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True Surrender Is Not a Problem (video)

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This is part 1 of the 4-part series, Surrender of self Is A Koan:
part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4
Total length: 42:05

 

From a question and answer session with Adi Da on October 28, 1978, in Land Bridge Pavilion at the Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary in Northern California. This is track 1 on the DVD, Surrender of self Is A Koan.

In this excerpt, Avatar Adi Da speaks directly and humorously to a beginner who assumes her lack of devotional self-surrender is a "problem", rather than a process. He contrasts the beginner's necessarily muscular, “tear your guts out”, tapas-filled practice of relatively superficial surrender (counter-egoically cutting into lifetimes of self-possession) with the mature devotee's spontaneous, profound, and complete surrender. A central principle of the process is “just do it” persistence.

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  • Length: 08:52
  • Date Added: January 28, 2020
  • Event Date: October 28, 1978
  • Language: English
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Joani M. - Canada January 29, 2020 6:44PM

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