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of pages of email correspondence have been generated since the Advanced Yoga
Practices lessons began. Readers have often shared their thoughts on the lessons, the
practices, and their experiences. The following excerpts are offered to help give a flavor
of what these lessons are about. Thank you to all who have shared! 1. “I just had a quick read through some of your posts and I'm blown away at the quality and authenticity contained in what I've read so far. I'm looking forward to studying your inspiring wisdom more closely and working with some of your suggestions. Your words speak intelligently of the Truth and the path that leads there.” -- SD 2. “I started only few days back, seems to enjoy so far as I have tried other methods also, this seems simple and I understand better.” -- PM 3. “I want to first thank you for your teaching!!!! I am finding with your lessons that I am actually feeling the process of yoga, the beauty of all.” -- JF 4. “The reason for my message is to say that for the first time I found a very positive, plain and very well explained approach to yoga practice. Thanks, then, for your precious help; I strongly hope it will be helpful to clean the air from all the commercial fog that is becoming everyday thicker around an important human heritage like yoga. I started my experience 35 years ago. I've been very happy to find in your words the same love for yoga I experience every day.” -- LB 5. “At any rate, I am very much enjoying your lessons and point of view here. You have a talent for explaining things clearly and without strident religious undertones. What a relief.” -- BG 6. “I just wanted to let you know I've really enjoyed reading the postings and am glad you're sharing all this information. This is a lot of work for you, and your effort is appreciated. I've practiced hatha yoga for 5 years now, and much that I'm seeing here goes with it beautifully. Plus you're addressing some things that my teacher doesn't, for which I'm grateful - I'm getting some information here exactly when I needed it (funny how things work that way, huh??). I imagine I'll be back along with questions one day, but for now just wanted to drop you a note and tell you how much I'm enjoying this. I too wish everyone on earth could be here!” -- NW 7. “I was brought up as a Catholic, but over the years I began to feel that all the different religions were just like clubs, with their own rules and regulations, and that when it all came down to it, it is just God and me... I am so pleased that you have started this group, I only wish that all this knowledge had been available when I was young (I’m a ‘senior citizen’ now). I hope that people today can know how lucky they are to have someone like yourself, who is willing to give so much of their time to pass on the knowledge that has taken so many years to achieve.” -- BB 8. “I find your article on bhakti (devotion - lesson #67) extremely reader-friendly.” -- KW 9. “A few words to express my appreciation for the information and effort you have provided. So many of the Tantra sites and groups are thin covers for sex clubs which distort and misappropriate many of the concepts you so generously assist in explaining. For me the joys of Tantric Sex are merely some of the symptoms of Tantric practices, not the practice itself. I feel many miss this point and deny themselves the opportunities of fulfillment the ancient knowledge provides.” -- LL 10. “I have been reading all your writings in the group & was fascinated by your writing style & knowledge.” -- NP 11. “I firstly would like to thank you for the lessons which I feel are very beneficial and the program you are putting out seems to be a good one as it covers everything. I am following another yogi’s teachings which I’m happy with, but forgot his kundalini meditation which I’m meant to do weekly, so your priceless teachings are well and truly filling the gap that had been left in my spiritual program.” -- TS 12. “Thank you for the knowledge you are sharing, and for the way you do it.” -- HN 13. “You say, "the guru is in you." Yes, I agree, but you are greatly helping and improving my inner guru!! Thanks again!” -- LB 14. “Thank you for your immediate and informative reply! I felt very positive about attempting meditation, and I'll be sure to check out that lesson you recommend. You seem like a beautiful person through your words. Your words have kindness all over them. Thank you for giving me a lift in my day.” -- SY 15. “Thanks ever so much for your lessons. I'm finding them to be life-enhancing on various levels. The techniques themselves are becoming more and more enjoyable, thus far, even though I am only able practice them once a day. I am finding that they are assisting the other practices that I feel are right for me.” -- BS 16. “I can't begin to express how much I am enjoying the practices, and I have held at siddhasana for now because I feel so much bliss and at times incredible energy surges as if my whole body pulsates! My whole outlook is bliss. I see God the universal being at times everywhere. Today, driving, I felt so good, I felt as if I should scream out the window and tell everyone I love them and to join the practices. I had to dance when I got home....” -- MF 17. “I really like the simplicity and effectiveness of your instructions. I'm not even sure how I got referred to your group but I'd like to thank whoever did it.” -- CH 18. “First thank you so much for this group. Your efforts are so appreciated. I'm sure maintaining the group and answering all the questions is time consuming. We, the children of God, needed you, and you came. I have meditated for the past 10 years. I would say that I was never really good at it. So now, fast forward. I joined your group. I really liked the fact that the thoughts that come in meditation are ok. Just keep going and go back to the mantra. I felt like maybe I was doing it right before and that my expectation was off. I've committed to doing the practice twice a day. I wanted to keep the "time line" in mind so that I didn't rush through this. So I added the Advanced Practices slowly. I haven't really had any rush of kundalini energy like some of the people, but I decided to keep practicing. This morning I tried the Yoni Mudra for the 1st time since joining your group. As soon as I started, I saw a bunch of crazy lights. I just watched and kept doing it. Then came circles with a star in the middle. There was a bright circle with a dark circle inside. In the middle was the star. The star would fade in and out. I didn't want it to go away.” -- QG 19. “First of all, I would like to thank you very sincerely for all the time and effort you put into helping people like me on the path of spiritual development and enlightenment. I find your lessons extremely valuable and you have all my gratitude for it.” -- DR 20. “Thanks for all that you've done. It's amazing the difference one person can make for so many.” -- MC 21. “As the saying goes, 'When the student is ready, the teacher appears.' Certainly, this was very timely. I've got a ways to catch up it seems, but I'm enjoying your knowledge.” -- TK 22. “Wonderful job you are doing!!! Appreciate your patience and your time!” -- PR 23. “I thought that your answer to the question about too much sex was compassionate and practical.” -- RH 24. “I would like to thank you very much for the lessons you are presenting here. They are wonderful, and I have searched for years to find a method of meditation that I can do. You make this do-able. Thank you.” -- AN 25. “Hi, and thanks for letting me join this wonderful group. I find the lessons here very useful as I have sort of started over with my yoga practice and right now I am taking things very slowly but still listening more to my body then necessarily following the order of your lessons.” -- DL 26. “First of all, thank you so much for your very clear and simple instructions. I am someone who has been on a cross-country track up the mountain for quite some time (I will be 70 next year) and have investigated various methods and exercises, picking the ones that seem to suit me best. Your methods are similar in many respects to ones I have been practicing.” -- RS 27. “What a wonderful group, and your thoughts flow like a river of knowledge!” -- KK 28. “I am absolutely fascinated and impressed, and many congratulations to you for creating this group which promotes nothing other than its topic. I think what you have to say is valuable and would like to ask if I might be permitted to include your lessons/discussions one at a time in a local eclectic news letter that goes out monthly.” -- ZN 29. “Thank you for your encouragement. I will continue my journey with you.” -- JM 30. “Thanks so much for being! This student was definitely ready, and very happy that you appeared!!" -- LS 31. “I am immensely enjoying your postings. It is informative and very helpful on my journey. Thank you for your efforts!” -- MS 32. “The teachings contained in this newsgroup are wonderful. I would like to thank you for disseminating this information to aspiring yogis.” -- VT 33. “Thanks for the reply to my earlier query. I also am into yoga practices and have been following your advices very keenly. I have truly benefited from your lessons. I would like to thank you for the same. I firmly believe Yoga is the only path which can lead man past this life of suffering.” -- SK 34. “I have been experiencing symptoms of spontaneous kechari mudra for some time now but had no idea there