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My meditation is my Lord’s Protection-fort....
From the book My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 15
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Each deep meditation Enters into God’s Heart....
From the book My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 23
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Meditation reveals The fragrance of the heart....
From the book My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 60
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A meditation-river-diver I now am....
From the book My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 60
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My Lord’s Heart Beckons My meditation-silence....
From the book My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 19
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Father Heaven Proudly loves His meditating children....
From the book My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 24
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My meditations Bring God’s Heart To me.
From the book I bow to the soul of the Parliament of Religions
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My meditations Self-givingly clasp God’s Feet.
From the book I bow to the soul of the Parliament of Religions
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May my meditation Have another name: Intensity....
From the book My Early Morning Prayer-Journeys, part 2
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Meditation

Is the life-plant.

From the book The street beggar
The capacity of meditation[^16]
Prayer and meditation both are needed, true. … But if we can enter into the meditation-world seriously, then we will see the difference between meditation … But during our meditation, we dive deep within. At that time we house the Infinite. … That is the capacity of meditation. … But in the meditation-world, God gives advice to those who do excellent meditation....
From the book God made, God moulded, God shaped
Question: Can you ever tell if you are going to have a good meditation before you start meditating
It is because they have been meditating for a long time. … They meditate without fail, morning, noon, and evening. … capacity so that they can meditate well every day. … But bad students who do not meditate naturally will not know. … Somebody who has meditated many years is like an expert runner....
From the book Experiences of the higher worlds
Question: Is dancing to soulful music a form of meditation?
Sri Chinmoy: If the music is soulful and the dancing is also soulful, then it can be a form of meditation … Talking to someone soulfully is a form of meditation. … Dancing soulfully to soulful music is a form of meditation. … Soulfully reading spiritual books is a form of meditation.

We have to know the difference between the highest meditation and ordinary meditation....

From the book God the Supreme Musician (1976)
Question: Is it bad for someone to go back to sleep after meditating from two to three in the morning
If you have to sleep after meditation you can go to sleep, but if you can continue meditating from two … But if that is not possible for you right now, if you can meditate for an hour, then the result of your … meditation you can assimilate after your meditation.

The only difficulty is that if you meditate from two to three or four o'clock, then afterwards there … If you get up at nine or ten o'clock, just because you meditated at two o'clock, then between seven and...

From the book The hour of meditation
Question: How can I meditate with soulful intensity without pulling the divine forces?
Sri Chinmoy: You can meditate with soulful intensity without pulling the divine forces provided you can … make your meditation spontaneous. … But while you are meditating, if your meditation becomes intense, that is a good thing. … While meditating, if you can have a spontaneous feeling of self-giving to the Inner Pilot, the Supreme … Pilot, then your meditation will automatically become intense....
From the book Service-heroes
I do not know[^2]

O my Pilot Beloved, I do not know what I am meditating for. … But I do know that I am meditating on You, on You, on You.

"My Immortality's child, as long as you know that you are praying to Me and you are meditating on … Me, you do not have to know what you are praying for and what you are meditating for. … You are praying for My Eternity's Compassion and you are meditating for My Infinity's Vision....

From the book O my Pilot Beloved
Question: Guru, should we meditate while driving?
to run the one hundred metre dash, in a matter of ten or eleven seconds, God knows how many times I meditated … So if you have developed the power of meditation and you are an expert in meditation, then you are in … a position to do meditation while driving. … If you are in a position to meditate while driving, you are not doing anything wrong. … But if a beginner in the spiritual life tries to meditate while driving, then he will have an accident...
From the book The inner journey
Question: Does one use a mantra during meditation?
And if you are in a position to dive deep within, or enter into the highest meditation, then there is … no necessity for practising a mantra during the time of your meditation. … But if you cannot enter into your deep meditation, then it is advisable to practise the mantra. … The mantra paves the way for a better and deeper meditation. … , his meditative power....
From the book Sri Chinmoy speaks, part 7
Joel Martin: If I wanted to, how could I make my music spiritual or help create a more spiritual kind of music?
If we pray and practise meditation, then our whole nature will become spiritual. … If we did not pray and meditate, then our consciousness would have been totally different. … Meditation is something that we can practise. … If we practise meditation soulfully, and if we become part and parcel of this soulful meditation, then … express the things that we have received from our prayer and meditation....
From the book Inner peace and world peace
Question: What benefit do you derive from meditation?
Sri Chinmoy: First and foremost, when we meditate we get peace of mind. … When we meditate, we simplify our earthly life so that we can run faster towards our goal. … When we meditate, we see the reality in everything. … But when we meditate, we see the essence, the reality-seed, in everything. … Meditation makes us feel that there is no place where God does not exist....
From the book AUM — Vol.II-3, No. 2, 27 February 1976
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In the morning Meditate on the waves and surges Of the ocean. You will find dynamic life-energy.

In the evening Meditate on the deep vastness Of the ocean. You will feel Infinity’s peace.

From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 19
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When I do not meditate, I see nothing in myself. The world too sees nothing in me. When I meditate, Not only I myself but the whole world Sees Heaven in my God-climbing eyes.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 255
I believe that meditation is where answers will be given about one's inner Self. Is this correct?
Yes, in meditation and concentration. Both will help. … your inner Self and learn about the inner mysteries of your life and the Universal Life, then you need meditation...
From the book Yoga and the spiritual life. The journey of India's Soul.
9158. Your Prayer Indirectly Helps
Even he who does not pray and meditate Knows that your prayer and meditation Indirectly give him peace. In the heart of his heart He knows that you really love him And he loves you.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 92
1549. My five-cent prayer
My five-cent prayer Expects A five-thousand-dollar answer. Alas, alas!

My ten-thousand-dollar meditation Expects nothing, Not even a fleeting smile from God. For me, meditation in itself Is all achievement.

From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 16
Question: I like to be outdoors running and cycling, but then I think I should spend more time meditating
Early in the morning before meditation if you go out and eat a nice breakfast, will it be good? … After meditation you can enter into the hustle and bustle of life. … Definitely it will help your meditation. … Again, if you meditate well, the inner joy that you get from your meditation and prayer will make you … Early in the morning, at six o’clock if you do not meditate, then meditate at seven o’clock or seven-thirty...
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 17
we go to the track to exercise and you are not there, can that be substituted for our early morning meditation
Sri Chinmoy: You have to meditate for five or ten minutes at home. … If you can consciously feel this, then only is it part of your meditation. … , real meditation. … But if you do it with the right attitude, then, definitely, it is meditation. … or is not meditation....
From the book Perfection in the Head-World
Public meditations
Sister Patricia: When you hold a meditation, do you pre-plan it? … Sometimes I hold meditations for seven hours, and we also have had a thirteen-hour meditation. … Once my students meditated with me for thirteen hours and two or three times they have meditated with

Most of the time I will meditate. … Sri Chinmoy: Yes, by meditating; that is the way....

From the book My Heart's Salutation to Australia, part 2
The supreme secret of meditation[^14]

For meditation you need aspiration.

Meditation nourishes your self-discipline. Self-discipline strengthens your meditation. … Meditation purifies your heart. … But realisation perfectly rhymes with meditation. Liberation soulfully rhymes with meditation. … Your meditation is priceless....

From the book Eastern light for the Western mind
The supreme secret of meditation

For meditation you need aspiration.

Meditation nourishes your self-discipline. Self-discipline strengthens your meditation. … Meditation purifies your heart. … But realisation perfectly rhymes with meditation. Liberation soulfully rhymes with meditation. … Your meditation is priceless....

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 2
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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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