{"id":2766,"date":"2007-04-24T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/sri-chinmoy-poetry-2\/my-god-hunger-cry\/save-love\/"},"modified":"2012-10-09T22:45:05","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T22:45:05","slug":"save-love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/?page_id=2766","title":{"rendered":"What else matters save love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n“What else matters save love,
\nWithin, without, below, above.”<\/p>\n

\n                     Sri Chinmoy<\/a><\/p>\n

 My ‘God-Hunger-Cry’ prayer for Thursday, Feb. 2.<\/p>\n

Commentary<\/h3>\n

\nSri Chinmoy’s prayers are so powerfully mantric in quality. They give
\nme the most joy when I try to dive deep into them by “using” them –
\nthen they act like seeds. (Sri Chinmoy probably also gets the
\ngreatest joy when his myriad of offerings to the world are not simply
\nappreciated, but “used”, be it poems, songs etc.)<\/p>\n

By repeating them inwardly, in silence<\/a>, during the day, and maybe in
\naddition saying them out loud, e.g. 3-7 times before or after
\nmeditation, they can unfold their meaning in one’s heart<\/a>, grow into a
\ndeeper and vaster inner experience and transmit an inner power – the
\nway the life-force in a seed is awakened and gradually grows into a
\nnew plant- and flower-reality when the seed is watered regularly.<\/p>\n

I tried this especially with today’s “love”- prayer – on my bus ride,
\nat work, when dealing with people, on the bus back – and it was
\ngreat! (With yesterday’s prayer, my mind was operating more, although
\nthe melody of “Nayane nayane” kept resonating inside me while I was
\nrunning and doing other things.)<\/p>\n

It made me intensely aware of how often other things seem so very
\nimportant – to oneself and to many other people, to the world – like
\nearning money, being right, having success, finding fault with the
\nworld, saving one’s face, catering to one’s ego, being appreciated,
\ngetting a good seat – but, as a matter of fact, there is only one
\nthing that really matters, and that is love<\/a>. <\/p>\n

To be able to feel love and act from a heart of love changes the
\nworld around us – and turns a begger into a king. All the world’s
\nproblems would be cured, if everyone could “be” this
\npoem, “cultivate” this poem.<\/p>\n

From another angle, this prayer<\/a> is like a love-diamond. Unpolished a
\ndiamond looks very unsuspecting, even if you know it’s a diamond. But
\nwhen you start polishing it, it starts to offer its radiance and
\nlight, pure and effulgent – within, without, below and above…<\/p>\n

With gratitude for the myriads of diamonds Sri Chinmoy is offering<\/p>\n

Vasanti<\/p>\n