even was such a thing. This article (#108 on kechari) was wonderful.” -- YS 35. “I take this opportunity to convey my deep regards to you. Your knowledge is indeed very special. It will be a great help for a discerning seeker.” -- VQ 36. “I would just like to say that this list/resource is absolutely incredible. I haven't had chance to read every message yet, but so far I have found them extremely insightful. There seems to be an overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet regarding yoga, but nothing as complete as this.” -- NC 37. “I wish I could explain in words or even make you feel how I feel about being here. With that said, thank you so much for inviting me here. Words cannot describe what being on this board with these additional kriya techniques and information to help me progress mean to me. I am forever grateful and in your debt.” -- LB 38. “I have been wondering about bhakti for a few years, trying to understand it. What you said opened a door for me. It feels I have been slightly off track and out of touch with that basic desire toward my ideal, and my ability to maintain it, for quite some time. Hence my speech, emotions, motivation, and spiritual practice have all suffered somewhat. Thanks for your inspiration.” -- HF 39. “I am practising pantanjali yoga for a long time. It's part of my life and enjoy it very much. I went through some of the posts and find them very interesting and helpful. I wish the group years and years of successful life.” -- VG 40. “I have gone thru some of the lessons and are indeed very beautiful. The membership speaks of itself for the usefulness and integration.” -- MA 41. “Thank you for inviting me to your wonderful group! I've read some of the material and it looks like it could be very helpful to anyone who would pause, be still...” -- DJ 42. “I want to say again how impressed I am by the dedication you give to guiding and enlightening people like me. Your advice is invaluable and I am deeply thankful. I also read with great interest your last posting on Kechari. It's a first class description of what appears to be a key factor in reaching ecstatic bliss and of what needs to be done in order to attain it. In my case, since the experience of ‘spontaneous kechari’ is a very recent one, I am going to stick with it for a while and then move up gradually to Stage 2, using your method.” -- DR 43. “Thank you for reminding me of my divinity.” -- BA 44. “I am appreciative and grateful for your advice in the group and giving us the tools to progress. I am currently keeping my practice fairly simple, but it's great to read about the more advanced practices. I will delve into the advanced practices when I feel the time is right.” -- NA 45. “Thank you for sharing your gift of knowledge and for your sincere guidance. This is a wonderful group. Thank you. Om Shanti, Shanti.” -- MV 46. “Too much coincidence here - all along you've been answering questions I have, many that my yoga teacher of 6 years can't or won't address. A friend pointed me to your message board in early January 2004 and I was thrilled to read what you had to say. But right now I'm astounded. Just last week I started using an Om Shree mantra, and tonight I find your message suggesting almost the same thing (2nd mantra enhancement). We are SO on the same wavelength, and I truly appreciate the work you're doing here!” -- DE 47. “Hello and thank you for your group. You have developed wonderful practices, which I feel I will continue for a long time.” -- LS 48. “I wanted to take the time to thank-you for your extremely inspired writings. I have been meditating for years and I have been searching for the teachings that you so graciously give to us. I guess it's like the saying, "when the student is ready the guru appears". Your teachings speak so much truth to me. I have been doing spinal breathing for the past 9 months and can feel the energy moving up and down the spine. My wife joined your discussion group just after Christmas 2003. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to have her on the same path. She also joined the tantric part of the discussion and together we travel down our spiritual path." -- LO 49. “I am feeling great results with the spinal breathing so far!!!” -- CH 50. “Thank you so much for your quick response to some questions I asked. I have been trying to learn awhile now on my own and I am so happy to have found this group as it is the answer to my prayers.” -- SV 51. “Thank you for this wonderful group. You are a God send. I read #69 (on kundalini symptoms and remedies), which is also extremely informative and very helpful. Thank you ever so much for all your knowledgeable insight. Know that you are doing a good thing here. All good things to you!” -- BB 52. “I am enjoying your posts and find them very useful. I started meditating many years ago and have done several methods looking for one that worked and actually made life better. Your mantra meditation is very fine.” -- DC 53. “I have only gotten halfway through the posts but I am tired and will be retiring to my room to meditate before I go to sleep and wanted to write to you. I am very glad that you have created this group, and it seems to be another cosmic synchronicity that I am now a member.” -- KM 54. “It's good to have everything so well organized. Thank you.” -- WB 55. “Thanks you so much! Now I am really happy that there is someone whom I can ask my questions.” -- AK 56. “Thank you very much for that illuminating discourse on siddhasana and padmasana; my experience with these two asanas are fully in-tune with what you have described.” -- YM 57. “I would add a phrase often said by my own teacher - or rather one of my teachers – ‘Without action, all is for not.’ I have to say, I really like the look of this group. These posts are excellent and very pleasing to see...” -- ACK 58. “I have begun meditation practices this week and I have been voraciously absorbing your lessons. I have quickly caught up to message #39 - Pranayama. Thank you for providing this valuable knowledge, I look forward to developing my meditation practices with your guidance.” -- MN 59. “I've just started reading your lessons and I find them very supportive of the yoga practices I'm already enjoying. I can feel the energy and constructive vibrations coming from what you are sharing. No sooner did we ask for assistance, than we were introduced to your group. We truly appreciate the sharing of your path towards achieving that ultimate union with what we call Cosmic Consciousness. Understanding that no matter how much we may have already learned and achieved, there is always room for more, a next step, in a manner of speaking. Once again, thank you for sharing.” -- EL 60. “First of all I'd like to say ‘thank you’ for this wonderful forum and the priceless wisdom you give so generously to everyone interested. I love everything about your teachings: Your writing style, clear, concise, without any fluffy new age slang, always making sense on a practical day-to-day basis but also depicting blissfully the heights human conscious can ascend to. And the contents: Priceless Wisdom. This resonates with the deepest parts of my being, showing me the way back to the most precious gift that exists in heaven or earth: Myself.” After practising since February 2004 “merely” meditation using the powerful mantra “Ayam” (I AM) I start feeling like being in love more and more of the time. I don’t mean this in a metaphorical sense, it’s exactly the feeling of being in love, this indescribable happiness from a cellular level upwards… I'm running around in town, constantly with a big smile on my face, this happy feeling inside which is accompanied by an almost physical feeling of radiance from the inside out.” -- AY 61. “I am very very happy, and I wish for great success for everything in your path. You definitely came across many traditions. Continue your service with God's Bliss!” -- AK 62. “Even though I'm not familiar with your terminology, I grasp your explanations, and they are indeed profound. I understand now with a deeper appreciation why it is vital to transform or, as you say it, purify the central nervous system. Your spinal exercise, has helped me to be more focused in my intentions.” -- EL 63. “I heartedly thank you for service you are devoting to all yoga enthusiasts by emailing the lessons regarding yoga discipline.” -- GK 64. “Thank you so much for providing all the info and encouragement. It is much-valued!” -- MK 65. “That response (lesson #132) was just incredibly awesome! I've never heard sin put that way. It was beautiful and very encouraging. I always knew that guilt/sin was not an intention of God. We do it to ourselves and each other. Religions teach "the giving to get" idea, i.e., if I go to church every Sunday, I will get into heaven. I'm beginning to understand the importance of meditation. Why can't there be more teachers like you in the world? What a wonderful world it could be. You're just so gentle. Thank you for being here.” -- DW 66. “Thank you so much for sharing these valuable techniques. I'm very grateful for this seva. I am a yoga teacher of several styles, classical hatha, ashtanga, and raja yoga. All are the same meaning, differant focus. I also teach prenatal and work with autistic children. The last two groups of students I feel would benefit immensely from these practices… (very toned down, of course)” -- BM 67. “Please accept my thanks for lively and helpful answers to the questions posed by sadhakas and it is very helpful for me in my