6201. If you plant a seed of purity

If you plant a seed of purity
Inside your heart,
Then God Himself will water it every day
And take care that it grows
Into a tree of divinity.

6202. Everything is possible

Everything is possible.
Fear-tremor can be transformed
Into destruction-terror,
And destruction-terror
Into perfection-love.

6203. Between perfection and satisfaction

The desire-life vacillates
Between hope and fear.
The aspiration-life oscillates
Between perfection and satisfaction.

6204. Unbelievable, but true

His vital is all
Vainglorious demonstration.
His heart is all
Auspicious aspiration.
Unbelievable, but true.

6205. A free access

Self-mastery
Has a free access
To an ultramundane life.

6206. An impossible task

Flattery now titillates your mind.
Therefore, for you to realise God
Is an impossible task.

6207. Doubts in the mind

The presence of teeming doubts
In the mind
Is tantamount to the beginning
Of a destruction-life.

6208. A heart of soulful silence

Only a heart
Of soulful silence
Can have a life
Of sacrosanct blessing.

6209. The pride of personality

The pride of personality
Will one day hide
Under the warm blanket
Of satisfaction-unity.

6210. Cancel your impotence-heart

Cancel your impotence-heart.
God is all ready to grant you
His indomitable Strength-Delight.

6211. Aspire, aspire!

Aspire, aspire!
Your heart’s aspiration-flames
Will unmistakably show you
The way to come out
Of your thick desire-forest.

6212. Your heart's soft voice

Value the perfection
Of your heart’s soft voice
If you want your outer confusion-life
To be illumined and perfected.

6213. I have not seen the Face of God

I have not seen the Face of God.
I have not felt the heart of man.
Therefore, I am wrapped
Only in my powerfully painful thoughts.

6214. The strength of hope

You will see yourself forsaken
If you deny
The indomitable strength of hope.

6215. Each time you compromise

Each time you compromise
With ignorance-night,
You tarnish the beauty
Of your soul’s perfection-promise
To the world.

6216. Accept your heart's way

Cheerfully accept your heart’s way
And vehemently reject your mind’s way
If you really want to free yourself
From the fetters of ignorance.

6217. You will never suffer

If your outer name is obedience
And your inner name is surrender,
Then you will never suffer
From periods of spiritual dryness.

6218. My aspiration means

My aspiration means
My heart’s non-stop
Fast-rising flames.

6219. Extinguish the fire

If you just extinguish
The fire of desire,
Then you do not have to relinquish
Anything else.

6220. He will extol his foe

When even his worst adversary
Does something great and good,
He will extol his foe to the skies.
Indeed, such nobility
Is not foreign to his nature.

6221. A seeker's life-story

A genuine seeker’s life-story
Is nothing other than
God’s own Satisfaction-Glory.

6222. The wisdom-sky of vision-light

Those who tolerate ignorance-night
Cannot expect to reach
The wisdom-sky of vision-light.

6223. Your do-nothing attitude

Your do-nothing attitude
Is responsible
Not only for the complete failure
Of your own life
But also for the sad failure
Of your big world-family.

6224. If you are perfect

If you are great,
Then nobody will be able
To understand you.
If you are perfect,
Then nobody will be able
To replace you.

6225. Denied God's Satisfaction-Smile

A mind without inspiration,
A heart without aspiration
And a life without imagination
Will be denied
God’s Satisfaction-Smile.

6226. God's Compassion helps me walk

God’s Compassion helps me walk
On the road to perfection.
God’s Forgiveness helps me walk
On the road to satisfaction.

6227. God's Dreams

If you do not aspire
Soulfully and sleeplessly,
Then God’s Dreams for you
Will turn to useless dust.

6228. God's God-Height

Unless I destroy
My life’s ignorance-night,
How can I ever reach
God’s God-Height?

6229. The king of stupendous failure

Because my life
Is a visionless ignorance-sky,
I am doomed to become
The king of stupendous failure.

