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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....
From the book Aspiration-body, illumination-soul, part 1
99.
My prayer-life and meditation-heart Tell me that humanity Will definitely heed The beckoning heart Of the New Millennium.
From the book 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.

From the book A Soulful Cry Versus a Fruitful Smile
8132. Sleeplessly Devoted
My morning prayers And my evening meditations Are sleeplessly devoted To the manifestation Of God’s Compassion-Light Here on earth.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 82
4682. He discovered God
He discovered God Not in his deep meditation. He discovered God The moment he softly But dauntlessly Uncovered his heart.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 47
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.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 98
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.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 94
3473. Purity, purity, purity!
Purity, purity, purity! True, without being pure You can meditate. But you cannot achieve Abiding happiness Without being sufficiently pure.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 35
6824. Each Daily Prayer
Each daily prayer of mine Is a sincere God-adorer. Each daily meditation of mine Is a pure God-lover.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 69
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.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 76
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.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 71
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.
From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 68
1596. Each time I pray
Each time I pray I unburden my life Smilingly.

Each time I meditate I choose God-Life alone Unconditionally.

From the book Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 16
10.
God, I pray to Your GREATNESS Out of helpless fear. God, I meditate on Your Goodness Out of sheer love.
From the book God's Greatness and God's Goodness
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As he approaches bliss through meditation, Sri Chinmoy’s eyes flicker and his features seem to melt from...
From the book AUM — Vol. 3, No. 1, 27 January 1976
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....

From the book Meditation: humanity's race and Divinity's Grace, part 2
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....

From the book Flame-Waves, part 3
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....
From the book The mind and the heart in 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....
From the book Sleep: death's little sister
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....

From the book My meditation-service at the United Nations for twenty-five years
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...
From the book Mind-confusion and heart-illumination, part 2
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...
From the book I thank You
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...
From the book Meditation: man's choice and God's Voice, part 2
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...
From the book Fifty Freedom-Boats to One Golden Shore, part 2
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...
From the book Sleep: death's little sister
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....
From the book Meditation: man's choice and God's Voice, part 2
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...
From the book My meditation-service at the United Nations for twenty-five years
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....
From the book Sri Chinmoy answers, part 10
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....
From the book The giver and the receiver
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.
From the book Flower-flames, part 1
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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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