Hello Shanti,
you would probably be worshipping in the bad sense if you no longer saw that person as capable of error; if you thought they were automatically right because of who they are. This is not something I have seen you do.
No, thankfulness, no matter how strong, is not worship in the bad sense.
P.S. it’s “Yogani” not “Yogini”. We don’t want to start new rumors, do we? 
Hi Shanti:
In my case, the difficulty is not in your very sweet and much appreciated ways of saying thank you. It is my own ignorance and lack of experience on how to be thanked in this kind of thing. There are certain ways that one is supposed to behave in such situations, which I have limited experience in. However, wherever I see it going on, it seems to be out of control and/or abused in some way, so I have decided to avoid it as much as possible. It is like fame, which I also hope to avoid. So much misery there. Life is so simple here, relatively speaking, and I hope to preserve it. It is very selfish, I know. But that is how I can do the work best, so it is practical too.
Be assured that your thank you’s are much appreciated here, and that Yogani continues to muddle through in his own peculiar way.
The guru is in you.
Sir, now don’t make me feel like an idiot for saying what I did. Every one of us in this forum… appreciate your patience and knowledge… we also understand why you don’t want a guru status(at least I do)… we all love you so much… that if you don’t want us to give you a guru status we will do it… you have given us so much and don’t ask for anything in return. I know your greatest reward is when Katrine tells you about her discovery this morning, or the beautiful post that Jim wrote earlier… and I am sure the list is endless… you planted the seed and watched it grow… I know you don’t expect anything from us… but tell me truthfully … don’t you feel even a little happiness when you hear such heartwarming stories? Its hard not to love you and respect you… not as God or a master… but as a teacher, a guru. You don’t have to behave in a certain way when we say thank you. You don’t have to change anything … just don’t get upset if we thank you and praise you… after all you deserve it. 
Hi Shanti:
Yes, your joy is my joy. That is the payoff. The same with everyone else who finds something good in AYP. The greatest joy is in seeing people becoming self-sufficient on their path and making steady progress. That is real.
That is why I say “thank you” instead of “you are welcome.”
The guru is in you.
You Win. Now this is why you are Yogani…
Thank you
PS. David thanks for the vote of confidence… 
Did I type Yogini somewhere… or you just kidding… hey if it is wrong somewhere you can “edit” it… fine with me
Did I type Yogini somewhere… or you just kidding… hey if it is wrong somewhere you can “edit” it… fine with me
No it wasn’t you, but it was done in this topic. It happens occasionally on the forum.
By the way, quite some time ago I suggested the title of ‘Rishi’ for Yogani, as in ‘Yogani Rishi’; I think it fits better than ‘Guru’.
But Yogani rejected it; he doesn’t want titles.
But it’s totally fair to call him ‘a rishi’. I call him a rishi rather than a guru.
How about “your holiness”? heh heh just kidding.
David wrote, about Jesus:
“Was his destiny to really die on the cross as God’s son or could he have acted in a manner that would have in the long run been wiser?
My own answer to this is “I believe the latter”. I know many others believe differently”
I realized what he’s saying is he believes the net value of christianity is a negative, no matter how much longer it goes on. I see it doing a lot of harm too, but those people would fall for something else if christianity wasn’t around, and where would AA and narcanon be without it?