6230. What is impossibility?

What is impossibility
If not its own lifeless obscurity
And its own useless futility?

6231. Not because I insult God

Not because I insult God,
Not because I find fault with God,
Not because I cannot see
Eye-to-eye with God,
But because I love only myself,
I am compelled to dwell
In my own abysmal ignorance-cave.

6232. Will you do something for me?

You say that you have nothing to do.
Then will you do something for me?
Will you dispatch your frustrated failure
Once and for all,
Just to please me?

6233. Do not forget to ask God

If you invite God
To enter into your heart-room,
Do not forget to ask Him
To push you forward
To see His Eternity’s Light
And to pull you upward
To feel His Infinity’s Delight.

6234. Hope-tree protects my life

Hope-tree protects my life.
Therefore
I see satisfaction,
Feel satisfaction
And become satisfaction,
No matter where I am,
No matter what I am doing.

6235. May my mind become the precursor

As night is the precursor
Of a beautiful and fruitful dawn,
May my mind become the precursor
Of a prayerful and soulful heart.

6236. I pray to feel only one thing

In my hermit-heart
I pray to feel only one thing:
God’s ocean-deep Victory-Delight.

6237. God's Compassion-Canopy

At any time I can pierce
Everything that I see
Within and without
Save one thing:
The Compassion-Canopy
Of my Beloved Supreme.

6238. You have come to me

My Lord,
You have come to me
To revive my climbing heart.
My Lord,
Will You not allow me
To clasp Your descending Feet?

6239. What my life needs

What my life needs
More than anything else
Is the fire of certainty.
Therefore, I am now sending
My uncertainty-thoughts
Into destruction-exile.

6240. My soulful morning prayer

Because of my soulful morning prayer
I am immensely enjoying
Two most special things:
The burial of my deceased mind
And
The fragrance-beauty of my Himalayan smile.

6241. When we live in the soul

When we live in the body,
The animal in us bites the world.
When we live in the heart,
The human in us inspires the world.
When we live in the soul,
The divine in us illumines the world.

6242. Today's self-giving seed

Today’s self-giving seed
Germinates into tomorrow’s
God-becoming plant.

6243. Divinity's clarion-call

You can become
Divinity’s reverberating clarion-call
If you do not allow
Your mind to be affected
By the world’s venom-doubts.

6244. The sword of conscience-light

Powerful is his success,
Fruitful is his progress
Because he has become
The naked sword
Of his own conscience-light.

6245. The arrow of concentration

His mind is
The arrow of concentration.
His heart is
The bow of meditation.
His soul is
The target of contemplation.

6246. In the morning

In the morning
My Lord secretly uncovers Heaven.
In the evening
My Lord blessingfully shows me
How to discover Heaven.

6247. Let God make the choice for you

In your life’s journey
Let God make the choice for you.
Rest assured,
God will let you enjoy the victory
All by yourself.

6248. You can cross the ignorance-sea

If you can think and feel
That God is yours,
You can easily cross to the other shore
Of the uncharted ignorance-sea.

6249. Insecurity is a disease

Insecurity is a disease
That is unconsciously cheerless within
And consciously shameless without.

6250. Perfection-poise

Perfection-poise
Is the satisfaction-heart
Of God’s God-Beauty
In man.

6251. Two immortal boons

A confidence-heart
And an assurance-mind
Are undoubtedly
Two immortal boons from Above
To humanity.

6252. To intensify my commitment-life

To intensify my commitment-life,
What I need first
Is an enlightenment-heart.

6253. For my own sake

When I pray to God for my own sake,
I see His Compassion-cultivation.
When I pray to God for His sake alone,
I enjoy His Satisfaction-harvest.

6254. The aspiration-life is better

The desire-life is good.
It liberates us from unpardonable idleness.
The aspiration-life is better than the best.
It helps us reach God’s Palace
And freely and confidently
Dine with God.

