Birth of a New Culture
Avatar Adi Da's Teaching-Work
was a Divine Demonstration unlike anything the world has ever witnessed. Like His
period of "learning" humanity, His period of Teaching humanity lasted
for twenty-eight years, from 1972 to 2000.
During this time, He did absolutely everything necessary to create an entirely new
Spiritual Way of life — the Way of devotional and Spiritual relationship to
Him, to which He gave the name "Adidam".
He worked directly with thousands of people who approached Him as Divine Heart-Master,
He wrote thousands of pages of Revelation and Instruction, and He spoke thousands
upon thousands of hours, in face-to-face dialogue with His devotees.
In so doing, He called into being a new culture — with its unique forms of
worship, artistic creativity, and cooperative living, all based in the life of Communion
with Him. Avatar Adi Da brought the same burning urgency and passionate commitment
to His Work of Teaching that He had demonstrated during His years of "learning"
humanity.
One of the signs that His Teaching-Work was nearing completion was His creation
of a comprehensive canon of scripture &mdash' the "Source-Texts" of His
Avataric Divine Wisdom-Teaching, which convey an astonishing range and depth of
Revelatory Instruction relative to the entire course of the Spiritual process, the
esoteric secrets of reality, and the questions of deep human concern.
Avatar Adi Da's "Source-Texts" are unquestionably the most profound and
most comprehensive Spiritual Texts the world has ever known. Included among His
"Source-Texts" is His literary masterwork,
The Mummery Book — a novel unlike any other, expressing
the most profound Truth in language of unsurpassed beauty, shocking force, and deep
heartbreak.
With the completion of His Teaching-Work in 2000, Avatar Adi Da also turned, with
characteristic intensity, to the creation of artistic works. His Work of communicating
through words was largely finished.
He has produced an astonishing outpouring of photographically-based art —
art of the greatest beauty, complexity, and originality. As He explained, His art
is intended to communicate exactly the same message as His writings and talks —
but through the more intuitive mode of visual perception.
To see Avatar Adi Da's art, please visit www.daplastique.com.
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