Meditations — Weekly Meditations — No. 1, Dec, 1966 to May 1967

11 December 1966

```

Arise, Awake, stop not

until the Supreme

is yours.

```

18 December 1966

```

My body is the Truth of the

Supreme.

My mind is the Peace of the

Supreme.

My heart is the Love of the

Supreme.

My soul is the Delight of the

Supreme. ```

25 December 1966

```

No right have I to undertake

any other work before I

work out my own spiritual

salvation.

For did God not entrust me

with this unique task

at the time of

my birth? ```

1 January 1967

```

What have I?

Desires and death.

What has God?

He has Liberation and

Immortality.

What are we here for?

Just for an exchange.

```

8 January 1967

```

God's all-fulfilling Grace

descends

Only when man's

unconditional surrender

ascends.

```

15 January 1967

```

Self-giving alone

has free access

to Joy everlasting.

```

22 January 1967

```

When we are in Ignorance,

AUM feeds us.

When we are in Knowledge,

AUM feeds us.

When we are beyond both

Ignorance and Knowledge,

AUM still feeds us,

For it is the Nectar which gives

life to creation,

born and unborn.

```

5 February 1967

```

Aspiration

Is the mounting flame

of our Divine Wish

To raise ourselves

To the crest and crowning

of Divine Perfection.

```

12 February 1967

```

True aspiration can and does

make us feel

That if God is for us,

who can eventually stand

against us?

```

19 February 1967

```

Our tears to God are our

greatest strength

To bring down His adamantine

Protection. ```

26 February 1967

```

We turn to the Lord for Grace;

He waits for our soulful sincerity. ```

5 March 1967

```

Adversity leads us inward

to correct and perfect

our march of life.

Prosperity leads us outward

to illuminate and immortalise

our human birth. ```

12 March 1967

```

"No suffering, no salvation"

so says the teacher, Adversity,

to his student, man.

"No soul's delight, no salvation,"

so says the teacher, Prosperity,

to his student, man.

```

19 March 1967

```

Man's joy in forgiving is a joy

worth having.

Man's joy in being forgiven

is a joy worth

aspiring for.

```

26 March 1967

```

The man who is a sincere seeker

of the Infinite

Must needs always say,

"So little done, so much to do." ```

2 April 1967

```

A theory must be tested.

A fact must be honoured.

A truth must be lived.

```

9 April 1967

```

The Guru can kindle

the lamp in you.

When?

Only after you

have brought him

the wick and the oil. ```

16 April 1967

```

Who can show a disciple

His true Motherland?

The Guru.

What is the name

Of that Motherland?

Consciousness:

Consciousness Infinite,

Consciousness All-Pervading

```

23 April 1967

```

Unconsciousness, the mentor,

uses us as

blind instruments.

Consciousness, the mentor,

teaches us how to be

pure, knowing agents.

```

30 April 1967

```

Every falsehood eventually

dies in Truth.

But Truth, once revealed,

never dies. ```

7 May 1967

```

In the intensity of love,

we can extend our knowledge

and follow the

Footsteps of God. ```

14 May 1967

```

As our very existence

depends on God alone,

We must be independent of

the opinions of others,

the values of others,

the demands of others. ```

21 May 1967

```

Today properly guarded can

easily escape tomorrow's

snares.

It can even nullify yesterday's

stumbles. ```

28 May 1967

```

Are you casting about

for the happiness in life?

If so, yield not to reason,

yield not to fate,

but yield only to the dictates

of your inner

Voice.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Meditations — Weekly Meditations — No. 1, Dec, 1966 to May 1967, Aum Centre, Inc., 1967
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