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February 2010
The Eternal One is a stunningly beautiful chronicle of the events surrounding the Divine Mahasamadhi of Avatar Adi Da. The book confirms the Spiritual context of Avatar Adi Da's Passing and communicates the profound significance of this moment in His Eternal Work.

"Radical" Transcendentalism
The Non-"Religious", Post-"Scientific",
and No-Seeking Reality-Way of Adidam

July 2009
Avatar Adi Da Samraj describes how secular science and conventional religion "support and serve" humankind's illusions about reality. He reveals what spontaneously unfolds when such illusions are relinquished and life is lived on the basis of the direct "Knowledge" of Reality Itself.

Not-Two Is Peace
The Ordinary People's Way of Global Cooperative Order
By the World-Friend, Adi Da

May 2009
Not-Two Is Peace contains Adi Da's unique wisdom on the roots of human conflict, the errors of conventional religion and politics, and the immediate necessity for global cooperation via "the working principle of prior unity".

The Avatar of What Is
— The Divine Life and Work of Adi Da
by Carolyn Lee, PhD

March 2009
In this potent biography, written one year before Avatar Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, Carolyn Lee offers a discerning overview of Avatar Adi Da's extraordinary life up to that time.

The Danavira Mela Book
The Season of "Light-in-Everybody"
As Celebrated in the Company of Bhagavan Adi Da Samraj
by Naamleela Free Jones

October 2008
Naamleela Free Jones welcomes everyone into the joyous, sacred celebration she has enjoyed each year with her father and Guru, Avatar Adi Da.

'Radical' Devotion
Writings from August and September 2006
by Avatar Adi Da Samraj

August 2008
The essays in this book are an invitation to embrace the relationship to Avatar Adi Da as Divine Realizer and to explore the fundamental practices of the Way of Adidam.

The Ancient Walk-About Way
The Core Esoteric Process of Real Spirituality and
Its Perfect Fulfillment in the Way of Adidam

July 2008
The Ancient Walk-About Way is a remarkable collection of essays, celebrating the ancient tradition of devotion to the Realizer, Avatar Adi Da's "Perfect Knowledge" Revelation, and His foundation gift of "radical" devotion.

The Way of Perfect Knowledge
The "Radical" Practice of Transcendental
Spirituality in the Way of Adidam

February 2008
In The Way of Perfect Knowledge, Avatar Adi Da describes the process of Grace, devotion, and self-understanding required to transcend the presumption of separateness and Realize "Perfect Knowledge" of Reality.

The World As Light
An Introduction to the Art of Adi Da Samraj

December 2007
This generously illustrated book by Mei-Ling Israel provides an overview of the massive body of highly distinctive artwork that Adi Da Samraj has created over the past forty years.

Transcendental Realism
The Image-Art of egoless Coincidence with Reality Itself

November 2007
In Transcendental Realism, Adi Da Samraj speaks of the purpose of true art, as well as the profound purposes and means of His own art. This publication appears in conjunction with the exhibition of Adi Da Samraj's art at the 2007 Venice Biennale.

The Ancient Reality-Teachings

June 2007
Adi Da Samraj offers His own "expository translation" of several significant Spiritual texts. He illuminates the full meaning intended by the original author — not from a scholarly "point of view", but as a Realizer of Truth.

Religion and Reality

May 2007
The introduction to, and an excerpt from, Avatar Adi Da's new text Religion and Reality, in which He distinguishes between popular, or exoteric, and esoteric religion.

The Perfect Tradition

April 2007
Carolyn Lee's introduction to The Perfect Tradition describes the miracle of the Way of Adidam — that the Transmission and intuition of the seventh stage of life are given from the beginning.

Eleutherios
(The Only Truth That Sets The Heart Free)

July 2006
The introduction to Eleutherios (The Only Truth That Sets The Heart Free), a newly revised and published Source-Text of the Way of Adidam, by the Great Avataric Sage, Adi Da Samraj.

