The New Millennium

by Sri Chinmoy

TWENTY-FIRST Century, the New Millennium! No more the old sorrows and joys-compendium. God's Heart, God's Eye, a new hope and a new promise! O run and dive and y-Bliss, Innity's Bliss! The world shall cheer the road with a God-surrender-song. Creator's Silence-Hearts, creation's sound-lives throng.

O New Millennium, You come and stand before me. For me, you are a divine guest. You come to me with love divine. I call you my own. The moment you appear before me, In you I feel my ever-growing newness And ever-fullling oneness.

WE usher in the New Millennium To grow into Its beauty and fragrance Innite.

EACH blossoming century Begins with a new Hope From God's Heart And a new Promise From God's Eye.

THE 21st Century Shall begin its stupendous journey With an amazing heart-cry For God's Forgiveness.

IN the 21st Century God is asking me To follow Him untiringly, For He is planning to place Our mutual victory-crown On my head.

WHERE shall I live in the 21st Century? I shall live in two places: God's Sweetness-Heartbeat And Man's pilgrim-heart-temple.

THE 21st Century Is fast approaching. May each human being remember His Himalayan promises to God And start fullling them.

MAY the New Millennium Usher in God's new Dream, God's new Promise And God's new Satisfaction, To liberate humanity From the throes Of ignorance-bondage.

IN the 20th Century Every day I woke up With streaming tears In my eyes.

IN the 21st Century Every day I shall wake up With blossoming smiles In my heart.

MY Lord Beloved Supreme Is making a solemn Promise to me That every day He will come to me With a fountain of His choice Blessings To help me manifest His Light Everywhere Under the rainbow-smile-sky Of the 21st Century.

THE truth-seekers and God-lovers Will undoubtedly be given Special opportunity To spread their hearts' sunshine

Everywhere In the New Millennium.

THE New Millennium will teach me That the endless Goal Is inseparably one With the endless Journey.

THE devotion-musician in me Is all ready to play God's Song of Love Upon my heart-strings In the New Millennium.

MY Lord, May I see the arrival Of the New Millennium Through my wide open heart-door And not through my closed mind-window.

MY Lord Supreme whispers Deep within my heart That only my aspiration-heart And dedication-life Shall be rooted and grounded In the most fertile soil Of the 21st Century.

MAY all uncomely memories Of the 20th Century Fade away from my mind As rapidly as possible!

I wish to remember only one thing: That I was made only of God's Joy To become God's toy In the New Millennium.

ONE desire I had;

The same desire I still have. I am sure the fullment of that desire Shall take place in the New Millennium. And what is that desire? My constant companionship With my Lord Beloved Supreme.

FROM the aspiration Of the New Millennium I shall come to learn That it is impossible To love God too much.

IN the 20th Century We have not succeeded In conquering the godless spirit Of our age. But in the 21st Century We shall undoubtedly succeed.

IT is the bounden duty Of the truth-seekers and God-lovers Of the New Millennium To transform the old decadence of the mind Into a new renaissance of the heart.

LO, what is leaving us Upon the arrival of the 21st Century? Our impoverished doubt-mind. And lo, what is embracing us? The plenitude of a faith-heart.

THE old millennium says To the New Millennium: "My Brother, Do not make the same mistakes That I made!"

I hear the sweetness-whispers Of the New Millennium Inside my Heaven-climbing heart.

THE New Millennium is commanding me: "Smile, smile, smile! Lo, I have brought you A hope-sea and a promise-sun."

IN the 20th Century I was my mind-drum. In the 21st Century I shall become my heart-ute. I am sure my Lord's Compassion-Smile Will pass through me.

I want to be a child Of the next century, When I will be a genuine self-giver For the full manifestation Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

EACH God-manifestation-dreamer On earth Is a supreme herald Of a new age.

MY life, be not afraid! Be brave! God Himself will hail Each and every forward step of yours Into the heart-country Of the 21st Century.

GOD wants me to grow and glow In the aspiration-heart Of the New Millennium.

