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.
A New World
Apaga Renner Graz, Austria
An early spiritual experience
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
Listen to the inner voice
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
A vision at 3 a.m in the morning
Abarita Dänzer Zürich, Switzerland
My Room
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
I see infinitely more than I say
Agraha Levine Seattle, United States
My love of spiritual poetry
Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom
The spiritual life is normal to me
Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom
Filled with deepest joy
Tirtha Voelckner Munich, Germany
How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
A love that was thick like butter
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
Learning to love songs ever more
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
All I needed was the Supreme, and I would always win
Pragati Pascale New York, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
How meditation helped me swim the English Channel
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
Things I have learnt from the spiritual life
Sanjay Rawal New York, United States
2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Where the finite connects to the Infinite
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
My typical day
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States