Daily Wisdom from Sri Chinmoy » spirituality http://www.shortpoems.org/blog quotes and poems of inspiration Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:35:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Short Poems on Death http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/15/short-poems-on-death/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/15/short-poems-on-death/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:35:03 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=797 Death is not the end
Death can never be the end.

Death is the road.
Life is the traveller.
The Soul is the Guide

…

Our mind thinks of death.
Our heart thinks of life
Our soul thinks of Immortality.

- By: Sri Chinmoy Excerpt from Talk – Is Death the End? My Rose Petals 1

Death, why do you live?
“I live because
Your human life needs divine rest,
Your human life deserves supreme rest
After you have fought
In the battlefield of life.”

Death, when will you die?
“I shall die
The moment
Bondage and ignorance
Forget your life
And the life of Earth.”

Excerpt from The Silence Of Death by Sri Chinmoy


It matters not
If
A man actually dies.

It matters not
Where and when
He eventually dies.

But
It matters much,
It matters more,
It matters most
How
He plays with God
On earth
In the Garden
Of Love-Light.

Excerpt from The Silence Of Death by Sri Chinmoy

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/15/short-poems-on-death/feed/ 0 If I Dislike Someone Vehemently http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/14/if-i-dislike-someone-vehemently/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/14/if-i-dislike-someone-vehemently/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:30:13 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=795 My Lord,
If I dislike someone vehemently,
What is the best way to deal with
That person?
“My child,
There is not just one,
But there are many ways
To deal with that person:
“First,
Do not express
Your volcanic anger.
“Second,
Think and feel
That you have the capacity
To mould and shape that person
Into a perfectly lovely human losing.
“Third,
Discard all your preconceived ideas
And judgements about the person,
For if you cherish hostile attitudes
Towards any person,
Then your own hostility
Will devour you.
“Next,
Just imagine that right now
Your so-called enemy is having
Nice thoughts about you.
Not only that,
To your wide surprise, your enemy
Is speaking highly of you
To others.
“Finally,
Ask your mind to be a peace-maker.
Ask your heart to be a peace-lover.
Ask yourself to be a peace-observer
Here and everywhere
In the Eternal Now.”

Excerpt from Morning Prayers And Poems On War by Sri Chinmoy

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“….But there is another way to look at forgiveness. God wants us to be at a certain height so that we can receive His Affection, Love, Compassion and Blessings, but right now we are not at that level. So God is begging us: “Just raise your consciousness an iota and come up to this level. Then I will be able to give you My Love, My Compassion and My Blessings.” Our human mind may call it forgiveness, but God is not thinking about our inner and outer crimes. He just wants us to raise our consciousness so that we will increase our receptivity and oneness with Him. Then he will be able to give us more Compassion, more Light and more Love….”

Read More – Forgiveness and Gratitude

Excerpt from Khama Karo by Sri Chinmoy

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/04/divine-forgiveness/feed/ 0 The Outer Man – The Inner Man http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/02/the-outer-man-the-inner-man/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/02/the-outer-man-the-inner-man/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:46:59 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=779 The outer man
Cries to increase
His earthly power.
The inner man
Cries to increase
The world’s happiness.

Excerpt from The Oneness-Heart-University by Sri Chinmoy

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There is plenty of hope
For each and every
Human being on earth.

Excerpt from The Oneness-Heart-University by Sri Chinmoy

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/03/01/no-more-depressing-news/feed/ 0 Peace http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/18/peace-5/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/18/peace-5/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:30:36 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=775 Peace is not in seeing,
Peace is not in receiving,
Peace is not in feeling,
Peace is not in giving;
Peace is in praying to God
For peace-role
In the seeker’s aspiring life.

Excerpt from Silence-Seed And Sound-Fruit by Sri Chinmoy

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/18/peace-5/feed/ 0 My Heart and I http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/17/my-heart-and-i/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/17/my-heart-and-i/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:19:17 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=773 Today my heart and I
Are exceedingly happy,
For we are seeing my mind’s
Ego-balloon
Losing its altitude very rapidly.

Excerpt from Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy

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To go with your Beloved Lord
Even to hell,
Then rest assured,
Your Lord will definitely turn hell
Into the highest Heaven.

Excerpt from Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 18 by Sri Chinmoy

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/16/if-you-are-ready/feed/ 0 No Introduction Needed http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/15/no-introduction-needed/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/15/no-introduction-needed/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:17:02 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2010/02/15/no-introduction-needed/ Ignorance-night and wisdom-light
Need no introduction.
A life of ignorance is a life
Of senseless self-explanation.
A life of wisdom is a life
Of flawless self-explanation.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 7 by Sri Chinmoy

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A gratitude-heart
Is to discover on earth
A Heaven-delivered rose.

Excerpt from My Sunrise-Heart, Part 1 by Sri Chinmoy.

Photo: Tejvan

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