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Do not have meditation-gardens Here, there and everywhere. Your meditation-garden has to be always Inside the very depths of your heart.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 255
4.
What do you want?

I want purity.

Meditate on the dreaming moon, preferably the full moon. Meditate on the blossoming dawn.

From the book Meditate on
13.
What do you want?

I want patience.

Meditate on an extremely long road. Meditate on the heart of a spiritual Master.

From the book Meditate on
14.
What do you want?

I want silence.

Meditate on the vastness of the sea. Meditate on the helplessness of the night.

From the book Meditate on
22.
What do you want?

I want success.

Meditate on the quickness of a deer. Meditate on the steadiness of a tortoise.

From the book Meditate on
25.
What do you want?

I want security.

Meditate on your God-loving feelings. Meditate on your newness, oneness and fulness heart.

From the book Meditate on
29.
What do you want?

I want inner strength.

Meditate on the self-sacrifice of a compassionate mother. Meditate on climbing flames.

From the book Meditate on
41.
What do you want?

I want generosity.

Meditate on the constant expansion of your own heart. Meditate on the blossoming morning.

From the book Meditate on
51.
What do you want?

I want integrity.

Meditate on the inspiration of your thoughts. Meditate on the honesty of your expressions.

From the book Meditate on
52.
What do you want?

I want integrity.

Meditate on the sound of your life. Meditate on the silence of your heart.

From the book Meditate on
58.
What do you want?

I want mirth.

Meditate on a child playing on drums at random. Meditate on a children’s park.

From the book Meditate on
63.
What do you want?

I want honour.

Meditate on the integrity of your thought and speech. Meditate on constant self-giving.

From the book Meditate on
67.
What do you want?

I want virtue.

Meditate on your own honest thoughts. Meditate on your capacity to appreciate others’ achievements.

From the book Meditate on
Question: Before becoming your disciple, I took a course in meditation in which they taught me a … Is that the way I should continue meditating? I feel I can meditate more than that.
Sri Chinmoy: On my path you should meditate on your heart. … If your japa conflicts with the kind of meditation I ask you to do, and with your oneness with me, then … that it does not conflict at all and is only adding to the effectiveness of your present method of meditation … But do not spend all your meditation time in chanting. You should do pure meditation also....
From the book Prayer-world, mantra-world and japa-world
Question: As far as physical surroundings are concerned, where is the best place to meditate?
Sri Chinmoy: We have to be sensible when we choose a place to meditate. … If we try to meditate in the street, a car will come and run us over. … If we decide to meditate in the kitchen, what kind of meditation will we have there? … Instead of meditating on God we will meditate on food. … We will get the best result from our meditation if we have a shrine in some quiet corner of our living...
From the book Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 1
Question: Since I started meditating, I feel that I have become more vulnerable to wrong forces.
Sri Chinmoy: This means that the meditation that you are doing is not right. … If you are meditating properly, it is impossible for you to become more vulnerable to hostile forces. … You may be attacked more often for a while, but the right kind of meditation will only strengthen your … To meditate for a long period of time one needs abundant will power and inner strength. … Real meditation brings peace, strength and joy....
From the book Problems! Problems! Are they really problems? part 2
Question: People are often afraid of practices like meditation which are not prescribed by their
Sri Chinmoy: People are afraid of practising meditation just because meditation is something new to them … Something more: in the West especially, prayer is given much more importance than meditation. … People feel that if they meditate instead of praying, then they are being disloyal to their religious … This is one of the reasons why some people, especially in the West, are afraid of meditation. … They have not been habituated to meditate whereas they have all along been praying....
From the book Flame-Waves, part 7
Lost in translation
At one point the interviewer asked how I help Carl Lewis with his prayer and meditation, but the translator … said, “Now tell us something about how you help Ben Johnson with his prayer and meditation.”

At another point when I said “pray and meditate,” the translator said “play and meditate” in German...

From the book The world-experience-tree-climber, part 7
Donna Halper: Do you tell your students how to meditate, or are they free to choose for themselves
Sri Chinmoy: Outwardly I give them only very general guidelines, because each individual's way of meditation … But out of God's infinite Bounty I have the capacity to teach their souls inwardly how to meditate. … Each disciple of mine learns his own best way of meditation from his own soul. … Also, I have written considerably on meditation and different inner techniques, so they can read my writings...
From the book The inner world and the outer world
Question: During meditation I find I have feelings of stress in the area of the solar plexus — sometimes … Should I continue meditating?
Sri Chinmoy: Before you meditate, you should concentrate for a few minutes on the Compassion aspect or … you experience pain, it is good to invoke God’s Protection-power so that you can continue with your meditation … and enjoy the bliss of your meditation. … Then God’s inner Forces will protect you, and you can continue your regular meditation as long as you...
From the book The eternal journey
When I meditate
Mother Supreme, Father Eternal, When I meditate On Your Eyes I feel Your Compassion-joy.

Mother Supreme, Father Eternal, When I meditate On Your Feet I feel my Salvation-joy.

Mother Supreme, Father Eternal, When I meditate On Your Heart I feel our Oneness-Joy.

From the book The Wings of Light, part 20
81. Not uncommon
Meditation

In life-emergencyIs not uncommon

For an insincere man.

Meditation

In fulfilled sufficiencyIs not uncommon

For a sincere man.

Meditation

In God-urgency,In man-urgency,

Is not uncommonFor a truth-lover

AndA life-builder.

From the book The Goal is Won
42.
If you want to have A very deep meditation, Then before you meditate, Cast aside all your doubts, Self-doubts, insecurities, Impurities and negativities.
From the book My Early Morning Heart-Climbing Prayers
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What does meditation do? Meditation brings down The God of your life, The God in your life And also The God for your life.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 108
17793
My meditation does not

Have to go anywhereTo see anyone

Or to bring anyone to me.My meditation is my magnet-heart.

From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 178
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When he meditated on light, Inside light he saw peace. When he meditated on peace, Inside peace he saw The liberation of the world.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 8
8.
What do you want?

I want sincerity.

Meditate on the heart of a saint. Meditate on the cry of a hungry child.

From the book Meditate on
38.
What do you want?

I want mental breadth.

Meditate on the vastness of the sky. Meditate on the smile of an ocean.

From the book Meditate on
46.
What do you want?

I want softness.

Meditate on the softness of your own eyes. Meditate on the down of a bird.

From the book Meditate on
53.
What do you want?

I want a loving nature.

Meditate on the eye of an Indian calf. Meditate on a gentle breeze.

From the book Meditate on
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Books found: 17

Meditation
The meditation-world
Concentration, meditation, contemplation
Meditation: God's Blessing-Assurance
The hour of meditation
My meditation-heart
Meditation: God's Duty and man's beauty
The mind and the heart in meditation
Meditation: man's choice and God's Voice, part 1
Meditation: man's choice and God's Voice, part 2
Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 2
Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 1
Meditation: God speaks and I listen, part 2
Meditation: God speaks and I listen, part 1
United Nations Meditation-Flowers and To-morrow's Noon
Fifty-Four Morning Prayer-Cries and Morning Meditation-Smiles
My meditation-service at the United Nations for twenty-five years
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