Every day you can create
A miracle in your lifeJust by cherishing one positive thought:
“I will be able to conquer ignoranceAnd become a supremely chosen instrument
Of my Beloved Supreme.” ```A single unwilling, lethargic
And negative seekerCan slow the progress
Of all those on the same path. ```For the Supreme to please you
In your own wayIs for Him to make friends
With ignorance,And that friendship is impossible.
But for you to make friendsWith the Supreme
And please Him in His own WayIs not a difficult task at all.
```Each moment on earth
We are pleasing someone or something.Since we are always pleasing someone,
Why not let that someone beThe Supreme within us?
```He who does selfless service cheerfully
Is in no way inferiorTo he who meditates soulfully.
Where one’s consciousness dwellsIs the all-important question.
```If outer success comes naturally,
Then welcome it.But if you have to strive for it,
Then it is only temptation,Which is the harbinger of destruction.
```Your mind wants you to know
Where you were.But I want you to know
Where your heart-homeEternally is.
```Man says to God,
“Be kind, be kind, be kind!”God says to man,
“Be good, be good, be good!” ```Man says to God,
“Be quick, be quick, be quick!”God says to man,
“Be patient, be patient, be patient!” ```Why do you have to suffer
In the stormy winter of the mind?Just take a permanent vacation
In the sunny tropics of the heart. ```When you serve the Supreme,
Do not allowAny expansion of your ego.
Otherwise, He will be forcedTo give you a zero
As your selfless service-grade. ```You cannot stay
In the Supreme’s Golden BoatWith an ego larger than the largest.
You can stay in God’s BoatOnly by transforming your “I-ness”
Into oneness. ```If you have lost
Your enthusiasm,You will ultimately lose
Your aspiration-race. ```Even the divine pathfinders
Can be deeply disappointed,For although they may have found
A new path,Others may not want to follow them.
```He did not actually
Come before his time.The time was right,
But the world was not willing. ```A self-giving man-server
Will automatically becomeA silent man-leader.
```Ego can grow
Even in one who has nothing.The poorest person on earth can say,
“I can manage without anything,Whereas you cannot.”
```You will truly appreciate life
Only when you can seeThat on a higher reality-plane
Everything is perfect. ```When your Beloved Supreme
Scolds you,Listen only with your heart.
```Conquering doubt
Is not just a matter of time.Doubt can be conquered
Only by the cry from withinAnd the Grace from Above.
```At times God sees
An imminent world disaster,But what can poor God do?
He will definitely save the world,But He must wait
For the world’s receptivity. ```You can be most receptive
When you echo the inmost cryOf a true sannyasin:
“I am ready to give up everythingFor my Beloved Supreme.”
```It was the Supreme alone
Who gave youThe inspiration and determination
To do something good.Will you not, therefore,
Offer Him the result,And your gratitude as well?
```If you have faith in God,
Then the Supreme Doctor HimselfCan and will cure
Your imperfection-illness. ```In His transcendental aspect,
God is the Lord of nature.In His universal aspect
God is nature itself. ```True progress
Does not stop to look aroundFor appreciation.
```Inner obedience and outer obedience
Always go together.If you are not listening
To your Master outwardly,Then rest assured,
You are not listening to himInwardly, either.
```At every second you can please
Either your faithful heart-realityOr your doubtful mind-reality.
Therefore, use your time wisely. ```There is no such thing
As an unimportant actionIn a seeker’s life.
Each action has its own meaningAnd value
At the proper time. ```If you say no to your wrong thoughts
And yes to your inspirationTo become God’s perfect instrument,
Then boundless receptivityWill immediately be yours.
```You do not have to look at others
To see where you stand.You are standing inside the Heart
Of your Beloved Supreme. ```When we feel
That we are of the SupremeAnd for the Supreme,
We become His,And His Wealth becomes ours.
```Each positive thought
Has the atom-bomb-capacityTo destroy the negative in us.
Each negative thought
Has the atom-bomb-capacityTo destroy our whole world.
