New talks and essays from the Avatar Adi Da on death and ultimate transcendence; accounts of profound events of yogic death in Avatar Adi Da's own life; stories of his blessing in the death transitions of his devotees" -- Cover.
The Knee Of Listening has transformed the lives of thousands of secular and religious seekers since it was first published in 1972. Avatar Adi Da& ’ s spiritual autobiography tells the miraculous story of His unique incarnation and revelation in the West for the sake of liberating all beings. This newly expanded edition includes: - An expanded description of Avatar Adi Da's early life, leading up to His Divine Re-Awakening in 1970. - The secrets of Adi Da's & " Pre-History& " before His birth in 1939. - Revelations about the Spiritual Work of the great Realizers in Adi Da's lineage, and His unique Demonstration of the Seventh Stage of Life. - The profound events of & " Yogic death& " (in 1986, 1999, and 2000) that occurred after His Divine Re-Awakening--events that completed Adi Da's process of Incarnating the Divine Conscious Light.
Hridaya Rosary" is Adi Da Samraj's beautifully precise and exquisitely poetic description of the Spiritual process in his company?the process that is spontaneously entered into when one is spiritually awakened by him. In this remarkable text, Adi Da Samraj talks about his own state of perfect Love-Bliss-Happiness. He makes clear that this Divine beauty can truly be known only when the ego is transcended. In "Hridaya Rosary," Adi Da Samraj says: ?There must be this Spiritual Infusion. I must Invade the body-mind in the course of your real practice, such that meditation, or any moment of profound exercise, is profoundly Full, Love-Bliss-Full, and shows itself to be the Primary Condition and Zone of a born life.? ?A great teacher with the dynamic ability to awaken in his listeners something of the Divine Reality in which he is grounded, with which he is identified, and which, in fact, he is.? ISRAEL REGARDIE, author, The Golden Dawn
At heart, everyone yearns for a Truth that transcends the mortal suffering of life. Everyone intuits, in one way or another, that such Truth exists. Adidam is, fundamentally, and always, the mysterious and transformative relationship to Adi Da Samraj. He is the one who has demonstrated and communicated the means whereby living beings can participate in the egoless Reality that is Truth. This book, The Reality-Way of Adidam, is for those who are moved to learn about the way of life Avatar Adi Da has given to all who would enter into the Divine Process that outshines all seeking. Avatar Adi Da Samraj said: If you would have your life not be about bondage, Reality Itself must Transform your life. The]]Reality-Way of Adidam]]Is That Radical (or Always At-the-Root') Transformation of life, Based on Prior Establishment In and As Reality Itself.
In "My "Bright" Word, " a new edition of the collection of classic spiritual discourses originally published as "The Method of the Siddhas," Avatar Adi Da elucidates the fundamentals of "radical" self-understanding, or "His Revelation of the Way of Adidam." These include: --The basic principle of egoic existence, the search, which Avatar Adi Da later communicated in its simplest terms: "You want to feel good--because you feel bad. Therefore, you are seeking--in order to feel good." --The essential ego-fault and the means for overcoming it: (1) Truth cannot be realized by seeking for it. The seeking itself is the problem. When there is no seeking, Truth (or Reality) is obvious. (2) Freedom (or Divine Liberation) is not dependent on any objective entity or process. Freedom (or Divine Liberation) is always already the case. --The single logic of egoic life: the logic (or process) of separation itself, of enclosure and immunity, informs every function of the living being, every experience, every act, every event. --The grace-given process of "radical" self-understanding: observe your own self-contracting activity. Understand your own self-contracting activity. Transcend your own self-contracting activity. In modern language, this volume teaches the ancient all-time trans-egoic truth, transforming the student by paradox and by example. Consciousness, understanding, and finally the awakened self are the potential rewards.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj describes the limitations and illusory nature of the 'I', and how the 'I' can be transcended so that there is awakening to 'the unqualified feeling of being that is absolute consciousness itself'.
Adi Da Samraj's exhibition at the 52nd Biennale di Venezia (2007), Transcendental Realism, marks the first time his work is being shown to the public. The purpose of The World As Light is to provide an overview of his entire artistic oeuvre of the past forty years?accompanied by key statements he has made on his own art and on the artistic process in general. His art can be understood as an intensive investigation of the human condition?the condition of presumed existence as a ?self? in the midst of a world that is ?not-self?. Adi Da's art is meant to call into question the most basic presumptions of ordinary human life: the ?fact? of existing as an independent ?self?, the ?fact? of every ?self? being separate from every other ?self?, the ?fact? of the ?self? being separate from the world of ?everything else?. Indeed, Adi Da intends his art to communicate the profundity that is known when all presumptions of ?separateness? are relinquished.
