Aham Da Asmi (Beloved, I Am Da) [Paperback]

Adi Da Samraj (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2000

Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj has created a series of twenty-three books that He has designated as His "Source-Texts". Of these twenty-three books, the first five form a sub-series called The Five Books Of The Heart Of The Adidam Revelation.

These five books communicate the core of Avatar Adi Da's Message to all. Aham Da Asmi, the first of these books, is Avatar Adi Da's Magnificent Confession of His Divine Identity and His Eternal Impulse to Offer Perfect Liberation to all.

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"Avatar Adi Da is a force to be reckoned with--a Pole around which the world can get its bearings." -- Henry Leroy Finch author, Wittgenstein: The Early Philosophy and Wittgenstein: The Later Philosophy

"I'm convinced that the greatest divine manifestation... is alive today. This book is His confession of divinity" -- David Sawyer, Recipient, President's Points of Light Award

"May the whole world be restored to Faith, Love, and Understanding by Avatar Adi Da Samraj." --Ed Kowalczyk, lead singer and songwriter of the rock band, Live

About the Author

About Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj

From the moment of His Avataric birth (in New York, on November 3, 1939), Adi Da Samraj was consciously aware of His native Divine Condition: the Condition of everyone and everything. As soon as He became able to use language, He gave this Condition a simple but very descriptive Name- the "Bright". At two years of age, Adi Da Samraj spontaneously decided to relinquish His constant enjoyment of the "Bright" out of what He describes as a "painful loving", a sympathy for the suffering and ignorance of human beings. Avatar Adi Da confesses that He chose to "Learn Man"- to pass through all of the "ordinary" human limitations and presumptions that people suffer, and also to pass through the entire spectrum of "extraordinary" spiritual phenomena that people can seek and attain- in order to discover how to draw human beings into the "Bright" Divine Condition that He knew as His own True State and the True State of everyone.

In His spiritual autobiography, The Knee Of Listening, Avatar Adi Da recounts this amazing and heroic ordeal of submitting utterly to every aspect and stage of human experience: both high and low in the spectrum of human possibility. In 1970, at 30 years of age, Avatar Adi Da finally Re-Awakened permanently to the "Bright", and embarked upon the second great purpose of His Incarnation- the process of "Teaching Man".

In the 30 years since He began teaching Avatar Adi Da Samraj has communicated a vast store of Wisdom. He has published well over 60 books and given thousands of discourses on every subject that impinges on human and spiritual understanding: from the most ordinary and mundane to the most sacred and esoteric. Adi Da's unique Wisdom-Teaching has inspired the formation of schools, clinics, artisans guilds, and retreat sanctuaries, as well as an international network of communities devoted to the spiritual practice that He has outlined.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: The Dawn Horse Press; 2 Rev Exp edition (December 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570971137
• ISBN-13: 978-1570971136
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,781,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Adi Da was born in New York at the outbreak of World War II. From 1983 he lived principally in Fiji and became a Fijian citizen. The author of over sixty books on spirituality and a prolific artist, he also had profound attention for world affairs, particularly during the last decade of his life, as summarized in Not-Two Is Peace.
Adi Da was born in a unique spiritual state. As a young man, he immersed himself in the traditions of human wisdom and spirituality. His Western studies included university degrees--in philosophy from Columbia and in literature from Stanford. Following his university years, he intensively engaged both Western and Eastern forms of spiritual practice.
In 1970, at the age of thirty, Adi Da was re-established in the illumined condition he had known in his earliest life. He began to offer formal instruction in spiritual practice to those who came to him, creating (out of a free interactive participation with his devotees) what is now an unprecedented body of spiritual, philosophical, and practical writings (find the most current offerings at the Dawn Horse Press website), as well as an immense body of visual art (the website dedicated to Adi Da's art is called Daplastique). In 2007, his artwork was exhibited at the 52nd Venice Biennale, and subsequently in several other exhibitions, including in Florence, New York, and Los Angeles.
As spiritual teacher, artist, and "World Friend", Adi Da is not a conventional figure. He is not political in any ordinary sense of the word. Rather, his address to humanity comes from his lifelong communication of the truth of human existence. He is making clear the species-endangering forces of limitation in our world, the means to go beyond them, and the great urgency of this "going beyond".

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adi Da speaks directly to the heart., February 21, 1999

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This review is from: Aham Da Asmi: Beloved, I Am Da (The Five Books of the Heart of the Adidam Revelation , No 1) (Paperback)

There are several reasons why every person should read Aham Da Asmi. I have read it, and my life has been changed. That's an extreme statement to make about a book, but you will understand how I could say such a thing when you read Aham Da Asmi.

In Aham Da Asmi, Avatar Adi Da speaks in plain, straightforward language. What I appreciate the most is being addressed so directly-- for in this book, Adi Da speaks directly to the heart, and the more He spoke to my heart, the more He brought my heart to the fore as the one receiving His Revelation. I soon found myself in a "conversation" in which all my real questions were being answered. And the answers were plain Truth, spoken with the clarity and authority of one who knows. This book reveals Adi Da's utter commitment to engaging the heart of every being in a sacred dialogue. I have always looked for people who are interested in the great matters of life and spirituality, and if you are such a person, I am happy to introduce this book to you.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Aham Da Asmi is a miracle!, January 24, 1999

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This review is from: Aham Da Asmi: Beloved, I Am Da (The Five Books of the Heart of the Adidam Revelation , No 1) (Paperback)

When I first got Aham Da Asmi, I hoped for a lot-- but there is so much more than I even dared hope for. Every time I read it, I find I am changed in some way-- a new understanding of myself, of the world and of God. Adi Da's elegant writing moves me through my confusions, and challenges me to live from a greater depth. For me, the wonderful mystery is: Who can write such transforming words? Who knows my heart so perfectly?

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars God Speaks To Me, June 29, 2000

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This review is from: Aham Da Asmi: Beloved, I Am Da (The Five Books of the Heart of the Adidam Revelation , No 1) (Paperback)

I had been searching for God and the meaning of life for as long as I can remember. All that changed the moment I read Aham Da Asmi: Beloved, I Am Da; I knew in my heart that God had found me, at last -- the Living God is here for the sake of all beings! Ruchira Avatar Adi Da Samraj's love and compassion is revealed in this amazing book. Never has such a proclamation so profound and moving ever been uttered. It has changed the course of my life, and I am eternally His devotee.