Wisconsin (WI). The 30th state to join the Union in 1848
Wisconsin factoids: The capital of Wisconsin is Madison; its largest city (by pop.) is Milwaukee. Known as the ‘Badger State’, today’s population is approximately 6 million (averaging around 100 people per square mile). Wisconsin’s state tree is the ‘Sugar Maple’; its state flower is the ‘Wood Violet’; its state bird the ‘American Robin’; and its state fruit is the ‘Cranberry’. Wisconsin’s State Motto is: “Forward”.
Activities of Sri Chinmoy in Wisconsin (see page for activities in each of the 50 states)
1974
- February 14, 1974. Sri Chinmoy delivers a morning lecture entitled “Forward!” in the Union Cinema at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM) in Milwaukee, WI.
- After the lecture, Sri Chinmoy answered the following questions:
- Q: My aspiration seems very feeble, and I’m worried it won’t get any stronger in the future.
- Q: I have a Master in India who told me to meditate on my navel chakra. But I’m not exactly sure how to do this. Could you comment on his advice?
- Q: How can a seeker come to terms with the consequences of his past mistakes?
- After the lecture, Sri Chinmoy answered the following questions:
1974-1975
- A small magazine published from 1964 to the 1980s in Fennimore, WI., entitled The North American Mentor Magazine, presents Sri Chinmoy with
- the Annual Mentor Poetry Award (in 1974) for his translation of his poem “O Bird of Light“.
- the Certificate of Merit (in 1975) for his poem “The Boat of Time Sails On”
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- The sky calls me.
The wind calls me.
The moon and stars call me.
The green and dense groves call me.
The dance of the fountain calls me.
Smiles call me, tears call me.
A faint melody calls me.
The morn, noon and eve call me.
Everyone is searching for a playmate.
Everyone is calling, “Come, come!”
One voice, one sound, all around.
Alas, the Boat of Time sails on. — Sri Chinmoy
(view this poem as his translation to his song “Dake Amai Dake Dake Akash Dake Batas” published in 1974, https://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/gll-61
view this poem as a Scene in his Play “Dhruva”, published in 1973, https://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/mlk)
view this poem in a 2004 university lecture)
- The sky calls me.
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- the First Award Certificate of Merit (in 1975) a watercolor Jharna-Kala painting. Selected by the editors from among entries by many artists to adorn the
cover of their Winter 1976 issue. Another painting was chosen for the Spring 1977 issue.
1987-current, the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run often visits Wisconsin on its cross-country trek and engages with its welcoming citizens. (See example photos from previous visits). An interesting note, a peace torch that was used for a 1976 Canada relay run was fabricated in Wisconsin, it was then used in the 1976 USA Liberty Torch Relay Run — these runs were precursors to the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run.
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Listen to the melody Sri Chinmoy set for name ‘Wisconsin‘ as part of the 50 Oneness-State-Songs:
(read more about these on the 50 Oneness-State-Songs page)
Fifty oneness-state-songs,
Our Lord’s Compassion-Gongs.
Within, without, a seeker’s sleepless cry
To reveal America’s perfection-sky.
—Sri Chinmoy
(see https://www.srichinmoysongs.com/fifty-oneness-state-songs)
Among the many songs Sri Chinmoy composed on America, his adopted country, this one is perhaps the most powerful:
America, America, America!
Great you are, good you are,
Brave you are, kind you are.
O my America, America.
Your Heaven-freedom is earth’s aspiration-choice.
With you, in you, is God-Hour’s Victory-Voice.
—Sri Chinmoy
(see https://www.srichinmoysongs.com/america-great-you-are-good-you-are)
The song “America! Great You Are, Good You Are” recording, below, as performed by the Sri Chinmoy Choir:
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