A higher and better life¹

My dear friends, my dear seeker-friends, let us all try to live a higher and better life. A higher and better life is a life of inspiration, a life of aspiration, a life of dedication and a life of realisation.

Inspiration makes our lives surprisingly great. Aspiration makes our lives astonishingly good. Dedication makes our lives unquestionably divine. Realisation makes our lives supremely perfect.

A great man deserves appreciation. A good man deserves admiration. A divine man deserves adoration. A realised man deserves love.

Let us appreciate our own good qualities: simplicity and sincerity. Let us admire our own good qualities: humility and purity. Let us adore our own good qualities: our love of truth and our respect for justice-light. Let us love our own good qualities: our oneness with man in God for God-manifestation, our oneness with God in man for God-satisfaction.

Let us try, let us try. We shall without fail succeed.

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol.VII-7, No.1, January 1981, Agni Press, 1981
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