God's Body
Is God's Power.God's Heart
Is God's Peace. ```Peace
Does not magnify our lives.Peace
Just simplifies our lives. ```No man-acquired power
Can stand againstThe peace of the soul.
```Peace
Is not the fault-finderOf the world.
PeaceIs the fault-mender
Of the world. ```Love may not necessarily
Be peace,But peace is unmistakably
The LoveOf God the Father-Creator
And God the Mother-Creation. ```Without peace,
Either in the inner worldOr in the outer world
We cannot go beyondThe world-devouring danger zone.
```The inner peace
And the outer perfection —We must love them alike.
```Peace
Has two private tutors:God's Perfection-Eye
And God's Satisfaction-Heart. ```Peace
Is the master-keyTo open up
All the aspiration-heart-doorsOf mankind.
```If you plant
Good thought-seeds,You will be able to gather
A bumper peace-harvest. ```You can perform
Your own miracleIf you just sow the seed
Of a world-transformingPeace-smile.
```If you do not have peace
To accompany youTo your God-destination,
You will never be ableTo be successful.
```If you pray and meditate
Self-givingly,Rest assured that
Peace-bird will ask youTo sit on its wings
For a world-tour. ```Man's history
Has countless pagesTo give man joy.
God's HistoryHas only one page:
Peace,All-illumining and all-fulfilling.
```Without a life of prayer and meditation,
We can never have peace-doveAt our disposal,
Either by chance or by choice. ```It is from God's
Unconditional Self-givingThat we grow into a
Universal God-peace-tree. ```When I am
A peace-empty mind,In God's Eye,
I am nothing. ```When I am
A peace-flooded heart,I am not just something
But everythingTo God.
```I never knew
And I did not want to knowWho I was:
A peace-devouring mindAnd a peace-supplying heart.
```The silence of my mind
Is surprisingly potent.The peace of my heart
Is omnipotent. ```In secrecy supreme,
Even the unaspiring human mindIs certain that peace
Is the only answerTo all world-questions.
```When I accompany
A man of peaceOn the road to my
Satisfaction-destination,I take the shortest short cut.
```Before peace
Became my possession,No goal was achievable.
```Not only the worst in us
But also the best in usNeeds peace every day.
```Peace
Is at onceGod's greatest creation
And man's highest achievement. ```Among my heart's
God-pleasing songs,My peace-songs
God considers by far the best. ```Peace
Does not have to justifyIts divine existence on earth.
It is we who have to justifyOur existence
By embodying, revealingAnd manifesting peace on earth.
```A God-lover
Sleeplessly loves to listenTo stories about peace
From God,The Peace-Storyteller.
```When I am able to serve peace
To the peace-hungry mankind,I feel that I am a true citizen
Of this world -And not otherwise.
```I feel enormous peace
In my lifeWhen my life-boat plies
Between my mind's honesty-shoreAnd my heart's receptivity-shore.
```God tells me that He knows
No sweeter melodyThan my heart's
Peace-fountain-melody. ```My peace and I are afraid
Of watching the raceBetween my mind's chaos
And my life's catastrophe. ```My peace and I proudly enjoy
The oneness-runOf my soul's compassion
And my heart's aspiration. ```May my peace every day prepare
A new God-shrineWhere I can worship God
With new willingness,New enthusiasm
And new self-givingness. ```Now that I have deliberately placed
My mind's narrow sightInside my heart's unhorizoned vision,
My life has becomeAll-embracing and all-fulfilling peace.
```When I do not have peace,
I say to myself,"It is so exhausting
To love even one personIn the world."
```When I do have peace,
I say to myself,"It is so encouraging,
Illumining and fulfillingTo love each and every human being
On earth." ```The mind's peace-run
Covers a shorter-than-the-shortestDistance.
```The heart's peace-run
Has neither a starting pointNor a finish line.
```I get peace,
Abiding and fulfilling,Only when I write down
God's Messages to my lifeWith my heart's tears.
```I was mistakenly searching for peace
In my mind's thickening clouds.I am now rightly looking for peace
In my heart's climbingAspiration-flames.
```O my soul's peace,
I beg of you,Do not leave me alone
With my elephant-heavyIgnorance-night.
```O my stupid mind,
Why do you think thatYou do not belong
To my soul's peace-kingdom?Can you not see that
My soul's peace-kingdomIs so compassionately and lovingly
Beckoning you? ```If you can receive peace
Unreservedly from God,You will be able to give God
Everything that you haveAnd everything that you are.
```I shall feel completely safe
And satisfiedOnly if peace brings me
To my Heaven-HomeAt my earth-journey's close.
```God asks me to speak
To His creationWith His Peace-Heart
And not withMy blaring trumpet-mind.
```The outer fortune —
Name and fame —Comes only to go.
The inner fortune —Peace —
Comes and occupiesIts permanent seat
In the aspiration-heartsOf God-lovers.
```Be sure
That what you want isPeace
And not comfort. ```Peace
Does not believe inAny opposition or division.
PeaceBelieves only in
Oneness-connection. ```Make no demand
On the future.Peace
Will come and garland you. ```What is peace?
PeaceIs Eternity's Infinity.
```Discover where peace really is.
PeaceIs in God-dependence
Solely. ```Let tomorrow
Worry about tomorrow.You just breathe in today's
Peace. ```I cannot separate
My peace-wishFrom my peace-goal.
