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Featured Introductory Events
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Deeper than sleep, wider than dreaming, more intense and
all connected than waking. Become a participant in the Real
world of Always Already existing Reality instead of the
petty world of human mummery.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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Upcoming, featured introductory events (at locations around
the world) on the Life, Teaching, and Living Spiritual Presence
of Avatar Adi Da Samraj (1939-2008). Includes: online web events,
screenings of the new, award-winning "Conscious Light"
film, free two-day "Where Is Happiness?" retreats,
Celebration events, "Wisdom Tools" Series events,
"Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light" events, monthly
video series events, and more.
Learn about Avatar Adi Da's core teaching on the true nature
of reality, the illusion of the separate self, and the nature
of human suffering. Experience His transformative Spiritual
Presence through His Teaching and Sacred Sightings (or Darshan),
hear stories and testimonials from His long-time devotees, and
see never-published video discourses of Him speaking.
This presentation has the following sections:
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- Upcoming Web Events
- Upcoming Regional Events
- More About. . .
- More About the "Reality, Truth, and
Conscious Light" Events
- More About the "Conscious
Light" Film Screenings
- More about the "Where Is
Happiness?" Free Weekend Retreats
- More About the "Wisdom Tools"
Series
- More About Other Featured Introductory
Events Around the World
1. Listings of Upcoming Featured Events by
Region or Venue
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UPCOMING WEB EVENTS |
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Truth For Real Video Series: "Enter Into Unlimited
Profundity", Part 2 of 2, sponsored by Adidam Los Angeles.
Saturday, March 9, 2019:
- 4:00pm -5:30pm PST (California)
- 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST (New York)
- 12:00am - 1:30am UTC (London), Sunday, March 10, 2019
Meetup
event page
Online Meeting - https://zoom.us/j/5025985167
Questions: Write Tim Peterson at adidamlosangeles@gmail.com
or call 323-951-9344.
On October 6, 2005, Avatar Ad Da was asked a question from
one of His first devotees who wanted clarification about his
karma and his trouble with repeatedly getting into car accidents.
Here are some highlights of what Adi Da communicated in response,
and which we will further consider:
- The difference between seemingly negative events like
an accident, sickness or death and more ordinary events
like putting on a shirt.
- Why every moment is suitable for unlimited Profundity
- When does a person tend to get serious about spiritual
practice?
- What is the nature of “I” and what is Prior to point of
view?
- What prevents Consciousness or Reality from being located
right now?
- What is the root sense of the self-contraction?
- How one’s life is lived when Realization is truly understood
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Conscious Light Webinar Series: A Conversation About the
Life and Teaching of Avatar Adi Da.
March topic: “I offer you a relationship, not a technique.”
Two times:
- Sunday, March 10, 9:00am PST (4pm UK)
- Wednesday, March 13, 6:00pm PST
Register
here
Unlike other teachers, Adi Da Samraj doesn't merely teach
yoga or meditation techniques. Instead, he offers a direct
relationship with all those who would respond to his offering.
In the manner of the traditional guru-devotee relationship,
those choosing to enter into relationship with Avatar Adi
Da through his teaching, his discourses, or through sighting
him in sacred occasions find themselves receiving his direct
transmission of happiness and freedom, individually and directly.
In this webinar, Ben Grisso and Vanessa Kenoyer, two of Avatar
Adi Da’s students who spent significant time in his Company
while he was alive, will talk about how their relationship
with Adi Da continues after his passing, in ways that are
much more tangible, and surprisingly present time. The webinar
will include opportunities for participants to ask questions.
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UPCOMING REGIONAL EVENTS |
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Berkeley,
California — "Tuesday Tea", Tuesday,
March 5, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, 2951 Derby St, Berkeley, California.
Join us for tea, refreshments, and good company each month
in Berkeley. We will enjoy sacred music, video discourses
of Adi Da, stories of transformation, and lively discussions.
Come with an open mind and heart and be prepared to be deeply
moved by what you will discover: a Way of life founded on
the ultimate Truth of Happiness, Love, and Freedom lived moment
to moment, under all conditions.
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More times and dates for a similar event at the same location
each month:
- Tuesday, April 2, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Tuesday, May 7, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
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Lower
Lake, California — "Death Cafe", Wednesday,
March 6, 4:00-5:30pm, United Methodist Church, 16255 Second
Street, Lower Lake, California.
