Me From the Heart.

Some of the questions Adi Da addresses in the full talk are: What is a Divine experience? Who is God that God could be identified over against anything whatsoever? Who is a Spiritual Master if He can find Himself apart from God, such that He could say: “This piece is Me and this piece is God”? How could such distinctions continue in the consciousness of one who has Realized the Divine?
tags:
Czech   DVD  

The Key To Sexuality Is Emotionvideo
poster: Adi Da Videa, čeština
length: 08:34
date added: November 21, 2022
language: Czech
views: 345; views this month: 25; views this week: 6
[Contains Czech 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.]

"The Key to Our Sexuality Is Emotion" is an excerpt from a longer Discourse in which Adi Da communicates how all our problems (including sexual problems) are rooted in the feeling of being a separate self, which coincides with the feeling, "you don't love me", the feeling of rejection by (or lack of sustenance from) the universe, and leads to the reaction, "I don't love you".
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Czech  

La Chiave della Nostra Sessualita È I'Emozionevideo
poster: Video di Adi Da, Canale italiano
length: 08:34
date added: July 26, 2022
language: Italian
views: 479; views this month: 14; views this week: 2
[Contains Italian 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.]

"La Chiave della Nostra Sessualita È I'Emozione" ("The Key to Our Sexuality Is Emotion") is an excerpt from a longer Discourse in which Adi Da communicates how all our problems (including sexual problems) are rooted in the feeling of being a separate self, which coincides with the feeling, "you don't love me", the feeling of rejection by (or lack of sustenance from) the universe, and leads to the reaction, "I don't love you".
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Italian  

La Funcion de la Literatura Espiritual de Adi Da Samrajvideo
poster: Videos de Adi Da - Español
speakers: Jonathan Condit, Megan Anderson
length: 17:55
date added: July 14, 2022
language: Spanish
views: 781; views this month: 36; views this week: 3
[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.]

This video clip, "La Funcion de la Literatura Espiritual de Adi Da Samraj" ("The Function of the Spiritual Literature of Adi Da Samraj") includes:

  • Commentary from Jonathan Condit (at 0:00)Jonathan Condit was Adi Da's senior editorial assistant, and is Senior Editor for the Adidam Editorial Department. Jonathan talks about "The Function of the Spiritual Literature of Adi Da Samraj", and how Adi Da's Teaching works as Transmission of His Transcendental Spiritual State, and serves the Spiritual Realization of the reader.


  • Excerpt from an Avataric Discourse by Adi Da (at 5:35) — The Discourse is "My Teaching is a Direct Transmission of Me", from October 28, 2005. Adi Da talks about how His Teaching Word is a form of Spiritual Transmission, that enables Divine Communion with Him (if the devotee is in the right devotional disposition), in the same way that a Murti photograph does, or any of the other forms of Agency that Adi Da has created for this purpose.


  • Commentary from Megan Anderson (at 12:44)Megan Anderson is an editor in the Adidam Editorial Department. Megan talks about Adi Da's great, final masterpiece, The Aletheon as the purest communication and Transmission of Adi Da Himself (among all His many, extraordinary books), and describes receiving the Revelation of Adi Da as she was proofreading The Aletheon before its publication.


Adi Da: "My Reality-Teaching is unparalleled Spiritual Transmission, occurring under the most extraordinary circumstances. It is not the product of an ordinary mind or a kind of scholarly commentary. It is a direct expression of Spiritual Transformation, of Spiritual Power, of Transcendental, Inherently Spiritual, and (necessarily) Divine Being, Consciousness, and Love-Bliss. It does not arise in Me or through Me in any ordinary fashion. It is an utterly spontaneous and Transcendental Spiritual Event."

For more on how to best make use of Adi Da's Teaching, read the article, The Gift of Study. For more on the Transmission associated with the Teaching, visit our section, The Mantric Force of Adi Da's Word and read our section on Adi Da as Spiritual Transmission Master. For more on Adi Da's unique use of the English language, read our article, Transcendental Orthography as a Teaching Device.
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Avataric Discourse   Spanish  

Tunne on seksuaalisuuden avainvideo
poster: Adi Da Videot Suomi
length: 08:34
date added: July 4, 2022
language: Finnish
views: 396; views this month: 10; views this week: 1
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"Tunne on seksuaalisuuden avain" ("The Key to Our Sexuality Is Emotion") is an excerpt from a longer Discourse in which Adi Da communicates how all our problems (including sexual problems) are rooted in the feeling of being a separate self, which coincides with the feeling, "you don't love me", the feeling of rejection by (or lack of sustenance from) the universe, and leads to the reaction, "I don't love you".
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Finnish  

Vztah k Adi Da Samrájipo jeho životě ve fyzickém tělevideo
poster: Adi Da Videa, čeština
speakers: Anthony Costabilie, Dennis Coccaro
length: 08:55
date added: June 13, 2022
language: Czech
views: 543; views this month: 25; views this week: 1
[Contains Czech 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 video begins with longtime devotee, Anthony Costabile, describing how the relationship to Adi Da is manifesting after the end of Adi Da's human lifetime.

