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Pages found: 8579

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My mind tells me That my prayer-life Is something strange Yet quite familiar. My heart tells me That my meditation-life Is always familiar And never strange.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 11
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The year has Three hundred sixty-five days. Have you meditated Sincerely and soulfully Three hundred sixty-five times This year — Even for just one minute a day?
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 93
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I pray to God To give me the beauty Of an ever-steady mind. I meditate on God To give me the purity Of an ever-ready heart.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 113
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O my mind, Do not wait any more In the sleep of Eternity. Wake up! Pray and meditate So that God can claim you As His very own.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 244
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When I pray, I feel that it is a workout For my restless mind. When I meditate, I feel that it is a workout For my guileless heart.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 210
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Even your dearest May not understand your mind Or feel your heart’s sufferings. Therefore, take shelter In your heart’s illumination-meditation. Yours will be The all-fulfilling satisfaction.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 213
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If you are a true seeker, You will feel that to be With your Master, Near your Master, Beside your Master, Is undoubtedly a true form Of meditation.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 14
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If you think that your future Will be infinitely heavier Than your present, Then meditate on God soulfully. He will cheerfully place Your future-weight On His Shoulder.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 70
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In this mortal existence, The more we can pray, The more we can meditate,

The sooner we shall be...

From the book My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 33
Question: How can we know what our souls want?
Sri Chinmoy: If you dive deep within and pray and meditate with your heart-tears, then you will be able...
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 13
August 11
A real aspirant is he who in the sunset hours of his life meditates on absolute surrender to God's Will and not on God's Peace and Bliss.

From the book Arise! Awake! Thoughts of a yogi
28 October
Nolini-da asked Nirmala-di to inform me that from now on I should carry birthday flowers from the Meditation...
From the book A service-flame and a service-sun
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My prayer-eye I shall devotedly turn upward. My meditation-eye I shall unconditionally turn inward. This, indeed, is my solemn promise To myself In the 21st Century.
From the book The New Millennium
7466. Each Time You Delay
Each time you delay In praying and meditating, You go further down the road That will cleverly and swiftly lead you Back to your original start: Desire-market.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 75
6869. Two Roads
My prayer is a dark road For the beggar in me to walk on. My meditation is a sunlit road For the prince in me to march along.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 69
2996. Now that you are not praying
Now that you are not praying to God And not meditating on God, In which way can you claim to be better Than a God-denying culprit-atheist?
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 30
68.
When my mind prays, I hear the sweet melody Of the unseen Beyond. When my heart meditates, I hear the soul-stirring melody Of the ever-transcending Beyond.
From the book God's Compassion-Eye and my happiness-heart
To shorten your journey
To quicken your faith,

Pray.

To frighten your doubt,

Concentrate.

To enlighten your life,

Meditate.

To shorten your journey,

Consecrate.

From the book Earth’s dream-boat sails
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Sri Chinmoy at a public meditation at Melbourne...

From the book AUM — Vol.II-3, No. 3, 27 March 1976
In life's journey
I concentrate for success

In life's journey.

I meditate for progress

In life's journey.

I contemplate for God-process

In life's journey.

From the book AUM — Vol.II-6, No.12, December 1980
Question: Is it important for seekers to meditate regularly at an appointed hour every day?

Those who are not meditating regularly, please try to meditate regularly. … Those who are meditating regularly, please try to meditate soulfully. … From today on, try to increase the sincerity in your meditation. … Please meditate at one place and at a certain time. … When you are in a group, you will also try to meditate at a specific hour....

From the book Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 1
Question: What can I do if I tend to fall asleep during meditation and other spiritual activities
Suppose I hold a very high, significant meditation and you sleep through it. … But for the meditation you have missed you will get nothing. … after you have meditated for half an hour you can read some of my writings. … Meditate. Repeat 'Supreme'. Read my writings. All of you should do this. … When you are tired of singing, you can come back to meditation....
From the book The inner world and the outer world
786. My life
Lord, my life is a flute Out of tune.

Lord, my life is a meditation Out of practice.

Lord, my life is an accident Out of danger.

From the book The Wings of Light, part 16
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HERE and NOW God tells me never to enjoy Prayer and meditation-holidays If I want to remain A choice soldier of His For His full manifestation On earth.
From the book Here and now
17. An exception
He is an exception. His disciples meditate for him. His disciples carry his messages to God. His disciples forgive him More than he forgives them. He is an exception.
From the book I need only God
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If you want to stay close To God’s Heart, Think only of Him, Meditate only on Him And offer Him all that you have And all that you are.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43
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When I pray and meditate

To please God in His own Way,He tells me:

“My child, I am giving youA mind inundated with silence-peace.”

From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 1
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When we pray and meditate Soulfully, God does not sit On His Justice-Throne. He sits only On His Compassion-Throne To show us His abundant Joy and Pride.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 27
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I do not want to know What God thinks of me, As long as I know That I am thinking of Him, Praying to Him And meditating on Him.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 33
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I know I shall be perfect

Only when I cannot separate my mindFrom the beauty of my prayers

And my heartFrom the fragrance of my meditations.

From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 4
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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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