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Pages found: 8578

The supreme secret of meditation[^2]

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 AUM — Vol. 5, No. 6, 27 Jan. 1970
Question: What is the best way to meditate during action?
Sri Chinmoy: During action, the best way to meditate is to remember to offer yourself, the action, and … your meditation. … When you meditate in silence, you go very high, very deep. … Meditation in action is manifestation. … , work and dedicated service are nothing short of pure meditation....
From the book Meditation: man's choice and God's Voice, part 2
Question: I feel I used to meditate better before joining the path.
Sri Chinmoy: Sometimes you do not recognise when you are meditating well. … So in some cases, we take the preparation for meditation as meditation. … True, preparation is also part of meditation, but it is not meditation proper. … No, this is the real meditation. … Now your meditation has become normal and natural....
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 17
Question: During meditation is it better to have intensity, or to be full of peace, light and bliss
Sri Chinmoy: If there is intensity, then it is not meditation; it is concentration. … But if you feel deep within an immense sea of peace, light and bliss, then that is your meditation. … Meditation-power is all peace, poise and tranquility, like a sea, while concentration-power is like a … Again, if He wants meditation, you will allow Him to meditate in and through you....
From the book The mind and the heart in meditation
Question: Should one try to meditate while doing selfless service?
Supreme, please look at the material or the object that you are working on and feel that the work is your meditation … Meditation is very good, but it is not necessary during selfless service. … One should meditate at the time of meditation and do selfless service, which is also a form of meditation...
From the book Service-boat and love-boatman, part 1
Question: If you want to meditate as well as do Hatha Yoga, should you meditate before doing the
Sri Chinmoy: If you do Hatha Yoga exercises, it is better to do them before your meditation. … After the Hatha Yoga exercises please rest for about fifteen minutes, lying down, and then meditate. … Those who are meditating daily should not spend more than half an hour or so in Hatha Yoga. … If you do Hatha Yoga exercises for an hour and a half and then want to meditate, it will be extremely … difficult for you to enter into meditation....
From the book The body, humanity’s fortress
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We must meditate soulfully so that we can increase our faith in our Beloved Supreme. … We must meditate soulfully so that our Beloved Supreme can have more confidence in us. … Meditation is the most effective way to increase the seeker's faith in his Beloved Supreme and also to...
From the book O my Pilot Beloved
Question: Guru, you mention meditation. What does it mean to meditate?
Sri Chinmoy: Meditation means many things to many people. … Each individual has a way of learning the secret of the art of meditation. … In our case, when we meditate we empty our minds and then fill our minds with something divine....
From the book Experiences of the higher worlds
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It is true that I have lost confidence in my prayer and meditation.But can I not at this very moment start to restore my confidence in my prayer and in my meditation?

I can restore my confidence in my prayer and meditation just by repeating a soulful message to myself: mine is the heart that always prays; mine is the life that always meditates.

From the book Compassion-sea and satisfaction-waves
Question: Why do I have trouble coming to the meditation on Tuesday night?
Sri Chinmoy: You have trouble coming to the meditation on Tuesday nights because you feel that there … are more inspiring things at home than in the meditation hall. … If you try to get more joy from meditation, then you will have no trouble about not wanting to come here...
From the book AUM — Vol.II-3, No. 8, 27 August 1976
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It is true that I have lost confidence in my prayer and meditation.But can I not at this very moment start to restore my confidence in my prayer and in my meditation?

I can restore my confidence in my prayer and meditation just by repeating a soulful message to myself: Mine is the heart that always prays; mine is the life that always meditates.

From the book AUM — Vol.II-6, No.12, December 1980
Although I sleep
Although I sleep

During my morning meditation,God appreciates my attempt;

ThereforeI thank God.

Although I sleep

During my evening meditation,I am proud of my attempt;

ThereforeI love myself.

From the book Sleep: death's little sister
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Against world-destruction, Ours is the prayer for peace And meditation for peace. We pray to the Supreme So that the world is not destroyed. We meditate on the Supreme So that the world gets illumination.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 94
3533. To sit at the Feet of God
To see the Face of God You must pray and pray.

To feel the Heart of God You must meditate and meditate.

To sit at the Feet of God You must surrender and surrender.

From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 36
I believe that meditation is where answers will be given about one's inner self. Is this correct?
In meditation and concentration. Both will help. … know about your inner self and the inner mysteries of your life and the universal life, then you need meditation...
From the book AUM — Vol. 2, No. 2, 27 September 1966
Meditation Has and Is

Meditation has and is The elephant-confidence.

From the book I love my animal kingdom-songs
I Meditate to Become My Soul-Fragrance

I meditate to become My soul-fragrance.

From the book I pray to become my heart-flower
Meditation Reveals

Meditation reveals The fragrance of the heart.

From the book Enthusiasm, part 11
My Meditation-Heart Is My God-Multiplication

My meditation-heart Is my God-multiplication.

From the book Enthusiasm, part 11
Another Name of Meditation

Another name of meditation Is God-communication.

From the book Enthusiasm, part 11
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I need immensity

In my meditations.

From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 46
24933
Whenever we meditate, We expand Our heart-territory.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 25
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Meditation means The silence Of earth-bound expectations.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 25
35623
Meditation-peace Is an inner subject To study.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36
35792
Each meditation Energises and strengthens My aspiration-heart.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36
35794
The silence of meditation Is power beyond measure.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36
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When we meditate on God, Oneness-joy blossoms.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43
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Each successful meditation Is a powerful Godward journey.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43
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My meditation means Heart-expansion And God-satisfaction.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 24
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To me, A God-meditation is God-discovery.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 17
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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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