Category: Poem

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

Listen only to your soul.
Do not allow your vital and mind
To lord it over you
Any more.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 24, Agni Press, 2002

Those who offer themselves
For the betterment of the world
Are God’s chosen champions
In the inner world.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 24, Agni Press, 2002

Inner faith
Does have the capacity
To change
The outer mind’s course.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 24, Agni Press, 2002

Humility, my humility,
You are my Heaven-climbing
Staircase.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 19

Self-acceptance
Is the dawn of satisfaction.
Self-confidence
Is the noon of perfection.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 168, Agni Press, 1992

Since you do not play
The foul game
Of blind negatives,
Yours will be the Consciousness-delight,
Here, there and
All-where.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 10, Agni Press, 1981

Now that I have
Become an explorer,
I shall explore
A new land:
The heart-land.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 10, Agni Press, 1981

Happiness and courage
Feed each other.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 23, Agni Press, 2002

Faith
Sings the song
Of self-transcendence.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 23, Agni Press, 2002

Do not be discouraged.
Give yourself a second chance.
You will succeed.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 23, Agni Press, 2002

The more we forgive,
The stronger we become.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 23, Agni Press, 2002