Service-Trees No. 40 continued..

All poetry by Sri Chinmoy

A loving heart
And a feeling life
Are all I need
To please my Lord Supreme.


My self-giving
Shall reach perfection
Only when I am able
To love and serve the world
For the betterment of the world.


Vision
I always had.
What I need now
Is prayerful
And self-giving action.


A hyperactive mind
Goes nowhere.


Every day
I enter into my silence-heart-room
To hear my Lord's Messages
For the transformation of the world.


The road to Heaven is paved
Not with outer abilities
But with inner qualities.


Anything
That we do soulfully
Cannot be a waste of time.


How often we swerve
From the path of Truth,
Yet God forgives us
Again and again.


When we work for God,
We must pay all attention
To our attitude.


May my one moment
With God
Be like an Eternity.


Spiritual discipline
Must precede
All other good qualities.


Only spiritually strong seekers
Will be able to manifest God
Most satisfactorily.


Without the purification
Of the body,
Life will remain unchanged.


Self-giving at every moment
Creates a new God
Inside our heart.


A mountaintop can give us
The message of silence,
But not the messsage of delight.


When the heart makes progress,
It is solid
And permanent.


Those who live in utter faith
Will one day be amply rewarded
By my Lord Supreme.


God's Presence
And my heart's infinite joy
Can never be separated.


When it comes to God,
Be as sincere and self-giving
As possible.


My God-love comes from
My aspiration-heart
And from nowhere else.


In the spiritual life,
Relaxation means
The immediate descent
Of consciousness.


If realisation is your aim,
Then look deeper
And live an inner life.


If we only had taken the time
To better the world,
We would have definitely
Succeeded.


Not true
That my life is in my own hands!
My life is all the time
In the hands
Of my Lord Beloved Suprerme.


~ Sri Chinmoy

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