Anecdotes I: Run and become, become and run
Hardcover
Series: Works of Sri Chinmoy, Book 21
General ReferenceReligion General Self-Help
ISBN13: 9781911319115
Publisher: Ganapati Press
Published: Jun 7 2017
Pages: 576
Weight: 2.29
Height: 1.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Sri Chinmoy's interest in running dates back to his youth. At the ashram, or spiritual community, where he lived from the ages of 12 to 32, he was the top-ranked sprinter and, for two consecutive years, decathlon champion. It wasn't until the fall of 1978, however, that he first became interested in long-distance running. Since then, he has pursued the sport with the same one-pointed intensity that he has brought to his various literary, artistic and musical pursuits. For Sri Chinmoy, running -- like writing, painting and composing -- is nothing but an expression of his inner cry for ever-greater perfection: perfection in the inner world and perfection in the outer world. Our goal is always to go beyond, beyond, beyond, he says. There are no limits to our capacity, because we have the infinite Divine within us, and the Supreme is always transcending His own Reality.
Sri Chinmoy regards running as a perfect spiritual metaphor. Try to be a runner and go beyond all that is bothering you and standing in your way, he tells his students. Be a real runner so that ignorance, limitations and imperfections will all drop far behind you in the race. In this spirit he has inspired countless individuals to run -- both literally and figuratively.
Who is the winner? he writes in one of his aphorisms. Not he who wins the race, but he who loves to run sleeplessly and breathlessly with God the Supreme Runner. As a fully God-realised spiritual Master, Sri Chinmoy has consecrated his life to this divinely soulful and supremely fruitful task. At the same time, on an entirely different level, he has made some significant contributions to the sport of running. He was the inspiration behind several long-distance relays, including a recent 300-mile run in Connecticut and the 9,000-mile Liberty-Torch run through all the states held during the 1976 Bicentennial. He has composed several running songs, which his students have performed at a number of races. His students have sponsored Sri Chinmoy Runs throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia as an offering to the running community. Moreover, Sri Chinmoy has encouraged his followers around the world to take up running as a means of overcoming lethargy and increasing their spiritual aspiration on the physical plane. Two hundred of his disciples, for example -- most of whom were novice runners -- completed last years's New York City Marathon.
In the year he has been running, Sri Chinmoy himself has completed seven marathons. He averages about seventy to ninety miles a week, with most of his running done late at night or in the early hours of the morning. During his runs he has been chased by dogs, accosted by hooligans, greeted by admirers and cheered on by children. Sometimes he has had significant inner experiences; other times he has suffered deplorable outer experiences. As a spiritual Master of the highest order, Sri Chinmoy views these experiences -- both the divine ones and the undivine ones -- with a unique perspective. The running world is nothing but the human world in microcosm, and Sri Chinmoy's reminiscences stand as a remarkable commentary on the whimsical, poignant, funny, outrageous and, above all, supremely significant experience we call life.
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