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yogani
USA
5241 Posts |
 Posted - May 10 2024 : 6:56:21 PM
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Hi All,
Still here, with a heart melted by the inspiring discussions you all continue to have. Thank you for your sharings.
Some have asked, "What is the initiation for AYP practitioners?" Can there be any doubt? It is your inner awakening, which you are experiencing directly as a result of dedicated practice. The guru (and initiation) is truly in you.
As you may know, I was mostly out of commission for a few years with some health issues. Now, recently, we have managed to publish two new books. It would not have been possible without Nina, AYP's able assistant (thank you!). The books are becoming available as we speak, and you can check status at the embedded links below, or by clicking on the covers in the right side border on this page (or bottom on small screens):
The AYP Plus Lessons - Nearly 1000 Lessons on Spiritual Practices and Experiences (eBook, with Paperbacks and Audiobook added in June and July)
The AYP Plus on-line service has been going since 2015, with many content additions and enhancements since then. Over the years, some have asked if it would be possible to provide an "off-line" version of the Plus Lessons, not dependent on an internet connection. This large book is in response to those requests. It is all of the lessons, but not all of on-line AYP Plus, which includes audio and video for the lessons, all of the AYP books and audiobooks available on-line, a private support forum, and many other easily accessible features.
Prayers and Poems - Dissolving the Ego in the Divine - Book 12 of the AYP Enlightenment Series - (eBook, Paperback, Hardcover, and Audiobook)
This is a very different AYP book, written in the 1980s, documenting my struggles as a householder yogi during the "middle years" on my path. It is an account of my personal journey, involving the active surrender of the ego to the inner Divine (abiding inner silence), in the form prayers and poems written during that time.
The Introduction (2024) and the "Letter to a Fellow Practitioner (1988)" provide details on my life and path not found anywhere else in the AYP writings. At the time (1980s), I was already 15 years into practices. The AYP writings did not begin until 15 years after that (early 2000s). So while this book is appearing near the end of the AYP writings, it is actually the beginning, a harbinger of things to come much later. I could not have imagined how it would all happen in the future, but happen it did. All I wanted was Union, and to eventually share for the benefit of others.
These books are offered with love. Thank you for taking the journey of awakening by your chosen path, which is the awakening of everyone - candles lighting candles. It is much needed.
The guru is in you. 
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nina
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2024 : 9:26:39 PM
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Dogboy
USA
2294 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2024 : 03:37:42 AM
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Thank you I'll give it some attention  |
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Parsifal
Poland
21 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2024 : 11:28:49 AM
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Great news, thank you Yogani. It's so good to have you here again and I hope you will stay with us for a very long time   |
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Blanche
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - May 11 2024 : 2:09:06 PM
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Hi Yogani,
This feels like a gift. Thank you. I ordered a copy, looking forward to reading it.
May all the gifts you make to the world returned to you multiplied by thousands. |
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Parallax
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - May 12 2024 : 12:46:19 AM
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| What an amazing gift! Thank you so much Yogani! So grateful for your continued sharing |
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sunyata
USA
1513 Posts |
Posted - May 13 2024 : 8:58:24 PM
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| Your offering of Love has changed my Life Forever! Thank you Yogani for another beautiful gift! |
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1571 Posts |
Posted - May 14 2024 : 06:24:55 AM
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I have already downloaded Prayers and Poems and started reading last week. I was delighted to suddenly come across a new book from Yogani that had not yet been announced.
I am finding it very touching and in a sense relieving. It mirrors my own struggles.
Thank you, Yogani.
Sey |
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Barefoot Burton
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - May 19 2024 : 2:38:27 PM
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Yogani, I am but a grade school level student in the AYP system but do often experience a wonderful inner peace among many other benefits and would therefore like to offer my humble gratitude for your teachings.
Back when I was a young lad in grade school, we would bring an apple to the teacher as an expression of thanks. I don?t know how to get an apple to you today, so in place of an apple, as I now see that you are a lover of poetry, I offer the following limerick as my "apple of appreciation". (Limericks being the lowest highest form of poetry in my humble opinion and your poetry offerings do contain a few limericks that I thoroughly enjoyed.)
There once was an author with a nom de plume of Yogani,
Who penned prose of advanced yoga practices so brawny.
That a gentle mantra he shared
Juxtaposed with some tantra if you so dared!
Would forthwith place his reader into a state of samadhi!!
 
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yogani
USA
5241 Posts |
Posted - May 19 2024 : 5:57:59 PM
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Hi All,
Thanks for your kind replies, and thank you BB for the great "apple" limerick.
If anyone finds a poem or two from the book worth sharing in the forum, feel free to do so. They are for that. Oh, and if anyone would like to share thoughts on either of the new books with the folks at Amazon, feel free to do that also.
Here is one I enjoyed rediscovering 40 years later called, "I Want My Halo Back."
Lord, you must hear me now
I've seen the way past bumps and clouds
I've come to ask you without lack
May I please have my halo back?
You see I have been working hard
To undo my state of such retard
And see the light upon my head
And leave the world for you instead
A house cleaning I've had you must agree
And give my halo back to me
Without it I'm lost in the world of curse
Crawling in darkness or something worse
So heed this call from your little child
Who has finally come back from the wild
He's raised the light and learned the knack
He's come to get his halo back
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elderberry
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - May 20 2024 : 8:43:24 PM
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Unbelievably excited for these new books!
