My religion

1.

```

My religion

Is

My God-love

Unconditional. ```

2.

```

My religion

Is

My heart-song and my life-dance

That I offer every morning

Prayerfully

To my Absolute Lord Supreme. ```

3.

```

My religion

Is

My heart's God-pleasing opportunity

Wherever I am. ```

4.

```

My religion's crown-glory

Is in my heart

And not on my head.

```

5.

```

My religion

Does not beg God

To change God's Mind.

```

6.

```

My religion

Prays to God

To give my religion

A new prayer:

To please God in God's own Way.

```

7.

```

My religion

Is complete

Only when my love, devotion

And surrender

Are fully blossomed.

```

8.

```

My religion

Does not live

In the dream of the future.

```

9.

```

My religion

Lives

In the growing, glowing

And climbing

Eternal Now.

```

10.

```

Every day

My religion plies between

My cheerful God-acceptance-shore

And

My blissful God-fulfilment-shore.

```

11.

```

My religion

Is

My God-embodiment, God-revelation

And

God-manifestation-saga.

```

12.

```

My religion

Deeply and equally values

All the religions of the world,

For it knows that each religion

Is a beautiful, powerful

And fruitful branch

Of God's Life-Tree.

```

13.

```

The inner name

Of my religion

Is

God's Compassion-manifestation. ```

14.

```

My religion

Loves

God's Justice-Eye.

My religion

Loves

God's Forgiveness-Heart

Infinitely more.

```

15.

```

My religion

Wants me always to remain

In my heart's

Devotion-bliss-temple. ```

16.

```

My religion

Is

My God-satisfaction-gratitude-tear.

```

17.

```

My religion

Gives me the capacity

To sprint to the Golden Shore

And

Throw myself into the Heart-Embrace

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

18.

```

My religion

Is

My God-whisper-dedication

To the heart-temple

Of humanity.

```

19.

```

My religion

Is

My sleepless and breathless faith

In God

That needs no confirmation.

```

20.

```

My religion

Tells me

That even my complete self-offering

Is not enough

For me to claim God

As my own, very own. ```

21.

```

My religion and I

Implore God every day

To transport us

To the summit-heights

Of Infinity's Bliss.

```

22.

```

My religion

Is the all-clearing light

Not only inside my heart

But also inside

My mind, vital and body.

```

23.

```

My religion

Is

My world-division-mind-conquest.

```

24.

```

My religion

Is

The beauty and fragrance

Of my world-union-heart. ```

25.

```

My religion

Is

My life-oneness

And

God-fulness-

World-hunger. ```

26.

```

My religion

Is

My God-obedience-boat

That my life pilots

To the Golden Shore.

```

27.

```

My religion

Is

My all-out effort

To see goodness

In each human being.

```

28.

```

My religion

Is

My heart-dream

To spread delight

In the world-arena.

```

29.

```

My religion

Is

My happiness-heart

Discovered in the Eye

Of God the creation.

```

30.

```

My religion

Is at once

My world-satisfaction-search

And

World-satisfaction-pathfinder.

```

31.

```

My religion

Is

The peace-popularity

On the rise in the world. ```

32.

```

My religion

Is

My God-prayer and God-service

For the betterment

And enlightenment

Of the world. ```

33.

```

The silence-heart

Of my religion

Has answered all my mind's

Age-old questions. ```

34.

```

When a dictator reaches

The highest height of stupidity,

He tells the world:

"A nation must have a religion,

And that religion

Must be under the control

Of the government."

- Napoleon Bonaparte

```

35.

```

My religion

Has terminated the dictatorship

Of the doubting world-mind.

```

36.

```

My religion

Adores

The rainbow-beauty

Of the world-heart. ```

37.

```

My religion

Is

My heart-flute

That throbs with

My God-gratitude-breath.

```

38.

```

My religion

Tells me that each religion

Is assigned an important role

In God's Cosmic Drama. ```

39.

```

My religion-life

Is not long enough

To express the full measure

Of my gratitude to God. ```

40.

```

My religion

Tells me

The more we enjoy God-thrill,

The sooner we shall be able to kill

Ignorance-night.

```

41.

```

My religion

Tells me

Too much mind-learning

Is nothing short of

Heart-killing.

```

42.

