{"id":2130,"date":"2013-06-06T15:07:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T19:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2013-06-14T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T15:43:03","slug":"inspiration-letters-past-lives-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2130","title":{"rendered":"Inspiration-Letters: Past lives edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This months edition of Inspiration Letters is focused on the theme of &#8216;past lives&#8217;; a diverse collection of writers offer several different interpretations of what this topic means to them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2131\" alt=\"past-lives\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/past-lives.jpg\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/past-lives.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/past-lives-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25842\">Thoughts and memories of past lives<\/a> &#8211; introduction by Mahiruha<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u00c2\u00a0&#8220;&#8230; My Past Life&#8221; could also refer to the life I lived before I encountered Sri Chinmoy, before I started practicing spirituality. I had so many problems!\u00c2\u00a0 But, after ten years meditating with Guru, he gave me the name &#8220;Mahiruha&#8221;. The basic meaning of this name is two-fold: &#8220;speed&#8221; and &#8220;aspiration&#8221;. In other words, if I identify myself with my soul&#8217;s quality of aspiring speed or fast aspiration, then I don&#8217;t have to worry or obsess over my difficulties. By<br \/>\naspiring sincerely and self-givingly, the problems that once loomed so large in my life will not be able to forever intimidate me&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><!--more--><br \/>\nArticles in this 22nd edition<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25843\">Here and Now<\/a> &#8211; an article by Tejvan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25844\">The past is dust<\/a> by Suchana<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25845\">Reincarnation &#8211; the great journey<\/a> by Abhinabha<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25846\">My past life<\/a> by Arpan<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25847\">My past life an article<\/a> by Dhiraja<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25848\">Past, present, future and forever<\/a> by Sharani<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25849\">My past life <\/a>by Purnakama<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25850\">Fragmentations<\/a> by Leanne<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25857\">Dreams <\/a>a poem by Jogyata<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Sri_Chinmoy_Inspiration\/message\/25851\">Supplementary to past lives <\/a> a poem by Sri Chinmoy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also view other editions of past lives at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoycentre.org\/inspiration-letters\">Inspiration Letters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>photo: Sharani, Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This months edition of Inspiration Letters is focused on the theme of &#8216;past lives&#8217;; a diverse collection of writers offer several different interpretations of what this topic means to them. Thoughts and memories of past lives &#8211; introduction by Mahiruha \u00c2\u00a0&#8220;&#8230; My Past Life&#8221; could also refer to the life I lived before I encountered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2130\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Inspiration-Letters: Past lives edition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2131,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[59],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130"}],"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=2130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2133,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2130\/revisions\/2133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}