With true tears of gratitude I want to thank YOU for your
encouragement. I was very surprised, and very humbled by your
message. One never knows for sure whether one's own experiences or
the way they are expressed will be inspiring to others, or even
understood by others. I am thrilled to think that I have at least
given one person some joy and inspiration through my writing.
It just goes to show that Sri Chinmoy encourages a simple and child-
like approach to life for a reason. After a simple, joyful, child-
like day, one can be so happy, and everything can make so much
sense. Also, and more significantly, one can be more in tune with
Universal Creativity instead of actually "being creative." To me
when I write from the heart it is like I am catching ripe and
delicious fruits falling in abundance from a tree. I don't feel I am
doing anything at all. So I feel that any praise, although I cherish
it, should not really go to me at all! I suppose using the mind
means climbing the tree and searching under all the leaves to see
which are ripe. This is harder work and not so much fun, but then
one cannot always be "in tune."
I only heard about this Inspiration Group at the end of June. It has
fed me so much, and I cannot really remember being without it. Most
of the time I have at home I spend alone. I like this very much, but
at the same time I do sort of crave company sometimes. I spend most
of my working day talking though, and would not like to have to
continue this practice for too long in my spare time as well! I like
to be busy, and I often try to do as many things as possible all at
the same time. Not very efficient maybe, but it is a game which
gives me joy. However, while eating a meal there is very little else
one can do simultaneously! I used to watch DVDs or (selective) TV
while eating, but now I look at the Inspiration Group instead. It's
like having my meals with my family, but I don't have the pressure
of keeping up a conversation. Also, while I am getting outer
nourishment, I can also have inner nourishment in the form of the
inspiring messages.
I love this Inspiration Group so much. I am extremely, extremely
grateful for its existence. Without all the enthusiastic and self-
giving contributions it could not exist, so I am grateful to every
single contributor. I am especially grateful to you, A.M. (if I may
be so familiar) for all your tireless patience and service. I am
amazed that one person can carry out such a gargantuan task! I agree
whole-heartedly that praise for my contribution symbolises praise
for other writers. So often I read something really beautiful here,
but have nothing constructive to reply, so do not want to clutter
the message board by responding outwardly. Inwardly though, I am so
often thrilled by the openness and warmth of these messages.
You mentioned the word "freshness." I love this concept. Surely the
fact that freshness can exist is living proof of the infinite and
inexhaustible nature of the Supreme. I suppose it is not what
happens outwardly that creates this freshness, but the way we
perceive it. I am so grateful to Sri Chinmoy for teaching me by
example the value of this approach - to see the world anew each day
and each moment as it unfolds in all its unending splendour.
There is a practical reason for my love of contributing to this
site. Public speaking turns me to jelly! Even in conversation I am
often too slow-witted to join in. I am the one who will lose the
thread in mid-sentence, or get the words in the wrong order, or
think of an answer to something a week later. In writing, everything
goes at my pace. I am more at home with my friends "backspace,"
"copy" and "paste." So I hope everyone will forgive me for indulging
in long passages. I often sit down to write a few words, and so many
more jump on for the ride. The best thing is that I know people can
choose to read it or not read it, whereas in conversation it is
polite to continue listening to the speaker without interrupting,
looking bored or walking away! This puts more pressure on the
speaker, and I don't respond AT ALL WELL to pressure!
I find it is always a bit of a challenge to actually press the
"Send" button though, and insecurity rears its ugly head once more.
I noticed in a recent message from Zdravko a very instructive
aphorism by Sri Chinmoy, which I shall try to remember at such times:
"God does not appreciate my shyness.
He appreciates my openness."
-Sri Chinmoy
Dear Assistant Moderator
With true tears of gratitude I want to thank YOU for your
encouragement. I was very surprised, and very humbled by your
message. One never knows for sure whether one's own experiences or
the way they are expressed will be inspiring to others, or even
understood by others. I am thrilled to think that I have at least
given one person some joy and inspiration through my writing.
It just goes to show that Sri Chinmoy encourages a simple and child-
like approach to life for a reason. After a simple, joyful, child-
like day, one can be so happy, and everything can make so much
sense. Also, and more significantly, one can be more in tune with
Universal Creativity instead of actually "being creative." To me
when I write from the heart it is like I am catching ripe and
delicious fruits falling in abundance from a tree. I don't feel I am
doing anything at all. So I feel that any praise, although I cherish
it, should not really go to me at all! I suppose using the mind
means climbing the tree and searching under all the leaves to see
which are ripe. This is harder work and not so much fun, but then
one cannot always be "in tune."
I only heard about this Inspiration Group at the end of June. It has
fed me so much, and I cannot really remember being without it. Most
of the time I have at home I spend alone. I like this very much, but
at the same time I do sort of crave company sometimes. I spend most
of my working day talking though, and would not like to have to
continue this practice for too long in my spare time as well! I like
to be busy, and I often try to do as many things as possible all at
the same time. Not very efficient maybe, but it is a game which
gives me joy. However, while eating a meal there is very little else
one can do simultaneously! I used to watch DVDs or (selective) TV
while eating, but now I look at the Inspiration Group instead. It's
like having my meals with my family, but I don't have the pressure
of keeping up a conversation. Also, while I am getting outer
nourishment, I can also have inner nourishment in the form of the
inspiring messages.
I love this Inspiration Group so much. I am extremely, extremely
grateful for its existence. Without all the enthusiastic and self-
giving contributions it could not exist, so I am grateful to every
single contributor. I am especially grateful to you, A.M. (if I may
be so familiar) for all your tireless patience and service. I am
amazed that one person can carry out such a gargantuan task! I agree
whole-heartedly that praise for my contribution symbolises praise
for other writers. So often I read something really beautiful here,
but have nothing constructive to reply, so do not want to clutter
the message board by responding outwardly. Inwardly though, I am so
often thrilled by the openness and warmth of these messages.
You mentioned the word "freshness." I love this concept. Surely the
fact that freshness can exist is living proof of the infinite and
inexhaustible nature of the Supreme. I suppose it is not what
happens outwardly that creates this freshness, but the way we
perceive it. I am so grateful to Sri Chinmoy for teaching me by
example the value of this approach - to see the world anew each day
and each moment as it unfolds in all its unending splendour.
There is a practical reason for my love of contributing to this
site. Public speaking turns me to jelly! Even in conversation I am
often too slow-witted to join in. I am the one who will lose the
thread in mid-sentence, or get the words in the wrong order, or
think of an answer to something a week later. In writing, everything
goes at my pace. I am more at home with my friends "backspace,"
"copy" and "paste." So I hope everyone will forgive me for indulging
in long passages. I often sit down to write a few words, and so many
more jump on for the ride. The best thing is that I know people can
choose to read it or not read it, whereas in conversation it is
polite to continue listening to the speaker without interrupting,
looking bored or walking away! This puts more pressure on the
speaker, and I don't respond AT ALL WELL to pressure!
I find it is always a bit of a challenge to actually press the
"Send" button though, and insecurity rears its ugly head once more.
I noticed in a recent message from Zdravko a very instructive
aphorism by Sri Chinmoy, which I shall try to remember at such times:
"God does not appreciate my shyness.
He appreciates my openness."
-Sri Chinmoy
Hope to see you all soon in NY
Sumangali
:oD