This CD offers a wonderful kaleidoscope of poetry, prose and music by Sri Chinmoy. The album includes three short talks of Sri Chinmoy. These talks were published in his book ‘Everest Aspiration’, a series of hundred talks given in the first twenty days of July 1977. It also includes several music and singing performances, such as Jiban debata.
Experience and Realisation, CD by Sri Chinmoy
Last modified February 16, 2020
It also includes the New Year’s Message of 1978 and an interview at the Sydney Opera House about his organ performances.In this recording, Sri Chinmoy shares the fruits of his prayer-life and meditation-life through his inspired writings and his devotional music. These soul-elevating offerings spring from his heart of love for God and for humanity.
Here is the talk “Experience and Realisation” from the book “Everest-Aspiration” (1977)
Experience and realisation1
Experience prepares; realisation shares. Experience prepares the seeker for God’s choice Hour. Realisation shares God with the seeker. Experience tirelessly tries and cries to find the goal. Realisation effortlessly lives in the goal and eventually grows into the goal itself. Experience secretly tells the seeker what he will ultimately become; he will become God’s most perfect instrument. Realisation smilingly tells the seeker what he eternally is here on earth and there in Heaven. On earth he is God the aspiring and evolving man. In Heaven he is man the illumining and fulfilling God.
Experience is convinced of the fact that this world of ours is a battlefield. Here, bad and good, divine and undivine forces are constantly at war. Realisation knows that this world of ours is not a battlefield. It spontaneously knows that this world of ours is God’s all-transcending Vision-Tree and God’s all-nourishing Reality-Fruit.
Experience moves from the finite to the Infinite. It feels its presence in the finite first and then in the Infinite. It feels its sole identity with the finite drop and then with the infinite sea. Realisation swims right from the beginning inside the infinite sea with God the eternal Swimmer.
Each experience is an added strength in the process of our evolving life. While we are marching along Eternity’s road, each experience is an added strength. Each realisation is a transcending triumph. While we are running fast, faster, fastest along Eternity’s road, each realisation is a transcending triumph.
Experience is exceedingly fond of God the Compassion-Father. Realisation is exceedingly fond of God the Oneness-Lover.
Experience is our journey’s birth. Realisation is our ever-transcending, ever-illumining and ever-fulfilling journey itself.
- 9 July 1977, 9:20 p.m. — North Avenue Presbyterian Church, New Rochelle, New York↩
Very special interview! (8. Interview At The Sydney Opera House). Could you also maybe some day publish CD “Heart-Power Victory” (Sri Chinmoy’s performances on the organs at the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Town Hall in Australia, performed on November 30, 1987.)?
ADOREI ME SINTO MAIS RELAXADO E MENOS ATOLADO NA VIDA SOCIAL QUE PROVOCA JUSTAMENTE O CONTRÁRIO DO QUE AQUI OUVI. ESPERE QUE CONTINUE ASSIM. ACHO QUE VC TEM NOÇÃO DO QUANTO ESTE MUNDO PRECISA DE VC. OBRIGADO POR EXISTIR.
(Loved it! I feel more relaxed and less stuck in social life which causes just the opposite of what i have heard here. Hope it continues like this. I think you have an idea of how much this world needs you. Thanks for existing. )