Selections from vol 1.

Even if you sing prayerful songs
To an imaginary audience,
Your soul becomes  
Extremely proud of you.

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God wants    
Each and every aspiring heart  
To be a universal peace-shrine.

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I have three places to meditate:
I meditate inside  
My God-searching mind.  
I meditate inside
My God-yearning heart.  
I meditate inside
My God-serving life.

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My beautiful meditation-birds
Fly before me  
Before dawn arrives.

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All seekers are accepted 
By God happily,  
Even the ones who come to God  
At the very last moment.

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The promise-power
Of a positive thought
Cannot be measured.

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Only a rank fool
Can indulge  
In future phantom worries  
And anxieties.

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I implicitly trust the peace-seekers,
For I know that one day  
They will become the peace-bringers.

 Excerpt from Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy.