Table of Contents
- The New Year's Message, 1971 —- 31 December 1970: Sri Chinmoy Centre, New York
- The Bhagavad-Gita — Chapter XII: The path of devotion
- The Bhagavad-Gita — The God Song. Chapter XIII: The field and the knower of the field
- Matter and spirit
The yogi with his sixty disciples
- 1. My name is Adora. Please tell me what Heaven is and what Earth is.
- 2. My name is Xavier. Heaven and Earth — do they need each other?
- 3. My name is Angela. You seem to feel that both Heaven and Earth are great. Why?
- 4. My name is Woodrow. What does God say when one enters into the spiritual life?
- 5. My name is Anita. Is anything in the world really close to us?
- 6. My name is Timothy. What I need is the Light of self-perfection.
- 7. My name is Arlene. I am sorry to tell you that my wild ignorance is the cause of my earthly death.
- 8. My name is Salvador. Except for you, nothing has any meaning for me.
- 9. My name is Brenda. In order to be correct, I choose divinity.
- 10. My name is Sigmund. I do not know what my body, my vital, my mind and my soul need.
- 11. My name is Clara. When Falsehood stands in front of me, I cannot endure him for long.
- 12. My name is Rudolph. I feel that deep within me, I have just an atom of divine love. Can I expect anything from God?
- 13. My name is Donna. You have stolen my heart.
- 14. My name is Russell. What does God think of those who do not aspire?
- 15. My name is Doris. From now on, I shall practise obedience.
- 16. My name is Ruben. I wish to be your devoted dog.
- 17. My name is Freda. When will God accept me?
- 18. My name is Powell. Is there any real justice in the world?
- 19. My name is Glorianna. Does God have a substitute?
- 20. My name is Percival. Since I have not realised God, I feel that 1 am a form without the soul.
- 21. My name is Jasmine. It seems to me that when the inner love smiles, the higher truth appears.
- 22. My name is Nero. I am consumed with the desire to smell the perfume of my inner musk. But unfortunately I do not know where my deer is.
- 23. My name is Lola. At times, when I come to you, I feel that my heart is empty of love and at other times I feel that it is full of love. Why?
- 24. My name is Moses. I know nothing. Why? I also feel nothing. Why?
- 25. My name is Madra. Who is more important, the divine lover or the divine beloved?
- 26. My name is Monroe. It is your compassion which has made me divine.
- 27. My name is Sally. I have two more names: insincerity and ingratitude. I offer them to you.
- 28. My name is Adam. I need joy.
- 29. My name is Ethel. I need fulfilment.
- 30. My name is Max. I need perfection.
- 31. My name is Beth. In my opinion, what I have is intelligence and what you have is intuition.
- 32. My name is Benjamin. I come to you so often and talk and talk. Is this not an imposition?
- 33. My name is Yvonne. Does God ever cut jokes?
- 34. My name is Emmanuel. I know that we judge God. Does God also judge us?
- 35. My name is Olga. I wish to open God's palace. We keep our keys on a key-ring; where does God keep His keys?
- 36. My name is Ted. Is it correct to say that frustration ceases and then realisation begins, or does realisation begin and then frustration cease? Please let me know.
- 37. My name is Deborah. I am eager to learn, but I don't want to be taught. Why?
- 38. My name is Gabriel. Words no more shall come from me. From now on, only actions. My actions shall speak for me.
- 39. My name is Winnifred. I wish to be unconditional and perfect.
- 40. My name is Wilfred. I want to conquer my fear, jealousy and doubt.
- 41. My name is Allison. Sometimes I feel that you don't understand me.
- 42. My name is Gregory. I am curious to know if you have made any serious mistake in your life.
- 43. My name is Molly. Shall I think and then speak, or speak and then think?
- 44. My name is Shelley. I am spiritually hungry.
- 45. My name is Pauline. Is it true that aspiration is always needed in the inner life?
- 46. My name is Mario. Can aspiration offer outer information?
- 47. My name is Nanette. How can I be humble?
- 48. My name is Nicholas. Today I am feeling real love for you.
- 49. My name is Beatrice. I wish to know what will actually happen when I see the truth.
- 50. My name is Pearson. Why do I always complain? Why do I always try to explain?
- 51. My name is Frances. Please tell me what do the animal, the human and the divine in me want?
- 52. My name is Alex. It seems to me that I am nearing my realisation.
- 53. My name is Alexandra. I am sure that my realisation is a far cry.
- 54. My name is Frederick. I don't need realisation. I need only you.
- 55. My name is Erika. What is the difference between a liberated soul and a realised soul?
- 56. My name is Herbert. Which is more important of the two, God's Grace or God's Justice?
- 57. My name is Grace. Who loves you most?
- 58. My name is Kenneth. I want you never to run out of advice.
- 59. My name is Lorraine. Although we are your disciples, your spiritual children, it seems to me that you listen to us more than we listen to you.
- 60. My name is Thomas. Forgive me, doubt and I are inseparable. I am sure I shall ask God for proof even when He stands right in front of me.