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Conversation — part V
Muhammad Ali (after the meditation): Thank you all for coming. It really got my spirits high....
From the book Muhammad Ali and Sri Chinmoy meditate
Jesse Owens
expounds that thesis about as well as anyone in that you create poetry, art and music as well as run and meditate...
From the book Sri Chinmoy with his Himalayan champion-coach: Payton Jordan
Question: I would like to ask the reason why some spiritual figures like Christ have healed sick people. It is said that every sickness that appears in the body comes from the region of the mind, and that it is one's karma that has to be worked out. Now, is it possible that the healing done by these Masters takes away the results of karma? What is the reason that some persons are healed and others are not? Does it not interfere with the law of karma?
First they enter into their own inner consciousness or into their highest meditation to get the answer...
From the book The Master speaks to the Puerto Rican disciples, 1966-1972
Question: Did any of your disciples know each other in past incarnations?
When I was meditating on them, I saw that they were physical brothers in their previous incarnation....
From the book Reincarnation and evolution
Question: Does the spiritual life preclude other kinds of normal activities in life? I mean ... does the spiritual life mean that you have to give up what you happen to be doing at the time, say, being an interior decorator?
When you are able to meditate for a few minutes, the mind does not become a victim to doubts, impure...
From the book Earth’s Cry Meets Heaven’s Smile, part 3
Question: What are the ways that we can expand our receptivity to the Supreme?
During your meditation, try consciously to have inner joy....
From the book Earth’s Cry Meets Heaven’s Smile, part 3
Question: Here in the West there is an acute shortage of spiritual Masters. How does one find one?
In aspiration are contained the seeds of concentration, meditation and contemplation....
From the book Earth’s Cry Meets Heaven’s Smile, part 2
Question: Do our actions on earth affect our life after we die?
Then, if I do something good, if I pray, if I meditate, if I do good things, divine things, regularly...
From the book Earth’s Cry Meets Heaven’s Smile, part 2
The punishment is compassion

Once at midnight Bajit Bastami was walking along the street praying and meditating when he saw a man...

From the book AUM — Vol.II-6, No. 3, March 1980
Comments
And the last of our distinguished guests is Sri Chinmoy, who is the director of the United Nations Meditation...
From the book AUM — Vol. 3, No. 1, 27 January 1976
yoga asanas are good because they lower the metabolism of the body and help lay the foundation for meditation
Sri Chinmoy: No, no, no, because I have practised these things. It is only that hatha yoga is an Indian way of thinking and there was a time when whatever the Westerners did was very bad and whatever we Indians did was always good. For some time it was difficult for Indians to see anything good in the West. So the Indian theory...
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 34
Humility
When we meditate, what do we feel? We feel His Presence within our heart.

When we meditate, the first thing we have to know is whether or not we are humble in our inner, spiritual

When we meditate here at our Centre, we should try to bathe first in the sea of humility.

At home also, when we meditate, let us please feel that we are all heart....

From the book Illumination-Fruits
Sri Aurobindo: a glimpse[^58]
In 1908 Aurobindo stayed with Lele for three days and Lele instructed him in meditation, specially how … gratitude to the Divine Mother for granting me the invaluable blessing-opportunity to be allowed to meditate … In the beginning, I used to pray and meditate for five minutes and then, gradually, gradually, after … joy knew no bounds, specially when the Mother herself watched and passed by me as I was praying and meditating...
From the book Sri Aurobindo: The Infinite
The Cosmic God — Agni[^2]
your indulgence to tell you that at the age of nineteen I first saw Agni during my highest state of meditation … But one day at the age of nineteen, while I was meditating very deeply, Agni Devata, the highest god, … At the present time, of course, I don’t have to meditate deeply to be blessed by Agni; now I am blessed

This morning while I was thinking of and meditating on today’s topic, Agni came to me....

From the book AUM — Vol. 8, No. 2, 27 September 1972
Love realised, surrender fulfilled, oneness manifested
Then tomorrow, early in the morning, at one o'clock, you have to get up and meditate for two hours." … To get up at one o'clock in the morning and meditate for two hours? … You can't get up at one o'clock to meditate. My son, indeed this is your love for me."...
From the book Love realised, surrender fulfilled, oneness manifested
Human expectation and divine fulfilment
But if he prays and meditates soulfully, because God sees his sincerity and potentiality, God will not

"Otherwise, we shall pray to God, meditate on God, worship God and try to please God with the wrong...

From the book God's new Philosophy
Lord Vishnu's great devotee[^4]
Once he decided to fast and pray and meditate for three days without rest in order to receive blessings

For three days Ambarish fasted and prayed and meditated....

From the book The power of kindness and other stories
The foolish wisdom of a Brahmin
Then they went to the king and said, “Now we would like to meditate, and definitely we will be able to … They meditated for some time and vision dawned on them....
From the book Great Indian meals: divinely delicious and supremely nourishing, part 10
Human expectation and divine fulfilment
But if he prays and meditates soulfully, because God sees his sincerity and potentiality, God will not

"Otherwise, we shall pray to God, meditate on God, worship God and try to please God with the wrong...

From the book The Master and the disciple
Author's introduction

Now at this point, when we are consciously praying, concentrating and meditating, God peeps at us … He sees whether we are actually meditating or not....

From the book God-Life: is it a far cry?
Beauty[^11]
When we meditate, we offer the beauty of our inner silence to the Supreme.

When a sincere seeker prays and meditates, he radiates beauty....

From the book My Maple Tree
Act V, Scene 2
Let us meditate for a few minutes.

(While everyone is meditating, Matsyendranath appears in a divine effulgence behind Gorakshanath and...

From the book Matsyendranath and Gorakshanath: two spiritual lions
Beauty[^21]
When we meditate, we offer the beauty of our inner silence to the Supreme.

When a sincere seeker prays and meditates, he radiates beauty....

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 1
Love divine[^48]

Through our prayer, meditation and dedication, we can also have God on our side. … surrender, aspiration and dedication to God; at the same time, our fervent prayer and most soulful meditation...

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 1
Fear and courage[^102]

There are some human beings who do not pray and do not meditate, yet they feel that they have boundless … And now, if you pray and meditate, you will also get Light from Me....

From the book The oneness of the Eastern heart and the Western mind, part 1
Question: In your writings you say that the goal is to have the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, that we can transform the earth so that it is bathing in divine consciousness. When this is done, what will be the use of Heaven?[^2]
Even if you pray and meditate, the goal is far, very far. … As soon as someone gets up, that is the best time for that person to meditate....
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 31
A visit to the United Nations Gift Center[^9]
visited the United Nations Gift Center, which was managed by Ms June Henneberger, a member of the UN Meditation … Sri Chinmoy meditated with the staff of the shop before their working day began and then gave a short...
From the book The seeker's mind
Love Divine[^2]

Through our prayer, meditation and dedication, we can also have God on our side. … surrender, aspiration and dedication to God; at the same time, our fervent prayer and most soulful meditation...

From the book My Rose Petals, part 3
Fear and courage[^1]

There are some human beings who do not pray and do not meditate, yet they feel that they have boundless … And now, if you pray and you meditate, you will also get Light from Me....

From the book My Rose Petals, part 6
The Master's prasad[^5]
One evening after a meditation meeting, the Master wanted to offer his disciples some very special prasad … was seated, the Master said, “In India when we receive prasad from the Master, it is the best form of meditation...
From the book The ambition-deer
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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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