Akuti: a pioneer-jewel in our Centre

Akuti is my oldest, dearest and wisest disciple. Her name is aspiration. She has proved to me and to our Lord Beloved Supreme what aspiration truly is. Sri Chinmoy
20 November 2002 Akuti...
20 April 2021
Akuti: a pioneer-jewel in our Centre

'The Christ is the boss, but he is in heaven'

Many, many years ago I was visiting a restaurant owned by Sri Chinmoy's students in San Francisco along with Sri Chinmoy. When Sri Chinmoy was leaving the restaurant, I was standing next to a young...
17 April 2021
'The Christ is the boss, but he is in heaven'

Swimming in the infinite consciousness

In 1985, I became the first student of Sri Chinmoy to swim the English Channel. It was a very, very special experience. As I was told later, Guru was sitting at home, meditating for most of the time...
16 April 2021
Swimming in the infinite consciousness

Have you seen the Buddha?

A 2002 performance by Sri Chinmoy on the pipe organ Spiritual Masters who have truly realised God are very rare souls, and most human beings will almost certainly never encounter one. And if they...
11 April 2021
Have you seen the Buddha?

Forcing the soul back into the body

One of Sri Chinmoy’s students, an Indian man named Mitra, was shot in the chest in a parking lot in Queens. His wife immediately sent a message to Sri Chinmoy, who asked one of the Centre...
11 April 2021
Forcing the soul back into the body

'It's a miracle you're alive'

It has often been said that we make the most progress when we have to overcome obstacles or hardships. I have had the firsthand experience that this is true, but that experience almost cost me my...
11 April 2021
'It's a miracle you're alive'

Where is the light coming from?

I first came to know about Sri Chinmoy through a meditation workshop I took in France. As a newcomer, I did not know anything about meditation, but I had quite a nice and powerful experience during...
11 April 2021
Where is the light coming from?

Well, now two of us know

In a dream five years after Guru passed away, he looked at me pointedly and asked lovingly yet knowingly, “Is everything okay?” My initial reaction was to say, “Yes, yes, of course...
11 April 2021
Well, now two of us know

No more darkness, only light

So the first time that Guru saved me was on New Year’s Eve on a boat trip from Trinidad to Tobago. On the boat trip to Trinidad Guru asked me if I...
10 April 2021
No more darkness, only light

'Tell Guru she is dying; we don’t know what else to do'

During an evening concert given by Sri Chinmoy in New York in 1990, it suddenly felt difficult for me to breathe. My fellow disciple Kritagyata, who is a nurse, wrote a note to Sri Chinmoy to alert...
10 April 2021
'Tell Guru she is dying; we don’t know what else to do'

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