“How do we meditate silently? Just by not talking, just by not using outer words, we are not doing silent meditation. Silent meditation is totally different. When we start meditating in silence, right from the beginning we feel the bottom of a sea within us and without. The life of activity movement and restlessness is on the surface, but deep below, underneath our human life, there is poise and silence. So, either we shall imagine this sea of silence within us or we shall feel that we are nothing but a sea of poise itself.” FeelsHumansDifferentSilenceTalkingMeditationImagineSeaMovementActivitySilentBottomSurfaceHuman LifeNot TalkingMeditatingRestlessnessPoiseSilent Meditation Author:Sri Chinmoy
“When you meditate, what you actually do is to enter into a calm or still, silent mind. We have to be fully aware of the arrival and attack of thoughts. That is to say, we shall not allow any thought, divine or undivine, good or bad, to enter into our mind. Our mind should be absolutely silent. Then we have to go deep within; there we have to observe our real existence.” ShouldMindStillsRealExistenceMeditationDivineSilentCalmArrivalsMeditatingDeep WithinMeditation MindDeep MeditationSilent MeditationSilent Mind Author:Sri Chinmoy
“The meditation that gives you immediate joy or continuous joy is the best meditation for you. Everyone will not have the same meditation. Your meditation will not suit me, my meditation will not suit you. You like a certain food, I don't like it. You are right in your own way I am right in my own way. But once you know what your best meditation is, please stick to it.” KnowsWayGivingJoyCertainMy OwnMeditationPleaseSticksSuitsSuits You Author:Sri Chinmoy
“How do you meditate? You meditate with an inner cry. There should be an inner cry here, in the heart. The outer cry is ego-centred; it wants name and fame. ... While you are feeling this inner cry, you try to make the mind absolutely calm and quiet. If a thought enters your mind, you try to reject it. Consider this thought as a fly. When a fly comes to land on your arm, you don't allow the fly to remain; you just wave your hand and it goes away.” IfsWantShouldTryingMindHeartFeelingsHandsNamesMeditationLandCryArmsFameQuietEgoCalmWaveRejects Author:Sri Chinmoy
“When you meditate you have to try to quiet and calm the mind. There should be no thought within the mind. Right now you feel that if you can cherish twenty ideas at a time, then you are the wisest man on earth. The more thoughts that enter into our minds, the more clever we feel we are. But in the spiritual life it is not like that. If consciously we can make the mind calm and quiet, we feel that a new creation dawns inside us.” IfsMenFeelsShouldTryingMindIdeasEarthSpiritualMeditationCreationRight NowQuietTwentiesCalmCleverDawnCherishSpiritual LifeWisestWisest Man Author:Sri Chinmoy
“When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into a vacant, calm, still, silent mind. We go deep within and approach our true existence, which is our soul. When we live in the soul, we feel that we are actually meditating spontaneously” FeelsMindStillsSoulExistenceMeditationApproachSilentCalmMeditatingDeep WithinVacantSilent Mind Book:Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life Source: Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life
“Whether we meditate individually or collectively, there is one thing we absolutely must do: we have to meditate consciously. Making an unconscious effort is like forcing oneself to play football in spite of one's utmost unwillingness. One plays, but gets no joy. Conscious effort is like playing football most willingly. One gets real joy. Similarly, conscious meditation gives us inner Delight from the soul.” GivingRealSoulPlayJoyEffortMeditationOne ThingFootballConsciousOneselfDelightUnconsciousSpiteGet RealPlaying FootballReal Joy Author:Sri Chinmoy
“True meditation can never be done with the mind. Very often we make a mistake when we say that we are meditating in the mind and utilising the mind. Real meditation is done in the psychic being and in the soul. It goes hand in hand with flaming aspiration, the burning flame that wants to climb up to the Highest.” WantMindRealSoulDoneHandsMistakeMeditationHighestBurningFlamesAspirationClimbsPsychicsHand In HandMeditating Author:Sri Chinmoy
“Real meditation we get from within or from a spiritual Master. We can never get it from books. From books we can get inspiration or an inner approach to the fulfilment of our outer life. But in order to have true meditation we have to go deep within or follow the guidance of a spiritual Master.” BookRealInspirationSpiritualOrderMeditationMastersApproachGuidanceFulfilmentDeep WithinSpiritual Masters Author:Sri Chinmoy
“When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into the deeper part of our being. At that time, we are able to bring to the fore the wealth that we have deep within us.” AbleWealthMeditationDeeperDeep Within Author:Sri Chinmoy
