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<\/p>\nA new section ‘First Steps’ offers a selection of stories by members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre about their first experiences in taking to a spiritual life.<\/p>\n
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The section at Sri Chinmoy Centre<\/a> shows the diverse range of experiences that led people from a variety of different backgrounds to become interested in meditation and follow the spiritual path of Sri Chinmoy.<\/p>\n The initial curiosity \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the captivating question ‘how will it feel?’ \u00e2\u20ac\u201c gave way to calm certainty and the joy of silence \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a silence in which I can now dive every day. This state of being is infinitely more exciting and fulfilling than I had ever imagined.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n – Apaga Renner<\/a><\/p>\n Coming to his path has truly been the most beautiful, profound and enduring thing ever to happen to me. I may not be rich, or great, or famous, but I can sincerely say that I am truly happy.<\/p>\n – Abhinandan<\/a><\/p>\n What really appealed to me was the combination of a profound and soulful inner life with a dynamic and versatile outer life.<\/p>\n – A quest for happiness<\/a> by Abhinabha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A new section ‘First Steps’ offers a selection of stories by members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre about their first experiences in taking to a spiritual life. The section at Sri Chinmoy Centre shows the diverse range of experiences that led people from a variety of different backgrounds to become interested in meditation and follow … Continue reading “First steps on the spiritual path”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}