Then at 2:29, Adi Da also speaks on this subject. This is an excerpt from a talk He gave on April 16, 1995, "Love is How I Got To Here". You can read a transcript of much more of this talk here. The talk is also available as a CD here.

At 6:43, another longtime devotee, Dennis Coccaro, talks about the direct relationship to Adi Da after His lifetime.

For much more about Adi Da's human passing and Eternal Presence, visit our section, Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi and Adidam In Perpetuity.
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Czech   CD  

Ken Welsh Prepares for the Role of Narrator in The Mummery Bookvideo
poster: AdiDaUpClose
speaker: Ken Welsh
length: 06:45
date added: May 12, 2022
event date: January 2000
language: English
views: 804; views this month: 17; views this week: 1
As part of our commemoration of renowned actor Kenneth Welsh (who passed away on May 5, 2022), we have created this enjoyable "peek" inside Ken's process of preparing to play the role of narrator in the January, 2000 ten-hour long performance of The Mummery Book.

The video excerpt was edited (by Chris Tong) from a much longer, unreleased documentary (created by well-known film director, Terence Gross) about the making of The Mummery Book. (Consequently, the audio and visual quality are a little spotty in places.)

At a certain point in the process (3:02), Avatar Adi Da (“Beloved”) sits in at a rehearsal, and then begins to actively participate in making suggestions for the production. Finally (at 5:45), there is a brief glimpse of the end of the actual performance, after which Adi Da expresses His appreciation by coming up and embracing Ken.

You can learn more about Kenneth Welsh in our article, Kenneth Welsh: An Appreciation.
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Mummery   Ken Welsh  

Love's Point Darshan - June 19, 2001video
poster: AdiDaUpClose
length: 22:14
date added: March 28, 2022
event date: June 19, 2001
language: English
views: 660; views this month: 54; views this week: 18
Darshan of Avatar Adi Da at Love’s Point, in Northern California, on June 19, 2001.
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Darshan  

Kluczen do naszej seksualności są emocjevideo
poster: Adi Da Video Polska
length: 08:34
date added: March 17, 2022
language: Polish
views: 547; views this month: 83; views this week: 12
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"Kluczen do naszej seksualności są emocje" ("The Key to Our Sexuality Is Emotion") is an excerpt from a longer Discourse in which Adi Da communicates how all our problems (including sexual problems) are rooted in the feeling of being a separate self, which coincides with the feeling, "you don't love me", the feeling of rejection by (or lack of sustenance from) the universe, and leads to the reaction, "I don't love you".
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Polish  

Suhde Mestariin Hänen elämansä jälkeenvideo
poster: Adi Da Videot Suomi
speakers: Anthony Costabilie, Dennis Coccaro
length: 08:55
date added: February 28, 2022
language: Finnish
views: 554; views this month: 40; views this week: 1
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Pitkän aikaa Adi Dalle omistautunut mies kertoo, miten suhde Adi Dahan ilmenee Hänen menehtymisensä jälkeen. Adi Da myös käsittelee tätä, jonka jälkeen toinen omistautuja kertoo suorasta suhteesta Adi Dahan Hänen elämänsä jälkeen.

This video begins with longtime devotee, Anthony Costabile, describing how the relationship to Adi Da is manifesting after the end of Adi Da's human lifetime.

Then at 2:29, Adi Da also speaks on this subject. This is an excerpt from a talk He gave on April 16, 1995, "Love is How I Got To Here". You can read a transcript of much more of this talk here. The talk is also available as a CD here.

At 6:43, another longtime devotee, Dennis Coccaro, talks about the direct relationship to Adi Da after His lifetime.

For much more about Adi Da's human passing and Eternal Presence, visit our section, Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi and Adidam In Perpetuity.
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Finnish   CD  

Remembrance - Aaron Nakagawa, Stephan Blas, Paul Jonesvideo
disc one, track 10 of May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts

poster: CDBaby
speakers: Aaron Nakagawa, Stephan Blas, Paul Jones
length: 05:15
date added: February 26, 2022
language: English
views: 773; views this month: 28; views this week: 5
“Remembrance” is by Aaron Nakagawa, Stephan Blas, and Paul Jones. It is track 10 from Disc One of the double CD, May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts.

May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts is a deeply moving, sacred, contemplative CD that celebrates Adi Da's Life of Love and Blessing. This tribute to Adi Da Samraj includes music from many different genres, ranging from Indian classical to jazz to world music and other contemporary styles.

With over two hours of devotional songs filling this double CD, you can listen to pieces composed and performed by many devotee artists, including Naamleela Free Jones, Tamarind Free Jones, Ray Lynch, John Wubbenhorst, John Mackay, Sally Howe, Crane Kirkbride, Antonina Randazzo, Katya Grineva and many others.

Some of the twenty-five pieces on May You Ever Dwell In Our Hearts were written and offered in the days immediately following Adi Da's Passing on November 27, 2008, or in the year-long period of formal mourning that followed. Other songs were offered to Him in person during His Lifetime. This CD also contains new songs never released before by Naamleela, Tamarind, and other musicians.
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music   CD  
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