Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 81
8001. Yesterday I Prayed To God
Yesterday I prayed to GodTo let me know who I really am.
Today I am praying to God
To make me feel that my heart
Really loves Him
And that my life
Really needs Him.
8002. Why Do I Cry?
Why do I cry?I cry because
My clever mind
Has betrayed my soulful heart.
8003. You Have The Hidden Capacity
No matter where you are,You do have the hidden capacity
To climb higher and dive deeper,
Even if it is just an inch.
8004. Self-Examination Means
Self-examination meansSelf-perfection.
Self-perfection means
God-satisfaction.
God-satisfaction means
Universe-transformation.
8005. The Art Of Inner Deafness
If you are sufferingFrom world-doubts,
Then learn the art of inner deafness.
You will be happy
And your life will be amazingly progressive.
8006. Your Life's Ceaseless Pangs
Your mind’s blind restlessnessAnd your vital’s dark attachment
Cause your life’s ceaseless pangs.
8007. The Smile Of Your Heart
Walk along the path of purity.Easily and effectively
The smile of your heart
Will be able to eradicate
Your imperfection-life.
8008. If You Become A Prayerful Seeker
If you become a prayerful seekerOf God’s Love-World,
God will grant you His Vision-Delight
To treasure always.
8009. In The Heart Of Life
In the heart of lifeThere is only one thing: hope.
In the heart of death
There is only one thing: peace.
8010. Love Is The Quickest
Not your mind’s restlessAnd incessant calling
But your heart’s love
Is the quickest fulfiller
Of your dreams.
8011. My Eternity's Nectar-Food
The Silence-BlessingOf my Lord’s Vision-Eye
Is my Eternity’s Nectar-Food.
8012. What Can Force You To Improve?
What can force you to improve?Not the expectations of others.
No, not even your own desires.
Then what can?
Only your constant love of God.
8013. Satisfaction-Delight
When my consciousness lives on earth,I see and become frustration-night.
When my consciousness lives in Heaven,
I become Heaven’s illumination-flight
And satisfaction-delight.
8014. Burn The Incense Of Your Heart
If your life is swimmingIn the river of sorrow,
Then burn the incense of your heart
And inundate your entire being
With Eternity’s Light and Infinity’s Delight.
8015. A Ceaseless Flow Of Love
If you can make your heart becomeA ceaseless flow of love,
Then the waters of liberation
Will not remain a distant goal.
8016. When I Dive Deep Within
When I dive deep within,I see no imperfection-jungle
Or even difficulty-fern,
But only the smile of perfection
And the dance of satisfaction-delight.
8017. If I Listen To The Sweet Melody
I can conquer my body’s pitiful povertyAnd make my life happy
If I listen to the sweet melody
Of my divinely wealthy heart.
8018. The Road Of Light
Who asks you to walkThrough an endless darkness-tunnel?
Do you not see that the road of light
Can easily be part and parcel
Of your life’s treasure-trove?
8019. If You Love Your Heart's Journey
If you love your heart’s journey,Then rest assured the nectar-goal
Will not be able to forget you
Or ignore your life.
8020. A Life Of Dreams
If you have a life of dreamsAnd want your dreams to be fulfilled,
Then be as pure as the dew of the dawn
And play on your heart-violin every day.
8021. Your Supportive Listeners
If you truly haveAn illumined mind-life,
Then my heart and I are more than ready
To be your regular supportive listeners.
8022. God's Smile Of Vision-Plenitude
You have shattered all earthly bondage.Therefore, the doors of Heaven
Are wide open for you
To see God’s Smile of Vision-Plenitude.
8023. The Supreme Cause Of Life-Perfection
Rest assured, I never seeThe heavy weight of your imperfection-plight.
What I always see is
The crown-glory of your self-offering
To the supreme cause of life-perfection.
8024. God Is His Compassion-Flow
If God is HisCompassion-Flow,
Then I am my
Aspiration-gratitude-flow.
