Service-Trees No 42 continued...

All poetry by Sri Chinmoy

Silence
Is the expansion
Of my God-consciousness.


It is infinitely easier
To feel God within us
Than to see God all around us.


It often happens that
The lowest point of our life
Brings God closest to us.


Meditate deep within.
Breathless ecstasy
Will claim you.


May God's Love radiate
From the crying heart
Of each and every human being.


From the fragrance of the soul
We shall derive
The beauty of our lives.


How beautiful, how sweet -
The faith of a simple heart!


The morning rainbow-beauty
Considerably adds to
Our outer beauty.


I must offer divine love
To the whole world,
Like the morning sun.


My suffering has taught me
How to sympathise
With the rest of the world.


Do not allow your mind
Any more
To lord it over you.


If all the self-givers
Could meet together once a day,
The face of the earth
Would unimaginably improve.


May my prayerful heart
Have a peaceful life.


The smiles that arise
From tears
Are unimaginably beautiful.


Heart-happiness
Comes from
Constant selflessness.


If there is no
Inner harmony,
There can be no
Outer joy.


God wants each and every human being
To be fully satisfied
With their own knowledge of Him.


Try to please God
Self-givingly -
Lo, you have succeeded!


In the inner world,
The unity of the hearts
Is absolutely true.


Each soul
Is a never-aging
Portion of God-Beauty.


Without sweetness in the heart,
We cannot complete
Our life-game on earth.


Every human being
Has something in common:
Attachment.


A silence-heart
Is beauty
Beyond compare.


To unveil man's divinity
Is the sole task
Of a genuine seeker.


God has kept the path ready,
But we have to discover it.


First look
For God.
Then look
For your dear ones.


Do not talk any more
About God-service -
Just throw yourself into God-action.


Each second with my Master
Is an epic
Inside my heart.


The immediate way
Of the soul
Is the right way.


Mine is a strong promise
And not a faint commitment
To the world.


~ Sri Chinmoy


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