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