```

My religion

Asks me to repeat

Again and again

Only one thing:

"God, I am all Yours.

God, I am all Yours." ```

43.

```

My religion

Is

My heart's self-giving.

```

44.

```

My religion

Is

My life's streaming tears

And beaming smiles

For the betterment of humanity.

```

45.

```

My religion

Is

Firmly rooted

In my all-seeing

Soul-silence-soil.

```

46.

```

My religion

Expects each human being

To play the role of

A peace-dreamer

And

Peace-maker. ```

47.

```

My religion

Is

To consult devotedly

My Lord Beloved Supreme

At every breath.

```

48.

```

My religion

Is

An untiring headlong fight

Against ignorance-night. ```

49.

```

My religion

Is

To awaken all truth-seekers

And God-lovers

If they are enjoying

Ignorance-sleep. ```

50.

```

My religion

Never puts me under daily pressure.

It only helps me become

Every day

The rising dawn.

```

51.

```

The peak performance

Of my religion

Shall be the establishment

Of world-harmony,

Both in thoughts and deeds.

```

52.

```

My religion

Is not only in search of excellence

In other religions,

But also has discovered uniqueness

In each and every religion.

```

53.

```

My religion

Has taught me

How to break the shackles

Of my mind's limiting

And limited world view.

```

54.

```

My religion

Is

To sound the depth

Of my world-oneness-heart. ```

55.

```

My religion

Is

A most powerful symphony

Of universal brotherhood. ```

56.

```

My religion

Is

To sow the seed of love

Deep in each human heart. ```

57.

```

My religion

Desires all religions,

With no exception,

To rest solely on God's

Compassion-Forgiveness-Pillows.

```

58.

```

My religion

Always wants me to turn down

The useless voice-volume

Of my unaspiring head. ```

59.

```

My religion

Always wants me to turn up

The useful soul-volume

Of my aspiring heart. ```

60.

```

My religion

Tells me that

If I always live in the heart,

I shall never find

God's telephone line busy.

```

61.

```

My religion

Tells me that

No human being can ever be

An ultimate failure-manifestation. ```

62.

```

My religion

Tells me that

If I feed only my mind

And not my heart,

Then my life will be compelled

To limp. ```

63.

```

My religion

Has untiringly taught me

How to walk through

All my life-attacking

Ignorance-arrows.

```

64.

```

The name of my religion

Is

Neither supremacy-peak

Nor argument-volcano. ```

65.

```

The name of my religion

Is

The beauty of a prayer

From below

And

The fragrance of God-intimacy

From Above.

```

66.

```

My religion

Is

A constant, far-off,

God-worshipping and man-inspiring

Whisper of my soul's voice.

```

67.

```

The belief of my religion

In all religions

Is

A crystal-clear mountain-reality. ```

68.

```

My religion throbs

Not only in boundless space,

But also in the God-blossoming face

Of each and every human being. ```

69.

```

God has placed

His Infinity's Patience

On the two wide shoulders

Of my religion. ```

70.

```

My religion

Has discovered God's Footsteps

Not in the vastness of the blue sky,

But in the world-oneness

Of my snow-white heart.

```

71.

```

My religion

Has taught me something

Extremely significant:

When the mind's obduracy goes,

The heart's ecstasy blossoms.

```

72.

```

My religion

Every day wants me to buy

Happily and proudly

God-appliances

For my heart-office.

```

73.

```

Every day

My religion wants me to be

The joy of my soul's

Sweet and strong

God-manifestation-promises.

```

74.

```

The heart-eye of my religion

Every day

Sees a brighter divinity

On the horizon. ```

75.

```

My religion

Tells me to seek God

Sleeplessly and breathlessly,

Because God is watching

From around the corner.

```

76.

```

My religion

Has taught me

That God's Eye is all-loving

And

God's Heart is all-giving

And

That He does not have

A furrowed brow of disapproval. ```

77.

```

My religion

Has taught me

A very special prayer:

"O my Transcendental Beloved

Absolute Supreme,

Do teach me how I can ever make You

Proud of me."

```

78.

```

From my religion

I have learnt how to become

The morning God-worshipping tears

And

The evening God-satisfying smiles.

