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Question: First of all, I thank you. I have been very much struck by your beautiful poems, your stories, your great creative gift to do so much and your paintings. Do you have something to say about that great capacity to produce beautiful things through imagination that relates to spiritual knowledge?
But how many people are consciously praying to God or meditating on God? … In comparison to the world population, very few people are praying and meditating. … So you see, people who are praying and meditating are already chosen and selected for a special purpose...
From the book Earth-bound journey and Heaven-bound journey
Question: Is initiation necessary for real spirituality to develop?
When I meditate, I bring down peace, light and bliss. … You know what kind of consciousness you had before meditation, and right after meditation you also know...
From the book The spiritual journey: oneness in diversity
27.[^22]
But I wish to tell all of you that when we pray and meditate here, the soul of the United Nations observes … And the appreciation that you have offered now on behalf of the Meditation Group, I wish to place at … Right now their physical minds may not know what we are doing with our prayer and meditation....
From the book The seeker's mind
Question: What can we do to sing most soulfully?

But if you can meditate for five minutes or ten minutes before you sing, then you will get the soul … aspect of the song from your meditation. … Even if you have not meditated, sometimes it is possible, while bringing the image of each word to your...

From the book God the Supreme Musician (1976)
Sri Chinmoy speaks about his Transcendental Consciousness in the special meditation photo[^10]
Alo and I have watched my devoted disciples come and meditate in front of my picture. … Every Wednesday (instead of Thursday now), when you come to meditate in front of my picture, like tonight … The disciples should not feel embarrassed and, to my joy, most of you do not, when meditating on this...
From the book The Master speaks to the Puerto Rican disciples, 1966-1972
Looking for a new Centre[^14]
We can do our meditation; we can have our meetings in almost pin-drop silence. … In spite of knowing that so many people are trying to meditate sincerely and devotedly, they deliberately … On the days we hold our meditations and not on other days, her sons are behaving like hooligans and worse...
From the book More talks to the Puerto Rican disciples 1970-1973
The inner commitment
When you belong to a group, today you may not be inspired to meditate, but if somebody beside you in … the group is praying and meditating most soulfully, then immediately you will get inspiration. … That is why we feel the supreme necessity of having meditation groups, which can grow together most divinely...
From the book AUM — Vol.II-6, No. 6, June 1980
Question: First of all I thank you. I have been very struck by your beautiful poems, your stories, your great creative gift to do so much and your paintings. Do you have something to say about that great capacity to produce beautiful things through imagination that relates to spiritual knowledge?
But how many people are consciously praying to God or meditating on God? … In comparison to the world population, very few people are praying and meditating. … So you see, people who are praying and meditating are already chosen and selected for a special purpose...
From the book AUM — Vol.II-2, No. 4, 27 April 1975
Scene 1
Inside the Kali Temple, Naren is meditating.

(Naren turns to the statue and begins meditating again.) … I shall meditate while you sing.

(Naren sings. Sri Ramakrishna meditates in deep trance.)...

From the book Mother, give me the Light of Knowledge
Scene 1
Inside the Kali Temple, Naren is meditating.

(Naren turns to the statue and begins meditating again.) … I shall meditate while you sing.

(Naren sings. Sri Ramakrishna meditates in deep trance.)...

From the book Drink, drink my Mother’s Nectar
Security

God has given us the capacity, the aspiration, to pray to Him and meditate on Him. … By praying and meditating we are honouring Him. … By honouring God through prayer and meditation, we also honour ourselves. … But by praying and meditating we come to realise that the branches, leaves and flowers are part and parcel...

From the book Everest-Aspiration, part 1
The sunlit path[^20]
in other paths, in the sunlit path the devotee learns that it does not matter how long he prays and meditates … , but how he prays and meditates. … If he prays and meditates upon the Divine sincerely and unreservedly, then he prays and meditates ten...
From the book Eastern light for the Western mind
Question: Is physical fitness absolutely necessary for progress?
Only we want to keep the body fit so that we are able to get up early in the morning to pray and meditate … Let them meditate for as long as they want; I am already 20 million miles ahead of them."

We say, "Easily I can get up at six o'clock to pray and meditate; only I don't want to."

Some people say, "The day that I meditate well is the day that all the hostile forces attack me....

