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Green Gorilla
Green Gorilla contains Adi Da's summary instruction on the searchless raw diet. It includes detailed recommendations relative to blended green drinks and how to live healthfully on a raw diet.
In this book you will also find a collection of remarkable communications given by Adi Da on what is truly lawful dietary practice. He explains how such right-life practice supports spiritual sensitivity, establishes health and well-being, and positively influences the well-being of all humankind, the non-humans, and the earth as a whole.
Part three of the book, compiled by the Radiant Life Clinic, is full of practical guidance on the dietary disciplines It includes links to websites and other resources, based on Adi Da's instruction. In the section called 'Living the Searchless Raw Diet' you will find chapters on the phases of the health process, intelligent dietary transitions, foods to eat and not to eat, how to prepare blended drinks, sample meal plans, a guide to fasting, how to do an enema and a liver flush, and much more.
This book also includes the new version of the essay, The Secrets of How To Change . Adapted from the Introduction by Daniel Bouwmeester, "Adi Da's fundamental recommendation relative to diet is the searchless raw (fructo vegetarian) diet. Searchless in the sense that it is simply lawful management of a body in communion with the living reality free of the need to use food as a means to solve any kind of problem or seek any kind of ideal in body or mind. The Green Gorilla is the essential, summary communication of the divine adept, Avatar Adi Da Samraj to his devotees and to all relative to diet."
For those who are interested in a lawful, healthy life, there is great wisdom here to guide you, free of any kind of exaggerated seeking approach. Listen carefully to Adi Da's precise words of instruction. Conform to his help. Allow diet to be the benign simplicity that it rightfully is and let it serve the body's submission to what is prior and beyond.
In this book you will also find a collection of remarkable communications given by Adi Da on what is truly lawful dietary practice. He explains how such right-life practice supports spiritual sensitivity, establishes health and well-being, and positively influences the well-being of all humankind, the non-humans, and the earth as a whole.
Part three of the book, compiled by the Radiant Life Clinic, is full of practical guidance on the dietary disciplines It includes links to websites and other resources, based on Adi Da's instruction. In the section called 'Living the Searchless Raw Diet' you will find chapters on the phases of the health process, intelligent dietary transitions, foods to eat and not to eat, how to prepare blended drinks, sample meal plans, a guide to fasting, how to do an enema and a liver flush, and much more.
This book also includes the new version of the essay, The Secrets of How To Change . Adapted from the Introduction by Daniel Bouwmeester, "Adi Da's fundamental recommendation relative to diet is the searchless raw (fructo vegetarian) diet. Searchless in the sense that it is simply lawful management of a body in communion with the living reality free of the need to use food as a means to solve any kind of problem or seek any kind of ideal in body or mind. The Green Gorilla is the essential, summary communication of the divine adept, Avatar Adi Da Samraj to his devotees and to all relative to diet."
For those who are interested in a lawful, healthy life, there is great wisdom here to guide you, free of any kind of exaggerated seeking approach. Listen carefully to Adi Da's precise words of instruction. Conform to his help. Allow diet to be the benign simplicity that it rightfully is and let it serve the body's submission to what is prior and beyond.
184 pages, Paperback
First published August 18, 2008
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Adi Da Samraj
220 books25 followersAdi Da Samraj (AKA Da Free John), born Franklin Albert Jones, was an American-born spiritual teacher, writer, and artist, widely recognized as the founder of the new religious movement Adidam. His teachings, writings, and artistic expressions were deeply rooted in a commitment to radical nonduality, which he referred to as “the Bright” — the inherent, indivisible reality that transcends the egoic self. Adi Da taught that true spiritual realization is not something to be sought or attained but is already fully present and must be directly realized through the transcendence of separateness and the activity of seeking itself.
He wrote extensively throughout his life, authoring more than 75 books on spirituality, philosophy, art, and global peace. Among his best-known works are The Knee of Listening, an autobiographical account of his early life and spiritual realizations; The Aletheon, a summation of his spiritual instruction; and Not-Two Is Peace, a work addressing the global human condition and advocating for a radically new form of cooperative culture. His writings are considered by followers to be revelatory and are presented not as mere philosophy, but as direct communications of the spiritual reality he claimed to have fully realized.
Raised in the United States, Adi Da studied at Columbia University and later at Stanford University, where he developed a strong interest in literature, philosophy, and theology. Despite achieving academic success, he found intellectual pursuits ultimately insufficient for the depth of truth he sought. This dissatisfaction led him to explore a wide range of spiritual paths, including Zen Buddhism, Vedanta, and various esoteric practices. After years of spiritual searching and intense personal experiences that he described as revelatory, he began to teach others, presenting a radically different approach to spiritual life that emphasized immediate, intuitive recognition of the divine reality.
Central to Adi Da’s teaching was the concept of devotional recognition-response — the spontaneous turning of attention toward what he described as the living presence of the divine. He rejected conventional religious forms and techniques as inherently limited and emphasized a transformative relationship to the spiritual reality he embodied. His community of devotees, known as Adidam, formed around this core relationship and sought to live in accordance with the principles he articulated.
Beyond his spiritual teachings, Adi Da was also an accomplished visual artist whose work spanned photography, digital media, and mixed media installations. He referred to his aesthetic approach as “Transcendental Realism,” seeking not to represent the world but to provide a perceptual portal into the non-dual reality. His art has been exhibited internationally and received attention in both spiritual and contemporary art contexts.
