Life

A talk by Sri Chinmoy
at the home of Mrs. Consuelo Pineiro (Shanti) 
in Miami, Florida

 

Life has an inner door. Aspiration opens it. Desire closes it. Aspiration opens it from within. Desire closes it from without.

Life has an inner lamp. This inner lamp is called aspiration. And when we keep our aspiration burning, it will, without fail, transmit to God's entire creation its effulgent glow.

Life has an inner Voice. It is the Saviour of mankind. This Voice is the Light of the Supreme. Life is protection, life is perfection, life is fulfilment when we open to this Light of the Supreme.

Each day is the renewal of life. Each day is the rebirth of our inner assurance that each individual is the chosen instrument of the Supreme to reveal and fulfil the Infinite Divine here on earth.

The outgoing life finds nothing but trouble, torture, misery and frustration. The inflowing life discovers the Sea of peace and bliss.

How to start life's inner journey? With the simple idea, the spontaneous thought that God-realisation is your birthright. Where to start? Here. From within. When to start? Now. Before the birth of a second.

Life is love. Love is life. Life fulfils God through love. Love fulfils God in life.

To illumine our life we need pure thoughts. Each pure thought is more precious than all the diamonds of the world, for God's Breath abides only in man's pure thoughts.

Life is always at work. It is ever active, dynamic. It tries to help the soul to complete its yet unaccomplished task, the divine Mission. The soul needs life's help to unfold itself fully. Life needs the soul's help to fulfil itself both physically and spiritually.

Birth and death play. They play together. Their game is the game of harmony. And it is always played on the infinite breast of Life.

Life is a thick cloud to him who keeps on brooding. Brooding and despondency are the worst foes that kill life in all its divine inspiration and high ideal. No more brooding, no more despondency. Your life shall become the beauty of a rose, the song of the dawn, the dance of the twilight.

God is in life. But life must awaken to the light of His Presence, His Transcendent Feet.

Published in AUM – Vol. 3, No. 5,6, Dec. 1967 – 27 Jan. 1968

 

Aurora-Flora

Inspirational messages by Sri Chinmoy given after sports practice at Jamaica High School track in Jamaica, New York

 

My aspiration is my preparation

My aspiration is my preparation.
My dedication is my preparation.
My preparation is for my emptiness.
My preparation is for my fulness.
My emptiness is my readiness.
My fulness is my readiness.
My emptiness-readiness pleases
God the Compassion-Giver.
My fulness-readiness pleases
God the Perfection-Proclaimer.

I love my Beloved Supreme

I love my body.
Therefore, I am patrolling its boundaries
Carefully.

I love my vital.
Therefore, I am controlling its aggressions
Forcefully.

I love my mind.
Therefore, I am challenging its doubts
Dauntlessly.

I love my heart.
Therefore, I am changing its needs
Wisely.

I love my soul.
Therefore, I am flying with it
Devotedly.

I love my Beloved Supreme.
Therefore, I am crying for Him
Sleeplessly, unreservedly
And unconditionally.

My inferiority

Inferiority, my inferiority!
Do you not realise
That you are hurting 
My beautiful eyes?
How can I forgive you
And why should I?

Inferiority, my inferiority!
Do you not realise
That you are killing 
My soulful heart?
How can I forgive you
And why should I?

Inferiority, my inferiority!
Do you not realise
That you are disappointing
My hopeful soul?
How can I forgive you
And why should I?

Inferiority, my inferiority!
Do you not realise
That you are deserting
My blessingful Supreme?
How can I forgive you
And why should I?

Published in Aurora-Flora

 


Listen to Sri Chinmoy reciting...

 

Sri Chinmoy recites three prayer-messages from Aurora-Flora during his public meditation in St. Paul’s Chapel at Columbia University, New York.