From the book You are your life's progress-joy-drum
The sunlit path
on other paths, on the sunlit path the devotee learns that it does not matter how long he prays and meditates … , but how he prays and meditates. … If he prays and meditates upon the Divine sincerely and unreservedly, then he prays and meditates ten...
From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 2
O my seeker-friends[^104]

In order to achieve goodness in your life, you need a heart that knows how to meditate. … Before you start meditating, try to imagine a beautiful and soulful dawn. … Just try to imagine the dawn and then meditate. … Yours will be a profound meditation and goodness will inundate your entire being....

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 3
Question: How can we maintain a good standard consistently, instead of going up and down?
Today you do wonderful meditation, and then you feel, "Oh, since today I had a wonderful meditation, … tomorrow I can relax," You feel that your meditation will maintain the same speed, but it doesn't.

Every day that you meditate, you have to feel is your last day....

From the book Illumination-world
Conversation — part III
There (on the trophy) it is mentioned “United Nations Meditation Group.”

Sri Chinmoy: No, I am saying that the members of the Meditation Group are downstairs. … We pray and meditate and have soulful discussions there. … I would like to honour you at our Group Meditation with the delegates and the Secretariat staff....

From the book Muhammad Ali and Sri Chinmoy meditate
Conversation — part VI
He invited me to hold meditation with his disciples, so I went to visit him and I held meditation at … And he has been to the United Nations two or three times to attend my meditation meetings.

Sri Chinmoy: Yes, he also holds meditations. I will present his books to you....

From the book Muhammad Ali and Sri Chinmoy
Sincerity wins the case
I meditated so well that I am full of peace and light inside. … Since then I have meditated hundreds of times, in many places. … They went to a secluded place, where the Master said, "Please allow me to meditate on you." … the Master's meditation with grateful tears rolling down from his eyes. … You are ruining my meditation....
From the book Gratitude-sky and ingratitude-sea
Centennial tribute to Pablo Casals
Nations staff members and delegates joined together in a programme sponsored by Sri Chinmoy: The Peace Meditation...
From the book Four Summit-Height-Melodies meet with Sri Chinmoy
6. The universe[^2]
The universe is God’s creation

And man’s realisation.The universe is God’s Compassion

And man’s emancipation.The universe is God’s Concentration

And man’s transformation.The universe is God’s Meditation

And man’s revelation.The universe is God’s Contemplation

And man’s manifestation.

The poet in me tells me

That the universe is beautiful.The singer in me tells me

That the universe is enchanting.The philosopher in me tells me

That the universe is meaningful.The Yogi in me tells me

That the universe is soulful.The God-lover in me tells me

That the universe is fruitful.

My poet sees the truth.

My singer feels the truth.My philosopher achieves the truth.

My Yogi realises the truth.My God-lover becomes the truth.

(2): PRH 6. Excerpt from a talk, Keble College, Oxford, England, 1970.

From the book Poetry: My Rainbow-Heart-Dreams
On a moonlit night in Venezuela[^13]
I was looking and looking at the moon and we were meditating while he was playing....
From the book I thank You
Editor's preface to Archive version
‘Flame-worlds’ means that in the message of each meditation you will see a different world....
From the book Meditations: food for the soul
Question: I am looking for more joy in my life, but I don't feel confident about jumping into meditation
Since you have not meditated intensely for so many years, if you jump all at once into the sea of spirituality...
From the book Meditation: God's Blessing-Assurance
Question: Guru, one time when I was meditating I suddenly found myself thinking about some friends
When you meditate and enter into your highest consciousness, your soul automatically tries to help your...
From the book The meditation-world
Question: How can we make the fastest progress?
While you are meditating early in the morning and looking at my picture, please try to converse inwardly...
From the book Inner progress and satisfaction-life
Editor's introduction to the first edition
Before speaking, Sri Chinmoy would enter into a high meditative state and then speak extemporaneously...
From the book Everest-Aspiration, part 4
Editor's introduction to the first edition
Before speaking, Sri Chinmoy would enter into a high meditative state and then speak extemporaneously...
From the book Everest-Aspiration, part 2
Editor's introduction to the first edition
Before speaking, Sri Chinmoy would enter into a high meditative state and then speak extemporaneously...
From the book Everest-Aspiration, part 1
Encounter in Chinatown[^37]
So I put the coin in my right palm and meditated on it — not for one second, but very seriously, very...
From the book The world-experience-tree-climber, part 1
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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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