The Aletheon is a fathomless gift to the world immense in both its scope and profundity. It is a supreme masterpiece of wisdom, instruction, and Divine Self-Revelation. Avatar Adi Da's work on The Aletheon ended on the very day of his passing when he called for the title page of The Aletheon and finalized the wording, thereby forever bringing to a close his final great writing-labor of love. Adi Da had written many extraordinary and comprehensive books before The Aletheon. The early years of Avatar Adi Da's active Teaching-Work were an astounding demonstration of his willingness to submit himself to ordinary egos, and to work by reflecting egos to themselves and calling egos to true esoteric practice. What is unique about The Aletheon is that it was written after that time of submission to ordinary beings had been completed, when Avatar Adi Da was demonstrating the culminating phase of his outshining revelation. In writing The Aletheon, Avatar Adi Da had utterly relinquished his previous modes of self-submission and teaching, and expressed only his own purest communication of Truth.
In this beautiful collection of easy to read essays Adi Da Samraj draws the reader through a very personal ?consideration? of the realities and suffering of the ordinary life without Truth. He explains how the ancient tradition of heart-response to the spiritual master, the one who can give the heart the freedom it deeply longs for, and who answers all its questions, is the only salvation of our mortal suffering here. Key elements you will find in this book: * Why the Guru-devotee relationship is essential for spiritual life and lasting happiness. * How to live your life so you have room for the heart-response to the spiritual master. * The unique signs and qualities of Adi Da's appearance and teaching, and of those who fully heart-respond to him. An excellent book to have if you are searching for true happiness and interested in finding out about Adi Da's unique and truly heart liberating offering of a direct relationship to him.
The core of the Way of Adidam is the spontaneous heart-Attraction to Avatar Adi Da, as the Living Divine Person. Those who recognize Him are moved to turn to Him, instead of turning back on themself. In the Da Love Ananda Gita, the practice of devotion to the "Bright" Avatar Adi Da Samraj is fully outlined. "I regard Adi Da Samraj as one of the greatest teachers in the Western world today." --Irina Tweedie Sufi teacher; author, Chasm of Fire. "Adi Da Samraj and his unique body of teaching work offer a rare and extraordinary opportunity for those courageous students who are ready to move beyond ego and take the plunge into deepest communion with the Absolute. Importantly, the teaching is grounded in explicit discussion of necessary psychospiritual evolution and guides the student to self-responsibility and self-awareness. -ELISABETH TARG, M.D. University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine; director, Complementary Medicine Research Institute, California
This book was conceived by Adi Da Samraj at the end of 2005. He was first moved to make his own rendering, or 'interpretive translation', of a traditional Advaitic text, The Heart of the Ribhu Gita, in order to elucidate (and thereby honor) its full meaning. Adi Da Samraj then did the same with other great teachings from the traditions of Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism. In each case, he brought the essence of the instruction to the fore, with elegance and illumined understanding. Texts whose meanings were only partially (or cryptically) expressed even in the original suddenly shone forth, like rough gems cut by an expert hand. Such was the original kernel of The Gnosticon, an anthology of these masterful 'translations', together with discourses about the traditional texts, given by Adi Da Samraj. Avatar Adi Da's final work on The Gnosticon (only months before His passing in November 2008) included the addition of the essays Atma Nadi Shakti Yoga and The Boundless Self-Confession.
The Dawn Horse Press Santosha Adidam Contains Avator Adi Da's Summary Instruction relative to the entire Course of the way of Adidam, approached from the point of view of the inherent esoteric an Atomy of the human being.
To all who have been-and will ever be-Divinely Touched at heart by His Divine Presence Avatar Adi Da Samraj. . . So begins The Eternal One, the chronicle of the passing of Avatar Adi Da, which occurred on November 27, 2008, in Fiji. Written by Ruchiradama Quandra Sukhapur Rani, The Eternal One, commemorates the extraordinary events surrounding Avatar Adi Da's relinquishment of the physical body, and describes the beginning of the yearlong worldwide vigil period established to honor his passing and celebrate his Eternal presence. This stunningly beautiful full-color 320-page 8-1/2" x 11" book includes countless photographs from the time before and after Avatar Adi Da's death. It includes intimate accounts by Ruchiradama Quandra Sukhapur and Avatar Adi Da's youngest daughter, Naamleela, as well as testimonials by devotees, friends and family present during the vigil in Fiji and those experiencing the event simultaneously all over the world.
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