A Soulful Cry Versus A Fruitful Smile

by Sri Chinmoy

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First published by Agni Press in 1977.
Reprinted with permission of Sri Chinmoy.

• Section 1
  • 1 To Be ...
  • 2 Sing Me A Song ...
  • 3 Beautiful Emptiness ...
  • 4 Frank And Baby Smile ...
  • 5 Waiting For You ...
  • 6 God's Moment And My Moment ...
  • 7 Your Silence And Your Sound ...
  • 8 They Truly Are ...
  • 9 Heaven Descends ...
  • 10 My Ancient Sadness ...
  • 11 You Claim Me Still ...
  • 12 One Fallen Flower ...
  • 13 You Can Do Your Task ...
  • 14 An Ancient Scar ...
  • 15 I Shall Not Fail ...
  • 16 The Breath Of God ...
  • 17 I Shall Realise God ...
  • 18 A Puny Sound-Life ...
  • 19 My Life ...
  • 20 A Soundless Voice ...
  • 21 My Time Has Come ...
  • 22 One Ray ...
  • 23 The Grandeurs ...
  • 24 Mother Earth, Father Heaven ...
  • 25 Defects Of My Desires ...
  • 26 No Time To Waste ...
  • 27 God Is Hospitable ...
  • 28 That's All ...
  • 29 A Sea Of Plenty ...
  • 30 Farewell ...
  • 31 Sound Music And Silence Music ...
  • 32 My Ancient Hopes ...
  • 33 What Are They?...
  • 34 Once More ...
  • 35 The Miracle Of Miracles ...
  • 36 The Burden Of Bigness ...
  • 37 Remembrance-Joy ...
  • 38 Do What You Must ...
  • 39 God Is There To See ...
  • 40 Remain And Become ...
  • 41 A Great Beginning ...
  • 42 I Fight ...
  • 43 The Power Of Life ...
  • 44 In Silence ...
  • 45 I Need, I Feed ...
  • 46 Utterly Free ...
  • 47 Forced By Failure ...
  • 48 I Play With Truth ...
  • 49 An Exam Nobody Is Spared ...
  • 50 Absurd ...
  • 51 How Ridiculous! ...
  • 52 Something So Simple ...
  • 53 When My Lord Acts ...
  • 54 My Friend-Enemies ...
  • 55 Give Me A Little Time ...
  • 56 Between Man And God ...
  • 57 Man Does Not Die ...
  • 58 My Silence-Life, My Sound-Existence ...
  • 59 We Treasure ...
  • 60 O Challenger ...
  • 61 What A Hungry World! ...
  • 62 True ...
  • 63 A Too Familiar Song ...
  • 64 A Cleverly Successful Lie ...
  • 65 Man Of The Hour ...
  • 66 Everlasting Secret ...
  • 67 What In Me Hates Me ...
  • 68 Your Stupid Mind ...
  • 69 A Silver Cry ...
  • 70 Dream Of Another World ...
  • 71 To Increase ...
  • 72 Two Tutors ...
  • 73 An Ancient Victory ...
  • 74 I Shall Not Obey ...
  • 75 My Heart Swimming ...
  • 76 Prayers And Meditation ...
  • 77 Outer And Inner Sun ...
  • 78 Flow Forth My Tears ...
  • 79 Your Lively Lustre ...
  • 80 Silence-Speed, Silence-Seed ...
  • 81 Today ...
  • 82 Vision Of Deep Beauty ...
  • 83 Forgotten ...
  • 84 I Know The Art ...
  • 85 Soul-Wisdom ...
  • 86 Why?...
  • 87 A Choice Dream ...
  • 88 In Vain ...
  • 89 To You We Always Surrender ...
  • 90 How Far?...
  • 91 Even When I Smile ...
  • 92 The Beauty Of Your Soul ...
  • 93 Lord, Give Me ...
  • 94 Give Me Sun-Hope ...
  • 95 I Weep Aloud ...
  • 96 Come Out And Sing ...
  • 97 Come Out And Bloom ...
  • 98 I Shall Not Fail ...
  • 99 I Have Won! ...
  • 100 I Know ...
