Section 1

1 To Be ...

TO BE

To be, indeed, a cosmic god,

I shall try only to succeed.

To be, indeed, a real man,

I shall try only to proceed.

2 Sing Me A Song ...

SING ME A SONG

Sing me a song

My Lord Supreme,

I shall give You

My silver dream,

I shall give You

My beauty's sky,

I shall give You

My oneness-tie.

3 Beautiful Emptiness ...

BEAUTIFUL EMPTINESS

Beautiful emptiness

Soulful readiness

Realisation newness

Perfection oneness

I need, I need, I need

My God and my God-need to feed.

4 Frank And Baby Smile ...

FRANK AND BABY SMILE

O frank and baby smile,

You have won my heart.

You have conquered death-dart

In life's confusion-mart.

5 Waiting For You ...

WAITING FOR YOU

"Waiting for You,

My Lord Supreme."

"Waiting for you,

My treasure-dream."

6 God's Moment And My Moment ...

GOD'S MOMENT AND MY MOMENT

In God's moment nothing dies.

In my moment nothing lives.

God loves me because I try

To reach His Vision-sky.

7 Your Silence And Your Sound ...

YOUR SILENCE AND YOUR SOUND

Your Silence I sing.

It is my heart.

Your Sound I sing.

It is my mart.

8 They Truly Are ...

THEY TRULY ARE

Peace is truly beautiful.

Love is truly soulful.

Man is truly meaningful.

God is truly fruitful.

9 Heaven Descends ...

HEAVEN DESCENDS

Heaven descends

To quicken my strength.

I ascend

To measure its length.

10 My Ancient Sadness ...

MY ANCIENT SADNESS

My ancient sadness still

Haunts me, my soul.

I have not heard from God

My cosmic role.

11 You Claim Me Still ...

YOU CLAIM ME STILL

You claim me still,

O ignorance-fool!

Don't you know that

I have a new school?

I go to wisdom-school

To be a perfection-tool.

12 One Fallen Flower ...

ONE FALLEN FLOWER

One fallen flower

I see and cry;

One fallen soul

I love and die.

13 You Can Do Your Task ...

YOU CAN DO YOUR TASK

Buddha under the Tree

Drank deep the fount of Light.

You can do your task.

You fell the Titan tree

Of eyeless ignorance-night.

14 An Ancient Scar ...

AN ANCIENT SCAR

An ancient scar

I see on my flickering eyes.

Yet I shall try and succeed

To breathe divinity-skies.

15 I Shall Not Fail ...

I SHALL NOT FAIL

I shall not fail,

I shall not fail.

My soul shall sail,

My heart shall sail.

I shall succeed,

I shall succeed.

My life shall take

The glorious lead.

16 The Breath Of God ...

THE BREATH OF GOD

The Breath of God

I breathlessly enjoy.

The Grace of God

I lavishly employ.

17 I Shall Realise God ...

I SHALL REALISE GOD

I shall realise God

Just before tomorrow's sunrise.

I am certain, no surprise:

God's Promise, I execute.

18 A Puny Sound-Life ...

A PUNY SOUND-LIFE

A puny sound-life,

Yet

Its pride vaster than the sky.

Alas

It knows not how to die.

19 My Life ...

MY LIFE

My life, done with the material-life-night,

Has now embraced

The life of renunciation-light.

Meaningless and fruitless

Are the material needs.

Nowhere to be found

God-satisfaction-seeds.

20 A Soundless Voice ...

A SOUNDLESS VOICE

A soundless voice

I always need.

My mind of noise,

My heart of poise,

To lovingly feed.

21 My Time Has Come ...

MY TIME HAS COME

My time has come

To see the face

Of birthless birth.

My time has come

In stupendous mirth

To prove my worth.

22 One Ray ...

ONE RAY

One ray of perfection-light

Can expedite

My Godward journey's start.

Conquering the lofty pride

Of Titan-dart.

23 The Grandeurs ...

THE GRANDEURS

The grandeurs of my fruitful past

I have totally lost.

I am ready to pay any cost

And live therein to last.

24 Mother Earth, Father Heaven ...

MOTHER EARTH, FATHER HEAVEN

Mother Earth does not argue.

Mother Earth likes to endure.

Father Heaven does not complain.

Father Heaven likes to cure.

25 Defects Of My Desires ...

DEFECTS OF MY DESIRES

Defects of my desires:

They do not want to die,

But they die.

They want to fly,

But they cannot fly.

They want to bind my heart,

Behold, they fail.

To the unhorizoned shore

My boat I sail.

26 No Time To Waste ...

NO TIME TO WASTE

I have no time to waste.

Any day, any hour, my supreme Guest

Will surely come with His

All loving Compassion-Nest.

27 God Is Hospitable ...

GOD IS HOSPITABLE

God is hospitable,

Therefore

No anxiety, no worry

Have I.

I shall give Him

What I have preserved:

Gratitude-sky.

28 That's All ...

THAT'S ALL

Possibility,

What is it after all?

Uncertainty-

Ant-weak, giant-stout,

Within, without.

That's all; that's all.

29 A Sea Of Plenty ...

A SEA OF PLENTY

A sea of plenty

I conceive,

Believe it or not.

But

Alas

Nothing I receive,

Nothing I achieve.

30 Farewell ...

FAREWELL

Farewell, farewell,

O ungrateful world.

So much I have done for you,

So highly I have thought of you.

To please you, your all,

I totally forgot,

To respond to God's God-Call.

31 Sound Music And Silence Music ...

SOUND MUSIC AND SILENCE MUSIC

The sound music of humanity

For the poor and feeble souls.

The silence music of divinity

For the lovers of myriad goals.

32 My Ancient Hopes ...

MY ANCIENT HOPES

My ancient hopes

To sail and fly towards my Lord

Are shattered today.

Again I must cry,

And die in ignorance-play.

33 What Are They?...

WHAT ARE THEY?

Power, what is it,

If not sheer paint?

Love, what is it,

If not sheer gains?

34 Once More ...

ONCE MORE

My longing heart

Is fast asleep

Alas, alas!

Once more my life

Is forced to enjoy

Ignorance deep.

35 The Miracle Of Miracles ...

THE MIRACLE OF MIRACLES

The miracle of miracles-

A tiny, feeble man

Embodies God-Life.

In him has ceased

The wild music

Of ignorance-life.

36 The Burden Of Bigness ...

THE BURDEN OF BIGNESS

The burden of bigness

I simply hate,

The burden of littleness

Too.

What I need is God-Heart's

Open oneness-game,

To see my life's

Transformation-flame.

37 Remembrance-Joy ...

REMEMBRANCE-JOY

My best remembrance-joy

To you I offer, my soul.

I see you carrying me

And struggling hard

To help me reach my goal.

38 Do What You Must ...

DO WHAT YOU MUST

Do what you must,

Dive deep within,

And conquer the pride

Of clamour-din.

39 God Is There To See ...

GOD IS THERE TO SEE

God is there to see.

Why do you worry?

God has asked you to start.

Why do you tarry?

God has asked you to comply.

Why do you not use your own

Heart's oneness high?

40 Remain And Become ...

REMAIN AND BECOME

Remain faithful

So that you can

Become

Surprisingly soulful.

Remain soulful

So that you can

Become

Supremely fruitful.

41 A Great Beginning ...

A GREAT BEGINNING

Indeed, a great beginning,

I shall think of

My divinity age;

I shall see the perfection-book

On a special perfection-page.

42 I Fight ...

I FIGHT

Desire was the helper-lover great;

Now it is my adversary strong.

Against its face

I fight;

Against its race

I fight;

Desire-worlds I permit not

To throng.

43 The Power Of Life ...

THE POWER OF LIFE

The power of life

I badly need.

The life of power

Who wants?

Not me, not me.

Although

Power wants to bind me,

I shall remain

At easy ease,

Eternally free.

44 In Silence ...

IN SILENCE

In silence we converse,

My Lord Supreme and I.

In silence we build

Each other a hopeful sky.

45 I Need, I Feed ...

I NEED, I FEED

The domain of deeds

I need,

And not the domains

Of speech.

The clime of Truth

I feed,

To see God's Heights

And reach.

46 Utterly Free ...

UTTERLY FREE

Utterly free

To choose our path of aspiration-cry

And dedication-smile.

Ah! If you choose our path,

Yours will be the pride

of God-satisfaction-sky.

47 Forced By Failure ...

FORCED BY FAILURE

Forced by failure,

I cry and die.

Success-failure

Oneness-Experience

Shall grant me God-wings

To merrily fly.

48 I Play With Truth ...

I PLAY WITH TRUTH

I play with truth.

I dance with its rush.

I play with peace

To own God-release.

49 An Exam Nobody Is Spared ...

AN EXAM NOBODY IS SPARED

An exam nobody is spared:

Do we love God?

If so, we needs must dive

Within and await His arrival,

Our great survival, fully prepared.

50 Absurd ...

ABSURD

What I ask for is absurd-night.

How can I ask

My ignorance to bask

In God's measureless God-height?

51 How Ridiculous! ...

HOW RIDICULOUS!

How ridiculous!

I still stay with my eyeless,

Wild desire-life.

How ridiculous!

I have yet to conquer

Ignorance-knife.

52 Something So Simple ...

SOMETHING SO SIMPLE

Goodness is something so simple,

Yet I fail

To have it in profuse measure.

Slowly and steadily,

Devotedly and unerringly,

I must sail

My life-boat with simplicity-treasure.

53 When My Lord Acts ...

WHEN MY LORD ACTS

When my Lord acts,

He is not slow.

We just fail and fail

To grow and glow

In His Cosmic flow.

54 My Friend-Enemies ...

MY FRIEND-ENEMIES

Hopeless imperfection,

Helpless situation,

Lifeless perfection,

Godless satisfaction.

These friend-enemies

Of mine;

Compelled always

With them to dine.

55 Give Me A Little Time ...

GIVE ME A LITTLE TIME

I shall know more;

Give me a little time.

My soulful heart-clime

Shall reach without fail

God's God-satisfaction-door.

56 Between Man And God ...

BETWEEN MAN AND GOD

Between man and God,

My heart shall always choose

Man.

For in man alone

God has planted

His own Realisation-Ken.

57 Man Does Not Die ...

MAN DOES NOT DIE

Man does not die;

Man's possessions die.

Why, why?

Unlike man,

His possessions

Have no ambition-sky.

58 My Silence-Life, My Sound-Existence ...

MY SILENCE-LIFE, MY SOUND-EXISTENCE

My silence-life prepares,

My sound-existence acts.

I need silence to touch

My Lord's highest Height.

I need sound to control

My wild ignorance-night.

These are the supreme facts.

59 We Treasure ...

WE TREASURE

Your icy poverty

You know not why

You treasure.

My unlit insecurity-pressure

I know not why I treasure

Why I treasure.

60 O Challenger ...

O CHALLENGER

O challenger of stark

Oblivion-night!

To you I bow and bow,

Time and again,

With my snow-white

surrender-might.

61 What A Hungry World! ...

WHAT A HUNGRY WORLD!

What a hungry world!

What a hungry man!

What a carefree God!

No change of plan.

62 True ...

TRUE

True friendship never ages.

True beauty never changes.

True man of love never fails.

Eternally his boat he sails.

63 A Too Familiar Song ...

A TOO FAMILIAR SONG

A too familiar song:

"I do not know."

A too unfamiliar song:

"My life shall grow;

My heart shall glow."

64 A Cleverly Successful Lie ...

A CLEVERLY SUCCESSFUL LIE

A cleverly successful lie:

God in me is fast asleep.

A hopelessly useless truth:

Ignorance-venom

Death and I drink deep.

65 Man Of The Hour ...

MAN OF THE HOUR

Man of the hour,

To you I offer

My gratitude-flower;

To you I offer

My ecstasy-heart's

Oneness-shower.

66 Everlasting Secret ...

EVERLASTING SECRET

Everlasting secret:

God loves me infinitely more than

Any human soul on earth,

Whether

You believe it or not,

Whether you accept it or not.

Today I disclose the truth supreme

In stupendous mirth.

67 What In Me Hates Me ...

WHAT IN ME HATES ME

Ah, what in me hates me

I know, I know;

My wild and shameless life

Of ignorance-flow.

68 Your Stupid Mind ...

YOUR STUPID MIND

Yours is the stupid mind

Jealous of your innocence-light,

Yours is the stupid mind

Afraid of your ignorance-night.

69 A Silver Cry ...

A SILVER CRY

A silver cry

Has lifted my psychic sky

High, very high.

A silver cry

Tells me how, when and why

I shall in Heaven's vaults fly.

70 Dream Of Another World ...

DREAM OF ANOTHER WORLD

Dream of another world,

An existence new.

Dream of an old world,

Promise of unpainted hue.

71 To Increase ...

TO INCREASE

To increase your serving-strength

Start drinking

God's Compassion-light.

If not, your service-boat

Will be sinking.

72 Two Tutors ...

TWO TUTORS

Two are the tutors I need:

Faith-beauty's cry,

Love-duty's sky,

To feed my perfection-need.

73 An Ancient Victory ...

AN ANCIENT VICTORY

An ancient victory

Grants me present glory.

An ancient glory

Is a God-blossomed tree.

74 I Shall Not Obey ...

I SHALL NOT OBEY

The boomed command

From the vital world:

I must dance with night.

I shall not obey.

I shall fight and fight

To prove my oneness

With colossal wisdom-light.

75 My Heart Swimming ...

MY HEART SWIMMING

My heart swimming

In silver light,

My soul swimming

In ecstasy's height.

76 Prayers And Meditation ...

PRAYERS AND MEDITATION

The buzz of prayers

I can never stand.

The silence of meditation

My only friend.

77 Outer And Inner Sun ...

OUTER AND INNER SUN

The outer sun takes all

My impurity-worlds,

Big and small.

My inner sun grants me

A new world-soul,

A new world-role.

78 Flow Forth My Tears ...

FLOW FORTH MY TEARS

Flow forth my tears!

My promise I fail to keep.

I shall go back

Secretly to ignorance-sleep.

79 Your Lively Lustre ...

YOUR LIVELY LUSTRE

Your lively lustre

Challenges death in life

Your lovely life

Destroys the breath of strife.

80 Silence-Speed, Silence-Seed ...

SILENCE-SPEED, SILENCE-SEED

O Silence-speed,

I love your beauty's flow.

O Silence-seed,

I love your duty's glow.

81 Today ...

TODAY

Today,

My heart beyond desire.

Today,

My life aspiration-fire,

Sure realisation dire,

Empty of earth-mire.

82 Vision Of Deep Beauty ...

VISION OF DEEP BEAUTY

Vision of deep beauty

Has changed your age.

You and your life no more

Shall be in animal cage.

83 Forgotten ...

FORGOTTEN

Forgotten how to fly,

Forgotten how to dive

Forgotten how to run,

How can I ever thrive?

84 I Know The Art ...

I KNOW THE ART

I know the art

I shall in secret sow,

My own trumped

Before I blow.

85 Soul-Wisdom ...

SOUL-WISDOM

Soul-Wisdom hurries not.

Soul-Wisdom tarries not.

God's beauty fails not.

Man-duty fails not.

86 Why?...

WHY?

Why, why, why, why?

Why should I take

The side of ignorance-tie?

Why, why, why, why?

Why do I fail

To please God's Compassion-sky?

87 A Choice Dream ...

A CHOICE DREAM

A choice dream

Your lovely soul embodies.

A choice goal

Your lively role achieves.

88 In Vain ...

IN VAIN

In vain, in vain

Earth-beauty longs to bind my soul.

In vain, in vain

Heaven-beauty longs to quicken my goal.

89 To You We Always Surrender ...

TO YOU WE ALWAYS SURRENDER

To you we always surrender,

Not because you are great,

Not because you are good,

But because

Your oneness with our oneness

Amazingly has begun to flower.

90 How Far?...

HOW FAR?

My seeking eyes,

How far, how far

Will you carry me?

Will I ever enjoy

Vision-shower

And

Climb the Reality-tower?

91 Even When I Smile ...

EVEN WHEN I SMILE

Even when I smile

I feel a death-blow,

Destroying my life

And its smooth flow.

92 The Beauty Of Your Soul ...

THE BEAUTY OF YOUR SOUL

The ugliness of your face,

Even God-Compassion will fail

To describe.

The beauty of your soul,

Even the eyeless man

Can declare and thrive.

93 Lord, Give Me ...

LORD, GIVE ME

Lord, give me your speed,

I need, I badly need.

Lord, give me your poise,

My heart's only choice.

94 Give Me Sun-Hope ...

GIVE ME SUN-HOPE

My Lord Supreme!

Do give my heart sun-hope.

In ignorance-dream

No more my life shall grope.

95 I Weep Aloud ...

I WEEP ALOUD

I weep aloud

Before a crowd,

But

Nobody comes to my rescue.

What I say is faultlessly true.

96 Come Out And Sing ...

COME OUT AND SING

Come out and sing-

I shall help you.

Come out and look-

My life's silver dew.

97 Come Out And Bloom ...

COME OUT AND BLOOM

Come out and bloom:

No doom, no doom.

Come out and glow:

No blow, no blow.

98 I Shall Not Fail ...

I SHALL NOT FAIL

I may constantly wail,

But I shall not fail.

My body is surprisingly frail,

But I shall not fail.

Although I step not on wisdom-scale,

No, never shall I fail.

99 I Have Won! ...

I HAVE WON!

Lo, I have won!

I know now how to grow

Love-light.

I know now how to glow

With delight.

I enjoy my oneness with light and delight.

Lo, I have won!

100 I Know ...

I KNOW

I know, I know, I know

Heaven will pardon you,

But not this earth.

Heaven knows who you truly are.

You are a fool incarnate.

You add nothing to creation's birth.

101 I Shall Not Stop ...

I SHALL NOT STOP

I shall not stop.

I must gallop.

I am God-duty's

Truth-serving,

Life-awakening,

Lustre-horse.

In tune with God's cosmic muse,

Rhythmic dance,

My heart shall hop.

102 Although ...

ALTHOUGH

Although

My heart is small,

It is for all.

Although

My heart is weak,

It is for the meek.

Although

I have but one choice:

God-manifestation-light,

In my silence-poise,

I give a listening ear to the baseless voices

Of base-animal human demands.

103 My Way And God's Way ...

MY WAY AND GOD'S WAY

My way to love God:

I give Him what I have:

My birthless doubt-veil.

God's Way to love me:

He gives me what He is:

His Eternity's Compassion-Faith-sail.

104 God The Lover, God The Beloved...

GOD THE LOVER, GOD THE BELOVED

God the Lover I love.

God the Beloved I love.

My Lover is my Consolation-light.

My Beloved is my aspiration-flight.

105 When I Know Not ...

WHEN I KNOW NOT

When I know not,

Your trickery loves me,

And

When I know,

I die to save thee.

106 My Lost Possession ...

MY LOST POSSESSION

Slowly and steadily

I shall always smile.

Readily and quickly

I shall always cry.

No, not for you,

No, not for him.

But only for me;

Only for my lost possession:

My Beloved Supreme.

107 I Need ...

I NEED

Physical strength

I need,

Vital energy

I need,

Mental poise

I need,

Psychic choice

I need

In my Godward

Thought and deed.

108 I Must Confess ...

I MUST CONFESS

I must confess my heart's conscience-guilt.

For aeons and aeons I have succeeded

In concealing it,

But today I have failed.

I am in love with,

To be absolutely sincere,

I have always been in love with,

My old Friend, birthless

And deathless, God.

Him I truly love.

Therefore

To Him secretly I go,

And as you know,

His fathomless life-sea

Has a golden shore.

I sail my love-boat

With my heart's gratitude-cry,

Forever and forever more.

109 A Sad Waste Of Time ...

A SAD WASTE OF TIME

A sad waste of time

When I talk to my mind.

No freedom-light,

It is all stone blind.

110 I Sing And Dance ...

I SING AND DANCE

Your saving grace

Has saved my heart.

I sing and dance;

No dragon-dart.

111 Forgive Me ...

FORGIVE ME

Forgive me, I am too weak.

Forget me, I am too strong.

Leave me alone, I pray.

I want not the world to throng.

112 ...

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113 ...

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114 Come, Come To Me ...

COME, COME TO ME

Come, come to me.

I shall give you

My ecstasy-sea.

Come, come to me.

115 Each Soul ...

EACH SOUL

Each soul is God's:

A new story.

Each soul is man's:

A new glory.

116 ...

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117 ...

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118 I Am Not Interested ...

I AM NOT INTERESTED

I hope, Lord, You understand

Why I do not go to You

As often as I should.

I am not interested at all

In my self-transcendence-hue.

119 I Am At A Total Loss ...

I AM AT A TOTAL LOSS

Kindly, Lord, excuse me.

I am at a total loss.

I know not what I want.

Lord Supreme,

Grant me, your Compassion-flood, grant.

120 The Filth Of My Fate ...

THE FILTH OF MY FATE

I can no more tolerate

The filth of my fate.

O Lord, do open

Thy Compassion-gate,

And

Let me declare

My illumination

And its august date.

121 Beauty Is Wisdom ...

BEAUTY IS WISDOM

Beauty is wisdom.

Purity is freedom.

Oneness is realisation.

Perfection is satisfaction.

122 Silence-Dawn, Silence-Eve ...

SILENCE-DAWN, SILENCE-EVE

In silence-dawn

I see your height.

In silence-eve

I become your delight.

123 You Can No Longer Touch Me ...

YOU CAN NO LONGER TOUCH ME

You can no longer touch me,

I am far above the sky.

From now on not only shall I try,

But succeed, in drinking deep

God's Compassion-Light,

And

His Ecstasy-sea.

124 I Was Not Prepared For Death ...

I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR DEATH

I was not prepared for death,

But death did come,

And struck the drum,

And away snatched my flickering breath.

125 Today I See And Feel ...

TODAY I SEE AND FEEL

Faith in prosperity,

Victory's divinity,

Today I see and feel

Beauty-nectar-thrill.

126 Are You Convinced ...

ARE YOU CONVINCED

Are you convinced of your follies?

Then come and sit at wisdom's feet.

It is all pure, clean and neat.

It will grant you wisdom-sun concrete.

127 You And I Will Win ...

YOU AND I WILL WIN

You are your dying face,

I am my crying fate.

Someday, somehow,

You and I will win

Our longing's divinity gate

And become the winners of the cosmic race.

128 Bury Your Sorrow ...

BURY YOUR SORROW

Bury your sorrow.

Tomorrow?

Too late.

Bury it all at once.

Behold, no more

The suffering-harrow.

129 He Will Survive ...

HE WILL SURVIVE

His joy is beginning to die,

Yet he will survive.

His peace is beginning to die,

Yet he will survive,

Plus

His giant will shall thrive.

130 How Can I Fail?...

HOW CAN I FAIL?

God is my promise-light;

How can I fail?

Mine is the service-light;

I shall just sail.

131 My Face Tells Me ...

MY FACE TELLS ME

My face tells me

How far I am, how far.

Your Grace shows me

How close, how kind you are.

132 I Love Your Answers ...

I LOVE YOUR ANSWERS

I love your silence-answer;

It fulfils my soulful prayer.

I love your sound answer;

It helps me become a cosmic player.

133 Just A Little Difference-Night ...

JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENCE-NIGHT

Just a little difference-night:

I see the blossoming soul,

You see the illumining goal.

Just a little difference-night:

I love man, his present state,

You love God-His golden gate.

134 Jealousy Absconds ...

JEALOUSY ABSCONDS

Jealousy absconds.

Insecurity conceals.

Doubt-life destroys.

Faith-world reveals.

135 Younger Than Yesterday ...

YOUNGER THAN YESTERDAY

I envision him

As one younger than yesterday.

I love and need him

To change my life of clay.

136 No Joke ...

NO JOKE

No joke,

I shall love God unconditionally.

No joke,

I shall serve God breathlessly.

No joke,

Some day, somehow,

Not now, of course not,

I shall without fail

Become another God.

137 You Are Too Smart ...

YOU ARE TOO SMART

Hopeless is your life.

Helpless is your heart.

Nevertheless,

Deathless is your hope.

Indeed, you are too smart.

138 Little Do They Know ...

LITTLE DO THEY KNOW

Little do they know

How great you are.

Little do they know

Your compassion-shower.

139 What Is Mind-Control?...

WHAT IS MIND-CONTROL?

Ah, what is mind-control?

Do you know, do you know?

It is the blossoming

Of man's God-oneness-role.

140 Believe Me ...

BELIEVE ME

Believe me,

I am open to suggestion pure.

Believe me,

I shall gladly accept

Your tall life's conviction sure.

141 Do Not Expect ...

DO NOT EXPECT

Do not expect anything real

From me.

I am a forced smile-cry.

Expect everything real

From me.

For I always sincerely try.

142 God And I ...

GOD AND I

God and I would have been

A divinely perfect match

Had we seen each other

Before the dawn of life.

Alas now, although we try

We fail to get a catch.

143 Make Me Forget ...

MAKE ME FORGET

O make me forget

What little I hardly know.

O make me cry

To be your compassion-glow.

144 Not Beauty, Not Duty ...

NOT BEAUTY, NOT DUTY

What I love is not beauty,

But beauty's soulful breath.

What I admire is not duty,

But duty's selfless strength.

145 Prayers ...

PRAYERS

Prayers follow my steps;

I follow their sight.

I try and cry,

I sigh and die,

To see the real end

Of frustration's real death.

146 The Depth ...

THE DEPTH

The depth of meditation-eye

Is realisation-sky.

The depth of prayer-cry

Is the end of a strangling sigh.

147 With Magic In His Eyes ...

WITH MAGIC IN HIS EYES

With magic in His Eyes

God came to me.

With wonder-surprise in my eyes

I drank His Ecstasy.

148 He ...

HE

He who sees is great.

He who knows is good.

He who believes is divine.

He who aspires is mine.

149 O Strange New Gods ...

O STRANGE NEW GODS

O strange new gods,

How false you are!

You say I am far,

Far, very far

From God's Love-Light

And His Grace-shower.

150 False Dreams, No More ...

FALSE DREAMS, NO MORE

False dreams, no more

Shall I measure.

False hopes, no more

Shall I treasure.

151 Play ...

PLAY

In beauty's sunshine-flames

I play my myriad games.

152 O Half-Believer ...

O HALF-BELIEVER

O half-believer,

Sooner than the soonest

Your life shall die.

O full-believer,

God is come

With two soul-stirring wings

For you to fly.

153 Yet ...

YET

So ugly is man's face,

Yet God loves him.

So poor is man's race,

Yet God needs him.

154 A Vision ...

A VISION

A vision of the soul

Makes the divine in me cry.

A dream of the heart

Compels the human in me to die.

155 Conquer ...

CONQUER

Conquer your soul,

Conquer your goal,

If you want to change

The face of earth.

If not, yours will be

The sad failure in

Frustration's stupendous mirth.

156 Each Seeker ...

EACH SEEKER

Each seeker divine,

A cry of aspiration-flame.

A cry of desire-night

Extinguishes the divine in me.

A cry of aspiration-light

Immortalises the human in me

In the bliss of ecstasy-sea.

157 Not Man In The Crowd ...

NOT MAN IN THE CROWD

Not man in the crowd

Can save me, my life.

But man in the cave

Not only can save me

But also illumine me,

Fulfil me

And immortalise me.

158 Nature Is Never Spent ...

NATURE IS NEVER SPENT

Nature is never spent.

Nature's beauty,

Nature's capacity,

Nature's reality,

Never run short of

God's infinite sea

And infinite sky.

159 Life's Secret Thirst ...

LIFE'S SECRET THIRST

Life's secret thirst

Enjoy, secretly enjoy.

Life's sacred thirst

Give, soulfully give.

Life's human thirst

Receive, only receive.

Life's divine thirst

Achieve, divinely achieve,

Forgive, supremely forgive.

160 A Godlike Mind Soars....

A godlike mind soars.

A giant-like heart roars.

161 Pilgrims Of Eternity's Road ...

PILGRIMS OF ETERNITY'S ROAD

O pilgrims of Eternity's road,

You I admire,

You I love,

You I treasure.

For in you I see promise

Of Infinity's measureless measure.

162 I Discovered Myself ...

I DISCOVERED MYSELF

I discovered myself

In the throes of human life.

I discovered myself

In the buffets of human strife.

I now want to discover myself

In golden rainbows.

I now want to discover myself

In my heart's galaxy of star-glows.

163 Mind-Glory, Your Heart-Glory ...

MIND-GLORY, YOUR HEART-GLORY

Your mind-glory is bound to slow decline,

Tour heart-glory forever bound to shine

In the hearts of humanity's truth

And in the souls of Divinity's rush.

164 Human Thoughts, Divine Thoughts ...

HUMAN THOUGHTS, DIVINE THOUGHTS

Human thoughts drenched his eyes.

Divine thoughts purified his eyes.

Human thoughts drenched his eyes of sleep

Divine thoughts illumined his eyes of dream.

Human thoughts made him feel

His life is a series of frustration-death.

The divine thought made him feel

That his life is an express train

Of measureless length.

165 My Chain, My Pain ...

MY CHAIN, MY PAIN

My chain

I recognise,

But

I shall break it gloriously.

My pain

I realise,

But

I shall cure it miraculously.

166 The Breath Of Man's Life ...

THE BREATH OF MAN'S LIFE

The breath of man's life-height

Tells him what he can easily do.

The death of man's life-night

Tells him what he can eventually do.

167 I Shall Wonder No More ...

I SHALL WONDER NO MORE

I shall wonder no more.

I shall discover my Lord Supreme

Inside my heart's gratitude-door.

168 Fear And Doubt ...

FEAR AND DOUBT

Fear is a great boss;

Again, fear is a greater loss.

Doubt is a greater boss;

Again, the greatest loss.

