Paths to Tranquility

I hate yoga. There, I've said it! Believe it or not though, I once taught yoga at an adult education night class in Auckland, a course called 'Paths to Tranquility' which combined yoga, meditation...
18 December 2006
Paths to Tranquility

Free Champagne

I was on the first leg of a homeward journey, New York to Lost Angeles, when this misadventure started. We had just reached cruising altitude and I was looking down at a patchwork quilt of brown...
18 December 2006
Free Champagne

Setting a New World Record (nearly)

An Australian student of Sri Chinmoy called Prabhir and I once entered into a public race in upstate New York – was it a half-marathon? I can't remember. We were race-walkers, and after about one...
17 December 2006
Setting a New World Record (nearly)

My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - December 17, 2005 Even God is criticised every day. How can I be an exception? To find perfection in God's Creation Is, indeed, a wishful realisation. - Sri Chinmoy. In...
17 December 2006
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - December 16, 2005 Alas, why do I torture Poor God about everything? I should, sleeplessly, His Victory-Bell ring. - Sri Chinmoy. In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a...
16 December 2006
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - December 15, 2005 Lord, who am I To clasp Your Eye? Lord, who am I To touch Your Feet? Lord, who am I To seek Your Grace? Lord, who am I To feel Your Embrace? - Sri Chinmoy...
15 December 2006
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - December 14, 2005 My Lord and I– We each other own. We never dare To live alone. - Sri Chinmoy. In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a series of prayer-poems entitled My...
14 December 2006
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

Trembling Earth

Last night, 3.05am exactly, a sharp jolt, the great tectonic plates far beneath my pillow adjusting themselves, the earth trembling; here on the Pacific Rim of Fire these mini-quakes are common....
13 December 2006
Trembling Earth

My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - December 13, 2005 When my soul descended from Heaven, God said, "Be powerful and remain powerful." When my soul will depart from Earth, God will say, "Be peaceful and remain...
13 December 2006
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy

My God-Hunger-Cry - December 12, 2005 Ah, when my soul Calls me from deep within, I dive and dive And play my heart-violin. - Sri Chinmoy. In October of 2005, Sri Chinmoy began a series of...
12 December 2006
My God-Hunger-Cry - by Sri Chinmoy