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- Each time I pray soulfully And meditate self-givingly, I see myself smiling In my soul's infinite delight-sky.
- A faithful heart
- A faithful heart
Can never be A forgotten heart.
A meditative heart Can never be A broken heart.
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The Liberty Torch runners after meditating with Sri Chinmoy on the morning of June 26....
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- My prayer teacher showed me the beauty of soulfulness. My meditation teacher blessed me with the duty of oneness.
- Question: What is the best way to appreciate nature's beauty?
- Sri Chinmoy: The best way to appreciate nature's beauty is to sit and meditate with nature. … If you take a tree as nature, then sit at the foot of a tree and meditate. … If you take the sun as an expression of nature, then look at the sun and meditate. … If you feel the ocean or sea as nature, then sit in front of the water and meditate. … And if you want to get height in your life, then go to a mountain and meditate there....
- Question: What is the best time of day for my daily meditations, and what is the best length of time … for these meditations?
- Sri Chinmoy: The best time for meditation is early in the morning. … If you can meditate well for fifteen minutes, then do so. … As long as you can meditate soulfully, you should meditate. … But if you are just dragging it out and watching the clock to see how many hours you have meditated, … If you can meditate well for fifteen minutes in the morning, that is more than enough....
- Question: How do we tell if we are meditating properly and not having a mental hallucination?
- Sri Chinmoy: If you are meditating properly you will get joy, inner joy. … If this happens, then easily you can know that you are meditating properly.
If it is a real meditation, a sublime meditation, then you are bound to feel peace within and without … But if it is a soulful meditation, you will feel inner joy; you will feel your eternal existence. … If a seeker has conscious and constant sincerity, then he is bound to have a most soulful, sublime meditation...
- Question: How can I have deeper meditation?
- Sri Chinmoy: You can have deeper meditation through constant remembrance of your goal. … is not the highest, if your goal is not boundless Peace, boundless Light, boundless Bliss, then your meditation … Always when you meditate, try to bring into your being boundless Peace, Light and Bliss or throw yourself … In order to have good meditation you should also try to dedicate your life to the right cause. … If you can see yourself only as divine, then you are bound to have a deeper meditation....
- Question: How can I have deeper meditations?[^96]
- Sri Chinmoy: You can have deeper meditations through constant remembrance of your goal. … So when you meditate, always try to bring into your being boundless peace, light and bliss or throw yourself
In order to have good meditations, you should also try to dedicate your life to the right cause. … If you think of yourself as a sea of ignorance, you will never be inspired to meditate well. … So try to see the divine in yourself as often as you can; then automatically your meditation will become...
- Question: When is the best hour to meditate?
- Early in the morning is the best time for meditation. … Nature is calm and quiet and she helps us to meditate. … in order to get the best out of meditation.
So if you cannot meditate at that hour, then the best time to meditate is as soon as possible after … Again, if you can't meditate in the morning, the second best time to meditate is in the evening, when...
- Prayer and meditation
- But when we meditate we become an ocean liner.
When we meditate, it is nothing like that.
The way to get the utmost from meditation is to meditate according to the soul's necessities and demands … This is real, integral meditation. … He can start with prayer and end with meditation....
- Meditation: an introduction
- Why do we meditate? We meditate precisely because we need something. And what is that something?
Let me start with the ABC of meditation.
When you are meditating at home, if it is possible, please meditate all alone. … In our Centre, however, the disciples should and do meditate collectively, since collective meditation … But for individual daily meditation, I feel it is better if one meditates in one's own room, privately...
- Question: Can one meditate any place, even if one is walking or driving?
- Sri Chinmoy: Certainly one can meditate anywhere when one has acquired the capacity. … When you become like me you can meditate any time — while driving, while running, while cooking. … You can meditate in your highest only when you are alone in your room or here at the Centre. … You do not have the mastery over your meditation in other places. … But when you become an expert in your meditation, you can do it anywhere....