6255. To think of the past

To think of the past
Is indeed a painful task.
To carry the past
Is indeed a fruitless burden.

6256. His Heart's Flower-Fragrance

Every day try to meditate
On God’s Silence-Beauty.
Then you are bound to become
His Heart’s Flower-Fragrance.

6257. The unmistakable sources

A doubting mind and a dividing life
Are the unmistakable sources
Of man’s teeming maladies.

6258. Discard your worthless worries

Discard your worthless worries
As dirty, worn-out garments,
If you never want to abandon yourself
To wild despair-disaster.

6259. A life of devoted service

If yours is a life of devoted service,
Then yours is also
A mind of inspiration,
A heart of aspiration
And
A soul of God-manifestation.

6260. A beckoning light

Your mind may be enjoying
An encircling gloom.
Your heart may be enjoying
An increasing confusion.
But your soul will always remain
A beckoning light.

6261. A sincere seeker

An insincere seeker
Can unimaginably weaken
The life of a sincere seeker.

A sincere seeker
Can unimaginably inspire
The life of an insincere seeker.

6262. A golden satisfaction in God

To look at him
Is to be thrilled
With a silver faith in man
And a golden satisfaction in God.

6263. An impossible task

An impossible task:
For a borrowing mind
Ever to console
A sorrowing heart.

6264. A foolish mind

A foolish mind thinks
That it needs a mountain-cave
For its illumination.

A stupid heart feels
That it needs a forest-grove
For its satisfaction.

6265. You are wise twice

You are wise twice:
Once when you are ready
To live in the world,
And once when you are ready
To look far beyond the world
While remaining in the world.

6266. When the vital weaves

When the vital weaves
The rope of desire
It does not know
That it violently strangles
The climbing child in man.

6267. You can remain unchangeable

You can remain
Not only unchanged
But also unchangeable
In this world of cataclysmic changes
If you can make your life
Into a soulful flower-offering.

6268. If you need God

If you think of God,
God will love you more.
If you love God,
God will need you more.
If you need God,
God will be at once
More proud of you
And more proud of Himself.

6269. Sinner and saint

You are a sinner:
You have allowed your mind
To convince you of this.

You are a saint:
When are you going to allow God
To convince your heart of this?

6270. His life is totally lost

His life is totally lost
Between his mind’s emptiness
And his heart’s fulness.

6271. The uncertain future

You do not want to stop living
In the uncertain future,
Yet you do not realise
What you are doing:
You are driving your life-car
From danger to disaster.

6272. God wants you to see

You want to remember
What you were in substance:
A sinner.

God wants you to see
What you are in essence:
A perfect saint.

6273. The exploitation of your mind

The imperfections of your life
God has already forgiven,
But the exploitation of your mind
God is not sure
Whether He will forgive or not.

6274. To be late to pray

To be late to pray
Is common,
But to patiently wait to receive
Is always uncommon.

6275. On Eternity's Quest

You have a humility-life.
What does it mean?
It means that you have
A magnanimity-life.
What else does it mean?
It means that you have embarked
On Eternity’s Quest.

6276. Two indispensable realities

Only two indispensable realities
Can conquer the world:
A humility-mind
And
A purity-heart.

6277. The cross of Christ

The cross of Christ
At Calvary
Was astonishingly prayerful.

The meditation of Buddha
At the foot of the Bodhi tree
Was astonishingly beautiful.

The flute of Krishna
At Brindabhan
Was astonishingly soulful.

6278. The desire to be known

If you can give up
The desire to be known,
Your aspiration-heart
Will not be able
To remain unknown.

6279. What your heart knows and sees

What your mind has
Is a storm-tossed boat.
What your heart knows and sees
Is a silence-flooded shore.

6280. To make constant progress

There are two ways
To make constant progress:
The way of the heart
And the way of the life.
The way of the heart
Is to look up
High, higher, highest.
The way of the life
Is to look ahead
Far, farther, farthest.