We explore the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical
aspects of death, and share Adi Da's wisdom about death, dying,
and beyond.
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Middletown,
Califonia — "Where Is Happiness?"
Free Retreat, Saturday, March 2 - Sunday, March 3, 2019, The
Man of Radical Understanding Retreat Center at the Mountain
Of Attention Sanctuary in the beautiful mountains of Northern
California.
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San
Rafael, California — "First Monday Video
and Discussion", Monday, March 4, 7:30pm - 9:00pm, 68
Paul Drive, San Rafael, California.
We will hear a devotee of Avatar Adi Da Samraj tell their
account of finding Divine Communion at the feet of the Master.
This sharing will be followed by a video discourse by Avatar
Adi Da and an informal discussion.
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event page
More times and dates for a similar event at the same location,
held the first Monday of each month:
- Monday, April 1, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
- Monday, May 6, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
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San
Rafael, California — "More Than Wonder",
Sunday, March 3, 6:30pm - 7:30pm.
Please join us by telephone for a weekly inspirational call
every Sunday evening. We will listen to stories and poetry
from students of Adi Da and consider the heart-wisdom of Adi
Da as it unfolds in our daily lives.
To Join: Call 712-770-4917 and enter code 543399.
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event page
More times and dates for a similar event at the same phone
number, held every Sunday evening:
- Sunday, March 10, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Sunday, March 17, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Sunday, March 24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Sunday, March 31, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Sunday, April 7, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Boulder,
Colorado — Premiere screening of the new, award-winning
documentary film, "Conscious Light", Monday, April
22, 2019, 7:00pm, The Boedecker Theater, Boulder, Colorado.
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Chicago,
Illinois — Premiere screening of the new, award-winning
documentary film, "Conscious Light", Saturday, March
23, 2019, 12:00pm - 2:00pm, Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 North
State Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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Greenfield, Massachusetts — Monthly Video Series:
"The Divine Is Not the Cause". Sunday, March 3,
2019, 7:00 pm. Featuring selected Avataric
Revelation Discourses. Call Scott at 413-330-8888 or
email onetruewater@hotmail.com.
More times and dates for a similar event at the same location
— first Sunday of each month:
- Sunday, April 7, 2019, 7:00 pm
- Sunday, May 5, 2019, 7:00 pm
- Sunday, June 2, 2019, 7:00 pm
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Vineyard
Haven, Massachusetts — Premiere screening of
the new, award-winning documentary film, "Conscious Light",
Saturday, April 20, 2019, 7:30pm - 9:00pm, Eclipse Studio,
68 Lagoon Pond Rd., Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.
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Montpelier,
Vermont — Premiere screening of the new, award-winning
documentary film, "Conscious Light", Sunday, March
24, 2019, 7:00pm - 8:30pm, Savoy Theater 26 Main St. Montepelier,
Vermont.
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Seattle,
Washington — Premiere screening of the new,
award-winning documentary film, "Conscious Light",
Sunday, March 31, 2019, 4:30pm - 6:00pm, Horizon House 900
University St. 19th Floor Seattle, Washington.
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Guelph,
Ontario — Premiere screening of the new, award-winning
documentary film, "Conscious Light", Thursday, April
4, 2019, 7:00pm - 9:00pm, Silence: 46 Essex Street, Guelph,
Ontario. Click on the image for more details.
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Sutton,
Quebec — "Where Is Happiness?" Free
Retreat, Saturday, April 27 - Sunday, April 28, 2019, Tournant
du Coeur Retreat Center, Sutton, Quebec.
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Devon
— Screening of the new, award-winning documentary film,
"Conscious Light", Saturday, March 30, 2019, 10.30am
– 12.30pm, Totnes Natural Health Centre Waterside, The Plains,
United Kingdom. Click on the image for more details.
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Polegate,
East Sussex — "Where Is Happiness?"
Free Retreat, Saturday, March 9 - Sunday, March 10, 2019,
Wilbees Farmhouse, Wilbees Road, Arlington, Polegate, East
Sussex.
