God gave me the happiest news that He loves me even if I don’t care to love Him. I gave God the greatest news that I think of Him although ignorance constantly thinks of me.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
Category: Poem
4 January
Everyone loves to blame somebody else.
But who is that somebody else
If not a portion of
The unrealised universal Self?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984
3 January
I do not compete with the world. I compete with my ignorance. I do not compare myself with the world. I compare myself with my soul’s perfection. I do not cooperate with the world’s stupidity. I cooperate with my heart’s purest sincerity.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
2 January
When we speak ill of the world
Almost on a daily basis,
We undoubtedly give
A most painful headache
To God.
Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 43, Agni Press, 2006
1 January
The new year comes
To give you another opportunity,
Another hope.
But the new year will come and go.
So begin your self-transformation-play
Immediately!
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984
30 December
The year is ending. My desires are ending. My body’s bondage is ending. My life’s ignorance is ending.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
29 December
A good thought
Changes everything it touches
For the better.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
28 December
To my greatest surprise,
My God is coming to help me
Unlearn all the ignorance-lessons
That I have been learning
For centuries.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
27 December
God enjoys
My gratitude-heart-smiles
To the fullest.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
26 December
At long last
I have shunned the company
Of my negativity-mind.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
25 December
Faith and love
Are two next-door neighbours.
They are extremely fond
Of each other.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
24 December
In my life
Only one road
Is sure and sunlit:
My heart-road.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
23 December
To smile
Is to offer happiness
To the world.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
22 December
When I accuse my mind of stealing away my heart’s joy, I always meet with flat denials from the mind. Lord, what am I to do?
“My child, do not accuse the mind. Just adore your soul. Your soul has the power to inundate your heart with infinite Joy.”
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
21 December
I am determined to liberate
My life
From the burning attachments
Of my present and past life.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
20 December
The gratitude-heart-bird
Flies high, higher, highest,
Fast, faster, fastest,
To arrive at God’s Heart-Palace.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
19 December
If a seeker of the Infinite Truth enjoys idle talk, then his mind’s determination, his heart’s inspiration and his soul’s aspiration are bound to starve.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
18 December
God tells me that
If I want to claim Him
As my own, very own,
Then I must never lose
My child-heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
17 December
A sun-bright happiness-life
Can be achieved
Through constant self-offering.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
16 December
I asked God what He was looking for. He said, “I am looking for gratitude’s home in My vast world.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
15 December
Let us pay no attention
To our indifferent mind.
Let us pay all attention
To our man-loving heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
14 December
God cannot stop laughing
At the mind’s
Dire pronouncements.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
13 December
In the spiritual life,
If you can advance even by inches,
Then you are accomplishing something
Really great.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
12 December
An unaspiring person always complains. There is no end to his complaints. He bitterly complains even when the blessings of opportunity knock at his very door.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
11 December
To vanquish negativity,
Only one thing
Is of paramount importance:
Love of the heart.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
10 December
I want to be sincere. When I love the world, I complain of my poor capacity. When I love God, I complain of my sure insincerity.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
9 December
A problem is not a burden
But an opportunity
In disguise.
– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002
8 December
When you live in spirituality, aspiration is what you expect, but realisation is what you get. When you live in humanity, admiration is what you expect, but admonition is what you get.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970
7 Dec
Do not neglect your body.
Lethargy can give birth
To ten million hostile forces.
6 December
Keep your heart’s door open. You will become the purest man. Keep your ego’s door closed. You will become the surest man.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970