Daily Poem

A heart flooded with poise
Can alone take me
Beyond the horizons
Of my sleepless sorrow.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981

Cheerfulness we badly need
When we embark on
Life’s inner journey.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 32, Agni Press, 2003

My Lord, what can I do
To thank You?
“My child, to thank Me
Just smile and smile.”

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 32, Agni Press, 2003

It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom.

Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol. 1, No. 6, 27 June 1974, Vishma Press, 1974

Be an artist of the soul.
Then every day
You will be able to paint
A positive picture
Of your desire-freed life.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

If you pray soulfully,
You will not be able
To expect the worst.
You can and you will
Only hope for the best.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

If you give from your heart,
Then your offering will be
Not only unimaginable
But also indisputable.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

Do not foresee
A frightening future.
Believe only
In an ever-enlightening present.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

Our oldest friend,
Love,
Tells us and shows us
That it can be our eternal friend.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

Do not forget
That God does not cherish
Your inferiority feelings,
Just as He does not cherish
The superiority feelings of others.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

“Silence is the fulness of my thought. Silence is the light of my inner understanding. Silence is the voice of my soul. In my silence is the Breath of my Reality’s Life.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“I have three things to offer to my God: fear, doubt and ignorance. God has three things to give me: Power to replace my fear. Light to replace my doubt. His oneness with me to replace my ignorance.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“I take the greatest lesson from compassion — it takes away all the conceit out of my life.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“Because I love mankind, God loves me. Because I love God, Truth loves me. Because I love Truth, I really and truly love myself.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“Do you know the secret of my spiritual success? I have freed myself from the past. I live in constant, unending newness of life. To me, God is my immortalising Freedom. To God, I am His devoted assurance.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

Is the world so unbearable?
No!
What we need is only
A little more love
For the world.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 5, Agni Press, 1998

All evil thoughts unmistakably,
Unceremoniously, plus unavoidably
Come back to the ill-fated sender.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 134, Agni Press, 1990

Do not judge,
But love and be loved,
If you want to be really happy.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36, Agni Press, 2004

This world
Is more charming
Than we can ever imagine.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005

If you anticipate misfortune,
Misfortune will knock
At your life-door
Sooner than at once.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 27, Agni Press, 2002

There is only one medicine
To get rid of anger-attack:
Forgive immediately
And forget deliberately.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 16, Agni Press, 1999

A heart of peace
Does not find fault
With anybody.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005

Anything we do for the world
Is bound to be returned
Infinitely more.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36, Agni Press, 2004

Always try to believe
In the kindness and goodness
Of other human beings.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36, Agni Press, 2004

Do you see something
Deep inside yourself?
It is the epitome of a new gospel:
Your heart’s selfless love.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 75, Agni Press, 1983

Mere acceptance of the spiritual life
Is not enough.
You must avail yourself
Of each golden opportunity,
And throw your heart and soul
Into your progress-life.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 75, Agni Press, 1983

We must appreciate
The pain of life,
For it is from the pain of life
That we value
The sweetness of life.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 49, Agni Press, 2008

Those who run after happiness
Will never be happy.
Happiness is something
That has to come to the fore
From within.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 41, Agni Press, 2004

Each moment is precious,
Extremely precious,
Far beyond our imagination.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 50, Agni Press, 2009

If you do the right thing,
Even if you become the target
Of wild criticism,
Your inner happiness
Will eventually prove to you
That God has always
Been pleased with you.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 47, Agni Press, 1984