Sri Chinmoy lifts folk singer Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody Guthrie, at Aspiration-Ground in Jamaica, New York.
Arlo Guthrie Shares His Heart’s Wisdom
Arlo Guthrie, his wife and son came to Aspiration-Ground July 13 to be lifted by Sri Chinmoy.
The Sri Chinmoy Singers performed several songs the Master had written about him, as well as to his words, plus a song about his late father, Woody Guthrie. The folk singer, in turn, performed one of his own songs.
“It’s so wonderful to be in the presence of such a great man and a great teacher,” Arlo Guthrie declared. “It makes my heart bigger, and the next time I’m on the stage there will be a piece of this day and this man in all of the songs that I sing.”
Addressing Sri Chinmoy’s students, he said: “I sometimes think we’re just shadows of a greater thing.” He called the spiritual life “the only thing worth doing.”
He went on to say: “Every time you open your heart to something else, it has to get bigger. And every time your heart gets bigger, there’s more heart in the world.”
Published in Anahata Nada, Volume 33, March-July 2002
