Day 36… Inner Running (July 21)

Every year at this time a city wide handball tournament is held in the park and it draws an enthusiastic and often boisterous crowds.  People interested in the trajectory of hard blue rubber ball smacked against a concrete wall, and understandably not so interested in the shuffling sweating warriors circling round them.

The aftermath of all day snacking, barbecuing, and trash making is a bit shocking.  The tournament usually goes quite late and if there is an attempt to clean up it is minimal and best which is of course not up to Vajra’s standard of cleanliness for the sacred course of the 3100 mile race.

But does the extra load bother him?  “Not at all.  Necessity knows no frustration for me.”

“The mere fact that you can have people running for 18 hours a day for 52 days is a phenomenal enough situation for any person to consider something as very unusual.  It is something for a spiritual person, who would recognize it as something that goes beyond.  It takes you to an inner realm where you can only feel it better than you can express it outwardly.”

“Whatever is inwardly spiritually illumining does not need anything outwardly to justify it or express it.  It just is.  You pick up on it just through your heart.”

“When you identify with heart to heart situations there is very little that you need to understand in terms of words.  It just is.”

“It is not only what you do but the spirit in which you do it.  If you do it for the purpose of glorifying some divine nature that is within you and that is within all of us then that thing becomes a very special thing.  It has its own way of manifesting itself to the outer world to those who are receptive enough to feel it.  Those people will receive something from it.”

Sahishnu’s Week #5 Wrap Up

The Board at the Start of Day 36

Camp early

The clocks

Ashprihanal

Extreme heat health warnings

Aharan puts out Harita’s shoes

Rupantar does his report

Nirbhasa

Smarana strethces

Harita

Ananda-Lahari

Garima assists Nirbhasa

Rupantar cautions the runners about the heat

Harita

Start of Day 36

Another day of hot weather

Ashprihanal has 2326 miles

https://www.srichinmoyultraphoto.com/3100-mile-race/2019

He ran 63 miles

He leads Nirbhasa by 25 miles

Green

“Is he the one in first place?”

Brazilian TV

Nirbhasa has 2301 miles

He ran 66 miles

Getting help from Yahva

Doing very well

Flower

Peterson and Max

Handball yesterday

https://www.srichinmoyultraphoto.com/3100-mile-race/2019

Brazilian TV

Vasu has 2199 miles

He ran 51 miles

Nikolai works on his feet

He is 11 miles ahead of Ananda-Lahari

Having some stubborn physical problems

Staying positive

Flower

Bipin

Ananda-Lahari has 2188 miles

He did 63 miles

photo by Garima

Leads Smarana by 30 miles

Flower

Cooks at 10

Smarana has 2158 miles

He ran 55 miles

He is 29 miles ahead of Harita

Green

Nirjharini making labels

Harita has 2129 miles

She ran 57 miles yesterday

With Launa

Flower

Sanjay

Mandra

Todor has 2100 miles

He made 57 miles

He is 14 miles above the magic number

Flower

Todor

Jadranka updates the board

Ushika has 1850 miles

He made 50 miles

The long road

Flower

Nirjharini and Aharan

Max and Mahiyan

“Whoever heard of serving dry white toast without butter?”

Poem of the Day

My
Success depends
On my God-loving
Thoughts.

Sri Chinmoy

July 21st, 2006

Enthusiasm Awakeners

The outer running reminds us
Of the soul’s inner running
With Eternity, Infinity and Immortality.

One thought on “Day 36… Inner Running (July 21)”

  1. Vajra has always something profound to say. I believe that, as long as we, the spectators have not gone beyond our comfort zone, we may not understand and feel the race in it’s real depth. But whoever ran a marathon and meditates can at least sympathise a little or more with it all.

    I especially identify most with the family feeling there, not saying that I envy anybody who can be there physically.

    We know that many people are gratefully following the race here on your blog, Utpal, but not commenting necessarily daily. At times words are failing me, at other times outer commitments are preventing me from doing so.

    All the runners and everybody around the race are held in my daily thoughts, no matter where I am or what I am doing. The blog and especially the interviews are the highlight of the day! Then come Jowan’s wonderful pictures, then the daily update by Sahishnu.

    And yes, the music choice is nice. Perhaps you could continue letting us know the source as you did with Shambhu’s pieces that Iiked very much.

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