Łaska Cierpienia poster: Adi Da Video Polska length: 13:12 date added: October 5, 2017 event date: January 18, 1976 language: Polish views: 4448; views this month: 18; views this week: 13
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Adi Da mówi o tym, że kiedy człowiek zrozumiemie, że zwykłe życie jest niewolą i ograniczeniem, wtedy praktyka duchowa staje się możliwa.
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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„Świadome Światło” wielokrotnie nagradzany dokument o niezwykłym życiu wielkiego duchowego mistrza Adi Da Samraj. 11 czerwca, godzina 19.30 – 21.00 CEST Opierając się na obszernych zbiorach archiwalnych filmów, fotografii i nagrań audio, jak również na wywiadach z uczniami, którzy mieszkali z Adi Da i praktykują jego nauki, „Świadome Światło” zabierze Cię w podróż od narodzin Adi Da poprzez 36 lat jego nauczania aż po przekaz jego spuścizny i żywego duchowego związku z nim. Zarejestruj się teraz na stronie i zarezerwuj miejsce: www.consciouslightfilm.eu Po zarejestrowaniu otrzymasz od nas potwierdzenie i linka do filmu.
The award-winning film, Conscious Light, offers a penetrating insight into the extraordinary life and Enlightened teachings of Avatar Adi Da Samraj, who offers a completely elaborated way of absolute Enlightenment for all.
For more information and screening dates and times, visit the film's website.
3WBC Radio Interview of James Steinberg poster: AdiDaUpClose speakers: James Steinberg, Jan Bucknell length: 53:05 date added: October 16, 2014 event date: October 16, 2014 language: English listens: 6308; listens this month: 14; listens this week: 5
Devotee James Steinberg is interviewed about Adi Da and Adidam on 3WBC 94.1 FM, Melbourne, Australia on October 16, 2014, for the program, "Jazz and Spiritual", hosted by Bill Livingston, Minister at Unity of Melbourne. Australian devotee Jan Bucknell also joins in the conversation every now and then.
The program ends (at 47:14) with a recording of Adi Da reciting from The Spiritual Gospel of Jesus of Galilee, Adi Da's rendition of "The New Testament" (available on CD).
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Dorastając we wspólnocie Adi Da, Stanley opowiada o swoim dzieciństwie i dojrzewaniu w Adidam, opowiada o tym, jak jako nastolatka, podobnie jak wielu innych młodych osób, postanowił na własnej skórze przekonać się, co świat ma do zaoferowania. Po kilku latach eksperymentowania postanowił wrócić do Adi Da i oferowanego przez niego stylu życia, aby ponownie w pełni uczestniczyć w życiu wspólnoty i bezpośrednio służyć Adi Da.
Stanley Hastings talks about his childhood and adolescence growing up in the Adidam community. Like many other young people, as a teenager, he decided to see for himself what the world had to offer. After several years of experimenting, he decided to return to Adi Da and the Way of life He offered — to fully participate again in the life of the community and to serve Adi Da directly.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 10:25 date added: October 5, 2010 event date: April 1986 language: English listens: 8040; listens this month: 22; listens this week: 3
In this historical recording from April, 1986, Adi Da Samraj recites the final section of His Love-Ananda Gita (now called The Lion Sutra and published in Part 15 of The Aletheon). In it, Adi Da communicates His most "radical" transcendental teaching regarding true renunciation of the egoic motive of separation and Realization of the Divine Self-Condition.
poster: AdidamPodcasts length: 25:21 date added: March 17, 2012 language: English listens: 4643; listens this month: 7; listens this week: 3
In this discourse Adi Da calls us to understand the doctrines and spiritual attainments of humankind not as separate traditions or paths but as a whole: a single "Great Tradition". He also urges humankind to transcend merely belief-based religious myths, dogma, and "religious provincialism" which only support egoic separation and conflict.
poster: AdiDaVideos length: 13:37 date added: June 2, 2016 language: English views: 7574; views this month: 16; views this week: 5
Adi Da's entire human lifetime was a unique demonstration of His Eternal Form — the State He calls the "Bright", the Conscious Light that is Reality Itself.
