Adi Da Causal

I have been feeling the paradoxical liberation and freedom at the root of the genuine and ancient Guru devotee tradition.

Adi Da said “My devotees are Free”

What this means to me, is from the beginning of that relationship True Freedom is known, It’s not the traditional search for Freedom at the end of a long journey of struggle and adventure. It’s a given-from-the-beginning Intuition or direct Knowledge, that given Knowledge just matures over time and guides the life.

A lot of  people feel that the Guru devotee model is bondage, this is not the case. It’s more like being married and in love, keeps you straight, stops you going off the rails, getting full of “self” and calling it “The Self”, getting lost in internal  delusion which is bottomless and endless, or remaining an always hungry seeker without prior and present fullness.

It’s not popular, few are recommending it, but it is truly Liberating from the beginning.

Another thing that may not be so obvious is that Satsang or the primary relationship with The Guru, protects you from exploitation, in that fidelity, we become searchless and unexploitable having found our Source our True Ground

We find our True Ground at The Masters Feet just resting there, no problem, no dilemma in sight.

Then, what appears as bondage is Liberation, and what appears to be liberating is bondage.

There is plenty of critical view on the phenomenon of neo-advaita or philosophical enlightenment wherein mental propositions, independent of any need for preparation or practice, are taken as the means to enlightenment, awakening, liberation, moksha however it is perceived. A hedge of mind-dharma is constructed around proponents and then defended via  mental constructs, this is further strengthened by forming a group dynamic based on the same reinforcements of  enlightenment ideology.

A teacher will set him or herself up, as a “realizer” in some shape or form, then attempt to transmit their realization to others by some means of argument, it can be very creative, often with good motive apparently, and most often with no conscious harm intended. The teacher may then allow students to do likewise build their own hedge and propagate the same delusion.

It does tend to suggest a deeper flaw-a sort of house of cards mentality peculiar to modern western spirituality in general. This also includes many who are critical of neo-advaita as such, but still remain within its wider framework

Who owns “nonduality” ? Do a google search and it will show a small very influential group of personalities associated with websites and books. By “owns”, I mean it in the sense of being a limiting center of influence and directing viewpoints to “specific” possibilities, you have “specific” teachers, teachings and books, rated, ranked and recommended to seekers.

Is there any value to such things ? Yes there is–the knowledge of humanity’s inherent freedom should be freely communicated via education of some form, to all who are interested.

It should also be taught that no one “owns” non-duality, it is the inherent condition of all, this is primary knowledge.

Causal influences via the Internet in particular allow “enlightened egos” to exploit others, since they are “selling water by the river”, in this case.

Give it the Talking School Test :

“‘Talking’ school” is a phrase used by Avatar Adi Da to refer to those in any tradition of sacred life whose approach is characterized by talking, thinking, reading, and philosophical analysis and debate, or even meditative enquiry or reflection, without a concomitant and foundation discipline of body, emotion, mind, and breath. He contrasts the “talking” school with the “practicing” school approach—“practicing” schools involving those who are committed to the ordeal of real ego-transcending discipline, under the guidance of a true Guru.

Further Reading :

What is the conscious process

“It is because of the absence of profound practice of supportive disciplines involving total psycho-physical submission into the Life-Current that the Way of the conscious process gets reduced to a kind of “talking school” obsession with “consciousness.” Many people read and even write books and give lectures about the primacy and freedom of consciousness, as if they could, merely by analyzing consciousness out from the mass of thinking, knowing, and experiencing, achieve the incomparable State of “Jnana,” Enlightenment, or Transcendental Realization. But all such talk is the mediocre chat of the waking mind. In order to Realize the Transcendental Truth that Is Consciousness, the entire process of attention must be liberated from functional bondage to the states and functions and emotions and thoughts and relations of the egoic or self-contracted body-mind”- Adi Da Samraj

Adi Da’s most demanding texts will yield the greatest reward if they are approached in the right manner, they are necessarily demanding because something in that effort that must be made to absorb their meaning puts the reader in a different asana (or position) from the conventional mind.