  • 101 I Shall Not Stop ...
  • 102 Although ...
  • 103 My Way And God's Way ...
  • 104 God The Lover, God The Beloved...
  • 105 When I Know Not ...
  • 106 My Lost Possession ...
  • 107 I Need ...
  • 108 I Must Confess ...
  • 109 A Sad Waste Of Time ...
  • 110 I Sing And Dance ...
  • 111 Forgive Me ...
  • 112 ...
  • 113 ...
  • 114 Come, Come To Me ...
  • 115 Each Soul ...
  • 116 ...
  • 117 ...
  • 118 I Am Not Interested ...
  • 119 I Am At A Total Loss ...
  • 120 The Filth Of My Fate ...
  • 121 Beauty Is Wisdom ...
  • 122 Silence-Dawn, Silence-Eve ...
  • 123 You Can No Longer Touch Me ...
  • 124 I Was Not Prepared For Death ...
  • 125 Today I See And Feel ...
  • 126 Are You Convinced ...
  • 127 You And I Will Win ...
  • 128 Bury Your Sorrow ...
  • 129 He Will Survive ...
  • 130 How Can I Fail?...
  • 131 My Face Tells Me ...
  • 132 I Love Your Answers ...
  • 133 Just A Little Difference-Night ...
  • 134 Jealousy Absconds ...
  • 135 Younger Than Yesterday ...
  • 136 No Joke ...
  • 137 You Are Too Smart ...
  • 138 Little Do They Know ...
  • 139 What Is Mind-Control?...
  • 140 Believe Me ...
  • 141 Do Not Expect ...
  • 142 God And I ...
  • 143 Make Me Forget ...
  • 144 Not Beauty, Not Duty ...
  • 145 Prayers ...
  • 146 The Depth ...
  • 147 With Magic In His Eyes ...
  • 148 He ...
  • 149 O Strange New Gods ...
  • 150 False Dreams, No More ...
  • 151 Play ...
  • 152 O Half-Believer ...
  • 153 Yet ...
  • 154 A Vision ...
  • 155 Conquer ...
  • 156 Each Seeker ...
  • 157 Not Man In The Crowd ...
  • 158 Nature Is Never Spent ...
  • 159 Life's Secret Thirst ...
  • 160 A Godlike Mind Soars....
  • 161 Pilgrims Of Eternity's Road ...
  • 162 I Discovered Myself ...
  • 163 Mind-Glory, Your Heart-Glory ...
  • 164 Human Thoughts, Divine Thoughts ...
  • 165 My Chain, My Pain ...
  • 166 The Breath Of Man's Life ...
  • 167 I Shall Wonder No More ...
  • 168 Fear And Doubt ...
  • 169 Sorrow ...
  • 170 The Heart May Break ...
  • 171 A Hard Thing To Achieve ...
  • 172 Be Not Troubled ...
  • 173 The Heavy Weight Of God ...
  • 174 The Two Are One ...
  • 175 Eternity, What Is It?...
  • 176 The Armies Of Rainbows ...
  • 177 You Are Exceedingly Great ...
  • 178 I Lived In A Cage ...
  • 179 Speak Gravely ...
  • 180 Desert Silence, Forest Silence ...
  • 181 How To Get Back ...
  • 182 Despair Is Drowning Me ...
  • 183 I Must Be Brief ...
  • 184 O World-Sorrow ...
  • 185 Each Day ...
  • 186 Your Mind Is Mountain-High ...
  • 187 You Are The King ...
  • 188 Your Tears, Your Fears, ...
  • 189 Dream-Reality Rhymes ...
  • 190 No More I Cry ...
  • 191 They Give ...
  • 192 Death Is In Your Eyes ...
  • 193 Easy, Not Easy ...
  • 194 In An Emergency ...
  • 195 Who Is There?...
  • 196 "might-Have-Been" ...
  • 197 I Have Tried ...
  • 198 I Shall Not Hide From You ...
  • 199 I Feel Sorry ...
  • 200 I Place At Your Lotus-Feet ...
  • 201 I Wish ...
  • 202 You Know ...
  • 203 Your Eternal Note Of Sadness ...