LET us be prepared to welcome The fast-approaching promise-blossoms Of a new century.

MY prayer-eye I shall devotedly turn upward. My meditation-eye I shall unconditionally turn inward. This, indeed, is my solemn promise To myself In the 21st Century.

IN the New Millennium, Out of His innite Bounty, God will give us the capacity To recapture Our sweetness-moments with Him.

TODAY, what I call Communion with God, Tomorrow that very thing Will become God's and my Ultimate reunion.

I wish to be oblivious To each and every thing Save and except my God-worship In the New Millennium.

O 21st Century, I would like you to be a witness While my Lord and I Feed and nourish each other With the exchange of our smiles.

O divine ames Of the 21st Century's love, Do burn my past here and now.

Carry me and place me Inside your ever-blossoming heart.

A new century is a new life. A new life is a new second. A new second is a new opportunity. A new opportunity is a new Blessing From the Innite Supreme.

I can clearly see That the 20th Century's Phantom-nights Will soon be cleared away By the fast-approaching 21st Century.

GOD'S Compassion-Rain descended In measureless measure on humanity In the 20th Century. Humanity did not rejoicenay, Did not even take notice of it.

IN the New Millennium God's Compassion-Rain shall again descend In measureless measure. And this time it will be greeted by Humanity's wide open receptivity-heart-door.

GOD tells us That He has already erased His dissatisfaction-memories. How is it that we Are not doing the same? Why? Why? Why? Why do we have to wait For the arrival of the next century?

TODAY'S God-climbing cry And tomorrow's God-descending Smile Cannot live without each other.

O seeker, God will denitely be proud of you If you can make even an iota of progress

With your tiny aspiration-dedication-steps In the New Millennium.

ON the eve of the New Millennium, A new consciousness is dawning on earth. God once again is inspiring Each creation of His With new hope, new light, new peace And new joy.

IN the New Millennium May God the Creator Be victorious In the life of God the creation.

THE New Millennium Shall be the embodiment Of sacred hopes And lofty promises.

THE fullment of the mind Has been the hope Of the past few centuries. Now the fullment of the heart Will be the hope Of the next generation And of all generations to come. Indeed, this will be a unique contribution Of the 21st Century to humanity.

IN the New Millennium Humanity in general will follow Its unerring intuition, Not its confusing, confused, Binding and blinding mind.

THE 20th Century has been A large quantity of the mind's Unfullled hopes.

THE 21st Century will undoubtedly be An unlimited quantity of the heart's Illumining and fullling hopes.

GOD has already commanded His heart-children To conscate all the self-doubt And God-doubt-books Written by the 20th Century mind.

GOD wants the heart to write In the New Millennium An innite number of self-faith, World-faith and God-faith-books.

IN the 20th Century Humanity prayed With the thunder-sound Of the mind.

IN the New Millennium Humanity shall pray With the sweetness-dreams Of the heart. God and God's Heart Shall give an immediate Satisfaction-Pride-Response.

IN the 20th Century Humanity's weak faith Could not see things That were not only visible But also clearly within sight.

IN the 21st Century Faith will unmistakably see Not only things That are totally out of sight, But even things invisible. Faith will see The beauty and power of Light Everywhere,

Even in the farthest corners of the globe.

IN the 20th Century The mind-jungle produced nothing But worthless and useless weeds.

IN the 21st Century The heart-garden will produce Divinity's Blooms And Immortality's Blossoms.

IF we are true God-lovers, Then no mind-obscurity can block Our God-manifestation-horizon In the 21st Century.

MAY we all pray Only for God's Leadership In the life of humanity In the 21st Century.

GOD always gives us the freedom of choice. Quite often we do not make the proper choice. But in the 21st Century We shall not only make proper choices, But also utilise them to the fullest extent.

MAY I both consciously and unconsciously Do always the right thing And not disappoint my Beloved Supreme Even once In the New Millennium.

IF we do not happily leave behind The achievements of the 20th Century And go forward, We shall not be able to welcome Lovingly and self-givingly The arrival of the 21st Century.