sadhana.” -- CR 68. “Once again I want to thank you for the time and effort that you put into this discussion group. Your responses to others questions certainly put things in perspective and provide assurance. You must understand that I (and probably most) cannot just talk about these things in general. There are not many that would even attempt to understand this ‘non-conventional’ path.” -- LO 69. “This (chin pump) is just wonderful. I tried a couple of times the best to my understanding and it is indeed very powerful. Thank you for sharing such precious teachings.” -- MT 70. “I've read more of your notes and especially was grateful for your #69 on kundalini. So mine must have gone to the crown too soon. It is such a relief to be able to write this to someone who I do not know, who seems to Know. I can not tell anyone for fear of ego-attachment to their reaction. With you, I do not have this because you do not know me, or anyone related to me. Thank you.” -- ES 71. “I have been reading your mail for a short time and think it's great. I have been meditating, doing yoga, and such for many years. I have done a lot of work with mantra, and had wonderful experiences. I like what you say so much, and have all the bits and pieces already, I would like to put it together the way you suggest. The Guru is within me... and you.” -- DV 72. “Excellent article (on bhakti #67). Congratulations. To reach so many people with such wise words is wonderful. Every red light I stop at will now remind me of this. Hopefully this will be the case for many others as well. I have this vision of seeing a queue at a red light and everyone there topping up their meditation - well you never know.” -- LB 73. “Dude... I love the yoga links section you added. Thanks for keeping control of what is placed there. It will be an excellent resource. Your time spent on this group is sooooooo appreciated. I just got lucky finding you.” -- DW 74. “Yours is a Great group... It vibrates to the resonance of my own soul. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping me to clarify understand and remember the truth within. I'm sure you shall hear more from me as I progress in enlightenment and I desire to share some of my experiences.” -- JM 75. “Thank you for your views on sex. As I've mentioned before, the teachings I practice deal with attainment differently, yet in the end all paths towards the truth will be of great assistance if one will but apprehend their purport. I have read and now I review your posts daily, they are an inspirational reminder of the goal--my goal-- towards conscious awakening.” -- EL 76. “I am very thankful for the response regarding spinal breathing.” -- GU 77. “I am a 21 year old male. I am a member of your yahoo group about Yoga and Tantra. I am deeply touched by your wisdom and insight reflected in the messages that you post on this group. I was surprised and happy to receive such a long and proper reply from you. Thank you very much for replying to my mail. It was so nice of you to do that. You are a highly spiritually developed master and yet so humble. Hats off to you. God Bless you.” -- SP 78. “Have been practising 3-5 minutes of Bastrika after mediation for the last 2 days - wow! Could not sleep last night I was so charged after the practice. Will continue as is with the practices for a while with no further changes to see how stable I am in this routine… Thank you for the reminder on Kerchari. After sending the e-mail I remembered the article (lesson #108) and have since re-read it. I have been at Stage 1, almost Stage 2, now for a couple of weeks and maintaining Kechari during the whole of my pranayama practice time.” -- BR 79. “Boy...you come packed with a lot of information, don’t you? You are like a concentrated pill of knowledge.” -- AS 80. “I want to thank you for your suggestion of spinal breathing! It is wonderful! I have regained the bliss I once had. : ) Now, when I even think of it, the souls of my feet tingle and so does the base of my spine and third eye! I feel an inward laughter that is like a giddiness that spreads throughout my entire system and I want to squeal or giggle or dance about. I've been in this state when I was practicing kundalini yoga for hrs. every day, but I'm not putting as much into it this time and it's here...” -- ES 81. “Thanks for your immediate response to my problem. I will follow as said and I will mail you the change with in me. thank you once again...” -- RA 82. “Thanks for your excellent way of giving the yoga lessons and clarifying the doubts of the participants in the group.” -- MV 83. “Thanks for all the time you put into this group - it's a real goldmine!” -- IR 84. “I think that it is time for me to thank you for the time and energy and dedication to the work and wisdom you have made available thru this medium. Words cannot do justice to express how thankful I am for the daily lectures and food for the soul. This last presentation on SAMYAMA (#150) was so good. I am really lost for word to say thanks. These presentations are so helpful to me for my personal progress. Before these lectures I felt that I needed something more to keep me going on a daily basis -- and I was offered to be part of this group. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We are so blessed to have you, a gem, in our midst.” -- SS 85. “In working with the sutras (in samyama) I found my chest feel as if it was expanding, as well as my head. It was quite extraodinary. Is this normal? You spoke of the different ways of the energy manifesting and I was just wondering if this too is one of those manifestations? With love and unity.” -- MF 86. “I thank you very much for a great service you are doing. It is good work and please keep it up.” -- KR 87. “Thank you so very much for starting the group and all the advice that you have given. You've literally saved my life! I had a spontaneous awakening about 9 years ago and it has driven me crazy... many times to such a deep depression that I contemplated suicide.” -- AM 88. “Your explanation of samyama is excellent.” -- VG 89. “I have recently joined advanced yoga practises. I am very grateful to you for imparting knowledge which I consider priceless.” -- RK 90. “I am passing on your article (on bhakti) to our website. Will give you the URL as soon as they put it up. God bless. Incidentally, the piece on Kechari Mudra was superb. Thank you for being.” -- KW 91. “Your messages have helped my practises very much. Thanks for the guidance. My meditation has improved greatly after I joined this group...” -- AK 92. “Inspired by my practices following your lessons, my wife too has started meditating.” -- HR 93. “I have recently become a member of your Advanced Yoga Meditation group. I have been greatly inspired by its contents. So far I have been practicing simple meditation, on very low doses. Now I am willing to embark on a journey towards a higher level of spiritual living.” -- TO 94. “I would like to express my gratitude for the attention that you have given me, and more so for the grace with which you express these yoga teachings. You are doing great good, and helping many.” – BR 95. “With a mind which is a little bit more silent now (with meditation), I still can perceive all the emotions the artist expresses in the music as well as my reactions, but besides all that I can listen on a more “analytical level”. I’m hearing single notes instead of big clusters of emotional reactions. I also experienced an internal “visualization” of the parallel tunes - and, most surprising I discovered another tune in the tracks I had listened to so often before. The silence between the notes emerged like a very important new instrument I didn’t perceive at all before. All those pieces had become more “airy”, somehow “thinner” with lots of empty silent spaces in them… very surprising and very interesting… Mmmh… I wonder how the world will look like if this musical experience kind of generalizes, more detachment more huge empty silent spaces everywhere around and maybe more creative joy in a universe which is much easier to move around and handle? Expecting change (and saying thank you for your continuous support)” -- AY 96. “Thank you very much for giving the time to write such thorough replies. I greatly appreciate your willingness and dedication.” -- TO 97. “Many many thanks for your kind clarifications, guidance & encouragement for daily Sadhana. Really, I am extremely grateful for your prompt, proper, and inner guidance for the advancement of this soul & I feel extremely indebted for the same. In the meanwhile I anxiously await for your further lesson on Spinal Bastrika.” -- RA 98. “I was really touched with the simple explanation you have offered on how individual meditation can help the entire humanity.” -- VS 99. “I've started reading your posts and I'm on my way to go through the whole board... I like it!” -- MJ 100. “ I am practising meditation regularly. I experience inner silence. I would like to know more about inner silence, energy (that we actually are), and space and the relationship between them.” -- SK 101. “I'm still a greenhorn in all that yoga stuff - but I am aware of the tremendous irresistible power behind it. I'm very very happy that I'm being fed it in small units I can easily digest. Probably I'll take up Pranayama this week or next. And I want to go all the way.” -- AY 102. “Today is my 10th day of meditation and in the evening as I was taking my walk I felt a different emotion. It wasn’t joy or ecstasy or an impulse of pleasure. It was something deeper... sublime... deep... like the memories of our childhood. Then for some time there was a lingering pain which gradually went away. Then the mind started to flow again with tremendous clarity and sharpness. I never had an experience like this and was extremely excited, and wanted to share this with someone.” -- NN 103. “I've practiced asanas for some 30 years and read a fair amount of yoga literature, but I've learned more about *progressing* in yoga since discovering this group 4 months ago than in the previous 30 years. You are being exceptionally generous with your time and providing an invaluable gift to all of us aspiring yogis.” -- SL 104. “The suggestions provided by you are really good. Please continue doing the same. It relieves a lot of mental stress just by the reading.” -- SD 105. “I am reading through your messages on your yahoo group and finding them very clear, informative and balanced. This is a very valuable inspiration for people taking up and maintaining their meditation practice. So thank you for the hard work you have put into this resource. I have forwarded the URL on your Yahoo group to over 1,800 people on my distribution list and I'm sure many of them will gain help from it.”