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Adi Da is dead.
Dear Devotees,
It is the middle of the
night here at Adi Da Samrajashram, devotees remain in what is now
clearly the Mahasamadhi Vigil of Beloved Bhagavan Sapta Na Adi Da
Samraj. The time of Beloved Bhagavan's Divine Mahasamadhi is
being placed at approximately 5:10 PM on Thursday, November 27th,
2008.
Everyone here has been
shocked at how quickly the Mahasamadhi occurred. Bhagavan
Adi Da was sitting in His Chair Working in Picture Perfect.
Just a minute before, He had been Giving Instructions
relative to His Divine Image Art. A few minutes before
that, He had been speaking humorously and laughing. And
then He silently fell over on His Side and within a very short
period of no more than a couple of minutes, He had entered into
His Mahasamadhi. Dr. Charles Seage and Dr. Andrew Dorfman
diagnose that Beloved Bhagavan suffered a fatal heart attack.
There were no signs of struggle, but a quick and painless
transition.
Beloved Bhagavan had
given no indications that He was going to be taking Mahasamadhi.
Up until that point, He had been experiencing what seemed to be a
normal day. He had been continuing His Divine Puja of preparing
gifts for Danavira Mela earlier in the day, and had been in
Picture Perfect for a good part of the day.
Beloved Bhagavan Adi Da's
Body is now sitting upright on His Bed in His Bedroom at Aham Da
Asmi Sthan. He is draped in orange clothes.
The Ruchira Sannyasin
Order and a few intimate devotees are sitting in the bedroom with
Him. Devotees are also sitting on the veranda outside of His Room
in silent meditative communion.
Beloved Bhagavan has
previously Given Instructions that His Body is to be allowed to
rest uninterferred with for a minimum of three days before it is
taken to the Outshining "Brightness", His Permanent
Mahasamadhi resting place. The pre-burial Vigil may last longer,
even for several weeks, if Beloved Bhagavan's Body does not show
signs of decay.
Ruchiradama Quandra
Sukhapur has invited all to come to Naitauba during this time.
Everyone is invited. All four congregations of devotees.
And anyone else who wishes to come who will be rightly
related to making this pilgrimage. This has all happened so
quickly that we have not yet figured out how the practical
details will be managed. But anyone who is moved to come to
Naitauba to participate in Beloved Bhagavan's Mahasamadhi Vigil
should begin to consider their practical arrangements to make the
pilgrimage.
As mentioned, there is no
way to know exactly how long it will be before Beloved Bhagavan's
Divine Bodily Human Form will be Sacredly Interned at the
Outshining "Brightness". If the pre-burial Vigil only
lasts the minimum period of three days, Beloved Bhagavan's Divine
Bodily Human Form could be Installed at the Outshining
"Brightness" as early as late Sunday. So all who wish
to be here for this Sacred Ceremony should begin to make
immediate plans for the journey.
This is a very difficult
time for all devotees and friends of Adi Da Samraj. Adi Da has
always told us that His Mahasamadhi would be the time when He
would most fully enter into His Divine Translation. He has said
that it would be for Him a Divine Outshining of this Realm
altogether. And He has also told us, that it would unleash a
further Siddhi of His Divine Blessing. This is already being felt
by devotees here at Adi Da Samrajashram. So even though this is
one of the most difficult times that all devotees will ever
experience, in terms of the Mahasamadhi of our Beloved Divine
Master, it will also best also be a time in which we remain
focused in our Divine whole bodily turning to Beloved Bhagavan.
It feels here that somehow He is "holding up" all of
His devotees to go through this moment with equanimity and
continued reception of His Divine Blessing.
(From James Steinberg at
Adi Da Samrajashram)
Om Sri Parama-Sapta-Na Adi Da Love-Ananda
Hridayam
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 11:37:39 PM GMT
-08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Fwd: Adi Da Samraj Health Situation
Dear Fellow Devotees,
Praise
to Beloved Bhagavan Adi Da Samraj.
At
this moment Beloved Bhagavan Adi Da Samraj is experiencing an
extreme medical crisis. We do not know the full extent of what is
happening with His Divine Bodily Human Form. However, this crisis
is an extreme one in which He has Swooned out of His Body. This
has occurred to the extent that He has not had a heart-beat or
pulse, for nearly an hour's time. Medical procedures are not
reviving Him.
Beloved
Bhagavan Adi Da has in the past Approved a medical protocol
relative to such a circumstance. He has made it plain that
nothing should be done to interfere with His Bodily Human Form
for an extended period of time, a minimum of three full days.
This is because He may always and at any point resume ordinary
Consciousness and Life. However, at this moment, He is not
animating the body at all.
He
was working in Picture Perfect at the Matrix, at Adi Da
Samrajashram. It appeared to be a normal day, and He had been
with the healers last night and was doing very well physically.
