Doing things together
Most of our Centres around the world can't offer public events due to the pandemic, but this time has given us the opportunity to focus on deepening our spiritual practice, and spending time together where health guidelines allow.
Sri Chinmoy would often have us come together for Joy Days - gatherings where we would meditate and do lots of spiritual things, but also have fun and delight in each other's company. So we have been finding ways to do that....
Luckily for us, much of our Joy Days are spent in the outdoors anyway - we play sports and games, and go for hikes in the mountains.
Guatemala
The beautiful Lake Atitlan is a regular Joy Day destination for our Guatemalan members. Sri Chinmoy visited this beautiful lake in 1997

Past-incarnation fancy dress
Sri Chinmoy always encouraged his Australian and New Zealand students to do things together, so once the 'travel bubble' between Australia and New Zealand was established, a Joy Day quickly followed. This particular joy day, everyone was asked to appear in fancy dress, representing their past incarnation (or what they thought/wished they were in their past incarnation)

Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
An early spiritual experience
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
If a wish comes from the soul, it will be granted
Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States
A demonstration of the Master’s occult powers
Arpan De Angelo New York, United States
Time seemed to freeze
Brahmata Michael Ottawa, Canada
'You two have been friends for many hundreds of years'
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Failures are the pillars of success
Anugata Bach New York, United States
A spiritual name is the name of our soul, and what we can become
Nayak Polissar Seattle, United States
'When you perform for me, always choose devotional songs.'
Gunthita Corda Zurich, Switzerland
The day I made a useless and ridiculous weightlifting machine for Guru
Devashishu Torpy London, United Kingdom
My 5 a.m. strategic meditations
Sanchita Fleming Ottawa, Canada
My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
A barrage of Candy Bullets
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Having a Spiritual Teacher
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New ZealandSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Selfless Service
Brian David Seattle, United States
My typical day
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States
Where the finite connects to the Infinite
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Making progress on Sri Chinmoy's Path
Daulot Fountain Seattle, United States
What meditation gave me that I was missing
Purnahuti Wagner Guatemala City, Guatemala