```When God deals with human beings
Who have limited receptivity,For Him there is no failure.
It is only an experience. ```To walk along the spiritual path
Is not an easy task.Therefore, be not complacent,
For wrong forces can attack youAt any moment.
```He does not believe in fate.
His goal is onlyTo transcend his limitations.
```What is fate,
If not a limited reality?A truth-seeker must always aim
At the unlimited Reality,The infinite and immortal Supreme.
```The soul’s will-power
Can easily change the faceOf the body’s destiny.
```When I was a tiny bud,
I was ready to give myself to God.Now that I am a fully-blossomed flower,
God has already offered me to humanity. ```Your two legs,
Aspiration and dedication,Must both be functioning
If you want to run the fastestIn the spiritual life.
```Do not hide
In the Himalayan caves.It is here on earth,
In the very heart of life,That you have to conquer ignorance.
```Always be a climbing flame
If you do not want your lifeTo be caught in ancient patterns
Of demoralising decay. ```In the morning
I discover the beauty of peace.In the evening
I discover the peace of beauty. ```For a human being,
To offer gratitudeIs as difficult a task
As asking the mindTo surrender to the heart.
```Even if you sit in meditation
Until an anthill grows on your head,If intensity is lacking,
Your realisation will remainA far cry.
```He who is well-established
In his inner lifeDoes not need to possess
Anybody or anything on earth. ```If you have accepted a spiritual Master,
Do not delay in trying to please him.If you are not inspired to please your Master
During his lifetime,Why should you be inspired to please him
After he leaves this earth? ```While a spiritual Master is on earth,
At the foot of the tree,He is like a child,
Giving out candy to all.When he climbs back up
To the top of the tree,He will throw candy only to those
Who really cared for his affection,Compassion and concern.
```Every wrong thought
Is a leak in your life-boat.Even if it is tinier than the tiniest,
Fix it immediatelyBefore it becomes larger than the largest
And causes your life-boat to sink. ```He lived an austere life
To discover the spirit of nature,But God wanted him to discover
The original spirit of DelightFrom which Consciousness and Existence came.
```If you conquer your weaknesses
Even on one plane,You have already started walking
On the road to your total perfection. ```Unless you climb upward
With your aspiration-cryEvery day, every hour,
Every minute, every second,Your heart-paradise
Will remain emptyAnd your Beloved Supreme
Will remain absent. ```The world of negative thoughts
Envelops your mindBecause you are not cautious.
```I pray to God
For the ignorance-challenging power,Not to lord it over others,
But to better manifest my oneness with them. ```Peace, Light, Bliss and Power
Are one and the sameOn the highest plane of Reality.
Invoke one and, lo,All the others are yours.
```Not the power to conquer others
But the power to become one with othersIs the ultimate power.
```A song sung
Without soulfulnessCan never be
God’s Song. ```Unless you consciously try
To better your aspiration-heartAnd dedication-life,
Your entire being will be inundatedWith fruitless and bitter memories.
```Give ambition its due value.
In the ordinary human lifeA person without ambition
Is worse than a solid wall. ```Do not blame the poor
And innocent world.It is you and nobody else
Who deliberately allowed yourselfTo be surrounded
By self-styled obligations. ```You ask me which I want:
The spiritual life or the earthly life.I want both,
But only if my earthly lifeWill add to my spiritual life.
```Lord, lift me up
To the Himalayan heights.Make me Your excellent instrument
To please You in Your own Way. ```To meditate soulfully
For a few minutesIs infinitely more valuable
Than to sit for hours and hoursWith a restless mind.
```A God-realised soul
Is a spiritual pioneerWho clears a path
For others to follow. ```Your Beloved Lord is offering you
A most delicious inner meal.He alone knows how difficult it was
For Him to prepare it.You have only to eat
To your heart’s content. ```Until your body, vital and mind
Are illumined,They will never care
For your true happiness. ```If your vital wants to enjoy
The sound of success-hours,Then your heart will not be able to enjoy
The silence of progress-days. ```For ages humanity
Has been trying to get joyBy dividing reality
And analysing the pieces.When will humanity learn
That joy can be foundOnly in oneness?
