Presentations and Interviews

Jonathan Condit, Ph.D. has been a devotee of Adi Da for many years. He was also Adi Da's senior editorial assistant for many years. He received his Ph.D. in music, writing a dissertation on Korean music. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk, and practiced in that capacity until the moment when he recognized Adi Da as the "Maitreya Buddha".

Jonathan Condit giving a presentation on The Aletheon
at Adi Da Samrajashram, October, 2009

• Recognition Of Me Is Liberation: Overview (video) — Jonathan provides an overview of the new book, Recognition Of Me Is Liberation. His overview includes audio excerpts of Adi Da speaking on the subject of recognition.
  
  
• The Making and Organization of The Aletheon (video) — This two-part series is presented by Jonathan and includes extraordinary footage of Avatar Adi Da working on The Aletheon.

Anthony Costabile, M.A. has been a devotee of Adi Da Samraj since 1975. (Story here.) With an M.A. in Education, he has been a professional school teacher and administrator. He is the Director of the Adidam Midwest Center in Chicago. He has served as a writer and lecturer, producing monographs, educational materials, and numerous articles about Adi Da Samraj and the Reality-Way of Adidam, including his recent CESNUR paper, "The Restoration of Spiritual Culture", and his article, "Disciples, Fools, and Enlightenment". Mr. Costabile has lived in Adidam sanctuaries in California, Hawaii, and Fiji. He travels internationally, speaking about Adi Da Samraj, introducing Adi Da's Wisdom-Teaching to a variety of public audiences, and leading public retreats (most recently, in September, 2011). He is currently doing a series of public lectures and courses based on Adi Da’s ultimate Revelatory Work, The Aletheon.

Anthony Costabile giving a presentation on Adidam
on Never Not Here TV, January, 2011

• Overview: “The Most Direct Way To Know Love In every moment Is To Be Love In every moment” — Anthony Costabile's presentation about the ordeal necessary to earn emotional-sexual self-understanding. Includes Frank Marerro's story of knowing how to have sex, but not how to love, and how Adi Da grew him beyond that limitation.
  
  
• Interview of Anthony Costabile (video) — By Richard Miller, of Never Not Here TV. Anthony talks with Richard about Adi Da and Adidam.

James Steinberg has been a devotee of Avatar Adi Da Samraj since 1973. (Story here.) He has been personally schooled by Adi Da in the entire Great Tradition of humankind's religious and spiritual literature. He is the author of the books, Love of the God-Man and Divine Distraction, both about the Guru-devotee relationship (on which he is a world authority). James has been Graced to live with Adi Da Samraj in His Island Hermitage, Adi Da Samrajashram in Fiji, and at The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary in California. He has represented Adi Da Samraj in meetings with some of the most famous Spiritual figures in the world, and is a regular visitor to India in completion of a variety of Sacred projects. James attended Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1972. He has two daughters and lives in California.

James Steinberg giving a presentation in
Land Bridge Pavilion, The Mountain Of Attention
Da Guru Purnima — July, 2010

• Tantric Initiation in the Traditions — This presentation is an excerpt taken from James' book Love of the God-Man. In this piece, James places sexuality in the broader context of the process of Realizing Reality Itself. He discusses three Spiritual Realizers, and points out that, while parts of their stories can be attributed to folklore, what remains true is the communication of the necessarily positive place sexuality must have (and inherently does have) when Truth or Reality Itself is to be Realized.
  
  
• A Presentation on Money and the Guru: Traditional Stories, Stories about Avatar Adi Da, and Adi Da’s Basic Instruction — James gives a presentation on the spiritual principles underlying the giving of money, service, and energy to the Guru, including traditional stories, stories about Avatar Adi Da, and Adi Da’s basic Instruction.
  
  
• Testimonial (video) — James tells the story of how he found Adi Da. He offers a testimonial to the life and work of Adi Da Samraj.
  
