A Beezone Study Exercise
The following is a Beezone adaptation from the writings of Adi Da Samraj
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Sadhana as a Purifing Process
The process of sadhana from the very beginning is about going beyond the fundamental knot of the self-contraction, not avoiding it through conventional thinking or seeking consolation or supposed religious practices. The real task is to remain in this place of self-surrender to the Truth and Person of Adi Da Samraj, surrendering to the point of self-forgetting, in full communion with Who and What He IS, all the while truly transcending the knot. This is the case from the outset—not merely after listening, reading, reciting or learning devotional hymns, but from the very beginning understanding the fundamentals. However, you must understand that this is the true nature of sadhana (spiritual practice); otherwise, you may misunderstand it as a search for an escape life or a some kind of consolation or merely a set of religious behaviors or healthy disciplines that will make you feel better; on the right path.
You are meant to stand in the position of this knot, feeling the diseased motivation within yourself. This means you must endure it. Not only must you confront the fundamental knot itself, but also all its reflections in the body-mind—the tendencies that arise in various forms. You must endure the purification of these tendencies by standing in the knot-position, becoming sensitive to all the limitations of your disposition, and surrendering to the Truth of What IS until you forget the knot, relinquishing it while keeping all faculties focused in communion.
Only then can you render this knot obsolete. Initially, you will go through a purification process, where the resultant knots—manifested in behaviors, attitudes, and other binding tendencies—will appear. These must be purified through the early stages of sadhana, even up to the point of the Perfect Practice.
The initial sadhana is inherently purifying. It is necessary to maintain this purification, especially when life’s difficulties and tendencies arise, even when they are not immediately felt. Instead of dramatizing these tendencies, you must maintain the discipline of this path and practice communion in every moment. In doing so, you will be purified by your communion with Me in all areas that have become relaxed, forgotten, or disciplined.
As this practice becomes more and more focused—not on peripheral matters like experiences, but on the root itself—only then can the Perfect Practice begin. Once sufficient purification has taken place, this extraordinary concentration arises, and suddenly, Adi Da’s instruction about the Witness becomes inherently obvious. It is no longer something you can forget. It is not a thought, but a noticing that you never lose.
This noticing goes beyond the mind. Of course, you can notice it for a moment if I call your attention to it. For example, right now, no matter what is arising, aren’t you witnessing it? But to truly stand in the position of the Witness requires the purification of attention and, thus, the removal of the signs of bondage in the body-mind and life experience altogether.