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Question: Is it good for one to be with other spiritual people?
There are many others who are seeking and practising meditation but do not have Masters. … If you sit beside a spiritual person, he will be thinking of God, meditating on God, on divine Love and...
From the book Meditation: God speaks and I listen, part 1
Question: In the soul's world, even though the souls do not have physical ears, is there also music like here?
soundless sound also is the soul’s music, but you can hear it only when you are in a very high, very deep meditation … , in the highest height and deepest depth of your meditation....
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 20
Question: What is the most important message that you want to offer to humanity?
Sri Chinmoy: I wish to offer only one message: Pray to the Supreme, meditate on the Supreme Lord, our … But we have to pray to God unconditionally and meditate on God unconditionally to fulfil God in God’s...
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 3
Question: Is it necessary to meditate in the lotus position?
No matter how well we do our lotus position, we cannot make any progress in our meditation if our minds … Certainly it does help to some extent if we can sit in the lotus position, but real meditation comes...
From the book Fifty Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore, part 2
Question: How can I express love and manifest love in the physical world?
Also, you can express and manifest love in the physical world through your pure meditation. … When you are in your deepest meditation try to feel your purest love....
From the book Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974
Question: If we get Light from the soul during meditation, do we actually manifest it?
Sri Chinmoy: When we enter into our soul through meditation, we realise Peace, Light and Bliss. … We have meditated here for about twenty minutes....
From the book Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974
Question: Many of us here understand Yoga to be the practice of certain physical exercises, like standing on one's head, for the purpose of acquiring good health and bringing tranquillity into the body. Is this what you advocate?
One of these is meditation by itself.

Question: What exactly are these benefits? … Nevertheless, it is quite possible to invoke that higher consciousness by meditation alone, without depending...

From the book AUM — Vol. 1, No. 1, 27 August 1965
Question: What is God-realisation, and can I attain it in this lifetime?
When you pray and meditate, that is your conscious approach to God. … the strength of the disciple’s inner cry and on the receptivity which he has cultivated during his meditation...
From the book AUM — Vol.II-4, No. 3, 27 March 1977
Question: I've been having some difficulty meditating. What would you say would be a good idea?
difficulties arise in the mind or from the mind, so if you can empty the mind, you will have no trouble meditating … Then you will have no difficulty whatsoever in meditating....
From the book AUM — Vol.II-6, No. 1, January 1980
Question: I get frequent headaches, and quite often have pain in the back of the neck and in the back.
Sri Chinmoy: When you concentrate or meditate, what actually happens is that you put pressure on your … So when you meditate, try not to put any pressure on the third eye. God’s Hour has to be respected....
From the book AUM — Vol.II-4, No.10, 27 October 1977
Question: How do you view the problems of the world and how do you think these problems can be solved?[^13]

We can become consciously one with God’s Will through our prayer and meditation. … Prayer and meditation are nothing short of our constant communion or conversation with God. … When we pray, we talk to God; when we meditate, God talks to us. … And when God meditates on us, we just listen. He has a message for us.

When we do not consciously pray and meditate, the Will of the Supreme is executed through us only...

From the book My meditation-service at the United Nations for twenty-five years
Question: You have said that if we wish to serve the world we must have the proper attitude. Could you explain please what that attitude is?[^45]
When we meditate, we may not see the golden Face of God, but we do feel something guiding and inspiring … If Somebody from within had not inspired you, then you would not have come here to pray and meditate.

In order to serve God in man and man in God, the first thing we have to do is pray and meditate. … Inside our meditation we will find the divine Message or Command, and we will also see how this Command … If through our meditation we see God and feel His Presence, then naturally we shall care for mankind....

From the book My meditation-service at the United Nations for twenty-five years
Scene 4

(All of a sudden he sees someone meditating beneath a tree.) … He is praying and meditating. Why are his eyes closed? … He thinks that his prayers will be more sincere and his meditation will be more intense if he keeps his … He is praying to God; he is meditating on God. We should not disturb him. … I shall pray and meditate all day and night. My present life of luxury is no longer for me....

From the book Siddhartha becomes the Buddha
Long Island Spectrum
Perhaps the first thing to ask you about is meditation. … How do we begin to understand what meditation is, the nature of meditation? … But proper meditation we do with our heart, with our soul. … So we meditate in the inmost depth of our heart. … and meditation also has a special significance....
From the book AUM — Vol.II-4, No. 5, 27 May 1977
Chalena Chalena Toma Bina

Chalena chalenaToma bina din chalena

Tumi chara jato apanar janBhalo katha keha balena

Taba kripa bina premer agun jwalenaSadhaner phal phalena

Shudha sambal sabo kripa balBina sei bal kichui je mora pabona

Translation

My life does not proceed without You.Nobody speaks to me kindly and soulfully,

Save You.Without Your Compassion-Light

I cannot kindle the flame of love.I shall not receive the fruits of my meditation.

Everything is possibleOnly through Your Compassion.

From the book Illumination-Song and Liberation-Dance, part 5
4.
At left and below, a soulful meditation is followed by a fruitful conversation....
From the book Sri Chinmoy in Russia
Question: Is it possible to be a good teacher without being spiritual?
Spirituality does not mean only concentration, meditation and contemplation....
From the book Soulful questions and fruitful answers
Discipline
If we are disciplined during the entire day, then in the evening when we meditate and imagine God, we...
From the book Rainbow-Flowers, part 3
France Vacher
Meditation Group — I offer my deepest gratitude.”...
From the book U Thant: Divinity's Smile, Humanity's Cry
When you fight a hostile force, how does that differ from just meditating and bringing down Light and
Sri Chinmoy: In meditation we invoke Peace and very devotedly try to receive what descends....
From the book Astrology, the supernatural and the Beyond
Question: How can we as individuals encourage a world-wide recognition of the basic unity of all major religions?
Sri Chinmoy: If we practise spirituality, if we pray and meditate soulfully, our very illumination will...
From the book Flame-Waves, part 6
Question: When did God first start to reveal Himself outwardly to human beings?
They prayed to God and meditated on God most soulfully and most devotedly....
From the book Niagara Falls versus children's rise
Letter from Albert Rohan 27 July 1977

The kind message which you sent on behalf of the United Nations Meditation Group has been conveyed...

From the book A soulful tribute to the Secretary-General: the Pilot Supreme of the United Nations
26.

When I pray,

I wish to beAs sweet and beautiful

As a child.When I meditate,

I wish to beAs powerful...

From the book My Morning Soul-Body Prayers, part 19
Question: Does the colour silver have a significance in reference to art?
When one sees this colour during meditation, one has to know that he has achieved tremendous progress...
From the book Art's life and the soul's light
Question: What sort of scientific spiritual techniques do you use?
When we pray and meditate, we intensify this cry and our consciousness rises towards the highest....
From the book Warriors of the inner world
Biographical note about the author and composer
Sri Chinmoy had dedicated several of his meditative, music compositions to Mother Teresa on a number...
From the book Mother Teresa: Humanity’s Flower-Heart, Divinity’s Fragrance-Soul, part 2
Question: Where is the best place to meditate for purity?
Meditate on the heart, and the moment you feel the presence of light there, bring it into your navel....
From the book Sri Chinmoy speaks, part 8
Question: Sometimes during meditation I get a feeling of timelessness. Can you comment on this?
Now you look at your watch and feel that you are supposed to meditate for an hour or half an hour; but...
From the book Canada aspires, Canada receives, Canada achieves, part 2
Editor's preface to the first edition
During their meditation, Yogis and advanced seekers can actually see these beings in the inner world....
From the book The Dance of the Cosmic Gods
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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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