“Life and hope are inseparable. Life is the body, and hope is the intuitive divinity in us, the divinity that wants to transcend the reality which we presently are. Hope is man’s seeking, hope is man’s inner urge, hope is man’s upward flight into the Beyond.”
Sri Chinmoy, Fifty Freedom-Boats to one Golden Shore, part 2, Agni Press, 1974
“Your mind may not know
What will make you happy,
But your heart does know
How to make you happy.
Listen to your heart.”
“May my heart
Every day be blessed
With a sea-deep cry
To see Your blue
Compassion-Eye.”
“My Lord Supreme,
Do give me only one thing:
A tear-flooded gratitude-heart.”
“Faith
Silences fear.
Truth
Silences doubt.
Aspiration
Silences confusion.”
Who else is beautiful
If not you,
As long as you remain near
Your own fragrance-heart-flower?
“A doubtful mind I was.
A faithful heart I am.
A fruitful life
I shall before long be.”
“I am not going to give up
No matter how many times I fail
In my life-perfection-promise.”
“May my soul dream on
Until its dreams
Come perfectly true.”
“Into the world I came,
Myself to offer day and night.
This sweetness-message
I shall proclaim
With infinite delight.”
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 184, Agni Press, 1993