Chapter 2: How to Begin

This is the second chapter of Meditation: Man-Perfection in God Satisfaction by Sri Chinmoy. From the spiritual point of view, every seeker is a beginner. A beginner is he who has the inner urge to...
26 August 2006
Chapter 2: How to Begin

Q&A: Meditation

Sometimes it seems like I spend my whole time trying to keep myself awake and I don't really meditate. Lethargy and sleep come during meditation because sincere interest is lacking. If sincere...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

Sometimes, even though I concentrate on my heart, my head pulls down energy and I can't seem to stop it, and I just end up with a headache. Is there any way I can get back to the heart? The pain...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

I find your meditations very hard for me. I come in feeling beautiful. Then I feel all this pain coming into my heart and into my head. Why does this happen? It is not any negative force that is...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

When you meditate and you cry for something, should you also make an effort to achieve it, or just let it take place naturally? At the beginning you have to make a personal effort; later it becomes...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

I often find that the quality of my meditation goes up and down. I always hope that I will not fall down again, but it happens constantly. In the beginning everybody experiences ups and downs in the...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

When I was meditating I felt really tense. My head was hurting and I felt I was pulling. What should I do in a case like that? If you get that kind of tense feeling, immediately breathe in and out...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

How to conquer fear? With oneness within and oneness without. In oneness-light there can be no fear, When I try to meditate, there is something that holds me back. The thing that holds you back is...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

When I meditate I lose energy and get tired. Is it because I meditate too much? No. If you are losing energy while meditating, it means that your meditation is incorrect. If you meditate well, you...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation

Q&A: Meditation

I shall tolerate the world, I shall. Only by tolerating the world shall I be able to help my mind to ascend and my heart to transcend. When I get upset with someone who does something to me, I can't...
26 August 2006
Q&A: Meditation