Table of Contents
Part I
- True spirituality and inner life
- Sound-life and silence-life
- Ego and emotion
- Yoga and spirituality
- Belief and faith
Part II — Questions and answers:
- Question: Sri Chinmoy, what do you consider to be the greatest obstacle on the spiritual path?
- Question: There are so many spiritual paths and so many spiritual teachers. How does one figure out which is the right one?
- Question: Would you say something about feeling your body in a spiritual way? Is feeling a kind of electric force or wave a spiritual experience?
- Question: Can you take the senses as an object of meditation?
- Question: Is it necessary to follow a life of renunciation?
- Question: Would you tell me what suffering is and what it means?
- Question: Would you speak about music, God and meditation?
Part III — Questions and answers
- Question: In the Bible there is a part that explains about Moses' revelation from God. Can you tell us a little bit about Moses?
- Question: How does a person overcome doubt about himself?
- Question: How can I make my inner cry more sincere?
- Question: Sometimes during my meditation something shows me some imperfection in my human nature. Some event that occurred portrays this imperfection and I have this in my mind during my meditation. I am confused about what to do with it then. Should I hold it and destroy it or push it aside and try to concentrate on something divine?
- Question: What is the best way to keep a spiritual consciousness during the day?
Part IV — Questions and answers: University of Honolulu
- Question: What is aspiration?
- Question: What is the difference between desire and aspiration?
- Question: Is there a difference between prayer and meditation?
- Question: Does illumination come all at once?
- Question: I am having telepathic experiences with people who call themselves magicians. I talk with them while they are in other places. I can enter this realm at will. I'm curious about how you would respond to these experiences?
- Question: Can mantra meditation take you all the way to the Goal?
- Question: Practically speaking, how does one go about learning how to meditate?
- Question: Is it necessary to have a Guru or can you reach enlightenment on your own?
- Question: What is the greatest stumbling block for most seekers and how can it be overcome?
- Editor's introduction