I see that the AYP plus lessons are currently only available in e-book format.
Are there any plans to create a printed version of this book? |
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yogani
USA
5241 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2024 : 12:32:01 AM
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Originally posted by elderberry
Unbelievably excited for these new books!
I see that the AYP plus lessons are currently only available in e-book format.
Are there any plans to create a printed version of this book?
Hi Elderberry,
The AYP Plus book is 1600 pages, and we did not want to tackle a printed version just yet. It would be two 800 page volumes or three 500+ page volumes. In either case, we would keep the font size big enough to be easily readable. So no way the whole thing will fit into one physical volume.
There have been some complaints about the font size in the 800 page Forum Posts paperback book being too small, and we don't want to repeat that mistake. Anyone who has the Forum Posts paperback can write for a free ebook version, which is very readable, has links to all the original forum posts, and is searchable. The free ebook offer is on the copyright page of the Forum Posts paperback.
All of which is to say, publishing 1600 pages in print is more challenging, and less easy for the reader to navigate (or carry around!) than an ebook. This is why we decided to go the ebook route first on the AYP Plus lessons for an off-line version. Not saying there will be no print version, but timing is unknown at this point.
Those who are familiar with the AYP Plus online service know that we have audio available there that I recorded for the AYP Plus lessons, in addition to all the other online content and features. There is a possibility that these recordings will be made into one or two AYP Plus audiobooks. It is nearly 1000 lessons and additions, so it would be a really big audiobook(s). Timing for that is also unknown.
These additional things are on the "wish list." It's just a matter of if and when we can get it all done. Hope so.
I am very happy we could get the AYP Plus ebook and all the formats for Prayers and Poems done and now available.
Thanks for inquiring, and all the best!
The guru is in you.
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Blanche
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2024 : 12:55:56 PM
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160. "I"
I am silence
All pervading
Timeless
Untouched
Untouching
The only existence
The All of all
I veil myself
And I am you
I veil myself
And I am the world
I veil myself
And I am all
I veil myself
And I am good and evil
Pleasure and pain
Joy and sorrow
When unveiled
I am bliss
Truth
Ever existent
Eternal life
I veil myself
And become lost
As you
When unveiled
I am found
To be you
And you to be me
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Barefoot Burton
USA
19 Posts |
Posted - May 21 2024 : 6:25:25 PM
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Originally posted by Blanche
160. "I"
I am silence...
Blanche, thank you for sharing this beautiful poem by Yogani. It is one of my favorites from his book. Someday I hope to relate to it experientially rather than from just an aspirational point of view. |
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Blanche
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2024 : 1:36:17 PM
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yogani
USA
5241 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2024 : 05:04:17 AM
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Hi All,
We just added two large paperback volumes (Parts 1&2, 800 pages each) covering all of the AYP Plus lessons. They can be found at the same link as the ebook: https://www.aypsite.org/books.html#aypplus
They are a bit expensive due to the high printing cost for such big books, but we wanted to get them out there, as some had asked for them.
All the best!
The guru is in you.
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American Baba
USA
52 Posts |
Posted - Jun 27 2024 : 02:03:46 AM
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yogani
USA
5241 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2024 : 3:08:35 PM
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Hi again All,
We have completed an audiobook covering all of the AYP Plus lessons. It is nearly 100 hours of audio and can be found at the same link as the ebook and paperback editions: https://www.aypsite.org/books.html#aypplus
While we were at it, audiobooks were created for the two original AYP Easy lessons books, which can be found here: https://www.aypsite.org/books.html#ayp1
See more on these over here.
This completes the "wish list" for publishing discussed in the above post. Now I think we will take a break.
Wishing you all the best on your continuing path!
The guru is in you.
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
1734 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2024 : 10:57:52 AM
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It's lovely to hear from you, Yogani
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Dogboy
USA
2294 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2024 : 4:57:44 PM
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| and you BR! |
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kami
USA
921 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2024 : 12:33:09 AM
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Dear Yogani,
Congratulations! For years, I've hoped that someday you'd write more about your path, like an autobiography. So happy that the book on poems and prayers is here, which fulfills that gap. Interestingly, you say that you wrote this book "midway," i.e., 15 years into practice. These days, people get fed up if they don't get results after a week of sadhana!
I started with AYP 16 years ago and had been dabbling in practices for some years before that. I'm heartened to hear you call this midway!
As always, thank you for inspiring us all endlessly and for being you.
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nina
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2024 : 9:41:47 PM
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Hi All,
Prayers and Poems - Dissolving the Ego in the Divine - Book 12 of the AYP Enlightenment Series - is now available in Arabic.
We are very grateful to our volunteers, Maheswari and Hashem, for making this translation happen.
Nina |
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yogani
USA
5241 Posts |
Posted - Sep 19 2024 : 10:29:17 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by nina
Hi All,
Prayers and Poems - Dissolving the Ego in the Divine - Book 12 of the AYP Enlightenment Series - is now available in Arabic.
We are very grateful to our volunteers, Maheswari and Hashem, for making this translation happen.
Nina
Yes, thank you!
Additionally, in the weeks/months ahead all of the AYP Arabic books (Enlightenment Series plus Secrets of Wilder) will be available worldwide in Kindle ebook format. This is a new capability from Amazon for Arabic books and we look forward to expanding the distribution of the AYP Arabic translations in Kindle ebook format.
The guru is in you.
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