6701. Will You Believe It?

God knows
That He has already accepted
Every problem of yours
Into His Compassion-Care.
But will you believe it?
Will you ever dare?

6702. You And Your Deliverance

Unless you stop searching
For false teachers to deliver you,
You and your deliverance will remain
Like the North Pole and the South Pole,
Eternally at an unbridgeable distance.

6703. Suicide

Suicide is a fatal nourishment
And fulfilment
Of a cleverly unknowable temptation.

6704. Dropped Disputes

Finally my mind
Has made my life happy
By dropping all its disputes
With my life.

6705. To Overcome An Enemy

If you want to overcome an enemy,
Secretly think highly of him
And openly remain low.

6706. I Deny Him Vehemently

In my heart
I never shall deny him.
But in my mind
I deny him vehemently
Because I have no other way
To enjoy my own imagined heights.

6707. Pray To Submit Yourself

Soulfully pray
To submit yourself.
Lo, the summit has come down
To manifest itself through you.

6708. Discover Your Only Friend

Success is to have
Outer friends.
Progress is to discover
Your only Friend, your Inner Pilot.

6709. What I Feel Concerns God

What I do may not concern God,
But what I feel does concern God,
Always.

6710. Faith Is The Art Of Seeing

Faith is the art of seeing
Without looking.
Aspiration is the art of becoming
Without hesitating.

6711. A Newborn Life

To have a pure mind
Is to have a newborn life,
And this newborn life
Will help you in countless ways.

6712. No Aspiration, No Perfection

No aspiration, no perfection.
No perfection, no manifested God.
No manifested God, no satisfied God.

6713. He Has Become The Message

He is great
Because he has read the powerful message
That is written in the sky.

He is good
Because he has become the soulful message
That is inscribed in his heart.

6714. Steel Your Heart

Consciously and sleeplessly
Steel your heart
Against the blighting hand
Of misfortune.

6715. You Must Slow Down

O my mind,
You must slow down immediately.
You must not interfere with
My heart’s aspiration-cry.
It wants to reach my soul’s height quickly.

6716. When It Comes To Meditation

When it comes to meditation,
Imagine the radiating sun,
And try to radiate like the sun,
Never ceasing, day or night.

6717. Two Uncompromising Neighbours

An ignorant jealousy-mind
And a wise ecstasy-heart
Are two uncompromising neighbours.

6718. You Are Great, You Are Good

You are great
If you think that you are
Of the strong.

You are good
If you feel that you are
For the weak.

6719. The Heart's Oneness-Crown

The doubting mind’s division-frown
Cannot remove
The illumined heart’s oneness-crown.

6720. My Heart's Gratitude-Smile

My heart’s gratitude-smile
Is the only thing that Heaven
Smilingly allows me to take with me
On my way to the higher worlds.

6721. My Lord's Powerful Smile

Adversity
Is a hidden opportunity.
Opportunity
Is my Lord’s powerful Smile.
My Lord’s Smile
Is the beginning of my perfection-life.

6722. God's Compassion Must Come First

God’s Compassion must come first,
Long before you can muster
All your faith-strength
To realise Him.

6723. My Heart's Aspiration-Cry

My heart’s aspiration-cry
Entirely depends on
My Lord’s Compassion-Smile.

6724. When Sincerity Satisfies Your Heart

When your own sincerity
Satisfies your heart,
God’s Compassion-Heart will
Immediately run towards you.

6725. I Shall Discover

I shall discover what I have:
World-knowledge.
I shall become what I truly am:
God’s Transcendence-Light.

6726. A Heart Of Pure Hope

A heart of pure hope
And a life of spontaneous cheerfulness
Can gloriously play together
Like cosmic gods.

6727. I Seek Sincerity

I seek sincerity
Inside my mind’s inexhaustible source.
I seek purity
Inside my heart’s inexhaustible source.
I seek divinity
Inside my life’s inexhaustible Source.

