Conclusion

The poems of Sri Chinmoy follow an age that has become known for its intellectual
curiosity and spiritual disillusion. They implicitly assert that man is now
experiencing a quickening of the spiritual urge, that there are certain sublime
truths which are universally shared. On the basis of such a belief, Sri Chinmoy's
poems speak to us boldly, in the accents of our own times, revealing the
mysteries of the inner life and pointing to the ultimate goal of God-union

Taken in their entirety, Sri Chinmoy's poems compose a portrait of man in
his spiritual greatness and the purity that characterises his use of the
poetic medium stems from a refusal to use it to give conveyance to any other
material. For Sri Chinmoy, nothing is as important or as fulfilling as the
soul-fact, nothing so satisfying as man's spontaneous love for God and nothing
so delightful as that never-ending game of hide-and-seek which is enjoyed
by the Creator and His creation.

Sri Chinmoy's recovery of spiritual values is not accomplished by forsaking
the achievements of our modern age but by reconciling our current level of
material progress with an inner perfection. Now, at last, his words seem
to say, we can afford the power of simplicity.