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I Long To Be An Opsimath

Opsimath - noun. Refers to one who Interlaken in the Swiss Alps and gave a
begins, or continues, to study (takes up unique musical performance. Over the
a new pursuit) late in life. course of seven hours and forty minutes,
As I penetrate deeper into the darkened Sri Chinmoy performed on 171 musical
corridors of life after the age of fifty, instruments from around the world. Some
the smaller mutinies of body and mind of them, such as the Chinese erhu and
seem to occur with more and more lute, he had only started playing that
frequency. The ability to learn languages same year.
quickly, to remember names, places and In the realm of art, his recent
significant events - whole banks of accomplishments have also been
memory appear to have receded into staggering. While on a visit to the
oblivion. Then there are other equally island of Malta in December 1991, he
telling signs of old age - resistance to began to draw birds using simple,
change, lack of spontaneity, graceful outlines. He hoped that these
inflexibility of opinions and habits. birds would convey something of the
And if the waning of the intellect was freedom of the soul. As these avian
not enough, the body has imposed its own images poured forth from his pen in
set of non-negotiable and ever-narrowing increasingly greater profusion and
limitations. It insists on remaining variety, it became clear that they had
ensconced in a comfortable chair for become more than just a casual hobby. The
hours on end, reading, working, artist had found his signature mode of
conversing, eating and, inevitably, expression. His soul-bird drawings now
dozing. number more than 15 million.
I despaired of ever reversing this Sri Chinmoy complements his musical
downward slide. Then I began to take performances and artistic creations with
notice of elderly people who were doing poems, aphorisms, stories and songs.
unconventional and often striking things During a long distance journey on Japan's
- taking up parachuting, running bullet train in 2006, he composed his
ultra-marathons, enrolling in advanced 13,000th song in his native Bengali. In
courses at university. Somehow they had November 2006 his 1558th book was
recharged their batteries, rekindled published.
their enthusiasm and plunged into the His achievements in the sporting arena
whole learning curve once more. are no less impressive. Sidelined from
The legendary American sprinter Payton running by an injury, he took up serious
Jordan (now in his 90's) once said: "We weightlifting in 1985, at the age of 53.
don't retire, we just move in another He progressed rapidly to lifting
direction and do new exciting things; extremely heavy weights and was soon
face new challenges and new introducing new and innovative lifts into
opportunities." And that was when I his regimen.
realised what it is to be an opsimath and What gives this septuagenarian the unique
live a life of constant newness and inner capacity to renew himself at every
unfoldment. moment, to maintain and even augment his
The number of opsimaths is steadily on physical strength, to find the energy and
the rise, but of world class opsimaths, I enthusiasm to sing, write, draw and
know only one: philosopher, mystic, poet, engage in so many diverse pursuits? He is
artist, musician, composer and athlete both a polymath and an opsimath. Sri
Sri Chinmoy. Born in India on August Chinmoy attributes his inspiration to an
27th, 1931, Sri Chinmoy moved to New York inner source. "Prayer and meditation are
in 1964. Since then, he has been an my inner secrets and my outer secrets,"
ever-eager searcher of new ways to he says.
express his far-reaching inner vision. I recently read a speech given in 2002 by
Now aged 75, Sri Chinmoy shows no signs Magnus Magnussen, the Chancellor of the
of surrendering to the advancing years. Glasgow City Chambers in which he said,
His perspective on old age is "Lifelong learning - opsimathy: it is
encapsulated in the following short something we should all aspire to."
couplet he recently penned: I am convinced! I can only say,
Old age is a new page, I long to be an opsimath
And not a broken cage. And banish old age from my path!
In 2005, at the age of 74, he visited




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