Light a Candle – Pray for Japan
There is not a single difficulty That is not followed By relief-hands. Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 21, 2001. Talk and act Always From the heart Of your generosity. Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 83, 1984. I fell...
The “Thanks” in Thanksgiving
Today was a little different than usual for me in the outer circumstances of Thanksgiving. I was at home and cooked all the fixings vegetarian style during most of the day. Some of you might be saying how is staying at home and cooking different? Isn't that what...
Surfing and Ocean Monk
With the first day of Fall just around the corner and the last weekend of Summer forecast to be beautiful, I was drawn to the beach and the coast to soak in the last official rays of Summer. First stop was Scarborough State Beach on the southern coast of Rhode Island....
Lessons Learned From My Cat
Cat, my cat, You cry for constant affection. I have affection plus compassion. Therefore Stop crying, Start smiling. I tell you a supreme secret: "I treasure your dependence." Excerpt from Animal Kingdom by Sri Chinmoy For six months I have been a Mama to a Siamese...
I Rode the World’s Largest Seesaw
On August 27, 2010 (what would have been the 79th birthday of the late spiritual leader Sri Chinmoy) Ashrita Furman set a Guinness World Record for the World's Largest Seesaw in the Jamaica Queens, New York neighborhood where his students from around the world were...
9/11 – 9 Years Later Remembered
How can it be already 9 years? How can it be only one short year until a decade has passed? Although the years have flown by, I am still mute in the memory of this terrible, terrible tragedy for the U.S. and indeed for the entire world. On this 9th anniversary of 9/11...
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