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Amsterdam
— Screening of the new, award-winning documentary film,
"Conscious Light", Zondag, 24 maart 2019, 10.30
– 12.00 uur, Filmtheater De Uitkijk Prinsengracht 452 1017
KE Amsterdam. Click on the image for more details.
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Maria
Hoop — "Where Is Happiness?" Free
Weekend Retreat, Saturday, April 6 - Sunday, April 7, 2019,
European Danda, Maria Hoop, The Netherlands.
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Rotterdam
— Screening of the new, award-winning documentary film,
"Conscious Light", Zondag 31 maart 2019, 10.30 –
12.00 uur, Kino Rotterdam Gouvernestraat 129 – 133 3014 PM
Rotterdam. Click on the image for more details.
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Berlin-Charlottenburg
— "Guru-Devotee Relationship" – Samstag, March
9, 2019, 10:00am - 1:00pm, Buchladen und Spirituelles Center,
Pestalozzistr. 39, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg. Die Essenz
der spirituellen Praxis in zahlreichen spirituellen Traditionen
und im Weg von Adidam.
"Conscious Light" – Dienstag, March 12, 2019, 7:30pm
- 8:30pm. Screening of the new, award-winning documentary
film on the Divine Life and Revelation of Avatar Adi Da Samraj.
More times and dates for related events at the same location:
- "Conscious Light" – Dienstag, April 23, 2019, 7:30pm
- 8:30pm. Screening of the new, award-winning documentary
film on the Divine Life and Revelation of Avatar Adi Da
Samraj.
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Auckland
— "Where Is Happiness?" Free Retreat, Saturday,
March 23 - Sunday, March 24, 2019, 12 Seibel Road, Henderson
Valley, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Christchurch
— "Conscious Light – The Divine Life and Revelation
of Avatar Adi Da Samraj", Sunday, March 10, 2019, 2:30 - 4:00pm,
Activity Room, 1st Floor, Turanga (Central Library), 60 Cathedral
Square, Christchurch. Click on the image for more details.
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Raglan
— "Conscious Light – The Divine Life and Revelation
of Avatar Adi Da Samraj", Thursday, March 14, 2019, 7:00 -
8:30pm, Raglan Old School Arts Centre, 5 Stewart Street, Raglan
Waikato, New Zealand. Click on the image for more details.
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Waiheke
Island — "Conscious Light – The Divine Life
and Revelation of Avatar Adi Da Samraj", Thursday, Friday,
April 5, 2019, 8:00 - 9:15pm, Waiheke Island Community Cinema,
127-129 Ocean View Rd, Oneroa. Click on the image for more
details.
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Weekly
Satsang Phone Calls — Divine Stories: Conversations
with Devotees Speaking about Adi Da's Blessings in Their Lives.
Satsang calls every Sunday at 10am. Please register ahead
of time!
- March 3
- March 10
- March 17
- March 24
- March 31
- April 7
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2.1.
More About the "Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light"
Events
"Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light"
is a 90-minute, introductory presentation on the Life, Teaching,
and Living Spiritual Presence of Avatar Adi Da Samraj.
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"Everything about this presentation was a delight! Beautifully
done. I had a delightful time. Let's do it again!"
Leonard M., an attendee at
"Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light"
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"About the evening: I can only say it was lovely warm,
welcoming. . . And Adi Da's presence in the film spoke for
itself, very beautifully."
another attendee at
"Reality, Truth, and Conscious Light"
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Watch a free recording — You can watch
a free recording of our introductory webinar which aired in
February, 2016. It includes stories by two devotees, Rachel Kuhn
and Ruy Carpenter, a 35 minute video, and Rachel and Ruy's answers
to questions asked by webinar participants about Avatar Adi Da and
the Reality-Way of Adidam. 2.2.
More About the "Conscious Light" Film Screenings
In every time and place, human beings have sought to grasp the
ultimate mysteries of life and death. From time to time, great spiritual
realizers have appeared in the world to reveal and transmit the
secrets of reality and truth to all. Avatar Adi Da Samraj (1939-2008)
is one of the rarest of such beings. His entire life was devoted
to the discovery, demonstration, and spiritual revelation of the
highest truth.
Conscious Light offers a penetrating glimpse into the remarkable
life and enlightened teachings of Avatar Adi Da and his work to
create an enduring legacy of potential spiritual realization for
everyone.