From His birth on November 3, 1939 on Long Island in New York, to His passing from the body on November 27, 2008, on the Island of Naitauba, Fiji, His Life is the story of the Intervention of the "Bright" in human time.
The fruits of Avatar Adi Da's Lifetime are the establishment of a new and unique possibility for the transformation of all beings and the world itself. His Revelation is of the Divine Reality, which is always Shining — like the sun — as the Prior Condition of every one and every thing.
Adi Da has always said that the Way He Teaches is an ego-transcending relationship, rather than an ego-serving technique. The Way is founded on devotional recognition and response to Him. It is a silent, wordless intuition in the heart of one’s being—not a matter of mere belief, ideas, or techniques to seek for fulfillment (whether material or spiritual). To all who respond to Him with devotion and self-discipline, Adi Da Reveals the Very Divine Condition—the Love-Bliss-Light of Consciousness Itself.
This video provides a brief overview of Avatar Adi Da's life and work, and is an invitation to enter into Spiritual relationship to Him for the sake of Divine Realization.
Adi Da: "I Demonstrate Totality to here. I Reveal Reality Itself, Which Is Divine in Its Totality—not fractioned by humankind, not changed or limited by humankind. I Function in an egoless Transcendental Spiritual (and, Thus, Super-normal) Manner. I am not here limited as a gross (physical) phenomenon. When I am Really 'Located', My Transcendental Spiritual Self-Transmission is literal and undeniable. My Transcendental Spiritual Self-Transmission Is the 'Proof' that Reality—and the 'world' altogether—is of an entirely different Nature than people otherwise suppose."
At The Feet of the Spiritual Master poster: Gerald Sheinfeld speaker: Gerald Sheinfeld length: 78:54 date added: June 13, 2016 event date: April 2016 language: English listens: 7059; listens this month: 23; listens this week: 10
In April, 2016 (close to the end of his tour), Gerald hosted several events at The Mountain Of Attention. This hour-long audio clip contains excerpts from those events — so if you were unable to attend any of Gerald's events. . . here is a taste!
Gerald has been a devotee of Adi Da since the beginning of Adi Da's work with devotees. He accompanied Adi Da on His 1973 trip to India, and has participated in countless sacred occasions and events in the company of Adi Da in the intervening years — so he has many stories to tell.
The quality of this audio clip is not perfect, but clear enough to understand. For higher quality, and more material, you can now purchase a downloadable album, At the Feet of the Spiritual Master.
Stops on Gerald's worldwide tour: July, 2015 - May, 2016 Melbourne, Australia Sydney, Australia The European Danda, the Netherlands Berlin, Germany London, England Cambridge, England Tiperary, Ireland Florence, Italy Natick, Massachusetts Portland, Oregon Seattle, Washington Vancouver, BC Canada Walk About Joy, Trinidad, California Santa Rosa, California Marin, California Los Angeles, California Joshua Tree, California Palm Springs, California San Diego, California Natick, Massachusetts Ripton, Vermont Montreal, Canada Sutton, Canada Piedmont, New Hampshire Los Angeles, California Tucson, Arizona Santa Fe, New Mexico Fort Worth, Texas Houston, Texas Slidell, Louisiana Birmingham, Alabama Atlanta, Georgia Jupiter, Florida High Springs, Florida Durham, North Carolina Richmond, Virginia Potomac, Maryland Kenilworth, New Jersey Long Island, New York New Paltz, New York Brooklyn, New York Cleveland, Ohio Chicago, Illinois The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary, Northern California Gold Coast, Australia Byron Bay, Australia Melbourne, Australia Auckland, New Zealand Adi Da Samrajashram, Naitauba, Fiji
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, Frank Marrero length: 17:02 date added: March 1, 2012 language: English views: 3659; views this month: 9; views this week: 4
This video is part five of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, Frank Marrero length: 13:49 date added: March 1, 2012 language: English views: 4080; views this month: 6; views this week: 1
This video is part three of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, Frank Marrero length: 10:15 date added: March 1, 2012 language: English views: 3734; views this month: 13; views this week: 2
This video is part two of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, Frank Marrero length: 16:23 date added: March 1, 2012 language: English views: 4012; views this month: 12; views this week: 3
This video is the Introduction and part one of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.
poster: TheBeezone speakers: Ed Reither, Frank Marrero length: 18:18 date added: March 1, 2012 language: English views: 4730; views this month: 11; views this week: 4
This video is part four of Beezone's educational video series on the concept of 'attention' in the teachings of Adi Da Samraj.