```Do not allow worry
To devour you.Just face the truth.
Peace will immediatelyBefriend you.
```I do not want to discover
My peaceIn Eternity and Infinity.
I want to discoverMy peace
Inside my sweet little heart-nest. ```Adjust yourself
To the stark realitiesOf your life.
Peace is bound to take your side. ```Expectation
Eagerly arrives.Peace
Secretly departs. ```Alas, my expectation
And my peace of mindAre never on good terms.
```Peace
Is the fruitOf my God-surrendered action
And not of my cherishedImaginary expectation.
```O my Power-God,
I can definitely wait for You.O my Peace-God,
My heart can bear no further delay. ```If you allow
Others to speak first,Others to go first,
Others to become first,Peace will, without fail,
Come to you first. ```Keep trying, keep crying, keep smiling.
Someday peace will definitely tell you,"I am coming, I am coming."
```Do you really want
To control yourself?Then look at the eye of peace
And feel the heart of peaceWithin you.
```First things first.
You do not have to knowThe secret of peace.
You just have to knowThe secret of self-transcendence.
Your self-transcendenceWill surround your entire being
With peace. ```Before God grants me
Peace,He demands my promise-declaration
And not my problem-demonstration. ```You must first know
More precisely about yourselfThan about anybody else,
And then workOn your perfect perfection.
Lo, peace is standingAt your life's door,
Smiling and smiling. ```God can and does do everything
In and through othersAs well as through you.
This truth will definitely help youTo have peace of mind.
```To have peace,
Be the one who saysA permanent farewell
To self-indulgenceAnd self-pity.
```Spend considerable time
In finding sterling qualitiesIn others,
Rather than in findingTheir blazing faults.
Your mind will be fullOf peace-blossoms.
```Do not spurn
The poor world.Just burn
Your mind's desire-nets.Peace-plenitude
Your mind will have. ```The reasoning mind
And the fulfilling peaceAre the North Pole
And the South Pole. ```God is a perfect gentleman.
He is not satisfiedWith His infinite Peace alone.
He wants to share His PeaceWith each and every creation
Of His Vision. ```How difficult it is
To live on earthWithout the heart
Of a peace-sea. ```Unless we are genuine God-lovers,
The peace we offerTo the world at large
Is indeed a counterfeit peace. ```Peace
Moves around unarmed,Yet peace can challenge
The entire worldOf worries, anxieties and doubts.
```Our inner divinity wakes up
Inside our heart's peaceWhen the all-illumining soul
Beckons us. ```God's peace-birds
Eat not only from God's Hand,But also from
The bleeding heart of humanity. ```O seeker,
If you really want to please GodAt every moment of your life,
You must every day renewYour soul's peace-vows.
```On the battlefield of life,
Eventually the buffets of timeWill surrender
To God's Peace-Manifestation on earth. ```O peace,
Do not forget to comeAnd bless my entire being
Before I pass beyondThe curtain of Eternity.
```We try to cling
To God's Compassion-Peace.God tries to cling
To our satisfaction-smile. ```Never allow doubt-thorns
To ruthlessly invadeYour mind-peace
If you want GodTo remain in His own
Transcendental Delight-Height. ```Peace
Is the vision-beautyOf ancient dawns.
PeaceIs the vision-dream-choice
Of modern noons. ```Alas, why do I so often allow
My mind's God-disobedienceTo mar and torture
My heart's peace? ```My doubtful and suspicious mind's
Totally unexpectedSincere peace-letters
Please God more than my heart'sAlways expected
Love-devotion-surrender-letters. ```God is extremely hungry
Every dayFor humanity's peace-prayers.
```My heart's peace-breath
Is, indeed,My Lord's Satisfaction-Sun.
```A sincere seeker gets peace
In profuse measureEven from his very attempt
To scale Heaven-Heights. ```Now that my mind has become,
Like my heart,A peace-fountain,
The desire-world failsTo enter into my mind.
```When your eyes
Are closed to Truth,Your heart loses its joy.
When your heartIs closed to Truth,
Your life loses all its peace. ```Peace
Is the smileThat unites God's Compassion-Eye
With man's aspiration-heart. ```If we do not pray and meditate
Unconditionally,We shall shatter
God's Peace-Manifestation-DreamsHere on earth.
```Be not afraid of peace.
Peace is the divine TruthThat makes,
Not the undivine falsehoodThat breaks.
```My Lord,
How can I ever eraseMy deplorable past?
"My child,Create a peace-garden
With the tears of your heartInside your mind."
```When we cherish
An unforgiving minuteInside our mind,
We become the peace-loserImmediately.
```God blesses us
With a peace-flooded mindWhen our heart's eagerness
Runs, flies and divesWith God's Readiness.
```Peace
Is the only runnerThat always wins
Humanity's perfection-raceAnd Divinity's Satisfaction-Goal.
```When the heart is eager to love
And the life is eager to serve,Only then is God eager to bless
The heart and lifeWith His Heart's
Compassion-flooded Peace. ```Whenever I have
A profound meditation,I am fed by the sweet smile
Of God's all-illuminingAnd all-fulfilling Peace.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Peace-Blossom-Fragrance, part 6, Agni Press, 1994
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