A true meditation
Teaches us how to live
Without any expectation.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9, Agni Press, 1998
Author: tejvan
28 October
Unless a seeker listens to
His heart-whispers,
He will make no spiritual progress.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 9, Agni Press, 1998
27 October
Mine is the wisdom-light
That tells me to ask
Not for a lighter burden,
But for a stronger heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
26 October
Without the Grace-Power,
Everything is out of reach.
With the Grace-Power,
Everything is within easy reach.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
25 October
A heart flooded with poise
Can alone take me
Beyond the horizons
Of my sleepless sorrow.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
24 October
The human life is nothing
But
A prison of misunderstandings.
How can we escape?
We can escape
Through the self-giving windows.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
23 October
There is a way
That has no negativities.
And that way is
Purity’s selfless way.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
22 October
Happiness is my name,
For the desire to appear right
Has been replaced
By the desire to be right.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
21 October
God’s Forgiveness finds me
No matter where I am.
God’s Compassion takes me
Where I ought to go.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
20 October
A soulful heart
Has discovered a supreme truth:
To meditate on God
Is a privilege
And not a duty.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
19 October
Nothing else is perfect
And
Nothing else can ever be perfect
Except the soulful cry
Of our fruitful gratitude-heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
18 October
I am saved at last,
For truth has unquestionably
Charmed me,
My entire being.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
17 October
The day I saved my oneness-light
From meanness-night,
I needed no more safety
From any human being.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
16 October
Accept the truth
Soulfully.
The higher worlds
Will inundate you
Immediately.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
15 October
Lose, lose the map
Of your mind.
The road of your heart
Will immediately appear
Before your vision-eye.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
14 October
There was a time
When I loved you,
O my thought-world.
But now I love
The beauty of a silence-mind
And
The purity of a gratitude-heart.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
13 October
One positive seed-thought
Has saved me,
My entire life:
My Lord Supreme
Will always love me
No matter what I do
Or what I say
Or even what I become.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
12 October
While walking along
The avenue of my aspiration-heart,
What do I do?
I harvest my heart’s sunlight.
How?
Slowly, steadily and selflessly.
Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 9, Agni Press, 1981
11 October
My physical death
Is not the end of my life —
I am an eternal journey.
Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 52, Agni Press, 2007
10 October
No matter who houses a bad thought —
A desire-man or an aspiration-man —
A bad thought is a dire challenge
To humanity’s progress-life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 24, Agni Press, 1984
9 October
Self-transcendence
Is the inner wealth
That pleases the Inner Pilot
More than anything else.
Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 52, Agni Press, 2007
8 October
Cheerfulness we badly need
When we embark on
Life’s inner journey.
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 32, Agni Press, 2003
7 October
My Lord, what can I do
To thank You?
“My child, to thank Me
Just smile and smile.”
Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 32, Agni Press, 2003
6 October
Be an artist of the soul.
Then every day
You will be able to paint
A positive picture
Of your desire-freed life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984
5 October
If you pray soulfully,
You will not be able
To expect the worst.
You can and you will
Only hope for the best.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984
4 October
If you give from your heart,
Then your offering will be
Not only unimaginable
But also indisputable.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984
3 October
Do not foresee
A frightening future.
Believe only
In an ever-enlightening present.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984
2 October
Our oldest friend,
Love,
Tells us and shows us
That it can be our eternal friend.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984
1 October
Do not forget
That God does not cherish
Your inferiority feelings,
Just as He does not cherish
The superiority feelings of others.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984
30 September
“Silence is the fulness of my thought. Silence is the light of my inner understanding. Silence is the voice of my soul. In my silence is the Breath of my Reality’s Life.”
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970