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Sri Chinmoy's synthesis of these differing poles is illustrated by the following poem:
Set comfortably alongside the "Feet" and "Dream" of the personal God are transcendent symbols, such as "Silence of Infinity" and "Immortality of Heaven". Abstract words such as the Beyond, the One, the Unknown, the Source, the Eternal and so on create an image of a Deity who is boundless, formless and non-manifest:
These three short poems exhibit the unfailing tact with which Sri Chinmoy introduces the language of ultimateshe does not overwhelm the reader with philosophical explanations of these terms. Rather, he treats them according to their original function as images, images which derive from the spatial and temporal thinking that is fundamental to human experience, but which obliquely suggest That which passes beyond both time and space. Other poets also allude to an Absolute God in this way:
My world is for Your Feet.
My life is for Your Dream.
0 Silence of Infinity,
0 Immortality of Heaven,
Come, come, come.
This heart remains awake.[54]
Set comfortably alongside the "Feet" and "Dream" of the personal God are transcendent symbols, such as "Silence of Infinity" and "Immortality of Heaven". Abstract words such as the Beyond, the One, the Unknown, the Source, the Eternal and so on create an image of a Deity who is boundless, formless and non-manifest:
I SAW MY SOURCE
With ecstasy pure
I saw my Source,
With surrender sure
I shall take His course.[55]
THE ETERNAL WATCHES
The Eternal watches time
And
Sees how long the seeker
Remains in the bosom of night.[56]
0 Hope-River,
Carry me to the ultimate Beyond
Of Infinity Unknown.[57]
These three short poems exhibit the unfailing tact with which Sri Chinmoy introduces the language of ultimateshe does not overwhelm the reader with philosophical explanations of these terms. Rather, he treats them according to their original function as images, images which derive from the spatial and temporal thinking that is fundamental to human experience, but which obliquely suggest That which passes beyond both time and space. Other poets also allude to an Absolute God in this way:
