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- Question: What is meditation?
- It starts with concentration, then meditation, then contemplation. … Now meditation is the second stage. … So if you want to know what meditation is, I wish to say that meditation is that very state of our consciousness … Similarly, when one knows how to meditate well, one will be able to commune with God. … Thus meditation is the language we use to speak to God....
- Does meditation really accomplish anything?[^10]
- First of all, let us try to know and understand what meditation actually means. What is meditation? … Meditation is man’s inner movement and outer progress.
Why do we meditate? … Today meditation plays the role of aspiration and tomorrow meditation will play the role of realisation … Here is the key: meditation....
- Question: While I was meditating with you, I felt a very strong spinal energy.
- and bliss that you are speaking of, but it is your own aspiration that is bringing about this kind of meditation … So when you meditate at home, if you can meditate as devotedly and soulfully as you meditate here, then … When you come here, you come with tremendous aspiration, but when you meditate at home, unfortunately … Here you get a golden opportunity because many people are meditating together and one is inspiring another … So I wish you to have the same kind of aspiration when you meditate at home as you have had here....
- Question: Your meditation group wants world peace, but I do not think it is a big enough group to
- Sri Chinmoy: Our meditation group prays and meditates. … Prayer and meditation come from the heart, not from the mind. … But if we can regularly pray and meditate, then our heart will be in tune with God all the time and it … It is through prayer and meditation that we can intensify and expand this feeling in our heart and eventually … I believe that all those who pray and meditate are helping people who sincerely want peace in the world...
- Question: Sometimes when I meditate it is so beautiful, but at other times I forget how beautiful … meditation is, or how good it is for me. … How can I inspire myself to meditate again?
- Suppose you have started to meditate but nothing is coming. … Then try to think of a particular day when you had the highest meditation, and consciously go deep into … that meditation. … Think of the essence of that meditation — how you were thrilled, how you were jumping with delight. … First it will be imagination, for you are not actually having that meditation....
- Question: Are there any set procedures one must follow in order to meditate correctly?
- Each one has his own way of meditation. … What actually happens in the individual is that sometimes he gets from within himself a kind of meditation … I mean the inner being comes forward and tells the individual to pray or meditate in this or that way … Then this spiritual teacher can tell him how to meditate and when to meditate. … If not, go deep within to discover your own meditation....
- Question: Sometimes during my morning meditation I fall into a doze — not a sound sleep, but just
- When you meditate, you have to be absolutely dynamic. Do not allow sleepiness to enter into you. … Unfortunately, many disciples do not get enough inspiration to energise them for meditation. … The best thing is to breathe in deeply a few times before you meditate and make your whole body energetic … Your dynamic energy will help you enter into meditation. Or you can jog a little. … If possible, take a small quantity of hot juice or hot milk before you enter your meditation....
- Question: How can we avoid having expectation during our prayer or meditation?
- If we meditate, we feel that we will get Peace, Light and Bliss, which is absolutely true and legitimate … But when we pray, when we meditate, we should feel that it is our business to pray and meditate and it … When we achieve that kind of surrender, we shall play our part by praying and meditating. … He knows the right moment for this, so during our meditation we should not expect anything. … If Peace, Light and Bliss enter into us, well and good; but we shall meditate just because we feel that...
- Question: Would you please speak about the aura seen in meditation?
- Sri Chinmoy: Meditation has nothing to do with auras. … Each individual human being has an aura which you may see during your meditation, but you may also see … There is no direct connection between meditation and the aura, but while you are meditating you are in … A spiritual person can enable you to see your aura, or you can do it in your own meditation, but there … is no direct link between meditation and the aura....
- Are there any set procedures one must follow in order to meditate correctly?
- Each person has his own way of meditating. … What actually happens is that sometimes an individual gets from within himself a kind of meditation. … In other words, the inner being comes forward and tells the individual to pray or meditate in this or … Then this spiritual teacher can tell him how and when to meditate. … If not, go deep within to discover your own meditation....
- Question: I have heard that people can receive guidance from the soul, not only during meditation
- dictates of the soul, or feel the presence of the inner voice, without being guided by a very deep meditation … Even in the hustle and bustle of life we can hear the inner voice, but if we meditate, then it becomes … Meditation is the best way. … It is by meditating that we are convinced that we are hearing the voice of the soul or seeing the soul … If we do not meditate, there will be self-doubt....
- Russell Wilson: Do you advocate meditating with the eyes open or closed?
- You may think you are meditating when actually you are in the world of lethargy and sleep. … You may think that you have meditated for ten minutes when most of that time you have been asleep. … It is not that you have to meditate for a set amount of time. No! … What is important is to meditate until you get peace of mind, until you feel that love, joy and purity … This is called the meditation of the lion....
- Question: What should we do if we find ourselves becoming bored when we sit down to meditate and
- Early in the morning, after you have meditated — not before your meditation — write down three absolutely … Meditate first. … Many people do not meditate early in the morning, even though I have been begging and begging them. … In the morning, meditate. After the meditation, use your imagination-power....
- Meditation
- Meditation upon the unknown Thought
He thought was real meditation.No, meditation is not and cannot be
On any thought.Meditation is a conscious withdrawal
From the thought-world.Meditation is the place
Where Reality, Divinity and ImmortalityCan each claim their own
Perennial existence-light.
- Question: I wish to know if chanting is a kind of meditation?
- Sri Chinmoy: Chanting is not, strictly speaking, a form of meditation. It is an invocation. … In meditation we try in a broader way to enter into God's Infinity, Eternity and Immortality....
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- When I live in the desire-world
And do not pray and meditate, I clearly see that my mind’s ego
Is my life’s tallest tree.
When I live in the aspiration-world And pray and meditate, I see that my heart’s oneness Is undoubtedly my life’s tallest tree.
- Question: The meditation that you have for people who take part in your sessions, is it Yoga, or
- Yoga includes prayer and meditation and spirituality in general. … We achieve our conscious union with God on the strength of our prayer, meditation, aspiration and so...
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My soulful meditation carries me to God's loving Heart and makes me so peaceful. … The following prayer-meditations were given at the Grand Central Hotel, Singapore — 19 December 1987....
- May I Not Be a Fool
- May I not be a fool to miss God’s
Morning-meditation-invitation.
- I Pray to God for Protection
I pray to God for protection.I meditate on God for perfection.
- I Pray When I Am Helpless
I pray when I am helpless.I meditate when I am restless.
- May I Not Be a Fool
- May I not be a fool to miss God’s
Morning meditation-invitation.
- When We Do Not Pray and Meditate
When we do not pray and meditate, We become prisoners of our mind.
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- I meditate So that I can remain Far beyond the reach Of disturbing thoughts.
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- When I pray and meditate, God asks me to come Through the front door.
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- I use my meditation-smile-train To bring God To my aspiration-heart-cottage.
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- If you do not pray and meditate, Then you will see attachment-nets Everywhere.
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- In the inner world, There are always rooms Where seekers can Pray and meditate.
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- When I am totally helpless, I pray. When I am unmistakably fearless, I meditate.
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- The power of meditation Will definitely transform the earth-planet At God’s choice Hour.