Some may find this image a strange choice but others will know exactly why I chose it, over time my choice may change but as it stands this is my number one image of the Miraculous Great Sage-Adi Da Samraj- here as Master Da Free John, most likely taken in 1983 shortly before or after the acquisition of Naitauba Island.
His almost naked stance, has a timeless, unconcerned, ease and fearlessness, I immediately think of the Avadhoot tradition, His Freedom in striding effortlessly and indifferently through the water with a remote island in view, is a waltz through the universe of samsara. Most of all look at that Blessing Hand and Arm, it’s the gesture of Divine Victory- All forms will ultimately dissolve in Divine Love- no doubt of this expressed here.
“The Avadhoot in unshakable equanimity, living in the holy temple of nothingness, walks naked, knowing all to be Brahman” -Avadhoot Gita
Thank you. Quite beautiful. And yes, also for me, this photo of Adi Da Samraj visually expresses the bodily evidence (just as his ecstatic confession in “The Vanished Gardens of Cordoba” stands as a spontaneous poetic utterance and written evidence) of the quote from the Avadhoot Gita: “The Avadhoot in unshakable equanimity, living in the holy temple of nothingness, walks naked, knowing all to be Brahman”
Hi friend, thanks for taking the time to comment on this, it is very difficult to gauge others reponses to such things, your blog seems interesting as well, may put it in the “good reading” section