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Ananda
3115 Posts |
 Posted - Nov 08 2020 : 2:52:19 PM
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Hello friends, hope everyone is doing well and okay during these times. I felt like sharing here because I miss Ayp and the people in it. I’ve been through quite a trip during the last ten years from ayp to sufism and advaita and to being in a gurdjieff group for the last six years.. A lot of milestones and ups and downs which are part of the way and all is pleasurable in it’s own sense. Dark or white it’s okay. Yet recently as if my nervous system or my mind called me back to meditate again. And I undertook the I AM mantra again and I am sitting twice daily as instructed in the main lessons. No other advanced practice. There is joy in the practice itself.
Much love to all 
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interpaul
USA
524 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2020 : 7:54:01 PM
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| Welcome back Ananda. I suspect with 3105 posts behind you, you were very active in the past. I would be interested in hearing a little more about your decision to leave AYP, what you discovered and what drew you back. |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Nov 08 2020 : 10:16:21 PM
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Hello, it was the constant overload of energy and a bhakti that was bad at self pacing. Plus there were outer effects that affected my decision to undertake a path of devotion back then.
As for what was discovered. It’s the same as everyone. The answer is a state and there is a kind of surrender. And I guess I am more normal than I ever was. With less spiritual states and visions and drama. As to why i’ve been practicing mantra meditation again. It’s the need for inner silence.. Quietly and gently.
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SeySorciere
Seychelles
1532 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 12:42:29 AM
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Welcome back, Ananda. It's always a pleasure to hear from you.
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 04:09:23 AM
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Good to see again SeySorciere  |
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Charliedog
1625 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 05:12:30 AM
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| Welcome back Ananda |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 06:28:57 AM
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Blanche
USA
859 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 07:49:29 AM
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sunyata
USA
1506 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 09:45:37 AM
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| Welcome back Ananda. Good to see you here again. |
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Dogboy
USA
2193 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 11:38:58 AM
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| Ananda, welcome! My AYP practice has opened me to Inner Silence, and through experience, I have discovered I can bring it forth in the “midst of chaos” (whatever than means to you) just by asking for it when you are lost there. Hope you hang out here awhile |
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k.cherry
USA
86 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 2:28:36 PM
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Hi, Ananda! I'm pretty new around here, but I've run into your name many times reading through older forum posts. Glad to see you're back 
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Cato
Germany
225 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 3:40:31 PM
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| KC's post applies for me, too! I wish you well. |
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interpaul
USA
524 Posts |
Posted - Nov 09 2020 : 7:43:08 PM
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| Ananda, Thanks for your response. It is nice to hear you feel "more normal." Yogani does seem to emphasize the importance of not focusing on the scenery and self pacing. Sounds like time has been a good teacher for you. |
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Christi
United Kingdom
4364 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2020 : 09:19:29 AM
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Hi Ananda,
Welcome back. |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Nov 10 2020 : 2:23:12 PM
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Dear friends, thank you all. Good to see some familiar acquaintances are still here. Much love to all
"There is only one great life. I can enter into the experience only if I have first come to unity in myself, only if I have come to be a whole."
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jclone
United Arab Emirates
61 Posts |
Posted - Nov 16 2020 : 08:22:49 AM
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| Welcome back Ms. Ananda. I'm rooting to hear more from you in this forum. :D |
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Presence Light
Algeria
26 Posts |
Posted - Nov 25 2020 : 3:03:14 PM
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| Welcome Ananda |
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jusmail
India
491 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2020 : 07:50:48 AM
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| Welcome #127801; |
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kumar ul islam
United Kingdom
791 Posts |
Posted - Nov 28 2020 : 09:04:32 AM
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We are so lucky, we go to the lake to fetch water and we see the reflection of the moon, Rumi.
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Nov 29 2020 : 08:22:38 AM
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| I have put duality away. I have seen the two worlds are one. Rumi |
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deivid
Spain
3 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2021 : 06:13:48 AM
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Originally posted by Ananda
Hello friends, hope everyone is doing well and okay during these times. I felt like sharing here because I miss Ayp and the people in it. I’ve been through quite a trip during the last ten years from ayp to sufism and advaita and to being in a gurdjieff group for the last six years.. A lot of milestones and ups and downs which are part of the way and all is pleasurable in it’s own sense. Dark or white it’s okay. Yet recently as if my nervous system or my mind called me back to meditate again. And I undertook the I AM mantra again and I am sitting twice daily as instructed in the main lessons. No other advanced practice. There is joy in the practice itself.
Much love to all
Ananda
Hello Ananda, I saw a post from you on 2008 where you had some nice experiences after practicing for 6 months Raja yoga techniques. I have been doing a intensive practice of meditation and pranayama for a few years. Can you tell me how many hours your practiced on those 6 months and if it was basically the Nadi Shodhana (holding breath and alternating nostrils) ?
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snake
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2021 : 02:38:58 AM
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Hi Ananda,lovely to see you here again.
Funny enough I too have decided to return to mantra meditation after some absence( see my post ).
Anyway I wish you all the best and will enjoy reading any posts you make.
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2021 : 7:55:17 PM
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Originally posted by deivid
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Originally posted by Ananda
Hello friends, hope everyone is doing well and okay during these times. I felt like sharing here because I miss Ayp and the people in it. I’ve been through quite a trip during the last ten years from ayp to sufism and advaita and to being in a gurdjieff group for the last six years.. A lot of milestones and ups and downs which are part of the way and all is pleasurable in it’s own sense. Dark or white it’s okay. Yet recently as if my nervous system or my mind called me back to meditate again. And I undertook the I AM mantra again and I am sitting twice daily as instructed in the main lessons. No other advanced practice. There is joy in the practice itself.
Much love to all
Ananda
Hello Ananda, I saw a post from you on 2008 where you had some nice experiences after practicing for 6 months Raja yoga techniques. I have been doing a intensive practice of meditation and pranayama for a few years. Can you tell me how many hours your practiced on those 6 months and if it was basically the Nadi Shodhana (holding breath and alternating nostrils) ?
Regards
Hello, honestly I can't remember. I didn't sit for hours though.. It was daily and repetitive is all I remember. May we all find peace |
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Gustavo Woltmann
Italy
22 Posts |
Posted - Mar 26 2021 : 12:11:41 PM
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| What does it actually mean to be in a Gurdjieff group? |
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Ananda
3115 Posts |
Posted - Sep 17 2021 : 08:16:03 AM
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| You have to join one in order to know. |
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