169 Sorrow ...

SORROW

Sorrow, with our family of sighs,

Came to me for Consolation-Light.

I granted its prayer,

And offered something more:

Satisfaction-Delight.

170 The Heart May Break ...

THE HEART MAY BREAK

The heart may break

But not the heart-cry.

It is destined to grow

High, higher, highest,

To reach the heights

Of God-glory's Vision-sky.

171 A Hard Thing To Achieve ...

A HARD THING TO ACHIEVE

Patience is a hard thing to achieve;

But once achieved

Yours is the soul of earthly goal,

And yours is the goal of heavenly role.

172 Be Not Troubled ...

BE NOT TROUBLED

O troubled heart, O troubled heart,

Be not troubled.

God will definitely cure you,

Cure your aches,

Cure your pangs,

For you are His chosen instrument divine.

To please Him in His dream,

To fulfil Him in His unhorizoned scheme,

You saw the light of day.

God is always ready to be with you

In His infinite sun-delight,

Moon-lustre and unhorizoned ray.

173 The Heavy Weight Of God ...

THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF GOD

The heavy weight of God

Puzzles me,

Frightens me

My length.

The tall height of God

Elevates me,

Enlightens me,

My death.

174 The Two Are One ...

THE TWO ARE ONE

The two are one:

Earth and Heaven,

Earth's cry and Heaven's smile.

Earth tells me to perform my earthly role

Soulfully and unreservedly.

Heaven inspires me to reach the goal

Cheerfully and unconditionally.

175 Eternity, What Is It?...

ETERNITY, WHAT IS IT?

Eternity, what is it?

It is something composed of constant nows,

It is something composed of man's unfulfilled

And fulfilled vows.

176 The Armies Of Rainbows ...

THE ARMIES OF RAINBOWS

I love the armies of rainbows.

They awaken the beauty of my dormant sleep.

In me I see no more

The ruthless reign of stark ignorance deep.

177 You Are Exceedingly Great ...

YOU ARE EXCEEDINGLY GREAT

You are exceedingly great.

You are exceedingly good.

You easily triumph over time and space.

In you I see God the fulfilment-Grace.

178 I Lived In A Cage ...

I LIVED IN A CAGE

For a long time

I lived in a cage.

I read Eternity's life-illumining page.

I felt the stark penury

Of human existence-night.

Therefore I unified

Earth's excruciating pangs

And Heaven's all-illumining delight,

Founded upon all-giving selfless light.

179 Speak Gravely ...

SPEAK GRAVELY

Since you are speaking,

Speak gravely, please,

For you are talking of grave things.

Life is not a dream.

Death is not an extinction sure.

Life is reality-freedom searching

And freedom-achieving-shore.

180 Desert Silence, Forest Silence ...

DESERT SILENCE, FOREST SILENCE

I love desert silence.

It strengthens my limited strength.

I love forest silence.

It intensifies my groping length.

181 How To Get Back ...

HOW TO GET BACK

How to get back

Life's lost charm?

You can get back

Life's lost charm

If you do not harm

Your childlike inner cry

And childlike outer smile.

Life's lost charm

Easily you can regain

If you refrain

From thought-temptation-chain.

182 Despair Is Drowning Me ...

DESPAIR IS DROWNING ME

Despair is drowning me,

My life boat

And my joy divine.

I must destroy the despair-night

To shine in Eternity's sunshine.

183 I Must Be Brief ...

I MUST BE BRIEF

I must be brief, I must be brief.

Each moment of mine

Either expedites my God-journey

Or delays my God-journey.

I must be brief, I must be brief.

In each second I have the capacity

To reach my loftiest height.

Again, in a brief second

I may fall in the very jaws

Of my abysmal night.

184 O World-Sorrow ...

O WORLD-SORROW

O world-sorrow,

You are too heavy for me to bear.

O world-delight,

You are too light for me to endure.

O God-Sorrow,

I know not how deep

Or how intense you are,

But

You contain

The world in its beginningless sorrow

And its endless joy

For sure.

185 Each Day ...

EACH DAY

Each day I die with sleep, each day.

Each day I forget my God-Vision-ray.

186 Your Mind Is Mountain-High ...

YOUR MIND IS MOUNTAIN-HIGH

Your mind is mountain-high.

Your heart is ocean-deep.

Your vital is sky-vast.

Your body Divinity's cast.

187 You Are The King ...

YOU ARE THE KING

You are the king of modern thought,

You fly without the help of wings.

In you I see the triumphant galaxy of kings.

188 Your Tears, Your Fears, ...

YOUR TEARS, YOUR FEARS,

YOUR DOUBTS

Your tears have touched

The very depth of my heart.

Your fears have touched

The very depth of my eye.

Your doubts have touched

The very depth of my compassion-dance.

In me I shall give you the chance

To smile and fly.

189 Dream-Reality Rhymes ...

DREAM-REALITY RHYMES

You give the universe your cosmic laws.

You give the universe your cosmic crimes.

In you I see the perfect perfection

Of dream-reality rhymes.

190 No More I Cry ...

NO MORE I CRY

No more I cry, no more I cry.

I must claim my right divine.

I must shine on my devotion

And aspiration-shrine.

191 They Give ...

THEY GIVE

Love gives man its own precious energy.

Joy gives him its own precious world.

Peace gives him its own precious rest.

Aspiration gives him its own precious quest.

192 Death Is In Your Eyes ...

DEATH IS IN YOUR EYES

Death is in your eyes today.

Be careful, I say,

Destruction may destroy

God-perfection-day.

193 Easy, Not Easy ...

EASY, NOT EASY

Easy dreaming,

Easy climbing,

Easy smiling,

But not easy loving,

Not easy surrendering,

Not easy fulfilling

God, the Dream,

God, the Dreamer

And God, the Dreamland.

194 In An Emergency ...

IN AN EMERGENCY

In an emergency

You can bring

God to you.

But

Do not make it a daily process.

Your urgency demands

His Presence

Before His Compassion-flood.

195 Who Is There?...

WHO IS THERE?

Who is there?

Man?

Stay where you are.

Who is there?

God?

Do come where I am.

Who is there?

My desire-friend?

Go back. Go back,

To your dingy cage.

Who is there?

My aspiration-flame?

Come back. Come back,

We want you to learn

From Immortality's Infinity-page.

196 "might-Have-Been" ...

"MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN"

My name is "Might-have-been".

Success failed to crown me.

Progress failed to touch me.

I am alone, all alone

To see, feel and enjoy

The strength of success

And the length of progress.

197 I Have Tried ...

I HAVE TRIED

I have tried time and again

To remove the curse of life.

But alas, I have failed.

I have tried time and again

To garland the duty of life.

I have at times succeeded.

I have at times successfully sailed

My life's dream-boat

In the sea of beauty's reality-shore.

198 I Shall Not Hide From You ...

I SHALL NOT HIDE FROM YOU

I shall not hide from you.

Why should I,

And how can I?

I shall make you

My oneness-cry,

My oneness-sigh,

So that a day shall come

When I shall become

Your oneness-sky,

And your oneness-light,

And your oneness-kite.

199 I Feel Sorry ...

I FEEL SORRY

O thought, I feel sorry

That you are suffering from fatigue.

I feel sorry, for around you is all fire.

I feel sorry, O thought,

That you are always caught

By ignorance's chain,

By an endless strain.

I feel sorry because you are

God's true failure

And I am doomed

Your presence black to endure.

200 I Place At Your Lotus-Feet ...

I PLACE AT YOUR LOTUS-FEET

The blunder

Of my mind,

The thunder

Of my vital,

The tower

Of my heart,

And the hour

Of my body

I place at Your Lotus-Feet,

To free myself from ignorance-night

Impure, unlit.

201 I Wish ...

I WISH

I wish to be a citizen of a smiling land,

I wish to be there a loving heart and a giving hand,

I wish to have two snow-white pure eyes,

To inspire and lift all the citizens to the blue-vast skies.

202 You Know ...

YOU KNOW

You know your duty,

You know your duty's joy.

You know your beauty,

You know your beauty's toy.

You know your heart's perfection-cry,

You know your life's transformation-dye.

203 Your Eternal Note Of Sadness ...

YOUR ETERNAL NOTE OF SADNESS

Your eternal note of sadness

Has created pangs beyond measure.

Your eternal note of sadness

Will be transformed into

God-Divinity's smiling treasure.

204 What Do I Ask For?...

WHAT DO I ASK FOR?

What do I ask for?

I ask for the satisfaction of the

God-man in me.

I ask for the perfection of the

man-god in me.

205 You Cherish ...

YOU CHERISH

You cherish an immortal hate

Towards doubt.

Perhaps you may be right,

But

If you want to free yourself

From doubt-invasion,

Then sing the song of God-Compassion

Inside your gratitude-heart,

Inside your gratitude-life,

Inside your all-becoming

vision-reality-light.

206 Love And Serve ...

LOVE AND SERVE

There is always

A time to love,

A time to serve.

When the morning dawns

Love, love,

Become the breath of love.

When evening starts

Serve, serve,

And be the breath, fulfilling and fulfilled,

Of God above.

207 Dive Deep Within ...

DIVE DEEP WITHIN

Outward lustre has ruined

Your aspiration-cry.

Therefore you fail to fly.

Display not

Your outer life,

Your outer lustre,

Outer aspiration and dedication-flow.

Dive deep within,

See the face of light,

And then try in Me always to grow.

208 Arrows Of Desire ...

ARROWS OF DESIRE

Arrows of desire I hurl

The nights of frustration I endure.

I enjoy death's reality sweet and pure.

In my divinity-light,

Nothing impure, nothing obscure.

209 At Last ...

AT LAST

At last the torch of truth is found,

At last the love of life has bound

Man's surrendered oneness

With God's perfection-newness.

210 The Voice Of Prayer ...

THE VOICE OF PRAYER

The voice of prayer will always ascend,

No matter where it is found.

The poise of meditation will always spread

All-where, Heaven-free or earth-bound.

211 Greatness And Goodness ...

GREATNESS AND GOODNESS

Greatness is not big,

Greatness is small.

Greatness is short,

Greatness is never tall.