Love and Blessings
Instant Everybody
by Bill Gottlieb

May 2006
The introduction to a book of first person stories about their human need for Blessing in difficult situations like illness, and Avatar Adi Da's Divine Compassionate Response

The Mummery Book

February 2006
The introduction for the proposed literary edition of The Mummery Book, Avatar Adi Da's "prose opera", including His commentary on the supernormal process that produced the book.

Easy Death

October 2005
"The Truth About Death" — an excerpt from a new edition of the book by Avatar Adi Da Samraj hailed by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author of On Death and Dying, as a "masterpiece".

My "Bright" Word
The Divine Siddha-Method Of The Ruchira Avatar

July 2005
An excerpt from a new book that includes over a dozen of the original Discourses Given by Avatar Adi Da in 1972 and 1973. Many of these Essays were originally published as transcripts in the book The Method of the Siddhas

Hridaya Rosary
(Four Thorns Of Heart-Instruction)

June 2005
Hridaya Rosary is Avatar Adi Da's beautifully precise and exquisitely poetic description of the Spiritual process that is spontaneously entered into when one is Spiritually Awakened by Him.

Ruchira Avatara Gita
Avataric Way Of The Divine Heart-Master

May 2005
Excerpts from the introduction and Text of Avatar Adi Da's book that, He says, offers the "Great Secret" of the Way that "Most Perfectly Realizes" the "True and Spiritual Divine Person"

"Send Him My Love and Blessings"
The Death Transition of Bernie Kelly
by Angelo Druda

March 2005
Avatar Adi Da's Blessing of Bernie Kelly — a man who felt he could never become a formal devotee — as he made his death transition. From the forthcoming new third edition of the book, Easy Death

"Be Fearless"

September 2004
Avatar Adi Da's Blessing Work with Tamara Mcphail, written by Tamara's partner, John Bent in the midst of her terminal disease. From the forthcoming new third edition of the book, Easy Death

Adi Da, The Promised God-Man Is Here
by Carolyn Lee, PhD

January 2004
Chapter 9 covers Avatar Da's move to the island of Naitauba, in Fiji, in 1983; His historic talk Mark My Words; and the writing in 1984 of His summary scripture, The Dawn Horse Testament.

