Seeker Poems

All poems by Sri Chinmoy

The majority of these poems have been selected from Sri Chinmoy's poetry series Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees and Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants.

At night
My soul and I swim
In the cradle of Infinity's smiles.


Whom I seek
Is always within me.
What I seek
Is always around me.


God tells us
That we came into the world
Not to command Nature,
But to obey Nature.


Non-attachment
Is the freedom of
Real love.


Widen
Your mind's eye
To include everything,
Widen
Your heart's eye
To become everything,
Widen
Your life's eye
To enjoy everything.


When you start your journey
Only look for the stars
In your own heart-sky.


As falsehood
Does not become truth,
Even so, hatred
Cannot become love.


How I wish I could be
A source of inspiration
And strength
For those who think
That they are total failures.


Each seeker has to realise
That he is a special spark
Of the infinite.


There are so many divine things
To see and become
When we go beyond the horizon
Of the known.


Your self-discovery
Is not a secret thing.
It is a sacred thing.


When we grow into
The Universal Consciousness,
Infinity's fullness comes
And embraces us.


You are not conscious of the fact
That the great illusion
Has closed your eyes
With your permission.
Remember this.


When we pray and meditate,
We feel a new life
And hear a new message
With each breath.


Do not be unnecessarily involved
In others' problems,
But be immediately involved
In others' sorrows.


Love
Transforms the world.


Anything worth having
Is worth sharing as well.


Each day
Is the renewal of life.


Truth is in all,
But love is all!


Love
Is a flowering of delight
And self-giving.


Love
Is the meaning
Of life.


My prayers are my tears,
And my tears
Are my only satisfaction.


My whole being is drawn into
The beauty and fragrance
Of a new age.


We must learn once more
That human life
Is the melody of a universal song.


The deplorable fate of humanity
Is that it is apt to breathe in
A sea of unfulfilled promises.


He has made the fastest progress
On the strength of his inner poise
And outer courage.


I strongly feel that
When I lose the riches
Of the outer world,
I shall gain the riches
Of the inner world.


Our frightening and threatening destiny
We must challenge and transform
Into an enlightening destiny.


We came into the world
To enjoy the beauty and fragrance
Of calm delight
While manifesting God's Light
Here on earth.


The divine in us
Smilingly wants to serve.
The human in us
Proudly wants to be served.


A man of prayer
Eventually becomes
A heart of silence-delight.


A God-realised person
Is he who can inundate
The whole world
With His God-Realisation-Light
And Delight.


Give and give and give
Ever-increasingly
If you do not want to
Impoverish yourself.


May my soul's delight
Reign supreme
In my life.


We must realise that our inner strength
Is infinitely stronger
Than our outer incidents.


Do not look out;
There is nothing.
Turn within;
There is everything.


The distant shore
Towards which we sail our life-boat
Is within, and not without.


A love of beauty
I was.
The beauty of love
I am.


Be not afraid of the storms of life.
The rainbow of time
Will soon be visible.


When you aspire,
You bring to the fore from within
The celestial beauty of your future.


My heart's pitiful tears
Are my life's questions.
My soul's bountiful smiles
Are my life's answers.


When we embark
On our spiritual journey,
We embody the beauty
And reveal the fragrance
Of our own divinity.


Success comes from
Enthusiasm.
Progress comes from
Self-giving.


Every atom
Embodies the smiles and tears
Of the whole world.


In tomorrow's world
Many things will
Enlighten humanity.
But the thing that will enlighten
Humanity's inner and outer
Life most
Is the transcendental temple
Of universal silence.


Do not allow yourself
To be ruled by dark doubts.
Make friends with bright hopes
At every moment
To change your own world
And the world around you.


Love is the secret of oneness.
Sacrifice is the strength
Of oneness.


Just start your inner race
Without waiting to see
Who else is ready to
Run with you.
When others see you have
Reached the goal,
They will also be
Inspired to run.


Inside I live
Soulfully and sleeplessly.
Outside I give
Generously and unconditionally.


Only two miracles are
Worth seeing:
The miracle of loving
And
The miracle of forgiving.


Your vision-light will have
No reality-delight
Unless your life becomes
The constant flow
Of a self-giving river.


Now is the time
To make good use of time.
Today is the day
To begin a perfect day.


Every day you should try
To set a personal record
In your unconditional
Self-giving.


When I am Spirit-free,
My world within
Is harmony-song
And
My world without
Is harmony-dance.


Life
Can be stronger
Than death
If man learns
Carefully and unmistakably
The language of love.


Spirituality is
Truth-awareness.
Spirituality is
Life-emancipation.
Spirituality is
Oneness-manifestation.


For ages
Humanity has been trying
To find joy
By dividing reality
And analysing the pieces.
When will humanity learn
That joy can be found
Only in Oneness.


The Infinite has
Cheerfully embraced
The finite
So that mortals can successfully
Grow into
The Immortal.


The more I love
The beauty of the inner world,
The less I need
The wealth of the outer world.


Spirituality is never a matter
Of mind-understanding,
But it is ever a matter
Of heart-feeling.


At the dawn of each day,
Let us make our hopes
And promises
As sincere and powerful
As possible.


Spirituality
Is not a compulsory course.
It is the blossoming of an
Inner urge.


Outer success can have
A very special meaning
If inner progress
Starts blosssoming first.


Always encourage and inspire
Your fellow travellers
To follow their inner dictates
And abide by their soul's decisions.


The more we can concentrate
On our inner needs,
The sooner we shall be able
To free ourselves
From our outer desires.


