poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 02:17 date added: July 27, 2021 language: English views: 630; views this month: 20; views this week: 4
Part 16 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Bright Reality Media speakers: Demet Dayanch, Max Rykov length: 15:16 date added: July 24, 2021 language: English views: 339; views this month: 7; views this week: 3
Max Rykov in conversation with Demet Dayanch, a devotee of Adi Da Samraj. Demet lives in London, England. She speaks about her life as a devotee of Adi Da, her passion for writing, and how these interweave. This video is the second of two parts.
At the time of this interview (1/13/2021), Demet is the author of two books of fiction. Beauty Stone is her first book. Her new book, Aboan, has just been launched at the time of this interview.
poster: Bright Reality Media speakers: Demet Dayanch, Max Rykov length: 46:28 date added: July 24, 2021 language: English views: 602; views this month: 8; views this week: 3
Max Rykov in conversation with Demet Dayanch, a devotee of Adi Da Samraj. Demet lives in London, England. She speaks about her life as a devotee of Adi Da, her passion for writing, and how these interweave. This video is the first of two parts.
At the time of this interview (1/13/2021), Demet is the author of two books of fiction. Beauty Stone is her first book. Her new book, Aboan, has just been launched at the time of this interview.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 11:49 date added: July 24, 2021 language: English views: 519; views this month: 8; views this week: 1
Part 15 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 02:24 date added: July 21, 2021 language: English views: 520; views this month: 11; views this week: 1
Part 14 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 05:35 date added: July 18, 2021 language: English views: 469; views this month: 5; views this week: 0
Part 13 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 05:48 date added: July 15, 2021 language: English views: 455; views this month: 7; views this week: 1
Part 12 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 03:59 date added: July 14, 2021 language: English views: 494; views this month: 5; views this week: 0
Part 11 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 14:43 date added: July 12, 2021 language: English views: 487; views this month: 5; views this week: 1
Part 10 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master. A video clip is being watched by the live audience, but only the audio from that video is available here. (You can watch the actual video clip here.)
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 01:45 date added: July 10, 2021 language: English views: 447; views this month: 5; views this week: 1
Part 9 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 05:44 date added: July 9, 2021 language: English views: 500; views this month: 4; views this week: 1
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: 498; views this month: 5; views this week: 0
Part 7 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
Club Rat poster: AdiDaUpClose speaker: Chris Tong length: 01:04 date added: July 6, 2021 language: English listens: 951; listens this month: 11; listens this week: 4
On July 7, 1992 (Fiji time), at Adi Da Samrajashram, Adi Da created "Club Rat", a most unusual gathering during the height of a Celebratory period. For those unfamiliar with Club Rat, you can read Chris Tong's story about it here.
Music plays a central role in the story. For this reason, in celebration of the 29th anniversary of Club Rat (on July 7, 2021), Chris has recreated part of the rock song he wrote and performed that evening, Club Rat, so you can at least get a taste of the actual music from that night. (Adi Da had called for an evening of rock music. Club Rat was the opening song of a night of music that would go on to include much more than rock music. . .)
If for some reason, the player above doesn't work, try this player:
Club Rat. Club Rat. The funky place where God is at. Club Rat. Club Rat. The funky place where. . . only skanks and whores walk through its doors. There you find Your Self and lose yourself. When the Lord's in town Everyone gets down. Club Rat. Club Rat. The funky place where God is at. (etc.)
CHRIS: This recreation is just as we presented it to Beloved Adi Da during the Club Rat gathering, except for some improvements due to better musical equipment and technology (e.g., drum machines instead of upside-down, plastic "piss buckets" 😜 — read the full story for more about that! ).
I wrote Club Rat, keeping in mind the intensity and "badness" of the pop rock music Beloved Adi Da was listening to at the time (like Michael Jackson's Beat It).
The lyrics are drawn from Adi Da's instructions to us about Club Rat, such as: Club Rat was to be the most "funky" place ever; participating devotees had to be "skanks and whores" — in other words, no suppressed energy or emotional-sexual complication (so He could work with our entire energy, not just the superficial part we usually show to or share with others socially); etc.
The lyrics also drew on current, ongoing considerations Adi Da was having with devotees at the time, such as His Calling to us to "get down" (He was riffing on the popular 1970's slang phrase, giving it His Own unique meaning): a reminder for us to incarnate whole bodily (rather than being merely a "point" in the head, refusing to "get down" below the head).
The line, "When the Lord's in town" was a reference to Beloved Adi Da visiting the "village" of Qaravi: the area of the island of Naitauba where His devotees lived and where "Club Rat" (Hymns To Me) was located.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 01:45 date added: July 5, 2021 language: English views: 553; views this month: 7; views this week: 0
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: 499; views this month: 7; views this week: 0
Part 5 of longtime devotee Gerald Sheinfeld's reading of his book, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
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