Spirituality is man’s boundless freedom in his life-boat: the freedom of his life-journey, the freedom from his life-pangs and the freedom beyond his life-achievements.
In spirituality is man’s farthest Vision. In spirituality is man’s nearest reality. God has Compassion. Man has aspiration. Spirituality is the consciousness-light that unites man’s aspiration and God’s Compassion. Spirituality tells man that he is God veiled and that God is man revealed.
Spirituality is not an escape from the world of reality. Spirituality tells us what the true reality is and how we can discover it here on earth. Spirituality is not the denial of life, but the purest acceptance of life. Life is to be accepted unreservedly. Life is to be realised soulfully. Life is to be transformed totally. Life is to be lived eternally.
Spirituality is not the song of ignorance. It is the mother of concentration, meditation and realisation. Concentration takes me dynamically to God. Meditation silently brings God to me. Realisation neither takes me to God nor brings God to me. Realisation reveals to me that God is the Bluebird of Infinity’s Reality and I am the Golden Wings of Divinity’s Truth.
Spirituality has taught me the difference between my speech and my silence, between my mind and my heart. In speech I try to become. In silence I am. When I open my mouth, God closes my heart. When I close my mouth, God opens my heart. My mind says, “God needs me.” My heart says, “I need God.” My mind wants to possess God’s Creation while negating it. My heart wants to embrace God’s Creation while serving it. My mind says it does not know whether it thinks of God or of itself. At times my mind feels that since it does not think of God, neither does God think of it. My heart sees and feels that God thinks of it even if it does not care to think of God.
Spirituality has told me secretly what my supreme necessity is and how I can have it. What is my supreme necessity? God’s Blessing. How can I have it? By simply borrowing it from God’s Bank.
How can I pay off my debt? Easily! Just by borrowing once again from God’s Bank. But I must borrow wisdom and nothing else. Wisdom possessed, debt nullified. Verily, this wisdom is the breath of spirituality.
I am God’s experiment. He has given me my name: Science. I am God’s experience. He has given me my name: Spirituality. I am God’s Realisation. He has given me my name: Oneness – Oneness within, Oneness without.
God is my Reality. Heaven is my Immortality. Earth is my Divinity.
On earth I grow. With heaven I become. In God I am.
– Sri Chinmoy, Eastern Light For The Western Mind
Known is a drop, Unknown is an Ocean 
Lovely! Will share on Facebook. Namaste _/l\_
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Absolutely! Thanks Julianne. 🙂
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A beautiful passage and link. Thank you! I look forward to reading more of Sri Chinmoy’s words.
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Absolutely Mike! You are most welcome. 🙂
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A heart-warming passage…
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Yeah, thanks Mike! 🙂
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“In speech I try to become. In silence I am.” Awesome. You have written a powerful and profound truth about God and life. My mind tends to want to become something, but I am already something valuable… I just have to realize it. Being still and surrendering is my ultimately Salvation. Thank you.
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Very true, Noel! All credits to Sri Chinmoy. 🙂
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This is so profound I am posting it on my wall to read and re-read. Thank You Ganesh!
Your timing is impeccable as always!!
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Cat
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Wonderful Cat! It’s my pleasure. 🙂
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Hi. Just wanted to take a minute to express appreciation for your post, and to pose a question. So much of the imagery we use positions “God”, whatever we conceive God to be, as separate from ourselves, an external force. Your philosophy seems to be more integrated than that, yet your language still places God as distinct. I’m curious as to whether that’s actually your perspective, or just the simplest terminology?
Hopefully, my comment makes sense. And of course, I’d be interested in anyone else’s thoughts as well.
Thanks
David
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Thanks dear David! It’s absolutely true that there no difference between us or God or every other being in the universe. God/Soul/Self is integral part of every being in the universe.
As per Science, Absolute Space filled with God Particle is God.
As per Religion, Supreme Soul or Supreme Spirit or Brahman is God.
As per Spirituality, Self/Soul is God. All are one, there is no difference.
What separates us from the rest of the world is our Mind (Ego). In above article by Sri Chinmoy, if we interpret “Man as Mind” and “God as Soul”, all our doubt’s will be cleared. 🙂
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Beautiful! Thanks as always Ganesh.
Much Love, Sandy
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Yeah, my pleasure. 🙂
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Dear Ganesh,
Thank you so much for sharing this. I identified with all your wrote so beautifully. However, this passage resonated most of all:
“Spirituality is not an escape from the world of reality. Spirituality tells us what the true reality is and how we can discover it here on earth. Spirituality is not the denial of life, but the purest acceptance of life. Life is to be accepted unreservedly. Life is to be realised soulfully. Life is to be transformed totally. Life is to be lived eternally.”
Be well and happy
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Wonderful, dear friend! My pleasure. 🙂
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Thank you for reminding me of Sri Chinmoy:
I plead with God
To give me a little more time.
God says, “No, My child, no!
HERE and NOW.”
http://www.srichinmoylibrary.com/here-and-now
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Very nice, Yeshua! You are most welcome. 🙂
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