-- DB 106. “I am very thankful to you for your valuable advice on pranayama & yoga.” -- DS 107. “Loved your e-mail on paying it forward (#166).” -- BR 108. “I shall tell my yoga students to check out the lessons if they want to deepen their meditation practice. Thank you for sharing these lessons in such an accessible and informed manner!” -- BM 109. “I recently joined this magnificent group. It is a wonderful group for me because I have started doing yoga from 3 months before, and recently (15 days ) I am also doing meditation so the importance for me for the group is endless.” -- SKC 110. “I have been practising meditation for nearly a month now. It gives me tremendous energy and peace.” -- NN 111. “I tend to agree with your opinion on not spoon feeding (yoga lessons) and allowing others to tune in on levels they are ready for themselves. I think your explanation on that has helped me even over the past few days on allowing others pick up information on various levels even if I would have previously assumed they were not ready for it... so, thanks.” -- DB 112. “I have been reading about Kundalini for a few years, and have been interested from the start. The best and most moving account I read was by Gopi Krishna. Kundalini arousal in his case was probably not the norm, since it was quite traumatic and violent. I am very pleased at finding your group, where I can continue my studies . The number of postings you have personally done will alone keep me busy for a long time. Meditation will come soon.” -- PR 113. “The spinal breathing makes me feel so ecstatic that I want to do all the time (all things in moderation!). The lessons that you have been posting are so outstanding that I am tempted to ask- who are the teachers who have helped you and guided you? I know you have stated that this list not about you and you wish to remain anonymous, but I am intensely curious... ” -- YM 114. “Once again I find myself with a steady stream of tears after reading your lesson. Because of your group, for the first time I have access to grounded and tried perspectives on practices that my body has been intuitively seeking for the past few years. Seeing the Samyama practice laid out in front of me yielded the first objective look at the subjective experience I was having, and enjoying the most. The power of a practice grounded in objective knowledge and subjective experience is so powerful. It's also great to have one of the most pleasurable states I've encountered so far, the lightness of air, as well as the others too, devised, rather than stumbled upon. It's such an amazing level of vibration; the spaciousness, and the freedom to expand into the infinite with feeling of pure ecstasy. I know not to get caught up with experiences, you and others profess this enough, but the pleasure would certainly indicate movement in the right direction. Thank you so much for Being.” -- KL 115. “I have been member of this group for quite a long time and enjoy reading the postings immensely.” -- SU 116. “I am getting so much out of this group, your wisdom, and the practise. You have a gift for description and simplicity. I am college degreed professional who has lived such a stressful life even though I have been practising yoga for over 10 years and now am a certified yoga teacher. I have tried meditation and breathing for some time, but to no avail until now. I am really starting to feel such an awakening and I love the way you explain everything, so simple, yet logical, yet so safe. I have been so ready for your teachings. I was starting to practice spinal breath on my own naturally and did not know why! “ -- RY 117. “As much I am into being spiritual and doing yoga, etc., I always ask myself, ‘why are we doing this, and where did this come from?’ I have never been able to turn that voice off - even in meditation I have all the brain research about it and the effects. And, now, I am comfortable in it. That's your special gift and talent I see, appealing to those who will never have a guru, or follow a cult. I understand the ‘pay it forward’ concept and want to share this with others. Part of me wonders if people are ready and the other part now thinks, why not? Just because it took me many years does not mean it has to take others the same.” -- TC 118. “I do feel great doing the spinal breathing and yoni mudra... They have really helped my practice! I feel like a new person.” -- CH 119. “I am reading the previous posts and feeling the desire to return to yoga practice, and most especially meditation.” -- JS 120. “I just wanted to tell you how glad I am you started this group. I will be the first person to admit how skeptical I was of Yoga. But after my very first meditation session, I have to admit that I have NEVER felt so relaxed. It was very strange, yet comfortable. The time flew by, my meditation lasted about 26 minutes and it seemed like 5 minutes. A few things did happen that I did not see mentioned in the lessons. I felt "tingly" and numb. I even had small visions if you want call them that, of light "dancing" and forming into small balls of light. Anyway, I just wanted to tell you how "At Peace" I feel with myself after my first lesson. I have a very stressful life and a lot of things that need to be 'flushed' out, and I will be continuing your lessons as long as it takes. I am smiling right now, something I have not done in I do not remember how long. Thank You! You have made me a believer.” -- JF 121. “I have been practicing spinal breathing for several months now and have found it has added a valuable dimension to my asana practice.” -- LS 122. “Thank you for permitting me membership in your yahoo group. I have been searching... for something, and I think this may at the least be another step in the right direction. I just completed my first attempt at meditating using "I AM" and found it to be a very good experience. I feel refreshed, clearer, and certainly calmer. It was a good experience, and I am committing myself to this practice, and to continuing to explore your postings. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make your knowledge and this information available to us.” -- JM 123. “I have been reading the articles present in this group from about a month or so... Its really wonderful that I see people are experimenting and experiencing the Yoga practices and finding fruits for their practices.” – RKB 124. “I continue to be amazed with your valuable contribution to society thru this medium. Your explanations are so simple and so easily understood. You write with such ease and clarity-- yet so profound! You amaze me with your knowledge and spirit of sharing your wisdom.” -- SS 125. “I admire your noble cause and effort because I have found that knowledge and information is surely kept hidden or released in fragments that sometimes it can be very discouraging. I also accept that we at our levels of awareness cannot question everything, but there should be some integration.” -- AV 126. “As a new member to the group, I first want to thank you for taking time to share this valuable information with those who are interested. I have not read through all the postings, but the postings I have read thus far, make perfect sense to me and ‘feel’ almost familiar to me in some strange way, yet much of it is completely new to me.” -- NW 127. "Thanks for your work in sharing your knowledge and experience. Your writings reflected just what I believe about life. The process of unfoldment is built-in and natural. We don't have to superimpose an intellectual system on it for validity. I do think it is obvious from the questions you get... that yogites have scary experiences in their practice. The purification stuff is perfect to defuse the fear and the advice about going slow at a comfy pace... that you don't have to act like the sale will end before you get there... is wonderful. You as teacher here are truly a guide. Excellent.” -- BC 128. “As I Buddhist monk, a friend sent me some of your site dialogues, thinking that I would appreciate the sensibility. I must say I found much of your discussion group to be refreshing, direct, and simply profound. Is there any way I can find out more about the teachings, other books or websites? With much appreciation.” -- RV 129. “The nectar you had referred to in one of the lessons is increasing day by day. Its flow is