Global Harmony and World Records
Ashrita continues to break a diverse range of Guinness World Records, in his latest blog post you can read about the challenges of balancing on a circus ball and 100m frog jumping by the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Ashrita - stilt walking in a record attempt for fastest 100m on stilts.
Read: 'Discovering Global Harmony' - Ashrita's recent record attempts - including longest time standing on a rolling globe barefoot - over 40 minutes
"....Back to the record attempt. The time flew by. When Steve called out, “40 minutes”, I suddenly remembered that there were only 4 minutes of tape left. Vinaya made a frantic search for another video camera and tape but, amidst all the hubbub, I lost my concentration and fell off the ball with only a few seconds left on the tape. It didn’t matter. I was elated and so grateful to have been blessed with such a powerful experience of self-transcendence...." - from Ashrita's blog
Inner Peace
Question: How can we find lasting peace?
Sri Chinmoy: My first poem in English runs thus: "A sea of peace and joy and light/Beyond my reach I know." (1) Almost every aspirant feels at the dawn of his spiritual life that peace is beyond his reach. The mind is always bothering us. The mind is constantly taking us from one place to another, from one object to another in the inner world and in the outer world. But a day comes when we feel in our inner life that there can be nothing worth achieving but peace.
It is peace that operates in the inner world and the outer world in the life of an aspirant. Eventually a day comes when he cannot separate himself from peace. Now he is crying for peace. He does not have peace here, there or anywhere. But as the mounting flame of aspiration within him gets the opportunity to reach the highest, the inner peace starts functioning most intensely and most powerfully in him. Then one day he notices that he abides in the sea of peace; he can never be separated from peace. His existence, inner and outer, is flooded with peace. For that experience, what we need is aspiration. Aspiration is the key.
Excerpt from Perfection And Transcendence by Sri Chinmoy
(1) The Golden Flute by Sri Chinmoy
Related- Talk on Inner Peace by Sri Chinmoy
- Article - Seven Steps to Inner Peace at Sri Chinmoy Inspiration
6 and 10 Day Race 2010
The Self-Transcendence 6 and 10 day race, organised by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team is well under way with many runners clocking up big mileages.
Photo by Jowan. The sleepless action of the race.
The race was initiated by founder Sri Chinmoy, who himself ran several marathons and ultra-marathons. These ultra day races offer competitors and helpers an opportunity to transcend their own limitations - both physical, mental and spiritual.
"Self-transcendence gives us joy in boundless measure. When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves. "
Excerpt from The Vision-Sky Of California by Sri Chinmoy.
Photo by Alakananda. - Smiling through the rain and miles. The 10 day race never stops
Image by Pavol. The Race is held at Flushing Meadows, Queens, New York. It is an impressive backdrop for this epic even of self-transcendence.
The scoreboard - image by Utpal
Related- 6 Day Race Home page
- 10 Day Race Home Page
- Reports from 6 and 10 Day Race by Utpal at Perfection Journey
- Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team Blog of Race
Songs of the Soul Concert NY
On April 14th, 2010, a near capacity audience enjoyed an evening of soulful music dedicated to the music of Sri Chinmoy at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in Manhattan, NYC.
The international Gandharva Loka orchestra offer a rousing finale to the concert
Paree's International singing group open the concert with a soulful peace song composed by Sri Chinmoy.
Sudhahota Carl Lewis offers some inspirational words about the importance of spread peace and goodwill through music.
A full house enjoy the concert.
View more photos and comments from event at Songs of the Soul site
US World Harmony Run 2010
On April 12th, 2010, the US World Harmony Run was launched at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, United Nations with members of the United Nations diplomatic community and local World Harmony Run co-ordinators.
World Harmony Run 2010
Some of the runners from the many countries involved in this international event.
Guests from the United Nations and international community at the start of the World Harmony Run.
Further pictures and reading at World Harmony Run site.
About World Harmony Run
The Run was founded by Sri Chinmoy in 1987 and seeks to promote international friendship and peace.
"Right now fear, doubt, anxiety, tension and disharmony are reigning supreme. But there shall come a time when this world of ours will be flooded with peace. Who is going to bring about that radical change?"
- Sri Chinmoy (1)
RelatedSri Chinmoy's 46th Anniversary in the West
On April 13th, 1964, Sri Chinmoy, aged 32, arrived in New York from India. Sri Chinmoy came to the West to be of service to aspiring seekers interested in meditation and the spiritual life. During his life in the West, Sri Chinmoy travelled extensively offering concerts, lectures and founded Sri Chinmoy meditation centres in countries around the world.
Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
During his time in the West, Sri Chinmoy was prolific in many areas showing how ancient spirituality could be combined with a modern dynamism.
Sri Chinmoy founded many new initiatives from long distance running events, to a global harmony run. More aspects of Sri Chinmoy's service in the West
The fulness of life Lies in dreaming and manifesting The impossible dreams. - Sri ChinmoyExcerpt from Arise! Awake! Thoughts Of A Yogi by Sri Chinmoy
Meditation Festival in NYC
Recently, the New York Sri Chinmoy Centre offered a week long programme of events as part of a meditation and spirituality festival.
Events in the week long programme included:
- The Power Within: Spirit of a Runner - A talk by the only woman (Suprabha Beckjord) ever to finish the 3,100 mile race & "Guinness Record Breaker of the Decade" Ashrita Furman.
- Siddhartha Becomes the Buddha: A play about Lord Buddha's journey to enlightenment.
- A three day Meditation Workshop.
- Talks and workshops on art and consciousness
- Music and Mantra Concert.
Read More at Sri Chinmoy Centre
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