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INSPIRING THOUGHTS
Sri Swami Sivananda
Founder of
The Divine Life Society
SERVE, LOVE, GIVE,
PURIFY, MEDITATE,
REALIZE
So Says
Sri Swami Sivananda
Published By
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
P.O. SHIVANANDANAGAR—249 192
Distt. Tehri-Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh,
Himalayas, India.
World Wide Web (WWW) Edition: 2000
WWW site: http://www.SivanandaDlshq.org/
This WWW reprint is for free distribution
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The poems, short quotations and other matter forming contents are culled from the inspiring
works of various gifted writers of genius both of the West and the East. We have taken the liberty of
drawing certain items from the works of world-renowned authors and ask for their gracious
forgiveness for having included their inspiring thoughts and words in this little Free Gift booklet in
the cause of guiding and inspiring the youth of present-day world through these sublime and
elevating noble good thoughts. This booklet is brought as a love-offering to be given away freely to
spread good ideas among the youth of today.
Some of these pieces included seem to be Anonymous and the authors of some others are
not known. Some are from the famous and greatly beloved and admired national poetess of
America Helen Steiner Rice. Some others may be from Amada Bradley. The poem “IF” is from
Rudyard Kipling, the British author.
We acknowledge our deep debt of gratitude to all sources and seek their loving permission
for their inclusion. May God bless them all.
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CONTENTS
You Are Unique in the Eyes of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Key to Bliss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The Serenity Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Desiderata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Anyway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Don’t Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Footprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Why God Made Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
I Said a Prayer For YOU Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Just For Today, Lord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
If . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The Peace Prayer For World Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A Winner’s Creed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Life’s Lessons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
What They Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
If I Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Psalm of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Prayer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Strength. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Divine Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
New Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Just For a Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
True Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
There is Sunshine in a Smile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Be a Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Take Care of Little Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Morals and Ideals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
At Day’s End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
True Nobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Oyster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
On This Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
A Soldier’s Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Man in the Glass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
The Goal of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Universal Prayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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YOU ARE UNIQUE IN THE EYES OF GOD
Blessed Atman! The key to blessedness lies in being aware of blessedness. If your
awareness is turned in different directions, towards what you do not have, or what you think or
imagine you do not have, then this wrongly directed pattern of thought will make you unaware of
the many things that you have.
Each one is distinct and unique in the eyes of the Creator; there is none like that particular
being, there is no second. So each one is precious and specially valuable to the Creator. In the eyes
of God, therefore, each one is something special. This should always be remembered. No one can
replace you in the role that you fulfil in God’s creation at any given place and at any given point in
time. You are most necessary and indispensable for that particular set-up, in that particular
time-space context. And therefore rejoice and be grateful to the Lord that He has given you a role to
perform.
Whether you perform your role perfectly and in a meaningful manner or not is irrelevant,
because God expects each one to do what One is capable of, at any point, at any time. God does not
expect an ant to haul a great timber as the elephant does in the forest. Nor does God expect the
elephant to fly gracefully in the air as do swallows and doves. He expects birds to fly and He loves
them for what they do. He expects elephants to fulfil their role, giving dignity to the forest and doing
incredible jobs of strength. And He expects man to live as man. And each one in his own place, in
his own sphere, can fulfil a task and gladden the heart of the Maker and contribute something to His
plan on earth.
And this is the truth. And to be aware of the truth is to be worry-free, anxiety-free. To be
aware of the truth is to be grateful to God: “You have made me unique, You have given me a role,
and You have prompted me and brought to me all helpful factors to fulfil my role and play my part.
For that I ever give thanks”
No one is dispensable. No one is useless. No one is lesser in the eyes of God or in the eyes of
those who try to avoid human judgement and human standards of criticism, who accept God’s
creation as it is, because God created it. For them, whatever God thought fit to make, in any manner
whatsoever, is perfect; there is nothing wrong in it, and it is acceptable. For them, whatever
emanates from God partakes of His divinity and perfection, and therefore in God’s own plan, and in
God’s own way, is fully complete.
In this way, if we accept this truth that to God we are unique, and so we are to all those who
are trying to look with the impartiality of God’s vision, then in the presence of God and of those
who are devotees of God, we must feel at home, we have arrived; we may no longer feel distressed
in heart. One should rejoice in serene calmness of spirit: “I have arrived, I am at home, I am in the
presence of God and I am totally accepted.”
