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TABLE OF CONTENTS HAVE I SAID IT? (PART ONE) 1. The Teaching: Truth Itself Is the Teaching 2. Reality: Reality Is What Is Always Already Is 4. No Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma 5. Seeking: There Is Nothing to Be Attained 6. Suffering: Your Suffering Is Your Own Activity 7. Spiritual Life: Spiritual Life Is a Spiritual Relationship 8. Realization: As Certainly as God Is, God Will Be Known 9. Understanding: There Is Only Understanding 10. Considerations: You Do Not Know What Anything Is 11. I Am the Body 12. Epilogue
HAVE I SAID IT? (PART TWO) 1. BUBBA FREE JOHN: Bubba Free John is Nothing and No One. A. THE LIFE: Franklin Jones is a Fictional Character B. FUNCTION: Bubba Free John is Nothing and No One. C. FUNCTION: My Work is to Awaken Men to the Heart. D. REALIZATION: I'm Always Happy. E. APPROACH: Come to Me When You're Already Happy. F. DEVOTEES: I Will Serve Those Who Serve Me. 2. THE GURU: The One Who Was to Come Is Always Already Here. A. NATURE: The Guru is the Very Function of Truth. B. REALIZATION, THE MAN OF UNDERSTANDING: The Man of Understanding Lives Only Truth to Men. C. FUNCTION: Guru is the Function of God. D. RELATIONSHIP: Relationship to the Guru is Satsang. 3. SATSANG: Satsang is the Activity and Communication of Truth. 4. THE DEVOTEE: My Devotee Knows Me in Truth. HAVE I SAID IT? (PART ONE) Selections from Adi Da as Bubba Free John Arranged by Ed Hirsch 1975 Note to the reader: I was a member of Adi Da's (then Bubba Free John's) community from about 1973-1975, during which time I lived for nine months in Persimmon, the grounds where he lived. I was helping out with creating an index of his early books. I found these writings to be compelling, along with some of outrageous talks that have not found their way into print. Around his birthday in 1975 (to the best of my recollection), Adi Da was planning on moving with a small group to Hawaii. For that occasion, I arranged a selection of his compelling words by topic (mostly selected from his books) and hand wrote them in a blank book for his enjoyment. As far as I know, nothing ever came of that compilation. That became Book One of two parts, the second of which I completed some time thereafter. Now through the internet, I make both parts available to interested readers. These blank books (I made a copy for myself) have been sitting on my bookshelves all this time, and after Adi Da's passing, it occurred to me that this compilation would be very useful to many readers. Enjoy, Ed Hirsch Ashland Oregon 2009
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