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Avatar Adi Da Samraj: ”Ylitän kaiken — ja sisällän kaiken… Tarjoan Jumalaisen Avataarisen Paljastus-Opetukseni kaikille Yleispätevänä ja Ainutlaatuisena Viisautena, joka leikkaa valikoimatta kaikkien rajoitusten läpi. Olen Jumalainen Avatar joka ylittää Lännen ja Idän.”
Avatar Adi Dan elinaika oli ainutlaatuinen havainnollistus Hänen Valaistuneesta Tilastaan jota Hän nimittää ”Kirkkaaksi” tai Tietoiseksi Valoksi, joka on Itse Todellisuus. Hänen syntymästään marraskuun 3. päivänä vuonna 1939 Long Islandilla New Yorkin osavaltiossa Hänen ruumiinsa taakse jättämiseen marraskuun 27. päivänä vuonna 2008, Hänen elämänsä on kertomus ”Kirkkaan” väliintulosta ihmisten aikaan.
Hänen elinaikanaan Avatar Adi Da perusti uuden ja ainutlaatuisen mahdollisuuden kaikkien olentojen ja koko mailman kasvulle ja muutokselle. Hänen Paljastuksensa näyttää Jumalaisen Todellisuuden, jokaisen yksilön ja kaiken Alkuperäisen Olotilan.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj on aina sanonut, että se Polku jota Hän Opettaa, on egon ylittävä suhde, eikä egoa palveleva tekniikka. Polku perustuu siihen, etta yksilö tunnistaa Hänet ja vastaa Hänelle. Se on äänetön, hiljainen vaisto jokaisen omassa sydämessä. Ei ole kyse pelkästään uskomuksista, ideoista tai tekniikoista, jotka tavoittelevat joko materiaalista tai hengellistä täyttymystä. Avatar Adi Da Samraj Paljastaa Itse Jumalaisen Olotilan, Itse Tietoisuuden Rakkaus-Autuus-Valon kaikille, jotka vastaavat Hänelle.
Tämä lyhytelokuva on yleiskatsaus Avatar Adi Dan elämään ja Opetukseen sekä myös kutsu ryhtyä Hengelliseen suhteeseen Hänen kanssaan.
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Video excerpt from an early discourse by Adi Da Samraj on July 29, 1973.
Adi Da would later make a similar communication in a very memorable way in “The Divine Avataric Self-Disclosure” (in The Aletheon):
ADI DA: The conditionally Apparent “world”-Process Of “Everything Changing” Is Simply The Natural “Play” Of Cosmic Life, In Which the (Always) two sides of every possibility come and go, In Cycles Of appearance and disappearance. Winter’s cold alternates with summer’s heat. Pain, Likewise, Follows every pleasure. Every appearance Is (Inevitably) Followed By its disappearance. There Is No Permanent “experience” In The Realm Of Cosmic Nature. One whose Whole bodily Devotion To Me Is Constant Simply Allows All Of This To Be So. Therefore, one who Truly Listens To Me and “Knows” Me Spontaneously Ceases To Add “self”-Contraction (and, Thus, “conditional-experience-causing” energy and intention) To This Relentless Round Of Natural and Futile Changes. . . Intrinsically egoless Self-Realization Of Me Is Possible Only When a living being (or body-mind-“self”) Has Whole bodily Ceased To React To The Always Changing Imposition Of Cosmic Nature. . . Those who Perfectly “Know” Me Tacitly Understand That whatever Is Not Always Already (or Eternally) Self-Existing and Self-Radiant Only Changes. . . Those who Perfectly “Know” Me Acknowledge (Tacitly, and With every Whole bodily act) That What Is Always Already The (One and Only) Case Never Changes. Such True Devotees Of Mine (who Perfectly “Know” Me) Perfectly Realize That The Entire Cosmic Realm Of Change—and Even the To-Me-Surrendered Whole body (itself)—Is Entirely Pervaded By Me (Always Self-Revealed As That Which Is Always Already The Case).
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