  • 204 What Do I Ask For?...
  • 205 You Cherish ...
  • 206 Love And Serve ...
  • 207 Dive Deep Within ...
  • 208 Arrows Of Desire ...
  • 209 At Last ...
  • 210 The Voice Of Prayer ...
  • 211 Greatness And Goodness ...
  • 212 Who Says?...
  • 213 Beauty's Gloom, Duty's Doom ...
  • 214 Do Not Be A Fool ...
  • 215 Smile, My Heart, Smile ...
  • 216 Laugh, My Heart, Laugh! ...
  • 217 Darkness And Light ...
  • 218 A Tower Of Strength ...
  • 219 Sad News, Bad News ...
  • 220 The Land Of Tomorrow ...
  • 221 I Love Hope-Hour ...
  • 222 What Shall You Do?...
  • 223 Al Broken Toy ...
  • 224 Darkness Dies ...
  • 225 Gratitude-Dove ...
  • 226 The Difference ...
  • 227 Born To See, Born To Adorn...
  • 228 Beauty's Moon ...
  • 229 Within The Mind ...
  • 230 From Coast To Coast ...
  • 231 Are You My Boss?...
  • 232 I Run And Run ...
  • 233 The Careless Life ...
  • 234 Where Is Your Home?...
  • 235 Yes ...
  • 236 I Yearn ...
  • 237 Fruitful Vision, Wishful Dream ...
  • 238 This The World So Sad?...
  • 239 Seek ...
  • 240 You Were Born To Sweet Delight ...
  • 241 Stupidity ...
  • 242 You Lie And Dream ...
  • 243 My Lord Is Late ...
  • 244 The Drops Of Sorrow ...
  • 245 I Always Compare You ...
  • 246 They Deceive Me....
  • 247 Essence Of Prayer ...
  • 248 A God-Lover Drinks Deep ...
  • 249 God's Golden Eye ...
  • 250 We Shall Live Again ...
  • 251 Essence And Substance ...
  • 252 Do Not Lament Your Fate ...
  • 253 I Lost ...
  • 254 Cry For Perfection-Light ...
  • 255 Calamity, Calamity ...
  • 256 The Cosmic Gods ...
  • 257 Your Body Is Small ...
  • 258 Are You A Sage?...
  • 259 I Know Not Your Age ...
  • 260 Within A Hungry Heart ...
  • 261 Faith ...
  • 262 My Life-Boat Shall Sail ...
  • 263 If You Do Not Love Me ...
  • 264 I Shall Not Bend ...
  • 265 A Gentleman Like Me ...
  • 266 My Compeer Light ...
  • 267 My Sister Night ...
  • 268 You Are My Source ...
  • 269 O Lion In Me ...
  • 270 Sacrifice ...
  • 271 Our Heart Knows How To Bask ...
  • 272 Build! ...
  • 273 Give Me The Capacity ...
  • 274 I Shall Discover Within ...
  • 275 Why Are You So Tense?...
  • 276 My Inner Flame ...
  • 277 God's Game ...
  • 278 I Shall Find My God ...
  • 279 There Is No Seeing ...
  • 280 Who Will Tie Me?...
  • 281 Who?...
  • 282 I Hate My Fate ...
  • 283 A Life With No Flaw ...
  • 284 My Boat I Steer ...
  • 285 I Cry For Love ...
  • 286 Halt, Halt! ...
  • 287 City Of The Sleepers ...
  • 288 I Shall Feed My Lord ...
  • 289 Now I Understand ...
  • 290 Somewhere Before ...
  • 291 The Ladder Of Truth ...
  • 292 He Was ...
  • 293 Pagination And Creation ...
  • 294 I Am Wrong; I Am Wrong ...
  • 295 Let Us Once More Try ...
  • 296 I Don't Believe It ...
  • 297 Now I Know ...
  • 298 All You Need ...
  • 299 Can You Spare A Minute?...
  • 300 When I Look At You ...
  • 301 The Raimbow Of An Hour ...
  • 302 The End Of Craving ...
  • 303 Him I Gave My All ...
  • 304 Alas, Alas ...
  • 305 Give Me Another! ...
  • 306 An Instant With God ...
  • 307 One Honest Tear ...
  • 308 Bind Me No More ...
  • 309 Because I Fear ...
  • 310 The Supreme Feast ...
  • 311 Only One Deed ...
  • 312 How Far?...
  • 313 Sooner Than At Once ...
  • 314 The God-Messenger ...
  • 315 One Thing To Give ...
  • 316 Nothing But A Trick ...
  • 317 Examine ...
  • 318 A Small Chance ...
  • 319 I Never Cared To Know ...
  • 320 Who Knows?...
  • 321 Beyond The Shadow Of A Doubt ...
  • 322 Newness Shall Overtake Us ...
  • 323 I Know What I Am For ...
  • 324 I Need A Place ...
  • 325 I Am A Special Case ...
  • 326 Be Pure, Be Sure ...
  • 327 A Truly Priceless Friend ...
  • 328 Always And Everywhere ...
  • 329 Blue Eye From Above ...
  • 330 Inside My Heart ...
  • 331 I Brag And I Lag ...
  • 332 Do Not Hide ...
  • 333 Are You Sure?...
  • 334 An Extraordinary Event ...
  • 335 I Shall Not Care ...
  • 336 He Is Not The Same ...
  • 337 Why Do You Criticise?...
  • 338 Something For Nothing ...
  • 339 My Promise ...
  • 340 Think Of Me ...
  • 341 A Real Nuisanc ...
  • 342 Have You Forgotten?...
  • 343 Grant Me Hope ...
  • 344 Two Complaints ...
  • 345 Try And Die ...
  • 346 Are You A Saint?...
  • 347 Thought For Today ...
  • 348 Just A Simple Request ...
  • 349 An Unforgotten Incident ...
  • 350 No Small Compromise ...
  • 351 Many A Time ...
  • 352 My Life's Great Story ...
  • 353 My Unconditional Surrender ...
  • 354 One Need ...
  • 355 I Have Played ...
  • 356 Life ...
  • 357 Let Us Now Start ...
  • 358 Let Me Save You ...
  • 359 That's All ...
  • 360 I Hide No More ...
  • 361 I Lead ...
  • 362 I Feed ...
  • 363 Today And Tomorrow ...
  • 364 No Goal ...
  • 365 Note, O Universe ...
  • 366 How Can I Steer ...
  • 367 Who Sings, Who Cries?...
  • 368 Drill, Kill, Lock, Shock...
  • 369 No Fear ...
  • 370 I Grow ...
  • 371 I Love ...
  • 372 My Realisation-Time ...
  • 373 Pray And Play ...
  • 374 One Supreme Task ...
  • 375 Who Is My Supreme?...
  • 376 I Shall Grow ...
  • 377 Gloom And Doom ...
  • 378 The Boat Of Hope ...
  • 379 God-Game ...
  • 380 Only One Crime ...
  • 381 Properly Use Your Time ...
  • 382 My Longing Eye ...
  • 383 Curiosity ...
  • 384 Followers ...
  • 385 Does It Belong?...
  • 386 A Lover's Newness ...
  • 387 Not Too Late ...
  • 388 You Are Too Great ...
  • 389 I Must Begin ...
  • 390 Your Face ...
  • 391 A Life Of Sin ...
  • 392 One Test ...
  • 393 Friends ...
  • 394 Both Have Lost ...
  • 395 Today I Own ...
  • 396 From Today ...
  • 397 I Call It "god" ...
  • 398 All Goodness ...
  • 399 The Song Of Fulfilling ...
  • 400 Easy And Difficult ...
  • 401 Desire Lives, Desire Dies ...
  • 402 Are You Dead?...
  • 403 You Will See The Difference ...
  • 404 Desire And Aspiration ...
  • 405 First And Last ...
  • 406 Don't Leave Me Behind ...
  • 407 Yours And Mine ...
  • 408 Transformation-Hue ...
  • 409 Human Folly ...
  • 410 A Row Of Stars ...
  • 411 O Lord, I've Tried ...
  • 412 Fear, Dear ...
  • 413 There Is A Way ...
  • 414 Twin Brothers ...
  • 415 My Fate ...
