(Set 1) During the Sing-along held in December 2019, the Enthusiasm-Awakeners and a few guests read out poems or writings by Sri Chinmoy on the theme “Enthusiasm”.

//  Set 1 // read out during a break

Enthusiasm is our inner beauty. Enthusiasm is our inner determination. Enthusiasm is our love of God-oneness. Enthusiasm is the capacity to destroy the unaspiring past in us. Enthusiasm is the capacity to expedite our aspiration-journey. When we have enthusiasm in our body, vital, mind, heart and soul, God immediately starts playing, singing and dancing. Our enthusiasm is God’s immediate Pride in us.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Rainbow-Flowers, Part 2, (Agni Press, 1999)


If  you have enthusiasm in the mind
And aspiration in the heart,
You do not need anything else.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 43, #42,084 (Agni Press, 2005)


I am so extremely fortunate
That my enthusiasm-mind-river
And
My eagerness-heart-river
Never dry up.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 8, #7,188 (Agni Press, 1998)


O seeker, if you have
A non-stop
Enthusiasm-eagerness,
Then for you there can be
No goal unattainable.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 1, #123 (Agni Press, 1998)


Enthusiasm is a flying bird.
We must catch it
And do the needful
Before it flies away.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 14, #13,457 (Agni Press, 1999)


When you have enthusiasm,
God comes first in your life.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Songbook: Aspiration-Plants, Part 1 (composed on 13 July 1988 from poem #10,861)


Enthusiasm has to activate
Every part of our life
To manifest
God’s Light on earth
Swiftly and unmistakably.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 9, #8,690 (Agni Press, 1998)


I am sure my heart-enthusiasm
Will never fail me,
Never!

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 50,#49,254 (Agni Press, 2009)


The obedience of the mind
And the enthusiasm of the vital
Are two inseparable,
God-cherished friends.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 3, #2,656 (Agni Press, 1998)


O my mind, do not give up!
Start again!
A new enthusiasm is blossoming
Inside you.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 30, #29,034 (Agni Press, 2002)


Enthusiasm: what is it,
If not my running life
And my singing heart?

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 20, #19,088 (Agni Press, 2001)


My enthusiasm-heart
Quickly and unmistakably sows
Perfection-satisfaction-seeds.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 139, #13,833 (Agni Press, 1991)


Guests who wished to read poems, chose randomly from a large collection


God treasures
My enthusiasm-life
And eagerness-heart
More than anything else.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 19, #18,311 (Agni Press, 2000)


If you can feel that you are
A seven-year-old child,
Filled with enthusiasm, readiness,
Willingness and eagerness,
The spiritual life will never fail you.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 236, #23,525 (Agni Press, 1997)


A roaring enthusiasm
Is of paramount importance
To expedite
Our God-ordained mission
On earth.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 23, #22,046 (Agni Press, 2001)


My life is in between
My mind’s God-enthusiasm
And
My heart’s God-eagerness.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 24, #23,710 (Agni Press, 2002)


God is all Pride
The moment He sees
An enthusiasm-life
And an intensity-heart.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 36, #35 246 (Agni Press, 2004)


The journey begins
With enthusiasm-joy.
The journey ends
With God-surrender-peace.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Morning Blessing-Call-Prayers, #358 (Agni Press, 2010)


God has appointed
My enthusiasm-heart
To be of endless service
To Him.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 38, #37,003 (Agni Press, 2004)


Enthusiasm
Brings me
To the right path.
Willingness
Leads me.
Eagerness
Quickens my speed.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Love, Compassion, Forgiveness, #24 (Agni Press, 1993)


O enthusiasm-hero,
Do bring me out of
My mind’s ruthless prison.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 12, #11,946 (Agni Press, 1999)


What we need
Is a rainbow-enthusiasm
To brighten the path
Of our spirituality.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, Part 21, #20,208 (Agni Press, 2001)


If you want to achieve
Perfection and satisfaction
Within and without,
Then enthrall your world
With nectar-spreading enthusiasm.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 17, #1,700 (Agni Press, 1983)


Enthusiasm begins the journey.
Determination continues the journey.
Surrender completes the journey.
Gratitude not only fulfils the journey
But also pleases God
In God’s own Way.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 49, #4,807 (Agni Press, 1982)


Who has abundant enthusiasm?
Only those who feel they are
The chosen children of God.
Every day God is trying to act
In and through these children
With His own boundless Enthusiasm.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 80, #7,947 (Agni Press, 1983)


I travelled with God.
He loved me
Not because
I am a man of capacity,
But because
I have a heart of enthusiasm.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 49, #4,897 (Agni Press, 1984)


If you become
A childlike heart,
Then nothing can cloud
Your heart’s enthusiasm-sky.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 206, #20,510 (Agni Press, 1994)


Enthusiasm
Is of supreme importance.
Before we embark
On our spiritual journey,
While we are on the journey
And at the end of our journey’s close,
Enthusiasm
Is our constant, sleepless need.

— Sri Chinmoy,
Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, Part 161, #16,085 (Agni Press, 1991)