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- The young Naren loved and admired God-lovers and wanted to become one himself.To many God-lovers and even God-preachers he went with one solitary question: “Have you seen God?”
Alas, the answer was always in the negative, which broke Vivekananda’s God-hungry heart.However, sincerity and precious advice he did receive from Maharshi Devendranath, Tagore’s father.
When the same question was asked of him, Devendranath said to young Naren: “I have not seen God.Pray and meditate soulfully.
God you will definitely realise in this lifetime.
My boy, you already possess the eyes of a yogi.”
- Question: How can you tell the difference between the two kinds of dreams?
- So also, when you meditate you learn things in the inner worlds, but this takes time....
- Question: While meditating, I feel some forces in the Ajna Chakra and in the heart centre that transform
- So when you meditate seriously, the Ajna chakra is activated by the Eye of vision....
- Reflection
- Through pure meditation, pure thought, pure character, we are in a position to reflect upon our inner...
- Question: You mean violet is not good to wear?
- I meditate on her and pray with her, but why has she not opened her third eye?...
- Question: When meditating, I feel that there are two parts of me meditating.
- If you want to have equal benefit from both the sun and the moon, you can try to meditate on the sun....
- Indian philosophy
- Every Tuesday and Friday I go there to pray and meditate, and the delegates, diplomats and staff who … are interested in praying and meditating come and join me.
Mr Menuhin: Through this meditating and singing and through your wonderful talks, do your students … When we pray and meditate soulfully, we consciously feel our inseparable oneness with the world. … The act of making the music is a meditation on the subject, which is not necessarily passive....
- Meeting with Deputy Mayor Remy of Los Angeles[^11]
- I read that you are an expert in the world of meditation. … pray and meditate with us. … So they come and meditate for about half an hour or so. Then they feel a kind of inner peace. … will be prayerful and meditative. … When we meditate in the morning we acquire spiritual wealth....
- Aside from concentration and meditation, what concrete or practical things can I do to see the divine … Also, during concentration and meditation, what kind of practical things can I do to see Light?
- Here I wish to say that concentration is practical; meditation is practical. … Meditation is also something natural in your life. … The preparation is your pure concentration, your pure meditation. … When you start meditating, just feel what you are. … You don't have to meditate for four hours or ten hours. No....
- Of course, I know about concentration and meditation but aside from concentration and meditation what … Also, during concentration and meditation, what kind of practical things can I do to see the Light?
- Here I wish to say that concentration is practical; meditation is practical. … Meditation is also something natural in your life. … The preparation is your pure concentration, your pure meditation. … When you start meditating, just feel what you are. … You don’t have to meditate for four hours or ten hours. No!...
- Question: Sri Chinmoy, how do you view the problems of the world and how do you think these problems can be solved?
- That way is to pray and meditate for our conscious oneness with the Will of the Absolute Supreme.
Prayer and meditation are nothing short of our constant communion, or conversation, with God. … When we pray, at that time we talk to God; and when we meditate, God talks to us. … And when God meditates on us, we just listen. He has a Message for us.
So, prayer and meditation can solve all the world problems....
- Seeing God in your child
- If you are a mother, easily you can find time to meditate, provided you are willing to do first things … There is a world of difference between praying and meditating for your children and then taking care … You have to pray and meditate and you have to teach your children how to pray and meditate. … It is also better for the family to meditate together if it is possible. … Spiritual food is prayer and meditation....
- Scene 5
- His power of meditation will soon surpass all our spiritual power. We pray to you to save us. … I shall go and ask him to stop praying and meditating. Then you will be pleased....
- Prayer: with words or without words?
- For that, one has to develop a very high state of meditation. … Only inside that meditation can silent prayer be offered....
- Question: When I meditate I get a feeling of joy and then, like a pendulum, I get a feeling of absolute
- Sri Chinmoy: The joy that you get right after you have a good meditation, a sublime meditation, is of...
- You know how to fool everyone[^1]
- Then she said that she had gone to one of my meditations once, and had seen me meditating in my dhoti...
- Question: We were all invited for your 60th birthday. Is there a chance that we will be invited for your 100th birthday?
- or elsewhere, I will definitely bless my spiritual children who think of me, who pray to me and who meditate … No matter where I am, I will be of devoted, loving service to you all provided you think of me and meditate...
- Question: How might a person be involved in a work situation and still be in tune with the Supreme?
- Similarly, when a seeker becomes advanced and can meditate well every day, naturally he is growing in … of daily life, inside himself he feels the living presence of his own inner being which helped him meditate...
- Question: Guru, do things happen in the West such as evil spirits entering people and then everybody thinks it is some medical defect? For instance, could some psychiatric cases really be cases of evil forces that have entered?
- Twice after that we held meditations and I gave talks at her house. … One time when I was about to start my meditation there, her cat came and fell at my feet, and told me...
- Question: Does the peace that you bring down during the meditations in the conference rooms have
- On Fridays when we pray and meditate here for peace, it does help the United Nations’ aspiration. … But we have to know that when we pray and meditate here, it is not only for the seekers who are here,...
- Question: Sometimes I feel sleepy in meditation.
- Sri Chinmoy: Suppose you find yourself feeling sleepy after thirty or forty minutes of most powerful meditation … Again, if you feel that you have been sleeping for half an hour, then naturally you are not meditating...
- Norman Rockwell: artist of Americana[^3]
- Let us for a minute offer our prayerful meditation so that the artist of Americana, Norman Rockwell, … paid the following memorial tribute to the American artist Norman Rockwell during a meeting of the Meditation...
- Bijoy Krishna Goswami
- Instead of earning money to support his family, he used to spend all his time in meditation. … While she is gone, I will be able to meditate without any interruptions!"...
- Question: When we meditate, how should we deal with thoughts that come from our imagination?
- Sri Chinmoy: In the best kind of meditation, there is no thought at all in the mind. … So when a thought enters into your mind during your meditation, you have to see if it is a progressive...
- Question: Will the process of striving for perfection ever come to an end?
- We start with inspiration, and from there we move on to concentration, meditation and contemplation. … And these three words — concentration, meditation, contemplation — are included in one word: aspiration...
- Question: What is your feeling about your disciples using japa beads?
- If you want to use them at all, please do so at home when you meditate. … most soulfully, then it will definitely increase your capacity for concentration, and deep, soulful meditation...
- Question: Through meditation are you able to master or create any psychic powers?
- Sri Chinmoy: Certainly, through meditation one can get psychic power. … One is bound to get psychic power through meditation....
- Question: There are some people who believe there are different kinds of spiritual Masters. Some work openly in the world and their purpose is to work directly with humanity, physically. Others, some of whom have physical bodies and some of whom do not, work behind the scenes. Do you feel that this is true in your experience?
- Some want to pray and meditate inside the Himalayan caves, while others want to pray and meditate in...
- Interviewer: So as part of this inspiration, did you feel that birds were something you should draw?
- When we pray and meditate, we become simple, sincere, humble and pure. … By praying and meditating, we feel that we can go beyond our ordinary, silly, earth-bound thoughts and...
- Dr. Felix Kuznetsov: We would like to offer you gratitude for your heart's welcome to us. Through us, you are welcoming our whole country — all the Soviet people. We feel that it is coming from your heart. Meeting with you has been one of the most important events in our visit to America.
- When we pray and meditate, we live in the heart and we come to realise our oneness with one another. … If we do not pray and meditate, we live in the mind, where everything is division....