My Journey with Sri Chinmoy

I am happy and sad. I am happy to have spent half of my life with the spiritual guidance, light and inspiration of a great master-soul. I am sad that he entered into Mahasamadhi on my birthday, October 11, and that he couldn't get this year's Nobel Price for Peace, for which he had been nominated by countless prominent figures from around the world.

When I attended a lecture by one of Sri Chinmoy's students on October 27, 1978 together with my wife, I could not imagine, what impact this first contact would bring into my life. I can only witness that my relationship with Sri Chinmoy became stronger and deeper from year to year. Not only got my life a new and true meaning, I could watch myself being drenched with the infinite bliss of a great spiritual Master who brings humanity a big step forward towards infinite light - a goal, that seems to be very distant in current times, but inevitably will become reality in the distant future.

I am happy and I am sad. I am happy and full of deepest gratitude for all I could learn, experience and change to the better in my life. I am sad to have lost the outer being of Sri Chinmoy on October 11, 2007, when the message of his passing struck me and all his many thousands of students worldwide like a thunderbolt. After seeing him for a last time on his beloved tennis court area in Queens, NY, that he affectionately called "Aspiration-Ground", my sorrow was immense. Then I remembered his last poem, that he released in book form the night before his passing: My physical death Is not the end of my life - I am an eternal journey. The journey goes on, and more than ever I will continue to transform my human weaknesses and strive for melting with his light that he so powerfully manifested through his 76 years on earth. I am sure that I will not be the only one who will try to multiply the accumulated inspiration, that Sri Chinmoy offered us all the years. I deeply hope that his goals to help this world to become a better and more peaceful place, will become reality before it is too late. Watch my continuous video and photo contributions on www.srichinmoy.tv and Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries.