Home » Recent Blog Entries »
The night swans

The night swans

The night swans

Soon night will come and more, glide past my face with calm beauty like swans on a lake, a faint presence against the darkening shore. With a silent flutter of wings a rush of memories fills the wood: silver moons like birds startled to the sky and far below where once the tree house stood, stand I. But now the pines cast shadows green upon my lungs and in the silence I can hear the slow, rhythmic breathing of night and faint hooves of deer. Soon I’ll merge with the stillness, join the shadows, sink into the dark, rich soil by water's edge. Yes, I think death will come like that, like a soft cry from heaven: six white swans emerging from the dusk on a calm, still lake... and I shall make seven.

originally published in Swans along the Sunlit Path, slightly revised Oct. 2005

Chidananda's home

The wild geese
SPIRITUAL ODYSSEY THROUGH MONGOLIA
and before the flowers of eden
The birthing
A curiosity of being
The night swans
Touching the Crown of a Turquoise Goddess
the river Volga
The Incredible Stillness of the Long-Distance Runner
Six Days of Pain...and Grandeur
Aquarium
Sri Chinmoy: Athlete of the Spirit
Fitness Guru for Body and Spirit
The Strange Birds of Ottawa
The Song of Life
The Glory, the Grandeur of the Synthesizer
Sri Chinmoy's Philosophy of the Heart
Painting the Universe
A Cello Concert Remembered
13,000 Rivulets of Consciousness
The Consciousness of Lions

Stories

First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.

Listen to the inner voice

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

A Quest for Happiness

Abhinabha Tangerman Amsterdam, Netherlands

The first time we met our Guru

Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England

The spiritual life is normal to me

Shankara Smith London, United Kingdom

Running for Peace

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

In the Right Place, At the Right Time

Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia

Now you are in the boat

Kaushalya Casey Toronto, Canada

Celestial experiences

Antaranga Gressenich Munich, Germany

Learning to follow my intuition

Saranyu Pearson Geelong, Australia

My love of spiritual poetry

Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom

My inner calling

Purnakama Rajna Winnipeg, Canada

Spiritual Friends

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Self-transcendence in meditation

Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland

2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life

Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia

How meditation helped me swim the English Channel

Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic

When I met Sri Chinmoy for the first time

Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria

A feeling that something more exists

Florbela Caniceiro Coimbra, Portugal

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

Europe

Americas

Oceania