Reality Poems

The real reality
Is a simple simplicity,
And not a complexity.
Complexity has never been related to reality.


You cannot change truth.
You cannot rectify truth.
You cannot magnify truth.
You cannot vilify truth.
But one thing you can do with truth
Most satisfactorily:
You can simplify truth.


You say nothing works
In your life.
If it is true, then I tell you,
Either you are not looking
For the reality proper,
Or you are not looking
For the reality in
The proper place.


Never forget one thing:
The Ultimate Truth is your friend
And not your enemy.


As you have every right
To live in this world,
Even so
The world has every right
To teach you and perfect your life.


You want to know the truth.
But make sure
You want to know the truth
To perfect yourself
And not to instruct others.


Who is truth's worst enemy?
Not he who totally denies
The existence of truth,
But he who deliberately undervalues
The beauty-heart of truth
And
The purity-life of truth.


Truth can live only with right.
Falsehood can live only with wrong.
Ask your mind and heart
To make the choice.


The vision of power
Is very limited
In the outer world.
The power of vision
Is always unlimited
In the inner world.


No exaggeration can be too great
When we try to describe
The self-transcending beauty
Of the Universal Soul.


The clear, small voice of faith
Will never fail to discover
And will never lose
The beauty of the unknowable.


You will see yourself forsaken
If you deny
The indomitable strength of hope.


How can we succeed or proceed
When our faith in ourselves
Is short,
Weak and
Inconsistent?


Faith is the art of seeing
Without looking.
Aspiration is the art of becoming
Without hesitating.


Every soul carries
The banner of God's Faith
In Mankind.


You are lost
When you believe your doubts.
You are dead
When you doubt your beliefs.


You say you do not have faith
In anything.
Do you not see
That you have tremendous faith
In your own doubt?


Love is not something
That descends from above
Or that ascends from below.
No, it is something
That grows and glows
Inside the very depth of my heart-
A self-revealing reality
That has neither beginning nor end.


To love more
Is to discover the truth
Sooner.


~ Sri Chinmoy