Drawing on an extensive archival collection of film, photography,
and audio recordings, as well as interviews with students who lived
with Adi Da and practice his teachings, this intimate documentary
takes the viewer on a journey of spiritual awakening in the company
of one of the great spiritual masters of all time.
- Impact Docs Awards Award of Merit Winner
- Official Selection, 2018 Awareness Film Festival
- 2018 Awareness Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature
Documentary
filmmakers Blythe Massey and Peter Harvey-Wright
Current screenings: Listed in the Regional
Events section earlier on this page.
More information: Visit the Conscious
Light Film website.
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Powerful. What we would see if we were really serious
about understanding consciousness.
Jeffrey J. Kripal, Ph.D.
Scholar of Comparative Religion
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From members of the audience:
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You handed me such a gift I didn't know I needed. I came
into this thinking I might be partly intrigued and partly
bored and I was just blown out of the water.
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I would watch this film over and over again for the beauty.
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Fascinating person. I am going home to read my new book
and look at YouTube. Interesting Q & A after the film.
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Very powerful, deeply moving transmission – I felt so much
energy in my body – I’m leaving with this fresh inspiration
and tender, open heart. I’m so grateful. Thank you. We (the
world) need Adi Da's transmission, presence, teachings – Yes,
yes, yes, ??
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Beautiful portrayal of Adi Da's life and teaching and transmission.
Very special. Thank you.
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2.3.
More about the "Where Is Happiness?" Free Weekend
Retreats
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People are basically un-Happy, I have noticed. Spiritual
practice or "religious" belief or "religious" commitment
is traditionally proposed as a means for attaining Happiness—but
the instructions associated with any "religious" or Spiritual
Teaching are received by the ego, the knotted being that
wants to own the Teaching, to use it, and to be made Happy
by it. You think that you can seek Happiness and find
It. Thus, your search for Happiness is, itself, a confession
of un-Happiness.
I Am here to Tell you that you cannot Realize Happiness
by persisting in un-Happiness, or the "method" of un-Happiness.
All seeking is the expression, the "method", and the practice
of un-Happiness.
It is not enough that what I am Saying is True. What
I am Saying must also be understood by you, most profoundly.
You must observe yourself, observe all of the means represented
by your life, and see that you are always un-Happy, and
always trying to become Happy.
That being the case, you may ask yourself, "Where is
Happiness?" You might well ask!
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
"The Bodily Location of Happiness"
November 28, 1981
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Everybody wants to be happy, but how do you actually "do" happiness?
And, equally important, how do you not do un-happiness?
Please join us to find out more about true happiness in the
free, two-day retreats that we offer in many locations around
the world.
The retreats are based on, and inspired by, the Wisdom of Adi
Da Samraj and includes guided meditations, yoga lessons, video
presentations, group considerations, personal stories, contemplative
walks, and delicious vegetarian meals.
The retreats are hosted by a team of experienced and long time
practitioners of Avatar Adi Da’s Teachings who guide the retreat
program in an inspiring fashion.
All service to these retreats is offered on a volunteer basis.
We are happy that — through these retreats — we
can make Adi Da's essential wisdom about the nature of Happiness
available to a large audience. We hope that, in this way, we
can make a contribution to the well being, peace, tolerance
and enlightenment of all beings on this planet.
The complete weekend program, including workbook and materials,
are offered for free. You only pay a contribution for food,
drinks and your possible lodging during the weekend. Costs can
differ depending on the location.
For more information, visit the
Where Is Happiness? website.
From other retreatants:
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Beautiful place to experience moments of peace and awareness
of life and what it is all about.
Silvia M.
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If you have a moment in your life when you must coincide
with Profundity, you will find it here. Then there is
nowhere else to go.
Rebecca A.
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Here are glimpses of some of our beautiful retreat venues around
the world.
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Man of Radical Understanding Retreat Center — at the
Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary in the beautiful mountains of
Northern California. The Retreat Center includes a meditation
hall (the small building on the left, in the first picture below)
that was personally Blessed and Empowered by Adi Da.
Tournant du Coeur Retreat Center, Sutton, Quebec:
Wilbees, an impressive Edwardian farmhouse (built 1907) in
Arlington, Polegate, East Sussex, United Kingdom:
The European Danda in Maria Hoop, The Netherlands:
The Adidam Centre in Henderson Valley, Auckland, New Zealand:
2.4.
