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Post by silence on Jan 8, 2012 23:27:15 GMT -5
Ya never know. There might be a few silent satsangs going on here right now.
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Post by tomas on Jan 9, 2012 14:55:15 GMT -5
In my judgment, he has a quality of being a spiritual celebrity, and an ego based "student - teacher" shadow (from both himself and those who follow him). Curious what you mean by an ego-based student-teacher shadow, tomas. I've attended one of Adya's satsangs (he's not on the east coast too often) and read his books and watched his dvd's. His words are always the truest to me. Many times I'll re-read passages or throw on a dvd I've already seen and something new jumps out at me - often exactly what I needed (or maybe was ready?) to hear. What I especially like about him is that he isn't just about the 'look within'. Yeah, that's the main message, but Adya recognizes the variety of packages that we all come to him in and can speak to - and through - that. He also recognizes that there's a huge variety in the way the seeing (for lack of a better word) can happen. It can be sudden, or slow or accompanied by psychic experiences or not. Or pleasant or hideously hard. He's open, and meets everyone where they are. Quinn, in responding to your reference of mine about the "ego based student-teacher shadow", what I meant is that one aspect of seeking is reading books, going to see teachers and doing retreats... all of which I've done and are parts of the search for Truth. Some people devote themselves to Gurus, especially in the Hindu tradition. Adya is such a charismatic teacher, funny, attractive, great insights & wisdom, references to Jesus and Buddha, that it's possible to chase him, rather than the Truth which he points to. This is the shadow: rather than looking within, and possibly taking some difficult steps, giving up addictions, doing solitary retreats, etc, our ego can take the more seductive path and chase a teacher. Adya supports himself off his activities as a teacher, right? It's impossible to have a personal student - teacher relationship with him, due to his popularity - he doesn't have time anymore to see all the people who'd like to have darshan with him. That's what I meant by his "celebrity" aspect. He's a great intro to the teachings - ultimately, you need to find It within. |
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Post by quinn on Jan 9, 2012 21:41:01 GMT -5
Ah, thank you Tomas - I understand. I suspect that can happen with any teacher. One of those damn traps  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 10:15:18 GMT -5
why doesn't he use 'steven gray' anymore? what's with the mystical-cool name?
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Post by question on Feb 28, 2012 12:55:44 GMT -5
why doesn't he use 'steven gray' anymore? what's with the mystical-cool name? Well... Steven Gray,... that sounds like a cold, rainy, sh*tty day somewhere in Shrewsbury. Adyashanti on the other hand... sounds all blissful, loving and peaceful, it's practically smiling at you. If you look at it hard enough you can almost see white light coming from those letters, radiating in rainbow colours. Chicks dig that sh*t. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 13:07:34 GMT -5
I now pronounce you "sajdigdha"
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Post by andrew on Feb 28, 2012 13:12:05 GMT -5
why doesn't he use 'steven gray' anymore? what's with the mystical-cool name? Well... Steven Gray,... that sounds like a cold, rainy, sh*tty day somewhere in Shrewsbury. Adyashanti on the other hand... sounds all blissful, loving and peaceful, it's practically smiling at you. If you look at it hard enough you can almost see white light coming from those letters, radiating in rainbow colours. Chicks dig that sh*t. Hehe. Yes. Shrewsbury....in the UK? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2012 13:18:41 GMT -5
I just listened to one of SG's satsangs from 2004 this morning -- "The View from No Problem" or something. It was good. Three things ricocheted around as a result:
1. you are that which is sought
2. GAME OVER
3. Dr. Evil giving the shush sign with his hand
Such is the depth of my thought these days.
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Post by question on Feb 28, 2012 13:34:42 GMT -5
Oh my God! It's one of my favourites! I know it by heart, believe it or not. Zip it goooood... |
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Post by question on Feb 28, 2012 13:36:36 GMT -5
Well... Steven Gray,... that sounds like a cold, rainy, sh*tty day somewhere in Shrewsbury. Adyashanti on the other hand... sounds all blissful, loving and peaceful, it's practically smiling at you. If you look at it hard enough you can almost see white light coming from those letters, radiating in rainbow colours. Chicks dig that sh*t. Hehe. Yes. Shrewsbury....in the UK? What, is there another? I pray to God that there isn't. |
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Post by andrew on Feb 28, 2012 13:40:32 GMT -5
Hehe. Yes. Shrewsbury....in the UK? What, is there another? I pray to God that there isn't. Haha, I looked at moving there a couple of years ago. I did acknowledge the other day that Im kinda crazy. |
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Post by silence on Feb 28, 2012 14:25:34 GMT -5
Hehe. Yes. Shrewsbury....in the UK? What, is there another? I pray to God that there isn't. Yea, there's a Shrewsbury Massachusetts. I used to pass through there a lot. Actually, Massachusetts is littered with UK town and city names. |
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Post by silence on Feb 28, 2012 14:28:19 GMT -5
why doesn't he use 'steven gray' anymore? what's with the mystical-cool name? Well... Steven Gray,... that sounds like a cold, rainy, sh*tty day somewhere in Shrewsbury. Adyashanti on the other hand... sounds all blissful, loving and peaceful, it's practically smiling at you. If you look at it hard enough you can almost see white light coming from those letters, radiating in rainbow colours. Chicks dig that sh*t. If Steven Gray is is his real name he probably also doesn't want to spread it around. There's probably more stalkers and people coming totally unglued that come to see him than he would ever care to know outside of a satsang. |
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Post by question on Feb 28, 2012 14:30:00 GMT -5
What, is there another? I pray to God that there isn't. Yea, there's a Shrewsbury Massachusetts. I used to pass through there a lot. Actually, Massachusetts is littered with UK town and city names. I'm so sorry, America. I know it's not fair. What the hell was God thinking?  Come here, let me give you a hug.  |
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Post by question on Feb 28, 2012 14:33:25 GMT -5
Well... Steven Gray,... that sounds like a cold, rainy, sh*tty day somewhere in Shrewsbury. Adyashanti on the other hand... sounds all blissful, loving and peaceful, it's practically smiling at you. If you look at it hard enough you can almost see white light coming from those letters, radiating in rainbow colours. Chicks dig that sh*t. If Steven Gray is is his real name he probably also doesn't want to spread it around. There's probably more stalkers and people coming totally unglued that come to see him than he would ever care to know outside of a satsang. His name is on wikipedia. Not easy to hide from stalkers that way, one of them will eventually figure out how to use the online internets and just google his name. |
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