8025. If You Cry With Hope
If you cry with hope,Your liberated heart will one day
Be able to experience the silence-delight
Of God’s Transcendental Heights.
8026. End Your Friendship
How long can you continueWith your false hope-dreams?
Do you not realise that your life
Is as useless as dust?
Is it not high time for you
To end your friendship
With self-deception-night?
8027. My Tenebrous Mind
My tenebrous mindIs enveloped in the black shadow
Of my world of sorrow
And desperate self-destruction.
8028. If You Want To Throw Away
If you want to throw awaySomething from your life,
Then throw away
Your fear-arrow and your doubt-spear.
8029. He Embodies The Eternal
His right eye embodiesThe eternal sun of power.
His left eye embodies
The eternal moon of love.
His outer heart embodies
God-Confidence.
His inner heart embodies
God-Satisfaction.
8030. Ask Your Mind To Create Something
Ask your mind to create somethingThat is infinitely faster than thought.
Then ask your heart to purify it,
Your soul to liberate it
And God to play with it.
8031. As Long As You Love
As long as you loveYour questioning mind,
How can you expect a smile
From your illumining soul
And a dance
From your loving heart?
8032. I See Your Smile-River
My Lord, I see Your Smile-RiverFlowing across my eyes.
Can I not show You
Soulfully and unconditionally
My heart’s dance of flame-delight?
8033. A New Dream
My Lord,When I tell You that I am a hopeless case,
What do You think of me?
“My child,
I think of giving you immediately
A new dream:
The dream of God-Satisfaction
In your giant mind.”
8034. What The World Needs
What the world needsIs an all-loving God-Hour,
But what the world is running after
Is an all-devouring giant power.
8035. A Satisfied Heaven-Father
If you can think of yourselfAs a true earth-child,
Then God will definitely think of you
All the time
As a satisfied Heaven-Father.
8036. Your Heart-Fountain
If you keep your heart-fountain flowing,Your body and vital
Will be able to play sleeplessly
In the fields of Immortality.
8037. Your Unconscious Incapacity
Today your heart isYour unconscious incapacity.
Tomorrow your life will be
Your fulfilled capacity.
8038. The Beauty Of His Soul
The beauty of his soulHas penetrated his outer life.
The confidence of his outer life
Has satisfied his Inner Pilot.
8039. This World
Since my bodyLives in this world,
Can my heart not be
For this world?
8040. A Blessing-Gift In Disguise
Failure is at timesA blessing-gift in disguise.
Even then, nobody likes
To accept this gift.
8041. Those Who Want To Destroy
Those who want to destroy the worldHave already become prey
To their own suicidal commitment.
8042. If You Want To Protest
If you want to protest,Then protest against your own
Hidden inner crimes
By virtue of your own
Sterling faith in God.
8043. Bury Your Mental Education
Bury all your mental educationIf necessity demands,
But never bury the beauty,
Purity and divinity
Of your intuition-flames.
8044. Your Prayerful Life
The prayerful life you now leadHas the powerful capacity
And the fruitful necessity
To disown your deplorable past.
8045. His Life Is All Happiness
His life is all happinessBecause sincerity-inevitability
Always holds his heart
In its adamantine embrace.
8046. Every Divine Thought
By natureEach and every earth-bound thought
Is inhospitable.
By nature
Each and every divine thought
Is not only cordially hospitable
But also astonishingly adorable.
8047. Each Special Prayer To God
Each special prayer to GodIs a green hope
And a blue promise
To emancipate the human in us
From the binding shackles
Of the animal in us.
8048. A Seeker's Soulful Smile
A seeker’s soulful smileIs an everlasting flower
In the Heart-Garden
Of his Beloved Supreme.
8049. Any Purpose In Thinking
If there is any purpose in thinking,It is so the thinking process itself
Can try to transcend
Its own extremely limited existence-reality.
