Ten Thousand Flower-Flames
100 editions penned between 1979-1983, each volume of Flower-Flames contains 100 poems. Many back issues are available exclusively from Aum Publications and Heart-Light Distributors
A selection of poems from Flower-Flames No. 29, all poems by Sri Chinmoy -
NOT LOOKING FOR THE REALITY
You say that nothing works
In your life.
If it is true, then I tell you,
Either you are not looking
For the reality proper,
Or you are not looking
For the reality in the proper place.
IF YOU WANT GUIDANCE
If you want guidance,
Then look up
With a pure heart.
If you want guidance,
The look within
With a doubt-free mind.
WHAT HAVE YOU LOST
What have you lost
Since you have accepted the spiritual life?
Your mind has lost
Its stupidity.
Your heart has lost
Its impurity.
Your life has lost
Its insecurity.
Now tell me, would they have been
Really worthwhile to keep?
UNPARALLELED QUALITY
The unparalleled quality
Of your self-inquiry
Will always be
The unparalleled quality
Of your God-discovery
TWO QUESTIONS
Ask your heart
How to live.
Ask your soul
Why to live.
These two questions
Only your heart of love,
And your soul of light
Can answer most adequately.
FLY WITH YOUR SOUL-BIRD
Look at your soul-bird
Appreciate it, admire it, adore it!
Before long, you will be able to escape
The snare of the mind
And fly with your soul-bird.
PERMANENT SUNSHINE
Looking for favourable conditions
Is like looking for twenty-four hours
Of brilliant sunshine.
Brave the stormy day,
Brave the stormy night!
Then you will not have to look
For permament sunshine.
The permanent sunshine will itself
Come to you and befriend you.
THE FRAGRANCE OF ONENESS-LIGHT
When you are right,
Everything around you is right,
Because the beautiful flow
That is inside your heart
Has the capacity to spread
Its fragrance of oneness-light
Around you.
GIVE UP AND ACCEPT
You want to be accepted.
Then immediately
Give up your frustrated vital,
Give up your sophicated mind
And accept your liberated heart.
SURRENDER TO YOUR HIGHER LIFE
Surrender to your higher life.
Your lower life will be blessed
With a beautiful smile from God
And your higher life will be blessed
With a new message from God.
~ Sri Chinmoy