6728. Your Own Self-Styled Commitment

O my mind,
You are your own unqualified
Self-styled commitment
To truth-discovery
And God-manifestation.

6729. God Will Run After You

By virtue of faith
If you want to see God’s Face,
God will run after you
With His Heart of Love and Compassion
To speedily help you
In your inner journey.

6730. Today God May Whisper

Today God may whisper in your ear
How you can become a good seeker.
Tomorrow God will thunder before you
So that you will be compelled
To become a good seeker.

6731. Doubt Cherishes You

You are cherishing your doubts.
But I am telling you
That doubt is also cherishing you
And punishing you all the time.

6732. You Want To Know The Truth

You want to know the truth.
But make sure
You want to know the truth
To perfect yourself
And not to instruct others.

6733. Your Natural Life

Your artificial life
Is an unconscious imitation
Of others’ lives.

Your natural life
Is the spontaneous revelation
Of God the Life.

6734. God Will Teach Them

The same God who taught you
How to love Him
Will also teach others
How to love Him.
Therefore, you do not have to worry
About others.

6735. To See The Face Of God

To see the Face of God,
Do not pray to
God the Power
But meditate on
God the supreme Lover.

6736. Heaven Is Always Ready

Heaven is always ready
To accept you,
But are you ready
To please Heaven
By running towards it immediately?

6737. Correct The Doubter In You

If you can correct
The doubter in you,
The Enjoyer in you
Will teach you and help you
To dance with Him
Immortality’s Dance.

6738. Be Careful Of One Thing

When you pray soulfully
And when you meditate powerfully,
Be careful of one thing:
Do not allow any uncomely thought
To capture your attention.

6739. The Pretence-Game

You are such a fool.
You think that only you,
And nobody else,
Know how to play successfully
The pretence-game.

6740. Never Forget One Thing

Never forget one thing:
The Ultimate Truth is your friend
And not your enemy.

6741. Fly In The Sky Of Joy

How can you fly
In the sky of joy
Unless your heart-bird
Has developed two purity-wings?

6742. Do Not Be Discouraged

You do not have to be discouraged.
Just allow God-Compassion
To encourage you a little more.

6743. Purity's Sunlit Palace

A doubting mind
Is impurity’s unlit cave.
A trusting heart
Is purity’s sunlit palace.

6744. The Hero Supreme

If you are a sincere hero-worshipper,
Then easily you will be able to win
The Heart of God,
The Hero Supreme.

6745. You Will Be Happy, Plus Perfect

If you can crucify your desire-life,
You will be happy.
If you can purify your desire-life,
You will be happy, plus perfect.

6746. An Unaspiring Life

An unaspiring life
Will eventually suffer
From the piercing arrows
Of destruction-night.

6747. A Special Soul-Bird

Each God-lover has a special
And beautiful soul-bird.
This bird has a soulful heart-wing
And a prayerful life-wing.

6748. Because Of Your Faith

Because of your faith
In this world,
You were able to take birth happily.
Now if you can have faith
In the other world,
When your hour arrives you can die happily.

6749. Your Heart's Bright Faith

Your heart’s bright faith
Should, can and will save you
From the world’s fast-approaching
Doubt-volcano explosion.

6750. Three Silence-Instructions

God’s three Silence-Instructions:
My mind must cry for peace,
My heart for oneness
And my life for perfection.

6751. The Best He Has Within Him

The best he has within him
Is his sincerity-river-heart.
The worst he has within him
Is his confusion-mountain-mind.

6752. Your Divinity In Disguise

Do you ever care to know
That your very birth on earth
Is your perfect divinity
In supreme disguise?

6753. The Only Valid Ticket

Your great God-hunger
Is the only valid ticket
For your absolutely new
Satisfaction-life-journey.

6754. Do Not Try To Barter

Do not try to barter
Your life of constant contradictions
For God’s transcendental
Life-transforming Smile.

