Vikings of the North
The Jorvik Viking Centre York Dec 2009
photos: Mridanga
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Irish Photos
From the Wicklow Mountains in our cycling holiday
A rainbow over Dublin
Scottish friends enjoying Ireland
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God Loves Solicitors
God loves everyone, even solicitors. Photo by my Dad from Yorkshire
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Cambridge Photos
Kings College, Cambridge. I have been to two services in Kings College Cambridge. It’s a very impressive building.
It was cold during my visit to Cambridge …
Father Christmas is Indian
from: Goodness Gracious Me
UK’s Queen is Indian
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Daily Poem
If you would like to receive a daily poem of the day visit: Â Poem of the day at Short Poems.org
This is a poem by the nineteenth century mystic Ramprasad Sen
The Diamond Essence of Awareness
Ma Tara, you are truly the exalted one,
the essence of awareness.
But are you aware of the foolish poet
who sings this song?
You are indeed the radiant truth,
the sun that dissolves like morning mist
the illusory suffering of conscious beings.
But what about my persistent misery?
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Meditation Guide
In Oxford, we offer meditation courses 3 times a year as a community service on behalf of the Sri Chinmoy Centre. Many people are interested in meditation for a variety of reasons such as deeper relaxation, inner peace and discovering more about our own self.
These are some of the Benefits of Meditation – an article at Write Spirit.
Also, Q.A. on the Benefits of Meditation
People may have preconceived ideas about what meditation is. However, in essence meditation is quite a simple exercise – we are basically trying to still the mind. This is an introduction to meditation, with some suggestions on How To Control our own thoughts.
Meditation and Music
Music can play a helpful role in meditation. Meditative music can help inspire our meditation and create an atmosphere conducive to stilling the mind. There is a good selection of meditation music at Radio Sri Chinmoy.
- A popular recording is this flute music meditation by Sri Chinmoy Quick Time – listen now
Meditation Videos
These are some short meditation videos at Sri Chinmoy TV
More Meditation Links
- Meditation Workshop
- Quotes on Meditation at Poetseers.org
- Meditation at Sri Chinmoy Centre
- Learn Meditation in UK
Photo by Tejvan from Oxford Botanical gardens
A Busy Few Weeks
Boris Purushottama Grebenshikov at Royal Albert Hall.
It’s been a busy few weeks in the UK.
Firstly we had the World Harmony Run visit the UK.
Secondly, we had a reception in honour of Sri Chinmoy at the House of Lords.
The really big event was a concert for 5,000 people at the Royal Albert Hall
Other Links
Congratulations to Ashrita on Breaking his 200th Guinness World Records. That is a marvelous achievement and a record all by itself!
Recent article – How To avoid being a grumpy old man
I am going on a cycling holiday in Ireland with a few ‘non cycling’ friends. I have sent them all a training schedule. That should get them ready for 100 miles a day.