The Goal Is Won

"The Yogi in me, the spiritual Master in me, will always remain a child. I wish to tell you the supreme Truth that God is an Eternal Child. And he who has realised God is also an Eternal Child. I am not God, far from it! But I have realised Him. I have realised that Old Man who is eternally young, so that is why I am also eternally young."

"— Sri Chinmoy"

Beginning at the stroke of midnight on Sunday, 28 April 1974, Sri Chinmoy wrote an astonishing 360 poems in a single 24-hour period — a pace of one poem every four minutes — using his Yogic powers of concentration. Over the next few hours, a small group of his disciples worked tirelessly to typeset, proofread, illustrate, print, collate and bind these poems into a book entitled "The Goal Is Won". For the cover, Sri Chinmoy chose a picture of himself crossing the finishing line in first place in a 100-metre sprint held at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram on Sports Day 1959.

The day after Sri Chinmoy's poetry marathon, a special celebration was held in the field adjoining the Connecticut Sri Chinmoy Centre at 80 Perry Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut. During the celebration, Sri Chinmoy gave this beautiful talk about the significance of his creation.

Sri Chinmoy, The Canvas of Time, Madal Bal, Czech Republic, 2019

The Sri Chinmoy Library

The Goal Is Won