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macarius
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 Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 1:15:01 PM
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Hello Friends,
Does anyone have any prior experience with the Ananda Courses in Self-Realization? If so, were you initiated into Kriya?
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Kirtanman
USA
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Posted - Sep 30 2009 : 9:49:28 PM
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Originally posted by macarius
Hello Friends,
Does anyone have any prior experience with the Ananda Courses in Self-Realization? If so, were you initiated into Kriya?
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Hi Macarius,
Yes - and yes.
Generally a positive experience overall, but in general, nothing that AYP doesn't offer (I took kriya initiation in 2003; started practicing AYP in 2005) - the best thing about Ananda (truly) is that it led me to AYP.
(I picked up a booklet during the kriya initiation retreat on a strange practice called "khechari mudra"; it looked weird; I didn't get -- I packed the booklet away, and forgot about it for a couple of years. I found it ... I Googled ... and the rest is .... *ThisStory*!  ).
As several of us (including Yogani) have mentioned here at the AYP Forum ... the two cornerstones of AYP, at least initial-practice-wise, are the balanced combination of pranayama/spinal breathing (aka kriya) and deep meditation, along with balanced, self-regulated self-pacing.
These distinctions may seem simple ... but I experienced more in the way of direct and powerful results within six months of starting AYP, than I did in over 2 years as a kriyaban (kriya initiate).
Nothing against Ananda in any way; great people; good system -- I just feel that AYP offers everything Ananda does, and a whole lot more.
However, that's not to say that Ananda or any other system may not have something for you, or anyone else reading --- let your bhakti be your guide, with regard to that; life knows what it's doing -- and unfailingly guides each of us to the right spiritual resources at exactly the right time, always.
I hope this info is helpful.
Heart Is Where The AUM Is,
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macarius
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Posted - Oct 01 2009 : 3:46:28 PM
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Kirtanman thank you so much for the reply. I got some audio books from Ananda that have been wonderful so far. There is another Kriya organization, the Center for Spiritual Awareness (csa-davis.org) whose international headquarters is only about an hour down the road from me, so the whole initiation into Kriya thing sounded interesting. I want to avail myself of everything I can that may be helpful, but I don't want to interrupt consistency of practice. Thanks again!
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