Daily Poem – Page 14 – Sri Chinmoy's poetry

Dec 30

You are not happy
And you will never be happy
Because you do not lose yourself
Enough to find yourself —
I mean your true self.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 82, Agni Press, 1983

Dec 29

Whatever
Our aspiration gives us
Is infinitely generous
And eternally free.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 200, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 28

The friendship
That is founded upon self-giving
Even death cannot sever.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 259, Agni Press, 1998

Dec 27

If you have a plethora of enthusiasm
Throughout,
Then eventually you are bound to win
In your spiritual life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 261,

Dec 26

God’s final Decision:
He will never end the world,
No matter how bad the world becomes.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 261, Agni Press, 1998

Dec 25

The Christ told the Truth. The Truth existed before. The Christ became the Truth. Hence the Truth lives and breathes on earth.
Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

Dec 24

Jesus was great.
Greater was His mercy.
Greatest was His sacrifice.

– Sri Chinmoy

Dec 23

Tolerance
Is a secret and sacred way
To enrich our human life.

– Sri Chinmoy

Dec 22

A vice does not remain a vice
When I am absolutely determined
To transform it into a virtue.

– Sri Chinmoy

Dec 21

What you need is
Determination-fire.
Uneasiness, unwillingness and unreadiness
Will all surrender
To the beauty and fragrance
Of determination.

Sri Chinmoy

Dec 20

What do we gain
By interfering?
We gain nothing.
We just become a victim
Of our own stupidity.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 19

O humanity,
I do not want to be
Even one step above you.
I want to be
On the same footing,
Not only to make you happy
But also to make myself really happy.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 18

Be wise!
You must overcome
All your difficulties,
Not try to escape from them,
For there is no such thing
As escape.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 202, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 17

The outer world thinks
My little heart is useless.
But the inner world knows
My little heart is both
Priceless and measureless.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 201, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 16

Do not complain;
Do not complain.
Just train your mind
To look at the world
With a compassion-eye.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 201, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 15

Do not cherish only one dream.
Move from one dream to another.
Who knows which dream
Is going to be transformed
Into reality?

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 14

What can God’s Grace
Do for us?
It can do in a minute
What would take a lifetime
Otherwise.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 13

Although I stumble,
I shall not fail.
Even though I fail,
I shall not give up,
Never!

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 12

A life of faith is worth trying.
A life of love is worth living.
A life of God is worth becoming.

Sri Chinmoy, A soulful cry versus a fruitful smile, Agni Press, 1977

Dec 11

Life is worth living,
For in life abides
God’s Golden Dream.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222, Agni Press, 1995

Dec 10

May my heart’s hope-sun
Never set.

Sri Chinmoy, My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 16, Agni Press, 2003

Dec 8

I am fully prepared
To be a total failure
As a human being
To please my Lord Supreme
In His own Way.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 7

O let my heart sow!
Let others’ lives reap!

Sri Chinmoy, The caged bird and the uncaged bird, Agni Press, 1998

Dec 6

Not to see good in others
Is not only a serious
But also a dangerous
Defect.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 5

One life for each to give —
Therefore,
Each can smilingly choose
To give his own life to God.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 205, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 4

Take all activities
Not as obligations,
But as opportunities
To arrive at the destined shore.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 205, Agni Press, 1994

Dec 3

Do not think
Of your undivine qualities
All the time.
Indeed, that is the worst
Torment of all.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 222, Agni Press, 1995

2 Dec

Hope is sweet.
Hope is illumining.
Hope is fulfilling.
Hope can be everlasting.
Therefore, do not give up hope
Even in the sunset of your life.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 112, Agni Press, 1987

1 Dec

To create a supreme atmosphere
On earth,
Each human being
Must grow into a soulful prayer
And fruitful meditation.

– Sri Chinmoy

27 Nov

The waves of hatred-night
can easily be dissolved
in the sea of oneness-love.

– Sri Chinmoy