Adi Da's Seclusion, Tapas, and Imprisonment
See below a link to a Beezone post entitled “Guru’s Seclusion, Tapas, and Imprisonment”
This post addresses instances, within the Guru-devotee tradition, wherein the Master withdraws into silence, seclusion, or even a form of self-imposed imprisonment.
The post includes a reference to the early 1990's, when Adi Da (at that time Named, Sri Da Kalki) entered into a period of Penance and Seclusion.
During this time of Penance and Seclusion, He many times, referred to the lack of response from His devotees and the world. He Said (paraphrased) that His devotees have thrown away His Wisdom Teaching, are destroying Him and His Work and are suppressing any response to It.
He remained inside His small, three room, residence (named Indefinable) for a period of 65 days, progressively assuming one form of Penance after another.
I (Nick) clearly remember this time.
Beloved Adi Da’s Residence (Indefinable) was situated in an area called The Divine Domain. It was bordered by the devotee village (Qaravi) on one side, the area where the devotee retreatents lived (Joyfull Submission) on another side, the ocean on another side and a walkway between Qaravi and Joyful Submission (The Arrow) on another side.
We (the devotees in residence and on retreat) were intentionally quiet during this time as Indefinable was close in proximity to us all and we did not want to intrude on Adi Da’s Seclusion.
I remember, many times during His Seclusion, hearing His Shout Bellowing out with Siddha Force. In particular when walking along The Arrow which was closet in distance to Indefinable which could be seen through the trees and bushes.
His Divine Shout was unlike any sound I had ever heard before (or since)! Its Magnitude was overwhelming in Volume, Divine Passion and Siddha Force and it was personal in that I was aware that His Upset was directly linked to my (and all devotees) lack of depth in response to Him!
It Entered into me completely, with Great Force, leaving me overwhelmed and imbued with His Person and Passion.
During this time (35 years ago), Kanya Remembrance (Julie), gave a presentation to devotees in which she spoke to the process of Listening (see link below).
I (Nick) note, that, in all of the now 34+ years I have known Julie intimately, she has never ceased in speaking passionately about essentially the same content as to what she spoke about in this presentation. The fact that she is no longer wearing white clothes makes no difference to her response to and embrace of Adi Da and His Radical Teaching and Criticism.
In her presentation, she referred to Adi Da Saying (paraphrased) “the reason why things are continuing as they are is because people don’t want to talk about the things that need to be talked about.”
