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Beezone editor and teacher Ed Reither interviews devotee and teacher Frank Marrero about the second stage of life (age 7 to 14), as taught by Adi Da Samraj.

The second stage is life is an expansion from the more physical aspects of development to the feeling/emotional/socialization aspects of life and the discussion moves around teaching children and adults to understand their development through this stage of life and how to mature with it.

In this part, they focus on the transcending of any limitation in the expression of love and service.

More information on children and use of the teachings of Adi Da Samrai in childrearing can be found here.

See also the book, The First Three Stages Of Life.

This video is part of a more comprehensive video webinar on the seven stages of life. An introduction and index to all the videos in the webinar can be found here.

Watch the next part of this webinar: The Third Stage of Life.

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Excerpt from Talk 2, "The Law of Love-Bliss", from the 2-CD set, The Primary Sensation / The Law of Love-Bliss.

Avatar Adi Da’s first Talk in this set examines the difference between the peripheral reactions of the seeking body-mind and the core understanding of the motivating sensation of the self-contraction itself.

The second Talk is an exposition of the fundamental principle of non-seeking in the Way of Adidam and the “darkness” of the materialistic point of view.

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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.

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From the CD, Facing Beloved, with John Wubbenhorst (bansuri), Subash Chandran (ghatam) and Ganesh Kumar (kanjira). This piece is based on a melody from J.S. Bach (siciliano) with elements of Raga Kirwani.

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Views of Adi Da's residence, Free Standing Man, and the garden in front of it, at Adidam's Ruchira Sannyasin Sanctuary, Da Love-Ananda Mahal, in Kauai, Hawaii. Set to a traditional arati chant sung by Adi Da's daughter, Tamarind Free-Jones.

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One of Adi Da's favorite cartoons, "The Sunshine Makers" is a classic from the golden age of animation. Released on January 11, 1935 (an auspicious day of the year, in the sacred calendar of Adidam), the cartoon was directed by Ted Eshbaugh, the first artist/technician to figure out how to create animated cartoons in color. This restored print is the highest quality available, and is from the DVD, Toddle Tales & Rainbow Parade Cartoons.

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This is a special video tribute by pianist Albert Aprigliano, in honor of his partner's spiritual teacher/guru, Adi Da Love-Ananda Samraj. This piece by Jules Massenet is from the opera, "Thais".

Selections from Adi Da's Image-Art are shown.

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This is a special video tribute by pianist Albert Aprigliano in honor of his partner's spiritual teacher/guru, Adi Da Love-Ananda Samraj (1939-2008). This piece was written by Robert Schuman to his wife Clara and featured in the movie, "Song of Love", with Katherine Hepburn.

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Excerpts from Adi Da's book, Not-Two Is Peace about the Celebration of "Light-In-Everybody". Music by Ray Lynch.

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A short, vignette, "meaningless" almost, of a sweet moment encounter with Beloved.

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Adi Da overwhelms me with His Love and also instructs me on the falsity of my egoic strategy of confronting my fear.

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Adi Da gives me self-understanding in overwhelming ways, miraculous, baptisms of love.

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A firsthand account of Beloved Adi Da "Playing" with one of His devotees (Frank Marrero), and an "inside" look at the first chapter of the book, The Dreaded Gom-Boo.

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A firsthand account of Beloved Adi Da "Playing" with one of His devotees (Frank Marrero), and an "inside" look at the first chapter of the book, The Dreaded Gom-Boo.

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The Global Cooperative Forum.

Wisdom from Adi Da's book, Not-Two Is Peace.

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