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 just knew from the moment I saw him
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
Check your Front Tire
Arpan De Angelo New York, United States
The happiest I've ever been
Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States
Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb
Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico
Learning to love songs ever more
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
Regaining My Inner Joy
Sujata Muto Kyoto, Japan
The first time we met our Guru
Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England
An intense, concentrated Fire
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
'When you perform for me, always choose devotional songs.'
Gunthita Corda Zurich, Switzerland
My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom
So much longing, for something
Pushpa rani Piner Ottawa, CanadaSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
How I became interested in meditation
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
Life in a spiritual workplace
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States
Getting through difficult times in your meditation
Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico
Meditation: you make progress just by doing it
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
How Sri Chinmoy appreciated enthusiasm
Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia
Sri Chinmoy's inner guidance
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland