Fight! Fight again and again
To break down your mind’s
Unwillingness-wall!
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 227, Agni Press, 1996
Author: Sri Chinmoy Poetry
Nov 24
Life is given to each human being
For a very special purpose.
This secret each human being
Must discover for himself.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 227, Agni Press, 1996
Nov 23
How can your heart find peace,
When you allow your mind
To roam everywhere?
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 227, Agni Press, 1996
Nov 22
I am amazed to see
How my soul keeps God up-to-date
On everything in my life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 227, Agni Press, 1996
Nov 21
We must embrace
The beauty, light and joy
Of every moment.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 39, Agni Press, 2004
Nov 20
This moment I try to envelop
The human in me.
The next moment I try to develop
The divine in me.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 22, Agni Press, 2001
Nov 19
Knowledge
Is a very, very tiny
Mind-drop.
Wisdom
Is a mighty ocean.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 49, Agni Press, 2008
18 November
God does not want me to be
Curious all the time.
God does not want me to be
Serious all the time.
But God does want me to be
Spontaneous all the time.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 204, Agni Press, 1994
17 November
Why do you pay attention
To the past?
The past is a dead elephant.
Why do you have to carry
Such a huge, dead elephant?
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007
16 November
Death has no access
To the soul.
It only has access
To our weak and fragile body.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 15, Agni Press, 1999
15 November
I strongly feel that
The outer achievements
Are no match for
The inner achievements.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 41, Agni Press, 2004
14 November
Each sincere prayer
Embodies
A special Breath of God.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005
13 November
When we are
Our eagerness-heart,
Nothing remains
Permanently impossible.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 10, Agni Press, 1998
12 November
For everything
There is an ideal time,
And that ideal time is now,
At this very moment.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 41, Agni Press, 2004
November 11
Ego soars and soars,
Only to be smashed
On reality’s
Solid stone floors.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007
November 10
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
November 9
Never accept
The mind’s
Discouraging and frustrating thoughts.
November 8
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
November 7
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
November 6
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
November 5
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
November 4
The inner battles
Are meant to be won
And not surrendered.
Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy in Russia, Agni Press, 2001
November 3
Mine
Is the hope-elevator
That only goes up.
Sri Chinmoy, European Poem-Blossoms, Agni Press, 1991
November 2
Every day
I take a dip
In my soul’s ecstasy-sea.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 23, Agni Press, 2001
Untitled
What does your faith
Do for others?
Your faith
Brings their best to the fore
All the time.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 69, Agni Press, 1984
October 31
Unlike the outer hero,
The inner hero
Is always supremely humble.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 5, Agni Press, 1998
30 October
I find strength, divine strength,
Fulfilling strength,
Only in my humanity-service.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 10, Agni Press, 1998
29 October
When you have enthusiasm,
You feel that God’s entire world
Belongs to you.
When you lose enthusiasm,
You feel that it is not worthwhile
To budge an inch.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 109, Agni Press, 1987
