Poems from Sri Chinmoy's forthcoming book: My Life-Tree

My Life-Tree

My life-tree
Is made up of my earth-hopes.

My life-leaves
Are made up of my earth-cries.

My life-flowers
Are made up of my earth-sighs.

My life-fruits
Are made up of my earth-failures.

They never get tired

My feet never get tired
No matter how many miles I walk.

My hands never get tired
No matter how long I work.

My heart never gets tired
No matter how many people I love.

But my mind always gets tired
The moment it tries to chase away
A fraction of a doubt.

Not such a difficult task

Try to arrange your thoughts.
It is not such a difficult task.

Try to control your thoughts.
It is not such a difficult task.

Try to conquer your thoughts.
It is not such a difficult task.

Try to surrender your thoughts
To the Inner Pilot.
It is the easiest thing.
If you do it,
Then you do not have to
Arrange, control and conquer
Your thoughts.
It is all done.

There is a difference

Love is love,
But there is a difference
Between my love for God
And my love for man.
My love for God
Is for my perfection-light.
My love for man
Is for my expansion-right.

Are they happy?

Is your earth happy?
Not exactly,
But it tries to be happy.

Is your Heaven happy?
Yes, it is.
It is always happy.
It seems it can never be otherwise.

Two exceptions

Man is an exception.
He does not have to be
As beautiful as an angel
In God’s Vision-Light.

Angels are exceptions.
They do not have to be
As responsible as man
In God’s Creation-Reality.

Thoughts

A God-lover’s thoughts:
Acceptance-light,
Rejection-night.

A God-server’s thoughts:
Service-opportunity,
Satisfaction-necessity.

My thoughts:
Transformation-duty,
Perfection- beauty.