A sentence or word may need to be looked at and felt into over and over until its meaning is revealed. Everything in a sentence every word, every comma, every underlining, all inverted commas, all capitalization have specific and exact meaning, very literal, very often idiomatic or particular to Adi Da’s expression of a word.

Concentrated reading of these texts is a simple form of meditation as has been practiced in all traditions, even after many years of such practice it can still require a great deal of present conscious awareness and persistance, various egoic states arise and dissolve, so there is sadhana and purification there, anyone with sensitivity can observe this.

Adi Da always wrote from the most profound position, so they are always sacred texts in that sense, they are never quick reads if the essence of them is to be distilled. The post 2000 texts in particular which focus on “Reality” ( earlier works used terms such as “Real God’, ” Radiant Transcendental Being” etc) are very powerful and have the potential to move the reader directly into the shape or form of what is being pointed to over and over- that is Reality.

Another remarkable feature, one of many, is the “Reality” being expressed in these texts has 2 qualities embodied in Adi Da Samraj himself, “The What” — of the Impersonal Reality, and “The Who” –of the Divine Person as Reality.

So there is real enjoyment, real sustenance in that reading if it is approached and persisted in passed the point of resistance. One may then find a vast resource of wisdom to be immersed in. Even a life times worth of reading.

Useful : Adidam Glossary

This title should read, “I am who you are” , Adi Da is seen distributing Prasad, or blessed food, the background song is superb, when I view the spiritual Master in this manner His Absolute Depth of Consciousness is so clear. I believe this clip is from Naitauba late 80’s or early 90’s

Sometimes people like to see the mind of a person writing, rather than constant impersonal rhetoric, here is a glimpse

Can never exhaust the subject matter of this journal, could write 40 posts a day and only touch the outer layers

The fact that very few are writing about this vast subject, more detractors than friends at present, is also how it could only be, in some sense (The egoic self will always defend itself, how could it be otherwise?).

In an ideal world, you would have perhaps 20 writers blasting away 24/7, because what is out there in real spiritual and sustenance terms is not much, it often seems to hold great promise, but poke it with a stick and it gets boring real fast, I have shaken that tree with some vigour and only bird droppings fell on my head!

Where is Alan Watts when you need him ?

God threw a party and very few came, which has always been the case (The lifetime of the Spiritual Master)

Here is an apt quote from 1970’s

“The Spiritual Master is a casual meal, eaten by lovers, who only notice each other”

Quick thoughts on a couple of spiritual teachers who appeared in consciousness recently via the internet

Eckhart Tolle: Seems to be teaching an almost Vipassana method, the “Now”, as a focus of attention is a method via Buddhism originally, and then made popular by Osho in his 80’s books. In an early edition of the Dawn Horse Testament, Adi Da mentions perceptual mind (Now) versus conceptual mind(past/future) Tolle may be doing good work in expanding the possibility of an indepth awareness to people in general, plus his environmental philosophy, he seems at last to point to consciousness.

U.G. Krishnamurti: “An odd man”, could be a fair phrase to reference him, he seems to move from an extreme independence and denial of all Help ( God, Guru, Tradition) his life seems to be based on absolute disillusionment, kundalini weirdness and aberration (he mentioned spiritual experience in his life). He may be more like a mast, though in a mild form, where the life force in its movement through the esoteric anatomy gets bent or aberrated  somewhat, that is not to deny him as a source of insight and wisdom and a pointer to the spontaneous Self-Nature.

Adi Da talks with great wisdom and insight on the religious traditions of mankind, which he calls in total “The Great Tradition”, he mentions one of the services he performed as Adept Realizer in service to humanity, which was to review the very best spiritual literature  and media available called at the time of this talk “The 7 Schools of God Talk”,  this list and its eloquent reviews, later became called. “The Basket Of Tolerance”; a short version of which is to appear in book form this yesr.

Adi Da’s scheme or map of 7 Stages of life, based on His personal exploration of the esoteric anatomy of man is explained here. This talk may be of interest to anyone with a passion for religion, esoteric traditions, eastern religions, religious philosophy & comparative religion.

