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- 37. The proof
- You have stopped praying.
Here is the proof: Your sunless days
Have appeared again.
You have stopped meditating. Here is the proof: Your Godless hours Have struck again.
- 132. You come to realise
- When you pray,
You come to realise That you have a room high above.
When you meditate, You come to realise That you have a home deep inside.
- 77.
- In the New Millennium I shall find my life-boat Being steered by God Himself Between My God-affirmation-prayer-life-shore And My God-affirmation-meditation-heart-shore.
- 6558. I pray soulfully
- I pray soulfully
So that my mind Can know the truth
Unmistakably.
I meditate silently So that my heart Can grow high enough To touch God’s Heaven-Feet.
- 3785. You come to realise
- When you pray,
You come to realise That you have a room high above.
When you meditate, You come to realise That you have a home deep inside.
- 9793. God's Satisfaction-Delight
- Where is God’s Compassion-Light?
It is inside the sound Of my prayer-dream.
Where is God’s Satisfaction-Delight? It is inside the silence Of my meditation-mountain.
- 157. Eternity's sunrise
- Eternity’s sunrise!
My prayer-heart And
My meditation-life Are soulfully crying for you.
Eternity’s sunrise! My realisation-breadth And My God-manifestation-length Are smiling at you.
- 7407. A Very Close Connection
- If you want to maintain A very close connection with your Master, Here on earth and there in Heaven, Your meditation will always be Your direct line to him.
- 7425. Already Granted
- If you sincerely want God To give you the capacity To pray and meditate And to become good and divine, Then rest assured, The capacity has already been granted.
- 7381. I Do Not Know
- Days passed by; Months, too. Yet I do not know Why I did not pray At my Lord’s Feet And why I did not meditate On my Lord’s Heart.
- 2134. Only a prayer-length away
- In the morning
My Lord Supreme Is only a prayer-length
Away from me.
In the evening My Lord Supreme Is only a meditation-depth Away from me.
- 61.
- My God-meditation-captain Puts my soul, my heart, my mind, My vital and my body Every day in line Before they receive Transcendental Blessings From my Beloved Supreme.
- 10.
- I pray because the human in me needs a prayerful life for its satisfaction.
I meditate because the divine in me needs a soulful heart for God's Satisfaction.
- Individual meditation
- But to most I don’t give individual meditations: each one is allowed to meditate in his own way. … This very mixing is called meditation. … So, if you have a good meditation one day and then the following day you do not have a good meditation … In the spiritual life your business is to meditate, meditate. … Then definitely you will be able to meditate well and your meditation will be of the highest order....
- Mr. Saxton: Do you sometimes feel that despite these very high aspirations and targets, that sometimes your work is often overshadowed by politics?
- Here we pray and meditate in silence. We try to do everything in silence. … Politics is in the outer world, whereas our prayer and meditation are in the inner world. … On the strength of our sincere prayer and meditation, we try to bring to the fore the peace, light and...
- Question: How can we become aware of truth?[^214]
- Sri Chinmoy: It is through prayer and meditation. … But when we pray and meditate, we see that this body is not our entire existence. … can be eternally aware of our inner existence, of our eternal life, only through constant prayer and meditation...
- Question: What happens if wrong thoughts enter into your mind during meditation?
- especially any undivine thought or wrong thought, your aspiration must cut it to pieces, because during meditation … But during your meditation, if any undivine thought comes, the power of your meditation enlarges and...
- Interviewer: What about sports? What does it have to do with your mission?
- We are praying to God to keep our body physically fit so that early in the morning we can pray and meditate … Then we will not be inspired to get up early in the morning to pray and meditate. … The most important thing in our life is prayer and meditation, and that we cannot do if we are not physically...
- I'd like to also talk about meditation at this point because what we are indicating here is something … that is very often misunderstood in regard to meditation. … It is believed by many that meditation is an experience of the mind, when in fact it is not — although
- Sri Chinmoy: Meditation is something that goes beyond the mind. The mind is limited. … But meditation is unlimited. … When we meditate, we become aware of our universal Reality, of our universal Oneness....
- Question: Sometimes during my meditation something shows me some imperfection in my human nature. … Some event that occurred portrays this imperfection and I have this in my mind during my meditation.
- But do not try to fight it during your meditation. … If you have to fight against something during your meditation, it will not be possible for you to maintain … your highest meditation at the same time....
- Question: Have you ever had to actually fight the death forces to save somebody's life?
- Sri Chinmoy: Just this last Sunday I came very late to morning meditation. … And the funniest part of the story is that this person was there at the morning meditation, meditating...
- Question: If we start at the same time, can we meditate one day for half an hour and another day
- Continue for one month, two months or three months meditating for the same length of time. … Otherwise one day you will meditate for half an hour more and the next day you may not meditate even...
- The yogi's advice[^2]
- There are some songs which actually embody meditation. … Then, after you have prepared yourself at home, you can come to meditate with me. … Sometimes I have good meditations, but usually after five-thirty I get the feeling that my meditation … is over and I find that I stop meditating.
The yogi said, "You should continue trying to meditate....
- Question: Master, what books do you think will help me in my development?
- The Book of books is meditation.
Meditation is your reading; meditation is your realisation. … Meditation is the common link, the golden thread between you and me. … If you meditate, all your problems and all my problems will be solved. … because it is meditation that brings God-realisation — not books....
- Question: Each morning should we try to get up as early as we can for meditation?
- Sri Chinmoy: If your regular meditation time is six-thirty, then that is the best time for you to meditate … all the members of a family are studying together, the little brother in kindergarten will pray and meditate … Again, some people believe that they don't have time to meditate at all. … But when we start meditating, we don't have to think what our ultimate goal will be. … We just start and we meditate according to our capacity....
- Question: I also feel very sad when I come down.
- But if you meditate for a few years, these worries will not stand in your way, because by that time they … Then, when you come down from your meditation, you will have tremendous peace, poise, joy and love for … After you have meditated for a few years, you will have much more love for your child because you will … Then, when you come down from your meditation, you will not feel drained. … On the contrary, if you meditate well, there will be no pulling and no pushing....
- Question: You said it is good to serve God. But is the only way to serve God to serve the God in other people?
- But only if you pray and meditate will you feel that God is inside everybody, that He is a living Reality … But if you pray and meditate, then this mental belief becomes a real, living truth to you. … If you look at an individual without prayer and meditation, you will separate the man from the soul. … But if you pray and meditate, then you will see the soul, the divinity inside that man, and you will … If you don't pray, if you don't meditate, then your work may not be dedicated service....
- Do you feel there is commercialism in meditation?
- I have been teaching meditation for the last seven or eight years, and we have about forty-five meditation...
- The frightened secretary
- But one day when he came to the Centre to meditate, an elderly lady screamed like anything and fainted … , creating a scene during the meditation....
- A future prediction
- He asked her to meditate on my picture. Then, after she meditated, she was able to lift the weight....