quotes and poems of inspiration

A beautiful rose
Was my gift to God.
Fortunately, I did not expect
Anything from God in return,
Not even a smile.
That is why I am divinely happy
And God is supremely proud of me.

The human mind tries to gather
Even sorry-sounding excuses
So that it can avoid
The severe punishment
Of conscience-light.

Do not ask mankind
For its opinion
Once you have heard
God’s Life-Transformation-Command.

Spend considerable time
In finding sterling qualities
In others,
Rather than in finding
Their blazing faults.
Your mind will be full
Of peace-blossoms.

God can and does do everything
In and through others
As well as through you.
This truth will definitely help you
To have peace of mind.

If you allow
Others to speak first,
Others to go first,
Others to become first,
Peace will, without fail,
Come to you first.

Do not allow worry
To devour you.
Just face the truth.
Peace will immediately
Befriend you.

Let tomorrow
Worry about tomorrow.
You just breathe in today’s
Peace.

“There are quite a few ways to stop the mind. One way is to repeat the Name of God and try to forget oneself inside the repetition of the Name. Or one can repeat a particular mantra, which means sacred word or incantation. When one is repeating a mantra or God’s Name, there will be a continuous flow. If it is “God, God, God,” then inside the repetition itself one has to lose oneself. Then the mind stops…”

Continue Reading – Flame-Waves Part 10 by Sri Chinmoy

“When we have peace of mind, when we have tranquillity, we feel that there is nothing that we have to achieve, nothing that we have to do for ourselves. Everything has been done by the Almighty, by our heavenly Father. Right now we are hankering after name, fame and many other things. But when we have peace of mind, we feel on the strength of our oneness with the rest of the world that everything the world has is ours.”

- Sri Chinmoy

Excerpt from Flame Waves, Part 10 by Sri Chinmoy