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.
Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb
Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico
A vision at 3 a.m in the morning
Abarita Dänzer Zürich, Switzerland
Why run 3100 miles?
Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria
Your life's responsibilities compel you to develop inner strength
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
If I could remember this in my daily life now, I'd be a very high soul
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
Listen to the inner voice
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
Reflections on meditation
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom
In the middle of an ocean of love
Bhadra Kleinman New York
An intense, concentrated Fire
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
People see something in Guru and want to be part of it
Saraswati Martín San Juan, Puerto Rico
The Swimming Relay
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
President Gorbachev: a special soul brought down for a special reason
Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom
Learning to follow my intuition
Saranyu Pearson Geelong, AustraliaSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
What meditation gave me that I was missing
Purnahuti Wagner Guatemala City, Guatemala
My daily spiritual practises
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
No prior experience needed
Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany
Love, devotion and surrender
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
Sri Chinmoy's vision of the Peace Run
Harita Davies New York, United States
My favourite part of Sri Chinmoy's path
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand