Challenging Impossibility

Challenging Impossibility is a 2011 documentary film which chronicles the weightlifting odyssey of the spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy, who in 1985 at the age of 54 took up weightlifting and performing feats of strength using the power of meditation. His lifts were featured on newscasts worldwide, inspiring people to transcend their personal limitations and to abandon their concepts of the restrictions of physical age. Directed by Natabara Rollosson and Sanjay Rawal. The film was an Official Selection of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and premiered April 22, 2011.

Starting out with basic dumbbells 40lbs in 1985, Sri Chinmoy quickly progressed to lift cars, planes and elephants in an effort to show how meditation can develop inner peace that can translate to tangible outer power and strength. Along Chinmoys journey of selftranscendence he honored and inspired individuals who have uplifted humanity by literally lifting them on a platform above head in an award program titled Lifting Up the World with a OnenessHeart. From its creating in 1987, Sri Chinmoy lifted over 7000 people, including Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu Muhammad Ali, Sting, Eddie Murphy, Susan Sarandon, Roberta Flack, Yoko Ono, Jeff Goldblum, and Richard Gere.Chinmoys training culminated when he held a public demonstration of his feats of strength at age 73 in the presence of strength experts such as 5time Mr. Universe Bill Pearl, 3time Mr. Olympia Frank Zane, 2002 Worlds Strongest Man Hugo Girard and 9time Olympic GoldMedalist Carl Lewis. In the film, Lewis described how when Sri Chinmoy lifted weights, Its like gravity stops. Chinmoys lifts were featured on newscasts worldwide on outlets such as CNN, CNN International, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and numerous local affiliates. Chinmoy performed his own strenuous feats to spread his message of world harmony and inner peace, to inspire people to transcend their personal limitations and to abandon their concepts of the restrictions of physical age. Appearances in the film also include Mikhail Gorbachev, Pope John Paul II, Mother Teresa, and Princess Diana. ........

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