After completing the 10,000 Flower Flames series, Sri Chinmoy selected 207 poems. In the introduction Sri Chinmoy wrote:
Introduction by Sri Chinmoy
I have selected 207 poems out of 10,000 from my series, Ten Thousand Flower Flames, which was originally published in 100 volumes. Here the poet in me is soulfully satisfied, the reader in me is smilingly satisfied and the critic in me is surprisingly satisfied.
My Beloved Supreme, what more can I tell You, and what more do You expect from me?
“Be quiet, My poet-reader-critic-son. The Hour, My Hour, is about to strike.”
– Sri Chinmoy
by Sri Chinmoy 1-20
1.
You Have Discovered
My Lord,
I came to You with empty hands,
But you have discovered
My empty heart, too.
2.
I Came From God
I came from God
The Eternal Dreamer.
I am heading towards God
The Immortal Lover.
3.
Your Happiness-Gift
Of all the gifts
You have offered to God,
Your happiness-gift
He treasures most.
4.
The Mind Wants to Invent
The mind wants to invent
A new God.
The heart wants to discover
The ancient and eternal God.
5.
Please Warn Me
My Lord,
Please warn me before You come.
Otherwise, You may come unrecognised
And go back unloved.
6.
My Heart Says to My Mind
My mind says to my heart:
“Will you please praise God for me?”
My heart says to my mind:
“Will you please pray to God
To bless me?”
7.
The Fare
What is the fare
From earth to Heaven?
The fragrance-beauty
Of a gratitude-heart.
8.
Every Time I Run Away From You
Every time I run away from You
And come back,
I see Your Eyes
More illumining than before.
And I feel Your Heart
More forgiving than before.
9.
The Lord Of My Thoughts
My Lord, I am happy
Because You are the Lord of my life.
Can You not make me perfect
By becoming the Lord of my thoughts?
10.
Two Miracles
The miracle of my sound-life:
It can chase God.
The miracle of my silence-life:
It can embrace God.
11.
Two Secret Wishes
Two
Are my Secret wishes:
I shall show God
Man’s transformation-head.
I shall show man
God’s Compassion-Feet
12.
Not Beyond Possibility
Not beyond man’s possibility
Is God-realisation.
Not beyond earth’s possibility
Is earth-transformation.
Not beyond my possibility
Is self-transcendence
13.
I Do Not Interfere
I do not interfere in God’s Affairs.
Every day I let Him
Create a new world.
God does not interfere in my affairs
Either.
Every day He lets me
Destroy an old world.
14.
A New Prayer
Your old prayer may not change God.
But God can grant you
A new prayer,
And this prayer
Will make you really happy.
What is your new prayer?
God-Satisfaction
In God’s own Way.
15.
To Frighten and Enlighten
To frighten the animal in me
My God is all Justice.
To enlighten the human in me
My God is all Compassion
16.
God’s Lion-Power
Yesterday
I desired to be
God’s Lion-Power.
Today
I desire to be
God’s Deer-Speed.
Tomorrow
I shall desire to be
God’s Lamb-Fondness
17.
What You Did
God wanted you
To go to Him untouched.
But what you did,
You know!
You went to God unchanged!
18.
Are You Tired, O Lord?
Are You, O Lord,
Tired of being good?
It seems You are.
Are You, O Lord,
Tired of being divine?
It seems You are.
Are You, O Lord,
Tired of being perfect?
It seems You are.
O my Lord Supreme,
Then do bless me
With your Goodness-Heart,
Divinity Life and Perfection-Role.
19.
Two Observers
God watched me
From the sky
With His unchanging Compassion.
I watched God from the ground
With my increasing hesitation.
20.
The Boon
Scold me, my Lord, untiringly.
Insult me, my Lord, unreservedly.
But, my Lord, do not forget Your Boon.
You told me millions of years ago
That You would grant me the capacity
To love You sleeplessly;
Something more, unconditionally.