THE 21st Century Will denitely respond Readily, willingly and unreservedly To those who are in need Of beauty, power, light and delight.

O Supreme Pilot of the New Millennium, Do make my heart and my life Your two most faithful dogs And Your two fastest deers.

MY whole being Is eager to devour The beauty and fragrance Of the New Millennium.

MY Lord, Do give me the champion-speed To reach the heart Of the New Millennium Sooner than the soonest.

IN the 20th Century I enjoyed my life In an unillumined way. But in the New Millennium I shall have only one way: The way of my Inner Pilot.

IN the 20th Century The human in me Did many unpleasant things To both humanity and Divinity. But in the 21st Century The divine in me Will have no time for anything else But to please God.

EVERY day I shall make My determination innitely stronger To offer something supremely worthwhile To God For His full manifestation here on earth In the New Millennium.

FROM the New Millennium I shall come to learn That my aspiration, my dedication, My salvation, my realisation And my liberation I shall receive From my complete God-dependence.

ALAS, my heart is now very feeble In God-devotion. But I strongly promise to myself That the beauty and fragrance Of my unconditional devotion Shall, without fail, reach God's Feet From the new year on.

IN the New Millennium I shall not allow Either self-doubt or God-doubt To cast its shadow Over my God-aspiring And God-serving existence.

IN the New Millennium I shall nd my life-boat Being steered by God Himself Between My God-afrmation-prayer-life-shore And My God-afrmation-meditation-heart-shore.

WHERE can my dying hope Have a new life, If not in the heart Of the New Millennium?

WHERE can my unfullled God-manifestation-promise be fullled, If not in the heart Of the New Millennium?

O New Millennium, O New Millennium! You are your blue sky's thunder-drum! Hope-mountain climbing, Promise-fountain dancing.

Earth's peace and Heaven's Bliss Call me, "Come, come, come!"

TWENTY-FIRST Century, A fully blossomed tree. Twenty-rst Century, A oneness-heart free. Twenty-rst Century, A fulness-life-sea.

TWENTY-FIRST Century, No more hungry penury. Twenty-rst Century, A newness-fulness-glory. Twenty-rst Century, World-transformation-story.

TWENTY-FIRST Century, I shall become the worshipper Of Truth Absolute. Twenty-rst Century, I shall become the beckoning hand Of the world-liberation.

TWENTY-FIRST Century! O Heaven's Beauty and Fragrance, Do come down, come down, Chasing darkness.

TWENTY-FIRST Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You are the abode of mankind's dream. Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! In the vastness of the blue sky, You are the liberation-kite of humanity's new heart. Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You are at once the Hunger unfathomable And Satisfaction immeasurable Of the universal and transcendental Father Supreme. Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You are Innity's Compassion-Eye. Do come and steal my heart!

WHAT shall I do in the 21st Century? I shall only y and y On my life's newness-wings And fulness-smiles To please my Beloved Lord Supreme.

TWENTY-FIRST Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You will utterly destroy the darkness-wall Of ignorance-night. The delicate softness-touch of your new light Shall awaken the slumbering world. Your Innity's immortal Satisfaction Heaven and earth shall together treasure and enjoy.

TOMORROW'S joy is fast approaching To transform our today's suffering. Let us not suspect tomorrow's smile. Let us embrace and be embraced By tomorrow's aspiration and dedication In the New Millennium.

ALAS, so far this world of ours Has not cried for God To God's Satisfaction. In the New Millennium May it powerfully compensate!

IN this century We are only plagued by our conscience, And nothing more. But in the forthcoming century Our aspiration and dedication Shall offer abundant joy To our God-oneness-conscience-will.

THE New Millennium Will never demand of us A mountain-silence-sanctuary, But a fountain-silence-sound-life-experiment And life-enlightenment-laboratory.

IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM WE SHALL LEARN SOMETHING UNPRECEDENTED:

HOW TO ACCOMPLISH INVALUABLE THINGS WITHOUT HURTING A SINGLE HUMAN BEING.

IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM WE SHALL RECEIVE STRENGTH FROM GOD THAT WILL BE ABUNDANTLY GREATER THAN THE DIFFICULTY OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES.

IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM THE TRUTH-SEEKERS AND GOD-LOVERS SHALL PROCLAIM SOMETHING DIVINELY GREAT AND SUPREMELY GOOD: THE DEMISE OF THE REASONING MIND AND THE RISE OF THE ONENESS-HEART.

TO our great joy and satisfaction, In the 21st Century our ceaseless wrestling With our mind and vital Will come to an end. Soon even our vital and mind will join us When we embark on anything new And support our every progress-effort.

THE 20th Century taught us That killing the senses Would please our Sweetness-Lord. Alas, it was a false teaching.

THE 21st Century will teach us That the acceptance, illumination And transformation of the senses Can and will please our Sweetness-Lord.

ALAS, humanity has not responded To God's beckoning Eye In the 20th Century.

MY prayer-life and meditation-heart Tell me that humanity

Will denitely heed The beckoning heart Of the New Millennium.

GOD became His invisible Compassion-Eye And Forgiveness-Heart In the 20th Century.

GOD shall become His visible Satisfaction-Eye And Pride-Heart In the 21st Century.

IN the 20th Century, To our greatest sorrow And misfortune, Even humanity's readiness Sadly failed to keep Its eye on God.

IN the 21st Century, To our greatest joy And satisfaction, Mankind's readiness, Willingness and eagerness, And all its other divine virtues, Shall focus only on God.

THE 20th Century has shown its capacity By proving to the world That the power of destruction Is unlimited. But the 21st Century shall prove That the power of world-loving, World-illumining And world-transforming creation Is unlimited.

WE are on the brink Of a New Millennium. Are we ready to welcome The New Millennium With the newness of our mind And the fulness of our heart?

Alas, no, no, no!

O humanity, stop ignoring God! Pay all attention to your inner voice. Each day of the New Millennium Can prove to be an excellent opportunity For you to please God.

MY Lord Supreme, May the birth of the New Millennium Herald Your supreme Victory In and through Your obedient, Self-giving and satisfaction-loving Children.

HOW I wish each and every human being Would strive to make The Absolute Lord Supreme happy In the 21st Century, Unlike in the present one!

WE have all along known That pride is a deadly roadblock To our inner progress, Yet we have done nothing To conquer the volcano-pride Of our mind. But the 21st Century, Right from the beginning, Shall smash the mind's pride Into millions of pieces So the God-seekers and God-lovers Can run the fastest Towards the Destination Supreme.

IN the New Millennium I shall tell my mind To shut up Once and for all!

IN the New Millennium I can clearly see that my heart Will always stand up for me, No matter what I say and do.

AS the New Millennium Enters into our aspiration-heart, We needs must develop An insatiable hunger To please God and full God's Will.

I am sure my prayers Will not end in vain. I shall unmistakably live Under the direct guidance Of God's Will In the 21st Century.

I shall no longer Make the same mistake In the New Millennium. I promise to God and to myself That I shall never dare to measure The immeasurable Compassion and Forgiveness Of my Lord Supreme With my limiting thoughts and words.

SELF-DOUBT and God-doubt Have hindered humanity's aspiration For a very, very long time. In the New Millennium Self-doubt and God-doubt will be replaced By self-surrender and God-faith.

MAY mankind's faith Be the direct God-representative Of the 21st Century.

EACH human being has suffered ruthlessly From doubt-assaults

In the present century. But the forthcoming, Fast-approaching 21st Century Will be a most powerful faith-citadel.

I clearly envision That the doubting mind will be compelled To take a back seat to the aspiring heart In the next century.

IN the 21st Century The God-seekers will no longer undervalue, But will cherish and treasure Their heart-diamond.

IN the 20th Century Power and helplessness Are in action.

IN the 21st Century Love and Light Will be in action.

THE oldness Of the 20th Century Is staggering.

THE newness Of the 21st Century Will be skyrocketing.

