'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'
This is one of the stories in our Story-Gems project, a collection of our experiences with our Guru, Sri Chinmoy. Project homepage »
I was asleep in New York when the phone rang, and I was invited to go up to Guru's house. That was about 1:00 in the morning. I went to his house, and there were about six boys and maybe six girls there in the room.
Guru didn't say very much, but he asked us to walk around the room as a walking meditation past him and round the back in a circle. We walked around him about seven or eight times very, very slowly.
When I walked past Guru, I began to see this extraordinary being that I had never really seen before. It was like I was seeing who Guru really was, this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body. Guru looked like some very ancient, very majestic and quite incomprehensible spiritual force. I realised that I was really getting a glimpse of man in God or God in man, that there was this very powerful being inside the finite body that was Guru. I realised that Guru would always be beyond my comprehension, that my mind could not fathom how vast Guru really was.
Cross-posted from jogyata.srichinmoycentre.org
About the author
Jogyata Dallas
Auckland, New Zealand
Jogyata has given classes and talks on meditation for the general public for over 30 years, both in New Zealand and around the world. He has published a collection of stories about his experiences as a student of Sri Chinmoy.
A disciple re-incarnates
'You two have been friends for many hundreds of years'
Soul-Birds take flight
Visit Jogyata's homepage »In this interview, Jogyata talks about how his life journey led him to meditation and spirituality, and how it has changed his perspective on so many things. Part of the 'Seeker's Journey' series of interviews.
Play VideoRelated stories
Sri Chinmoy's students describe their inner and outer experiences.
The very first time I heard about my spiritual Master
Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico
The day I saw my Guru's Third Eye
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
You only have to keep your eyes and ears open
Gannika Wiesenberger Linz, Austria
Regaining My Inner Joy
Sujata Muto Kyoto, Japan
I see infinitely more than I say
Agraha Levine Seattle, United States
Patanga: my spiritual name
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
Your life's responsibilities compel you to develop inner strength
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
President Gorbachev: a special soul brought down for a special reason
Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom
Listen to the inner voice
Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada
'When you perform for me, always choose devotional songs.'
Gunthita Corda Zurich, Switzerland
In the Right Place, At the Right Time
Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia
“Where there is heart, always there is a way.”
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New ZealandSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
The relationship between Guru and disciple
Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria
Running the world's longest race
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
A feeling that something more exists
Florbela Caniceiro Coimbra, Portugal
How meditation helped me swim the English Channel
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
From religion to spirituality
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
Where the finite connects to the Infinite
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
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.