Most intelligent consideration of Adi Da I have read on this board.
I think the answer for this childishness is addiction to the bliss
that viewing him gives. It is pleasurable. People can't get enough
of it.


--- In dafreejohn@yahoogroups.com, psunjar <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> The current popular myth of ADI DA is as an Idol. It was created
by
> the exoteric community of devotees, when it moved to legitimize
> itself in the eyes of society. This Idol is worshipped by popular
> belief, and many have been and continue to be deluded and
oppressed
> by the cult of this Idol.
> Like every Idol, the Myth of Adi Da contains a secret about Man
> himself. But this secret is locked away in the features of the
Image
> devotees worship. Devotees worship him as an exclusive human
> embodiment of God because they are unwilling or unable to accept
the
> kind of responsibility for themselves that Adi Da accepted for
> himself.
> Adi Da does not teach the worship of himself as an Idol of God or
a
> Substitute for the responsibility of each man for his own
religious
> and spiritual sacrifice. And even if he does, it would be our
> responsibility to liberate ourselves from this doctrine.
> Why do we persist in a retarded and negatively cultic
understanding?
> The Truth is plain, and it has been plainly preached and
> demonstrated, not only by Adi Da, but by many Adepts in every
epoch
> of human history. But the Idol of Adi Da persists—because it is
one
> of the great archetypal alternatives to authentic personal
spiritual
> responsibility. It is time for mankind to awaken to Wisdom and to
the
> understanding of Adi Da in Truth. Then perhaps some benefit will
have
> come to us at last from the lesson of the life and times of Adi Da
> Samraj.
>