“There is a special inner cry
For every hour,
And I wish to be that inner cry
To illumine the human in me,
To manifest the divine in me
And to satisfy the Supreme in me.”
– Sri Chinmoy
This divinely beautiful, supremely significant poem is at once aspiration, instruction, revelation, illumination, and satisfaction. The poem, itself a perfect cry, describes and expresses the nature, purpose and function of the inner cry across the span of our spiritual quest.
“There is a special inner cry
For every hour… “
Our inner cry cannot be something static or fixed, nor a ritual, nor routine habit; it must constantly flow, grow, learn, evolve, adapt to the nature of the hour, the challenge of the present and need of the moment, seeking the best way to surmount each obstacle and to raise our consciousness through continual transcendence.
“…And I wish to be that inner cry… “
Our inner cry is not something we possess or direct; it is that very thing we must become, in all our being. We may have wants, desires and needs; we may direct our thoughts, intentions and actions; but the inner cry we must simply be – in being, we become its flow and grow into its fulfilment.
“…To illumine the human in me,
To manifest the divine in me
And to satisfy the Supreme in me.”
From our human perspective, our inner cry is focussed on our illumination. As dawn overpowers night, as our inner cry rises and illumines the human in us, our divine self is revealed, blooms, blossoms and is manifested. Each step leads to the next. As our divine self is manifested, our Supreme Self – composer, director and singer/songwriter of our inner cry – is satisfied. Our inner cry reaches its source, fulfilled.