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Magazine Home Page — DEPARTMENTS — Sacred Study The Truth Book From the Editor Book Excerpts Multi-Media Features Subscribe	Book Excerpts Index of Book Excerpts The Eternal One February 2010 The Eternal One is a stunningly beautiful chronicle of the events surrounding the Divine Mahasamadhi of Avatar Adi Da. The book confirms the Spiritual context of Avatar Adi Da's Passing and communicates the profound significance of this moment in His Eternal Work. "Radical" Transcendentalism The Non-"Religious", Post-"Scientific", and No-Seeking Reality-Way of Adidam July 2009 Avatar Adi Da Samraj describes how secular science and conventional religion "support and serve" humankind's illusions about reality. He reveals what spontaneously unfolds when such illusions are relinquished and life is lived on the basis of the direct "Knowledge" of Reality Itself. Not-Two Is Peace The Ordinary People's Way of Global Cooperative Order By the World-Friend, Adi Da May 2009 Not-Two Is Peace contains Adi Da's unique wisdom on the roots of human conflict, the errors of conventional religion and politics, and the immediate necessity for global cooperation via "the working principle of prior unity". The Avatar of What Is — The Divine Life and Work of Adi Da by Carolyn Lee, PhD March 2009 In this potent biography, written one year before Avatar Adi Da's Divine Mahasamadhi, Carolyn Lee offers a discerning overview of Avatar Adi Da's extraordinary life up to that time. The Danavira Mela Book The Season of "Light-in-Everybody" As Celebrated in the Company of Bhagavan Adi Da Samraj by Naamleela Free Jones October 2008 Naamleela Free Jones welcomes everyone into the joyous, sacred celebration she has enjoyed each year with her father and Guru, Avatar Adi Da. 'Radical' Devotion Writings from August and September 2006 by Avatar Adi Da Samraj August 2008 The essays in this book are an invitation to embrace the relationship to Avatar Adi Da as Divine Realizer and to explore the fundamental practices of the Way of Adidam. The Ancient Walk-About Way The Core Esoteric Process of Real Spirituality and Its Perfect Fulfillment in the Way of Adidam July 2008 The Ancient Walk-About Way is a remarkable collection of essays, celebrating the ancient tradition of devotion to the Realizer, Avatar Adi Da's "Perfect Knowledge" Revelation, and His foundation gift of "radical" devotion. The Way of Perfect Knowledge The "Radical" Practice of Transcendental Spirituality in the Way of Adidam February 2008 In The Way of Perfect Knowledge, Avatar Adi Da describes the process of Grace, devotion, and self-understanding required to transcend the presumption of separateness and Realize "Perfect Knowledge" of Reality. The World As Light An Introduction to the Art of Adi Da Samraj December 2007 This generously illustrated book by Mei-Ling Israel provides an overview of the massive body of highly distinctive artwork that Adi Da Samraj has created over the past forty years. Transcendental Realism The Image-Art of egoless Coincidence with Reality Itself November 2007 In Transcendental Realism, Adi Da Samraj speaks of the purpose of true art, as well as the profound purposes and means of His own art. This publication appears in conjunction with the exhibition of Adi Da Samraj's art at the 2007 Venice Biennale. The Ancient Reality-Teachings June 2007 Adi Da Samraj offers His own "expository translation" of several significant Spiritual texts. He illuminates the full meaning intended by the original author — not from a scholarly "point of view", but as a Realizer of Truth. Religion and Reality May 2007 The introduction to, and an excerpt from, Avatar Adi Da's new text Religion and Reality, in which He distinguishes between popular, or exoteric, and esoteric religion. The Perfect Tradition April 2007 Carolyn Lee's introduction to The Perfect Tradition describes the miracle of the Way of Adidam — that the Transmission and intuition of the seventh stage of life are given from the beginning. Eleutherios (The Only Truth That Sets The Heart Free) July 2006 The introduction to Eleutherios (The Only Truth That Sets The Heart Free), a newly revised and published Source-Text of the Way of Adidam, by the Great Avataric Sage, Adi Da Samraj. Love and Blessings Instant Everybody by Bill Gottlieb May 2006 The introduction to a book of first person stories about their human need for Blessing in difficult situations like illness, and Avatar Adi Da's Divine Compassionate Response The Mummery Book February 2006 The introduction for the proposed literary edition of The Mummery Book, Avatar Adi Da's "prose opera", including His commentary on the supernormal process that produced the book. Easy Death October 2005 "The Truth About Death" — an excerpt from a new edition of the book by Avatar Adi Da Samraj hailed by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, author of On Death and Dying, as a "masterpiece". My "Bright" Word The Divine Siddha-Method Of The Ruchira Avatar July 2005 An excerpt from a new book that includes over a dozen of the original Discourses Given by Avatar Adi Da in 1972 and 1973. Many of these Essays were originally published as transcripts in the book The Method of the Siddhas Hridaya Rosary (Four Thorns Of Heart-Instruction) June 2005 Hridaya Rosary is Avatar Adi Da's beautifully precise and exquisitely poetic description of the Spiritual process that is spontaneously entered into when one is Spiritually Awakened by Him. Ruchira Avatara Gita Avataric Way Of The Divine Heart-Master May 2005 Excerpts from the introduction and Text of Avatar Adi Da's book that, He says, offers the "Great Secret" of the Way that "Most Perfectly Realizes" the "True and Spiritual Divine Person" "Send Him My Love and Blessings" The Death Transition of Bernie Kelly by Angelo Druda March 2005 Avatar Adi Da's Blessing of Bernie Kelly — a man who felt he could never become a formal devotee — as he made his death transition. From the forthcoming new third edition of the book, Easy Death "Be Fearless" September 2004 Avatar Adi Da's Blessing Work with Tamara Mcphail, written by Tamara's partner, John Bent in the midst of her terminal disease. From the forthcoming new third edition of the book, Easy Death Adi Da, The Promised God-Man Is Here by Carolyn Lee, PhD January 2004 Chapter 9 covers Avatar Da's move to the island of Naitauba, in Fiji, in 1983; His historic talk Mark My Words; and the writing in 1984 of His summary scripture, The Dawn Horse Testament.
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