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Seven Secrets of Meditation

Seven Secrets of Meditation

Down here in our small island-haven at the very bottom of the Pacific, quite a high percentage of people seem to meditate. Sometimes we offer a course called 'Seven Secrets of Meditation' – the intriguing title usually brings a good sized audience.

Jogyata's home

'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'
'You two have been friends for many hundreds of years'
A Few Reflections
A Mountain Meditation
A Swimming Pool Meditation
A Walking Meditation
A disciple re-incarnates
All Credit to God
Being Single
China – Three Impressions
Christmas Trip Notes
Conscious Living
Dream Songs
Extraordinary Worlds
How Sri Chinmoy changed our idea of 'wasted time'
How to Make the Fastest Progress
Inner Worlds – Outer Worlds
Lamb Lifting
Looking Back
Meditation: Touching The Infinite
Music and Meditation
My wife's soul comes to visit
Notes From A Diary - August 2004
Notes From A Diary – April 2004
Scattering stardust from the Heavens
Some Reflections On Running
Soul Birds Take Flight
Soul Flight
Soul-Birds take flight
Surprising Rewards
Tales of Enlightenment
The Colouring Book
The Nature of the Supreme
The Role of the Guru
The first time that I really understood that I had a soul
The most beautiful and fulfilling of all possible experiences
Three times our discipleship saved us
“Where there is heart, always there is a way.”
'I am the marathon Guru'
'My silence is my highest offering'
A Divine Phone Call
Adelaide
Agatha and Me
An African Safari
An Immoderation of Mice
Andy the Diamond
At The Beach
Avian and Other Experiences
Childhood Heroes
Coins from the Fields of Culloden
Dawn Scribbles – At Last Autumn Comes
Farina And The Free Bananas
God the Supreme Runner
Heartland
How I learned my most important meditation-lessons
How Sri Chinmoy made God our dear and intimate confidante
In Johannesburg
Joys of Horsemanship
Karangahape Road
Lonnie Gray
More Horse Stories
My Favourite Heroines
My Mysterious Encounter
My Old Man
My Parents
New Year Odyssey
Notes from the Garden City
Our Lamb Guests
Past Lives
Pondering on Writing
Quiet Christmas
Tea With A Neighbour
Tennis in the dream-world
The Big OE
The Mercedes
The Polite Policeman
The Ways Of Love
The white bird and the lake
When Daylight Comes
Why I Didn't Become A Quantum Physicist
Yesterday Musicians
A Rare Ten out of Ten
A Wedding and A Funeral
An Inspiring Prasad!
Another Awkward Moment
Captain Ahab Harpoons a White Woman
Enhancing Our Literary Heritage
Free Champagne
Heart Surgery
In Praise of White Trousers
Minor Accomplishments
Of Tempests and Lost Fishermen
Paths to Tranquility
Peace of the Basket Weavers
Puppy Power Revisited
Setting a New World Record (nearly)
The Wedding Gift
Trembling Earth
Weekend Away
Wrestling In Spaghetti
Acorns
All About Shopping
Anniversary
Bad Week – Hard Times
Child-Sweet
Death in a Supermarket
Earthquake
Enhancing Our Literary Heritage
Gulls
In Praise of Whites
Insomniac
Journeys
Last Flight Home
Leavetaking
Mrs. Jewel and the Earthquake
Past Lives
Poem For Subarata
Post-Op
Sometimes
The Birds
The Stranding
When Daylight Comes
You
A Spiritual Lion Comes Again
An Advocate of Peace
Running for Peace
Running with the Torch in New Zealand
Spiritual Master Lifts Elephants
Sri Chinmoy – Into The Unknown
Sri Chinmoy’s 74 Flute Concert
Ultra Races and Guinness Records
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 1: Sincerity
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 2: Effective Technique and the Spiritual Heart
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 3: Aspiration
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 4: Grace
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 5: Meditation Lifestyle
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 6: Finding Your Path
Seven Secrets of Meditation, Part 7: The Role of the Teacher

Stories

First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.

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

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

Praying for God’s Grace to Descend

Sweta Pradhan Kathmandu, Nepal

'When you perform for me, always choose devotional songs.'

Gunthita Corda Zurich, Switzerland

My 5 a.m. strategic meditations

Sanchita Fleming Ottawa, Canada

The Peace Run visits Oxford

Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom

President Gorbachev: a special soul brought down for a special reason

Mridanga Spencer Ipswich, United Kingdom

Listen to the inner voice

Vidura Groulx Montreal, Canada

The day I recieved my spiritual name

Banshidhar Medeiros San Juan, Puerto Rico

The oneness of all paths - personal experiences

Nirbhasa Magee Dublin, Ireland

I felt a bell ringing in my heart

Charana Evans Cardiff, Wales

Reflections on meditation

Janaka Spence Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Why run 3100 miles?

Smarana Puntigam Vienna, Austria

Sri Chinmoy meets an old friend

Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States

Suggested videos

interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students

Breaking Guinness records

Ashrita Furman New York, United States

Sri Chinmoy's vision of the Peace Run

Harita Davies New York, United States

Growing up on Sri Chinmoy's path

Aruna Pohland Augsburg, Germany

Where the finite connects to the Infinite

Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand

How can we create harmony in the world?

Baridhi Yonchev Sofia, Bulgaria

From religion to spirituality

Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand

Experiences of meditation

Preetidutta Thorpe Auckland, New Zealand

Europe

Americas

Oceania