No matter what might go wrong in our life, no matter what we need to go right in our life, no matter what we aspire to achieve or to become in our life, there is one remedy, one solution, one prescription. These poems of Sri Chinmoy wash over us like waves of the ocean of truth, each with its own unique power, beauty, shape and form expressing one recurring message:
“Just a smile
Makes our mind clear,
Our heart pure
And our world new.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“We can disarm
All our fears
Just by challenging them
With a smile.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Soulfully give yourself
A shining smile.
Quickly your haunting nightmare
Will breathe its last.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“To smile sincerely
Is to have a heart
Of peace and bliss.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Now that our smile has liberated us from our own suffering and raised our own consciousness, we find that our smile also has the capacity to transform the world around us, for our smile is the perfect ambassador of our spiritual heart and all its divine qualities:
“A blooming heart
Carries with it
A radiance-smile.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Man’s soulful smile
Is indeed a perfect expression
Of his inner peace.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Our smile announces our own divinity and calls forth the divinity from all around us:
“There is no magical power
As beautiful, powerful and inspiring
As our smiling eyes.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“Just one smile
From my gratitude-heart
Immensely increases
The beauty of the universe.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Finally, the purest expression of the power of our smile, the single reason we should strive to always smile, not only every day, but every hour, every minute and every second is distilled in this simple utterance:
“To smile
Is to offer happiness
To the world.”
– Sri Chinmoy