April 16th …2 Days to go

Taking shape

Bipin

Tent top

First tent

Padyatra

Danny laying down on the job

Corner

Let there be light

Rupantar

Ananda-Lahari

Bipin

Kitchen

Bishwas

Mark

Mark and Bishwas

Rajpal and Yuyudhan

Tents going up

Readiness, willingness, eagerness:
We need these three giant strides
To arrive at the Destination
Soon, very soon.

 

6 Day Race April 14th The Village Starts To Grow

The big tent starts to go up

Bipin the chief of construction

 

Taking shape

Ananda-Lahari and Mark

Mark Dorion

The walls are next

 

Danny and Mark

 

Padyatra

 

Viharin

Ananda-Lahari and Rajpal

 

Yuyudhan

 

Lunch

 

Rupantar race director

 

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

The outer journey begins
Full of enthusiasm;
It ends full of peace.
The inner journey begins
Full of soulfulness,
And it never ends.

My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme!

Day 51: Quality Of Gratitude

“Lots of ups and downs.  Lots of challenges.  There continues to be lots of challenges.  I know I always look as if everything is great.”

“There is always physical things that happen.  Up until the very end I just pray for protection, and I pray to be taken care of.  That I can reach the goal.”

“I feel it is very important for me to feel the quality of gratitude. Because this is all God’s grace.  It is important to really feel that, and to make it a reality.”

Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo

“In this race you couldn’t run more than a day by yourself.  I have had help from so many people, in so many different ways.”  Harita describes her support as coming from around the world.

“Sending me messages of encouragement.   Praying for me.”

“Then I have my main helpers.  Who have been really incredible and come from many different countries to help me.  For the way I do the race this kind of help is so important.  To have a team.”

“Then there are all the people who are out here.  Running,  counting, being a  part of it and coming out to support it.  To me that is what really makes the race.”

Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo

“It’s so important and so inspiring.  It’s really what keeps me going.  When I look back over the days and weeks. There are so many who come out and get inspiration.  It gives me so much joy.  So much fulfillment and satisfaction .  The goal is for a oneness world family.”

“If we can create that in this little place here then you can have hope for the whole world.”

“It is an opportunity for me to be the best that I can be.  To push beyond my boundaries. To focus more on my spirituality.  To make the theory a reality.”

Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo

“We all know the theory of spirituality.  The theory of a oneness world family.  We know all the qualities you need to be a really good person but until put yourself through really challenging times.  Then you can’t make the theory a reality.”

“To practice being an instrument of God.  By going through challenging times draw on the divinity within myself.”

Harita describes how the race allows everyone to be part of it however much they want.  What ever portion of their hearts they put into it they will get back

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Day 50: Help Each Other

“I didn’t realize how hard the race would be.  Not just for the runners but also all the workers.”

I am going to be the 50th person to to complete the race but I didn’t realize just how many people behind the scenes working together to put the race on. I want people to know about this race, and how many people it took to put it all together.”

Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo

“The support of the Taiwanese community helped me a lot.  I realized that even though the race is called self-transcendence, but it cannot happen without the collaboration of a lot of people helping each other.  Now I feel I know more of the wisdom behind it.  It is only because of team work and people working together.”

Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo

“I am just a small person.  But the impact of my achievement that I have had on people is beyond my imagination.  I feel more people need to know about the race.”

“I never met Sri Chinmoy, but I feel that when he created this race he must have had some thought behind it.”

Wei Ming feels touched and inspired by the meaning of Self-transcendence the very meaning of the race and what he accomplished here in 48 days, 11 hours, 52 minutes setting a standard for all of Asia and older runners everywhere.

Sri Chinmoy Ultra Photo

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