THE oldness Of the 20th Century Finds it extremely difcult

To be part of Readiness, willingness and eagerness.

THE newness Of the 21st Century Will have readiness, willingness And eagerness As prominent members Of its peaceful and fruitful family.

ATTACHMENT-bondage-body-chains Have bound the earthly body Of the 20th Century.

DETACHMENT-freedom-soul-delight Shall inundate the earth-arena In the 21st Century.

ENTHUSIASM-life Is a perfect stranger To the present-day world.

TOMORROW'S world Shall be founded upon Enthusiasm-breath.

TODAY'S world Is desperately ghting To be at the top of success-glory And enjoy the supreme victory.

TOMORROW'S world Shall discover the supreme truth That what we call the ultimate height Is only the beginning Of a new, ever-transcending height Which embodies The ever-increasing Beauty and Fragrance Of God the Seer, God the Lover And God the Beloved.

IN the 20th Century Humanity is

What humanity wanted to be: World-destruction-trumpeter.

IN the 21st Century Humanity will become What humanity should be: World-peace-grower.

TODAY'S Vision-empty world Belongs to Division-hunger.

TOMORROW'S Vision-blossomed world Will belong to Oneness-feast.

THE 20th Century's Mighty contribution Is success-zeal.

THE 21st Century's Mighty contribution Will be progress-thrill.

YESTERDAY My Lord Supreme Smilingly celebrated My God-embodiment-gratitude-heart.

TODAY My Lord Supreme Is proudly celebrating My God-revelation-gratitude-life.

TOMORROW My Lord Supreme Will happily, proudly, Majestically and unreservedly Celebrate

My God-manifestation-gratitude-breath.

MY Lord Supreme Has repeatedly told me That my gratitude-heart Is my fastest Success-progress-vehicle, And I am bound to prove it true In the 21st Century.

MAY each and every Human being on earth Be a happiness-blossom Of God-fulness-faith In the New Millennium.

O truth-seekers and God-lovers, Do not give up, Do not give up! The 21st Century Will help you nd your way Home.

YESTERDAY My hope-life was hopeless. Today My hope-life is beautiful. Tomorrow, In the New Millennium, My hope-life will blossom Into a God-certainty-garden.

TODAY God is His towering Compassion For man. Tomorrow the same God will be His highest Satisfaction In man.

WHAT will God do every day Of the next century? Every day He will reinforce Our love for Him

And give us extra Compassion To develop our power of God-reliance.

ONCE we are in the heart Of the New Millennium, We must realise that any thought That is not aspiring Can waste precious time On our God-discovery-journey.

I am putting an end To my self-criticism-life. The New Millennium is beckoning me To become a member Of the God-reliance-committee.

EACH century has Something special to offer. The special offering Of the 20th Century Is that despair shall not mark Its journey's close.

THE 20th Century Has blessed me with A Heaven-climbing heart.

THE 21st Century Shall bless me with A Heaven-sacricing life.

IN the present century Each seeker is A God-joy-song to humanity.

IN the forthcoming century Each seeker shall be A God-manifestation-perfection-satisfaction For humanity.

IN the 20th Century Self-indulgence Is what we are.

IN the 21st Century God-effulgence Is what we shall become.

TODAY'S promise-world Is an unthinkably hurtful Hollowness-night.

TOMORROW'S promise-world Will be an unimaginably beautiful Fulness-delight.

TODAY'S ignorance-drunk mind Says: "God's Presence is redundant!"

TOMORROW'S wisdom-ooded heart Shall say: "God's Presence is sleeplessly And breathlessly indispensable."

THE 20th Century's success Mostly depends on Money-power-exploitation.

THE 21st Century's progress Shall solely depend on Heart-power-expansion.

AMBITION-competition-winnerBanner-yer Marks the 20th Century.

NEWNESS-soulfulness-onenessFulness-lover Shall mark the 21st Century.

"I do what I want!" This is indeed The motto of the 20th Century.

"GOD wants me to become perfect. Therefore, I shall!" This will indeed be The motto of the 21st Century.