```

79.

```

My religion

Is

The secret and sacred armour

Of light and delight-warriors

Against

Ignorance-night. ```

80.

```

My religion

And all other religions

Must pay tremendous attention

To serve society for its improvement. ```

81.

```

My religion

And all the religions of the world

Have to sow the peace-seed

For a reality-tree. ```

82.

```

The fulfilment of the outer beauty

Comes from the fragrance

Of the inner Source:

"I say the whole earth

And all the stars in the sky

Are for religion's sake."

- Walt Whitman

```

83.

```

I have the selfsame prayer

For my religion

And all other religions as well:

"Speed forth,

O religions of the world,

Upon the star-strewn path

To illumine the life

Of humanity." ```

84.

```

May the followers

Of my religion

And all religions

Have the tranquillity

Of a worry-free life.

```

85.

```

Every day

I am blossoming and growing

In the faith-blossoming garden

Of my religion-heart. ```

86.

```

God never asks

My religion

For its glorious

Life-history. ```

87.

```

God asks

My religion

Only for its soulful

Life-song. ```

88.

```

God has abundantly blessed me

And

My religion

To be always on the road

Of His very special Will.

```

89.

```

Not only my religion,

But all the true religions

Have come to the same conclusion:

God has made His Life

The eternal and infinite

Forgiveness-Fountain. ```

90.

```

In the mind-jungle

Of my religion,

I hear the thunder-roar

Of God's Will. ```

91.

```

In the heart-garden

Of my religion,

I hear the sweetness-flute

Of God's Will. ```

92.

```

When I observe

Happily and proudly

All my religion-duties,

God welcomes me to enjoy

The fellowship of the angels

And archangels. ```

93.

```

When my religion

And I together

Bend our heads to Mother Earth,

God says to us:

"Come, come, My Heart-Home

Is expecting you." ```

94.

```

The haughtiness of my head

Fails,

But the humility of

My religion

Succeeds always

In reaching God's Lotus-Feet. ```

95.

```

My religion

Tells me that each moment

Is a God-moment.

Therefore, we must carefully

Cling to it.

```

96.

```

In the God-loving tears

Of my religion,

I achieve and become

Infinity's peace. ```

97.

```

In the God-smiles

Of my religion,

I achieve and become

Immortality's freedom. ```

98.

```

My religion

Equally values

The transcendental God-realisation

And

The universal God-manifestation.

```

99.

```

My religion

Lovingly and cheerfully

Bows to all the other religions,

For each religion

Is a direct God-representative

Here on earth. ```

100.

```

From all great religions

I have learnt something

Unique.

```

101.

```

Hinduism

Has taught me the art

Of tolerance, silence, poise and peace.

```

102.

```

"Know thyself" —

This is the very breath

Of Hinduism.

```

103.

```

Hinduism has told me

There is only one way to enjoy life,

And that is through renunciation.

```

104.

```

"Lead me from untruth to Truth,

Lead me from darkness to Light,

Lead me from death to Immortality" -

This Hindu prayer has given me

My mind's illumination-height,

My heart's satisfaction-depth

And

My life's liberation-length. ```

105.

```

The Vedic seers of Hinduism

Saw the universal beauty of life

And became

The transcendental fragrance

Of its breath.

```

106.

```

"Infinity is that, Infinity is this.

From Infinity, Infinity came

Into existence.

From Infinity, when Infinity

Is taken away,

Infinity remains the same" —

This is, indeed, the pinnacle-height

That Hinduism has reached

To awaken, love and serve humanity.

```

107.

```

Hinduism says,

"O my brothers and sisters

Of the world,

As I feel safe in you,

So do I hope

That you will feel safe in me." ```

108.

```

Buddhism

Has taught me how to be

Inseparably one

With infinite Compassion

And

Shed sleepless tears

For the suffering humanity.

```

109.

```

Buddhism says

Mortification is not the right way

To achieve enlightenment.

```

110.

```

Buddhism says:

"Extremity serves no real purpose;

Follow the middle path.

There is no difference between

Man and man.

Cruelty against animals

Is the height of ignorance-life.

For liberation, forsake all allurements.

Desire-life is synonymous

With bondage-night." ```

111.

