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1 hour after the end of the 2003 Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Ten Day Race, admiring a beautiful scoreboard. Not quite my best but there's always extenuating circumstances... anyhoo this was the eighth ten day race that I ran. |
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| However, it has all only been possible with the inspiration of my teacher,
Sri Chinmoy. It is his vision that has created the opportunity for people
to transcend themselves and to remake themselves in the likeness of their
dreams. The participants in these races are pioneers in the modest arena of
multi-day running where the only real race is with oneself and it is a deeper
being that one realises on the road of self-transcendence. The support that
the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team
provides is a demonstration of what can be achieved when like-minded people
come together with the spirit of high ideals to strip away all the outer trappings
of everyday existence and focus our life energy into this moment and become
again what we truly are and what we can be.
"If we run, we see our capacities becoming fully manifested. Previously
our capacities were dormant; they didn't function inside us. But when we run,
we bring to the fore our hidden capacities and are able to do something and
become something. Sri Chinmoy's website can be found here and other sites of interest can be found in Links |
Abichal early on in
the 2003 3,100 mile race  |
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| Photo: Salil Wilson. | ||
| Abichal has been a student of Sri Chinmoy since January 1990 | ||