Service-Trees No. 42

All poetry by Sri Chinmoy

The more sincere we are,
The deeper is
Our God-breath.


No determination
Of the mind,
No transformation
Of the life.


My Lord does not ask me
What I have been doing
All these years.
He simply asks me
What I am doing now.


We come into the world
Not only to feed the body
But also to feed the soul.


Meditation stops
The sound-loving mind.


Each life
Is
A God-manifestation-privilege.


Joy and satisfaction
Befriend
The goodness of the heart.


If I do not aspire all the time,
How can I be blessed
With the wisdom-light
Of my soul?


The deep feeling for God
In our hearts
Can never fail us.


Love God in God's Way -
Not by thinking,
Not even by aspiring,
But by constant self-offering.


The inner world
Is not a mental fantasy -
It is an unfathomable Reality.


Not what you say,
Not what you do,
But what you ultimately become
Is the only thing that God cares about.


God does not want you
To prove your love for Him.
He wants you only to feel
That He loves you sleeplessly -
And He begs you only
To believe it.


O my mind,
You talk too much!
Do follow my heart
That lives in silence.


To rescue humanity
From utter peril,
The spiritual Masters
Come into this world.


My life is now a battlefield,
But I shall turn it
Into a pilgrimage.


The realities of the heart
Are infinitely more beautiful
Than the dreams of the mind.


The world needs only
Self-giving personalities.


The confidence of my life
Comes from
The love of my heart
For God.


Each soulful feeling
Is, indeed,
A most valuable inner achievement.


I must believe in myself first,
Before I start believing
In others.


Our spiritual progress
Depends on
Our inner courage.


Spirituality
Does not negate anything,
But only transform everything
That needs transformation.


Each human being
Has an inner sun.
The more one is developed spirituality,
The greater is the number
Of inner suns.


It is a false notion
That the beauty of the outer life
And of the inner life
Cannot go together.


When my heart is all tears,
God is extremely near.


O seeker,
Be not a prisoner
Of your thoughts.


The light of my soul
Is the pathfinder
Of my spiritual life.


Each seeker
Has to pay immediate attention
To the warnings of the soul.


Self-indulgence
Means indifference
To one's own inner divinity.


A heart of immensity
And a mind of intensity
Are not afraid of
The forces undivine.


God wants us to live in His world
By loving Him and serving Him
In each human being.


~ Sri Chinmoy


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