States-New Mexico

New Mexico (NM). The 47th state to join the Union in 1912

New Mexico factoids: The capital of New Mexico is Santa Fe; its largest city (by pop.) is Albuquerque. Known as the “Land of Enchantment”, today’s population in New Mexico is approximately 2.1 million (averaging around 17 people per square mile). New Mexico’s state tree is the ‘Nut Pine or Pinon Tree’; its state flower is the ‘Yucca Flower’; its state bird the ‘Greater Roadrunner’; and its state vegetable is the ‘New Mexico Chile’. New Mexico’s State Motto is: “Crescit Eundo” (It Grows as It Goes).

Activities of Sri Chinmoy in New Mexico (see page for activities in each of the 50 states)

1974

• April 24, 1974. As part of his 50-state tour, Sri Chinmoy delivers his 3rd lecture for the day at 9pm at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.
  • The lecture is entitled “Realisation”, and is the 3rd lecture for the day — in 3 states.
    • After the lecture, Sri Chinmoy answered the following questions:
      • Q: Do you always sleep at night as you did before you reached cosmic consciousness?
      • Q: How does the Master recognise when one of his disciples is reaching a state of higher consciousness?
      • Q: What do your disciples meditate on?
      • Q: What is the source of man’s suffering?
      • Q: Is there any difference in your philosophy between a man and a woman?
      • Q: Is it necessary to come into contact with an enlightened person in order to realise God?
      • Q: Is there a character to be found in the Yoga tradition, such as Christ, who will arise at some time with the purpose of ridding mankind of suffering?

2000

• 25 May 2000. New Mexico is declared a “Sri Chinmoy Peace State” by Proclamation of the Governor of New Mexico, Gary E. Johnson.

1987-current, the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run often visits New Mexico on its cross-country trek and engages with its welcoming citizens (see example of photos of its previous visit).

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Listen to the melody Sri Chinmoy set for name ‘New Mexico‘ as part of the “50 Oneness-State-Songs”:

(read more about these on the 50 Oneness-State-Songs page)

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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)

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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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