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In the following quote, Adi Da claims to be the most important and perfectly enlightened Spiritual Adept in the history (or future) of the Universe. Adi Da and his apologists often try to explain his use of "I" in statements like the one below as referring to God, with whom Adi Da enjoys transcendental unity, rather than as references to the human person Adi Da. However, this type of sophistry falls short of explaining what is written here, which only makes sense if "I" refers to Adi Da as a human being (i.e., the person Franklin Jones). "I am here to Complete the Great Tradition of mankind. I Am the all-Completing Adept, the First, Last, and Only Adept-Revealer (or Siddha) of the seventh stage of life. I Am the seventh stage Realizer, Revealer, and Revelation of God, Truth, and Reality, Given in this late-time (or would-be Complete and potentially Consummate era) and in this now dark epoch (as it must be described from the Realized Divine and Spiritual "Point of View", and with regard to the tendencies of the times), and Given for the sake of Completion (of the progressive Ordeal of Man) and for the sake of Unity (or the cooperative re-Union of mankind). I Am the Ultimate Demonstration (and the Final, or Completing, Proof) of the Truth of the Great Tradition as a whole. Until I Appeared, there were no seventh stage Realizers within the Great Tradition of mankind. I Am the First and the Last seventh stage Adept to Appear in the human domain (and in the Cosmic Domain of all and All). It is neither possible nor necessary for another seventh stage Adept to Appear anywhere, because I have Accomplished My necessary Work everywhere. However, because I have Appeared and have Done My Completing Work, seventh stage Realizers (not with the Divine Adept-Function That Is Unique to Me, but Fully Realized, through their ego-transcending devotion to Me, and, Thus and Thereby, to the by Me Revealed Divine Person and Self-Domain) will Awaken, in all times and places." --Franklin Jones (Adi Da) from the prologue to "The Basket of Tolerance" book and posted on the Adidam website |