Posted December 19th, 2004 by purnakama2000(#9770)
Thank you Sumangali for replying to this posting. I too have wanted
to reply to it, but was afraid I was too late.
It's a beautiful Sunday morning here in Winnipeg. It's -28 degrees
C, crisp and clear and pure, with sparkling white snow as far as the
eye can see; my favorite kind of day (I'm sure I was Inuit in a past
incarnation). I'm relaxing with my morning cup of coffee and
listening to the recording of the Christmas Carol singing from the
last Christmas trip which I was gratefully able to participate in. I
am moved to tears every time I hear it. I can remember the exact
feeling I had singing these songs as if I were there right now;
standing behind Sri Chinmoy, with everybody intensely meditating on
the glory of the Christ.
As I sit here reading the postings, I think to myself, it truly does
not get any better than this. What have I done to deserve this
beauty, this simplicity of life that is our path?
I miss nothing of my former life, and rather than feeling that my
freedom has been taken away, I feel that I have been blessed with an
inner freedom that I realize I had been searching for my whole life,
but failed to find.
This path has given me endless opportunities to discover and utilise
the gifts I've been given, and has gently nudged me to always do
more, and find more within myself.
My center leader (who is male) has done nothing but encourage me to
take on roles of responsibility in the center, and never have I felt
that I am less important or less capable than my male counterparts.
Those who are being negative about this path perhaps were not able
to look deeply enough within to discover their own beauty, and
perhaps their negativity is a reflection of their own inner turmoil
rather than a reflection of the path itself. It is always easier to
blame outer circumstances than to look within.
Thank you for listening to my few thoughts on this wonderful topic,
and thank you for whoever brought up the topic in the first place.
Thank you Sumangali for replying to this posting. I too have wanted
to reply to it, but was afraid I was too late.
It's a beautiful Sunday morning here in Winnipeg. It's -28 degrees
C, crisp and clear and pure, with sparkling white snow as far as the
eye can see; my favorite kind of day (I'm sure I was Inuit in a past
incarnation). I'm relaxing with my morning cup of coffee and
listening to the recording of the Christmas Carol singing from the
last Christmas trip which I was gratefully able to participate in. I
am moved to tears every time I hear it. I can remember the exact
feeling I had singing these songs as if I were there right now;
standing behind Sri Chinmoy, with everybody intensely meditating on
the glory of the Christ.
As I sit here reading the postings, I think to myself, it truly does
not get any better than this. What have I done to deserve this
beauty, this simplicity of life that is our path?
I miss nothing of my former life, and rather than feeling that my
freedom has been taken away, I feel that I have been blessed with an
inner freedom that I realize I had been searching for my whole life,
but failed to find.
This path has given me endless opportunities to discover and utilise
the gifts I've been given, and has gently nudged me to always do
more, and find more within myself.
My center leader (who is male) has done nothing but encourage me to
take on roles of responsibility in the center, and never have I felt
that I am less important or less capable than my male counterparts.
Those who are being negative about this path perhaps were not able
to look deeply enough within to discover their own beauty, and
perhaps their negativity is a reflection of their own inner turmoil
rather than a reflection of the path itself. It is always easier to
blame outer circumstances than to look within.
Thank you for listening to my few thoughts on this wonderful topic,
and thank you for whoever brought up the topic in the first place.
With gratitude,
Purnakama