It is goodness

That is big and tall.

It is goodness

That is God's treasured doll.

212 Who Says?...

WHO SAYS?

Who says that your eyes are sad?

Who says that your eyes are mad?

I see your eyes flooded with crystal tears:

Spirituality-flood.

In you I see Divinity's truth-awakening

And life-blossoming bud.

213 Beauty's Gloom, Duty's Doom ...

BEAUTY'S GLOOM, DUTY'S DOOM

Unending is your beauty's gloom,

Uninspiring is my duty's doom.

Your beauty will feed your heart and all,

My duty will make me a puny bondage-doll.

214 Do Not Be A Fool ...

DO NOT BE A FOOL

When your heart shapes a wrong thought,

Do not be a fool, stay with me

Stay around me, taut.

If you are with me,

If you are around me,

You can never be caught

By the tentacles of living death.

No, stay with my ever-energising breath.

215 Smile, My Heart, Smile ...

SMILE, MY HEART, SMILE

Smile, my heart, smile.

Your smile means so much to me,

Your smile feeds my reality within,

Your smile liberates me from world-clamour and

world-din.

Smile, my heart, smile.

Smile at least once in a while.

216 Laugh, My Heart, Laugh! ...

LAUGH, MY HEART, LAUGH!

Laugh, my heart, laugh!

Challenge the pride of ignorance-dart.

Laugh, laugh, my soulful heart.

217 Darkness And Light ...

DARKNESS AND LIGHT

Darkness is visible.

What shall I do?

What can I do?

Light is visible.

What shall I do?

What can I do?

Darkness

I need to appreciate my soul's beauty.

Light

I need to perform my God-duty.

218 A Tower Of Strength ...

A TOWER OF STRENGTH

When I see you,

I not only see a tower of strength

In my imagination-length

But also I see a compassion-heart

To challenge my ignorance-dart.

219 Sad News, Bad News ...

SAD NEWS, BAD NEWS

Sad news,

Bad news.

Sad news is that

I have far to go.

Bad news is that

I am already tired.

Good news,

And happy news.

Good news is that

I shall reach my destination.

On the way I shall never be fired.

I shall row my eternity's boat,

I shall row

In my Lord's earth-purifying

Cosmic-flow.

220 The Land Of Tomorrow ...

THE LAND OF TOMORROW

I do not want to live

In the land of tomorrow.

I want to live

In the land of eternal now.

Those who live in the land of tomorrow

Just borrow and borrow

From the land of nowhere

And never can return.

I want to live in eternal now.

In each now abides

My God-fulfilling

And God-fulfilled

Vow.

221 I Love Hope-Hour ...

I LOVE HOPE-HOUR

I love hope-hour.

It makes me see God's Compassion-shower.

I love hope-hour.

In it I see Eternity's

Life-saving,

Life-illumining,

Life-fulfilling power.

222 What Shall You Do?...

WHAT SHALL YOU DO?

What shall you do with your excess of love?

What shall you do with your excess of peace?

Use them to feed the hunger of earth

And stop wild frustration's birth.

223 Al Broken Toy ...

AL BROKEN TOY

Your life is nothing but a broken toy.

Break it,

Smash it thoroughly.

Consume your life with joy.

Lo, you become

The Supreme's cherished,

Peerless toy.

224 Darkness Dies ...

DARKNESS DIES

In Immortality's Light,

Darkness dies

Infinity's Smiles,

Eternity cries.

225 Gratitude-Dove ...

GRATITUDE-DOVE

Yours is the life

Of self-giving love.

Mine is the life

Of gratitude-dove.

226 The Difference ...

THE DIFFERENCE

The difference between you and me

Is very simple, indeed.

You shall live by fame,

Ever increasing fame;

And I shall try to live a simplicity-life

Unconditionally with God,

To be a selfless member

Of God's cosmic Game.

227 Born To See, Born To Adorn...

BORN TO SEE, BORN TO ADORN

I was not born

To blow my own horn.

I was born

To see God-Beauty's Morn,

The devil's satisfaction torn

From earth-life.

I was born to adorn

God's supreme Immortality-Throne.

228 Beauty's Moon ...

BEAUTY'S MOON

Beauty's moon

And beauty's noon

I shall see soon.

Frustration-man!

Compassion-God!

With you I shall commune

At a time opportune.

229 Within The Mind ...

WITHIN THE MIND

Within the mind there is mud.

But God's Compassion-flood

Always removes the mud

And grants a life-nourishing,

Life-energising blood.

230 From Coast To Coast ...

FROM COAST TO COAST

From coast to coast

I boast and boast

And what I see at the end

Of my journey's death,

I see my own reality's phantom-hour

And ignorance-tower,

And my own reality's frightening

Destruction-ghost.

231 Are You My Boss?...

ARE YOU MY BOSS?

Are you my boss?

Then have me cross

The length of ignorance-sea.

Make me one, inseparably one,

With Reality's unhorizoned ecstasy.

232 I Run And Run ...

I RUN AND RUN

With a happy speed

I run and run,

To cheerfully feed

My human race,

To transform

My human face,

To begin

A new journey's course,

To salute

The sunlit Source.

233 The Careless Life ...

THE CARELESS LIFE

Do not arouse the careless life.

The careless life is as bad

As the useless life.

Do not touch the useless life

In it is the fruit

Of perfect destruction-knife.

234 Where Is Your Home?...

WHERE IS YOUR HOME?

Where is your home,

Where?

Nowhere?

Therefore you roam

In death-world's long home?

235 Yes ...

YES

Yes, I will live the Truth.

Yes, I will love the world.

Yes, I will break ignorance-gate

And for a God-interview

Set the date.

236 I Yearn ...

I YEARN

I yearn to climb,

I yearn to run,

I yearn to dive,

I yearn for fun.

237 Fruitful Vision, Wishful Dream ...

FRUITFUL VISION, WISHFUL DREAM

A fruitful vision brings to me

The life-breath of Immortality.

A wishful dream carries me

Into the world of baseless fantasy.

238 This The World So Sad?...

THIS THE WORLD SO SAD?

Why is the world so sad?

Have I done something bad?

Why is the world so insecure?

Have I done something impure?

Why does the world have no energy left?

Have I committed an inner theft?

239 Seek ...

SEEK

Seek for new joy,

Seek for new life.

Seek for new satisfaction-height,

Seek for new perfection-delight.

240 You Were Born To Sweet Delight ...

YOU WERE BORN TO SWEET DELIGHT

You were born to sweet delight.

Alas, I was born to frightening night.

You were born to give joy to all.

I was born to sigh in sorrow's hall.

241 Stupidity ...

STUPIDITY

Stupidity:

Stupidity is not simplicity.

Simplicity is not sincerity.

Sincerity is not purity.

Purity is not Divinity.

Divinity is not Immortality.

Immortality is not God-Unity.

God-Unity is not God's sole Reality.

God's sole Reality is the oneness

Of His Creation's Vision-Reality.

242 You Lie And Dream ...

YOU LIE AND DREAM

You lie and dream

All day long.

This is what you do.

How do you expect

God to hew

Your human life

Of ignorance-clay

Into sun-bright day?

243 My Lord Is Late ...

MY LORD IS LATE

My Lord is late. My Lord is late.

Is it true? Is it true?

Has He forgotten the date?

Has He forgotten the date?

No, no, My Lord can never be late,

He is my soul's room.

He is my life's bloom.

He is my earth's fate.

He is my Heaven's gate.

244 The Drops Of Sorrow ...

THE DROPS OF SORROW

The drops of sorrow

Divide me, my heart

My all.

Because of sorrow's dart

I am now sick,

I am now weak,

Stupid-callous-abrupt.

245 I Always Compare You ...

I ALWAYS COMPARE YOU

I always compare you

With God's loftiest Grace.

I always compare you

With God's Freedom-Face.

246 They Deceive Me....

THEY DECEIVE ME.

My vision deceives me,

My mission, too.

To be with them

I feel no obligation true.

247 Essence Of Prayer ...

ESSENCE OF PRAYER

Essence of prayer:

A journey to the height.

Substance of prayer:

An entrance to light.

248 A God-Lover Drinks Deep ...

A GOD-LOVER DRINKS DEEP

For God,

A God-lover drinks deep ignorance-night.

For man,

A God-lover offers perfection-Light.

249 God's Golden Eye ...

GOD'S GOLDEN EYE

I shall not fear,

I shall not fear.

I shall tear, constantly tear,

The veil of ignorance,

Ignorance-sky,

And own God's golden Eye.

250 We Shall Live Again ...

WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN

We shall live again,

O stupendous Faith-reign.

We shall live again.

Doubt shall be removed

From bondage-chain.

251 Essence And Substance ...

ESSENCE AND SUBSTANCE

Essence pure,

Substance sure.

Essence tells me

What I was

And what I can

Eventually be.

Substance tells me

To live eternally, soulfully

In the satisfaction-sea.

252 Do Not Lament Your Fate ...

DO NOT LAMENT YOUR FATE

Do not lament your fate,

Try to open your heart's gate.

Everything will be all right.

God with His Compassion-height,

God with His Perfection-Light,

God with His Satisfaction-Delight

Will come to you,

Embrace you,

Please you,

Fulfil you,

Of course in His own Way,

Which is the only way

For you to see

The face of real ecstasy-sea

In supreme Reality.

253 I Lost ...

I LOST

Doubt I lost, faith I gained.

Fear I lost, courage I retained.

Man I lost, God I claimed.

Truth I lost, nobody I blamed.

254 Cry For Perfection-Light ...

CRY FOR PERFECTION-LIGHT

O doubt, you are impure.

O jealousy, you are obscure.

O insecurity, you are unsure.

O insincerity, you are immature.

Cry for perfection-light,

Cry for satisfaction-height.

Everything at God's Hour

Your life shall procure.

255 Calamity, Calamity ...

CALAMITY, CALAMITY

Calamity, calamity,

You are the true friend

Of uncertainty.

Calamity, calamity,

Away you take the essence

From sure reality.

Calamity, calamity,

In you I see

A failure-life's untold poverty.

