Here and Now

Here and Now
I must realise
That God is very simple
And very easy to love -
Like a flower or a child.


Here and Now
I must feel that at every moment,
Out of His infinite Bounty,
My Lord Supreme is breathing me
Into His Heart.


Here and Now
I must realise
That every human being
Is endowed with the capacity
To be a towering lighthouse
In the darkness-night
Of the present-day world.


Here and Now
Let each and every human being
Immediately respond to
God's secret and sacred
Beckoning Enthusiasm
And Encouragement-Smile.


Here and Now
My breath must learn
How to breathe
The breath of the world.


Here and Now
My heart shall learn
How to love
The heart of the world.


Here and Now
My life must learn
How to become
The life of the world.


We are deeply in love
With the beauty
Of God the creation.
We must be deeply in love
With the duty
Of God the Creator as well -
Right from today,
Here and Now.


As I love God,
Even so, He needs me.
As God love me,
Even so, I need Him.
But Here and Now
I see a slight difference:
His Love and Need
Are unconditional.
So far, mine are not!


Here and Now
I must realise
That my heart's aspiration-thrill
Is ever new
And never grows old.


Here and Now
My heart must become
The rainbow-beauty
In the vastness-blue
Of enthusiasm-sky.


Here and Now
I am challenging
My shameless long-lasting
Self-doubt-waves.


Here and Now
My Lord Beloved Supreme
Is telling me
That my new beginning
Is my new winning.


Here and Now
I clearly see
That God has come down
All the way from Heaven
To earth
To receive a cute smile
From my heart.


Here and Now
I must realise that my God-love
Without my God-faith
Is no love at all.


Here and Now
God tells me that my relationship
With Him
Has to be always personal,
Private and confidential.


Here and Now
I must make friends
With the flower-beauty
Of my blossoming heart.


Here and Now
May the beauty and divinity
Of faith
Surround my life all the time.


Here and Now
My latest discovery:
When I do not soulfully pray
And do not self-givingly meditate,
I helplessly find myself
In a crowded, noisy
And utterly godless mind-subway.


Here and Now
God tells me
That I can turn my head
Away from Him
If I want to.
But He will never me allow me
To turn my heart
Away from Him.


Here and Now
I must become
A meditation-heart-builder.


Here and Now
With my soul's indomitable will
I shall flood my heart
With inner sunshine.


Here and Now
My mind must bloom
And
My heart must blossom
In the depths of soundless silence.


Here and Now
God tells me
To ignore my mind
When it belittles
My heart-capacity.


~ Sri Chinmoy