Stories about Subarata
I loved being friends with Subarata...
She always thought about what would please Sri Chinmoy, her Guru, and if ever there was a decision to be made, she would stop and consult her heart or have a...
22 March 2007
Stories about Subarata
On Meditation
I was attracted to meditation because I needed to alleviate the stress that I found inside me as I dealt with my lifestyle, being a PhD science student (with a scholarship from MAF) and an odd-job...
22 March 2007
On Meditation
Transit Passengers in the Sky
At 6 a.m. I brought a friend to the airport and got home with plenty of time to spare before heading in to work. The prior night's full moon, called the Snow Moon according to my Susan...
22 March 2007
Transit Passengers in the Sky
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy
My God-Hunger-Cry - March 22, 2006
I need no skill,
No special skill;
With my heart-tears,
My Lord I thrill.
- Sri Chinmoy.
In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a series of prayer-poems...
22 March 2007
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy
Just Write It Down
Have you ever noticed how difficult it is to write something when you have not been asked a specific question? It is similar to building something out of thin air where one is very aware of the lack...
22 March 2007
Just Write It Down
Debut
by an accordionist
In my heyday when I was very young my cherished ambitions were of someday achieving stardom and fortune – and not in the too far distant future either. To me the only way to "make...
22 March 2007
Debut
Pop
My Pop got his pilot's licence when he was 15 years old.
(Psst... he had actually been flying since he was 12 years old, whenever his Dad needed him to topdress the farm!) Only three years later he...
22 March 2007
Pop
1989
Every story needs a beginning so this one will begin in 1989. It will chronicle a family crisis – or rather a series of family crises – culminating in the annihilation of two entire generations of my...
22 March 2007
1989
A Tribute To Poppa
Personally, 1989 was a bad year. Two of my grandparents had recently died and the other two were dying – Poppa (Dad's Dad) was in hospital and Nana (Mum's Mum) was in her home being nursed by my Mum...
22 March 2007
A Tribute To Poppa
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy
My God-Hunger-Cry - March 21, 2006
Now that filled with joy my heart,
My Godward journey is about to start.
- Sri Chinmoy.
In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a series of prayer-poems...
21 March 2007
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy