If I were a book, what would my title be? - a creative project
Sri Chinmoy asked his students to meet together frequently for meditation, spiritual activities and fun that he called Joy-Days. Very often, these happen over a weekend when people from all the Sri Chinmoy Centres in a country, or even in different countries, can come together.
On one such recent weekend in Co Wicklow, Ireland, students of Sri Chinmoy from Ireland and England came together. As part of the weekend, different members engaged in a spontaneous creativity project given the simple question 'If I were a book, what would my title be?'. Ambarish from the Dublin Centre collected all of these questions and made some charming videos, which you can see below:
Whatever we do in life — whether we are praying, talking to our friends or participating in sports — we are trying to receive joy at every moment. But joy we can have only when we have a peaceful life. We are all longing for joy, and joy abides only in peace. At every moment we are given the opportunity to feel peace in the depths of our heart on the strength of our prayer-life and our meditation-life.
Sri Chinmoy 1
- 1. Sri Chinmoy, Aspiration-body, illumination-soul, part 2, Agni Press, 1993
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
I know where you are
Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States
I felt a bell ringing in my heart
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
How I learned from Sri Chinmoy
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
I just knew from the moment I saw him
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
Learning to follow my intuition
Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia
10-Day Race: Staring into the Infinite
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom
So much longing, for something
Pushpa rani Piner Ottawa, Canada
A Mountain Meditation
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
The day when everything began
Bhagavantee Paul Salzburg, Austria
An early spiritual experience
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
Running for Peace
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
You only have to keep your eyes and ears open
Gannika Wiesenberger Linz, AustriaSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Running a Six-Day Race
Ratuja Zub Minsk, Belarus
Getting through difficult times in your meditation
Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico
Things I have learnt from the spiritual life
Sanjay Rawal New York, United States
How I became interested in meditation
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
The relationship between Guru and disciple
Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria
My daily spiritual practises
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand