Daily Wisdom from Sri Chinmoy http://www.shortpoems.org/blog quotes and poems of inspiration Thu, 17 May 2012 20:38:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Self-Offering http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2012/05/17/self-offering/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2012/05/17/self-offering/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 20:38:05 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=1991 My Lord,
What is my first necessity?
“My child,
Self-offering to Me
Is your first necessity.”

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 34, Agni Press, 2003.
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A man of peace
Experiences, reveals
And manifests
The joy of paradise.

Sri Chinmoy, Peace-Blossom-Fragrance, Part 2, Agni Press, 1994.
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Puts us to sleep
And helps us enjoy
Beautiful dreams.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 34, Agni Press, 2003.
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Is the universal music
To inspire God-dreamers
Throughout the length and breadth
Of the world.

Sri Chinmoy, Peace-Blossom-Fragrance, Part 2, Agni Press, 1994.
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I shall always follow
In your light-flooded footsteps.

Sri Chinmoy, Peace-Blossom-Fragrance, Part 2, Agni Press, 1994.
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Flies with Time
And never from it.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 24, Agni Press, 2002.
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Our heart’s
Progress-road.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 24, Agni Press, 2002.
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Then only can I truly know
What is important to God
And what is not important to God.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 24, Agni Press, 2002.
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To gaze into His Eye
Of Compassion
Even for a fleeting second.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 24, Agni Press, 2002.
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Do you not have
Anything better to do
Than to worry about
Your future?

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 24, Agni Press, 2002.
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