256 The Cosmic Gods ...

THE COSMIC GODS

I find it so difficult

To reconcile with the cosmic gods.

Indifferent they always have been.

Now they have become something more:

They find fault with humanity's

Doleful and soulful cry.

O cosmic gods, remain where you are

In some fairylands high.

Let the world enjoy its ancient sway.

Let the world evolve in God's perennial Way.

257 Your Body Is Small ...

YOUR BODY IS SMALL

Your body is small

But your heart is tall,

Very tall.

No ignorance-pall

I see within you.

I see around you

Life's purity-dew.

258 Are You A Sage?...

ARE YOU A SAGE?

Are you a sage?

If so, your heart must be

Freed from venom-rage,

Earth's ignorance-cage.

259 I Know Not Your Age ...

I KNOW NOT YOUR AGE

I know not your age,

But I can clearly see,

I can clearly feel,

Who you are.

My inner vision says your age

Is written on Eternity's Page,

And God's all-inspiring

And all-illumining Stage.

260 Within A Hungry Heart ...

WITHIN A HUNGRY HEART

Within a hungry heart I came to see my Lord Supreme.

He saw an iota of anger in my mind-cave.

Furious, He said to me either to brave

The buffets of ignorance-sea

Or to leave Him alone with His

Transcendental, immortalising ecstasy.

261 Faith ...

FAITH

O faith, you are always

A bringer of new things.

Always you bring to me

Beauty's glow,

Duty's flow.

O faith, O bringer

Of blossoming liberation,

In you I see

Divinity

And feel satisfying and satisfied perfection.

262 My Life-Boat Shall Sail ...

MY LIFE-BOAT SHALL SAIL

My life-boat shall sail and sail.

My heart of love can never fail.

263 If You Do Not Love Me ...

IF YOU DO NOT LOVE ME

If you do not love me,

Then I will spend all my time

In my heart's room

With the stranger-friend doom.

I shall mount and mount

From Eternity's destruction-fount.

264 I Shall Not Bend ...

I SHALL NOT BEND

I shall not bend,

Even if necessity demands.

I may end

My cosmic game,

But

Never shall I bend.

265 A Gentleman Like Me ...

A GENTLEMAN LIKE ME

A gentleman like me can never brood,

Although ignorance-dream

My poor fate,

My hunger's only food.

266 My Compeer Light ...

MY COMPEER LIGHT

O Light, O Light, O my compeer Light,

In you is my soul-might,

With you is my heart-height,

For you is my life-delight.

267 My Sister Night ...

MY SISTER NIGHT

O night, O night,

O my sister night,

I love your heart,

Your silence-height.

268 You Are My Source ...

YOU ARE MY SOURCE

O Lord Supreme, I am your course,

You are my Source.

You are my Beauty's Bloom

In my heart's gratitude-room.

269 O Lion In Me ...

O LION IN ME

O lion in me, roar,

Just roar.

O man in me, snore not,

Never snore.

O vital in me, stop, stop,

No place to hop.

O body in me, sleep, sleep

Before you are asked to weep.

270 Sacrifice ...

SACRIFICE

Sacrifice today

Your life-giving blood.

God will grant you

His Compassion-Flood.

Sacrifice the beauty

Of your divinity-core.

Lo, your boat has already touched

The Golden Shore.

271 Our Heart Knows How To Bask ...

OUR HEART KNOWS HOW TO BASK

Your mind knows how to mask

The reality-dream.

Your heart knows how to bask

In God's Compassion-Light supreme.

272 Build! ...

BUILD!

Build, build confidence.

Behold, excellence

Slowly will grow

On your perfection-tree.

273 Give Me The Capacity ...

GIVE ME THE CAPACITY

O Lord Supreme,

Give me the capacity to conceal,

Give me the capacity to reveal.

I want to conceal my previous life-flow.

I want to reveal my present life-glow.

274 I Shall Discover Within ...

I SHALL DISCOVER WITHIN

I shall not fail, I shall not fail

In life's examination dire.

I shall discover within

Knowledge-sun and wisdom-fire.

275 Why Are You So Tense?...

WHY ARE YOU SO TENSE?

Why are you so tense?

Why?

It makes no sense.

Commence your knowledge-life.

Destroy your ignorance-knife.

276 My Inner Flame ...

MY INNER FLAME

My inner flame does not blame anybody,

My inner flame.

If you see not my inner flame,

Never will you be freed from ignorance-game.

277 God's Game ...

GOD'S GAME

You want to play God's Game?

There is no set fee.

Give me what you have, give.

I shall show you the seed immortal

Of Infinite Reality.

278 I Shall Find My God ...

I SHALL FIND MY GOD

I shall find my God the Beauty.

I shall bind my God the Duty.

I shall show my mind

What I have from God:

Consolation deep and kind.

279 There Is No Seeing ...

THERE IS NO SEEING

There is no sleeping.

There is no seeing.

Either you lose or win

Inside earth's clamour-din.

280 Who Will Tie Me?...

WHO WILL TIE ME?

Who will tie me?

Who will?

Who will buy me?

Who will?

Mine is a helpless cry,

Mine is a hopeless sigh.

281 Who?...

WHO?

Who will live with me?

Who will?

Who will cry with me?

Who will?

Who will preach for me?

Who will?

Who will reach my heart?

Who will?

282 I Hate My Fate ...

I HATE MY FATE

I hate my fate, I hate.

It keeps on knocking at my heart's gate.

My heart yearns for God's date.

I know it is not too late,

Not too late.

283 A Life With No Flaw ...

A LIFE WITH NO FLAW

God Himself wants to draw

You, only you.

Yours is the life

That has no flaw.

Yours is the life

Of a rainbow-dream

Swimming in Immortality's stream.

284 My Boat I Steer ...

MY BOAT I STEER

I shall soon reach my destined goal.

I shall soon teach my aspiration-role.

Those who are with me are my dear ones.

With them, my boat I steer.

And who else accompanies us?

Gratitude-tear.

285 I Cry For Love ...

I CRY FOR LOVE

I cry for love,

I try for truth.

Below, above

I die for ruth.

286 Halt, Halt! ...

HALT, HALT!

Halt, halt!

Do not assault

The members of your sweet little family.

Indeed, they are your vast heart's

Oneness-capacity.

287 City Of The Sleepers ...

CITY OF THE SLEEPERS

O city of the sleepers,

I wish to be a citizen of your city.

I shall pay my fee,

Become a true member

For Eternity.

288 I Shall Feed My Lord ...

I SHALL FEED MY LORD

I shall feed my Lord

With my selfless service pure.

I shall feed my Lord

With my breathless purity sure.

289 Now I Understand ...

NOW I UNDERSTAND

Now I understand

Why God has stopped

Talking to me.

He does not talk to me

Because jealousy and insecurity

Have enveloped me totally-

Totally, mercilessly, unreservedly.

290 Somewhere Before ...

SOMEWHERE BEFORE

Somewhere before,

I saw God's Face.

And today I have become

God's Satisfaction-Grace.

291 The Ladder Of Truth ...

THE LADDER OF TRUTH

O come and ascend the ladder of truth.

Behold, God's measureless Ruth.

His Hour has struck.

Let us enjoy our peerless luck.

292 He Was ...

HE WAS

Receptive on earth,

Creative in Heaven

He was.

Struggled on earth,

Right from his very birth.

Triumph in Heaven,

He became.

293 Pagination And Creation ...

PAGINATION AND CREATION

Imagination is in Heaven.

Creation is on earth.

Imagination takes creation to God the Source.

Creation takes imagination to man the course.

294 I Am Wrong; I Am Wrong ...

I AM WRONG; I AM WRONG

I am wrong, I am wrong,

I want to learn

God-illumining song.

I am wrong, I am wrong,

My position now,

I made it strong.

I am wrong, I am wrong,

Alone to God

I shall belong.

295 Let Us Once More Try ...

LET US ONCE MORE TRY

O ignorance-dream,

Before we die

Let us once more try,

Once more,

To be at our inner door

And garland the Feet

Of our Beloved Supreme,

And thus end our

Age-long illusion and delusion-dream.

296 I Don't Believe It ...

I DON'T BELIEVE IT

I don't believe it.

How can God speak ill of me?

How can He?

Am I not His extended Self?

Am I not His imperfect Self?

Am I not entirely His,

Only His?

No, my Lord cannot speak ill of me,

For I am He,

Swimming in the preparation-sea.

297 Now I Know ...

NOW I KNOW

Ah, ah, now I know

Why at the beginning of time

God become the Vision-sun,

And the Reality-Light.

Vision is His Preparation-strength.

Reality is His Realisation-length.

298 All You Need ...

ALL YOU NEED

All you need is love.

All he need is peace.

All I need is joy.

And what God needs

Is your ignorance-release.

299 Can You Spare A Minute?...

CAN YOU SPARE A MINUTE?

Can you spare a minute?

I shall tell you something secret and sweet.

God has told me this morning that you will

Replace Him before long,

And He will gladly His position quit.

300 When I Look At You ...

WHEN I LOOK AT YOU

When I look at you, I see your mind

Carrying a cargo of clear thought:

Perfection-light your mind has caught.

In you I cherish my journey's birth,

In you I nourish my reality's mirth.

301 The Raimbow Of An Hour ...

THE RAIMBOW OF AN HOUR

The rainbow of an hour

Can fulfil my soul.

The thunder of an hour

Can destroy my earth-role.

302 The End Of Craving ...

THE END OF CRAVING

The end of craving

Arouses the bird of longing.

Longing has no end.

Longing has only one friend:

Progress-light

Along Eternity's road

Of satisfaction white.

303 Him I Gave My All ...

HIM I GAVE MY ALL

With eager speed I ran

Towards Heaven to see the Face

Of my Lord Supreme.

With eager cry

Him I saw,

Him I loved,

Him I gave my all:

Material world,

Spiritual world,

My realisation small

And aspiration tall.

My realisation small

And aspiration tall.

304 Alas, Alas ...

ALAS, ALAS

Alas, alas, even my own heart

Will not wait for me.

Alas, alas, even my own soul

Does not care for me.