6755. Cancel Your Friendship

If you really want to have
A satisfaction-day,
Then immediately cancel your friendship
With lethargy-night.

6756. Your Soul's Divinity-Message

Ruthlessly destroy
Your mind’s disbelief-net
If you want to receive
Your soul’s divinity-message.

6757. God Is More Than Ready

God is more than ready
To applaud your every forward step.
But are you truly happy
With your life’s progress-light?

6758. Walk In Confidence-Hope

Walk in confidence-hope.
Look, the promise-land
Is eagerly awaiting
Your auspicious arrival.

6759. Your Trust In God

You are your own abiding trust
In God.
God is His own abiding
Promise-Manifestation-Dream
In you.

6760. His Gratitude-Heart Moved God

His surrender-life moved many
To reform and transform their own lives.
His gratitude-heart moved God
To shed tears of Light and Delight.

6761. You Are Remarkably Brave

I shall be more than happy
To agree with you
Since you are so remarkably brave
As to declare that you are without sin.

6762. He Has All Kinds Of Trouble

He has all kinds of trouble
With doubt in his mind,
But he has no trouble
With faith in his heart.

6763. A Life Of Innocence

If you can once more live
A life of innocence,
Then God’s constant Intimacy
Cannot hide from you.

6764. A Very Special Instrument

To know him
Is to love him.
To study him
Is to be a very special instrument
Of God-Satisfaction.

6765. A Selfless Being

A selfless being
Is by far
The greatest God-revealer.

6766. Divinity's Protection-Shield

A surrender-heart
In a purity-smile
Is divinity’s imperishable
Protection-shield.

6767. Do Stand Before Me

O God-lover,
Do stand before me.
O world-thinker,
Do stand behind me.

6768. No Such Thing

In the inner world
There is no such thing
As spiritual greed
Or excessive appetite.

6769. Hope-Sands Of Others

Do not build your life
Upon the hope-sands
Given to you by others.

6770. Unless You Consciously Surrender

Unless you consciously surrender
To God’s Will
Soulfully, smilingly and unconditionally,
Your desire-life will, without fail,
Continue to plant impurity-seeds
Inside your heart-garden.

6771. Your Perfection-Achievements

The length of your
Perfection-achievements
Entirely depends on
Your Lord’s unreserved
Compassion-Enlightenment.

6772. Your Cherished Dreams

Allow everything else to vanish
Save and except your cherished dreams,
For your cherished dreams
Are treasured sleeplessly
By God Himself.

6773. A Miserable Failure

You are a Vision-Reality of God.
Alas, you are completely unaware of it.
What is worse,
You never have any longing
For God’s eternal Satisfaction-Smile.
Therefore, are you not a miserable failure
In God’s creation-awakening Vision?

6774. Your Inexhaustible Energy

It is your inexhaustible energy
That will grant you the capacity
To consciously cry for
God the Perfection
And consciously smile with
God the Satisfaction.

6775. Nothing Will Remain Unchanged

Nothing will remain unchanged.
Even your wild, restless vital
Some day and somehow
Will be brought under control
By your soul’s indomitable will.
Just wait and see.

6776. What You Have

What you have
Is a sleepless sky above you.
What you have
Is a spotless moon within you.
What you have
Is a rising perfection-sun before you.

6777. What I Want To See

What I want to see
Is a happy oneness-marriage
Between earth’s ascending aspiration-cry
And Heaven’s descending satisfaction-smile.

6778. Enthusiasm Is The Road

Your lack of enthusiasm
In your spiritual life
Will cause your unparalleled destruction.
Enthusiasm is the road
That is eagerly waiting to serve you.
Accept its service immediately, O runner,
And run and run with a gratitude-heart!

6779. To Strengthen The Feeble

There is only one way
To strengthen the feeble
And that is to consciously place
Your concern-will for them
At the Lotus-Feet of your Beloved Supreme.

