Service-Trees No. 44 continued...

All poetry by Sri Chinmoy

Be a true friend
To yourself first.
Then try to befriend
The world.


We came into the world
To discover
Our God-oneness-uniqueness.


To wake up in the morning
Is not enough.
God has to be included
While we are opening our eyes.


If you can forgive
Those who wrong you,
Indeed, you are another God.


If you are kind to the unkind,
That means you are
Consciously carrying
God's Breath.


If there is no aspiration,
The world will go
Round and round
Blindly and uselessly.


Our inner joy
Creates endless love
Of God.


God removes
All our obstacles,
Provided our heart-tears
Are genuine.


All our heart-treasures
We must share.


Love
Whatever you do
To become
What you inwardly are.


He is dearest to God
Who thinks and feels
That God is all Love
For all.


Today is the day
When you must make
A new and bold effort
To achieve
What you actually need.


Just try one day
Without finding fault
With any human being.
You will see that happiness
Will become your name.


To depend on oneself
Is to walk on a tightrope.
The distance travelled
Is very limited.


Heaven-knowledge
Comes from serving.


Every life
Is beautiful
When it smiles.


Each aspiring heart
Will eventually become
A world-oneness-temple.


Nature lives
Only to reveal
God's Beauty.


Each thought
Has to be surcharged
With our heart's sunlight.


The sunshine of our heart
Must come to the fore
To illumine the darkness
Of the outer world.


Nature willingly
Wants to offer us
Its hidden ecstasy.


Anything that is harmonious
Comes from the world
Of silence.


The hostile forces are hidden,
But we must bring them to the fore
And expose them to Light.


I would like to be
An everlasting
God-Creation-server.


~ Sri Chinmoy


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