Daily Wisdom from Sri Chinmoy http://www.shortpoems.org/blog quotes and poems of inspiration Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 A Life of Mistakes http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/29/a-life-of-mistakes/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/29/a-life-of-mistakes/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:57:32 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=594 His is a life
Mostly spent in making mistakes.
But his hallowed hunger for God-Love
Will eventually
Not only rectify and justify
But also glorify
All his unavoidable mistakes.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/29/a-life-of-mistakes/feed/ The Secret Of Divine Education http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/28/the-secret-of-divine-education/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/28/the-secret-of-divine-education/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:56:19 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=592 The secret of divine education:
Do not look back.
Your forgotten, hungry wolf-life
Will immediately devour you.
The secret of divine education:
Be sleeplessly on the alert.
Your ego-life can easily
Keep growing without nourishment.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/28/the-secret-of-divine-education/feed/ VIEWPOINTS http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/27/viewpoints/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/27/viewpoints/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:55:24 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=590 A little soul says
God is good.
A big soul says
God is great.
A divine soul says
God boundlessly has.
A supreme soul says
God eternally is
Plus
God eternally proceeds.

Excerpt from The Golden Boat, Part 14 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/27/viewpoints/feed/ We Are Aspiring For Harmony http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/we-are-aspiring-for-harmony/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/we-are-aspiring-for-harmony/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:04:26 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=596 We are aspiring for harmony
In the inner life and in the outer life
I deeply value the oneness
Of all human beings.

- Sri Chinmoy

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/we-are-aspiring-for-harmony/feed/ Three Tearful Prayers http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/three-tearful-prayers/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/three-tearful-prayers/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:54:09 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=588 My Eternity’s Lord Supreme,
Three tearful prayers:
Reinspire my heart-cry,
Rebuild my hope-tower,
Replenish my gratitude-cup.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/26/three-tearful-prayers/feed/ Don’t Be http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/25/dont-be/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/25/dont-be/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:53:24 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=586 O mind, my mind,
Don’t be a busy old fool.
O heart, my heart;
Don’t be a tortured weakling.
O vital, my vital,
Don’t be a ruthless tyrant.
O body, my body,
Don’t be a marathon sleeper.
O soul, my soul,
Don’t be a fruitless dreamer.

Excerpt from The Golden Boat, Part 14 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/25/dont-be/feed/ Hope Never Retreats http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/24/hope-never-retreats/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/24/hope-never-retreats/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:53:02 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=584 Hope never retreats.
Faith never delays.
Love never sleeps.
Devotion never doubts.
Surrender never fails.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 5 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/24/hope-never-retreats/feed/ Faith Helps my Heart-Flower Blossom http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/21/faith-helps-my-heart-flower-blossom/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/21/faith-helps-my-heart-flower-blossom/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:03:20 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=582 Faith helps my heart-flower blossom
Petal by petal in perfect perfection
So that it can respond
To my soul’s delight-call.

Excerpt from Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 57 by Sri Chinmoy.

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Your heart-bird has flown
High above your mind’s clouds,
God is granting you
The Silence, Beauty and Divinity
Of Eternity.

Excerpt from Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 63 by Sri Chinmoy.

]]> http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/20/just-because/feed/ Peace http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/19/peace-3/ http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/2009/06/19/peace-3/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:29:05 +0000 tejvan http://www.shortpoems.org/blog/?p=578 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.

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