https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLUEMj6cwA
Man: I think it was, “Blessed are the cheesemakers”!
Gregory’s wife: What’s so special about the cheesemakers?
Gregory: Well, obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.
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New Cycling Blog – I like starting new blogs. I’ve lost count how many I have now. I don’t know why I didn’t start a cycling blog before. I will enjoy writing articles in the future. At the moment, I’m concentrating on quantity rather than quality
Good article by Shane here: – What can we learn from death?
The Art of Effective argument at Sri Chinmoy Inspiration Blog
Finding inspiration to write on Self – Improvement
Politics / Humour
Ron Paul gives some advice to an overweight critic
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This video shows ‘Ramana’ levitating in front of the White House. It intrigues passers by.
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I wrote an article for Pick the Brain about effective self criticism.
The inspiration for the article was this quote by Sri Chinmoy:
Not self-contempt
But self-improvement
Has to be our continuous choice.
Sometimes articles are difficult to write, sometimes they come quickly, this was relatively easy to write.
Sometimes, its hard to be honest with yourself and criticise your own motives. Our ego likes us to think we are always good.
Photo by Tejvan August, 2007
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Photo (c) Richard Owens
See: My New Hill Climb Page at Cycling Info.co.uk
This year’s national hill climb championship was held at Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, just south of Bristol.
The winner was James Dobbin, Arctic Shorter Rochford, in a very good time of 6.51.
Second place was David Clark, who just missed out for the second year running.
I finished 7th in a time of 7.14, just 6 seconds behind 3rd place. I finished 7th last year at the 2006, National Hill climb championship in Devon.
1 James Dobbin Arctic Shorter Rochford RT – 06:51.5
2 David Clarke Blue Sky Cycles – 06:57.6
3 Matt Clinton mikevaughaun.co.uk – 07:08.5
4 Jim Henderson Southport CC – 07:10.3
5 Geoffrey Beetham Retrobike.co.uk – 07:11.7
6 Danny Axford Arctic Shorter Rochford RT – 07:12.6
7 Tejvan Pettinger Sri Chinmoy CT – 07:14.4
8 Ian Stott Blackburn & Dist. CTC – 07:23.6
9 Adam Pinder Blackburn & Dist. CTC – 07:27.1
10 Ben Pochee Bike & Run London
Excellent event, with good organisation and support.
My new Cycling site Cycling Uphill
Many Thanks to Rich Owens for photos from race. Flickr gallery of event
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“I do not give up,
I never give up,
For there is nothing
In this entire world
that is irrevocably unchangeable.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Just make tremendous progress
And tremendous improvement
In your own life
Others will definitely be inspired
By the result.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Photo from Lake Rydal, Lake District
Related
Obituary of Sri Chinmoy at Independent (quite nice, although Sri Chinmoy never swam the English Channel. He did however, encourage people to try and complete the crossing.) – Nice tribute here: from Kevin Murphy ‘King of the Channel’ – 34 successful swims
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My cycling in 2007, has been a bit disappointing.
I have only done a small number of races with no pbs.
I did win a couple of races, early in the season. This included the Oxonian CC 31 mile hilly TT. and the 10 mile TT organised by London West D.C
My fastest 10 was about a 21.31
My fastest 25 was about a 57.00 – which is really slow. My pb is a 52.
Hill climb Season
The hill climb season is usually the highlight of the season for me. However, circumstance prevented me from competing in any races. I have been doing a bit of training. Several times I have cycled out to Lewknor to race up the A40. But, training is not the same as racing and even my training has been a bit disrupted.
Next week is the National hill climb championship at Cheddar Gorge. I am seeded number 4, last year I finished 7th, when the race was down in Devon. This will be the final race of the season. It is a shame I didn’t have chance to ride up Cheddar Gorge because it sounds an interesting hill.
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Tejvan Pettinger
Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team
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“When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence, which is our soul. When we live in the soul, we feel that we are actually meditating spontaneously”
– Sri Chinmoy
I have been meditating for several years and it is one of the most enjoyable activities I do.
I learnt to meditate as a student of Sri Chinmoy, which emphasizes meditating on the spiritual heart.
I wrote an article on the benefits of meditation. here at Pick the Brain
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