My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy
In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a series of prayer-poems entitled My God-Hunger-Cry. We are delighted to feature them here and hope they bring you joy and inspiration.
My God-Hunger-Cry – by Sri Chinmoy
In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a series of prayer-poems entitled My God-Hunger-Cry. We are delighted to feature them here and hope they bring you joy and inspiration.
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy
In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a series of prayer-poems entitled My God-Hunger-Cry. We are delighted to feature them here and hope they bring you joy and inspiration.
Dawn Scribbles – At Last Autumn Comes
Now at last the curtain falls on summer’s last act, it's benediction bounty, the sovereign wide blue of months past relinquishing it's dominion in this first deluge of autumn pelting down. Rain is bucketing, lashing at windows, a dawn assault, this lovely onslaught filling gutters with rivers of rain, summer's dust and dead leaves sluicing off roof tops and temples and no warning of this wild and sudden invasion.
Down on the waterfront the early Quickcat ferry from Waiheke Island slams through whitecaps, sends spray flying and soaking the brave boys laughing in the bows, grey waves slap-banging against the aluminium hull, easing in carefully while the deckhand disdains the cold sea, balances on nothing much to throw his heavy mooring ropes. Gulls ride the squalls, soar and dip.
Across Karangahape Road and sixteen stories up, construction crews arrive and I watch the Maori boys, tattooed arms bare, orange vests slick and bright-wet in the downpour, strut their warrior stuff, laugh in the rain.
Down below the early girls weave and totter in the wind, shrieking at each blast of spray, wind gusts turning brollies into kites, inverting, pull them skyward while they hang on, clutch each other giggling their despair.
Cold water, my summer friend, now overnight my foe and in the shower I yell and cringe and ouch till soothing hot smoothes away goose bumps.
Lovely autumn comes and welcome, though I'll miss the long calm days and warm kiss of sun.
– Jogyata.
Spiritual Master Lifts Elephants
This article was published in the 'India Tribune' – a monthly newspaper that serves the Indian community of New Zealand and Australia – in March 2007.
Seventy-five year old world harmony leader and spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy last week completed a month long visit to Thailand which featured several unusual displays of strength. Defying age and gravity the Indian born meditation master and longtime advocate of physical fitness hoisted a 785 lb baby elephant on a specially modified calf raise machine.
Sri Chinmoy has been travelling throughout Thailand during the past month with more than 400 members of his international humanitarian and harmony organisation as part of his annual goodwill travels. His calf raise lift was a dramatic show of support for the elephants continued survival and conservation. At another elephant park in subsequent days Sri Chinmoy went on to calf raise a further twelve elephants, nine of them large adults. The last and heaviest lift with mahout atop weighed an enormous 8,622lbs. In previous years the impossibility-challenger lifted 6 times Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis on the back of a circus elephant in New York, another remarkable strength feat demonstrating the power of the mind and honouring the Olympian.
Sri Chinmoy is a noted advocate of inner concentration and meditation as a way of harnessing the unlimited potential of the human spirit. His extraordinary weightlifting achievements have inspired citizens of all ages and redefined our understanding of human potential. When asked why he performs such superhuman feats he commented, "With my weightlifting, I am trying to inspire and encourage people of all ages to transcend their own limits. With determination we can conquer the age barrier."
Sri Chinmoy's dramatic elephant lifts are also some of the heaviest calf raise achievements ever performed according to longtime Registrar of the British Amateur Weightlifters Association Jim Smith. "What a phenomenal achievement for any human being! The best bodybuilders and lifters in the world cannot come close to Sri Chinmoy's calf raise, and he is more than twice as old as they are!"
In Chiang Mai Sri Chinmoy offered a concert of peaceful music, playing on a dozen instruments from around the world. The world acclaimed maestro has offered over 700 peace concerts in such venues as the Sydney Opera House, Carnegie Hall in New York, Nippon Buddokan in Tokyo, the Royal Albert Hall in London and Auckland's Aotea Centre and Town Hall.
Sri Chinmoy and his students were extremely moved by the loving kindness and hospitality of the Thai people. Sri Chinmoy has composed nine songs about Thailand and it's beloved King.
Sri Chinmoy stands before the elephants he has just lifted
– Jogyata.
notes from Sri Chinmoy Triathlon Festival
See also: previous entry: Sri Chinmoy Triathlon Festival
For the last few years it has been my task to set up swim courses. Measuring distance on the water is the key factor, and a few different methods have been employed over the years. A cumbersome, now obsolete method, used a string on a reel with a counter attached. The string
was tied to a swim buoy and, as you moved away, the counter told you how far away you were. Laser-sighting binoculars were much better. You aim them at an object, press a button, and instantly you have a digital readout of the distance. But they were expensive, and not
waterproof! One pair met their watery end in Lake Burley Griffin. So, for the last few years I have used a small GPS from a camping store. It's accurate to within a few metres, it's waterproof, and it floats.
I put all the swim buoy weights into the boat. They weigh about 20kg each, and are made from concrete. Then I inflated all the swim buoys. They are big yellow plastic cone shaped things. To inflate them, I use the high-tech method of employing a 20-year old vacuum cleaner with
the hose stuck in the other end, so it blows air instead of sucking. I motored out onto the lake with a big procession of buoys towing along behind.
I had been congratulating myself on having worked out all the swim courses in advance. I had to set a 500m course for the Sprint Triathlon, a 1.5km course for the "Classic" Tri, and a 3.2 km course for the Champions Challenge. The Sprint required only one swim buoy. The Classic required four. These courses I had set in previous years. The Champions Challenge was a new course. I had done some measurements on a map, and it seemed to be a simple extension of the Classic course. I had designed m maps for the race, and they had been on the
web for months.
After setting the Sprint and Classic, I discovered, to my surprise, that there wasn't enough room for the course I had planned. If you got Champs Challenge course you can see the course I wanted to set. Instead, I had to go a long way eastwards to set the first Champions Challenge buoy. When I say first, I mean the first buoy that isn't also part of the Classic course. Okay, it's not so easy to explain. I always end up with a sheet of paper full of figures from the GPS readings as I try to figure out the trigonometry. By the time I finished it was after dark.
All the Sri Chinmoy Centre members, locals and visitors, were at the Centre for a meditation. I had toyed with the idea that I could motor up Sullivans Creek in the boat and get to the Centre that way. But I hadn't brought my clothes for meditation, and anyway it was too late by the time that I had finished with the swim courses....
Wow! This is an exciting post! All about GPS readings and swim buoys!
Hopefully the next one will feature topics with a more general appeal!
post by Rathin
Dealing With Anger
The essential message of Sri Chinmoy is for each human being to cherish their own inner peace. For the world to make progress it is important to focus on good, divine qualities. When emotions like anger come we should firmly resist letting them take hold.
See: Dealing With anger
The difference between peace and anger is vast, especially for a spiritual seeker.
Sri Chinmoy says:
Excerpt from Somebody Has To Listen by Sri Chinmoy.Anger says:
"I can destroy
The whole world."
Peace says:
"Not when I work
Inside you."
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