A selection of aphorisms by Sri Chinmoy on – ‘God’
The majority of these poems have been taken from Sri Chinmoy’s poetry series Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees and Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants.
Let us not worry.
God has not forgotten this world,
His creation.
God expects
His worshippers
To heal this broken world.
If you make
A sincere effort,
God will give you much more
Than you ever asked for.
When God does something for you
Most soulfully and self-givingly,
Prepare yourself
To have the utmost receptivity
And to be the most sincere seeker.
If we love the spiritual life,
It is God who will tell us
When to start, how to start,
Why to start and where to start.
Each human being
Arrives on earth
With a very special plan
Given by God Himself.
God will prove to you
That He is all for you
If you spare no effort
To improve yourself.
God tells me to be wise
And to welcome smilingly
Whatever befalls me.
God had given us shoulders
Long before
Man gave us burdens.
God tells us
That we came into the world
Not to command Nature,
But to obey Nature.
God has sent us into the world.
We must do something
For Him in return
Here on earth.
God has made many roads
Leading to Him
Since God wants to please
Each individual in his own way,
As He Himself wants to be pleased
In His own way.
You do not need a cave
To pray to God.
You do not need a forest
To meditate on God.
What you need, you already have
In abundant quality and quantity.
Your loving, self-giving heart
Is all you need,
And you will always have it.
My sincerity
Means
God-proximity.
If we strive for
Self-conquest,
Then our lives will be filled
With God’s indomitable Capacity.
Every heart-touch
Must have God-service
In it.
To serve mankind
Is a God-opportunity
To fulfil God’s Life.
Everything is as important
And indispensable
As everything else in God’s creation.
Try to see the divine
In everything.
I love God
And I serve God,
Not because I am a dreamer
But because
I am a conscious self-giver.
My Lord tells me
Time and time again
That I need a special kind of silence
To understand His Whispers.
My busy mind,
Can you not make some time
For God?
Every day God comes to us
With a new inspiration,
A new aspiration
And a new opportunity.
He is a man
Above the common man
Who lives on earth
Only for the fulfilment
Of God’s Will.
If we do not
Simplify our life,
Then how can God
Beautify our heart?
It matters not
How much we know
About God.
It matters only
How much we have given
To God.
No other divine quality
Does God need as much as peace
For His full manifestation
On earth.
There are some special seekers
Who believe in the existence
Of the soul
As the absolute secret
And sacred reality
For God-manifestation
Here on earth.
My Lord wants me
To take each moment
As a blessingful,
Unprecedented gift
From Him.
Every spiritual Master
Needs disciples
To perpetuate God’s Name
In the world-family.
Each individual
Represents God
In a very special way
In this world.
Be pure, be simple
And never be in a hurry
When you offer your heart-prayers
To your Lord Supreme.
We entered into the world
For our own transformation,
And not the transformation
Of others,
For God is taking care of them
As He is taking care of us.
Do not kill your senses;
Illumine them.
Make them ready for God
To utilise them.
Do not expect anything
From God
If you want to get everything
From Him.
The goodness of Mother Earth
Is indeed a flowering
God-manifesting-blossom.
He who prays to God
Not for a miracle,
But for the transformation
Of his nature,
Is pleasing God
Far beyond his imagination.
Devotion itself
Is an extraordinary experience
To fulfil God here on earth.
To serve God
I need
No special qualifications.
The stronger we are
In our inner life,
The greater responsibility
We get from God.
Never neglect
The God-responsibility
That God has entrusted you with.
If God wants you
To play a special role
In His Cosmic Play,
Then He will never
Relieve you
Of responsibility.
Your heart and your life
Know what prayer
And meditation are.
Prayer and meditation
Are the life-breath of God.
God wants me to tell the world
That each human being
Must follow
His own unique path
Inside his heart-realm.
How can we ever be precious
To God
If we are totally oblivious
To His world?
When we do everything
For God’s sake,
Lovingly and self-givingly,
God blesses us
With a most glorious
Heaven-climbing journey.
Be a wisdom-flooded seeker.
Stand aside
And let God work
In and through you.
My Lord,
Your physical absence
With the greatest difficulty
I can endure.
But your spiritual absence
I shall never be able to endure.
If you go to God
Because of your inner hunger,
Then you are ready
For the spiritual life.
As dynamism is needed
To cure outer lethargy,
Even so
A burning faith in God is needed
To illumine inner lethargy.
A true seeker
Does not belong to himself.
His each and every breath
belongs to God himself.
You do not need to be unusual.
You have just to be natural
To please God
In His own way.
God definitely needs
The God-seeker
Who dreams
Of world peace.
If you want to realise God,
Then you must unearth
Your inner treasures.
A true God-lover will never say
That he is overburdened
With duties.
My Lord,
You do not have to call me.
Just allow me only to think of You.
The very thought of your Heart
Thrills my entire being
With delight.
If your heart chooses kindness,
Then your life becomes
God’s immediate usefulness.
Each smiling child
Embodies
Humanity’s high hopes
For God-manifestation
On earth.
Use your heart’s joy;
Do not keep it,
If you really want God
To be extremely proud of you.
My God-worship
Has to be constant
And not frequent.
Anything that makes me closer
To my Lord Supreme
Is invaluable.
Where is my God-faith?
It is inside
My beaming smiles.
If you really love God,
Then God wants you to prove it
By loving all.
Your endeavours will not end
In disappointment
If God is what you want
In all your actions.
If we love the spiritual life,
It is God who will tell us
When to start, how to start,
Why to start and where to start.
God asks you to pay
Sleepless and breathless attention
To your heart’s inner cry.
To please God
At every moment
In His own way
Is a constant learning process.
God loves me
Not because I keep succeeding,
But because I am trying.
Each soul has its own
Special way
To be of sleepless service
To God.
Each new experience
In my heart
Reveals a new way
To love God.
Not when my eyes are ready,
But when my heart is ready
To greet God,
Then God descends.
Whenever
God gives us something,
We must treasure it
And never measure it.
God cares only for
My heart’s
Sacred feelings.
If you are indifferent
To the world’s needs,
God will be indifferent
To your heart’s deeds.
God tells me to be wise
And to welcome smilingly
Whatever befalls me.
~ Sri Chinmoy
See also: Sri Chinmoy’s Book – God Is
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