30 December
Unleashing the artist within...
The Dublin centre explores how meditation can unlock your inner creativity!
Once in a while the members of the Dublin Sri Chinmoy Centre (plus a few inspired friends) get together to explore how meditation can unleash one's inner creativity - in the form of painting.
Sri Chinmoy coined the term 'Jharna-Kala', or fountain-art in his native Bengali to describe his own painting, and to emphasize that it comes not from any mental construction, but indeed flows straight from the source of all creativity - the aspiring heart. To read more about Sri Chinmoy's painting, click here....
After some initial setting up and a short meditation we soon set to work. No painting took longer than 3 or 4 minutes to complete - the aim was to stay in the heart rather than the deliberating mind. The floor soon became covered in brightly covered drawings. In the words of Ivan, a newcomer to this kind of painting - "it was just like my best meditations". Enough said.
Colm, of course, wasn't content to just paint on the paper...
Here are some of the results: we would like to think that the brightness of these pictures is indicative of the brightness in our hearts!
For more paintings, see our gallery, where you can compare our efforts to those from a previous painting night, and see if we've improved...
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
Akuti: a pioneer-jewel in our Centre
Akuti Eisamann Connecticut, United States
I felt a bell ringing in my heart
Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales
It does not matter which spoon you use
Brahmacharini Rebidoux St. John's, Canada
Filled with deepest joy
Tirtha Voelckner Munich, Germany
Sri Chinmoy performs on the world's largest organ
Prachar Stegemann Canberra, Australia
If a wish comes from the soul, it will be granted
Kamalakanta Nieves New York, United States
Time seemed to freeze
Brahmata Michael Ottawa, Canada
My Room
Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand
Failures are the pillars of success
Anugata Bach New York, United States
'Always say things in such a way as to inspire people, not discourage them'
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
My life with Sri Chinmoy
Namrata Moses New York, United States
A Flame in my Heart
Adesh Widmer Zurich, Switzerland
Meeting Sri Chinmoy for the first time
Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United KingdomSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Sri Chinmoy's inner guidance
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
My typical day
Pranlobha Kalagian Seattle, United States
How can we create harmony in the world?
Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
Sri Chinmoy's vision of the Peace Run
Harita Davies New York, United States
From religion to spirituality
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
Meditation: you make progress just by doing it
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
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