No human being
Can escape being a victim
To ruthless misunderstanding.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

The divine art
Is a supreme journey
Into the Unknowable.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

Do not enter
Into the world of comparison.
Just dare to better yourself
Every day, without fail!

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

My heart loves
Sweet dreams.
Alas, I am forced to accept
Hard realities.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

Sorrow, my sorrow,
You are everywhere available.
Joy, my joy,
Do tell me when
You will be achievable.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

Each thought
Can be a prayer.
Each action
Can be a meditation.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

When I do not pray,
God is strict and terrifying.
When I pray,
God is beautiful and charming.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

I was a tiny raft
In the pond of learning.
I am now a huge boat
In the ocean of becoming.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

I know, I know, I know
That, in the mind-mart,
The miracle of miracles
Is a gratitude-heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007

O my mind,
Preach not, preach not
If you desire
God’s smiling Eye.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 48, Agni Press, 2007