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Shanti
USA
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 Posted - May 13 2006 : 10:57:38 AM
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I started a topic "What opened your First Door" about a month back.. and I have enjoyed the variety of responses posted there. No two experiences seemed the same and each one was so beautiful in its own way. Thanks all for sharing your experiences..
http://www.aypsite.org/forum/topic....TOPIC_ID=999
So I have one more question..
During the process of Self Discovery.. how did you discover AYP?
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alan
USA
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Posted - May 13 2006 : 11:19:42 AM
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Hi Shanti.
A year ago I had finally reached the time to begin earnest spiritual work. Many years ago I had been a student of SRF teachings for a short time but had not taken Kriya initiation. So Kriya was what I started googling. Research led me to the information that to practice Kriya effectively one should perform kechari. Finding that I could do kechari I began to google that to see how I could learn more about this exciting thing I had discovered. That's how I found AYP |
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cosmic_troll
USA
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Posted - May 14 2006 : 04:16:35 AM
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| AYP discovered me... I received an unsolicited invitation via email, and checked the link. yogani's writings resonated with me tremendously, and after trying the practices, was very pleased. i suspect the email got to me from an online Kundalini yoga group i had joined.... needless to say, i dropped that group in favor of AYP... |
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Wolfgang
Germany
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Posted - May 14 2006 : 06:18:20 AM
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My hunger and desire for truth and self realisation brought me to AYP.
A search with google on the topics "kundalini" and "tantra" turned out many
different links. AYP was one of those links and I started to read the online lessons.
Your topic "What opened your First Door" also tempted me to write my story.
But the story would be too long and maybe too intimate to tell.
All the best to You ! |
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weaver
832 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2006 : 10:13:34 AM
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| I was in search for a method of meditation that would work for me better than the ones I had tried in the past. So I looked around on the internet. I found AYP by searching for deep meditation, yoga and kundalini. When I look now in Google, AYP comes up on the first page, so it looks like anyone who has internet and is looking for new information on these subjects should find AYP easily. |
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NagoyaSea
424 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2006 : 2:10:57 PM
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Shanti, AYP found me also. I responded to an invitation to join. I read the lessons and the messages therein resonated deeply within. 'The guru is in you' seemed completely correct--the master is within.
I was not only struck with the content of Yogani's sharing teachings, but by the fact that if you read most of his lessons, you will notice that he almost never refers to himself. "He" is not there--Yogani shares what he does without ego, not from the 'self' and from this it seemed to me that he is an evolved soul, worth listening to.
I am grateful to whoever it was that asked my to review the AYP lessons. Indeed. And I am grateful to this forum and all those who created it and keep it going.
In light, life and love,
Kathy |
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Richard
United Kingdom
857 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2006 : 2:38:27 PM
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I had one of those invitations as well. I rejected it the first time, there is so much rubbish on the net.
The second time I thought I will have a look and I was amazed at the down to earth way it was presented. I was in quite a bit of trouble with my spiritual work at the time I was practicing emptiness of mind exercises and having quite nasty and sometimes painful convulsions that no one seemed to be able to explain, the AYP techniques cured them almost instantly, that sold me it was almost two years ago now and I haven't looked back since.
I am eternally grateful to Yogani.
All hail AYP
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Babaly
USA
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Posted - May 14 2006 : 3:49:49 PM
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Hi everyone,
I was having some trouble with Kechari and wanted more specific instructions, so I have been googling "kechari" for a while... until I had came upon AYP one day.
I was shocked and delighted when I started reading the posts and lessons and was so happy to read "The Guru is in You".
That resonated with me deeply. I also really appreciated where Yogani was coming from and how it wasn't about him. There is a special feeling I have for someone like that... on a soul level.
Anyway I am so delighted to be part of the forum here and grateful for what I am learning and the guidance I am receiving.
It means everything to me.
Babaly |
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Jim and His Karma
2111 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2006 : 7:27:57 PM
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Anthem
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Posted - May 14 2006 : 11:27:50 PM
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I had an intense inner energy experience one day while meditating which I didn't know was possible and made me concerned about what was happening.
Went looking on the world's most trusted & reliable source for information (google of course! ). Found two people I could email for help, I wrote to both of them, the first was someone I can't remember and then there was some chap with a strange name Yogani somebody or rather...