maximum when I am hungry and goes away when I have my food. I am enjoying it but am not fixated on it thanks to your lesson that scenery is only to be enjoyed but the focus should be the practice.” -- HR 130. “I greatly appreciate your attempt to assist me managing my way through the infinite capes of techniques, traditions, questions and wanderings.” -- TO 131. “Thanks a lot for the prompt reply. I really wonder how you find time to reply to each and every query made by people. I hope to become like you one day. I will definitely take it one step at a time. Thanks a lot again for the reply and for maintaining this wonderful group.” -- MH 132. “Getting to know a wonderful yogi who loves to share the divine joy of wisdom! Do you have your website yet? Love to know more about you as you do bring to words what I learnt in silence, and it is apt. All the blossom of divine inspiring joy!” -- ND 133. “Thanks for your opinions. I know I don't have enough meditation practice, but I didn't realize this was unbalancing my path. You have just pointed to where my practice is weak. I will focus more on deep meditation.” -- PD 134. “Someone knowing my interest and the URL for Advanced Yoga Practices passed it on to me. I read one lesson, then another and then all of it. Having read Ramakrishna, Yogi Ramacharaka, Arthur Avalon, Rajneesh and anything in between, the subject was not new to me. What was new was a step-by-step method written in plain English with authority to help the seekers. I wish I had this kind of info when I started some 15 years back. I, having no real directions, mostly followed variations of Raja Yoga with concentrations on one or the other object. Thank you for the wisdom provided in your writings.” -- AD 135. “I just read message #20 -- from the atheist. I could not have said it better myself. I appreciate the way you make these concepts accessible to my western-pragmatic-yet-mystic mind.” -- YB 136. “Thank you so much for your lessons and the knowledge you are sharing with everyone... I wrote to you sometime ago about my spontaneous awakening, and for the first time have been able to bring some 'order' to my life by concentrating on the spinal breathing and focusing on finding the peaceful place within.” -- AM 137. “Thanks again for your lessons. A point of interest is that several times I have been on the verge of asking a question only to be answered by one of your Q&A's before I had a chance to ask the question.” -- MC 138. “Once one has experienced some levels of knowing and truth, when he hears the Truth, even thru the filters of words, he instantly recognizes them. Such has been my experience with your presentations for the past few months. Thank you.” -- JM 139. “My wife's sight has improved from using lenses of 2.75 to 2.5 since she has started meditation. She had to change her lenses. I can’t stop from thinking that this incident and her practices are related. Does meditation help in correcting physical problems apart from cleansing the nervous system? Curious to know!” -- HR 140. “You most probably don't need confirmation on the information that you're sharing but I thought I'll let you know my personal experience as a confirmation anyway...” -- AM 141. “Since there are no accidents in the Universe I must thank you for the article on the crown chakra (#199). I choose smooth easeful transition into enlightened states of consciousness. Thank you for the reminder.” -- JM 142. “Your description of kechari mudra (#108) is superb and unparalleled compared to what I have come across so far. I am very grateful for this.” – YM 143. “Your words sparkle from the silent truth of the ancient sages and its pure form to reach out to all is that huge giving from your heart! Thank you on behalf of everyone for this! Aum Namah Sivaya! Big hug to you, divine brother!!! With your permission, can I put up this wonderful article of yours, of course with credits to you and mentioning this divine group of yours/ours, so more people of intense fire can join? Divine One, all our joyful space that trembles in us as the supreme dancer, as the eye of the Source... to share each breath!” -- ND 144. “I have really enjoyed and learned from the wisdom you have passed on in these tantra lessons, and the main ones. How blessed we are that you are willing and able to answer so many questions whose answers have evaded us for so long.” -- LM 145. “I would like to say how deeply you have touched and inspired me to greater spiritual heights. For this I can not thank you enough! God bless you for your guidance.” -- CM 146. “As usual, some very intriguing stuff. Wow. Great stuff!” -- AS 147. “I want to say that this Yahoo group is wonderful and your explanations are very helpful and I'm sure you touch people in more ways than you know!” -- MI 148. “Thank you for your suggestion. I'll keep in touch with you whenever I come across some strange things during practise.” -- RK 149. "I would like to thank you for introducing me to the group. There is lots to learn here and perhaps this life may not be enough to complete the lessons and the links provided by you. I have just begun on this path and hope with the right guidance I will find my destiny. The link to join the group came as a big surprise to me and this does for me prove a fact that God works in mysterious ways when the time comes. I will take this opportunity to learn and practice what I learn from here. -- AG 150. “At least some 87 out of 99 groups not only haven't much wisdom, if any! They "teach" wrong and half lessons that harm more than anything else! I used to "lurk" in such groups, waiting until I met members who would be open for something more, and then I did my best at passing on what little wisdom I myself have gathered over time. The many wild geese, the many groups of nonsense passed on under claim of truth, have made me sceptical. But I can see with one eye half opened, that you know a great deal about your topic of choice! And reading through just a few postings convinced me that this is true!” -- ZQ 151. “I've been at this in one form or another since 1984. I find the materials you have posted very useful and look forward to gaining from their practice.” -- VJ 152. “I have been following your writings for some time now, your tone and approach to these matters does resonate with me very well. Thank you for making your knowledge available to people. I myself have been practicing some energy exercises, yoga and meditation for the past few years. So I am familiar with the techniques and concepts that are talked about in the lessons. Your way of not dwelling into religion and metaphorical explanations too much and simplifying the dynamics down to purification of the nervous system makes me very comfortable with the teachings and does avoid the possible confusions on the way.” -- KO 153. “Thank you again for all your wonderful insight. It seems as if you are reading my mind!” -- BB 154. “I have found (for now) I get too many energy surges when I do the kechari/chinlock series and pump so I have stuck with the spinal breathing and meditation with enhancements and have felt a direct inflow as if my head has opened up and light or a presence is coming into me. I feel secure and comfortable in this and at times when I do the practice it stays with me even as I lay down to go to sleep or do my daily activities. I have also found that when I am approaching my activities in the right spiritual frame of mind or read something that clicks, my third eye area gets warm and I feel pressure. I feel as if I am being infilled and guided by this force. Thank you for your care, warmth and generosity with all of the information you have shared with us all and continue to share. I have handed out information pertaining to this group-thank you!” -- MF 155. “My yoga practice is wonderful, and now I am beginning samyama. Thank you for the enlightenment.” – SM 156. “The Sambhavi (third eye technique) you have described is very powerful. I don’t know how to thank you for the lessons. You have done the world a very big favor indeed.” -- PP 157. “You are right with regard to self-pacing. It is the tendency toward perfectionism (i.e., egotism/fear of failure) that occasionally motivates me to excess. I am learning and have learned already in this regard. Still, there is always more: like humility and the courage of faith and infinite patience.” -- BR 158. “I just have to tell you how much I appreciate all you've done for us as a whole. So many are searching and few are getting the needed information to lead them in the right direction. It’s been sort of like playing darts with a blindfold on. With your work, I feel like I'm headed in the right direction. The blindfold has been removed and I see the target. My goal is to hit it and with your guidance I feel its possible. I've been with you since December 2003 and I can see things are changing. I'm excited to see what I will be like in a year, or 10 years. It's a great journey. Kind of like a mystery game of sorts.” -- DW 159. "I just wanted to say thank you for your new website. It makes it easier to share the information with others. I am up to kechari. I have never seen such detailed explanations of these techniques ever before. They have really added to my practice and I am eager to see where they lead." -- AA 160. "Your writings are simple and reveal unquestionable truth and confidence. You seem to be unfolding a dictionary on the topic of Yoga and Meditation. This is the first website I have come across thus far which is free of cost, restrictions, or obstacles, and seems to be based on the true concept and principles of our ancient Indian scriptures and books of knowledge." -- EB 161. "Nityananda! Gauranga! Hare Krsna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada, Srila Gaurangapada and all Vaisnavas... Thank you for your wonderful forum, it has helped me greatly in understanding many different avenues of the science of meditation that are not taught in Vaisnavaism." -- NM 162. "Again you have left me spellbound, again words cannot express how grateful I am and so fortunate to be part of this group. Your explanation of the heart space breathing and spinal breathing is so simple. You make everything seem so simple, yet the practice is so profound and dynamic." -- SS 163. "Thank you very much for your caring reply. I shall take your cautions (on excessive automatic physical movements) under consideration. I do find it important to clarify that I have certainly been applying strict self pacing recently. I have backed off Sidhassana, as well as not exceeding any of the recommended practice lengths. Anyway, I will take it easier with Samyama, perhaps even cut meditation time a bit shorter." -- TO 164. "Thank you very much for your remarkably lucid writings on kechari. It is of tremendous value to me... You seem to be a rare teacher --- open-minded, practical, intelligent and knowledgeable about the depths. Most interestingly, you seem to know when to respect tradition and when to leave it behind." -- DR 165. "A very sincere 'thank you' for what I believe is the best spiritual practice site on the Web, at least to my knowledge." -- RS 166. "Your website has helped me more than once with my questions. Although I teach yoga, I am not in a 'yoga community' of other like-minded yogis and yoginis who are into meditating as much as I am, or even want to understand spiritual things as I do, so I thank you. Your teachings come from the heart and are authentic." -- LD 167. "These are the best lessons I have read on Yoga anywhere. I really gel with what you say and it makes so much sense. I think you have given everything a person needs for spiritual evolution. I was heavily into Yogananda after reading 'Autobiography of a Yogi' three years ago and since then I have lapped up all the Yogic teachings that I could get hold of. But there seemed to be a lot of vagueness and confusion about all of it until I started reading your lessons. Your simple way of communicating tough ideas is a real blessing." -- RD 168. "Thank you, your response has been a great help, I have added Pranayama (spinal breathing) to my Meditation and the movements have become much less aggressive, a slight vibration in the neck and the occasional jerk of the arms. The Pranayama has done the trick. This system is wonderful and is what I have been looking for for many years. Most instruction is full of false leads, the western systems of occultism especially, with their emphasis on intense concentration, Why? Is this some type of elitism! I understand now the maxim, 'as above so below.' The movement of the Goddess in the body reflects Her movement in the cosmos, a realization indeed. To believe these things is not the same as knowing them." -- RC 169. "You have done such a great thing in this newsgroup and website. I know you don't need the compliments, but it's wonderful in this day of technology to realize that so many people who may be searching for a way to get closer to their spirituality can be led to a place that will help them with that. Years ago, you would have not been able to get this to people until your book was published and even then, it wouldn't have the potential that the internet does. This is Global!" -- RK 170. "Having only done the meditation for two weeks now, this morning upon awakening early I was in the best 'place' I can remember for ages... wonderful outlook (which alone is remarkable for a person who tends to be negative and pessimistic most of the time), and unbridled energy. I even told my wife that I would give up virtually all my earthly possessions to be able to feel this way most of the time - though I suspect you might respond by saying that isn't necessary, just continue meditating (that's right)." – MS 171. "I greatly appreciated the tone expressed in your site, that of non-attachment to the extraordinary things that happen as a result of this (kundalini) awakening, just the basic sanity. So good to hear it." – EC 172. "I would like to thank you very much for the lessons you are presenting. They are wonderful, and I have searched for years to find this kind of information on meditation that is comprehensive, easy to understand and well structured. I am practicing different yoga exercises (asanas, bandhas, mudras, etc.) for more than five years. And the only thing I have missed miserably – these lessons – I discovered in the AYP group." – KK 173. "Through the discovery of your lessons I have realized some of the missteps I have made in my spiritual practice and am eternally grateful for the chance to correct the imbalances I have created. Additionally, through the agency of your lessons, where once the practices were a division between my wife and I, we may now walk together without my violation of vows I have taken not to reveal my training to non-initiates. I have always felt that the highest teachings belong to everyone freely, as this is the only destiny for the human race. I see in your teachings the way I would style my own, without the dogmatic requirements of traditional practice. I firmly believe this is a time of new dispensation and opportunity for ALL." – B 174. "Thanks very much for the public service of your web pages. They are an amazing resource. Most information on the Internet is highly redundant, but the information you've shared is unavailable anywhere else. It's really worth the work you've put into it. Those of us working on yoga really benefit from knowing what lies ahead in our practices, and that's hard information to come by." – JL 175. “I have studied yoga casually off and on for a long time, but I am learning more from your work than ever before.” – ST 176. “It’s been eight months now since I began meditation and it has been a wonderful experience. In fact, meditation has become a habit now like brushing my teeth and taking a bath.” – NN 177. “Great work. Very valuable information, to me.” – WM 178. “Thank you for the effort to write out all the information on the AYP site. It is quite impressive - concise and persuasive. The lessons are systematic and detailed, but at the same time enjoyable to read.” – LP 179. “I have joined this group and mailed you long back with a few questions and got answers. Thanks for putting all the great wealth of info for us. Whenever I read the lessons I get the inspiration back again. It is a good feeling to know that truth is just an email distance away.” – MH 180. “I want to thank you for your generosity in bringing this material to the public. It has benefited my life in too many positive ways to express.” – GO 181. “I have been meditating for some time now with other practices but have never had anyone explain what I had been experiencing so well. It has been a verification of ‘where I am along the path.’ I began using the I AM mantra and then the second enhancement, which has brought an incredible deep peace, almost like an enormous river moving through me.” – MB 182. “I believe it is great to have some teachers around that are past the need of the ego title ‘guru.’ I wonder why it is so hard for the one with life-long hard practice and experience to point to the other and say ‘the guru is in you.’ ” – KO 183. “I have been so pleased with the meditation as it is the first I have found that makes sense to me and also just 'fits' me.” – LL 184. “Advanced practice takes time and patience and it does help a lot to be able to ask questions and share experiences, especially since no one else seems to teach kechari. So you are a very unique teacher and this is a unique opportunity at this point.” – VK 185. “I have been with this group for just a short time, and reading only the first 20-30 posts. I have been doing the morning meditation, tried to do it regularly (but work different shifts so it’s a bit hard, but I manage pretty much). I love it! I am also a ‘student’ of amorc (rosicrucian group) and kabbalah, sufism, and more. But today I felt more in touch with myself, the cosmic reality. I don’t know how to explain it really, but as I ‘passed’ my negative emotions and headed towards the mantra, towards the light, I felt increasingly blissful, and I love it!” – TB 186. “Your yoga instructions are the clearest and best I have ever found!” – RS 187. "You have done a lot for me, and you have not required me to spend three years in an ashram sleeping in a bunk among your glazed-eyed disciples with smelly feet to get it." – DR 188. “Thank you for providing us with such a clear understanding of yoga practices, and in particular for sharing the secret that "the guru is in you." You fill your role as a teacher very well and I've gained many valuable insights since coming across your web site.” – ET 189. “I began my journey late last summer and my daily meditation practice has had an extraordinary impact on my life. Your lessons are invaluable.” – SG 190. "I'm really impressed by the Advanced Yoga Practices lessons. They have helped me very much -- especially the spinal breathing, which has eliminated many of my kundalini symptoms." – OZ 191. "I am very grateful for this group and for all of the valuable information that has come." – MG 192. "Lovely site. Thank you very much for taking so much pains." – FL 193. "Your website is very helpful and informative. Your advice has made sense, and for once I feel that I am in contact over email with someone genuine and someone who has answers, rather than those people out there who I have contacted in the past who don't have answers but instead make me feel guilty when I ask about the siddhis, etc." – VC 194. "Thanks for all the wonderful insights you have given me. I hope you will to continue your sharings." – FH 195. "I have enjoyed your lessons and the way you write about consciousness, and I try to practice meditation daily as a result of having been inspired by you. Simple mindfulness has improved the quality of my life immeasurably." – WK 196. "It seems that each time I come here, whether I read anything new or not, I always feel uplifted, have a new sense of purpose..." – JS 197. "As someone who has struggled with negativity and fear surrounding sexual energy and its expression, your comments (lessons #T38 and #T39 -- on sexual obsessions) make a deep impression on me. