So exhausted I hide in my closet
This is one of the stories in our Story-Gems project, a collection of our experiences with our Guru, Sri Chinmoy. Project homepage »
Now I'll tell you one story I've told many times but I rarely tell the ending to the story. We were playing tennis in Bali and it was very, very hot and humid. Finally the game ended and I went back to my room. I was exhausted.
Just a few minutes later I heard some boys and my roommate screaming, "Mahiyan, Guru wants to play some more." I was so tired that I hid in the closet in my room. They couldn't find me, and finally they left.
The end of the story is that I started feeling guilty because I thought that since Guru wants to play tennis, I should play. I put on a dry shirt and went back to the tennis court, but Guru never played with me anymore that day. He played with other boys.
That was a lesson for me: Always try and do what Guru requests.
There is no special right moment.
Every moment is the right moment
To please your Master.Sri Chinmoy 1
- 1. Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 18, Agni Press, 2000
Cross-posted from mahiyan.srichinmoycentre.org
Story-Gems: Dynamic Spirituality
More stories from Sri Chinmoy's students.
I felt a bell ringing in my heart
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
Is it unspiritual to care about winning?
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
If a little meditation can give you this kind of experience...
Pragya Gerig Nuremberg, Germany
The Peace Run visits Oxford
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
Just go with it and jump!
Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States
A New World
Apaga Renner Graz, Austria
Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb
Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico
Spiritual moments with my grandmother
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
A Divine Phone Call
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Celestial experiences
Antaranga Gressenich Munich, Germany
Meditation: Touching The Infinite
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Sri Chinmoy's opening meditation at the Parliament of World Religions
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
No prior experience needed
Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany
From religion to spirituality
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
How I became interested in meditation
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
Beginnings of a spiritual journey
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
My spiritual search from childhood
Hemabha Jang Jeonju, South Korea
Except where explicitly stated otherwise, the contents of this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. read more »
SriChinmoyCentre.org is a Vasudeva Server project.