Meditation at UN – Vo 01, No 01; 27 Jan 1973, Bulletin

Filed under Questions and Answers (Q&A)

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About the  Bulletin, Motto, Meditation Group at UN and Sri Chinmoy.

REGULAR WEEKLY SCHEDULE

  • TUESDAY(weekly) – HOUR OF SILENT  MEDITATION  ,
  • THURSDAY (monthly) – DAG HAMMARSKJOLD LECTURE SERIES ,
  • FRIDAY (weekly)- SHORT MEDITATION, TALK, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

FEBRUARY 1973 – Upcoming Events Dates and locations

January report on events

  • TUESDAY – HOUR or SILENT MEDITATION ( fifty-minute. meditation 12·1 p.m. 2 Jan 1973 .) Meditation for the Day“A perfect instrument of the Supreme is he who aspires intensely, inspires immensely, meditates soulfully and dedicates totally.”
  • DAG HAMMARSKJOLD Lecture Series ( 4 January 1973):  THE INNER MESSAGE OF THE UNITED NATIONS + Questions : 4 January 1973 ( See answers after each question in text)
    • How do we know if it is the proper time for us to enter into the spiritual life? Can the spiritual life help U8 to overcome frustration?
    • How can we bring enough perfection into our own flues and in to the world to be truly satisfied?
    • Will the process of striving for perfection ever come to an end?
  • FRIDAY – Short Meditation, Talk:  SALVATION, LIBERATION AND REALlSATlON + Questions and Answers ( 5 January 1973 Conference Room 9)
    • I always felt it was selfish to look for salvation. I thought that this would come of itself if one did the right thing?
    • What age were you when you commenced meditation?
    • You said we should meditate in the heart, but I find it easier to meditate in the mind?
    • In meditation sometimes the mind stops functioning and there seems to be little information coming.
  • TUESDAY – HOUR or SILENT MEDITATION ( fifty-minute. meditation 12·1 p.m. 9 January 1973 .) Meditation for the Day:  .

    To face life we need faith in ourselves.

    To face death we need faith in God.

    Our faith in ourselves is the beginning of our aspiration.

    Our faith in God is the beginning of our realisation.

     Our faith in both God and ourselves is the beginning of an immortal and all-fulfilling Perfection. ..”

  • FRIDAY – Short Meditation, Talk: “ SILENCE“+ Questions and Answers ( 12 January 1973 Conference Room 9)

SILENCE
Silence. Silence.
Silence is the soul’s preparation .
Silence is the heart ‘s perfection.
Silence is the mind’s illumination.
Silence is the vital’s determination.
Silence is the body ‘s inspiration.
Silence. Silence.

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Silence is the seed of God in man.

Silence is the eternal traveller in us.

Silence is the ever-transcending Goal in us, with us and for us

    • What do you mean when you speak of unconditional surrender to God’s Will, and how can we develop this quality?
    • While I’m in the office how can I control my emotions? There is so much injustice and nothing we call do to help ourselves?
    • It seems to me that the Will of God for us is not only to be silent but also to be active?
    • So outer silence or dynamic silence is really divine action – doing the Will of God by serving man?
    • Inner silence is equated with prayer and meditation?
  • TUESDAY – HOUR or SILENT MEDITATION ( fifty-minute. meditation 12·1 p.m. 16 January 1973 .) Meditation for the Day:  “The outer peace tells us that it can liberate us from ignorance. The inner peace tells us that it can transform ignorance into wisdom.    The Peace of the Supreme tells us that it can and will carry us to our Source: Delight...
  • FRIDAY – Short Meditation, Talk: ” PROBLEMS“+ Questions and Answers ( 19 January 1973 Conference Room 10)
    • You say that if fear is our problem we should feel  that we are God’s chosen children. Do you mean that we are chosen by God to experience fear?
    • In your talk you said that If we see the problem and if we face the problem, then we have greater force than the problem. Do you mean. then, that a problem is not a problem if we know how to look at it?
    • I always wonted to ask you what is the spiritual $significance of insanity and how it develop?
  • TUESDAY – HOUR or SILENT MEDITATION ( fifty-minute. meditation 12·1 p.m. 23 January 1973 .) Meditation for the Day:  “The human in us is our preparation. The divine in us is our determination. The reality in us is our perfection. ..” (following the death of ex-President Johnson.) Sri Chinmoy: I am praying to the Supreme to offer peace to the soul ..'”
  • FRIDAY – Short Meditation, Talk: “IDEA AND IDEAL:  THE REAL AND THE ETERNAL“+ Questions and Answers ( 26 January 1973, Conference Room 10)
    • What do you mean when you say that the unaspiring man’s eternity is uncertain ?
    •  How can one accept and love one’s  fellow man?
    • What actually is illumination ?
  • TUESDAY – HOUR or SILENT MEDITATION ( fifty-minute. meditation 12·1 p.m. 30 January 1973 .) Meditation for the Day: “Man’s capacity is God’s Realisation. God’s necessity is man ‘s Acceptance.”

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