Heart-Mind Poems

All poems by Sri Chinmoy

My mind wants to become
A peace-ambassador.
My heart wants to become
A peace-student.
My life wants to become
A peace-servant.


Our minds must kneel
In order to rise.
Our hearts must dream
In order to fly.


What the world needs from you
Is your heart's abiding faith
And not
Your mind's towering philosophy.


When the mind's simplicity
And the heart's purity
Grow together,
They create
Unimaginable beauty.


Peace you want in your heart?
Then pray for silence in your mind.


A mind of peace
Loves all.
A heart of peace
Awakens all.
A life of peace
Satisfies all.


Peace does not depend upon
My body's beauty.
Peace does not depend upon
My mind's brilliance.
Peace depends upon
My heart's fragrance.


Man can be happy and safe
Only when the heart feels faster
Than the mind thinks.


When the mind
Is clear
The dream
Is bright.

When the heart
Is pure
The dream
Is beautiful.


Life's battlefield
Will be all peace
When the sound of the mind
Gives way
To the silence of the heart.


Be wise!
Ask your heart to feel,
And do not ask your mind to understand.


Your mind has a flood of questions.
But there is only one teacher
Who can answer them.
Who is this teacher?
Your silence-loving heart.


The resentment of the mind
Aims at strangling
The joy of the heart.


When my mind becomes
The echo of my heart
I grow into the supreme glory
Of my inner sunshine.


The clever mind
Observes.
The pure heart
Serves.


My mind dreams
Of inner riches.
My heart lives
In inner riches.


The cheerfulness of
The heart
And the determination of
The mind
Can perform any miracle
They want to.


A fool is he
Who thinks that his mind
Is wiser and larger
Than his heart.


It matters not how much
Our mind knows.
It matters only how much
Our heart gives.


May the beauty
Of the heart
And the positivity
Of the mind
Always mingle together.


The mind wants to exhibit
Its towering greatness.
The heart wants to hide
Its flowering goodness.


Widen
Your mind's eye
To include everything.
Widen
Your heart's eye
To become everything.
Widen
Your life's eye
To enjoy everything.


The promise-maker
Has a great mind.
The promise-fulfiller
Is a good heart.


Alas,
What I have
Is a greedy mind.
And what I am
Is a starving heart.


An enthusiasm-mind
And an aspiration-heart
Can do the impossible
Whenever they want to.


The arrogance of the mind
Totally destroys
The tranquillity of the heart.


My mind chooses greatness,
My heart chooses goodness,
And I choose oneness.


Each soul
Is born to illumine.
Each heart
Is born to love.
Each mind
Is born to search.
Each life
Is born to serve.


Spirituality is never a matter
Of mind-understanding,
But it is ever a matter
Of heart-feeling.


No mind force
Can ever equal
A heart-born power.


If my heart becomes
A fountain of goodness,
Then my mind
Will invariably become
A mountain of greatness.


May my mind's willingness
And my heart's eagerness
Forever remain invincible.


I need
Only two things in my life:
A heart of gratitude
And a mind of peace.


A willingness-mind
An eagerness-heart
And
An enthusiasm-life
Can easily defy age.


I shall have peace when my mind
Stops hearing everything.
I shall have peace when my heart
Starts loving everything.


O my searching mind,
Never grieve!
O my crying heart,
Never look back.


May I spend my life between
The beauty
Of my mind's imagination,
And the fragrance
Of my heart's aspiration.


The mind's newness
And the heart's fullness
Must always be kept
In very good condition.


You will be bale to travel
In the company of the stars
If your mind becomes kindness,
Your heart becomes affection
And your life becomes oneness.


My mind's readiness
And my heart's willingness
Are as powerful as ocean waves.


The mind cannot,
But the heart can
Distinguish the outer wants
From the inner needs.


How beautiful
Is the openness of the mind.
How fruitful
Is the fullness of the heart.


Your heart is in distress
Just because your mind
Is afraid of the future
That is fast approaching.


A cheerful mind,
A cheerful heart,
A cheerful life.
These are indeed
Heaven-products.


I prefer the heart
That creates purity
To the mind
That creates obscurity.


Because of your mind
Today you are weak.
Because of your heart
Tomorrow you will become
Strong and perfect.


Your mind may at times know
The beauty of hope,
But your heart always knows
The power of hope.


To like your mind
Is the first step.
To love your heart
Is the second step.
To go beyond yourself
Is the third and last step.


If you want to expand your mind,
Then every day
Spend as much time as possible
With your heart.


When we live in the mind,
Everything is uncertain
And precarious.
When we live in the heart,
Everything is optimistic
And realistic.


The mind's answer
Be comes more complicated
Than the original question.
The heart's answer
Makes the difficult question
Seem very, very simple.


The mind is
Perplexed
By world-knowledge.
The heart is
Relaxed
Only by inner knowledge.


The mind wants to see
And believe.
The heart wants to feel
Even without seeing.


You are great because
Your mind makes
The right decisions.
You are good because
Your heart executes them
At the right moment.


As your heart
Is meant for deeper things,
Even so, your mind
Is meant for higher things.


You will stop hesitating
When your heart
Becomes stronger
Than your outer mind.


When my mind becomes
The echo of my heart
I grow into the supreme glory
Of my inner sunshine.


May my mind's sincerity
Spread like a silver dawn.
May my heart's purity
Radiate like a golden morn.


Reason directs the mind,
Love feeds the heart.


Keep your division mind.
Nobody wants it!
Keep your oneness heart.
Everybody needs it.


Each day is a new opportunity
For my mind's fear
To depart
And for my heart's strength
To arrive.


Your mind's doubts
Create all problems for you,
But your heart's faith
Can offer you most adequate
Solutions.


~ Sri Chinmoy