There is no mind-hurricane
That cannot be silenced
By our heart’s
Soul-oneness-power.

“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

It is quite amazing
That my mind
Has started listening
To my heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

So far I have learnt
Only comfort,
But from now on I shall learn
Only effort, inner and outer.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

I must love
The journey itself
Without caring for the goal.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Do not expect the world
To applaud you.
The right Person to applaud you
Is God Himself.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

This world
Is unimaginably beautiful
Except to the self-styled critics.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Alas, what are we doing?
We are trying to conceal ourselves
From our universal selves!

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

One wrong thought
Can ruin everything
At the journey’s start.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Clear the mind
Of all its
Discouraging thoughts.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

My aim
Is to live the life
Of a genuine self-giver.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Because my heart
Is spiritual,
My life belongs to all.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

My soul does not eclipse
Anybody’s sun-beauty.
On the contrary,
It helps others to shine their brightest.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

The sun of Infinity’s Light
Is inside my heart.
I must bring it to the fore
For the transformation of the world.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Humility, indeed,
Is infinitely greater
Than man-considered greatness.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

We must bring down Heaven
And feel its divine Beauty
And supreme Fragrance
Here on earth.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Gratitude
Is an unimaginable joy
For both humanity
And Divinity.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Ego is illusion, delusion,
Self-aggrandisement
And many things more.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Sterling service to God
Should be the dream and reality
Of a genuine God-seeker.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Very long ago
God had a Dream.
The Dream is not yet fulfilled.
What is that Dream?
Humanity’s radical transformation.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Whenever we are kind and compassionate
To a human being,
It must never be mere lip-service.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Nothing can be more beautiful,
Nothing can be more meaningful,
Nothing can be more fruitful
Than God’s Forgiveness.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

First achieve mastery
Over your own life —
Then only can you be
A world-transforming hero.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Self-control
Is of paramount importance
To see the Face
And feel the Heart
Of God.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

If I do not love myself
In a divine way,
Then my spiritual life
Will be a total failure.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Finally
I have cast aside
My ego-pride.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

Forgiveness and happiness
Shall forever remain
Inseparable.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004

The outer sound
Can never be as powerful
As the inner silence.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37, Agni Press, 2004