Reading Adyashanti’s “The end of your world” and the devilish, evil design of this journey is exactly what I was afraid of and sort of already knew… and even worse in some parts that I hadn’t thought of… he’s just pointing it out very clearly! Shit bad news. But a good book. Read it and drop your illusions about the beautiful spiritual journey!
Am reading “Insight Dialogue” by Greg Kramer, as well as “Emptiness Dancing” by Adyashanti (again 
) as well as “Diet, Shatkarmas and Amaroli” by Yogani, as well as “Yoga Anatomy” by Leslie Kaminoff. Quite enjoying the Insight Dialogue book…a very amazingly complimentary practice to the AYP system.
Love,
Carson 
Hi emc:
I may have recommended this book to you some time back. It should be pointed out that Adyashanti is speaking to an audience he is familiar with: his students and others who come to enlightenment being strong on self-inquiry and weak on meditation. Throw in a few strong doses of guru shaktipat for good measure. The result can be quite a lot of chaos, often with little abiding inner silence to absorb it with.
So I would not say that “The End of Your World” is representative of what people will experience with the AYP approach. Rather, it is the kind of unfoldment one might experience if the cart gets in front of the horse. It is an excellent book for that, and I highly recommend it to anyone who feels that they are getting ahead of themselves, for any reason whatsoever. It can serve as a reminder of the importance of daily deep meditation, and a more self-paced approach in general.
Keep in mind that real enlightenment is unending ecstatic bliss and unifying outpouring divine love. All the rest is scenery, as is the enlightenment itself. Nothing going on here at all, but love. 
The guru is in you.
The gratitude for your teachings and the AYP system are running very strong with me today…such an amazing gift…
I’m through all of the AYP books, and recently re-read Secrets of Wilder, DM and SBP…
Just got Mantra & Meditation; LayaYoga The Definitive Guide to the Chakras and Kundalini; Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation; and The Secrets of Prana, Pranayama & Yoga Asanas…all from the Extended Booklist…
So far Mantra & Meditation is pretty good…
Anyone else sampled books from the Extended Booklist? Any suggestions?
Peace, Love & Happiness
Paul Brunton books are good…
just finished “a moment of truth” now my mom is reading it and cant put it down. I like it a lot.
brother Neil
Nothing at the moment, I’m kinda new to yoga. I’m looking to pick up some good reading!!
for those who enjoyed reading Autobiography of a yogi i suggest “Living with the himalayan masters” by Swami Rama which is really good.
and i think that it’s fair to say that Swami Rama was a very controversial guru and IMHO was very advanced spiritually but didn’t melt his ego into the heart area which means that he wasn’t enlightened.
but of course this is my own opinion and i might be wrong as you know.
namaste
“Spiritual Stories as told by Sri Ramana Maharishi” is another good book which i am reading now.
The Doctrine of Vibrations by Mark Dyczkowski.
“The Four Agreements” by Don Miguel Ruiz.
a plain and simple book that teaches how to establish a good and aware conduct.
it’s very beneficial as a gift for someone who is new into mindful conduct.
“Real love” by Greg Baer. Good combination with “loving what it is” by byron Katie.
Very useful books for dissolve your mind in stillness and learning how to deal better with relationships.
Also im rereading “autobiography of swami sivananda”.The book radiates a special warm golden light.Love it also.
Yoganis self inquiry (3th time) also,but more slowly.
Im gonna read “the spell of the sensorious” by Abrams,“ramana maharshi and the path of knowledge” and “The gnostic gospel of st.thomas” by tau malachi.Im lucky cz there are 3 books by malachi translated to spanish.This gospel of tomas seems to be really amazing book.
I think im gonna enjoy a lot.
Right now, “start where you are” by pema chodron, and “The Yoga of Sound” by Russill Paul. Both quite good so far
Miguel, I’ve read “The gnostic gospel of St. Thomas”; it is indeed well worth reading
Khalil Gibran: The Collected Works
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz.
Can’t really get in to either of them, so I’m alternating
“living by the words of Bhagavan” by David Godman.
it’s like a Milarepa tale of guru and disciple between Annamalai swami and Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
if you like to know Maharshi’s character best, then i suggest reading this book.
L&L
Aauummm Gammm Ganapataye Namah'
I have been reading Adi Sankaracharya's Viveka-Chudamani (Crest Jewel of Wisdom.) I say "read it", but I tend to "read it" in the fashion of doing Samyama, to avoid "castles in the sky," etc... I tend to want to read from it, and dive into the stillness, read some more, dive back in, etc... :sunglasses: EVERYBODY INTO the POOL! :sunglasses:
-- **** "...all energy is only borrowed; at some point you have to return it" ~Neytiri ~Avatar ****
I have been reading Adi Sankaracharya's Viveka-Chudamani (Crest Jewel of Wisdom.) I say "read it", but I tend to "read it" in the fashion of doing Samyama, to avoid "castles in the sky," etc... I tend to want to read from it, and dive into the stillness, read some more, dive back in, etc... :sunglasses: EVERYBODY INTO the POOL! :sunglasses:
~Jivaakabhasana_Yogi
-- **** "...all energy is only borrowed; at some point you have to return it" ~Neytiri ~Avatar ****
“Play of Consciousness” by Swami Muktananda.
an autobiographical book about the beautiful experiences which happen to those who follow the path of Mother kundalini.
of course not everyone’s experiences are the same, but the similarities are definitely there and some stuff are almost exactly the same.
L&L
Just finished “The Fifth Agremment” by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz. In my opinion the best of his books, really enjoyed it and recommend it highly.