To see ourselves as God sees us
Shall forever remain
An impossible task.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
To see ourselves as God sees us
Shall forever remain
An impossible task.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
As millions of stars
Sing and dance together
In harmony,
Even so, our body,
Vital, mind and heart
Must sing and dance
In harmony.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
It matters not
How much we know
About God.
It matters only
How much we have given
To God.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Go beyond the domain
Of the mind.
You will be able to shine
In the galaxy
Of happiness-stars.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
Difficult, but not impossible,
To dethrone
The proud ego-king-mind.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
The silence of meditation
Is
The expansion of a happiness
And fulness-heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
There is no mind-hurricane
That cannot be silenced
By our heart’s
Soul-oneness-power.
Do not think
Of your own incapacity-tears.
Think only
Of real satisfaction-cheers.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 13, Agni Press, 1999
“A heart of divine love
Will always go far beyond
Earth-bound limits.”
-Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 213, Agni Press, 1994
God is at once
Practical and spiritual,
So He wants us
To have a practical life
And
A spiritual heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 8, Agni Press, 1981
Fear is a limping thought.
Doubt is a blinding thought.
Courage is a galloping thought.
Faith is an illumining thought.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 8, Agni Press, 1981
The sorrows of the outer life
Cannot touch
The unshakeable poise
Of the inner life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
I am looking for a new road
That will lead me
To God’s infinite Compassion-Light.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
Who says
That all paths are difficult?
Try sincerely
The path of the heart.
To your wide surprise
You will see
That the heart’s road
Is extremely easy.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
If you hesitate
To give yourself completely,
Then you will not be supplied
With new energy,
New light
And new perfection.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
The mind’s negativity-capacity
Is no match
For the heart’s God-receptivity.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
The dividing mind
Does not even want to know
That there is
A oneness-peace-school.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
If you really care for
Your heart-enlightenment,
Then you must never be late for
Your God-appointments.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
You have given chance after chance
To so many human beings
To help you improve your life.
Can you not give God
Just one chance?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
Every day my heart sings
A new peace-song.
Every day my soul dances
A new peace-dance.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
A gratitude-heart
Always takes very long strides
Towards God’s Compassion-Sea.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
Each pure thought creates
A new heart-song
And a new life-story.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
If you can wait
With the patience of the wise,
Then there is nothing
That you will not be able to achieve
In this lifetime.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
You can thrive
In the face of adversity
If you have ceaseless faith in yourself
And if you are ready to play the role
Of the hero-warrior
At every moment of your life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
How I wish I could have
Only one flower
In my heart-garden:
Gratitude and nothing else.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9
If you cannot love the unlovable,
Then you are not worthy
To become
God’s supremely chosen instrument.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9
I shall no more allow
World-criticism
To destroy the beauty
Of my flower-heart-home.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9
The heart that loves
Unites
All and sundry.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9
I am all gratitude
To earth
For its boundless patience.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 24, Agni Press, 2002
We may not know where we came from,
But we do know that we are heading
Towards Heaven.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 24, Agni Press, 2002