Sound is
The power of
Newness.
Silence is
The light of
Fullness.


The outer life
Is perfect
When the inner silence
Is deep.


The force
Of a single thought
Can either build or destroy
A new world.


I do not find
Even an iota of love
In the book that is written
By the mind for the mind.


We must multiply
And spread
Our divine thoughts,
And not hold them.


Without humanity's
Collective determination,
This world of ours
Will forever remain
The same.


He who inspires someone
To do something great and good
Is humanity's best friend.


Bring to the fore
Your hidden capacities,
Not only to do something great,
But also to become something good.


Because we are eternal pilgrims,
Always we have to go forward,
Expanding and transcending.


Each divine experience
Is a miracle.
Is there anything special in life
That is not a miracle?


Our capacity increases every day
According to the blossoming
Of our inner consciousness.


Satisfaction is good,
But hunger for something
Higher and deeper
Is better.


To my great joy,
A new discovery
Has dawned in my mind
And is entering into my body.


The ever-transcending Beyond
Takes the seeker in us
Far beyond
The earth-bound mind.


Nature embodies the cosmic energy
That leads us to the ultimate Source
While fulfilling us and satisfying us.


He is a radiant example
Of nature's unquestionable supremacy
Over so-called man-made miracles.


Let us be inseparably one
With others' dedication
For the improvement of humanity.


A seeker's true progress
Is due to both inner concentration
And outer discipline.


In a tiny Himalayan cave
The message of the Infinite
Breathes in the finite.


Every second
Either you are going to miss
Or
You are going to avail yourself of
A golden opportunity.


It is better
To make mistakes than
Lie idle.


If there is sweetness in imagination,
Cherish it as a reality
In its own world.


Humility is a secret
And sacred way
To establish one's iniversal reality.


We must accept
Happily and proudly
All our earth-given responsibilities.


Our mind has to be
Always as pure
As the morning dew.


Each time
I have a good thought,
I open up wider
The gate to my soul.


Each and every thought
Must encourage us to walk
Fast, faster, fastest
Along the road of our pilgrimage.


May I be the sweetness
And fullness
Of the whisper of falling leaves.


Life is definitely meant
To be totally
Transformed and divinised.


May my life become
A true friend
Of the sea of silence-waves.


Each day
Is a golden opportunity
To love the divine in us
And serve the divine
In others.


If you walk with humility
You are bound to inhabit divinity
In abundant measure.


A leap of faith
Will definitely have
A smooth and safe landing.


May my life
Be a total stranger
To all resentments.


We must develop a new way
Of looking at things,
To enjoy
The beauty of newness
And to become
The fragrance of fullness.


I do not allow anybody
To intimidate
My determination.


A life of humility
Is the abode
Of teeming virtues.


Awaken your mind
To appreciate sincerely
The magnificent beauty
Of the world.


Everything we desperately need
In the outer life
Breathes secretly
In our inner life.


When our life's enthusiasm dies,
The blue bird in our heart-sky
Stops flying.


Insecurity disappears
The moment the light of the soul
Enters into the heart.


My soul
Sleeplessly soars
On wings of universal love.


May the world's inner love
Be the source
Of the world's outer beauty.


Anything deep, illumining
And fulfilling
Cannot be adequately measured.


Spirituality-knowledge
Is good,
But spirituality-practice
Is infinitely better.


The self-giving seekers
Are always
In short supply.


Love:
The unparalleled wisdom-light
Of the heart.


Humanity is divided
Into diversity
So that each human being
Can have the opportunity
To play a unique role
In God's Cosmic Drama.


My self-importance
Is another name
For my self-torment.


Is there anything
That does not come
From Silence?


I want my life to support
Truth
And what it stands for.


Age has nothing to do
With Wisdom.
Wisdom is the fragrance
Of one's inner soul-beauty.


We see humanity's good qualities
Less and less
When we misunderstand them
More and more.


Purity you want?
Just imagine breathing in the
Beauty, purity and fragrance
Of a flower.


My dedication-life-river
Does not allow anything
To remain stagnant
In my life.


Jump, my mind,
Jump into the sparkling
Enthusiasm-river.


He who does not listen
To the voice of Nature
Will never be my Lord's
Choice instrument.


Tolerance always
Brings forth
A bumper crop.


There can be no peak
That cannot be climbed
With my heart's
God-blossoming hope.


May my consciousness
Fly throughout the length
And breadth of the world
In the skies of Infinity.


Every-day
My meditation-eye
Feasts on
Nature's God-beauty.


Each sincere seeker
Is a beautiful
Rose-blossom.


As a tree is known by its fruits
Even so a seeker is known
By his self-giving capacity.


Nothing gives me as much joy
As the sailing boat
Of my silence-heart.


The goodness of Mother Earth
Is indeed a flowering
God-manifestation-blossom.


In the evening
The golden sunset-peace
Shelters me.


It is only when expectation dies
That the peace-flower in our heart
Blossoms.


May my life long for
A new beginning,
A new hope
And a new promise!


The soul does not
Command us.
It only whispers.


The transformation
Of a single bad thought
Can be the manifestation
Of something divine, absolute
And supreme.


What is humility,
If not our soul's nobility
Revealed in and through
Our lives?


Never regret the past.
Just go forward,
Fly upward,
Dive inward.
Be a man of wisdom-delight.


Either consciously or unconsciously
We are searching for the highest Self,
Which is at once eternal and infinite.


~Sri Chinmoy