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond with clarity and compassion." – K 198. "I've been practicing Integral Yoga, off and on, for 35 years, and your teachings have helped me tie up all those loose ends -- how the various practices blend together and help in the rise of bliss consciousness. Especially on how to tie Pranayama and Kundalini in with Deep Meditation. Spinal breathing is a powerful exercise. Thank you for your teaching and advice. You are truly a blessing to us all." – PM 199. "I am at the point now where I will begin spinal breathing. Can't wait! I also can't wait for each and every meditation session! They are sacred to me." – GW 200. "Thank you for the service you are performing for yogis everywhere." – RG 201. "I would like to thank you for the lessons and the AYP site, they have been of great help and great inspiration!" – JM 202. "I feel us all to be blessed with your extension of wisdom, and your effort to manifest it in material form as a book. I am sure I will eventually be using your text as a main source with my future students." – AS 203. "I really find myself lucky to have discovered this treasure of wealth which can potentially relieve me from everything, and which is the real goal of any human being. I used to read about meditation since very young onwards. I remember a lot of past incidents from my life in childhood where I got attracted to meditation and used to ask lot of questions to everybody. But the only useful and constructive action I have taken was only after finding your lessons." – M 204. "Thank you so much for showing me the light again. I think I have to learn to stick to one method of practice, whatever it shall be. I think the AYP method is something that I will persist with. The same method is given in the Shiva Samhita as one of the best methods of raising the kundalini and moving towards salvation." – DB 205. "I came across your online lessons just a few weeks ago while searching for details for Kechari Mudra. I was so impressed with your pragmatic approach that I'm now practicing the lessons in sequence." – AM 206. "I discovered myself the chakras without any lessons a few years ago when I heard music and smelled good fragrances. I feel strange energies in my spine, and now with your lessons which I never read anything like before, I’m going to get better at it." – RR 207. "I have started reading your website but am trying to stick to things I have already experienced, or more information on what I am experiencing. Considering the skeptical mind that I have and the distrust I always held towards the "new age" movement, it was very pleasant to read clearly balanced truths." – AT 208. "I consider the lessons in the site as a treasure for one who wants to be in the path of spirituality. I'm so grateful to you for your kind advice." – DC 209. "Kudos to you. That's as good a summary of the history of the yogic influence in the west as I've seen (lesson #253)." – PG 210. "I am new to this list. I found this post (lesson #252 on Self-Pacing, Surrender and Enlightenment) to be solid teaching and I look forward to reading more. I do not spend much time on the Internet, but I try to make the time I spend here worthwhile. Your mission here is noble and I know many souls find good ‘food’ in the message. Keep up the good work!" – SB 211. "Thank you for the wonderful list. Wow! It will be a wonderful reference. I love this group." – C 212. "You have done a very useful job for all the AYP users by bringing out this compilation of books (lessons #253). You have brought all under a single umbrella so that we know what to look for and where to find it. My namaste to your humble nature in spite of the tell-tale achievements." – VM 213. "I can clearly say that your book/discussions are the single, most informative, helpful, to the point advice I have ever come across in my entire life! You single-handedly have added a dimension (the 5th!) to my spiritual practice by encouraging me to resume twice-daily meditation. Before, when I practiced meditation, I somehow never got very far, not past alpha relaxation. But you taught me WHAT meditation is!" – GW 214. "I think these online teachings you decided to start up are brilliant." – JR 215. "I am very grateful that you have released these teachings to everyone, especially freely accessible on the Internet. I have studied spiritual teachings for a major part of my life, and practiced meditation on and off for years, however no method I have found is as powerful as the one you teach." – JH 216. "The lessons are great, your clarity, unpretentiousness and erudition are really remarkable … You're doing wonderful work, I'm truly grateful." – JL 217. "Thank you so much for your help with the practices! I would not know what to do if you were not so kind to answer my questions." – LP 218. "The material that you have presented is so first-rate that I personally don’t think that it needs any further validation…" – YM 219. "I have been practicing AYP exclusively now for seven months and the results have been the best I have ever had from any other form of meditation." – RC 220. "My guru introduced the web pages of AYP to me. I go through the web pages, and I found very much useful to me. I am giving importance to the job/work nowadays (previously I practice yoga regularly). One day my guru asked, ‘Why you didn't come for yesterday’s yoga practice?’ Then I go through the AYP web pages. I found lesson about finding the time for meditation. I am getting much more inspired by the lesson, and nowadays allot time for meditation, and do the yoga practice. Really, I feel lucky!!! I thank you and all spiritual persons, and God almighty." – SM 221. "Very grateful for the good you do in the world - you are a gem ... simply humble, unpretentious and so utterly generous in sharing your work. I thank you from my heart!! – PP 222. "I have been studying different methods of spiritual disciplines for a long time now (35 yrs). I have always been reluctant to just sit down and practice one type of discipline, because I have not trusted the teacher or the teachings. Many are overlaid with the teacher’s personal point of view or tradition, which is neither scientific or explained. Your lessons are short, concise and to the point. In addition, they give just enough explanation so pupils are not in the dark, wondering why they should do certain practices. If I had ever become enlightened, I would have wanted to write the lessons you have, and also given them to the world for free. As it happens, your lessons have also come into my life at just the right time, because I am retired and planing to move away where I can devote more of my time to practice. (I have just ordered the book to take with me) I have always joked with myself saying - that only if I had spent just 10% of the time meditating that I have reading I would have already become enlightened. I have been a doubter until now. I cannot thank you enough. So thanks again and God bless" – S 223. "It is such a joy to find you communicating the higher wisdom in simple language that all can understand and benefit from it! I find this so beautiful because these powerful practices had expressions as parables and as in 'sandhya' that only the few could absorb as understanding for thousands of years in the past. And now, you are bringing those higher teachings to reach all. Cheers to all the sages! Cheers to your wonderful teachings!" – N 224. “I have read many of your replies to the questions posed regarding this subject of spiritual journey. I offer kudos for your wonderfully natural and encouraging style. Thank you for what you are doing for all the rest of us here. There is no possible way to put value on such a wonderful gift as self-discovery.” – JG 225. “Your lessons have surely proven to be very useful, especially in relation to my recent Kundalini Awakening activity.” – SSR 226. “Thank you very much for the kind response. Your writing online and in the book and in e-mails has an enormous soothing effect on me. I am looking forward to the spiritual novel and I hope you will write other books after that.” – LL 227. “As you may recall, I came in at the middle (after decades of other practices), awakened Kundalini, got slightly bumpy, and receded to the very beginning (at your advice) to get settled down. Well, great advice! Things are stable, I'm feeling the ecstatic conductivity I was feeling before, with none of the side effects. Lots