My Prayer-Life My Meditation-Heart

I pray
That I can teach my mind
Every day.


I pray
That I can think
Infinitely more
Of my aspiring friend,
My heart,
Than of my unaspiring
And disappointing enemies:
My lethargic body,
My aggressive vital
And my doubting mind.


I pray
That I may receive
Only God's Love,
Which the entire world
Can neither give me
Nor take away from me.


I pray
That I do not forget
What I am
In my realisation-world:
Love.


I pray
That my pride
Will never exploit
God's Compassion-Sea.


I pray
That I may study
The art of unlearning
Every day
Consciously
And devotedly.


My meditation
Is my soul's
Soundless sound-conversation
With my Inner Pilot.


My meditation
Is the sunrise-smile
Of my body.


I meditate and meditate
And meditate
So that I can swim fast,
Very fast,
Against my mind's
Desire-current.


I meditate to be
In the loving company
Of my heart's mounting
Aspiration-flames
And my life's spreading
Dedication-fragrance.


In the small hours of the morning,
With my heart-purity's
Soulfulness-steps,
I embark on my meditation-journey.


My prayer and God
Cry together,
My meditation and God
Smile at each other.


My prayer is my faith
In God.
My meditation is God's faith
In me.


My prayer is my mind's
Future smile.
My meditation is God's
Present Smile.


~ Sri Chinmoy