Author: admin-ashrita
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My Friend Saves the Day
It’s hard to imagine that good grooming could almost ruin a record attempt, but it actually happened to me a few days ago! I was in the Dominican Republic on retreat with my meditation group and I decided to attempt the record for walking the fastest mile while spinning a hula hoop around the waist…
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A Record with a Peel
About 2 months ago, I got the inspiration to break the world record for the “orange nose push mile.” The record is for pushing an orange over a distance of one mile, with your nose! I actually held this record but, since nobody had broken it in a few years, I decided to go after…
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My beloved teacher
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My Beloved Teacher, Sri Chinmoy, entered into Mahasamadhi on October 11th, but I can still feel my Teacher’s presence so powerfully in my heart. I am certain that Sri Chinmoy is most lovingly blessing us and encouraging us all from the higher worlds.
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Behind Closing Doors
There is an expression: “the morning shows the day.” If that’s the case, then my trip to St. Petersburg was portending to be a disaster! On my first day in that former capital of Russia, I was pickpocketed and, let me tell you, the gang who did it was smooth! After arriving in St. Petersburg,…
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Anyone Need a 76-Foot, 21,000-Pound Pencil?
Well, we did it and we had a blast! A bunch of guys from about 15 countries spent 2 weeks building the world’s largest pencil. It wasn’t easy. We had to make the pencil to scale, it had to look precisely like a normal pencil and it had to be made out of exactly the…
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An Adventure at the Beardsley Zoo
The word “adventure” conjures up images of the African Serengeti or the Amazon rainforest. I am fortunate to have had my share of such adventures: pogo stick jumping in Antarctica and juggling underwater with sharks in an aquarium in Malaysia, to name a few. But adventures don’t necessarily have to be in exotic places. With…
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The Cosmic Circle
For some people the hula hoop is a kid’s toy, while others have found it to be a great exercise tool to strengthen the abs, back and legs. I see the hula hoop as both of these things, and something more. For me the hula hoop has become a device I can use to challenge…
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The Pencil Wars
I apologize for not putting up a blog in a while – I’ve been involved in organizing a celebration in honor of my spiritual teacher’s birthday. Every year, hundreds of Sri Chinmoy’s students from around the world come to Queens, New York, to join in the festivities. Although the celebration centers mostly around prayer and…
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Meditation Works
I was watching the men’s British Open Golf Championship on TV this past Sunday and the commentators brought up a fascinating point. They said that in order to play golf well, a player must be in control of his emotions. They pointed out that many golfers are brilliant on Thursday, Friday and Saturday but, on…
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Lost and Found
Sometimes a simple story can have a profound impact. More than twenty years ago, my friend, Adhiratha, told me about an incident that happened to his uncle and I have never forgotten it. In fact, every time something gets lost, I think of Adhiratha’s uncle and I’ve never even met the guy! Adhiratha comes from…