{"product_id":"surrender-of-self-is-a-koan-dvd","title":"Surrender of self Is A Koan (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 45th anniversary video series Celebrating 45 years since Adi Da's first formal Teaching discourse 1972-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Discourse Given by His Divine Presence, Adi Da Samraj, October 28, 1978\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere will be times when you feel \"out of it\", when you feel overwhelmed by your negativity, by your symptoms, and so forth. But you have got to have more humor about that...Particularly in those moments, you must learn to practice with great intensity, surrender more profoundly, with a tacit recollection of your true understanding of the true nature of your feeling in relation to Me... You must use Me in the Spiritual way - which means you have got to grow. The more you grow, the more you will make use of me. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdi Da Samraj\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis Divine Presence Adi Da Samraj speaks directly and humorously to a beginner who assumes her lack of devotional self-surrender is a \"problem\". There are all kinds of reasons that surrender is not fully demonstrated in the early stages of Spiritual practice, He says, which must be purified and understood. But the heart is \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ealways\u003c\/span\u003e free to respond to the Spiritual Master - and thereby, ultimately, it is \"unburdened\" of all limitations. the transformative meeting between devotee and Master, with all its apparent paradoxes, is the secret of the Real-God-Realizing Way. The occasion concludes with Adi Da's brief and beautiful response to a boy who wishes to be free of a tendency to get angry in his relationships. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI regard Heart-Master Adi Da as one of the greatest teachers in the Western world today.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIrina Tweede (Sufi teacher, author, Chasm of Fire)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erunningtime: 1 hour 27 minutes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adidam Bookshop Europe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50716910387543,"sku":"","price":11.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0567\/5771\/5009\/files\/Surrenderofselfisakoan.png?v=1755607269","url":"https:\/\/adidambookshop.eu\/en-gb\/products\/surrender-of-self-is-a-koan-dvd","provider":"Adidam Bookshop Europe ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}