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25. Purifying the mind using a mantra
Meditation is a skill that offers the practitioner many practical tools that can be used for the deepening of our inner self-awareness and also for the betterment of our day-to-day outer activities.
18. Meditation and the spiritual heart
Most seekers are troubled by thoughts and impurities that arise in the mind. In the following exercises, Sri Chinmoy offers some practical ways to purify the minds restless nature by focusing on the spiritual heart.
14. Play in the garden of your mind
For this weeks meditation exercise, Sri Chinmoy takes us into the realm of creative visualisation — using the mind in a creative and positive manner. We are constantly assailed by thoughts and in order for our lives to be spiritually expansive, we must learn to discriminate between a progressive thought and a regressive thought.
13. Keeping the mind free of thought
This weeks meditation exercise takes the form of three questions asked of Sri Chinmoy regarding attitudes towards keeping the mind free of thought. His answers are very helpful.
09. Concentrate on a flower
For this exercise, you will need a flower. Either hold a flower in your hand or have a flower in a vase in front of you. When Sri Chinmoy offered this concentration exercise, he had given each person present a flower...
08. Focus on a picture
This week we offer another simple yet very effective concentration exercise that was recommended by Sri Chinmoy. This is an exercise in identification with a teacher or spiritual Master who inspires you or, if you are fortunate enough to have a spiritual Master, guides your life. If you do not wish to focus a particular individual, no harm — Sri Chinmoy offers other options: