poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 05:44 date added: July 9, 2021 language: English views: 504; views this month: 6; views this week: 4
Part 8 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 06:16 date added: July 8, 2021 language: English views: 502; views this month: 7; views this week: 2
Part 7 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 01:45 date added: July 5, 2021 language: English views: 559; views this month: 10; views this week: 5
Part 6 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 09:59 date added: July 4, 2021 language: English views: 504; views this month: 10; views this week: 4
Part 5 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 08:02 date added: July 3, 2021 language: English views: 477; views this month: 8; views this week: 4
Part 4 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 07:12 date added: July 1, 2021 language: English views: 469; views this month: 8; views this week: 4
Part 3 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
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Isabelle Trudeau, a devotee of Adi Da, talks about the process by which she recognized Adi Da as her Spiritual Master and about her decision to formally take up the Way of Adidam.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 06:16 date added: June 30, 2021 language: English views: 487; views this month: 7; views this week: 4
Part 2 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 18:35 date added: June 28, 2021 language: English views: 531; views this month: 7; views this week: 3
Part 1 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
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Prezentowane tutaj video to fragment rozmowy Adi Da ze studentaim z 1976 roku. Jak zawsze Adi Da Samraj nie oferuje studentom ani pocieszenia ani lepszego życia w przyszłości. "Twoje cierpienie jest twoim własnym działaniem". Lekarstwem jest zrozumienie przyczyny cierpienia i poznanie Tego co cierpienie poprzedza.
In this seminal discourse (at the Mountain Of Attention), from the early years of His Teaching Work, Adi Da speaks about the inevitable process of self-revelation and self-understanding that prepares the being for true Spiritual life.
This is a beautiful talk by Adi Da. But it IS very compressed, making quite a few points in a short space, and depending to a significant degree on a familiarity with Adi Da's spiritual teaching. Here are some notes that may help.
Throughout the talk, the technical term, "sadhana" (spiritual practice), is used.
Genuine spiritual practice is not about belief systems, mere rituals, or a little "peace of mind", but rather about actually locating the Divine, through the tangible Transmission of the Spiritual Master.
After a recent illness, a devotee mentions to Adi Da that he notices how the physical suffering of illness was distracting enough that he was not "able" to find Adi Da's Transmission when he is ill.
Adi Da acknowledges this, and responds with three more general points.
1. The illness didn't "make" the devotee lose the thread of practice; rather, he allowed himself to be distracted from God by the illness. When the devotee gets this, and sees how he himself is "doing" the turning away, he'll be able to "do better next time" by not turning away even when ill.
2. Until Divine Enlightenment — in other words, until there is no limit on one's spiritual practice — sadhana (spiritual practice) is always only reflecting back to devotees the remaining limits in their practice: where they are still turning away from the Divine, where they still need to become responsible for not turning away.
In the beginning, the "turning away" is very "crude": even mere physical suffering is enough to distract one from God. (If we find ourselves saying, "what do you mean, MERE physical suffering?" that definitely identifies us as spiritual beginners! :-) ) But as one grows in practice, and ceases to turn away in such a crude manner (as one becomes a "saint", "yogi", "sage", etc.), one discovers that one is still turning from the Divine at an even subtler level of the being (in the mind, the psyche, etc.)
It is only when that "turning away" has been inspected, understood, and transcended in every dimension of the being that Divine Realization occurs.
In this sense, for the genuine spiritual practitioner, physical suffering — along with every other circumstance that reveals to us our turning away from the Divine — is truly a Grace, enabling us to grow in our practice.
3. Where we are turning away is a reflection of what we are identifying with: the body, the mind, the soul, etc. (For example, if physical illness is enough to distract us from God, then the physical body is what we currently are identified with.) God-Realization only occurs when all "identities" less than God are understood and transcended.
In this sense, "there are no winners in God" — the Way is not about seeking, accomplishment, or winning, but rather about surrender to God, sacrifice of self, and ego-death. There's no "one" left to "win"! But the One Who Remains is perfectly, eternally happy.
ADI DA: "I am your Real State, Real Condition speaking to you, being present with you through a form like your own. That is the mystery of the Spiritual Master. I'm not really suggesting all this is so or think it's logically so or communicating it to you as a metaphor. I am this. This is My Realization. This is My State. I am telling this to you because it is also your state.
I am here in this form to make this communication to you and this Transmission to you so that you will realize that state. The Transmission of Spirit Blessing is the Transmission of Light. What you taste is Light, what you smell is Light, what you hear is Light, what you see is Light what you feel is Light what you sense altogether is Light. The body is Light. What is Light then? It is nothing but the self-radiant bliss of the Divine Self.”
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Isabelle Trudeau, a devotee of Adi Da, talks about the process by which she recognized Adi Da as her Spiritual Master and about her decision to formally take up the Way of Adidam.
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This is a video excerpt from Adi Da's classic talk, "The Bodily Location of Happiness", which He gave on November 28, 1981. This talk was originally published in the book, The Bodily Location Of Happiness. The full talk is available on DVD and on CD, and as an online transcript.
ADI DA: Life is foolishness. This is no time, in any case, to be tolerant of foolishness. The world is mad, and these are dreadful times. Things are not going to be easier in the years ahead. The spiritual process has always been lived in difficult times. Therefore, the spiritual process tolerates no fool. The spiritual process itself will spit you out. It is not an easy attainment, but a profoundly difficult affair. Even what you have listened to today has been heard by only a fraction of the human race in all of history. The opportunity to practice is extremely rare, and the fulfillment of practice is practically unknown.
In some sense you could say this life is hell. . . The nature of this hell is that we are self-possessed. We are born in un-Happiness and we do not transcend it readily. We constantly pursue Happiness through all kinds of incredibly complex means, and we never attain It. . .
If Spiritual Realizers did not turn about and Teach, this would truly be a hell instead of being like a hell. It would truly be a hell if there were no possibility of Enlightenment, if there were no Teaching, no Spiritual Masters, no sacred Way, no sacred community, no capacity for understanding or self-transcendence.
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Gerald Sheinfeld, joka on omistautunut Avatar Adi Dalle 1970-luvun alusta saakka, kertoo tarinan Gurunsa löytämisestä, ja siitä, miten hän välittömästi tunnisti Avatar Adi Dan ainutlaatuisen olotilan, joka viestii vapautta, iloa ja vapautusta. Gerald selittää, miten tuon kaltainen tunnistus Adi Dan olotilasta herkistää yksilön Aiemman Ykseyden asemaan.
Gerald Sheinfeld, a devotee of Avatar Adi Da since the early 1970's, tells a wonderful story about how he found his Guru, Adi Da Samraj and his immediate recognition of Adi Da's unique state of Freedom, Happiness, and Liberation. Gerald speaks about how that recognition of Adi Da has the capacity to awaken others to that state of Prior Unity.
Parama-Sapta-Na poster: DawnHorsePress length: 02:38 date added: December 15, 2020 language: English listens: 1671; listens this month: 28; listens this week: 19
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).
Elaine (with Rosa Guilfoyle) has also released another album, The Teaching Manual Of Perfect Summaries, which includes chanting and recitation of Adi Da's Teaching.
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