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- Question: Is there aspiration in each part of our being?
- And when the body is ready to meditate, the heart may not be aspiring....
- Question: How do people realise God?
- By praying to God and by meditating on God....
- Question: What can we do to help humanity become more receptive to the United Nations efforts towards peace?
- need not and may not bear any fruit, it is necessary to offer inner help — that is to say, to pray and meditate...
- Question: How can we increase our purity?[^197]
- Every day the seeker should invoke purity or meditate on purity....
- Question: Do the planets and stars have a lower vital?
- It allows celestial beings to destroy the meditation of the spiritual Masters....
- Question: When they go to the soul's world, do parents realise that their children were doing the right thing by accepting your path?
- When they are sitting in a meditative or contemplative mood, immediately they know that you are doing...
- Question: How do you bring light into the subconscious?
- When you meditate, you drink the light which permeates the atmosphere....
- Mahavira's enlightenment
- particular day, he sat on the bank of a river, under the blazing sun, and entered into a deep state of meditation...
- Question: When your disciples accompany you on your trips to other countries — during the Christmas holidays, for example — what do they receive from these countries and what do they offer?
- Because you are praying and meditating, the people in these countries may see something prayerful in...
- Interviewer: It is very peaceful here, despite the fact that it is in the middle of New York City!
- And for this peace we have to dive deep within and pray and meditate....
- Question: Did you grow up as a Christian or as a Hindu?
- Then I went to a spiritual community where I prayed and meditated most sincerely and soulfully....
- Question: What is my soul asking you?
- If you ever see how your soul meditates on my transcendental photograph, you will say, “Why do we have...
- Question: But what is this supposed to do for you?
- You have to meditate to get them....
- Running and shopping at the same time[^31]
I was walking and meditating. All of a sudden, I saw a little shop there in the sand....
- 996. Three clever world-souls
- Krishna, Krishna,
Hurry up, hurry up! Come down, come down!
The world needs your immediate presence. “Chinmoy, I am in deep meditation.
For God’s sake, don’t disturb me.” Thank you, Krishna,
You have always been clever.
Thakur, Thakur, Look, look! Earth needs Your presence desperately. “Chinmoy, I am sorry. My Mother has given me Much work to do here, upstairs. Therefore I simply can’t think Of going downstairs. I am sorry.” Thank you, Thakur. You too have become clever.
Naren, Naren, Once more Mother Earth Needs your warrior-heart To fight against ignorance-night. “Chinmoy, tell Mother Earth That I have been fighting More powerfully, more devotedly, For her from here, Against her ignorance-night. Therefore She does not need my Physical presence.” Thank you, Naren. I shall be also as clever As you are, When my turn comes.
- Question: How do you know that the heart centre is open?
- If your heart centre is fully open, during meditation you are likely to taste the divine nectar, amrita...
- 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...
- Concert dedication[^11]
- Chinmoy then chanted a Ganesha chant, and the audience members were invited to pass in front of him as he meditated...
- Question: But what happens to you when you have no soul?
- Sri Chinmoy: During my deep meditation many times, like a bird, I go from here to there....
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Guruji,
I would like to express how I was sorry that I could not assist yesterday to your meditation...
- Question: How much importance should we give to the physical exercise in comparison with our regular work?
- you play a game here, feel that this is the most important thing — not to do selfless service or to meditate...
- Question: Can anybody practise Yoga?
- These postures and exercises are preliminary and preparatory states, leading towards concentration and meditation...
- Question: How can we surrender to the Supreme?
If you do not have a Master and you practise meditation, then you have to go deep within and feel
So when we pray, when we meditate, the first thing we should do is to get rid of doubts, suspicions … But you have to give an iota of your aspiration, for five minutes or half an hour of meditation in the … We do have a little capacity; we meditate on God for a few minutes each day. … The moment He sees that we are regular in our meditation, that we are sincere and earnest and that we...
- Self-discovery and world-mastery[^6]
We need meditation and we need concentration. … For self-discovery what we need is meditation, a life of meditation. … Our meditation longs for Infinity’s Reality. Our concentration longs for Reality’s immediacy. … Meditation wants everything slowly, steadily and unerringly. … Concentration gives utmost importance to speed, while meditation gives utmost importance to silence....
- The sage and the restless king
- He would only meditate and meditate at the foot of a tree.
Now this sage was always occupied with his prayer and meditation. He did not do anything else. … He only prayed to God and meditated to receive enlightenment. … He went to the sage, who was meditating beneath the tree, and said, "Tell me, why do you waste your time … But my life I am surrendering to God through my prayers and meditations."...
- Duty supreme
- God meditates on His Duty. Man loves his reward. Man cries for his reward.
Our divine duty is to meditate on God in man. Our divine duty is to see God in man. … But unfortunately we forget the other duty: meditation. … are clever enough to cry for the fruits of realisation long before we have entered into the field of meditation … No meditation, no realisation. Without meditation, God-realisation is nothing but self-deception....
- Special souls at the ashram[^7]
Sri Aurobindo’s brother said, “If you are very sincere and you meditate eight hours a day for six … He tried for quite a few months to meditate for eight hours a day, but he was unable to meditate and … Sri Aurobindo’s brother had said it was necessary to meditate eight hours a day. … able to read for so many hours, the same number of hours he would be able to devote to his prayers and meditations … One can read books for many hours, but one may not be able to meditate for such a long time....
- Question: How to meditate when we are stressed and exhausted?
- Sri Chinmoy: When you are stressed and exhausted, it is usually because you have worked very hard. Lie down for four or five minutes and breathe in as slowly as possible. While breathing, you have to feel that peace has descended and entered into your mind. From head to foot it is circulating. Feel that all your nerves are...
- Question: Can we consciously offer the fruit of our meditation?
- Sri Chinmoy: Certainly, if you want to. It is your money, your wealth, and you can give it consciously or unconsciously. Sri Ramakrishna said that God is like a child. A child may be standing with a piece of candy, and you are begging, "Give me the candy," but the child won't give it to you. It is his property, his wealth, and...
- Is it better to meditate on AUM or on God?
- One day I shall meditate with you and see whether God, AUM, Supreme, Infinite or some other aspect of...