Start…We Must Go Forward, We Must Go Upward, We Must Go Inward (June 17)

The start of this years Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race

A lot of meeting old friends

Pranjal remembers the way here

Yolanda is Back

Suprabha there for the start

William with some friends from Sanday

A word with Bahula

sopan preparing shoes

Getting ready

william and Alan

The board is empty

Smarana

Rupantar

Nisanga

Kobi

Medur

Kobi

Kaneenika

Atandra brought Alakananda in spirit

Alakananda

Flower

Runners introductions

Start

Yolanda

Getting help from Shamus

Flower

William

Drinking water early

Getting help from alan

Flower

Ananda-Lahari

In camp

Water table

lots of visitors

Andy

Musicians

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girls group

Vasu

Vasu and Alexei

vasu

Installing webcam

Ushika

coming through camp

Flower

Trishul

Surasa

shoe repair

surasa

Flower

Father’s day marathon

Sopan

CNN Camera man

Coming through camp

Smarana

coming through camp

Performing a play

Shamus

Sahishnu updates the board

Kobi

Getting help

Early laps

Flower

Kaneenika

Kaneenika and Surasa

Flower

Matt Green has been walking every street in New York for the past 6 years

He has walked over 8 thousand miles

 

Sahishnu’s Sunday wrap up

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Sahishnu

Parvati

Sri Chinmoy: Our philosophy is very simple. We love God, and we would like to serve God. There are many, many ways to please God. Right now we cannot please God in each and every way. But when we pray and meditate, we feel that there shall come a time when we shall be able to please God in each and every way. Why do we have this feeling? Simply because He will give us the capacity. So right now we are praying to God for the capacity to please Him in His own Way.

When we take the next step, then we tell God, “We would like to please You cheerfully, eagerly plus unconditionally.” If He wants me at this moment to converse with Him, I will do it happily, gladly and proudly. The next moment if He asks me to play tennis, I will gladly play tennis. Then, the following moment, if He asks me to do something else, that I will also do, happily and proudly. Ultimately we would like to do everything for God unconditionally. We shall not set any condition: “God, if You give me this, then I shall do that for You.” That is not our philosophy. We tell God, “We shall give You happily and self-givingly what You want from us. To please You in Your own Way we came into the world.” This is our philosophy.

We also have something else in our philosophy, and that is self-transcendence. We shall not be fully satisfied with our past or present achievements. We must go forward, we must go upward and we must go inward.

13 thoughts on “Start…We Must Go Forward, We Must Go Upward, We Must Go Inward (June 17)”

  1. Utpal I loved what you said at the end of your day 1 video. May fresh inspiration flow through you with your daily offerings here for us too! Thank you so much for showing what so many of us can’t be physically there for. So uplifting… gratitude! And go runners!!! You are the true super – heroes in this era!

  2. Dear Utpal,
    A new epizode of this world changing race – thank you for taking up the challenge again! Looking forward to each and every day of your reports! I hope it is going to be a most wonderful journey for your and each and everyone who joins in :o).

  3. This is my very favourite time of the year and the day — reading Utpal’s blog. In a world of ‘bad news’ — this is like a balm to the mind. Thank you, brave ones, for taking up the self-transendence banner once again! Wonderful interview with Sahishnu, the king of statistics and knowledge.

  4. This is how I connect with the 3100 mile race, through these video updates.
    Thanks so much Utpal for your efforts, and the runners, helpers and organisers.
    I look forward to each post with such excitement and happiness.
    Good stuff!

  5. Gratitude to all.
    Thanks Utpal so, so much.
    I am looking forward for your reports and interviews!

  6. Thank you, Utpal, for this service, which helps so many to connect with the 3100 mile race.

  7. Great start, Utpal and all! Like one runner said — it is different everytime, and we can already feel that. No dry Sahara, a living, breathing display of Self-transcendence. Thank you to all the brave ones. We’re in league with those marathon monks of historic fame.
    So happy we are all back together!

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