by Sharani | Apr 17, 2008 | Jharna Kala, Miracles, Soul Birds, Sri Chinmoy
Each heart-bird of mine Is a passport to the world Of peace-blossoms. -Sri Chinmoy Last night a little miracle happened in my living room. I had returned from a few days of spiritual retreat and was trying to remember where I might have put a note written on a small...
by Sharani | Mar 17, 2008 | Acts of Kindness Day, blogcatalog, Bloggers Unite, generosity, kindness, Remote Area Medical, self-giving, Sri Chinmoy, Swami Vivekananda
The recent prominence of the new reality TV show called Oprah’s Big Give has brought my attention back in time to a blogging initiative from exactly three months ago today. BlogCatalog’s group called Bloggers Unite sponsored an Acts of Kindness Day last...
by Sharani | Jan 25, 2008 | favorite musicians, meditation, psalm 139, spiritual music, Sri Chinmoy
Spiritual Teacher Sri Chinmoy composed and performed thousands upon thousands of devotional and meditative songs during his life. He wrote several books on the subject of music as well. God the Supreme Musician The Height of Silence and the Might of Sound The Source...
by Sharani | Jan 20, 2008 | psalm 139, Sri Chinmoy
I recently came across a reference to Psalm 139 that led me to sit down and spend some time in reflection of this Old Testament passage from the Bible. Immediately I was struck by its eloquent expression of God’s omniscience, unconditional love, acceptance and...
by Sharani | Dec 7, 2007 | Ashrita Furman, Guinness World Record, Orange Nose Push, Sri Chinmoy
Ever since a couple of days ago when I read Ashrita Furman’s blog post about his recent Guinness record for pushing an orange with his nose, I have been pondering the spiritual life lessons it offers me. In this post Ashrita describes that he decided to try to...
by Sharani | Nov 5, 2007 | Bill Staines, favorite musicians, folksingers, Nature, praying mantis, Sri Chinmoy
I am particularly fond of the song by folksinger Bill Staines called All God’s Critters Got a Place in the Choir. The lyrics are: All God’s critters got a place in the choir Some sing low, some sing higher Some sing out loud on the telephone wire And some...
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