More About the "Wisdom Tools" Series
Wisdom Tools seminars introduce you to Adi Da's remarkable
wisdom on key topics as it applies to human concerns. Seminar
topics include:
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An overview of the Wisdom Tool Series
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The Dual Sensitivities Required for
True Spiritual Life — Adi Da instructs that in order
for true spiritual practice to begin there must be both
the sensitivity to our mortality and the futility of looking
for fulfilment in life as well as an intuition of our
Prior Condition beyond that.
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The sensitivity to the mortality of existence
and the heart-impulse must strike against one
another at the heart and become an intense heart-fire.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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Death is a Living Process — A helpful
and informative webinar presentation by members the Adidam
Death & Dying Ministry, on preparing for the death process
and serving others going through the death process.
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I have called the process of death "easy death",
because that is what it can become. In order to
die free of fear, you must be in a different disposition
toward life altogether.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- Transcending the Mechanism of Doubt — Doubt is
one of the core human emotions that creates separation
from others and the Divine. Hear and consider Adi Da’s
simple but profound discourse on how to transcend this
powerful mood.
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We tend to associate doubt with some ‘thing’ we feel
negative about. Whereas actually doubt is a mechanism
that doesn’t have anything to do with some object
or thing to be doubted.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- Transcending the Knot of Fear — Fear is one of
the strongest and most powerful of human emotions. Hear
Adi Da, in a compassionate but very direct way, address
a devotee who had suffered debilitating fear in his life.
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Everyone is in the midst of an activity that
is generating fear. . . It's inherent in the presumption
of identification with the state of separateness,
change and inevitable death. You cannot get rid
of fear. The Way I have Given enters you fully
consciously into the Domain of Reality Itself,
which transcends that activity which generates
fear.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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Understanding Vital, Peculiar,
and Solid Character Strategies — Human beings
develop what Adi Da calls “character strategies”
in reaction to the "vital shock" of birth and identification
with the body- mind. Discover what your character
strategy might be and how that strategy dictates
your expression of life-energy.
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The three human types (vital, peculiar,
and solid) are a strategic play on life,
or the Life-Principle, conceived as dilemma
or conflict.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- Feel the Wound of Love — A profound consideration
about how to incarnate love under all conditions beyond
recoil and rejection.
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Love Does Not Fail For You When You Are Rejected
or Betrayed or Apparently Not Loved. Love Fails
For You When You Reject, Betray, and Do Not Love.
. . Therefore, Love. Do This Rather Than Make
Any Effort To Get Rid Of The Feeling Of Being
Rejected.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- The Traditional and Time-Honored Guru-Devotee Relationship
— At the center of all the world’s religions are individuals
who by their actual Realization of Truth, Reality or God
draw others into that Realization. This session will give
insight into how the relationship to such an Adept-Realizer
works and how it serves one’s own Realization.
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The Primary force and “root” of all esoteric
traditions of human kind are the Adept- Realizers,
those who actually Realize the Spiritual and Transcendental
Nature of Reality.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj
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- The Seven Stages of Life
- The Searchless Raw Diet
2.5.
More About Other Featured Introductory Events Around the World
- The Gift of True Happiness — The way that Adi
Da Samraj offers is a choice based on awakening to the prior
unity of our true condition and recognition of the Divine
alive in the world. This is an introduction to His work. In
addition, find out about local classes that give you immediate
access to the profound wisdom gifts of Adi Da Samraj on topics
such as Death is a Living Process, the Wound of Love, Transcending
the Knot of Fear, Understanding Vital, Peculiar, and Solid
Character Strategies, The Traditional and Time-Honored Guru-Devotee
Relationship, Transcending the Mechanism of Doubt, and Dual
Sensitivities Required for True Spiritual Life.
- Locate What Is Real — In this two-part presentation,
you will be introduced to Avatar Adi Da's core teaching on
the true nature of reality, the illusion of the separate self,
and the nature of human suffering. Experience Avatar Adi Da's
transformative Spiritual Presence through His Teaching and
Sacred Sightings (or Darshan). Hear stories and testimonials
from long-time devotees of Avatar Adi Da. See video discourses
of Avatar Adi Da speaking.
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