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Anecdotes and Light Reading

Anecdotes and Light Reading

Random scribblings, fugitive memories, the bric-à-brac of life...
but it's fun to gather together such fleeting moments before amnesia's twilight sets in...
here, a few such petals from the tree of life.

Pages in this section:

'I am the marathon Guru'
'My silence is my highest offering'
A Divine Phone Call
Adelaide
Agatha and Me
An African Safari
An Immoderation of Mice
Andy the Diamond
At The Beach
Avian and Other Experiences
Childhood Heroes
Coins from the Fields of Culloden
Dawn Scribbles – At Last Autumn Comes
Farina And The Free Bananas
God the Supreme Runner
Heartland
How I learned my most important meditation-lessons
How Sri Chinmoy made God our dear and intimate confidante
In Johannesburg
Joys of Horsemanship
Karangahape Road
Lonnie Gray
More Horse Stories
My Favourite Heroines
My Mysterious Encounter
My Old Man
My Parents
New Year Odyssey
Notes from the Garden City
Our Lamb Guests
Past Lives
Pondering on Writing
Quiet Christmas
Tea With A Neighbour
Tennis in the dream-world
The Big OE
The Mercedes
The Polite Policeman
The Ways Of Love
The white bird and the lake
When Daylight Comes
Why I Didn't Become A Quantum Physicist
Yesterday Musicians

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Articles
Anecdotes and Light Reading
Even Lighter Reading
Poetry
Published Media Articles
Seven Secrets of Meditation
'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'
'You two have been friends for many hundreds of years'
A Few Reflections
A Mountain Meditation
A Swimming Pool Meditation
A Walking Meditation
A disciple re-incarnates
All Credit to God
Being Single
China – Three Impressions
Christmas Trip Notes
Conscious Living
Dream Songs
Extraordinary Worlds
How Sri Chinmoy changed our idea of 'wasted time'
How to Make the Fastest Progress
Inner Worlds – Outer Worlds
Lamb Lifting
Looking Back
Meditation: Touching The Infinite
Music and Meditation
My wife's soul comes to visit
Notes From A Diary - August 2004
Notes From A Diary – April 2004
Scattering stardust from the Heavens
Some Reflections On Running
Soul Birds Take Flight
Soul Flight
Soul-Birds take flight
Surprising Rewards
Tales of Enlightenment
The Colouring Book
The Nature of the Supreme
The Role of the Guru
The first time that I really understood that I had a soul
The most beautiful and fulfilling of all possible experiences
Three times our discipleship saved us
“Where there is heart, always there is a way.”
'I am the marathon Guru'
'My silence is my highest offering'
A Divine Phone Call
Adelaide
Agatha and Me
An African Safari
An Immoderation of Mice
Andy the Diamond
At The Beach
Avian and Other Experiences
Childhood Heroes
Coins from the Fields of Culloden
Dawn Scribbles – At Last Autumn Comes
Farina And The Free Bananas
God the Supreme Runner
Heartland
How I learned my most important meditation-lessons
How Sri Chinmoy made God our dear and intimate confidante
In Johannesburg
Joys of Horsemanship
Karangahape Road
Lonnie Gray
More Horse Stories
My Favourite Heroines
My Mysterious Encounter
My Old Man
My Parents
New Year Odyssey
Notes from the Garden City
Our Lamb Guests
Past Lives
Pondering on Writing
Quiet Christmas
Tea With A Neighbour
Tennis in the dream-world
The Big OE
The Mercedes
The Polite Policeman
The Ways Of Love
The white bird and the lake
When Daylight Comes
Why I Didn't Become A Quantum Physicist
Yesterday Musicians
A Rare Ten out of Ten
A Wedding and A Funeral
An Inspiring Prasad!
Another Awkward Moment
Captain Ahab Harpoons a White Woman
Enhancing Our Literary Heritage
Free Champagne
Heart Surgery
In Praise of White Trousers
Minor Accomplishments
Of Tempests and Lost Fishermen
Paths to Tranquility
Peace of the Basket Weavers
Puppy Power Revisited
Setting a New World Record (nearly)
The Wedding Gift
Trembling Earth
Weekend Away
Wrestling In Spaghetti
Acorns
All About Shopping
Anniversary
Bad Week – Hard Times
Child-Sweet
Death in a Supermarket
Earthquake
Enhancing Our Literary Heritage
Gulls
In Praise of Whites
Insomniac
Journeys
Last Flight Home
Leavetaking
Mrs. Jewel and the Earthquake
Past Lives
Poem For Subarata
Post-Op
Sometimes
The Birds
The Stranding
When Daylight Comes
You
A Spiritual Lion Comes Again
An Advocate of Peace
Running for Peace
Running with the Torch in New Zealand
Spiritual Master Lifts Elephants
Sri Chinmoy – Into The Unknown
Sri Chinmoy’s 74 Flute Concert
Ultra Races and Guinness Records
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 1: Sincerity
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 2: Effective Technique and the Spiritual Heart
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 3: Aspiration
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 4: Grace
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 5: Meditation Lifestyle
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 6: Finding Your Path
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 7: The Role of the Teacher

Stories

First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.

A New World

Apaga Renner Graz, Austria

A Flame in my Heart

Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland

You only have to keep your eyes and ears open

Gannika Wiesenberger Linz, Austria

The connection between Sri Chinmoy's music and my soul

Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States

The Ever-Transcending Goal

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

The day I saw my Guru for the first time

Natabara Rollosson New York, United States

How I learned from Sri Chinmoy

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

My inner calling

Purnakama Rajna Winnipeg, Canada

Celebrating birthdays at Guru's house

Devashishu Torpy London, United Kingdom

In the Right Place, At the Right Time

Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia

I know where you are

Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States

'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'

Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland

'When you perform for me, always choose devotional songs.'

Gunthita Corda Zurich, Switzerland

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