Please listen to the recordings of me reciting “The Absolute.” Try to understand the feelings. You have to feel the words that are written: “No mind, no form.” At that time you have to feel that you are far beyond the mind. Otherwise, you are talking in the mind and saying “no mind.” Try to get the feeling.
Do not forget that “The Absolute” is my third poem. The editor of a magazine called Mother India published “The Absolute.” He and I became very closely connected. The editor was then in Bombay. He came to the Ashram. When he came inside the Main Building, he wanted to know who Chinmoy was. I happened to be quite near him. He was lame, and he used a cane. He dropped his cane and embraced me. Then he said, “I can’t believe, I can’t believe that you have written this poem.” Then he heard that it was my third poem!
Now he is “only” 104 years old – 104 years old! When he was 96 or 97, I went to see him in the Ashram. He was very, very affectionate to me. He has helped me considerably in English literature. He said, “They say you are very strong, but I can defeat you.”
He grabbed my palm and pressed it hard, and I pretended that it was too hard. Then he was quite satisfied that he was stronger than I was.
One funny story: He was very, very fond of me. Once he wrote to me, “Chinmoy, you are very rich now. I want one of my books to be printed.”
I said, “All right. Now you tell me how much you need.” Then I gave him practically double the amount. A month later he wrote to me, “Chinmoy, you gave me the money. But I thought, and also my wife thought, that it would be better for us to buy furniture.”
I said, “It is your money. Please use it in your own way.”Now he is at the hospital, 104 years old. He is a very great scholar.
How did he come to the Ashram? He bought a pair of shoes. The shoes were wrapped in an ordinary newspaper. There was an article about Sri Aurobindo in the newspaper, and Sri Aurobindo’s picture was there. As soon as he saw Sri Aurobindo’s picture, he was so deeply drawn to the picture. Then he wrote to Sri Aurobindo that he wanted to become a disciple.
See how a newspaper can bring such an eminent disciple to the Ashram.
This is how people come to meet their Master. One day I would like to hear from you also funny, funny stories, how you came to know about us and who the lecturer was.
12 April 2007, Aspiration-Ground, New York
Sri Chinmoy, My Flute<em>. New York: Sri Chinmoy Lighthouse, 1972.<p>↩
From:Sri Chinmoy,Concern: A Reality of the Heart, Agni Press, 2025
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