So exhausted I hide in my closet
This is one of the stories in our Story-Gems project, a collection of our experiences with our Guru, Sri Chinmoy. Project homepage »
Now I'll tell you one story I've told many times but I rarely tell the ending to the story. We were playing tennis in Bali and it was very, very hot and humid. Finally the game ended and I went back to my room. I was exhausted.
Just a few minutes later I heard some boys and my roommate screaming, "Mahiyan, Guru wants to play some more." I was so tired that I hid in the closet in my room. They couldn't find me, and finally they left.
The end of the story is that I started feeling guilty because I thought that since Guru wants to play tennis, I should play. I put on a dry shirt and went back to the tennis court, but Guru never played with me anymore that day. He played with other boys.
That was a lesson for me: Always try and do what Guru requests.
There is no special right moment.
Every moment is the right moment
To please your Master.Sri Chinmoy 1
- 1. Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 18, Agni Press, 2000
Cross-posted from mahiyan.srichinmoycentre.org
Story-Gems: Dynamic Spirituality
More stories from Sri Chinmoy's students.
My Room
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
How my spiritual search led me to Sri Chinmoy
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
'You have to be like a warrior and fight'
Mahiyan Savage San Diego, United States
The Ever-Transcending Goal
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
Spiritual Friends
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
A Quest for Happiness
Abhinabha Tangerman Amsterdam, Netherlands
I know where you are
Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States
The day my Guru accepted me as his disciple
Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico
Now you are in the boat
Kaushalya Casey Toronto, Canada
So much longing, for something
Pushpa rani Piner Ottawa, Canada
A barrage of Candy Bullets
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
In the Whirlwind of Life
Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, NetherlandsSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Selfless Service
Brian David Seattle, United States
What meditation gave me that I was missing
Purnahuti Wagner Guatemala City, Guatemala
How I became interested in meditation
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
The value of meditation in a stressful job
Garga Chamberlain Bristol, United Kingdom
Why we organise ultra-distance events
Subarnamala Riedel Zurich, Switzerland
Running the world's longest race
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
Except where explicitly stated otherwise, the contents of this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. read more »
SriChinmoyCentre.org is a Vasudeva Server project.