Daily Poem

Childlike enthusiasm
Feeds us
And makes us very strong
To fight ignorance-attacks.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 34, Agni Press, 2003

You do not have to forget
Many things.
Just forget one thing:
Forget your self-destruction-doubt-dagger.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 215, Agni Press, 1994

The heart must eventually conquer
The constant distractions
Of the mind-market.

Sri Chinmoy, Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 12, Agni Press, 1996

I must never, never enjoy
A negativity-mind,
Even for a fleeting moment.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 41, Agni Press, 2004

As an alarm clock
Awakens you from sleep,
Even so, a pure thought
Liberates you from your undivine mind.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 41, Agni Press, 1982

The inner battles
Are meant to be won
And not surrendered.

Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy in Russia, Agni Press, 2001

Mine
Is the hope-elevator
That only goes up.

Sri Chinmoy, European Poem-Blossoms, Agni Press, 1991