Daily Poem

To live in the Eternal Now,
We need an ever-progressing
Child-heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005

What you do not use yourself, do not give to others. For example, advice.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

Adversity
Can be conquered
With a great amount of faith.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

When I dive deep within, I see
I am beckoned by the Breath of Eternity.

Sri Chinmoy, My God-Hunger-Cry, Agni Press, 2009

Peace begins when expectation ends.

Sri Chinmoy, Flame-Goal. Daily meditations, Agni Press, 1973

Be brave!
You must fearlessly face
All the problems
That are attacking you.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

“To choose the Truth is to gain God. To gain God is to conquer death’s pride and Immortality’s Smile.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

Where is Heaven?
Heaven is not high above;
Heaven is inside
My God-loving heart-home.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

My heart and I
Are determined
To break open
The negativity-prison.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

You will be an excellent player
In God’s Cosmic Play
If you do not blame or criticise
Anybody.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

The greatest joy
Is in self-conquest,
And the self-conquering power
Is deep inside
Every human being.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

If you do not have control
Over your own emotions,
How will you ever get a promotion
In your inner life?

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Each good thought
Is worth its weight
In gold.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Nobody can understand
God’s Love
And God’s Compassion.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

My heart has so much
To give humanity,
But my mind
Has nothing to give.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

We must follow,
First and foremost,
The advice that we give
To others.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

If you want to succeed,
Then you must listen
To the dictates
Of your Inner Pilot
Always.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Minimise
Your needs
And maximise
Your self-giving life.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Nothing is more important
Than peace,
And only meditation
Can give this peace.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

The victory
Of our ego-mind
Is, indeed,
Hollow.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

The right advice:
Love God every day
More and more.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

The right advice:
Think of others first
Before you think of yourself.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

The aspiring heart radiates
Only one thing:
Happiness.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Always be
A little more soulful
Than you thought you could be.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

As my mistakes are endless,
Even so, God’s Forgiveness
Is infinite and eternal.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Life is a game that is played
By the heart’s tears
And the soul’s smiles.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Each time we smile
From our hearts,
God blesses us
With tremendous Pride.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Have faith in God.
All your earth-suffering-stories
Will eventually fade away.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

The inner world
Not only needs
But also loves
The outer harmony.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

“There exists only one goal that is Truth, but this goal is expressed and at the same time is sought in different forms.”

Sri Chinmoy, Earth’s cry meets Heaven’s smile, part 3, Agni Press, 1978