'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.
Running for Peace
The most beautiful and fulfilling of all possible experiences
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.
Praying for God’s Grace to Descend
Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal
Breaking the world record for the longest game of hopscotch
Pipasa Glass & Jamini Young Seattle, United States
Soul-Birds take flight
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
My love of spiritual poetry
Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom
My inner calling
Purnakama Rajna Winnipeg, Canada
I felt a bell ringing in my heart
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
My first Guru
Adarini Inkei Geneva, Switzerland
The Peace Run visits Oxford
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
'Christ has stolen her heart and brought it now to me'
Dodula and Gunthita Zurich, Switzerland
The day I made a useless and ridiculous weightlifting machine for Guru
Devashishu Torpy London, United Kingdom
Having a Spiritual Teacher
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
Check your Front Tire
Arpan De Angelo New York, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path
Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany
Where the finite connects to the Infinite
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life
Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia
How I became interested in meditation
Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
'Everyone is feeling nothing but love'
Suren Leosson Reykjavik, Iceland
What drew me to Sri Chinmoy's path
Nikolaus Drekonja San Diego, United States
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.