The Wings of Poetry
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Poetry has always been Sri Chinmoy's first
choice, as a natural medium for expressing mystical experience. His
poems express a broad range of spiritual emotion, from the doubts and
fears of the wavering pilgrim to the blissful realisations of the
illumined master.
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The Absolute No mind, no form, I only exist; A realm of Bliss bare, ultimate; I have crossed the secret ways of life, My spirit aware of all the heights,
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The Pilgrims of the Lord Supreme. We are the Pilgrims of the Lord Supreme |
In recent years Sri Chinmoy has turned increasingly to aphorisms - short prayerful evocations of deep inner truth. Deceptively simple upon first reading, absorbing these aphorisms fully is a meditative act in itself.
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God's first Smile was born The day humanity awoke To His Light. |
Be kind, be all sympathy, For each and every human being Is forced to fight against himself. |
At the time of his passing in October 2007, Sri Chinmoy was more than half-way through completing a collection of 77,000 aphorisms entitled Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees.

