Introducing: Yves D Martin
Rhinebeck, NY

Born of a loving couple who chose my names as Yves, Daniel, and Georges (yes, with an “s” at the end) and added their own family name MARTIN to it, in the picturesque village of Louveciennes, France (near Versailles) one year before the beginning of WWII. Educated in a fun-loving middle class family in Paris, whose enterprising spirit, positive attitude, zest for life and sense of humor helped me immensely at the time and is still helping me put things in perspective today! Moved to the United States in 1964; naturalized in 1971.

Unusual interest in spirituality and metaphysics at an early age. Book worm with an overactive imagination. Investigated three large organizations while in France, dropping them all after finding them inadequate, even dangerous to stay with. I knew I belonged to a “group” of some sort, but I did not know which one and I was on a quest to find it!

The pattern was as follows: Everything goes well for a while, the philosophy and practices make sense and are somewhat loving and helpful (on the surface), which softens the participants and encourages them to drop their guard. Then, all of a sudden out of the blue something happens, I used to call it “the whamo!” A series of statements and/or practices that are clearly out of integrity, dead wrong and dangerous for the welfare of the members, forcing one into an argument and eventually, a disappointed withdrawal.

This was also true with many of the “channelings” I went to while living in California for almost 25 years. To my over-enthusiastic friends, my argument always was: “How do you know who is really taking over that body? How do you know it’s not a case of possession by a detrimental entity? There are many out there in the astral world who have nothing to do all day long but play around with humans, and some are very dangerous!”. The information given, although dazzling and interesting, even inspiring on the outside, always left me uncomfortable and dissatisfied in the end. What I was looking for was simply not there. At times, I was under the impression that a bunch of ET’s were transmitting all that stuff from their mother ship to susceptible humans and had roaring parties afterward! Yes, I always had an active imagination… but I kept it mainly to myself.

I investigated two more organizations while living in the United States and dropped them as well after a few years of observation, careful investigation and guarded participation. The last one was the hardest to figure out, it had a little flower and an apple in its logo and Ashayana came right in time to help me figure out the whole thing, but it was close!

I came to the point where I was so tired and disappointed with my 30 + years of research and still not finding what I was looking for that I finally decided to let everything go and just live the best way I could without pursuing anything or following any “authority figure” pretending so much and delivering so little. I never was a “follower” anyway. I was always curious but skeptical, asking too many questions that went mostly unanswered and the people in charge did not like it one bit. One day in meditation I received an impression that my real “instructor” was still in training and it was a woman. I shrugged it off as “just my imagination”…

These were the B. A. D. (Before Ashayana Deane) days, whose name at the time was Anna Hayes (1998). So, I suppose it was the B. A. H. days as well! I applied the same method of careful study about what Anna was saying in public and at small, private gatherings in southern New Jersey.

This is where, to my utter astonishment and delight, things started to change drastically. Not only this person was very articulate and highly intelligent, but what she was saying was of the utmost interest to me and making a lot of sense, at least to many of us here in New York City, which she visited several times, from 1998 to 2000.

And by the way, Ashayana, thank you so much for helping us realize just in the nick of time that the flower was after all only a daisy not to be consumed, and that even the apple was poisoned! We owe you a big debt of gratitude for this one too! I was not Awake and Aware enough at the time, but you were! Thank you, Beloved Friend! It took us a while to decipher this modern rendition of “Snow White” “Alice in Wonderland”, “The Matrix” and “The Wizard of Oz” all wrapped into one but today, every little detail is crystal clear! A very clever plot of immense proportion at the genius level, but in the wrong direction! Wow!

Two remarkable points: A&A always added brand new material with each public presentation and it never contradicted the old material they had already presented! It enhanced it! And the depth of knowledge was and is more and more jaw dropping as time unfolds… Asha is the first person I met who consistently “delivers” what I know to be the Truth and nothing but the Truth to the best of her ability, from direct inner vision and at the most astonishing verbal speed!

Ashayana is just the most informed, honest, loving, knowledgeable, realized and trained individual I have ever met in this lifetime, an unending fountain of profound knowledge and I fully recognize the Teachings that have come out through her. They are well worth our love, support and complete dedication. Thank you Beloved Source Yunasai!  May I too develop these inner capacities you exemplify so well in your Speakers!  

Azurama    (Yves)