by Sharani | Jun 19, 2014 | 3100 Mile Race, Suprabha Beckjord
I arrived in New York from Rhode Island the night before the race started, making it in time for part of the Saturday evening meditation function. Later that night, well after midnight, I set my alarm with the hopes to attend the start of this 18th annual 3100 Race...
by Sharani | Jan 9, 2014 | Fifty Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore, Sri Chinmoy
Ten years after his arrival in the West, Sri Chinmoy embarked on a 50 state American lecture tour, giving talks on spirituality at colleges and universities across the U.S. The first state visited by him in this cross-country venture was Rhode Island and the first...
by Sharani | Dec 6, 2013 | Nelson Mandela
As the world becomes one in overflowing love, response and tribute to Nelson Mandela, called a “Pinnacle-Pillar of Mother Earth” by Sri Chinmoy, I am touched by this tribute from children since in his towering greatness he embodied the deepest humility. As...
by Sharani | Oct 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Inspired by the song from The Sound of Music, here is a stream of consciousness heartstorm of my recent favorite things. *Geese in flight overhead quite low to the road as I drove to work this morning. They flew by and took my hushed breath with them. *My new camera...
by Sharani | Mar 20, 2013 | happiness, International Day of Happiness
Today March 20, 2013 is the first ever U.N. International Day of Happiness. I first learned about it when I attended Visual Happiness an art exhibit at the Queens Museum of Art currently running through March 24th in their Partnership Gallery. The exhibit pairs...