Ambition, my friend unparalleled

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
You are helping my body
To come out of lethargy-night.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
You are helping my vital
To smash asunder
The heavy and binding shackles
Of frustration-slavery.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
You are helping my mind
To free its luminous vision
From the prison of teeming doubts.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
You are helping my heart
To free its marvellous peace
From the cave of torturing insecurity.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
You are helping my soul
To dream in and through me
Clearly, swiftly, powerfully
And triumphantly.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
You are serving my Beloved Supreme
To make me a perfect instrument of His,
Cheerfully, sleeplessly
And unreservedly.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
When I use you divinely,
I create not only a satisfaction-world
Within me,
But also a promise-world outside me;
I create a new dawn for myself
And a challenging and fulfilling reality
For the whole world.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
When I use you undivinely,
I destroy my inner world
That wants to grow and glow,
And I also destroy my outer world
That wants to ascend and transcend.

Ambition, my friend unparalleled,
I shall always use you in a divine way
So that at every moment
You can be proud of
My sincerity,
My dedication
    And
My transformation.
Sri Chinmoy, Aurora-Flora, Agni Press, 1982