Just discovered these 2 video’s, the first one has a beautiful freshness to it, Adi Da’s Gaze is full of Blessing and Compassion

This one is more Esoteric and reveals a strong Transmission of Spiritual Potency ( Shaktipat)

Adi Da Samraj introduced the use of raw green smoothies to Adidam some time ago, it is a suggested dietary supplement to practicing students, here is His words on it from the recently published Wisdom On Raw Foods guide, “Green Gorrilla”

Blended Green Drinks
A Principal element of the raw fructo-vegetarian dietary practice I have Given is the regular (daily) use of “blended green drinks”, made (most commonly) of green leafy vegetables and sweet fruits

“Green drinks” provide a highly concentrated form of the nutrients found in green leafy vegetables–generally in much greater quantity than could be ingested by eating the greens whole. The sweet fruits are added to “green drinks” in order to make the concentrated greens palatable, and also to provide additional nutrients and calories.

Blended “green drinks” are prepared using one or more varieties of green leafy vegetables–using whatever edible greens are available In temperate climates, appropriate edible greens include such plants as kale, chard, spinach, lettuce, collard greens, bok choy, and so on. Edible weeds (including, in temperate zones, such plants as dandelion, lambsquarters, plantain, and so on), herbs (such as dill, basil, cilantro, mint, parsley, and so on), sprouts (such as alfalfa, clover, buckwheat, sunflower, and so on), other vegetables (such as celery, cucumber, and so on), and medicinal plants (such as aloe vera) may also be added to a “green drink”.

I will add my own favorite recipe and comment on the utility and changes noted from using green smoothies over the next week or so.

Stories of devotee’s bringing the Master into life, communicating Him directly to others seem more prevalent in the 1970’s to early 1980’s, I can’t account for this, it is fundamentally mysterious, as are many things connected with the Adept’s Work, I don’t think it is either possible or necessary to try an explain this If you do want to speculate about it, here is my own addition, the 60-70’s were a completely energetically and psychically different time–weird stuff happened a lot more often

Some examples:

A man was standing in the Darshan line waiting to see UG Krishnamurti, a man in front of him turned and either spoke to him or others and said (paraphrasing) “If you want to see God, go to the Ashram Bookstore in L.A (at the time Adi Da was using this facility) He is there”. The man listening later became a devotee.

I met a devotee on Naitauba in November 2008, he had been so since 1974, both formal and informal, in that year he met a man named Bill C., who told him that Franklin Jones, a man in California was the “Living Siddha Master, without a shadow of doubt, the Real Thing”. Merely on the say so, of Bill, he went to California and became a devotee.

In the mid-late 70’s I went into a bookstore and found this incredible stack of books right down the back of the store in Melbourne, Australia (which was a conventional bookstore) It was truly mind blowing, they seemed to have tangible almost glowing, energetic quality, as if I had suddenly been thrust into another realm, the titles included : “Garbage And The Goddess” and “No Remedy” by someone called Bubba Free John, and some other books about Ramana Maharshi The humorous thing was I had previously read “The Knee of Listening” and did not know the author was the same, I bought a copy of “Garbage and Goddess” Talking to the sales assistant he seemed to be perplexed by the mysterious books as well, almost whispering about them. Later I learned that a devotee then named “Paris” a very close devotee of Bubba Free John, had come to Town and distributed the books directly to that store.

I recently spoke to a lady H. who told me of seeing a friend called Terry (circa 1981-2) who had been practicing as a Tibetan Buddhist Monk, on his return to the West, he spoke of an amazing being called Da Free John and a book called “Garbage And The Goddess”, these 2 impresssions stayed in her mind.

Some time later in a 2nd hand bookshop, she saw GG and bought it, H. was a very poor english reader, being a native of Poland and expected to struggle with reading it, on the contrary the book came alive to her, she understood it completely, she told me of her profound experience merely by reading this book and feeling her connection to Adi Da via the photos’s inside, which stays with her to the present (2009)

There are dozens of true accounts recorded and unrecorded, just like these, another good example has recently been added to adidaupclose.org here, apart from being very well written it also clearly demonstrates the necessary influence of Adi Da’s devotees in making the Way available to others.

Talk by Adi Da: Explains common illusions about the after death state and release from them (11.23)