Things are as they should be. The Lord is in heaven and all is well on earth. This is the faith,
the firm belief of those who have faith in the infinite love of God, who have trust in the infinite
goodness of God and who are sure that in God’s heart they have a special and unique place. This is
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ever kept reserved for them and no one can take it away from them, because God’s infinite heart is
large enough to hold the entire cosmos and everything within it.
Thus knowing, we should have great comfort in our heart, great satisfaction and
contentment. And that is the secret of inner joy, the key to blessedness and the pathway to peace,
serenity and inner calm, where there is no fretting, agitation or restlessness.
The peace of God pervades the entire earth; the peace of God pervades everywhere, without
and within. The peace of God is the one great truth underlying all things, ever-present,
ever-accessible and available, ever-full and inexhaustible.
Try to live in the light of this truth, and the heart and mind will be at ease. Never compare
and contrast, because there is no comparing and contrasting amongst unique things. Every little
fledgling hatched from an egg is unique to its parents; so is each being unique in itself, for God is the
parent of all. Hence, sages and saints and men of wisdom look upon all with equal vision.
Therefore, rejoice that you are special to God in His infinite love. Rejoice that you have
your own special place and role to perform in this creation of God. And rejoice that His love is
immediately available to you, for He is not a remote reality, but He is the indwelling Reality, nearer
to you than anything else on earth. And rejoice that within you is the peace of God as your own Self.
You are God’s peace and you have a duty to perform, that is, to spread this peace which you are to
one and all. Live to spread this peace!
—Swami Chidananda
KEY TO BLISS
1. Serve. Love. Give. Meditate. Realise.
2. Be Good. Do Good.
3. Enquire ‘Who am I?’ Know the Self and be free.
4. Detach. Attach. D.I.N. (Do It Now)
5. Adapt, Adjust and Accommodate.
6. Bear insult. Bear injury. Highest Sadhana.
7. Simplify. Purify. Intensify.
8. Seek, Find, Enter and Rest.
9. Devote, Dedicate and Dissolve.
10. Examine, Analyse and Know.
11. Enquire, Discover and Recover.
12. Cooperate, Collaborate and Coordinate.
13. Devotion, Dedication and Discipline.
14. Discrimination, Dispassion and Determination.
15. Aspiration, Renunciation and Meditation.
16. Service, Sacrifice and Sublimation.
17. Solitude, Seclusion and Silence.
18. Purification. Concentration. Reflection. Meditation.
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19. Illumination, Identification, Absorption and Salvation.
20. Energise. Galvanise. Vitalise.
21. Excel in service. Expand in love. Advance in knowledge.
22. Pray. Aspire. Inspire.
Select, O aspirants, any one of these keys, open the chambers of thy heart and enter the
abode of Bliss and rest peacefully for ever. May Lord bless you.
THE SERENITY PRAYER
God grant me
the serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change
courage to change
the things I can,
and the wisdom
to know the difference.
—Reinhold Niebuhr
DESIDERATA
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As
far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and
clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself
with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons
than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing
fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let
this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is
full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face
of all aridity and disenchantment it is perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
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Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself
with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be
gentle with yourself.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be
here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be and whatever your
labours and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive
to be happy.
(Found in Old Saint Paul’s Church, Baltimore; Dated 1692)
“Happiness is not having
what you want, but wanting
what you have.”
ANYWAY
People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centred. Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable. Be honest and frank anyway.
People favour underdogs but follow only top dogs. Fight for some underdogs anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you help them. Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
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DON’T QUIT
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low, and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have’to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest, if you must, but don’t quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So, stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit.
OTHERS
Lord, help me live from day to day
In such a self-forgetful way,
That even when I kneel to pray,
My prayer shall be for “Others”.
Help me in all the work I do
To ever be sincere and true,
And know, that all I do for You
Must needs be done for “Others”.
And when my work on earth is done,
And my new work in Heavens begun
May I forget the crown I’ve won,
While thinking still of “Others”.
“Others.” Lord, yes, “Others!”
Let this my motto be.
Help me to live for others
That I may live for Thee.
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