- Question: Can you give me some advice as to how to best continue meditating if I can't come back
- Sri Chinmoy: You have come for the first time, and have meditated here for a few minutes. … house and meditate there. … If you have meditated a little, then you are not a beginner. … And in the evening, if you can, also meditate for ten minutes. … Those who are my students and disciples do this kind of meditation....
- Question: Guru, how can we go deeper and deeper within so we can go beyond the surface mind?
- You may meditate once a day or once a week or once a month; or you may say, "No, I wish to meditate three … Why can't I meditate at least three times a day? … But here we have to know that meditation is not like eating earthly food. … If you spend two hours in meditation, then out of those two hours perhaps you can meditate well for only … to keep aside one hour for your meditation....
- 917. Just love the light
- My Lord, How shall I think of Thee? “Don’t think. Just love the Light In Me.” My Lord, How shall I meditate on Thee? “Don’t meditate. Just love the Light in Me.” My Lord, How shall I love the Light in Thee? “Ah, My child, that is My task. Leave it to Me. I shall do it for you, and for you alone.”
- 273. Partiality
- My God is partial;
Therefore He always thinks of me.
My God is partial; Therefore He always meditates on me.
My God is partial; Therefore He always loves me.
“My child is partial; Therefore She thinks of Me only.”
“My child is partial; Therefore She meditates on Me only.”
“My child is partial; Therefore She loves Me only.”
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- My Lord Supreme,
There was a time when You wanted me to meditate inside my mind-forest to conquer my enemies, the destructive forces. But now You want me to meditate inside my heart-garden to increase at every moment my love, devotion and surrender to You.
May my heart's gratitude-flower always rest at Your Feet of Compassion infinite.
— Bipin Larkin
- Question: Can this illumination be shared among people — for example, between a person who has meditated
- Sri Chinmoy: When a spiritual person prays and meditates, at that time he spreads his illumination-power … When we are with a spiritual person who prays and meditates and leads a saintly life, then naturally...
- 135 Perfunctory
- Madal: Chinmoy, every day, being very busy, I meditate for fifteen minutes in a rather perfunctory manner … If you meditate in a hasty and superficial way, your God-Realisation will always remain a far cry....
- Real meditation is to make your Inner Pilot happy through obedience
- Sri Chinmoy: Real meditation is to make your Inner Pilot happy through obedience. … This is one meditation that is most effective: to listen to your Inner Pilot....
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- Through meditation we can find peace, and once we have peace of mind, impossibility cannot exist for … If we pray and meditate soulfully, then we can transcend all our barriers — mental and otherwise....
- Praying for speed[^50]
- Many, many years ago, before my disciples were even born, I gave up praying and started meditating. … Once you enter meditation, you don’t get joy from praying any more....
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- When God thinks of me
Compassionately, I make progress fast.
When I meditate on God Soulfully, I make progress faster.
When I serve God sleeplessly And tell Him that Although I serve Him sleeplessly, I shall not mind If He wants to think of others, Meditate on others, Love others, And fulfil others in His own Way, I make progress fastest.
- Question: When a seeker is accepted as a disciple, how long does he have to wait to join the main Centre meditation
- have been on the path for three months, they will automatically be allowed to join the main Centre meditation … The Centre leaders will have a different meditation day for those individuals for three months....
- 42. God-Compassion
God-CompassionHas crowned my prayer.
God-PerfectionHas crowned my meditation.
God-SatisfactionHas crowned my surrender.
- My Prayer-Life Tells Me
My prayer-life tells me How far I can go. My meditation-life tells me Where I eternally am.
- All Your Burdens
When I meditate on God,God says to me,
“My child, all your burdensWere self-imposed.”
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- I am assailed By a miserable frame of mind The day I fail to dive deep within In my meditation.
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- My meditation-heart knows
What to giveAnd how to give my service-life
To the outer world.