Here Adi Da speaks about self contraction, and also the way of Adidam which is the Way of God Realization, where the satguru (God Realized Being) literally imparts their God Realization upon others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdLWGfB9G_Y&feature=related comment; I remember reading where Meher Baba said that an aspirant could make it to the 6th Level of consciousnesson on his own, but in order to reach the 7th Level or God Realization, a satguru was needed. In this video Adi Da says the same thing.
