Heart awakening.

Her "path” has been one of heart awakening. Firstly through techniques, then through devotional surrender.

At seventeen, while travelling, Alaya encountered a Tibetan Lama and was drawn into the path of Tibetan Buddhism. She received several initiations and esoteric teachings on the nature of phenomena, philosophical systems, and what is known as the space of phenomena, and philosophical systems and what was called the way of abiding. She received several initiations.

She also participated in parallel for many years with Psychology of Vision community and adapted this healing model based on "A course in Miracles” for her clients. She used this model to 'heal' herself and for clients. she felt tangible Grace and had spontaneous visions. During this period she also travelled to India and found the Indian Sage Ramana Maharshi and practiced Bhakti yoga and self inquiry

She experienced a dawning recognition that what was truly needed was a devotional practice, rather than techniques of the mind. She saw that she had been “using the mind to still the mind,” generating altered states of consciousness within the brain itself, rather than entering into whole-bodied submission and devotion.

Sri Ramana Maharshi

During a trip to India, she was drawn to the teachings of Ramana Maharshi on “I Am” and non-duality, which became her practice for many years. Ramana Maharshi has often been regarded as an avatar—one who descends to teach or embody a spiritual presence—and a siddha, with many accounts of his multiple appearances reported.

Arunachala Temple-

Alaya spent time in retreat at Arunachala, the sacred mountain associated with Ramana Maharshi. Prior to this, she had become fascinated by visions and “yogic events,” which she later came to see as simply necessary elements in her own reawakening. Central to Ramana’s teaching was the call to be free not only from physical desires but also from psychic fascinations. He discouraged interest in visions, powers, or displays of eccentricity, instead guiding his devotees toward simplicity, sanity, an

Ramana Maharshi was known for his liberality, tolerance, and compassion. He welcomed all faiths and traditions with an open heart. Though he first lived as a recluse, over time a community gathered around him, and his life became fully public. For more than fifty years he lived as an ascetic, constantly in the presence of others, serving all who came to him and answering their questions. For those who entered into relationship with him, the experience was often one of profound peace.

In 1998, a friend introduced her to a healing modality known as Alchymie, whose teachings drew upon Adi Da Samraj’s The Incarnation of Love. During this time, Alaya was graced to be in the company of the Alchymist Jessa O’My Heart, through whom she received spiritual transmissions, spontaneous healings, and direct education in how to facilitate transformation and direct the Alchymie.

Later, in 2000, Alaya spontaneously fell into communion while gazing at a photograph of Avatar Adi Da Samraj. She experienced this as a direct transcendental and spiritual Transmission. In The Boundless Self-Confession, Adi Da describes His Divine Function as the true Avatar—the One who descends and conjoins with human consciousness. In that Revelation, all beings were contemplated, absorbed into His Own State, and then, in 2000, unconjoined.

He also fulfilled the traditional expectation in the West—that True Enlightenment, or Realization, must appear as an Incarnation, an utterly human Embodiment of the Pure Divine State. He named this Reality “Prior Unity,” and it is the gift He offers to all beings. The uniqueness of His Revelation is that the Way of Adidam is simultaneously Transcendental and Spiritual.

Alaya at her Ordination

In parallel, in 2010, Alaya completed a seminary program and was ordained in Interfaith Ministry at the Cathedral in Manhattan. Her studies encompassed the major world religions and a range of esoteric practices, approached with respect and understanding rather than with any aim to convince or convert. For her, this represented a synthesis of everything that had come before. At the moment of her ordination, she felt the descending current of Adi Da Samraj moving through her frontal line and risi

Along the way, Alaya was also influenced by other spiritual teachers. Notably, she drew inspiration from Thích Nhất Hạnh, particularly his teachings on the Earth and ecology. She was graced with the opportunity to meet him shortly before his passing.

In the end, we realize that nothing has truly happened—we are simply waking up to what we already are, though it may seem forgotten. Throughout her life, Alaya has had many mystical experiences and awakenings, yet she has also come to see that such experiences are not Real God. True practice requires moving beyond any fascination with experiences, into the direct recognition of the Divine Reality Itself.