{"id":2796,"date":"2007-04-24T18:53:01","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T18:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/sri-chinmoy-poetry-2\/my-god-hunger-cry\/yoga-self-giver\/"},"modified":"2012-10-06T19:57:50","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T19:57:50","slug":"yoga-self-giver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/?page_id=2796","title":{"rendered":"In Yoga, a self-giver"},"content":{"rendered":"

 &#145;My God-Hunger-Cry’ Prayer for Feb. 12 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\n “Believe it or not
\nI am still a beginner.
\nBut, truly I am,
\nIn Yoga, a self-giver.”<\/p>\n

\n          Sri Chinmoy<\/a><\/p>\n

This is very a special prayer for me for two reasons. The first reason
\nis that as I progress spiritually I seem to realize how vast and
\neternal the knowledge and consciousness is that we are trying to grow
\ninto. So it always feels as if I am a beginner each day. In that sense
\nwe can humbly say that we have devotion to something so amazingly
\nbeyond this worldly life that we are in a human way just children and
\nat the same time bound to grow up and reach our final destination.<\/p>\n

The second aspect of the prayer is also special as it embodies the
\nmeaning of my spiritual name. `Arpan’ essentially means `self-giving’,
\nand on a spiritual level that is what I truly try to identify with. Of
\ncourse it takes quite a bit of effort and discipline to embody that
\ntruly valuable quality of self-giving on a spiritual level. Not just
\ngiving in a human or material sense, but a surrender of sorts, to the
\nhighest within us. This eventually brings us to Union with the
\nHighest, which is what Yoga actually means. <\/p>\n

I this way I also feel like a beginner. When I see how much Sri
\nChinmoy<\/a> gives to the world, especially to all his spiritual children
\nin so many ways that cannot even be described unless experienced on a
\npersonal level, I feel that I still have far too go in order to truly
\nembody and live up to the self-giving quality of a true Yogi. <\/p>\n

Whether we are eternal beginners and novice self-givers, as long as we
\nare on a path of Truth and Light, longing for the Highest, we are
\ndoing our soul and the rest of the world a great service. That, I
\nthink, is real Yoga.<\/p>\n

Self-Givingly,
\nArpan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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