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A sea of tranquility

Meditation is like going to the bottom of the sea, where everything is calm and tranquil. On the surface there may be a multitude of waves, but the sea is not affected below. In its deepest depths, the sea is all silence. When we start meditating, first we try to reach our own the inner existence, our true existence-that is to say, the on bottom of the sea. Then, when the waves come from the outside world, we are not affected. Fear, doubt, worry and all the earthly turmoil will just wash away, because inside us is solid peace. Thoughts cannot trouble us, because our mind is all peace, all silence, oneness. Like fish in the sea, they jump and swim but leave no mark. So when we are in our highest meditation we feel that we are the sea, and the animals in the sea cannot affect us. We feel that we are the sky, and all the birds flying past cannot affect us. Our mind is the sky and our heart is the infinite sea. This is meditation.

Meditation

Chapter 2: How to Begin
Step 1: Getting Started
Step 2: Focusing the Mind
Step 3: Meditating in the Spiritual Heart
Step 4: Living a Meditative Life
A Favourite Quality
An Exercise in Contemplation
Breathing Exercises
Exercises in Concentration
Exercises in Meditation
Exercises in Receptivity
Invite Your Friends
Purifying the Mind
Simplicity, Sincerity, Purity

Stories

First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.

The first time we met our Guru

Kaivalya, Devashishu and Sahadeva Torpy London, England

My Room

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

Running for Peace

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Check your Front Tire

Arpan De Angelo New York, United States

How sports and fitness became part of our spiritual life

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

I was just so transported by the atmosphere

Pulak Viscardi New York, United States

My love of spiritual poetry

Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom

Connecting the dots

Lunthita Duthely Hialeah, United States

My inner calling

Purnakama Rajna Winnipeg, Canada

A disciple re-incarnates

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

In the Whirlwind of Life

Pradeep Hoogakker The Hague, Netherlands

Sri Chinmoy's opening meditation at the Parliament of World Religions

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

No prior experience needed

Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany

How meditation helped me swim the English Channel

Abhejali Bernardova Zlín, Czech Republic

Running a Six-Day Race

Ratuja Zub Minsk, Belarus

Where the finite connects to the Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

2 things that surprised me about the spiritual life

Jayasalini Abramovskikh Moscow, Russia

A direct line to God

Vajra Henderson New York, United States

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