Survival Poem

I am not dreaming
Of a hope-victory-life.
I am just dreaming
Of a hope-survival-life.

~

Yesterday my need was world-conquest.
I failed.
Today my need is my own survival.
I am failing.  
Tomorrow my need will be a surrendered life.
I shall fail.

 By: Sri Chinmoy

Question On Is life about everyday Survival?

Steve Powers: Many people get up in the morning, swallow a quick breakfast, run out of the house and go to their subway, get to work and get completely involved with everyday survival. And before the end of the day it’s pretty tough to sit back and take a spiritual view of what’s going on because you have to go out there and hustle. You have to earn a living. Is there a way of integrating the spiritual life into what we call the economic life?    

Sri Chinmoy: Our philosophy is the philosophy of wisdom: first things first. Most human beings are wanting in peace, peace of mind. They enter into the hustle and bustle of life right in the morning, and during the whole day they do not have even an iota of peace. We feel that if we can do first things first we are being wise. Early in the morning, if we can pray to God for at least a few minutes, that means we are doing first things first.  

We feel it is money-power, material wealth, that will give us satisfaction. But it is not material power; it is the inner power, spiritual power, that gives us real satisfaction. If God the Almighty Father is satisfied with us, if He is pleased with us, then He will grant us peace of mind. And once we have peace of mind, no matter where we go and what activities we enter into, still we feel a sense of satisfaction. Right now satisfaction is a far cry. But early in the morning if we pray to God and meditate on God for a few minutes, then we get peace of mind to some extent. And this peace of mind is undoubtedly true satisfaction in life.  

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“The survival of the fittest.”    

Indeed, this is the zenith of the human knowledge. The divine knowledge is the revival of the dead souls, the souls that do not aspire.

- Sri Chinmoy