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Mar. 13, 2006 Riding on the subway on a bright Saturday afternoon, I wondered what they would be like. I thought that no matter what became of my meeting with Adi Da’s people, that I would learn something. Adi Da was a guru that lived far away on an island, and there was no chance that I was going to go there, due to lack of time and money. So this was the next best thing. The house in the beaches was nondescript and pleasant enough. I went on up and rang the doorbell. P answered, and invited me in. He said that his girlfriend, from Australia originally, had just gotten some wisdom teeth pulled, but wanted to come out and say hello. She came out and shook my hand. P said she was in much pain, so had to rest. We sat and began talking. P told me that he was originally from Quebec, and that he handled the incense category of Adi Da. He said that he had just gotten back from the island where Da had his hermitage, and was feeling very sublime about the whole thing. I told him that I had read a few of Da’s books during the past few years. He explained that there were novice practitioners of the way. I told him that I was raised a Catholic. He said that he was too. He said that he just wished people would just get out of the way of new religions and let them be. I talked on and he talked on. He gave me a picture of Da and said I could hold it for any good it might come to me. Whoever had taken the picture was a great photographer, but I did not quite feel any esoteric magical feeling when holding the photograph. About another hour passed. P said that he was on a cleansing diet where he was only drinking lemon juice. He asked me if I wanted any water. I told him I was alright with the root beer I had brought with me. I thought about telling him I was on a cleansing diet of beer, cigarettes, and Big Macs, but I did not know how he would respond so I just kept the thought to myself. I told him I had the Dawn Horse Testament, the bible written by Adi Da. He brought out his for some reason, and paraded it a bit, as if to make sure I was not mistaken. I told him that that was the one. It was getting time to leave. I had read every movement of P. He had considered showing me the downstairs meditation room where they worship. Then he had decided against it. Something in me made him uncomfortable. Besides, I had asked about the trouble Da had years ago with the law. He said, ‘ Sometimes you want to help someone and they turn on you,’ meaning that the lawsuits were unjustified. I could not exactly sign up as a member, though I went on the mailing list. P was the real deal, a true devotee. He had found his god man. I wouldn’t know, I had never met Da. I did tell P the truth, which was that I was more than moved by Da’s words, and had only a very few times read anything that powerful and full of force. The meeting ended on a good note. I thanked P and some other devotees that had entered the house. That is what it was, a house much like when four or five students rent a house at university. Only this was a house of Adi Da’s Toronto people. They were all very nice, people I would have been happy to know. I just had too much doubt to join up. I also would never join a group as a novice practitioner and be a good little devotee. I could see that these folks were committed to the lifestyle, whatever it entailed. I stepped out into the bright afternoon sunshine and made my way back to where I came from. I was happy that I had checked it out. I phoned P a few times, and we spoke briefly. I think he got the feeling that I wasn’t that into it. I still read Da’s work now and again. If I had a million dollars, and a few weeks to spare, I would go and try to meet Adi Da for sure. That is probably not in the cards. And I do not think Adi Da is coming to speak in Toronto anytime soon. As for his Toronto based group, I never heard from them again. ------------ Email Brian Michael Barbeito: Brian1750@Hotmail.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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