Q&A: The silent mind

During a meditation, if there is a noise or disturbance, is it better to include it in the meditation or try to shut it out and pursue the meditation? Each seeker has to know his own standard of...
26 August 2006
Q&A: The silent mind

The silent mind question and answer index

1. I am a beginner in meditation, and I find that I cannot control my thoughts. How can I have a successful meditation? 2. Ideally, should one reject all thoughts during meditation? 3. What is the...
26 August 2006
The silent mind question and answer index

How to purify the mind

The mind is almost always impure, and it almost always brings in unaspiring thoughts. Even when it is not doing this, the mind is still a victim to doubt, jealousy, hypocrisy, fear and other...
26 August 2006
How to purify the mind

How can I control the mind?

Question: How can we control the mind? Sri Chinmoy: Please try to imagine a lotus inside your heart. Then try to imagine that the lotus is not only inside your heart, but that your heart itself is a...
26 August 2006
How can I control the mind?

Exercise: throw thoughts out

Each time an undivine thought enters into your mind, throw it out of your mind. It is like a foreign element, a thief, that has entered your room. Why should you consciously allow a thief to remain...
26 August 2006
Exercise: throw thoughts out

Exercise: The inner flame

Before you meditate, try to imagine a flame inside your heart. Right now the flame may be tiny and flickering; it may not be a powerful flame. But one day it will definitely become most powerful and...
26 August 2006
Exercise: The inner flame

Exercise: strangling bad thoughts

When a thought comes that is not pure, good or divine, immediately repeat the word "Supreme" very fast. The Supreme is my Guru, your Guru, everybody's Guru. Repeat "Supreme" very fast, and each time...
26 August 2006
Exercise: strangling bad thoughts

Exercise: Purifying the breath

Before you start your a meditation, repeat "Supreme" about twenty times as fast as possible in order to purify your breath. Feel that you are really growing into the very Breath of God. Unless and...
26 August 2006
Exercise: Purifying the breath

Exercise: Harnessing your mind

You can tell your mind, "I shall not allow you to go in your own way. Now I want to think of God." Repeat the name of God inwardly or aloud. Then say, "I want to have purity in my whole existence."...
26 August 2006
Exercise: Harnessing your mind

Exercise: God wants me, I need God

Focus your attention on a picture. You can look at your Master's picture or you can look at yourself in the mirror. If you concentrate on your own reflection, feel that you are totally one with the...
26 August 2006
Exercise: God wants me, I need God

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