Daily Poem

He is happy
Because every day he tries
And actually does
A little more than he thinks he can.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984

Slowly and steadily
You have to silence your mind
So that the peace-dove
Can nest in it.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984

Although he came to God,
Because of his Himalayan pride,
He did not accept anything from God.
He went away empty-handed!

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984

When you meditate,
Try to disconnect the thought-current.
You will see and feel
A torrent of God-Delight
Descending from Above
Into your aspiration-heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984

God gave me the happiest news that He loves me even if I don’t care to love Him. I gave God the greatest news that I think of Him although ignorance constantly thinks of me.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

Everyone loves to blame somebody else.
But who is that somebody else
If not a portion of
The unrealised universal Self?

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984

I do not compete with the world. I compete with my ignorance. I do not compare myself with the world. I compare myself with my soul’s perfection. I do not cooperate with the world’s stupidity. I cooperate with my heart’s purest sincerity.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

When we speak ill of the world
Almost on a daily basis,
We undoubtedly give
A most painful headache
To God.

Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 43, Agni Press, 2006

 

The new year comes
To give you another opportunity,
Another hope.
But the new year will come and go.
So begin your self-transformation-play
Immediately!

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 92, Agni Press, 1984

The year is ending. My desires are ending. My body’s bondage is ending. My life’s ignorance is ending.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

A good thought
Changes everything it touches
For the better.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

To my greatest surprise,
My God is coming to help me
Unlearn all the ignorance-lessons
That I have been learning
For centuries.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

God enjoys
My gratitude-heart-smiles
To the fullest.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

At long last
I have shunned the company
Of my negativity-mind.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

Faith and love
Are two next-door neighbours.
They are extremely fond
Of each other.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

In my life
Only one road
Is sure and sunlit:
My heart-road.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

To smile
Is to offer happiness
To the world.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

When I accuse my mind of stealing away my heart’s joy, I always meet with flat denials from the mind. Lord, what am I to do?

“My child, do not accuse the mind. Just adore your soul. Your soul has the power to inundate your heart with infinite Joy.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

I am determined to liberate
My life
From the burning attachments
Of my present and past life.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

The gratitude-heart-bird
Flies high, higher, highest,
Fast, faster, fastest,
To arrive at God’s Heart-Palace.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

If a seeker of the Infinite Truth enjoys idle talk, then his mind’s determination, his heart’s inspiration and his soul’s aspiration are bound to starve.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

God tells me that
If I want to claim Him
As my own, very own,
Then I must never lose
My child-heart.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

A sun-bright happiness-life
Can be achieved
Through constant self-offering.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

I asked God what He was looking for. He said, “I am looking for gratitude’s home in My vast world.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

Let us pay no attention
To our indifferent mind.
Let us pay all attention
To our man-loving heart.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

God cannot stop laughing
At the mind’s
Dire pronouncements.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

In the spiritual life,
If you can advance even by inches,
Then you are accomplishing something
Really great.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

An unaspiring person always complains. There is no end to his complaints. He bitterly complains even when the blessings of opportunity knock at his very door.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970

To vanquish negativity,
Only one thing
Is of paramount importance:
Love of the heart.

– Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 26, Agni Press, 2002

I want to be sincere. When I love the world, I complain of my poor capacity. When I love God, I complain of my sure insincerity.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Aum Centre, New York, 1970