Customer Reviews

The Dawn Horse Testament: The Testament of Secrets of the Divine World-Teacher and True Heart-Master,Da Avabhasa (The Bright/ New Standard)

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Avatar Adi Da Samraj otherwise known as Da Free John or Franklin Jones had only one purpose in life.It was to show others the correct way to interpret scripture.This Dawn Horse Testament will teach you just exactly that, regardless of which religeous faith you may be.By studying this sacred text, you will then discover the true meaning of the Bhagavad Gita, the Lotus Sutra, the Koran, or whatever denomination that you may be.Adi Da reveals in his writings, that which can ONLY be understood by the HEART, and NOT by the BRAIN.As you read this book, the words will actually be your heart speaking to you, from the sea of pure consciousness that exists there.Adi Da was therefore the true Heart Master and the greatest Jnana Yogi that ever lived.(The book Lion Sutra is also a timeless masterpiece that is vital towards self realization).

The Dawn Horse Testament is the ultimate guide to the mastery of transcendental awareness, and enlightenment. The incomparable western master Adi Da exquisitely illuminates the mystery of Who you Ultimately Are, intensifying meditative awareness through the ajna door into the incredible mastery of Divine Ignorance, Divine Realization, and Divine Being. The ultimate answers within transcendental awareness await the arrival of the newly wakened meditator's assimilation of the four samadhis of Adi Da.

The Dawn Horse Testament is an invaluable companion to anyone on the path of the mastery of awareness. Other seventh stage teachings are Self-Realization of Noble Wisdom: The Lankavatara Sutra; Mahamudra: Quintessence of Mind and Meditation; and The Four Yogas Of Enlightenment. The exploration of consciousness through the four samadhis of The Dawn Horse Testament is without parallel and sublimely transcendental.

Whether someone who is 'enlightened' (or has had even many deep enlightenment EXPERIENCES) can still do 'things that harm others' is actually a very deep question.

Equally deep is the fact of different people's perceptions of the same action.

As is the whole issue around gurus doing strange things that some people interpret as something they are doing to enlighten their students, others interpret as the flow of unpremeditated enlightened freedom, and still others interpret as just a bad action, by someone probably unenlightened and possibly deranged. This is a VERY thorny area, though with teachers (as distinct from 'free spirits', who don't have quite the same responsibility - if you want to play with the fire, it's your problem if you get burnt lol!) I tend to err on the side of:

"The deeper the enlightenment --> the deeper the knowing that ultimately everyone/everything is 'just fine' + a deep respect for all beings through knowing their essential inalienable dignity and purity ---> it's definitely not necessary to harm people based on the CHANCE this might get them enlightened quicker."

Observe the Dalai Lama and Dilgo Khyentse for example. OFTEN deep realisation brings...a certain relaxation!

(Hey, Milarepa was tough and WANTED the quickest, most powerful way. We moderns are a bit more sensitive!)

***

One thing is certain though: it's possible to read the last couple of chapters of this book and fall into spontaneous enlightenment experiences. It is that good.

I have to caveat all my reviews of books on here with the fact that when I first bought THIS book, I actually threw it in the bin out of frustration.

Now, for those chapters alone, it's part of the (very small) core of my spiritual library. I had to hunt down a new copy to buy. (Opening one's mind to new information is something recommended for everyone, and *essential* for those seeking spiritual knowledge~experience!)

[Note, I am referring here to the 1985 EDITION of this book. I can't vouch for the others. I haven't read them but I know that Adi Da did change his style in many of his later works in such a way that, at the very least, the writing was not as direct.]

This version of The Supreme Dharma (1991) is one (soon to be two) editions out of date, but still better than anything else out there.

This is an absolute necessity for anyone searching the wilderness in order to find a way to Enlightenment. The Dawn Horse Testament covers the background thinking behind the meditative approach involved with the Way of the Heart. Briefly: close your eyes, feel into the region of the Heart Chakra, become focused there and move to identify the first Onion-Skin-Layer of pain thereby encountered. Stand prior to this pain, move through it, own it and release it. That will constitute one step along the pathway.

The Journey To Enlightenment