Stop crying. Start sweating. Stop talking. Start walking. -- President Jimmy Carter Never give up. -- Sri Chinmoy...
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predrag_of_the_heart
predrag_of_t...
Mar 1, 2006 1:08 pm
THE HIGHEST GOD Truth is a higher life. Thought is a weaker world. Doubt is a lower joy. Faith is a brighter day. But Love is not only A higher God, But the...
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parashita7
Mar 1, 2006 1:08 pm
A while ago, I posted a story about an impossible idea for prasad. It was a booklet of Sri Chinmoy's writings about faeries and angels with a collection of...
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richard13_oxford
richard13_ox...
Mar 1, 2006 1:12 pm
I agree this is an excellent poem with a remarkable commentary. At Poetry Chaikhana http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/ Ivan Granger offers a daily poem from...
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niriha7
Mar 1, 2006 1:40 pm
Dear Terri, "Clapping with one hand" is part of a Zen koan. A Zen master would give koans to his students as exercises in going beyond the confines of the...
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meriem_ao
Mar 2, 2006 3:46 am
By Sri Chinmoy, extract from "Grace" p 40-41-42: If I can "If I can perfect my faith, Thy Grace is sure to come. The more I give to Thee, The more I absorb Thy...
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meriem_ao
Mar 2, 2006 3:46 am
"Unless I can convince myself That my Lord's Grace Is everything, I shall not be happy And I shall never make Anybody happy." Sri Chinmoy (Seventy Seven...
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meriem_ao
Mar 2, 2006 3:46 am
It is hilarious!! ... posts -...
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niriha7
Mar 2, 2006 3:47 am
Richard, I am wondering where to find the commentary on the daily poems that Ivan posts on his site. Also, I might mention, to find Ivan's poems, it is...
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snehashila2
Mar 2, 2006 3:52 am
Good-bye to our dearest Brother and Friend, Ongkar Your undying dedication and enthusiasm will always help light my path. May all the angels carry you to the...
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shane_dublincentre
shane_dublin...
Mar 2, 2006 3:57 am
I liked this story very much too. I think it takes a lot of courage to type in something like that and send it away off down the phone lines where anyone can...
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vasanti_hd
Mar 2, 2006 4:00 am
Newness has been a theme in many posts before. I always love how Sri Chinmoy encourages us to move forward with fresh enthusiasm, energy and inspiration and...
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sharani_sharani
Mar 2, 2006 4:06 am
Hi Bayer, May I also join in welcoming you as a new member of the Inspiration Group. I remember that there were several Mongolian students of Sri Chinmoy in...
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sharani_sharani
Mar 2, 2006 4:07 am
Hi Terri, It might have been a little confusing that I accidentally pasted in the same quote from Dysinger's article for both the third and fourth step of the...
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sharani_sharani
Mar 2, 2006 4:08 am
Hi Parashita, As a grateful owner of this booklet, I bet people will be truly delighted to receive such a nice item for prasad. The images and selections from...
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one_prachar
Mar 2, 2006 4:09 am
Dear Richard Please do not learn the art of the short post! Your art is far more elevating and illumining. Thank you Prachar ... spirituality. ... ...
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carr_terri
Mar 2, 2006 4:12 am
Hi Niriha, Hmmm....after reading that your mother had an interest in Buddhism and was introducing koans to you as a child, I was about to reply that you were...
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abhinabha
Mar 2, 2006 4:12 am
One of the most valuable lessons I have learnt from Sri Chinmoy is the ability to forget. Sri Chinmoy always advises and encourages his students to forget bad...
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shardul_nz
Mar 2, 2006 4:15 am
Thank you for this post - it is exremely encouraging! Simplicity and potency. This is the most wonderful thing about Sri Chinmoy's poetry. In eight simple...
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goldenboat27
Mar 2, 2006 4:19 am
At the risk of turning this into a Doctor Who message group (and there are already plenty of those), I can't resist adding one more reply. Not everyone who...
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beverly_canada
Mar 2, 2006 4:19 am
Surrender suffers no loss. Surrender suffers no failure. Surrender suffers no unworthiness. - Sri Chinmoy No. 3655 from "Twenty-Seven Thousand...
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dharmaja
Mar 2, 2006 4:20 am
Greetings, Parashita, In the (unlikely!) event that there are any of the booklets available after the prasad distribution, I would like to acquire one. Please...
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jogyata
Mar 2, 2006 1:14 pm
Call me a greenie or a bleeding heart if you want to but when I came upon a 1000 year old kauri tree on my Sunday jaunt through the nearby Waitakere Ranges, I...
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predrag_of_the_heart
predrag_of_t...
Mar 2, 2006 1:17 pm
YET GOD LOVES HIM He sighs before he prays. He cries before he concentrates. He sleeps before he meditates. He fights before he aspires. Yet God loves him, ...
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mrinalicc
Mar 2, 2006 1:17 pm
Niriha, this is very helpful advice about the search option. I also loved that poem you refer to (the Infinite in the tiny body cage) and have begun to search...
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niriha7
Mar 2, 2006 1:18 pm
Dear Richard, I agree wholeheartedly with Prachar! In addition, I have often marvelled at how concisely you say things so you actually have learned the art of...
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niriha7
Mar 2, 2006 1:19 pm
Dear Terri, You asked if Koans are spiritual brain teasers. Yes. My understanding is that they are given by a Zen master to his student with the idea that...
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dharmaja
Mar 3, 2006 12:35 am
Renunciation does not mean running away, but rather facing one's problems squarely. -- Vyasa (from the Mahabharata)...
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niriha7
Mar 3, 2006 12:36 am
It is entirely different to have the heart spoken to directly through meditation with Guru THAN* having association with eastern spirituality through...
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do_slava
Mar 3, 2006 12:36 am
Shardul, Thank you as well for this outpouring of devotion. I too was mesmerized upon reading these two lines of poetry -- the words entered deep inside me and...
