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3.
He is not meditating For his own realisation. That is already done! He is meditating For your illumination.
From the book The Master and the disciple
33.
What do you want?

I want bliss.

Meditate on a sailboat. Meditate on the full moon.

From the book Meditate on
June 5
Lose your individuality and you will see the soul of your meditation meditating for your life's liberation.

From the book Flame-Goal. Daily meditations
68.
When I pray, I pray For God's Greatness Transcendental. When I meditate, I meditate On God's Oneness Universal.
From the book Silence speaks, part 3
41
Who says Meditation is a lack of activity? On the contrary, Meditation intensifies activity In a divine way.
From the book I am my life's God-hunger-heart, part 4
38.
When I concentrate, I concentrate on my Perfection only. When I meditate, I meditate on God's Satisfaction only.
From the book My God-Hunger-Dreams
Meditate More Soulfully
To meditate longer Will be of no avail to you. What you must do Is meditate more soulfully.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 89
Right meditation[^4]
He only said, “Meditate, my son, meditate. If you meditate, then you will be able to know Brahman.” … Meditate, meditate. In meditation you will know all about Brahman.” … Meditate, meditate. Meditation will tell you all about Brahman.” … Meditate, meditate.”

Again Bhrigu started meditating. … Right meditation. If we meditate on the wrong thing, the meditation will not be fruitful....

From the book AUM — Vol. 7, No. 3, 27 Oct. 1971
Question: During meditation I find I have feelings of stress in the area of the solar plexus — sometimes … Should I continue meditating?
Sri Chinmoy: Before you meditate, you should concentrate on the compassion aspect of God, or the protection … you experience pain, it is good to invoke God’s protection-power so that you can continue with your meditation … and enjoy the bliss of your meditation. … It is helpful to meditate or concentrate for a few minutes first on protection. … Then God’s inner forces will protect you, and you can continue your regular meditation as long as you...
From the book AUM — Vol.II-5, No. 9,10, September-October 1978
Question: Sometimes when I wake up at night and I am lying awake in bed, I feel as if I am meditating
Sri Chinmoy: Forgive me, but you have not yet developed the capacity to meditate lying down. … My meditation can be as powerful when I am lying down as when I am sitting in front of you. … But only when you are realised or on the verge of realisation can you meditate while lying in bed. … The tricky mind makes you feel that you are meditating but it is not actual meditation. … It is just a feeling of peace or quietude, but not actually meditation....
From the book The hunger of darkness and the feast of light, part 2
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My Lord, How can I tell If my meditation Is the right kind Of meditation?

“My child, The right kind of meditation Will always give you A sense of satisfaction, Peace and joy On the inner plane.”

From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 93
I Meditate
I meditate. I meditate not out of curiosity. I meditate out of necessity.

I meditate not out of fear. I meditate out of love.

I meditate not out of possessiveness. … I meditate out of selflessness.

I meditate on God not because God is great. … I meditate on God because God is good.

I meditate to unlearn and to learn. I meditate to unlearn my earth-bound mind-education....

From the book A seeker is a singer
I meditate[^2]
I meditate. I meditate not out of curiosity. I meditate out of necessity. … I meditate not out of fear. I meditate out of love. I meditate not out of possessiveness. … I meditate out of selflessness. I meditate on God not because God is great. … I meditate on God because God is good.

I meditate to unlearn and to learn. I meditate to unlearn my earth-bound mind-education....

From the book AUM — Vol.II-6, No. 3, March 1980
Before I meditate
My Supreme Lord,

Before I meditate on YouTo destroy my uncomely, unaspiring

And undivine thought-world,May I meditate on You

To grant me a pure, progressiveAnd promising thought-world,

May I? My Supreme Lord,Before I meditate on You

To grant me a pure, progressiveAnd promising thought-world,

May I meditate on YouTo completely silence my thought-world,

May I? My Supreme Lord,Before I meditate on You

To completely silence my thought-world,May I meditate on You

To grant me,Out of Your boundless Bounty,

An adamantine will-world,May I? My Supreme Lord,

Before I meditate on YouTo grant me an adamantine will-world,

May I meditate on YouTo richly bless me

With an unalloyed, unreservedAnd unconditional surrender-world,

May I?

From the book A seeker is a singer
Question: How often should we meditate?

If inspiration is there, then meditate. … Many people say that they meditate four times or six times a day. But what do they meditate on? … They meditate on their bosses or they meditate on their boyfriends or their girlfriends. … This is no meditation at all. … really worthwhile meditation....

From the book Experiences of the higher worlds
Question: How can we meditate eight hours a day?
So instead of meditating eight hours a day, try to meditate at eight different times during the day. … But that meditation cannot be counted as serious meditation because all the time you are concentrating … But do not count that meditation as one of your eight meditations. … Also do not count as serious meditation the times that you meditate on the train. … When you meditate, please be completely alone....
From the book You are your life's progress-joy-drum
41904
We can easily see What meditation can do for us — Meditation can bring God To our own heart’s door.
From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 42
15061
The difference between my prayer

And my meditation is this:Unlike my meditation,

My prayer expectsGod-attention.

From the book Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 16
1872
To your mind-jungle Meditation may seem strange. But to your heart-garden Meditation will never seem strange — Never!
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 19
8214
Every day try to jump Into the running meditation-river Which will carry you quickly To the meditation-sea.
From the book Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 83
25.
When we pray,

We usually prayFor success.

When we meditate,We invariably meditate

For progress.

From the book My God-Prayers and my God-Meditations
2.
What do you want?

I want happiness.

Meditate on a lovely child. Meditate on a flying bird.

From the book Meditate on
5.
What do you want?

I want beauty.

Meditate on climbing candle flames. Meditate on a smiling child.

From the book Meditate on
11.
What do you want?

I want gratitude.

Meditate on your tearful heart. Meditate on your soulful eyes.

From the book Meditate on
31.
What do you want?

I want outer strength.

Meditate on a solid wall. Meditate on a wrestler.

From the book Meditate on
73.
What do you want?

I want innocence.

Meditate on a crawling infant. Meditate on the smallest puppy.

From the book Meditate on
September 12
Meditate regularly.God's Compassion and Blessing will be yours.

Meditate punctually.

God's Pride and Delight will be yours.

From the book God's Hour
Question: Do you suggest any special kind of mantra or meditation?
I teach them meditation. I have given mantras to a few, but I prefer meditation. … I teach them collective meditation. … Again, I teach them individually when I see that they need an individual meditation. … But, when we meditate, we enter into a vast expanse of Peace, Light and Bliss. … But in most cases I have advised my disciples to meditate....
From the book Earth’s Cry Meets Heaven’s Smile, part 2
Editor's preface to the first edition
Mystics the world over have always practised meditation to attain the exalted states of illumination … Meditation is indispensable for every spiritual aspirant; indeed it is the path itself. … Meditation is not only a discipline or a technique. … But to scale the heights to which meditation can take us, we must begin our ascent step by step from … in methods of meditation....
From the book Meditation: God speaks and I listen, part 1
Question: Is there as much reality in astral travelling as in meditation?
Sri Chinmoy: Meditation, if it is real meditation, transcends all astral travelling. … Real meditation means conscious oneness with the Absolute. … The highest meditation will offer us the Omnipresence of God. … That is what meditation can and does give us....
From the book Astrology, the supernatural and the Beyond
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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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