A MEETING OF THE SPIRIT ... AND THE BODY AS WELL
New York — It was a real meeting of the spirit ... and the body as well... April 23 when Sri Chinmoy lifted into the air Pir Vilayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order in the West, as part of his ‘Lifting Up the World with a Oneness-Heart’ programme.
“When two rivers meet, it becomes a place of pilgrimage,” Pir Vilayat said. “So this hall has become a place of pilgrimage.”' The lift took place at Columbia University.
After being lifted the Sufi leader said: “I’ve learned to trust myself in the hands of Sri Chinmoy.” Then he added, “Sri Chinmoy did to my body what he is doing to my heart — lifting it up.”
Sri Chinmoy replied: “Your greatness and your goodness I shall forever and forever treasure.”
Published in Anahata Nada, Vol. 18, April-July 1989
At the event, Pir Vilayat Khan said:
“It is a very special, very rare thing to find a genuine representative of spirituality. This is what we feel in the presence of Sri Chinmoy — authenticity.”