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Question: What is the human soul really like?
You can't define the soul; but if you practise Yoga, if you pray and meditate, then you can feel the...
From the book Selfless service-light
3.
I pray and meditate so that I can establish my oneness with each and every human being in the whole world...
From the book Lifting Up The World With a Oneness-Heart
February 16, 1963[^9]

Chinmoy: I am sure, Amrita-da, you have drunk amrita quite a few times during your meditation....

From the book Amrita: the fount of nectar-delight
Gary Fannelli stops to chat[^18]
He was telling me that he had a vision of me and that he meditates on me....
From the book Run and become, become and run, part 20
Like a light[^46]
A lady told Shephali that she saw me running once a few years ago before she knew anything about meditation...
From the book Run and become, become and run, part 11
Inspiration-flow
Sri Chinmoy is known as a man of prayer and meditation, a poet, singer, musician, artist, philosopher...
From the book The body’s fitness-gong. The soul’s fulness-song
Russell Barber: When you are exerting yourself in this very athletic way, are you praying at that moment? Are you thinking of God?
Sri Chinmoy: Yes, I am praying and I am meditating....
From the book Aspiration-body, illumination-soul, part 2
Question: Does the gross physical have more power than the vital?
When you go very high, into deepest meditation, if you happen to see that the physical is cooperating...
From the book Perseverance and aspiration
250. I searched and searched
I searched and searched For my soul. At last I found my soul in the Flute of Krishna.

I searched and searched For my heart. At last I found my heart in the Cross of Christ.

I searched and searched For my mind. At last I found my mind in the Meditation of Buddha.

I searched and searched For my vital. At last I found my vital in the Life of Vivekananda.

I searched and searched For my body. At last I found my body on the Lap of the Supreme.

From the book The Dance of Life, part 5
Editor's note to cover photo
The Holy Father offered his “special greetings” to the members of the meditation group that Sri Chinmoy...
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 15
Editor's note to cover photo
presented Sri Chinmoy with a silver medallion in appreciation of his work as spiritual leader of the Meditation...
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 17
Question: What is the whirling, giddy sensation I sometimes feel during meditation?
If your body is not strong, then how will you have good meditation?...
From the book Father's Day: Father with his European children
Worry
Worry!

Worry!Why do you worry?

Just pray in the morning,Concentrate at noon,

Meditate in the evening,Contemplate at night.

That’s all!Look, your worries are buried

In oblivion-hush.

Worry!

Worry!Why do you worry?

Turn around;Look, God is looking at you.

Enter into your mind;Look, God is devotedly thinking of you.

Enter into your heart;Look, God is all for you.

Enter into your soul;Look, God has already done

Everything for you.

From the book Beyond Within — A collection of writings 1964-1974
Question: What was the main purpose of your visit to Puerto Rico?
This is our Centre and here I teach the correct way to practice meditation....
From the book Earth’s Cry Meets Heaven’s Smile, part 3
Question: Why is there some pain when the third eye starts to open?
Meditation should be like a river flowing into the sea....
From the book AUM — Vol.II-5, No. 9,10, September-October 1978
Question: What should the goal of art and the artist be in our time?
As a seeker prays and meditates in order to achieve the highest and manifest the highest on earth, even...
From the book AUM — Vol.II-2, No. 5, 27 May 1975
Question: Is it easier to hear the soul's voice on our birthday than on other days?
Sri Chinmoy: It depends on your meditation.

On your birthday you are meditating to get special Blessings, but every day you have to meditate with … At that time, meditation is not in your mind; in your mind is the rest of the world.

There is no hard and fast rule that on your birthday you will have a better meditation. … Throughout the year you have to be regular and punctual in your meditation....

From the book The soul's special promise, part 2
Question: What are the stages of meditation?
Sri Chinmoy: There are three stages: concentration, meditation and contemplation. … But in meditation we use our psychic will-power, the soul's will-power. … But meditation is calm, divine, soulful and elevating. … When we meditate, we make the mind calm, quiet and still — without thoughts. … In contemplation we are at once in our deepest concentration and our highest meditation....
From the book Meditation: God's Duty and man's beauty
Question: Guru, how can I always love with wisdom?
One immediately takes a subway and goes to his friends, who are praying and meditating in a group; the … I may want to go right now to pray and meditate, because I feel that this is a good thing. … how to meditate. … Meditation is very good, but if it is not God's Will for me to meditate, then I tell you I will not enter … have a more elevated consciousness while I am singing than when I am actually meditating....
From the book Inspiration-Garden and Aspiration-Leaves
Mrs Mohini Singh, wife of CPN Singh (Member of Parliament, India): When you sit down to meditate, … Do you think that one can meditate by oneself without somebody there who can help you at every step?
A teacher will be able to tell us whether or not we are doing proper meditation. … Again, sometimes we may not be meditating well, but we may fool ourselves and feel that we are meditating … At that time a sincere teacher will show us that we are not meditating well. … If we can develop inner poise through our prayer and meditation, then we will not be afraid of anything … meditation for delegates held at United Nations Headquarters....
From the book My meditation-service at the United Nations for twenty-five years
Question: What is the relationship between meditation and sports?
When we meditate, we make our mind calm and quiet. … Meditation gives us inner strength....
From the book Run and smile, smile and run
Caller: I recently made a decision to change my lifestyle and let my family and friends know I was living a spiritual life. Instantly I was besieged with a barrage of complaints and criticisms.
Now you are looking for satisfaction deep within by praying and meditating. … If you want satisfaction, then you walk along the road of prayer and meditation....
From the book Truth's fountain-melody
Question: What is the relationship between automatic writing and mediums?
This evening during your meditation, kindly try to enter into him and make him feel that it is he who … all of a sudden realised the truth that automatic writing is not really good, but that concentration, meditation...
From the book Astrology, the supernatural and the Beyond
Question: How can the individual seeker offer his aspiration to the world community?
community, the entire world, is within him — inside his body, inside his soul — then he can pray and meditate … Then, his own prayer and meditation will help the world considerably....
From the book Flame-Waves, part 11
Question: What is the seeker's responsibility at the United Nations?
Sri Chinmoy: The seeker’s responsibility at the United Nations is to pray and meditate — to pray for … and meditate on those who have served or are still serving the United Nations most devotedly and soulfully...
From the book Flame-Waves, part 9
Question: I always felt it was selfish to look for salvation. I thought that this would come of itself if one did the right thing.
The right thing is to pray, to concentrate, to meditate. … What you are supposed to do is pray, concentrate and meditate, and if you do, naturally you will get...
From the book Flame-Waves, part 1
Question: How does religious discipline differ from spiritual discipline?
Sri Chinmoy: Religious discipline is not asking you to pray and meditate every second of your life. … spiritual discipline, then it will tell you to be conscious of God twenty-four hours a day and to pray and meditate...
From the book Flame-Waves, part 6
Question: How can I meditate on the Supreme in art?
When you meditate on art, feel that there is somebody inside the art who is the life-breath of the art … When you realise this, you can easily meditate on the Supreme in art....
From the book Art's life and the soul's light
Question: If we have been meditating for a long time, how can we renew our inspiration?
Every time you meditate, imagine a garden with beautiful flowers. … Meditation does not work like that.

Everything is preparation....

From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 32
Question: How can disciples make correct decisions?
Sri Chinmoy: If you want to make the correct decision, you have to meditate most soulfully for at least … After meditating for about ten minutes, you will bring tremendous will-power from the third eye and focus...
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 29
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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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