http://www.shanemagee.com/blog inspiration circulation Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:42:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When in New York to visit my teacher Sri Chinmoy, I often have occasion to stop by my friend Anugata's house which is just up the hill from Aspiration-Ground, not least because of the free internet connection that can be obtained if you lean your computer a certain way against ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/my-favourite-photograph-of-sri-chinmoy At the end of each meditation function, we generally have the Indian traditional custom of prasad i.e. food that is blessed by the master before being offered to everyone at the function. I dareday some of the fondest memories many of Sri Chinmoy's students have are of when he was ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/prasad-with-sri-chinmoy I am just after finishing what might possibly be one of the most intense experiences of my short span of life so far. A couple of weeks ago, myself, Colm and Matthias participated in our first hill race (thats where the above photo comes from), and enjoyed it so much ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/a-race-for-insane-people One day during my visit to the Dominican Republic, a group of us decided to take a day to explore a cave in a national park perhaps three hours drive from where we were staying. Upon arrival we were all fitted out with caving gear and then given a horse ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/a-bunch-of-cowboys I always enjoy hearing the myriad ways in which people embark upon the journey of self-discovery. When I was beginning to meditate, I eagerly devoured and personal accounts by people who meditated I came across, ehether it be in book form, video form or first-hand. I remember seeing this ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/sri-chinmoythe-delight-of-existence Many of Sri Chinmoy's students read his poems and aphorisms as part of their meditation practice. Much of the time, people turn to his three major collections of aphorisms - Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, and Seventy-Seven Thousand Service Treees - but Sri Chinmoy also wrote many smaller collections ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/some-poems-from-two-of-sri-chinmoys-books I thought I'd share with you something I picked up yesterday on the flute. I recorded it with GarageBand, which by default gives you a metronome to accompany you. At first I thought it was a good idea, as my sense of rhythm is a bit all over the place, ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/a-tune-i-learned-yesterday I have just returned from three weeks in Dominican Republic, a gathering of students of Sri Chinmoy from all over the world. Every year, Sri Chinmoy would leave snow-bound New York and go somewhere where his constant creative output and tireless work for peace would not be impaired by the ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/when-the-fetters-of-time-fall Right now I am in much warmer climes than I am used to for this time of year (namely, the Carribbean), here with all my friends from the Sri Chinmoy Centre. Just as when we meet in New York, there are plenty of meditation functions which mix silent meditation together ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/my-first-musical-score On the morning of 14th April 1950, a large comet slowly moved across the south Indian sky. My spiritual Master Sri Chinmoy, then a young man of nineteen, was captaining one of the two soccer teams that were playing that day in the spiritual community where he spent his adolescence ... http://www.shanemagee.com/blog/sri-chinmoy/43