Playing Music during Meditation
A question about music and meditation
Question: Can spiritual music be played during meditation?
Sri Chinmoy: Certainly, although it depends on the one who meditates. There are many seekers on earth who meditate extremely well, but who have not developed their musical sense. Their ears have not been trained, so we cannot expect them to change their nature overnight. They either lack the capacity of appreciation or they have some austere feeling about music. Psychic music is not very widely appreciated, and very few people appreciate the soul's music. They feel it is like a stranger that is entering into their consciousness. But it is actually their eternal tenant, their soul, that is deep within them waiting to come to the fore.
If divine music is played during deep meditation, it enhances the meditation. It will immediately help in elevating the consciousness. If you are fond of music, then playing soulful songs or chants during your meditations at home will definitely help you.
- Back to The Source of Music -
- Home -
Stories
First-hand experiences of meditation and spirituality.
An early spiritual experience
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
My Life with Sri Chinmoy: a book
Tejvan Pettinger Oxford, United Kingdom
'It was like I was seeing who Guru really was: this extraordinary, beautiful being inside a physical body'
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
If I can smile like that, it's worth becoming a disciple
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
Sri Chinmoy's opening meditation at the Parliament of World Religions
Pradhan Balter Chicago, United States
'You two have been friends for many hundreds of years'
Jogyata Dallas Auckland, New Zealand
Learning to love songs ever more
Patanga Cordeiro São Paulo, Brazil
In the Right Place, At the Right Time
Eshana Gadjanski Novi Sad, Serbia
My love of spiritual poetry
Manatita Hutchinson London, United Kingdom
My life with Sri Chinmoy
Namrata Moses New York, United StatesSuggested videos
interviews with Sri Chinmoy's students
Breaking Guinness records
Ashrita Furman New York, United States
Beginnings of a spiritual journey
Mahatapa Palit New York, United States
No prior experience needed
Samalya Schafer Berlin, Germany
Running a Six-Day Race
Ratuja Zub Minsk, Belarus
Self-transcendence in meditation
Kailash Beyer Zurich, Switzerland
Humorous moments with Sri Chinmoy
Toshala Elliott Auckland, New Zealand
From religion to spirituality
Muslim Badami Auckland, New Zealand
Except where explicitly stated otherwise, the contents of this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. read more »
SriChinmoyCentre.org is a Vasudeva Server project.