Alas, alas, even my own God

Has forsaken me.

Alas, alas, even my dream-world

Has deserted me.

305 Give Me Another! ...

GIVE ME ANOTHER!

O give me another chance!

This time I shall use

My destruction-lance

To pierce the veil of

Ignorance-death

And establish the reign of

Divinity-breath.

306 An Instant With God ...

AN INSTANT WITH GOD

An instant with God

Can make you freedom-son.

An instant with God

Can make you perfection-sun.

An instant with God

Can make you another God.

Indeed, another God.

307 One Honest Tear ...

ONE HONEST TEAR

One honest tear

Can spear

The veil of

Earthbound night

And herald

The birth of

God's Transcedence-Height.

308 Bind Me No More ...

BIND ME NO MORE

O my doubt-mind,

Bind me no more, bind.

O my greedy vital,

Blind me no more, blind.

O my insecure heart,

Find me, find God,

Inside your existence-reality,

Find.

309 Because I Fear ...

BECAUSE I FEAR

O Supreme Lord, because I fear,

Your allow me not steer

The boat of my reality-dream.

310 The Supreme Feast ...

THE SUPREME FEAST

O my Lord Supreme,

I have made arrangements

For the supreme feast

Where my hungry vital, my hungry mind,

My sleeping body and my insecure heart,

All will dine together with You

And enjoy the feast

Supreme,

Once in this lifetime at least.

311 Only One Deed ...

ONLY ONE DEED

Only one deed can feed my supreme need.

I shall sow the seed of love-oneness-light

And see inside the seed tree,

The blossoming tree of Perfection-Delight.

312 How Far?...

HOW FAR?

How far is it?

How far your illusion-delusion-dream?

How far from here?

How far?

Is it so near? Is it so near?

How is it, then,

We do not conquer it,

Devour it,

My dear?

313 Sooner Than At Once ...

SOONER THAN AT ONCE

Sooner than at once,

I shall see the face of Truth.

Sooner than at once,

I shall grow into God-Ruth.

Sooner than at once,

I shall bring good news to earth.

Sooner than at once

Will dawn a new Divinity's birth.

314 The God-Messenger ...

THE GOD-MESSENGER

I see the God-messenger come.

I see him bringing me the message

Of God-Compassion.

I see him smiling the smile

Of consolation.

O God-messenger,

O bridge between my weeping tears

And God's Compassion-smiles,

Your service-light I admire and adore

Forever and ever more.

315 One Thing To Give ...

ONE THING TO GIVE

ONE THING TO TAKE

I have but one thing to give,

I have but one thing to take.

I shall give my surrendered life

To my beloved Supreme

And from Him I shall take

His Compassion-flood,

My long-cherished dream.

316 Nothing But A Trick ...

NOTHING BUT A TRICK

God-manifestation in a day:

Nothing but a trick.

God-realisation in a day:

Nothing but a trick.

God-aspiration in a day:

Nothing but a trick.

God-Compassion in a day

Can never be a trick

But a Reality flooded with Divinity

And a Divinity flooded with Reality.

317 Examine ...

EXAMINE

Examine your sleep.

Make it really deep!

Examine your wakeful hours.

Make them powerful towers!

Examine your own self.

You are your own help.

318 A Small Chance ...

A SMALL CHANCE

Still there is a small chance,

I may perhaps succeed,

I shall unfurl the lance

Of my gratitude-life,

And conquer my own

Life-threatening lance.

319 I Never Cared To Know ...

I NEVER CARED TO KNOW

A thing I never cared to know:

Who is for God?

The thing I never cared to learn:

To cry for me.

But I hear an inner voice

Telling me

That all human beings

Consciously or unconsciously,

Directly or indirectly,

Care for God,

And all human beings in their perfect sleep

Cry for me,

Poor me.

320 Who Knows?...

WHO KNOWS?

Who knows? Who knows?

Who knows why and how

I made friends with doubt?

Now, no matter how I cry,

No matter how I shout,

My shameless enemy, doubt,

Does not leave me alone.

I cry, I moan, I groan.

My doubt-friend continues

Its shameless and ruthless game.

321 Beyond The Shadow Of A Doubt ...

BEYOND THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT

Beyond the shadow of a doubt,

I shall win God's smiling Face.

Beyond the shadow of a doubt

I shall run with God

In His earth-transforming days.

322 Newness Shall Overtake Us ...

NEWNESS SHALL OVERTAKE US

Newness shall overtake us

As a flood.

Oneness shall overtake us

As a fragrant preparation,

Beauty-bud.

323 I Know What I Am For ...

I KNOW WHAT I AM FOR

I know what I am for.

I am for God and God alone.

I am for God-manifestation-light.

I am for God-perfection-height.

I am for God-satisfaction-light.

I am for God-oneness-delight.

I am for God,

I am for God alone.

324 I Need A Place ...

I NEED A PLACE

Lord, Lord, You run too fast,

I cannot keep pace.

Lord, Lord give me

A small room,

A solitary space,

In Your Compassion-Heart.

I need a place

For my days.

325 I Am A Special Case ...

I AM A SPECIAL CASE

Lord, I am a special case.

Please, please, do not chase

Me away.

Lord, Lord, I am a special case.

I shall show You, Lord, my face.

How can I?

Where should I?

If You do not grant me Your boundless Grace?

Lord, Lord.

326 Be Pure, Be Sure ...

BE PURE, BE SURE

Your thoughts are base,

Therefore nobody endeavours to embrace

You and your thought-reality.

Be pure, be sure.

In you is awaiting

God-freedom,

God-perfection and

God-satisfaction-unity's multiplicity.

327 A Truly Priceless Friend ...

A TRULY PRICELESS FRIEND

A truly priceless friend have I:

My gratitude-heart.

This friend of mine cancels the arrival

Of death-dart.

This friend of mine accelerates my

Godward journey.

This friend of mine grants me,

Unconditionally,

Ecstasy-sea.

328 Always And Everywhere ...

ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE

Always and everywhere I hear only one cry:

I shall ascend to God's sky.

Always and everywhere I hear only one song:

God alone is His perfection-gong.

329 Blue Eye From Above ...

BLUE EYE FROM ABOVE

A blue eye from above has blessed my heart.

A green eye from below has touched my heart.

A white eye from God has blessed and touched,

Loved, embraced and fulfilled me,

By puny body,

My flickering vital,

My feeble mind

And

My insecure heart.

330 Inside My Heart ...

INSIDE MY HEART

Inside my heart I feel

Nameless sadness.

Inside my heart I feel

A strong barrenness.

Inside my heart I feel

A sense of soullessness.

Inside my heart I feel

The beginning, absolute beginning

Of an untarnished newness.

331 I Brag And I Lag ...

I BRAG AND I LAG

I brag and brag

Day in and day out.

Therefore I lag

Behind in everything

I do and say.

I fail in everything, I fail.

Long ago I had forgotten how to sail

In the sea of life-energising

Existence-reality-dream

Of my Lord Supreme.

332 Do Not Hide ...

DO NOT HIDE

I am on your side,

Do not hide, do not hide.

You I shall guide,

Do not hide, do not hide.

333 Are You Sure?...

ARE YOU SURE?

Are you sure,

When you say

That I am earthbound?

Are you sure

That in ignorance

You have my presence found?

Are you sure

That my sound-life

Is no longer strong?

Are you sure

That my aspiration-life

Is not long?

334 An Extraordinary Event ...

AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT

An extraordinary event:

My earth-descent.

An extraordinary event:

My Heaven-ascent.

An extraordinary event:

My cheerful consent.

335 I Shall Not Care ...

I SHALL NOT CARE

I shall not care for the amount,

No matter how much you charge me,

I shall mount and mount,

I shall see my realisation-fount.

336 He Is Not The Same ...

HE IS NOT THE SAME

He is not the same.

He has now a new name.

He is not the same.

He has now abundant fame.

He is not the same.

He is now apt to tame

His vital world

And mental world.

He is not the same.

337 Why Do You Criticise?...

WHY DO YOU CRITICISE?

Why do you criticise?

Why do you criticise?

Why do you fail to harmonise?

Why do you fail to harmonise?

You criticise and destroy

Your own oneness-life,

Arouse speedily

Humanity's untold strife.

338 Something For Nothing ...

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING

Something for nothing

Only clever Man can expect.

Nothing for something

Only poor God can accept.

339 My Promise ...

MY PROMISE

I shall give God my promise,

My promise dire,

To smash the pride of ignorance-dream.

God has promised to me

That He will give me another chance,

For the illumination of the desire-world,

And transformation, illumination

And manifestation of the aspiration-world.

340 Think Of Me ...

THINK OF ME

Think of me, O earth.

I shall always be ready for your liberation-light.

Think of me,

Then I shall always be ready for your

Manifestation-delight.

341 A Real Nuisanc ...

A REAL NUISANC

Criticism-game is a real nuisance.

I must stop it

Once and for all

And laugh inside my heart,

Feel the living breath

Of the members of my little family,

Big and small.

342 Have You Forgotten?...

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?

Have you forgotten something, mind,

My mind?

What is it?

Have you forgotten

Or have you lost your poise?

Then come to me.

I shall show you where you can find it.

You can find it

In your soulful oneness

With your elder brother, heart,

Reality-heart, Divinity-heart.

O mind, you will find it.

It is there.

343 Grant Me Hope ...

GRANT ME HOPE

My Lord Supreme, grant me hope,

Unconquerable hope

So that I do not

In the quagmire grope.

Lord Supreme, grant me faith,

Unconquerable aspiration-flame,

So that I can play with God

In His self-transcendence game.

344 Two Complaints ...

TWO COMPLAINTS

I came to Mother Earth

To register a complaint

Against Father Heaven.

The complaint is simple:

Father Heaven is not as alert

As he was once upon a time.

I went to Father Heaven

To register a complaint

Against Mother Earth.

Mother Earth is not as energetic

As she was before.

345 Try And Die ...

TRY AND DIE

O my aspiration-flame,

although you are weak,

Although you are slow,

I shall not blame you,

I shall never blame,

O my aspiration-flame,

For I know nothing is easy

In this world.