"FIND and become The all-devouring greed." This is precisely what I have learned From the 20th Century.

"BECOME and feed The all-transcending need." This is what I shall blessingfully learn From the 21st Century.

IN the 20th Century Spirituality has become Earth's heartbreaking sigh.

IN the 21st Century Spirituality will become Earth's Heaven-climbing smile.

IN the 20th Century My face Reveals my name.

IN the 21st Century God's Grace Shall reveal my name.

O seeker, Do not lose heart! The 21st Century will bring back Your two long-lost Friends: God and God's Compassion-Eye.

IN the New Millennium I shall miss my Beloved Supreme most. Therefore, I shall nd Him nearest.

THE New Millennium has commenced Its momentous journey today. From today on, I shall not offer My volcano-ambition to the world. I shall offer the world Only my moonlit heart's Flaming aspiration.

THE chant of the New Millennium: "The world's heart-home Is the Beauty and Fragrance Of the Absolute Lord Supreme."

THE God-love and God-devotion-boats Are sailing slowly and steadily Towards the Destination. The God-surrender-boat Is still fast asleep. But in the New Millennium These three boats Will sail unimaginably fast Towards the Golden Shore For the transformation of human life, The perfection of the human heart And the manifestation of God's Light and Delight In every corner of the globe.

INDEFATIGABLE God-lovers and God-servers Shall walk the soil Of the 21st Century

Lovingly, soulfully and self-givingly.

IN the 20th Century We have left God To be with ourselves.

IN the 21st Century We shall leave ourselves for God And we shall live Only for God, only for God.

Words and music by Sri Chinmoy

Twenty-rst Century, the New Millennium! No more the old sorrows and joys-compendium. God's Heart, God's Eye, a new hope and a new promise! O run and dive and yBliss, Innity's Bliss! The world shall cheer the road with a God-surrender-song. Creator's Silence-Hearts, creation's sound-lives throng.

Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century Swapan puri swapan puri swapan puri Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century Nil akashe nutan hiyar mukti ghuri Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century Bishwa pitar khudha tripti bhuri bhuri Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century,

Twenty-rst Century Karuna pathar jiban amar karo churi Translation: Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You are the abode of mankind's dream. Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! In the vastness of the blue sky, You are the liberation-kite Of humanity's new heart. Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You are at once the Hunger unfathomable And Satisfaction immeasurable Of the universal and transcendental Father Supreme. Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You are Innity's Compassion-Eye. Do come and steal my heart!

O New Millennium, O New Millennium! You are your blue sky's thunder-drum! Hope-mountain climbing, Promise-fountain dancing. Earth's peace and Heaven's Bliss Call me, "Come, come, come!"

Twenty-rst Century, A fully blossomed tree. Twenty-rst Century, A oneness-heart free.

Twenty-rst Century, A fulness-life-sea.

Twenty-rst Century, No more hungry penury. Twenty-rst Century, A newness-fulness-glory. Twenty-rst Century, World-transformation-story.

Twenty-rst Century Ami habo satya pujari Twenty-rst Century Ami habo mukti dishari Translation: Twenty-rst Century! I shall become the worshipper Of Truth Absolute. Twenty-rst Century! I shall become the beckoning hand Of the world-liberation.

Twenty-rst Century Oishi surabhi madhuri Neme eso neme eso Andhar biduri Translation: Twenty-rst Century!

O Heaven's Beauty and Fragrance, Do come down, come down, Chasing darkness.

Eka bingsha shatabdi eka bingsha shatabdiEka bingsha shatabdi eka bingshaDhwangsha karibe agyanatar timir prachir dhwangshaNutan alor mridul parashe bhangibe abani suptiDyuloke bhuloke biraj karibe asim amar tripti Translation: Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century, Twenty-rst Century! You will utterly destroy the darkness-wall Of ignorance-night. The delicate softness-touch of your new light Shall awaken the slumbering world. Your Innity's immortal Satisfaction Heaven and earth shall together treasure and enjoy.

Sri Chinmoy, The New Millennium, Agni Press, 1999