The perfect hobby

by Shirini Zöchling
Vienna, Austria My name is Shirini. I am 73 years old and have been retired for many years. I have been a student of Sri Chinmoy for 14 years. How it happened that I...
14 February 2013
The perfect hobby

The true meaning of life

by Kapila Castoldi
Ann Arbor, United States In the summer of 1980 I came to the United States for research. My Italian university was looking for a collaboration with American universities. I...
14 February 2013
The true meaning of life

You only have to keep your eyes and ears open

According to my parents, I was a really fat but very happy baby. Love and a lot of food were the two main reasons for that! After one year things became more animated: I had learned to walk, and very...
14 February 2013
You only have to keep your eyes and ears open

Filled with deepest joy

It was in 1980 that my parents and we three children became students of Sri Chinmoy. From the perspective of a child it looked like this: I remember that my parents were going to different spiritual...
14 February 2013
Filled with deepest joy

This is where I have to go

by Shashanka Karlen At the age of 18, I left college. I was very critical of the development of society, did not get any inspiration from school and was quite into drugs. I was wondering what life...
14 February 2013
This is where I have to go

I simply have more joy in life

by Magdalena
Vienna, Austria In spite of a pretty turbulent start with many obstacles, I am very happy to be on this path. I simply have more joy in life. My name is Magdalena. I am 45 years...
14 February 2013
I simply have more joy in life

Where it always had wanted me to be

by Yasovati Steirer
Graz, Austria My name is Yasovati. I am 75 years old and work a few hours a day in a store in Graz run by Sri Chinmoy's students. I was first directed towards meditation by...
14 February 2013
Where it always had wanted me to be

What I had been searching for

by Sarita Earp
Halifax, Canada It probably all started consciously when I was nine years old. I was inspired to go to church every week. As my family slept I dressed myself in Sunday clothes...
13 February 2013
What I had been searching for

My inner calling

by Purnakama Rajna
Winnipeg, Canada I had been living and teaching in a small mining town nine hours north of where I now reside, Winnipeg. I had been in this town for about four years, and...
13 February 2013
My inner calling

In the Whirlwind of Life

I was not overly drawn to spirituality as a youth, except for a distant feeling that I would like to spend some time in a monastery one day. I was blessed with a childhood that seems exceptional...
13 February 2013
In the Whirlwind of Life

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