6780. Because You Are An Art-Lover

Because you are an art-lover,
God is happily teaching you
How to see Him as the Supreme Artist
And also how to place Him
Before the art-world
Of man’s quenchless thirst
For beauty’s breath.

6781. Each Soulful Song

Each soulful song
Sung by humanity
Will touch the Ecstasy-Heart
Of the Inner Pilot.

6782. You Were A Fool

You were a fool when you wanted
To discover others inside your heart,
Rather than inside God’s Heart.
Now you are a pioneer
Because you are discovering
The ever-changing, ever-transcending
And ever-illumining vision-dawn
Within your own heart.

6783. What Saved Me

In the battlefield of life
Do you know what saved me?
My life’s cheerfully surrendered
Helplessness.

6784. God Does Not Approve

God does not approve of
My entertaining you.
Therefore, I shall not
Explain my life to you.

6785. You Have Already Decided

If you have really accepted
The spiritual life,
That means you have already decided:
“Not my choice but my Master’s,
Not my voice but my Master’s.”

6786. How Can I Be So Stupid?

My thinking-power
Cannot understand you.
My understanding-power
Cannot love you.
My loving-power
Cannot transform you.
Therefore, how can I be so stupid
As to tell you
That I shall be responsible
For your perfection?

6787. You Do Not Have To Worry

As long as your mind
Loves inspiration,
As long as your heart
Loves aspiration,
As long as your life
Loves dedication,
You do not have to worry
About anything else.

6788. Your Sincerity-Shield

Do not kill yourself worrying
About false teachers.
Your sincerity-shield will protect you
And also definitely help you
Find a real teacher.

6789. My Soul's Only Friend

Why do I invite God
To come and visit me every day?
I invite Him precisely because
He is my life’s very old Friend
And my soul’s only Friend.

6790. My Life's Strength

My heart’s belief
Is my life’s strength.
And my Compassion-Lord
Always takes care of
My life’s strength.

6791. I Have Changed

I have changed my mind.
It now really needs God.
I have changed my heart.
It now really wants God,
And God alone,
In God’s own Way.

6792. Soulfully Tell Your Heart

Soulfully tell your heart
What you need.
Powerfully tell your mind
What you want.

6793. When Unconsciously You Treasure

When unconsciously you treasure
Your hopeless life,
Consciously your soul suffers
From a helpless reality.

6794. My Self-Deception Means

My self-deception means
My deliberate revolt
Against my Lord’s universal
Oneness-Satisfaction.

6795. God Loves Me When

God loves me
When I need Him.
Humanity loves me
When it needs me.

6796. I Believe

I believe,
Therefore I exist.
I exist,
Therefore my Lord Supreme
Has confidence in His own creation.

6797. The Self-Giving Way

I have found another way
To walk along the path of aspiration
And another way
To please my Lord Supreme:
The self-giving way.

6798. Many Things To Do

Do not be discouraged
And disheartened!
I can clearly see
That you have many
Good and important things to do
Both for God the Creator
And God the creation.

6799. My Mind Is Afraid

Alas, my mind is afraid
Of choosing God,
My heart is afraid
Of inviting God
And my life is afraid
Of loving God.

6800. Follow The Eternal Runner

Do not follow me.
Follow the eternal runner
Who is running along Eternity’s Road.
And who is that eternal runner?
The eternally awakened God-lover in you.

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the sixty-eighth volume in a series of ten thousand “flaming flower-poems” which Sri Chinmoy is placing devotedly, unreservedly and unconditionally at the Compassion-Feet of God, our Beloved Supreme. They stand as a supreme offering from the unfolding beauty of his flower-heart and the flaming heights of his realisation-sun. Indeed, a treasure-tower which will at once be claimed by humanity’s self-ascending cry and Divinity’s God-descending Smile.

Editor's note to cover photo

Toshihiko Seko, winner of the 1981 Boston Marathon, receives a gift from Sri Chinmoy during the Master’s visit to Tokyo on 21 December 1982.