6281. Anxiety hounds your steps

Anxiety hounds your steps
Not because you have not
Done the right thing
But because you are unwilling
To accept the right thing
As your own, very own.

6282. The song of perfection

If your heart really loves
The mount of vision,
Then your life can easily,
Soulfully and satisfactorily
Sing the song of perfection.

6283. Each time my aspiration ascends

Each time my aspiration ascends
I clearly see two things:
The assurance of my inner revolution
And the confidence in my outer resolution.

6284. The shackles of bondage

To destroy the shackles
Of my earthly bondage
I must become inseparably one
With my soul’s silence-world
And renounce my mind’s sound-world.

6285. God feels sad

God feels sad
When he sees that you are caught
In unnecessary struggles
Against the wrong forces
Of your unaspiring friends,
For He knows that you also have
Your own problems and shortcomings
Which you have to conquer
In order to become perfect.

6286. Because I have never asked

I weep
Not because I have not tried,
But because I have never asked
My Lord Supreme
What I am supposed to be
In His own Eternity’s Vision-Light.

6287. Pray first

Don’t watch for your weaknesses.
Pray first
And then watch for your weaknesses.
After you have prayed
Your weaknesses will lose their strength
And be ready to accept
The life of illumination.

6288. A beggar's world

The thought-world is a beggar’s world.
Nobody can force you
To stay in this beggar’s world
Unless you yourself are willing.
You can easily remain
In an emperor’s will-power-world
If that is what you ever long for.

6289. If you do not cooperate

If you do not cooperate
With the desire-world,
Then the aspiration-world
Will wing towards you
To liberate your self-tortured life.

6290. The three special requisites

A humility-life,
A purity-heart
And a spontaneity-mind
Are the three special requisites
Needed for a free access
To God’s infinite personal Property.

6291. Aspiration is the beginning

Aspiration is the beginning
Of my journey’s start.
Surrender is the perfection
Of my gratitude-flooded heart.

6292. A life of silence

A life of silence
Is the fragrance and beauty
Of God’s Self-Transcendence-Song.

6293. Before death invites you

Your teeming doubts
And your strangling suspicions
Will eventually bury you alive
Long before death invites you.

6294. The art of self-giving

When you learn the art of self-giving,
You definitely become
A conscious and inseparable part
Of the world-soul.

6295. An iota of soulfulness

Today I have only an iota of soulfulness
Because I am spiritually weak.
Tomorrow I shall become spiritually strong
And become a sun-vast soulfulness
Plus fulness.

6296. Your oneness-smile with Heaven

Your life may perish,
But your oneness-smile with Heaven
And your gratitude-heart to earth
Will always survive.

6297. The wise man

The wise man
Is he who prays to God
Not to show him
The ugly face of problems
Unless it is absolutely necessary
For his self-perfection.

6298. For your realisation

You can start
With either sincerity or purity
Or with both.
But you can never stop
With either of them.
You have to continue with them
Forever and forever,
For your realisation
And for God’s Manifestation.

6299. Hope-flames

Hope-flames are purifying my heart
So that I can appreciate,
Admire, love and grow into
Heaven’s ceaseless sun-vast smiles.

6300. How is it that I am not happy?

My Lord,
You have given me what I wanted.
How is it that I am not happy?
“My child,
How can you be happy
Unless you ask Me
For what you actually need?”
What do I need, My Lord?
Please tell me.
“My constant Satisfaction in you.”

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the sixty-third 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 greets Dr Estefania Aldaba-Lim, Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative for the International Year of the Child at the United Nations, following a ceremony in which the Government of India officially presented Dr Lim with a Sri Chinmoy painting on 27 March 1979. Following the presentation Dr Lim commented to the artist, “In thanking you again, we wish you continued success in your magnificent obsession to spread love, caring and commitment, to spread an important peace which we all desire in the United Nations.”