Service-Trees - No 41

All poetry by Sri Chinmoy

To transform our earth-planet,
Only one thing is needed:
Spirituality's breath.


The heart
Never harms anybody,
Even unconsciously.


Affection-sweetness
Is the very best
We can offer
Our brothers and sisters.


We can easily live our lives
Without speaking ill of
The rest of the world.


Meditation augments
The beauty
Of the heart.


To serve mankind
Is a God-opportunity
To fulfil God's Life.


Those who enjoy complacency
Are not ready for
The spiritual life.


If love of God
Is not practical,
Then what else is?


Alas, when will come the day
For me to feel
That God does many, many things
For me
In absolute secrecy?


If we cannot meditate well, no harm.
God wants us
To prayerfully and soulfully sit
At our shrine
At regular hours.


The narrowness-mind
I was.


The vastness-heart
I now am.


The depression
Of the vital and the mind
Has to be replaced
By the dynamic enthusiasm
Of the soul.


God's only Aim
Is to make me happy
And see me happy.


Our divine qualities
Come to the fore
Only when we are extremely sincere
In our spiritual life.


Every day
I study the silence-lessons
Of my soul.


Beauty's Divinity
And Divinity's Beauty
Needs no explanation.


Negativity
Can never solve
Any problem.


If you think you can,
Then do it!
Definitely, God is not going to stand
In your way.


Old age
Must start dreaming
Once again.


If you want
To love yourself,
Then do not carry the past.


Temptation
Comes in
On tiptoe.


Aspiration
Is the essence
Of a seeker's life.


May happiness
And my heart
Be interdependent.


This world is suffering
Because of
A terrible faith-shortage.


If I can properly
Take care of my heart,
My Lord is bound to
Take care of my life.


The heart feeds us
With eagerness,
Soulfulness and oneness.


The fragrance
Of the inner heart
Never, never creates
Any problem.


God does not have to prove to me
How kind He is;
It is I who have to prove to God
How good I am.


Spirituality
Deals only with
The things that
God wants us to know.


Nothing is impossible!
To offer peace
To our uncomely thoughts
And make them beautiful,
Prayerful and soulful
Is not an impossible task.


I have made myself free,
Completely free.
I am no longer captured
By the outer world.


If we do not strengthen our heart,
We will not be able to have
A God-oneness-life.


I am very happy that,
Day by day,
My Lord Supreme is becoming strict
With my mind.


The very thought
That there shall come a time
When the God-seekers
Will be able to manifest
God's Light on earth
Gives me boundless joy.


My Lord never punishes
My countless weaknesses -
He only cures them.


My Lord,
I promise You
That you will never be found
Unloved and alone!


~ Sri Chinmoy