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- Interviewer: What do you do inwardly, what do you think of when you are lifting these very heavy weights?
- Sri Chinmoy: I concentrate and meditate on strength....
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- My prayer-life and meditation-heart Tell me that humanity Will definitely heed The beckoning heart Of the New Millennium.
- 146. THE DEPTH
- The depth of meditation-eye Is realisation-sky.The depth of prayer-cry Is the end of a strangling sigh.
- 8132. Sleeplessly Devoted
- My morning prayers And my evening meditations Are sleeplessly devoted To the manifestation Of God’s Compassion-Light Here on earth.
- 4682. He discovered God
- He discovered God Not in his deep meditation. He discovered God The moment he softly But dauntlessly Uncovered his heart.
- 9758. A True God-Lover's Stillness
- When I pray, I start with a beggar’s nothingness. When I meditate, I start with a true God-lover’s stillness.
- 9382. Wait Patiently For God's Hour
- Meditate, serve And wait patiently for God’s choice Hour. Your journey to God Is bound to be successful and fruitful.
- 3473. Purity, purity, purity!
- Purity, purity, purity! True, without being pure You can meditate. But you cannot achieve Abiding happiness Without being sufficiently pure.
- 6824. Each Daily Prayer
- Each daily prayer of mine Is a sincere God-adorer. Each daily meditation of mine Is a pure God-lover.
- 7510. My Lord's Silence-Eye
- My prayer-life is fond of My Lord’s Sound-Body. My meditation-life is fond of My Lord’s Silence-Eye.
- 7026. God Has Already Started
- God has already started meditating On your life’s fulness. Look, you have not even started thinking Of your heart’s soulfulness.
- 6735. To See The Face Of God
- To see the Face of God, Do not pray to God the Power But meditate on God the supreme Lover.
- 1596. Each time I pray
- Each time I pray
I unburden my life Smilingly.
Each time I meditate I choose God-Life alone Unconditionally.
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- God, I pray to Your GREATNESS Out of helpless fear. God, I meditate on Your Goodness Out of sheer love.
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- As he approaches bliss through meditation, Sri Chinmoy’s eyes flicker and his features seem to melt from...
- Question: I would like to know the difference between prayer and meditation.
- But meditation does spread; in fact, it is immediate expansion.
But in meditation we do not do that. … It is a lesser form of aspiration than meditation. … For the real seeker, I must say that meditation is more important than prayer. … But when one meditates, he is encompassing and embracing the entire universe....
- Question: I would like to know the difference between prayer and meditation.
- But meditation does spread; in fact, it is immediate expansion.
But in meditation we do not do that. … It is a lesser form of aspiration than meditation. … For the real seeker, I must say that meditation is more important than prayer. … But when one meditates, he is encompassing and embracing the entire universe....
- Question: When I meditate with you I feel I want to give up outer things, that all I want to do is … meditate.
- Sri Chinmoy: Meditation does not mean that twenty-four hours you have to be closeted. … No, dedication is also a true form of meditation. So do not separate action from meditation. … Meditation is both silence and dynamic action. … Meditation is silence, but silence itself is action. … If you do service or work devotedly, it is meditation....
- Question: I feel that I don't meditate well in the morning and my body is both tired and restless … Is it very important for me to come to early morning meditation, or should I just try to meditate at
- Sri Chinmoy: Early morning meditation is of greatest importance in our spiritual life. … , meditating with greatest difficulty, straining their eyes, please do not come. … Please meditate at home or sleep if you want to. … But if you come, kindly come fully prepared to stay awake and meditate well. … There is a very subtle, peaceful movement in meditation....
- Question: For achieving inner peace, are there other techniques besides meditation that might be
- Prayer and meditation lead to the same goal. … Those who practise meditation may find it easier to achieve peace of mind than those who practise prayer
But when we meditate, we have a totally different concept of God. … If our meditation is soulful, we feel that He will grant us what we need. … So prayer and meditation complement each other. (81): MUN 215. 5 February 1982....
- Question: How do you meditate?
- Nobody can describe the way to meditate, for each person's soul has its own way of meditating. … If you cannot go deep within to get your own meditation, or if you are not satisfied with the meditation … If you really want to meditate, learn to concentrate in the heart and not in the mind. … But when you meditate on the heart, inspiration turns into aspiration. … And when you meditate on the heart, not only do you get aspiration, but you also get the fulfilment of...
- My way of praying and meditating
- Prayers and meditations one can do. … One can pray and meditate for hours and days and months and years and years, but jealousy can still enter … In this incarnation, I was no match for my eldest brother in praying and meditating for hours. … So much of my meditation took place in the street. I did not sit down. … But for the last seven or eight years of my Ashram life, somehow the Mother wanted me to meditate in...
- Question: When one meditates, is he conscious of what is going on around him?
- Sri Chinmoy: It depends on what kind of meditation it is. … If a beginner is meditating and right in front of him there is a cat moving around, his attention will … Anything, even the slightest noise, will affect his meditation. … If it is the highest type of meditation, then one goes deep within and there one sees everything that … If it is the highest type of meditation, one will not be disturbed even if someone pinches him, because...
- Question: Can you suggest a method of meditation?
- So each individual has to pray and meditate in his own way. … To discover the best way of meditation, go deep within; or, if you have a Master, he will teach you inwardly … There is no common rule that everybody will meditate in a certain way. … So everybody cannot do the same type of meditation. … There is one type of meditation which will not interfere with anybody's inner path, and that is to silence...
- Question: How is it possible to have a good meditation in the morning when we have gone to bed in
- Sri Chinmoy: Our good meditation doesn't depend on what we did yesterday. … We would just say, "It is useless to try to meditate today when I was so undivine yesterday. … His Forgiveness gives us the capacity to meditate well the following day. … That is the spiritual reason for sleep, and that is why we should always meditate early in the morning...
- Question: How can we convince the unaspiring part of humanity that meditation is a natural experience
- In the morning we meditate, in the evening we meditate. … We live a life of meditation and aspiration, and we are perfectly normal. … When they ask you what that particular thing is, you will say that it is meditation....
- Question: During a meditation, if something external to the meditation occurs — such as noise or … something unforeseen — is it better to include it in the meditation or to try to shut it out and pursue … the meditation?
- If we are a beginner, we should feel that anything that is not part of our meditation is like an intruder … But if we are very advanced and there is a disturbing noise during our meditation, we can go deep into … a foreign element into an inner music, a thrilling or haunting music, which will really add to our meditation … soothing, thrilling and soul-stirring music, we should always try to exclude foreign elements from our meditation...
- Question: Are your Peace Concerts political in any way?
- My way is to pray and meditate and offer meditative Peace Concerts. … Many, many times politicians — along with others from various walks of life — have come to pray and meditate … with me or have remained in a meditative consciousness while I have played instruments and sung....
- Question: I've always thought that the people who did some work using their hands were more conscious than others.
- He who prays and meditates well has more capacity to do things consciously than an ordinary person, even … However, if you are meditating while using your hands, then you become infinitely more conscious than … But if one good thought comes from your meditation, that good thought that you have created enters into … Meditation is consciousness itself, and it makes us conscious....
- A Tree Is the Seeker's Prayer-Cry
- A tree is the seeker’s Prayer-cry. A flower is the seeker’s Meditation-smile. A fruit is the seeker’s Realisation-song.