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Sri Chinmoy’s spiritual path is not one of outer renunciation. Rather than letting go all earthly facets of life, instead ours is to let go our attachments to them. So often I find myself not simply encouraged, but almost compensated for this effort, as even the smallest of my desires are fulfilled when they are […]

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As mentioned recently, after reading Auspicious Good Fortune, people sometimes kindly ask about my health, although that was not a major thread in the book. Unlike in Hollywood, in real-life stories issues are often left unresolved, which can be a bit disappointing. Around the time I embarked on the spiritual life, I was visited by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) – a guest I couldn’t oust. It stayed in various forms for a couple of decades, soon overlapping with – and ultimately being replaced...

These rhyming plays began on a Christmas Trip with Sri Chinmoy in China, December 2004. On our winter retreats, as well as meditating with Sri Chinmoy in person, we had the privilege of immersing ourselves in his new creations: songs, prayers, aphorisms, stories and artwork. In the evenings it usually fell to us, his disciples, to entertain one another on stage. Much of the programme consisted of plays based on the Master’s stories – some of which are tales retold from Indian folklore, others...

A rhyming play, based on 13 stories by Sri Chinmoy. Performed in January 2019, on a winter retreat with the Sri Chinmoy Centre.

1. This plant is man, this plant is God
2: Play your role as a daughter of God
3: Two disciples
4: The unconditional gift
5: Renunciation is not the answer
6: The spiritual lesson
7: The fight is for the brave
8: Conquer your enemies
9: Human expectation and divine fulfilment
10: Everyone has his own role
11: The heaviest load
12: Who is more important – Guru or God?...

Based on the story by Sri Chinmoy: The Gods Gain Immortality.

Performed on December 30th 2017 for students of Sri Chinmoy on a winter retreat in Budva, Montenegro.

CAST

Brihaspati
Sukaracharya
Coch
Debajani
Disciple 1
Disciple 2

[Enter Brihaspati & Sukaracharya]

BRIHASPATI:
The gods and demons tooth and nail have fought throughout the ages.
Devastation and destruction litter history’s pages.
How many aeons even time itself has lost the count.
The problem of this tit-for-tat it seemed none...

The audio book of Auspicious Good Fortune is now available for free download. One woman’s inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment: a spiritual memoir, written and narrated by Sumangali Morhall.

The audio book of Auspicious Good Fortune is now available for free download.

One woman’s inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment: a spiritual memoir, written and narrated by Sumangali Morhall.

Introduction mp3 10Mb Chapter 1 mp3 26Mb Chapter 2 mp3 50Mb Chapter 3 mp3 64Mb Chapter 4 mp3 54Mb Chapter 5 mp3 42Mb Chapter 6 mp3 31Mb Chapter 7 mp3 42Mb Chapter 8 mp3 40Mb Chapter 9 mp3 46Mb Chapter 10 mp3 26Mb Chapter 11 mp3 53Mb Chapter 12 mp3 41Mb Chapte...

If you want something done, ask a busy person.”
– Benjamin Franklin

One of my colleagues – an especially hard-working and time-pressed one – consciously avoids the word ‘busy’. As an exercise I tried the same for a week and found it surprisingly awkward. That was an education. I’ll be trying to make it a long-term habit, as the mere effort has changed my outlook. The poor word itself must feel overwhelmed by over-use. Usually preceded by ‘too’, it implies exhaustion, unwillingness and stress...

What do you want?
I want good health.
Meditate on a vegetable garden.
Meditate on a dancing child.
– Sri Chinmoy, Meditate on

I never imagined I’d turn into a packet-reading food-nerd. I thought that kind of life was for other people. My past experience with strict diets didn’t bear any discernible fruit. One excluded all fruit in fact, as well as dairy, gluten, soya and anything that was even a distant relative of fungus. I clove to it rigidly for 18 months, on the advice of a dubious pract...

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