“My soul-smiles
Come from
Far beyond the horizon.”
– Sri Chinmoy
A smile is a spiritual entity manifesting in the physical realm, an ambassador from the higher worlds. With free access to our inner and outer worlds, a smile can magically transform the conditions of both at once. A smile brings forth our best inner qualities when we most need them, then reveals, spreads and shares these qualities with the world at large.
The following poems speak of the effects of a smile on our own inner consciousness:
“Soulfully give yourself
A shining smile.
Quickly your haunting nightmare
Will breathe its last.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“We can disarm
All our fears
Just by challenging them
With a smile.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“A gratitude-heart
Can smilingly illumine
A doubting mind.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Just a smile
Makes our mind clear,
Our heart pure
And our world new.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“To smile sincerely
Is to have a heart
Of peace and bliss.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Once we have established peace, light, love and joy in our hearts, our soulful consciousness is inevitably expressed through our smile, as these poems depict:
“Man’s soulful smile
Is indeed a perfect expression
Of his inner peace.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“A blooming heart
Carries with it
A radiance-smile.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Every spiritual seeker plays two roles: both as a seeker and as a distributer of peace, light and bliss. While our smile brings us the qualities we seek inwardly, inevitably our smile also expresses and conveys these qualities to the world around us, as the following poems describe:
“There is no magical power
As beautiful, powerful and inspiring
As our smiling eyes.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“To smile
Is to offer happiness
To the world.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Just one smile
From my gratitude-heart
Immensely increases
The beauty of the universe.”
– Sri Chinmoy