No matter who houses a bad thought —
A desire-man or an aspiration-man —
A bad thought is a dire challenge
To humanity’s progress-life.
Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 24, Agni Press, 1984
The following is a selection of poems from the collection called My Flute. They include Sri Chinmoy's first poem written in English, The Golden Flute.