of karma burning going on, yet I'm thoroughly unburnt. Perfect. A lot of AYP is extremely smart and resourceful repackaging, of course, but your "favor the practice over the experience" is an absolutely beautiful (and I believe original) distillation. It's what sold me, actually. So I'm being careful to follow it!” – JL 228. “You did a very good thing by making all the spiritual wisdom open to everybody. People like me are very much benefited because of this. I thought this meditative life is not for me and it is not accessible. Frankly speaking, Indian books on meditation and spirituality and guru-worship don’t appeal to me. The guru testing you and deciding whether you are fit for practices or not is rubbish. If some guru has tested me three months back, I would have failed, but now if they test me I will succeed because I have done some practices and read a lot of literature that I am sufficiently inspired (all credit to you). Divinity is within everybody and everybody should be given a chance to bring up the divinity within themselves. I like your love towards humanity and your open to everybody approach. Thank you for this knowledge again.” – MH 229. “I want to congratulate you on a wonderful exposition of Yoga that I have not seen anywhere else and your wonderful service to humanity. Thanks for sharing this information with everybody.” – VM 230. “Your analysis of fear and the ways to transmute it (#259) is very impressive. I will try to implement this in my life. We are lucky to hear such good things from you.” – MVR 231. “Thank you so much for all the beautiful advice and guidance you have provided. I sort of feel like I have come home after wandering around for years. What you are doing is truly lovely and my heart melts whenever I think about it. Can't stop smiling inside. Many thanks again.” – KT 232. “I have just finished reading your lesson regarding fear in our lives (#259). Each time I read one of your responses I am struck by how much time you must put into each lesson. I have benefited from being connected to your group and wanted to let you know that all that your hard work is very much appreciated and helpful.” – LD 233. “Kechari is going very well, thanks a lot. What you did, putting advanced kechari into print, and even on the web (#108), making it accessible to all, is very significant.” – DR 234. “AYP really has changed my life.” – RC 235. “Thank you for the inspiration and knowledge you share. I love the AYP practices and the depth they create in my life.” – GO 236. “I appreciate what you wrote about enlightened vs. perfect (#260). As a spiritual teacher, I've always tried to point out the exact things you say in your lesson. Part of my own teaching process is to make sure that my students move on and don't put me in any set category that creates an attachment to me; but just grab the tools I present to them to use.” – RR 237. “I recently came across your site on AYP and I found the lessons to be absolutely mind blowing. I have been practicing meditation off and on for the past 22 years but, till recently, have never been able to sustain it on a regular basis. Thank you. – VKK 238. “Thank you for your amazing site. I have learnt so much from it over the months! I have been practising meditation for about 5 years now and it is amazing to learn from you because your ideas and lessons have really helped me so much on the road to enlightenment.” – RCC 239. “Thank you so much for your dedication to others spiritual development and inspiring so many to try these wonderful practices.” – MS 240. "I love your site. Sensitive meditators like myself have found great answers on it. I have not been gentle with my mind. Twenty minutes of meditation twice a day is way too much for me. I didn't know others had this problem, but thanks to your site I feel much better. Thank you and God-bless!" – SM 241. "I happened to
find your website and read through your material and tantric yoga which I have always been
interested in practicing. I found your site so 242. "Your answer to the question (on samadhi) is one of the most beautiful expressions I have read . I have been in nirvikalpa samadhi several times which is actually beyond mind and any expression, but your answer is full of wisdom." – AL 243. "Thank you for your very very helpful response to your my email I sent you a while ago, on mantra enhancements. I really appreciated it. I will continue to practise religiously with the new mantra for at least six months to see the overall results. Another important lesson for me: sometimes less is more! Thanks again for all your help and your wonderful work and for inspiring me to continue on the meditation path." – DP 244."My meditation and pranayama with mulabandha are going perfectly with symptoms you indicated in the lessons. I am very much eager now to begin to follow tantra methods." – AS 245. "I have had kundalini syndrome for 30 years, so you can imagine that your stuff got my attention... I did the damage with kumbhaka, bad advice and instruction, strong will, lack of discipline and marijuana... Where have you been hiding all these years, my man? I needed someone like you back in 1975!" – DM 246. "I continue to be elated by the opportunity your course offers, it feels like I have finally found what I have been searching for after twenty years of seeking. It seems to me the secret that has eluded so many is now available for sincere and hungry souls, at least this is my experience." – GL 247. "Thanks again for advice on pitta (ayurveda) diet. I've altered my diet again to somewhat meet those suggestions. Could be why I'm feeling better." – ES 248. "Thanks for the lessons. They have helped me greatly to go beyond where I thought the limits were." – MA 249. "The AYP book and these lessons are probably a little before their time for the mass public, but when the time is right I believe this book will fall into the hands of many. It's kind of like 'Autobiography of a Yogi.' I never heard of this book until a couple of years ago, but then again, I probably wasn't ready for it. That book completely changed my path. Your book is doing the same type of thing. It really is a Godsend." – LO 250. "I am on chapter 8 in The Secrets of Wilder. I am fascinated by this book. My entire life I have felt like there was more to me. I have always been in touch with a part of my inner self but I always felt silly to share these thoughts with anyone because I didn't realize that other people feel this way too." – MV 251. "I’m dropping this line to say thanks because you gave me the opportunity to get closer to my divine consciousness after reading your new book. I feel I’m getting back to that special supernatural force I used to feel during my childhood when I used to meditate. I think I’m recovering the skills I need to succeed in life." – RRV 252. "Your generosity, skill, and kindness reflect well on the yogic path. I have been following the AYP for 6 months now. I get upset when I cannot do the program... when I have visitors, .... rejoining of family, etc. I have found AYP to help me recover from a cancer the doctors are sure is cured... I am doing all I can to make them right! I wake up every day so energized! In addition to following the 2 times a day schedule of AYP, I have also been working out for 1 hour a day with weights and aerobics. The combination is powerful. Thank you so much." – CD 253. "My utmost thanks to you for the selfless service you are offering through your website, thus making available the path to Self to all the aspirants who seek truth yet are not blessed with a guru. I am a simple housewife raising two kids and running a busy household. Though I yearned for reaching the depths of spiritual awakening since I was a child, I never knew exactly how to get instruction until finally my prayers were answered by finding your website." – SD 254. "Regarding the Secrets of Wilder novel, which I just finished, you unfolded the mystery of the enlightenment process wonderfully. You kept the mystery as a motivation for turning the next page. And you imbued it with human-interest at the same time. A person who reads this book carefully will be initiated into the actual secrets of what happens in the enlightenment process, and into what is the destiny of humankind. They can learn that enlightenment is part of their birthright and their destiny, that it goes with the human body and not any particular sect or creed. You put it in a Christian context. Could it help to make a bridge between common Christianity and the True Mysteries? Could it bring more people to integrate yoga and the religions they were brought up in? I think it could, and I hope it does. I wouldn't be surprised if you hear people say 'this book changed my life'." – DR 255. "For 22 years I have been jumping from one guru to another and from one school of enlightenment to another because I did not want to get stuck and give all my power away. In all these years I have not learned as much as I have learned in the last few days with your lessons. I was getting ready to join another school when I found you. I knew deep within that it would lead to a dead end again, so I kept praying for direction and your writings showed up. As they say, when you are ready the teacher will come. Thanks again for sharing your great work with hungry seekers like me." – MLP 256. "I have read through
your program and like it very much. It is the best most straight forward set of yoga
instructions in print. With sincere gratitude." -- MYF |
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