  • 416 I Shall Test ...
  • 417 Buds Of Hope ...
  • 418 A Living Flame ...
  • 419 Your Mind's Supplies ...
  • 420 For God Only ...
  • 421 They Shine ...
  • 422 You, You ...
  • 423 A Climbing Mount ...
  • 424 Come And Help Me ...
  • 425 Deep In Beauty's Dream ...
  • 426 You Are Sure To Win ...
  • 427 Gratitude-Flower ...
  • 428 It Simply Cannot Be ...
  • 429 I Feel Sorry ...
  • 430 Each Delay Is Too Long ...
  • 431 Treacherous Smiler ...
  • 432 You Are Impossible ...
  • 433 You Make Others Happy ...
  • 434 Tell Me Where I Live ...
  • 435 I Will Arise ...
  • 436 Stop Talking ...
  • 437 Nothing ...
  • 438 O Silence-Time ...
  • 439 Busy Dreams ...
  • 440 The Cry Of Fear ...
  • 441 In The Abyss Of Time ...
  • 442 Game And Flame ...
  • 443 Pride ...
  • 444 Daily ...
  • 445 We Know How ...
  • 446 By Ear Unheard ...
  • 447 Love Is A Lasting Fire ...
  • 448 You Know ...
  • 449 The Least Push Of Joy ...
  • 450 The Only Thing ...
  • 451 Sleepless Hours ...
  • 452 A Wild Thought-Breath ...
  • 453 A Heavy Heart ...
  • 454 Your Place ...
  • 455 Dawn Is The Creator ...
  • 456 Let Us See ...
  • 457 The Silence Of Truth ...
  • 458 Truth-Tellers ...
  • 459 A Dangerous Fellow ...
  • 460 O Earth! O Heaven! ...
  • 461 It Is All My Fault ...
  • 462 I Wish ...
  • 463 An Unbelievable Story ...
  • 464 My Faith, My Patience ...
  • 465 To Forget ...
  • 466 Evolution Of Desire ...
  • 467 I Offered ...
  • 468 Never Mind ...
  • 469 At Long Last ...
  • 470 What Is It?...
  • 471 Caring Is ...
  • 472 No Second Chance ...
  • 473 If Not ...
  • 474 I Have Been Longing ...
  • 475 Just Remember Me ...
  • 476 A Silly Fellow ...
  • 477 A Life ...
  • 478 A Babe ...
  • 479 My Eternal Plea ...
  • 480 A Hero ...
  • 481 I Still Remember ...
  • 482 A Sincere Cry ...
  • 483 Alas! Who Is Not A Fool?...
  • 484 Every Time You Smile ...
  • 485 O Sweet Meditation! ...
  • 486 You Are My All ...
  • 487 Your Worst Foe ...
  • 488 God's Partners ...
  • 489 Who Sees God's Face ...
  • 490 The Harbinger ...
  • 491 One Voice, One Divine Choice ...
  • 492 Now Is The Time ...
  • 493 The Voice Above ...
  • 494 Come My Friend ...
  • 495 I Have Come Into The World ...
  • 496 A Stranger ...
  • 497 My Existence-Art ...
  • 498 O Holy Hope! ...
  • 499 Two Good Friends ...
  • 500 Risk All ...
  • 501 I Love The World ...
  • 502 The World Loves Me ...
  • 503 Whom Wilt Thou Choose?...
  • 504 Someday ...
  • 505 Let Me ...
  • 506 Wake Up! ...
  • 507 When Does Surrender Come?...
  • 508 More And More ...
  • 509 Destination-Dance ...
  • 510 One Foot On Earth ...
  • 511 Yesterday ...
  • 512 Aspiration, Realisation, Perfection ...
  • 513 God Conceals ...
  • 514 Sincerity Is ...
  • 515 Lord, Keep Me Humble ...
  • 516 Silence And Sound ...
  • 517 I Kneel Before Thee ...
  • 518 My Life, My Heart ...
  • 519 My Birthright ...
  • 520 The Creator Supreme ...
  • 521 O Fault-Finding Unbelievers ...
  • 522 I Am Taking Everything Back ...
  • 523 Although ...
