{"id":7931,"date":"2018-07-28T19:35:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T19:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/?page_id=7931"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:31:37","slug":"poems-on-humility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/?page_id=7931","title":{"rendered":"Poems on humility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/old-images\/true-humility-giving-joy-to-others.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/old-images\/true-humility-giving-joy-to-others.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/old-images\/true-humility-giving-joy-to-others-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Humility<br \/>\nIs the expansion of one&#8217;s real reality<br \/>\nIn a sweet, illumining and fulfilling way.<br \/>\nHumility<br \/>\nIs not the helpless surrender<br \/>\nTo something or someone else.<br \/>\nHumility<br \/>\nIs not a frightened child.<br \/>\nHumility<br \/>\nIs real receptivity in us.<br \/>\nIf we receive with devoted humility,<br \/>\nThen immediately our receptivity-vessel increases.<br \/>\nHumility<br \/>\nIs the secret of secrets<br \/>\nFor self-expansion,<br \/>\nFor world-inspiration<br \/>\nAnd<br \/>\nFor world-transformation.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-1' id='fnref-7931-1' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">\n<p>You are really great.<br \/>\nYour humility<br \/>\nHas erased earth-anger.<\/p>\n<p>You are really good.<br \/>\nYour humility<br \/>\nHas fed Heaven-hunger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-2' id='fnref-7931-2' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">Humility is not humiliation.<br \/>\nNo, never!<br \/>\nHumility is an inner light<br \/>\nThat genuinely inspires<br \/>\nThe rest of the divine virtues<br \/>\nTo come to the fore<br \/>\nAnd illumine the world.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-3' id='fnref-7931-3' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"poem\">Humility<br \/>\nSoulfully follows<br \/>\nHappiness.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-4' id='fnref-7931-4' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">Humility<br \/>\nIs<br \/>\nAn extraordinary achievement.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-5' id='fnref-7931-5' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>5<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">Humility is the capacity<br \/>\nThat expands.<br \/>\nHumility is the capacity<br \/>\nThat dives deep within.<br \/>\nHumility is the capacity<br \/>\nThat flies high, higher, highest.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-6' id='fnref-7931-6' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>6<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">Humility can be achieved very fast.<br \/>\nHumility can be made very vast.<br \/>\nHumility can give us<br \/>\nWhat nothing else can give us:<br \/>\nInseparable oneness<br \/>\nWith God\u2019s Delight.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-7' id='fnref-7931-7' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>7<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">Among the spiritual qualities,<br \/>\nHumility\u2019s role can never be<br \/>\nAdequately described.<br \/>\nIt can only be felt.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-8' id='fnref-7931-8' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>8<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">The difference<br \/>\nBetween pride and humility<br \/>\nIs this:<br \/>\nPride wants to manifest itself;<br \/>\nHumility is manifested<br \/>\nBy God Himself.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-9' id='fnref-7931-9' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>9<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">Humility is a secret<br \/>\nAnd sacred way<br \/>\nTo establish one\u2019s universal reality.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-10' id='fnref-7931-10' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>10<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">When we achieve something,<br \/>\nWe should become<br \/>\nHumility-gratitude-flood.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-11' id='fnref-7931-11' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>11<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"poem\">Humility covers<br \/>\nThe length and breadth of the world<br \/>\nIn secrecy supreme.<\/div>\n<p><sup class='footnote'><a href='#fn-7931-12' id='fnref-7931-12' onclick='return fdfootnote_show(7931)'>12<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/old-images\/my-ego-talks-my-humility-acts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/old-images\/my-ego-talks-my-humility-acts.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoypoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/old-images\/my-ego-talks-my-humility-acts-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoyquotes.com\/quotes-humility\/\">Quotes on humility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='footnotes' id='footnotes-7931'>\n<div class='footnotedivider'><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li id='fn-7931-1'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/uo-45\">Union and oneness<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 1976. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-1'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-2'> Sri Chinmoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/tp-83\"><em>Transcendence-Perfection<\/em><\/a>, Agni Press, 1975. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-2'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-3'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/st-3922\">Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 4<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 1998. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-3'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-4'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/st-41327\">Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 42<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 2005. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-4'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-5'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/st-38930\">Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 39<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 2004. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-5'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-6'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/ff-3116\">Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 32<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 1982. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-6'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-7'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/ap-26476\">Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 265<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 1998. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-7'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-8'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/ap-26608\">Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 267<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 1998. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-8'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-9'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/ap-6979\">Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 70<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 1984. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-9'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-10'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/st-13794\">Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 14<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 1999. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-10'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-11'> Sri Chinmoy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/st-13792\">Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 14<\/a>, Agni Press, 1999. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-11'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li id='fn-7931-12'> Sri Chinmoy, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/st-36793\">Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 37<\/a><\/em>, Agni Press, 2004. <span class='footnotereverse'><a href='#fnref-7931-12'>&#8617;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Humility Is the expansion of one&#8217;s real reality In a sweet, illumining and fulfilling way. Humility Is not the helpless surrender To something or someone else. Humility Is not a frightened child. Humility Is real receptivity in us. If we receive with devoted humility, Then immediately our receptivity-vessel increases. 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