Sri Chinmoy

 How can one know who his spiritual teacher is?...His heart looks at the spiritual Masters and makes the choice. When the heart sees a spiritual Master, if it is overwhelmed with joy, then there is every probability that that spiritual Master is the right one for the seeker.

The joy of a self-giving life       
Can neither be measured     
Nor be expounded.

If we believe in our own       
Self-transcendence-task     
Then there can be     
No unreachable goal.

Our goal is not to have       
A problem-free life.     
But to conquer all the problems
As they appear     
Along our life-road.

Either by silencing the mind or by opening the heart, today's man can become tomorrow's God, tomorrow's Divinity. And embodied Divinity soon becomes revealed Immortality.

An aspiring life       
Never forgets     
God's Compassion-Light     
And never regrets     
Its past failures.

I took a closer look.      
There is no such thing as ignorance.    
Ignorance is nothing    
But my limited knowledge.    
I took a closer look.    
There is no such thing as defeat.    
Defeat is nothing    
But the inspirer    
Of my increasing will.    
I took a closer look.    
There is no such thing as death.    
Death is nothing    
But my strengthening    
And    
Dreaming rest.

You do not have to be       
The fastest starter.     
Just be a starter!     
You will, without fail,     
Reach your destination-sun.

God can be seen       
Even by the poorest fool,     
But not by the self-styled,     
God-arguing     
Intellectual giants.

Why is it easier to disbelieve than to believe? It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of descent, whereas belief is an act of ascent. Descending is easier than ascending.

It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of breaking, and belief is an act of building. Building is more difficult than breaking.  

It is easier to disbelieve than to believe because disbelief is an act of our self-centred mind, whereas belief is an act of our self-giving heart.