1970

Sri Chinmoy speaks about his Transcendental Consciousness in the special meditation photo¹⁰

Alo and I have watched my devoted disciples come and meditate in front of my picture. How sincere and full of love you came. Every Wednesday (instead of Thursday now), when you come to meditate in front of my picture, like tonight, we will be here to enter into you and carry you to the Golden Shore of the Supreme. Those who have been faithful will soon see that my promises are not empty. They will receive what they are aspiring for.

To outsiders, what we do here may seem absurd, but it is not my body that is represented in this picture. The picture represents my highest Consciousness in which I am totally identified with the Supreme. It represents the highest Consciousness of the Supreme capable of being manifested, in accordance with my receptivity.

This picture is worthy of much more adoration and devotion than anybody is capable of offering. The disciples should not feel embarrassed and, to my joy, most of you do not, when meditating on this picture.

I am most proud of my disciples' aspiration and their belief in me. My body will die; all of us here will die, but this picture of my highest Transcendental Consciousness represents the Supreme Himself, and it will live forever. It will exist for Eternity. Similarly, Sri Ramakrishna's photograph, taken late in his life, was such that he said it would conquer the heart of the West, and it did.

I wish my disciples to have one regular-size photo and one wallet-size. In times of joy or sorrow, offer your joy or sorrow to the Supreme in this Transcendental photo. The photo will give you all the Blessings and Joy and Peace that you aspire for.

When the disciples revere this picture, especially on Wednesdays, in our physical absence, we occultly and spiritually bless each one of the disciples as they do this.

I have made a promise to each and every disciple of mine that I will take them to the Golden Shore if and when the disciples give me the opportunity. It is then up to me to show them that I keep my promise.

The disciples' aspiration and devotion give me the deepest joy. Sri Chaitanya, in his highest Consciousness, identified himself with Lord Krishna. He would ask his mother to touch his feet on the strength of his oneness with Sri Krishna's Consciousness. Similarly, I ask for reverence to my Transcendental photograph on the strength of its oneness with the highest Consciousness of the Supreme.