8050. Each Sorrow Tells Us
Each preceding sorrowTells us that life is a journey
Into the unknowable.
Each succeeding sorrow
Tells us that everything
Has its own preordained
Earth-limited finality.
8051. Never Surrender Your Hope-Heart
Even if you fail time and again,Never surrender your precious hope-heart
To eyeless, life-denying despair.
8052. With Your Heart's Loving Gratitude
With your heart’s loving gratitudeYou can easily gain
God’s Transcendental Beatitude.
8053. The Heart-Beauty Of Humanity
Your breath of cunningAnd intoxicating malice
Has lowered the climbing
Heart-beauty of humanity.
8054. A Foolish Hope
Each stupid manThinks he is entertaining a foolish hope
When he thinks of the transformation
Of his own nature.
8055. Ripples Of Energy-Light
My heart’s gratitude-breathIs constantly blessed
With the beautiful ripples
Of dynamic energy-light.
8056. Be Careful Of Undivine Thoughts
Be careful of your mind’sUndivine thoughts.
Not only do they increase and multiply,
But also they can force you
To die a million deaths
Before your life’s final hour strikes.
8057. Your Mind's Maladies
You talk so muchAbout your mind’s maladies.
When will you start talking
About your heart’s remedies?
8058. Unless Your Mind Cares
Unless your mind caresTo be useful to your heart,
How can anyone
Make your life fruitful?
8059. A Frustration-Lion
The human lifeIs like a frustration-lion
Loving a frustration-tiger.
8060. Do Not Try To Interpret
If you want to understand a thingSooner than the soonest,
Then do not try to interpret it.
Just love it
And become inseparably one with it.
8061. Poison-Food
SuspicionIs the poison-food
Prepared by the weak
For the weak.
8062. What You Have Inside You
What you have inside youIs a heart of beauty’s dawn
And a soul of divinity’s day.
8063. The Human Mind Does Not Progress
The human mind does not progressBecause it wants to have
An independent life
In the heart of a dependent life.
8064. If You Love The World
If you love the world,Then why do you hide from it?
If you hate the world,
Then why do you live in it?
8065. Do Not Think!
If you want your mindTo understand the world,
If you want your heart
To be loved by the world
And if you want your life
To be treasured by God Himself,
Then do not think!
8066. A Life Of Silence
A life of silenceIs always an inner challenge.
Its goal:
To hasten the choice Hour of God.
8067. They Never Want To Listen
Fear and doubtNever want to listen to anybody
Even though they are tortured
Not only by others
But also by themselves.
8068. The Time That God Has Given You
What have you done withThe time that God has given you
To love the beauty of His creation
And inspire the world
With the purity of your inner vision?
8069. A Song Of Service
If you want to know moreAbout God the Creator,
Then become a song of service
To God the creation.
8070. I Believe
I believe,Therefore I see.
I believe,
Therefore I become.
I believe,
Therefore I eternally am.
8071. Each Uninspired Day
Each uninspired dayMarks the beginning
Of a painful failure
That ends in an inner death.
8072. Unless It Means Everything To You
Do not accept the spiritual lifeUnless it means everything to you
Now and from now on.
8073. His Heart's Sincerity
In the morningHis heart’s sincerity
Makes him soulful.
During the rest of the day
His life’s purity
Keeps him soulful.
8074. An Unparalleled Blessing
If your aspiration-heartSpreads the beauty and purity
Of sunshine,
Then your life becomes
An unparalleled blessing
To yourself and to others.
8075. Nothing To Do With Failure
I have nothing to doWith failure.
I run my life’s business always
With success
Just by virtue of my heart’s
Inner surrender-light.
8076. A Soul Of Beauty
A soul of beautyIs the perfection-search
For a life of duty.
8077. A Heart Of Tranquillity
A heart of tranquillityIs the beauty of the Beyond
That nourishes the hunger
Of unawakened humanity.
