Buddha came up with Vipassana Meditation as a technique of self observation by paying attention to your own breath--but he lived a long time ago, 500 years befor Christ. Avatar Adi Da wasm our contemporary, born, bred and highly educated in the USA--who though he had a Lutheran background was primarily a student and practioner of Indian religion. His lifes story is an amazing testimonial I would recommend everyone to read. He also was a great artist--an exceptional painter and photographer, whose works have been shown in well known galleries on both sides of the Atlantic. [Here is some text from the link] Many people have found their way to Avatar Adi Da Samraj over the past few decades, both during and after His human lifetime. The stories of how they found Him are moving and often extraordinary, even miraculous. For some, while the encounter would not result in their becoming devotees, it would transform their lives in a profound way. For example, well-known futurist Barbara Marx-Hubbard describes how she draws upon the Adi Da Frequency to help her work in creating a better and more conscious future for humanity. Robert Hall, co-founder of the Lomi School, says that Adi Das Teaching has been a source of major support for him in the continuation of his personal Vipassana meditation practice, and Adi Da has always represented for him an example of the truly Realized individual. Paul Muller-Ortega, Professor of Religion and founder of the Blue Throat Yoga school, writes of feeling in Adi Das company an ancient bond of connection to him and after Darshan with Adi Da, there remains a memory and an inner feeling of Him that I carry with me daily. For others, finding Adi Da was the discovery of their Spiritual Master. From black liberation movement veteran Greg Wells, who was also a lifelong spiritual seeker; to Frank (Cheech) Marrero, who was imprisoned at Rikers Island Penitentiary, awaiting trial for a crime he had not committed and a likely sentence of 20 or 30 years, when a miracle occurred — their stories tell how they finally found what their hearts were seeking (whether they knew it or not when they first encountered Adi Da). It was only then that the real adventure — a life dedicated not to seeking for God but to Realizing God — could begin at last. How people find Adi Da reflects who He is. Were used to stories about human lives that confine themselves to the familiar laws of nature. But some of the stories below unfold in a way that suggest Adi Da was already in devotees lives, working with them on profound levels, long before they even knew of Him (in the normal way). For example, Lyn Hart describes how Adi Da began appearing to her in visions, long before she knew who He was; Chris Tong tells how Adi Da literally walked into his life when he was still a baby, back in the late 1950s. That supernormal manner is exactly how Adi Da describes the way He works. And He is able to function in that manner because He is the human incarnation of the Divine Person in whom everything and everyone is arising: This is how people come to Me to become My devotees, or (otherwise) come to Me for Blessing. They become associated with one or another aspect of My world-Work. It is Prior Meditation. In other words, I Priorly Coincide with everyone and everything, and then Signs emerge. This is how I Work. This is My Divine Avataric Nature Showing Itself in the larger world-picture . . . And this is, in fact, how people end up coming to Me. The devotional relationship to Me does not begin simply when people formally enter into the gathering of My devotees. My Work begins before people even come into My Divine Avataric Company. Some recognize and know that, and there are rather dramatic signs of it. In other cases, individuals are simply drawn to Me and have nothing in mind to say why, other than they heard about Me and were moved.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:10:03 +0000