```

Buddhism

Blesses me with the message

Of the ever-transcending Height

And

Ever-deepening Depth.

```

112.

```

Christianity

Has taught me how to acquire

The art of God-surrender

And world-forgiveness. ```

113.

```

Christianity

Is a missionary religion

Par excellence.

```

114.

```

Simplicity, kindness

And forgiveness -

These three are

The most powerful branches

Of the life-tree of Christianity.

```

115.

```

"The Kingdom of Heaven

Is within you" —

This supreme discovery of Christianity

Is both birthless and deathless. ```

116.

```

Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount

Is Eternity's

Unparalleled source of inspiration

For the aspiring humanity.

Mother Earth cried through his heart.

Father Heaven smiled through his eyes. ```

117.

```

Humanity is humanity's admiration-mind

For Jesus of Nazareth.

Humanity is humanity's worship-heart

For the Son of God. ```

118.

```

Islam

Has taught me how to acquire

The art of God-reliance

And God-sacrifice

In sleepless eagerness.

```

119.

```

Islam

Is the driving force nonpareil

In propagating

Equality-democracy-wisdom-light

All the world over.

This is the Islamic contribution

To mankind.

```

120.

```

The supreme message of Islam

Is:

"There is no God but Allah."

```

121.

```

Islam's great prayer:

"All praise be to God,

The Lord of all the worlds,

The Merciful, the Compassionate,

The Master of the Day of Judgement.

It is He who is wise,

He who is powerful.

Guide Thou us

On the Path of Righteousness,

The Path of those who rejoice in Thee,

Not on that of those who ignore Thee

And work injustice." ```

122.

```

Judaism

Has taught me

That the art of constant

God-remembrance

And

Earthly prosperity

Are veritable Blessings from God.

```

123.

```

"Thou shalt love thy neighbour

As thyself" —

Conscious, constant and sleepless

Heart-expansion

Judaism offers to mankind.

```

124.

```

Christianity and Islam came into being

From the very breath of Judaism

To shake

The ignorance-somnolence-life-tree

Of humanity.

```

125.

```

Love of God, service to God

And manifestation of God

Judaism was, is and forever shall be

In an unprecedented way. ```

126.

```

Jainism

Has taught me how to acquire

The art of breathless self-discipline

In the purest sense of the term

And

Concern not only for human beings

But for each and every being,

Even at the lowest status

Of the soul's evolution.

```

127.

```

Jainism tells me,

"No asceticism, no salvation!

Intense self-discipline

Is of paramount importance.

Not earthly gratification,

But Heavenly satisfaction!" ```

128.

```

Sufism

Has taught me

That the outer dance

Enraptures the Sufi seekers

And

The inner dance unifies,

Reveals and manifests

The Divinity of the lover

And the Beloved all at once.

```

129.

```

Islam is the flower-beauty

And

Sufism is the fruit-sweetness thereof.

```

130.

```

The message of Sufism is

Love, love, love.

Everything has love

And everyone is love.

Sufism embodies love unfathomable,

Ecstasy immeasurable.

Nectar-delight Sufism spreads all-where.

```

131.

```

Sufism plies its boat

Between sweetness-shore

And

Soulfulness-shore. ```

132.

```

My ever-blossoming gratitude-heart

I offer

To each and every religion,

While remaining a soulful singer

Of the synthesis of all religions.

```

133.

```

To my greatest sorrow,

The 20th Century has suffered

From unimaginable and unforgettable

Religion-bankruptcy. ```

134.

```

To my great joy and relief,

In the 21st Century,

The Mother Goddess of Peace

Will visit each and every earth-family

To whisper and inspire

The supreme necessity

Of a oneness-world-family.

Her persuasion of her children

Will be founded upon

Her all-disarming Smiles.

God-receptivity-beauty

And

God-gratitude-fragrance

Will cover the entire

Length and breadth of the world.

Tomorrow's humanity

And

Tomorrow's Divinity

Will not only have infinitely more faith

In each other,

But also work together

For humanity to arrive at the Heart-Door

Of the Absolute Supreme

And

For Divinity to ring its Victory-Bell

In the readiness, willingness

And

Eagerness-home

Of humanity.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,My religion, Agni Press, 1999
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