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.
Soul-Birds take flight
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
The happiest I've ever been
Gabriele Settimi San Diego, United States
The spiritual life is normal to me
Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom
A Flame in my Heart
Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland
You only have to keep your eyes and ears open
Gannika Wiesenberger Linz, Austria
Running for Peace
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Seeing the God inside my son
Utsahi St-Armand Ottawa, Canada
Muhammad Ali: I was expecting a monster, but I found a lamb
Sevananda Padilla San Juan, Puerto Rico
10-Day Race: Staring into the Infinite
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
Believe, take a step and proceed: a 6-day race experience
Susan Marshall ,
The Random Dog
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
Failures are the pillars of success
Anugata Bach New York, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Beginnings of a spiritual journey
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
An airport meditation experience
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
My well-scheduled day
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Making progress on Sri Chinmoy's Path
Daulot Fountain Seattle, United States
Spirituality - the most fascinating subject on earth
Laila Faerman New York, United States
How Sri Chinmoy appreciated enthusiasm
Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia
Siblings on a spiritual path
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States
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.