poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 03:59 date added: July 14, 2021 language: English views: 502; views this month: 11; views this week: 5
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: 491; views this month: 8; views this week: 4
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: 451; views this month: 8; views this week: 2
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: 503; views this month: 6; views this week: 3
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: 8; 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: 11; views this week: 6
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: 11; 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: 476; views this month: 8; views this week: 3
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: 9; 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.
"You Must Know The Place You Are In" is a video excerpt from the award-winning documentary, Conscious Light, about the life and work of Adi Da Samraj.
Drawing on an extensive archival collection of film, photography, and audio recordings, as well as interviews with students who have lived with Adi Da and who practice His teachings, Conscious Light takes the viewer on a journey from Adi Da's birth, through His thirty-six years of Teaching and Blessing, to the legacy and spiritual relationship that is eternally available to all after His passing.
poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 06:16 date added: June 30, 2021 language: English views: 487; views this month: 8; 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: 8; 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.
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By tendency, people are bound to the natural cycle of ups and downs. Neither bodily pleasures nor spiritual pursuits result in True Freedom from this constant phasing. One path merely accentuates the descending (or bodily) experiences and the other, the ascending (or subtle) experiences.
In this Discourse, Avatar Adi Da reveals with absolute clarity how the relationship with the Guru gives freedom from this trap—because the Guru is the Manifestation of the Condition that is Prior to this mechanical cycling, not part of it.
Watching this DVD will transport viewers to a special moment in Adidam history. July 29, 1973, was the day Avatar Adi Da left Los Angeles for a Yajna (sacred journey) through India and Nepal. He returned as “Bubba Free John”, His first spontaneously revealed Teaching-Name. Thus, this was the last Discourse He gave as “Franklin Jones” (Avatar Adi Da’s birth name).
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