He has actually been stronger and in better health over the past
few weeks. Therefore it was a surprise when He simply collapsed,
while working on His Divine Avataric Image Art.
As
devotees know, Beloved Bhagavan Adi Da Samraj is a Divine Yogi.
There is a long history of such beings having very unconventional
"death events" or moments in their lives. We have seen
this in Beloved Bhagavan's Case in many circumstances in the
past--the Ruchira Dham or Lopez Island Event, and the Divine
Emergence, as merely two of them.
Certainly it is
the hope of this moment, as we write, that Beloved Bhagavan will
Re-Enter His Body and begin a new Phase of His Work. It is our
hope and intention that He will Re-Animate the Body and wake up.
Here
at Adi Da Samrajashram we are all invoking and praying for Adi Da
Samraj to resume His Bodily Functioning. Ruchiradama Quandra
Sukhapur Rani has repeated to us, that His Motive in Returning to
the Body will be devotees' heart-need and calling. All devotees
are asked at this moment to engage in a Vigil of Prayer and
Invocation of Beloved Bhagavan Adi Da, and a Calling to Him to
Stay here with us.
In
the history of the Great Tradition, there have been many great
Yogic Realizers who have dropped out of their bodies for an
extended period of time, without heartbeat or pulse, and later
Spiritual Revived. This was the case with Swami Nityananda in the
1920s. He left the body for many hours and was believed by many
to have died. Upon returning, he declared that his work was
simply not done. Also Shirdi Sai Baba left his body for a full
three days in the 1880s, and upon returning there was a dramatic
change in the fullness and potency of his work. Examples like
this are numerous. And Adi Da Samraj is the Greatest of Master
Yogis. Therefore we call upon devotees to invoke and call upon
Adi Da Samraj with our full heart-need for His Continued Presence
amongst us in Bodily Human Divine Form.
At
this moment, Adi Da Samraj remains lying in horizontal position
at Picture Perfect. The devotees here are gathered around the
building, doing Vigil and calling upon Him to remain with us,
with full heart need. Drs. Charles Seage and Andrew Dorfman
are with Beloved Bhagavan, as well as the Ruchiradamas, and many
devotees to assist in tending to Adi Da Samraj.
One
recommended action you can take, is to go into your Communion
Hall and invoke Beloved Bhagavan down into His Divine Body,
through waving of lights, chanting, recitations, the Devotional
Prayer of Changes, or simply heartfelt invocation and communion
with Him.
We
will continue to inform and update you as the evening progresses.
Om
Sri Parama Sapta Adi Da Love-Ananda Hridayam
Subject: Update
on Bhagavan Adi Da Samraj
To: All
1C / 2C Devotees ~
Dear devotees,
At
8 pm Fiji time, Lesley Huber, speaking on behalf of the Ruchira
Sannyasin Order Authority Office, made the following
communication:
"At
approximately 5:10 pm Fiji time, while working with His
Divine Image Art in Picture Perfect, it appears that
Bhagavan Adi Da suffered a massive heart attack, and since that
time has shown no heartbeat or pulse. At this time, 8 pm,
medical intervention has been suspended in respect for the Divine
Yogic Integrity of the Master's Body.
Masters
choose their time of relinquishing the body, and saints and
realizers have returned after extended periods without apparent
life signs.
At
this point, all devotees should understand that this is a Divine
Yogic matter, and participate accordingly. Devotees in
Hermitage are in a deep Vigil in and around Picture Perfect, and
it is essential that devotees worldwide likewise enter into a
Vigil in their own places of Communion and Worship. We encourage
devotees to gather, wherever possible, in the Empowered Halls of
the gathering, and stay connected."
We
will continue to send further updates as they become available.
Om Sri Parama-Sapta-Na
Adi Da, Love-Ananda Hridayam
Sent: Thursday,
November 27, 2008 12:55 AM
Subject: Fwd: Further update
Update on Beloved
Bhagavan Adi Da's Condition
Beloved Bhagavan Adi Da
Samraj's Bodily Human Divine Form is now lying on His Bed in His
Bedroom at Aham Da Asmi Sthan at the Matrix.
His Bodily Human Form was
carried on a stretcher in silent procession from Picture Perfect
to Aham Da Asmi Sthan. Beloved Bhagavan was covered with a
sannyasin orange shawl during this time.
A number of devotees are
now in the Bedroom with Adi Da Samraj keeping Vigil with lit
deepa lamps. The rest of the Adi Da Samrajashram devotees are
keeping Vigil outside on the veranda in front of the Darshan
swing.
Please continue to invoke and call Adi Da Samraj to Reanimate His Divine Bodily Human Form for the sake of each of us and for the entire world.