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- Question: Will you please tell me something about meditation?
- Chinmoy: First you have to read a few spiritual books in which they teach the various ways to start meditation … The teacher will know which kind of meditation will most suit your nature and soul. … If you do not have a teacher, pray to God to reveal within you the kind of meditation you should adopt … When your meditation is correct, you will feel a kind of joy all over your body. … When you get a kind of spontaneous inner joy, then the meditation you have adopted is correct....
- Meditation is the easiest thing in the world when we think of the Supreme with devotion, surrender and
- Meditation is the easiest thing on earth because our inner divinity has not only the capacity or the … quality of meditation, but practises it at every moment. … So when you are identified with your inner divinity, you will see that meditation is being constantly … But if you are identified, you can truthfully and spontaneously say that meditation is the easiest thing … in the world because in meditation reality grows and the life of creation flows....
- Question: If we are up very late and we feel that if we get up to meditate at our usual time, we … will not be able to get by the next day with that much sleep, should we meditate later or should we meditate … at the usual time and go back to sleep after our meditation?
- Sri Chinmoy: If you have a fixed hour to meditate, the best thing is always to get up at that hour, except … After even three or four hours of rest one can easily meditate. … But if somebody has gone to bed only half an hour or an hour before his scheduled meditation time, then … it will be very difficult for him to meditate, if not impossible. … At that time there will be no meditation; it will only be a mental exercise and a physical torture....
- h3>Question: Do we not sometimes mistake the strong concentration of the vital for a good or strong meditation
- Sri Chinmoy: Concentration and meditation are two totally different things. … One can easily know whether one is doing concentration or meditation. … But meditation won’t do that. Meditation feels that it has infinite time at its disposal. … That doesn’t mean that meditation neglects fleeting time. No! … That is why meditation has infinite Peace inside it....
- To get up, to meditate
- To get up early in the morning
Is one thing; To meditate soulfully
Is something else.
If I fail to get up early In the morning, How can I meditate? Again, if I get up And do not meditate well, I just torture my poor body.
O my body, From now on I shall use you Only for God’s sake. O my soul, From now on I shall use you Only for God’s sake.
- Question: Can you tell us something about why there seems to be a growing attraction to meditation
- Sri Chinmoy: People are showing considerable interest in meditation precisely because they are not satisfied … So they feel now that meditation is the answer. … They are trying to explore meditation in order to have some satisfaction in life....
- Question: What age were you when you commenced meditating?[^78]
- Sri Chinmoy: I started consciously meditating at the age of eleven. … But when I was eleven I became fully conscious of divinity, and I started to take my prayer and meditation … And by the age of thirteen, I was meditating for eight hours daily. (78): MUN 210. 5 January 1973....
- Question: When the follower of one religion meditates on the ideals of his religion, will this produce … the same results as when the follower of another religion meditates on the ideals of that religion?
- Also, the meditation cannot be of the same height and the same standard in every religion. … So the result will depend on the type of meditation and the height of the ideal of the particular religion … If the ideal is high and, at the same time, if the meditation is very soulful, then the result will be...
- Question: I meditate at night from 10:00 to 10:30. … I would like to know if it is a good idea to go to sleep right after my evening meditation?
- Sri Chinmoy: Immediately after a half hour of meditation it is not good to go to sleep. … This will give you time to consciously assimilate the benefits of your meditation. … Let the body slowly, slowly move from the world of meditation into the world of sleep; then go to bed...
- 23. God smiled at me twice
- God smiled at me twice:
Once when I meditated To renounce the world;
Once when I renounced The world to meditate.
God blessed me twice: Once when I cried and cried For a mounting inner flame; Once when I offered Him My Realisation-sky.
- 169. Somnolent
- Madal:
Chinmoy, I always feel somnolent when I try to meditate at night, say around 11 o'clock.
Chinmoy: Madal, in that case you should try to meditate early in the evening, say, around 8 o'clock...
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— Aldous Huxley
In the spiritual world, next to meditation is music, the breath of music … Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling....- 51.
- God the Mother
Wants me to close my eyes While meditating,
So I will not be affected By the imperfection-world.
God the Father Wants me to keep my eyes open While meditating, So that I can see The world's imperfections And perfect them.
- Question: How should we listen to your record albums?
- It will serve the purpose of meditation when you listen to my records in that way. … It will really help you in your meditation and aspiration....
- A Lover Of Meditation
- You are a lover of meditation. That means you do believe In an inner world, For you have been there many, many times. If you get joy from that world, Your eagerness to meditate Will carry you far, farther, farthest Towards your destined goal.
- Question: How can I feel God during my work?
- Sri Chinmoy: You can feel God during your work if you do not separate your work from your meditation. … Work is manifestation meditation is realisation....
- Question: How can I feel God during my work?
- Sri Chinmoy: You can feel God during your work if you do not separate your work from your meditation. … Work is manifestation; meditation is realisation....
- Whenever I Have a Good Meditation
Whenever I have a good meditation, I thrill my Lord Supreme.
- My Meditations and My Soul-Smiles
No difference betweenMy meditations and
My soul-smiles.
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- May there be a relay
Between my prayersAnd my meditations.
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- In my heart-garden,
Each benchIs my best meditation place.
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- I feed on
My heart-prayersAnd
My soul-meditations.
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- I meditate
To dive deep and enjoyMy soul’s silence-fragrance.
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- How I wish
Each meditation of mineTo be never-ending!
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- Only utterly surrendered seekers Are allowed to meditate In the silence-chamber.
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- Each soulful meditation Is, indeed, a forward step Towards my Lord’s Palace.
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- When you start your meditation, Do not allow any thought To intervene.
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- Meditation gives us God-union — The God-union that lasts Throughout Eternity.
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- Meditate on the sunrise. God may spring A spiritual surprise On you.
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- Deep meditation
Does have the powerTo remove all mind-barriers.