  
• A Conversation with James Steinberg — James talks with Guy Spiro, of The Monthly Aspectarian, about Adi Da and Adidam.
  
  
• What's Now Interview (audio) — James talks about Adi Da and Adidam with Ken Rose on KOWS radio on Ken's show, What's Now.
  
  
• 3WBC Radio Interview (audio) — James talks about Adi Da and Adidam on 3WBC 94.1 FM, Melbourne, Australia on October 16, 2014, for the program, "Something Spiritual".

Angelo Druda has been a devotee of Adi Da for many years. He is a certified practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the Australian Natural Therapist Association, and a senior educator in Mate Moce, the Ministry established by Adi Da Samraj to instruct human beings about the death process, and serve their transition. He is the author of The Tao of Rejuvenation and The Easy Death Workbook.

• The Death of Another (audio) — Longtime devotee Angelo Druda is the featured guest on this progam of the Transforming Reality Internet Talk Show, which focuses on individuals and organizations that are raising consciousness and changing our world. Angelo provides profound spiritual wisdom for anyone serving another who is dying, and for each of us in preparing for our own inevitable passing.

Steve Brown has been a devotee of Adi Da Samraj since 1984, serving Adi Da personally and receiving Adi Da's Blessing and direct Instruction in many areas of life, including the sacred arts of theatre and chant. Steve is the Artistic Director of the First Room Theatre Guild, and he has performed, produced, and directed enactments of Adi Da's Orpheum Trilogy within the First Room Theatre Guild for over 25 years. He has a talent for communicating Adi Da's Revelation with insight, devotion, passion and humor.

• Special Events — Steve was the host for the November 2014 European Danda Retreat, "Divine Ecstasy Is Natural to You Because I Have Been Born" and the July 2012 European Danda Retreat, "I Have Appeared From the Realm of Light".
  
  
• The Mummery-Cult of Pairs Set Free — Steve recites Adi Da's poem, which is a response to Shakespeare's "All the world's a stage. . ."
  
  
• More from our Audio/Video Library — Steve is the narrator in a video describing the November 2014 European Danda Retreat, "Divine Ecstasy Is Natural to You Because I Have Been Born" (which he hosted).

Michael Wood (Mulund) has been a devotee of Avatar Adi Da since the earliest years of Beloved's Work in Los Angeles. He was a corporate attorney at the time he was introduced to Avatar Adi Da, and he was the principal attorney for Adidam for over 25 years.

Michael Wood giving a presentation in Land Bridge Pavilion Michael Wood giving a presentation in Land Bridge Pavilion (click to enlarge)

• The Teaching Years Were "Fruitless” — A presentation by Mulund about Avatar Adi Da's communication of how His "Teaching Years" [the period of His early Work with His devotees] were "fruitless": They demonstrated the fruitlessness of all the different forms of human seeking, both conventional and unconventional.

Leroy Stilwell is one of the founders of this site. He has been a formal devotee of Adi Da Samraj since 1976. He lived and served at Adi Da Samrajashram, Naitauba, Fiji for most of the time since 1986, and is now living in Northern California. He is the author of the book, Love's Sacrifice and the Ordeal to Become Human: 30 Years with my Spiritual Master Adi Da. He has served as communications manager, ashram manager, and personal assistant to the Ruchira Sannyasin Order, as Correspondence Department manager, and as production editor at the Dawn Horse Press.

• Mystical Positivist Interview (audio) — Leroy talks about Adi Da and Adidam on KOWS Radio's show, The Mystical Positivist.
  
  
• Introduction to Empowered Places and Things in Adidam — Leroy describes how Adi Da Samraj Himself is the principle of Empowerment in Adidam. He talks about the purpose of Empowerment, and provides details about the nature of Spiritual Empowerment.
  
  
• Other Entities and Other Realms — Leroy's introductory article. Also includes links to articles on specific topics: good and evil, demons, and demonic spirits; the benign subtle realms; the death transition; and ghosts.