Adi Da spent his final years in Fiji on Naitauba Island, a remote setting he regarded as sacred and conducive to spiritual practice. There, he continued to write, create art, and guide his devotees. His legacy continues through the Adidam community, which maintains his teachings and artistic work, promoting his vision of a new culture rooted in spiritual realization, radical truthfulness, and the transcendence of ego.
His life and work remain a source of devotion, debate, and philosophical inquiry, reflecting a bold and unconventional path toward the ultimate questions of human existence.
He wrote extensively throughout his life, authoring more than 75 books on spirituality, philosophy, art, and global peace. Among his best-known works are The Knee of Listening, an autobiographical account of his early life and spiritual realizations; The Aletheon, a summation of his spiritual instruction; and Not-Two Is Peace, a work addressing the global human condition and advocating for a radically new form of cooperative culture. His writings are considered by followers to be revelatory and are presented not as mere philosophy, but as direct communications of the spiritual reality he claimed to have fully realized.
Raised in the United States, Adi Da studied at Columbia University and later at Stanford University, where he developed a strong interest in literature, philosophy, and theology. Despite achieving academic success, he found intellectual pursuits ultimately insufficient for the depth of truth he sought. This dissatisfaction led him to explore a wide range of spiritual paths, including Zen Buddhism, Vedanta, and various esoteric practices. After years of spiritual searching and intense personal experiences that he described as revelatory, he began to teach others, presenting a radically different approach to spiritual life that emphasized immediate, intuitive recognition of the divine reality.
Central to Adi Da’s teaching was the concept of devotional recognition-response — the spontaneous turning of attention toward what he described as the living presence of the divine. He rejected conventional religious forms and techniques as inherently limited and emphasized a transformative relationship to the spiritual reality he embodied. His community of devotees, known as Adidam, formed around this core relationship and sought to live in accordance with the principles he articulated.
Beyond his spiritual teachings, Adi Da was also an accomplished visual artist whose work spanned photography, digital media, and mixed media installations. He referred to his aesthetic approach as “Transcendental Realism,” seeking not to represent the world but to provide a perceptual portal into the non-dual reality. His art has been exhibited internationally and received attention in both spiritual and contemporary art contexts.
Adi Da spent his final years in Fiji on Naitauba Island, a remote setting he regarded as sacred and conducive to spiritual practice. There, he continued to write, create art, and guide his devotees. His legacy continues through the Adidam community, which maintains his teachings and artistic work, promoting his vision of a new culture rooted in spiritual realization, radical truthfulness, and the transcendence of ego.
His life and work remain a source of devotion, debate, and philosophical inquiry, reflecting a bold and unconventional path toward the ultimate questions of human existence.
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August 6, 2024
The purpose of the searchless raw diet is so far out for typical western minds, used to over-rationalise and search for the “goodies” one can get out of every and any thing (!!!) that Adi Da reiterates over and over again what this book and the dietary practice he brings to his devotees - or anyone interested in a healthy life and open to a radical change - is actually about. It’s challenging and may not be the right book for you if you’re interested in recipes - for being healthy, for getting somewhere, for adopting a raw vegan gourmet diet… don’t go there if that’s what you’re searching for.
It’s a book about aligning whole bodily to the searchless spiritual path and that’s not at all about recipes and raw vegan cuisine.
Reading this book helped me go even deeper into my understanding of what it means to lead a right life, to be whole bodily devoted to God, including in the way how I chose to feed my body.
It’s a book about aligning whole bodily to the searchless spiritual path and that’s not at all about recipes and raw vegan cuisine.
Reading this book helped me go even deeper into my understanding of what it means to lead a right life, to be whole bodily devoted to God, including in the way how I chose to feed my body.
January 27, 2021
This is a challenging book to the western worlds eating habits ! But I could feel how the author spoke with total consciousness about tightening our diet and being vegan
February 8, 2018
As the old adage goes, You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover. The Henri Rousseau ripoff cover is as alluring here no less than in its big fat precursor volume published around 1979 "The Eating Gorilla Comes in Peace." I bought "Green Gorilla" at a health expo at a booth staffed by Adi Da Blah Blah's devotees, and because it was at list price they added a gratis CD of His Royal Highness's talks. On my drive home, I began listening to the CD, and could not stop laughing at its claptrap inanity. Really, it really did make me laugh aloud! But I did stop laughing when I trashed it at the next highway rest stop.
This book, however, incites no such laughter. It is dull and repetitive and poorly edited, if it was edited at all. I cannot decry this as the most poorly written book I have read in many years, because it was not so much written as recited and then transcribed, much to the torturous misfortune of those of us who might attempt to read it. As an adherent for over 40 years of the high raw vegan diet espoused herein, I recommend that you instead read the more scientific books of Brian Clement, or if you prefer a dose of spirituality with your wheatgrass juice, read Viktoras Kulvinskas.
"Green Gorilla" is like a box of sugar-coated breakfast cereal. It comes in an alluring package to disguise the fact it has nothing in it. Leave it on the supermarket shelf.
This book, however, incites no such laughter. It is dull and repetitive and poorly edited, if it was edited at all. I cannot decry this as the most poorly written book I have read in many years, because it was not so much written as recited and then transcribed, much to the torturous misfortune of those of us who might attempt to read it. As an adherent for over 40 years of the high raw vegan diet espoused herein, I recommend that you instead read the more scientific books of Brian Clement, or if you prefer a dose of spirituality with your wheatgrass juice, read Viktoras Kulvinskas.
"Green Gorilla" is like a box of sugar-coated breakfast cereal. It comes in an alluring package to disguise the fact it has nothing in it. Leave it on the supermarket shelf.
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