The Silver Hall poster: realityway speaker: Jonathan Condit length: 05:57 date added: September 30, 2009 language: English views: 6010; views this month: 41; views this week: 19 The Silver Hall is a set-apart hall in Adi Da's home on Naitauba, Fiji. Adi Da uses this hall for the purpose of "Transmission Sittings" during which He Initiates his mature devotees into the Spiritual dimension of the relationship to Him. The Silver Hall continues to be used for this very special purpose, after Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi.
My Spiritual Teacher, Adi Da poster: samraj07 speaker: Gavin Brown length: 07:53 date added: October 2, 2010 language: English views: 4068; views this month: 15; views this week: 7 UK devotee Gavin Brown talks briefly about his relationship to his Guru and spiritual teacher, Avatar Adi Da. Gavin gives a brief reading from Adi Da's essay, "Radical Adidam" (from Volume 2 of The Aletheon).
poster: Tastingthemoon speaker: Meg Fortune McDonnell length: 11:01 date added: April 6, 2012 language: English views: 4695; views this month: 35; views this week: 17 Devotee Meg Fortune McDonnell reads from her book, Tasting the Moon: Adventures in the Meaning of Life. This story is excerpted from the chapter, "In Plain Talk Chapel". Meg recounts her early Catholic experiences and the conclusions she drew in relation to her religious upbringing.
poster: Tastingthemoon speaker: Meg Fortune McDonnell length: 12:03 date added: April 7, 2012 language: English views: 4944; views this month: 40; views this week: 20 Devotee Meg Fortune McDonnell reads from her book, Tasting the Moon: Adventures in the Meaning of Life. This story appears at the beginning of the chapter, "God's Eyes," which goes on to describe more explorations of dress, sexuality, and gender roles.
poster: Tastingthemoon speaker: Meg Fortune McDonnell length: 07:35 date added: April 7, 2012 language: English views: 13662; views this month: 46; views this week: 17 Devotee Meg Fortune McDonnell reads from her book, Tasting the Moon: Adventures in the Meaning of Life. This story is excerpted from the chapter titled "On the Road," which goes on to describe the ferment of the sexual revolution, beat poetry, living theater, and alternative lifestyles of the early 1970's.
poster: Tastingthemoon length: 08:15 date added: April 7, 2012 language: English views: 5618; views this month: 36; views this week: 17 Devotee Meg Fortune McDonnell reads from her book, Tasting the Moon: Adventures in the Meaning of Life. This story appears in the chapter, "To You, Love-Ananda," which begins when Meg travels to Fiji for the first time, to see her teacher in a new island setting.
poster: Tastingthemoon speaker: Meg Fortune McDonnell length: 09:30 date added: April 7, 2012 language: English views: 5334; views this month: 35; views this week: 17 Devotee Meg Fortune McDonnell reads from her book, Tasting the Moon: Adventures in the Meaning of Life. This excerpt is the culminating story in the chapter, "First Encounters," which begins with the startling dreams and unusual synchronicities that drew Meg to Adi Da.
poster: Tastingthemoon length: 06:09 date added: April 7, 2012 language: English views: 5688; views this month: 45; views this week: 18 Devotee Meg Fortune McDonnell reads from her book, Tasting the Moon: Adventures in the Meaning of Life.This story is from the chapter, "How I Overcame My High Self-Esteem." This piece contrasts with a more monastic life-style as it explores the connection between spirit and sex.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: James Steinberg, Ed Reither length: 05:42 date added: February 1, 2011 event date: January 26, 2011 language: English views: 4745; views this month: 25; views this week: 12 Ed Reither of The Beezone interviews longtime devotee James Steinberg about his early life up to and including becoming a devotee of Adi Da Samraj. James talks about the early times of Adidam and people's desire to have transmission experiences from Adi Da Samraj and how Adi Da Samraj constantly emphasized that Spiritual Realization had nothing to do with any conditional experience regardless of whether it is spiritual or material.
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poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, James Steinberg length: 11:02 date added: January 29, 2011 language: English views: 4685; views this month: 40; views this week: 19 Ed Reither of The Beezone interviews longtime devotee James Steinberg about his early life up to and including becoming a devotee of Adi Da Samraj. James talks about the early days of Adidam and people's desire to have transmission experiences from Adi Da Samraj and how Adi Da Samraj constantly emphasized that Spiritual Realization had nothing to do with any conditional experience regardless of whether it is spiritual or material.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, James Steinberg length: 12:59 date added: February 13, 2011 event date: January 26, 2011 language: English views: 3928; views this month: 33; views this week: 18 Ed Reither of The Beezone interviews longtime devotee James Steinberg. James tells how, even though he came to Adi Da because He was "a teacher who can deal with me", nonetheless there were moments when James resisted Adi Da's "dealing" with him. He tells the story of one such moment and how studying the details of the Guru-devotee relationship in the spiritual traditions helped move him into right relationship with his Guru.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, James Steinberg length: 12:20 date added: January 29, 2011 event date: January 26, 2011 language: English views: 4540; views this month: 30; views this week: 14 Ed Reither of The Beezone interviews longtime devotee James Steinberg about his early life up to and including becoming a devotee of Adi Da Samraj.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, James Steinberg length: 11:00 date added: February 13, 2011 event date: January 26, 2011 language: English views: 4320; views this month: 27; views this week: 10 Ed Reither of The Beezone interviews longtime devotee James Steinberg. James shares the story of his obsession with India and traditional spiritual books, and how Adi Da used His "Power Foot" and His "Beauty Foot" to make the point that the actual spiritual practice in relation to Him was what mattered, not books.
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