  • 524 No Haste ...
  • 525 Inspiration ...
  • 526 Those Who Helped Me ...
  • 527 My Deep Heart Is Full ...
  • 528 Your Simple Soul ...
  • 529 Spontaneous And Momentous ...
  • 530 How I Cried ...
  • 531 I Spoke ...
  • 532 My Secret ...
  • 533 Stop Not ...
  • 534 Two Friends ...
  • 535 You Pray Well ...
  • 536 Thoughtless ...
  • 537 You Are Calling Me ...
  • 538 Soul Of Endless Beauty ...
  • 539 My Silence-Sun ...
  • 540 Divine ...
  • 541 I Shall Awaken You ...
  • 542 Ascend And Descend ...
  • 543 You Have Given Me ...
  • 544 I Have Sung ...
  • 545 It's Too Late ...
  • 546 I Shall Feed ...
  • 547 Stop ...
  • 548 Dear Friends ...
  • 549 Kindle The Fire ...
  • 550 My Soul-Root ...
  • 551 To Get To The Root ...
  • 552 On His Own ...
  • 553 Seeing Is Believing ...
  • 554 What A Miserable Life ...
  • 555 When My Faith And Doubt Fight ...
  • 556 Nothing Worse, Nothing Better ...
  • 557 Forget ...
  • 558 My Teacher And My Tutor ...
  • 559 Save Thee ...
  • 560 Our Dear Possessions ...
  • 561 Fill My Heart ...
  • 562 Love Of Journey ...
  • 563 Quote Me Not ...
  • 564 Permit Me ...
  • 565 To Serve ...
  • 566 The Best Thing ...
  • 567 Follower And Seeker ...
  • 568 Unknown Morrow ...
  • 569 An Illumining And Fulfilling Family ...
  • 570 I Love Them All ...
  • 571 Just Because You Are A Sage ...
  • 572 Roar ...
  • 573 Because I Rowed ...
  • 574 I Love The Heart Of All ...
  • 575 Take Care ...
  • 576 We Are All Experts ...
  • 577 O Earth ...
  • 578 Take My Heart ...
  • 579 Who Will Hear ...
  • 580 Although I Speak ...
  • 581 O My Heart ...
  • 582 Sow And Row ...
  • 583 There Is But One Voice ...
  • 584 I Shall Not Swerve ...
  • 585 Away You Must Remain ...
  • 586 Rest, My Heart, Rest ...
  • 587 I Urge ...
  • 588 I Was Born ...
  • 589 The Small Hours ...
  • 590 Flowers Fade Away ...
  • 591 To The Zenith-Height ...
  • 592 I Am Ready ...
  • 593 When Your Face Shines ...
  • 594 Just Stand And Wait ...
  • 595 The March Of Life ...
  • 596 I Love The Words Of Light ...
  • 597 I Shall Stoop From Heaven ...
  • 598 Such Precious Delight ...
  • 599 With His Eagle-Eyes ...
  • 600 In The Bottomless Deeps ...
  • 601 A Shattered Boat ...
  • 602 My Creator's Praise ...
  • 603 Into The World ...
  • 604 Awake, O My Soul ...
  • 605 O Lord Of Love ...
  • 606 O My Only Light ...
  • 607 Man's Ingratitude ...
  • 608 Courage My Soul Already Has ...
  • 609 O Lord Of Golden Day ...
  • 610 Strive Hard ...
  • 611 Let Me Sail ...
  • 612 True ...
  • 613 Let Us Taste ...
  • 614 All Things Rejoice ...
  • 615 Time Is Fleeting ...
  • 616 Your Love Has Crowned ...
  • 617 Can You Tell Me ...
  • 618 Those Who Begin Today ...
  • 619 All Except One ...
  • 620 I Aspire ...
  • 621 We Strive ...
  • 622 The Hardest Miracle ...
  • 623 Promises To Keep ...
  • 624 I Touch Not ...
  • 625 I Was Fired ...
  • 626 I Soulfully Feed ...
  • 627 Your Future Hope ...
  • 628 Only You ...
  • 629 Lock Me, O Lord ...
  • 630 Wrap Me ...