“There are many roads
That lead to our Destination.
Our gratitude-heart-road
Is the shortest.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy was asked: “What is the most magical word?” He replied:
“The most magical word is gratitude. The most magical thing is to offer one’s gratitude to the Supreme for what He has granted to you and not granted to you, out of His infinite Bounty, in order to fulfil His own Dream-Reality in and through you.”
– Sri Chinmoy
“In my spiritual life,
Nothing can be as sweet,
Illumining and fulfilling
As my God-gratitude-heart.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Question: “Since you say that gratitude is the most beautiful thing on earth, what is the effect of gratitude on man and God?”
Sri Chinmoy’s reply: “When an individual offers gratitude to God, immediately his receptivity increases. His vessel becomes large. Then God is able to pour more of His Blessings into the person or enter more fully into that vessel with His own divine Existence. God is infinite, but only according to our receptivity can He enter into us. God is like sunlight. If I leave this window open, sunlight will come in here. If I keep all the other windows closed, it cannot come in there. The more we offer gratitude, the more we increase our receptivity and capacity. The more windows we open, the more God enters into us with Light, abundant Light, infinite Light. When we offer gratitude, immediately God’s Light comes pouring into our being.”
– Sri Chinmoy
Along with light pouring into our being, gratitude brings supreme energy, as Sri Chinmoy elucidates:
“The divine in me grows
Only when I devotedly allow
The supreme Energy to flow.
What is the supreme Energy?
The supreme Energy is my constant
Offering of my gratitude-heart
To the Supreme.”
– Sri Chinmoy