8078. Your Love For God
Your love for GodCan make your life beautiful,
But it is God’s Love for you
That can make your life fruitful.
8079. An Endless And Useless Task
Do not try to satiateThe wild vital.
It is undoubtedly
An endless and useless task.
8080. God Usually Does Not Hide
God usually does not hide from meExcept when I search for Him
Inside my doubtful mind.
8081. Listen To Only One Prayer
My Lord,I am grateful to You
Because yesterday You did not listen
To my prayer for desire-fulfilment.
My Lord,
Tomorrow I shall be grateful to You
If You do not listen
To my prayer for life-satisfaction.
My Lord,
I beg You to listen
To only one prayer of mine:
“Let Thy Will be done.”
8082. You Do Not Have To Advertise
Your heart’s excellenceYou do not have to advertise.
That is God’s job,
And He does not want you
To take it away from Him.
8083. God's Compassion-Patrol
Self-control in the outer lifeIs another name for
God’s Compassion-Patrol
In the inner life.
8084. Constantly Self-Transcendent
His mind’s love of God’s creationIs very limited.
His heart’s love of God’s creation
Is unlimited.
His soul’s love of God’s creation
Is not only unlimited
But constantly self-transcendent.
8085. As Imagination Runs
As imagination runsBefore reality,
Even so, aspiration can run
Before imagination.
8086. Unwilling To Be Brave
You are unwilling to be brave.Indeed, you are a fool!
You are unwilling to accept the light
From others who are already brave.
That means you are
Worse than a fool!
8087. Only One Reality
There can be only one realityIn my life, not two:
Either my daily God-appointment
Or my daily sad disappointment.
8088. If You Rely On God Alone
If you rely on your friends,You are clever.
If you rely on yourself,
You are wise.
But if you rely on God alone,
You are perfect
Both inwardly and outwardly.
8089. Only One Urgent Duty
When I look up to Heaven,I have only one urgent duty:
My surrender-duty.
When I look at the world,
I have only one urgent duty:
My gratitude-duty.
8090. Sailing In Two Directions
You are sailingYour mind-boat and your heart-boat
In two directions at the same time.
What can poor God do?
He wants to be a passenger
In only one boat,
For the Goal cannot be
Here, there and everywhere.
8091. If You Have A Pure Heart
If you have a pure heart,Definitely it will add
To others’ happiness.
If you have a clever mind,
Definitely it will subtract
From others’ happiness.
8092. God Wants You To Love
God does not want youTo criticise your mind all the time.
He only wants you
To love your heart
More, ever more.
8093. O Dark World-Ignorance
O dark world-ignorance,I am not afraid of you.
You will soon see my soul’s smiles
Even inside your wildest frowns.
8094. Dear And Sweet Death
He was tired of life.Therefore he was constantly looking
For something that would
Lovingly and convincingly lure him
Towards dear and sweet death.
8095. Pleasure-Thoughts
Pleasure-thoughts before longWill be shrouded
With abysmal torture-experiences.
8096. To Know The Difference
I shall have to know the differenceBetween the sacred happiness
Of the heart
And the secret happiness
Of the mind
So that I can perfect my life
In God’s own Way.
8097. A Soulful Song
A soulful songCan easily soothe the tortures
Of any cruel day.
8098. If You Can Sing Soulfully
If you can sing soulfullyAnd love the world unconditionally,
Then you are bound to hear
The soul-illumining music
Of the trance-world.
8099. Inner Beauty Has To Penetrate
Inner beauty has to penetrateThe outer world.
Outer surrender has to penetrate
The inner world.
8100. The Capacity To Be Happy
I love God,Not because one day
He will make me perfect
But because He has given me,
Out of His infinite Bounty,
The capacity to be happy
All the time.
Editor's introduction to the first edition
This is the eighty-first 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
Sri Chinmoy meets with Olympic running coach Arthur Lydiard in New York on 7 June 1981.