“Today
I must smile and smile
To unburden the sorrowful life
Of this world.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“If you want to smile
At the world,
Then you must smile
From deep within
And not from anywhere else.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“You will find the smile of silence
Inside your heart’s sleepless cry.
Cry is the night.
Inside the night is the day.
As the night holds the day,
So the cry holds the smile.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Our genuine smile is the most precious gift we can offer to the world. We do not need to give anything, do anything, create anything or sacrifice anything. We do not need to be a hero, a genius, martyr, saviour or saint. We need only to smile – sincerely, beautifully and wholeheartedly.
Where to find this soulful smile? From our inner cry for our own illumination, purification and perfection. As we cry from deep within, our cry uplifts us from mental confusion and vital chaos into the light, peace and poise of our silence-heart, wherein our soulful smile abides.
Our soulful smile is the beauty and fragrance of our meditation, our blossomed heart-flower. A flower does not announce itself: it simply is. Appreciating its beauty and fragrance, the world values and adores the flower. Even so our heart needs no other advertisement or interpreter: our smile is its perfect ambassador and embodiment.
Everything the world needs, is wrapped in our soulful smile: love, happiness, peace, purity, security, beauty, sweetness, encouragement, confidence, energy, enthusiasm, certainty, satisfaction. As the sun does not consciously offer its light, warmth and power, you do not have to consciously offer these qualities – your radiant smile will awaken these qualities within all who come into your orbit.
To elongate, elevate, authenticate and perpetuate your smile – meditate!