```If you attempt to work
Beyond your body’s limited capacity,Your body will revolt.
Let the body’s capacityGradually grow and progress
In the soul’s effulgent light. ```If you have a divine goal,
Then the heart and soulOf both Mother Earth
And Father HeavenWill be divinely pleased with you
And supremely proud of you. ```His wild criticisms
Of his fellow seekersProved that he was not, after all,
A genuine truth-seeker. ```Today I may be undivine and imperfect.
But one thing I know for sure:God will someday make me,
Without fail,His divine and perfect instrument.
```True, the temptation of the world
Is powerful.But even if for lifetimes
The soul does not make progress,A day will eventually dawn
When once again it will startIts progress-journey.
```Just because the past
Has not given me everything,God has created the present.
And even the present has a higher purpose:To make the future better.
```Be totally sincere.
Otherwise you will be helplessly caughtBetween your aspiration-cry
And your frustration-frown. ```You think of problems.
That is why problemsAre thinking of you.
Can you not start thinkingOf peace-light?
Lo and behold, to your wide surpriseYou will see that peace-light
Has always been thinking of you. ```To study nature’s beauty
Is good,But to realise God the Beauty
Is infinitely better.God created nature and then said,
“You and I are one.” ```The inner wealth you discover
Only when you calm your mind.A difficult task, true!
But once you achieve it,The inner world and the outer world
Become your intimate friends. ```The difference between morning
And evening is this:Morning is preparation,
Evening is realisation.Preparation is the seed,
Realisation is the fruit. ```Insecurity means separativity.
If you want to be secure,Establish your true oneness
With God’s entire creation. ```Except for a God-realised soul,
No human being on earthCan unmistakably declare
That he is truly secure. ```Constructive will-power
Can change darkness into light.Destructive will-power
Can change day into night. ```On the inner plane
There is no such thing as luck.Whatever good happens in your life
Is the result of conscious or unconsciousInner preparation.
```A wave of unhappiness
Has entered into you,Not because you are neglecting
Your prayer and meditation,But because you are unconscious of
Your roaming vital-elephant. ```Do not be afraid to act.
If you act and succeed,You will be able to declare:
“I have done it.”If you act and fail,
At least you will be able to say:“I tried.”
```Real oneness with others
Can only be founded uponMutual faith.
```He was such a fool!
He wanted to possess someoneFor his own security.
Alas, when he fulfilled his desire,He saw that the one he possessed
Was infinitely more insecure than he. ```Think of the good things
God has done for youAnd the good things
You have done for God.Lo, the negative forces
Which are threatening youWill all disappear!
```When man wants something,
He cries and begs.When God wants something,
He wills and creates. ```He is not an animal,
He is not a human,He is not even a divine being.
In his highest Transcendental ConsciousnessHe is the Supreme Himself.
```God’s children are His true
Arms and legs.If His arms and legs are defective,
Is God not still imperfect? ```The so-called freedom-life of earth
Is nothing other thanA vagabond-life.
```The body is not real.
The vital is not real.The mind is not real.
Only the soul is real. ```If your mind is willing
To be deluded,Your heart will soon be
Blank with nothingness. ```True, in my reality-life
I cannot do anything.But in my dream-life I have transformed
This world of monstrous wildernessInto a pure and life-enlightening garden.
```Human life need not swim
In ignorance-seaIf it starts loving the Compassion-Height
Of God the Creator. ```When your mind becomes
A world of simplicity,Your life begins to enjoy
The satisfaction of Heaven’sUnbelievable beauty.
```Your doubting mind
And your destructive vitalWill soon be found together
At the same light-forsaken place. ```My heart does not love God.
My mind does not need God.Is it not ridiculous for me
To expect God to grant my lifeEven an iota of His sleepless Delight?
```I shall not live in the past.
Even if only one second agoThis world gave me a sad experience,
I shall not remember it.No, I shall not!
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 88, Agni Press, 1983
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