Both gave me answers but this Yogani fellow told me to check out his website for info. and suggested that "it would be good to get a bit more organized in your practices so as to make the most of what is happening", to do some pranayama and to "self-pace". "Practices, organized"? What the hell is this guy talking about, the only practice I do is in sports. Any way I slowly got the picture, really loved reading his wisdom and read every morsel of information I could find and probably twice...
Thank you Yogani and for nothing less than this life-line for my soul!
A
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Alvin Chan
Hong Kong
407 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2006 : 12:26:03 PM
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| It's not a sensational or inspiring story of how I discover AYP, so I'd not tell. But I stick to AYP rather than other systems because 1: it makes sense; 2: the lessons are inspiring. |
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Katrine
Norway
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Posted - May 15 2006 : 12:39:23 PM
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Hi Alvin
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I stick to AYP rather than other systems because 1: it makes sense; 2: the lessons are inspiring.
Well, that's certainly reason good enough!
Glad to hear from you again, Alvin; haven't seen you for a while
May all your Nows be Here |
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Alvin Chan
Hong Kong
407 Posts |
Posted - May 15 2006 : 1:11:45 PM
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Hi Katrine,
It's nice to be here again. I don't know why, it takes some courage to be here again! The focus of my life shifted to something else. And for quite a while I found it rather hard to read anything related to yoga, and I seemed to get back into the old pattern too.
Several weeks ago, when my roommate kicked me, I lost my mind for a few seconds and got mad. I returned him with a few kicks like an animal. It feels like a explosive beast inside me that I'm not usually aware of. I watched and stopped that beast before it was too late, and I apologized. I could still feel a whole range of negative emotions, although I have better control now. (already!!)
Before I develop enough intuition, it seems that I still have to rely on my rational mind. I know that's why I rely so much on rational thinking: ever since I was young, I ran into trouble everytime I follow the call deep inside me!
I always stick to my practices, though. Externally everything is fine for me now, although I notice that I am still constantly troubling myself. Anyway, I think what's important is to keep practising, and just not be too destructive in my behaviour as I was in the past.
Alvin |
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shantaya
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Posted - May 15 2006 : 3:31:46 PM
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| I was a hatha and meditation newbie who had recently had some significant kundalini experiences and therefore was rapidly making the switch from yoga as exercise to yoga as spiritual practice. (who knew!?!('')) Out of the blue came an invitation to join AYP. From where, I don't know, but thank you! |
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Chiron
Russia
397 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 04:48:56 AM
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At first I was dust, and then I was surfing the internet to find details about Daoist practices when a topic here cought my attention. After reading a bit more of the forum and the AYP practices, I forgot about Daoism and have been doing AYP ever since.. Looking forward to being dust again.
Chiron, lurking in the shadows.
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alan
USA
235 Posts |
Posted - May 16 2006 : 4:23:04 PM
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| P.S. My sincere thanks yogani for your offerings. May I experience more and more the beauty of giving from the Source as I'm sure you have found. alan |
Edited by - alan on May 16 2006 4:25:13 PM |
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Wolfgang
Germany
470 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 04:54:10 AM
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Originally posted by Jim and His Karma
Was eating Alphabits cereal and the URL miraculously formed.
Hi Jim,
please explain more detailed.
You were munching your Letter cereal and the 3 letters "AYP" formed ?
Where ? In your spoon ? What do you mean with "formed" ?
Have fun and take care
Wolfgang |
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nearoanoke
USA
525 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2006 : 06:25:18 AM
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| I was in a public yahoo group and was invited. When i first saw the invitation mail, i saw the term "yoga" and thought it to be some asanas etc... (i love words like meditation and self-realization more though i know yoga is a much broader word) and I dint open the link. I generally dont re-read these kind of mails but somehow i clicked again. After reading few lessons i knew what i would have lost had i not clicked that link. a few lifetimes. thanks to yogani for his life-changing writings. |
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Kunsang
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Posted - May 24 2006 : 3:48:11 PM
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| Someone guided me here from www.integralnaked.org as we were discussing issues of tantra in relation to my own sexuality. I'm very glad to have found this place :) |
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weaver
832 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2006 : 3:55:46 PM
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| Welcome Kunsang to the AYP forum! Great to have you here. |
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Yoda
USA
284 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2006 : 6:50:28 PM
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Sean, webmaster of taobums.com, brought it up.
I was so impressed by the intensity of the discovery, organization, articulation, and sharing of these many practices that I knew that iam is the best mantra in the business.
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