Nothing is easy to perform

In this world of ours,

Even when God's hour strikes,

Even when destination-goal nears

Our aspiration-cry.

Nothing is easy. We just try

And die

And die and try.

346 Are You A Saint?...

ARE YOU A SAINT?

Are you a saint?

Are you a saint?

Then paint my life with your purity-paint.

Are you a fake?

Are you a fake?

Then touch me not,

Wake me not, wake.

347 Thought For Today ...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Thought for today:

I shall play with my Inner Pilot

I shall play.

I shall tell him my life's story,

And offer him my life's gratitude-glory.

348 Just A Simple Request ...

JUST A SIMPLE REQUEST

The poet in silence speaks.

The singer in silence sings.

I, the poet and I, the singer,

Know not how to speak and sing.

What I know is just a simple request:

For my children,

A oneness-nest.

349 An Unforgotten Incident ...

AN UNFORGOTTEN INCIDENT

An unforgotten incident:

God smiled at me

Before my soul left for this earth.

An unforgettable accident:

My doubt-world and God's faith-world

My insecurity-world and God's sympathy-world

All of a sudden collided on life's highway.

My possessions were totally smashed.

God's possessions surprisingly remained

Unbroken, nay, not even touched.

350 No Small Compromise ...

NO SMALL COMPROMISE

No small compromise.

We are acting, undoubtedly

Like the wise.

351 Many A Time ...

MANY A TIME

Many a time I have tried to cut

The root of ignorance-night.

Each time I tried I sadly failed,

Therefore I gave up.

Now my surrendered life to God's

Compassion-height

And Compassion-delight

Can cut the root of ignorance-night.

352 My Life's Great Story ...

MY LIFE'S GREAT STORY

The body is apt to decay.

The vital is apt to play.

The mind is apt to think.

The heart is apt to sink.

Indeed, this is my life's great story.

353 My Unconditional Surrender ...

MY UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

My unconditional surrender

Is younger than yesterday.

Therefore I have to be

Extremely careful, soulful,

For this tiny sapling

Can be totally uprooted by

Jealousy-dragon,

Meanness-snake,

Impurity-lake.

354 One Need ...

ONE NEED

One need, one need, one supreme need;

A heart of dedication-seed.

One choice, one choice, one supreme choice;

Surrender life to the surrendered life

Of the inner voice.

355 I Have Played ...

I HAVE PLAYED

For you once I have played my ignorance-game

In my inner journey, my Lord.

To play wisdom-flame, ignorance was

Within me.

Dance and glance,

No chance have I to enter into my

Self-amorous trance.

356 Life ...

LIFE

Life is a flowing stream.

Life is a glowing dream.

Life is a perfection slope.

Life is dedication glow.

357 Let Us Now Start ...

LET US NOW START

O heart, my heart,

Let us now start.

Let us face ignorance-life,

And eat it with our dragon-knife.

358 Let Me Save You ...

LET ME SAVE YOU

Let me save you,

Let me now save,

From your savage cave,

I am truly brave.

359 That's All ...

THAT'S ALL

Pain, pain all over,

Ignorance rain-shower.

Fall, fall, a tropic fall,

Nothing more, that's all.

360 I Hide No More ...

I HIDE NO MORE

I hide no more, I hide.

Now come and ride.

Ignorance-dream I shall cease.

Within, without, a flood of peace,

361 I Lead ...

I LEAD

I lead my past eve,

I guide my present morn,

I sow the seed of reality-seed,

I lovingly feed the world hunger, I feed.

362 I Feed ...

I FEED

I feed my Godward need,

Conquered my earthbound greed.

363 Today And Tomorrow ...

TODAY AND TOMORROW

O world, today you offer me

Your invaluable crown.

Tomorrow you garland me

With your venom-frown.

364 No Goal ...

NO GOAL

No goal, no goal,

All dark dole,

Life a bottomless hole,

And I have no role.

365 Note, O Universe ...

NOTE, O UNIVERSE

Note, O universe, note,

My heart and I shall vote

Only for my Beloved Supreme,

My Eternity's Reality-Dream.

366 How Can I Steer ...

HOW CAN I STEER

Fear, my dear, fear,

How can I steer

My life-boat,

Tell me,

With you,

In you,

For you.

367 Who Sings, Who Cries?...

WHO SINGS, WHO CRIES?

Who sings the songs of doom

Inside my reality-room?

Who cries for perfection-noon

Inside the heart of beauty's moon?

368 Drill, Kill, Lock, Shock...

DRILL, KILL, LOCK, SHOCK

Drill, my vital, drill.

Kill, my mind, kill.

Lock, my body, lock.

Shock, my life, shock.

369 No Fear ...

NO FEAR

No fear, no fear,

I shall help you steer

Your duty's life-boat

And reach your destination-pier.

370 I Grow ...

I GROW

I grow not only to blow

My own horn;

I grow also to glow

With beauty's morn.

371 I Love ...

I LOVE

I love my ascendance-dance

I love my transcendence-trance.

372 My Realisation-Time ...

MY REALISATION-TIME

I love my realisation-time

Which embodies unmistakable

Cosmic rhythm and rhyme.

373 Pray And Play ...

PRAY AND PLAY

Two things I do:

I pray and play.

I play to achieve.

I pray to conceive.

374 One Supreme Task ...

ONE SUPREME TASK

One supreme task

Keeps me alive,

Helps me thrive;

Ignorance, I must unmask.

375 Who Is My Supreme?...

WHO IS MY SUPREME?

Who is my Supreme?

My life's only

Flawless Dream.

Indeed, He is my Supreme.

376 I Shall Grow ...

I SHALL GROW

I shall grow inside

Each crying heart.

I shall divinely use

My ignorance-destroying dart.

377 Gloom And Doom ...

GLOOM AND DOOM

Gloom and doom;

Together they room,

Together they boom

Destruction-bloom.

378 The Boat Of Hope ...

THE BOAT OF HOPE

Today I shall sail the boat of hope.

I shall no longer grope

In the mind's quagmire.

A will indomitable and dire

Shall guide me, my onward steps,

And thus put an end to unforeseen,

Unaspiring ends.

379 God-Game ...

GOD-GAME

I play God-game

With God-flame.

I dance God-dance

With God-lance.

380 Only One Crime ...

ONLY ONE CRIME

Only one crime

In Eternity's time;

When I do not pray

For the gnostic ray.

381 Properly Use Your Time ...

PROPERLY USE YOUR TIME

O properly use your time

Wherever you are, in whatever

If you do not want to be

Involved in shameless crime.

382 My Longing Eye ...

MY LONGING EYE

O my longing eye,

You tie me with vastness-sky.

Beauty's grace,

I run with your duty's race.

383 Curiosity ...

CURIOSITY

Curiosity, curiosity,

Remember, you are

Always

An unwanted necessity.

384 Followers ...

FOLLOWERS

You are a follower of this earth,

I am a follower of Heaven.

I need your patience-sea,

You need my life's ecstasy.

385 Does It Belong?...

DOES IT BELONG?

Aspiration, does it belong

To me?

No, it does not.

It belongs to God-Compassion-Tree.

386 A Lover's Newness ...

A LOVER'S NEWNESS

A lover's newness,

A server's oneness,

A seeker's calmness,

And God's readiness,

Make you divinely great,

Supremely good,

In all your devotedness.

387 Not Too Late ...

NOT TOO LATE

Not too late to choose

Again,

Come with your aspiration

Fountain,

Your life will succeed.

Your heart shall proceed.

388 You Are Too Great ...

YOU ARE TOO GREAT

You are too great

To wail,

I am too good

To fail.

I know, I know.

Let us both

Together grow and flow.

389 I Must Begin ...

I MUST BEGIN

My silence-sadness

Has killed my heart.

I must begin,

A quick new start.

390 Your Face ...

YOUR FACE

Your Face

Is a universal place.

Your Heart

Is a transcendental Bliss.

And You are

Eternity's Freedom-release.

391 A Life Of Sin ...

A LIFE OF SIN

A life of sin

Can never win.

The sins, while drinking,

Eat the dreams, while sinking.

392 One Test ...

ONE TEST

One test, one supreme test

The seeker must go through.

He has to discover the supreme Nest.

393 Friends ...

FRIENDS

Two brave friends-gloom and doom.

Two sweet friends-glow and flow.

Two soulful friends-door and floor.

Two illumining friends-dream and stream.

394 Both Have Lost ...

BOTH HAVE LOST

Heaven fell

On the old poor earth.

Therefore

Both have lost their

Natural mirth.

395 Today I Own ...

TODAY I OWN

Today I own

New hopes, new scopes,

New cries, new skies,

New newness, new oneness

Today I own.

396 From Today ...

FROM TODAY

I love you, Friend.

I shall serve you.

I love your heart-hope.

From today

It can never in ignorance grope.

397 I Call It "god" ...

I CALL IT "GOD"

I call it "God".

They call it Grace.

I call it man.

They call it His Face.

398 All Goodness ...

ALL GOODNESS

All goodness and no badness,

That is what you are.

You are my joy and pride; from you

I never suffer.

399 The Song Of Fulfilling ...

THE SONG OF FULFILLING

CONSTANT NEWNESS

Hope is less dear than faith

Faith is less dear than love,

Love is less dear than oneness,

Oneness is the song

Of fulfilling constant newness.

400 Easy And Difficult ...

EASY AND DIFFICULT

Easy, too easy,

To pray to God.

Difficult,

Most difficult,

To accept God's God-rod.

401 Desire Lives, Desire Dies ...

DESIRE LIVES, DESIRE DIES

Desire lives, desire dies.

It lives in my vital world of night,

It dies in my inner world of light.

402 Are You Dead?...

ARE YOU DEAD?

Are you dead to pleasure?

Then you are fit to measure

God, your Eternity's Treasure.

403 You Will See The Difference ...

YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE

Let your faith rule.

Let reason stop.

You will see the difference,

No mind-horse to hop.

404 Desire And Aspiration ...

DESIRE AND ASPIRATION

Desire is my sad decay,

Aspiration is my beauty's

Fruitful soul-ray.

405 First And Last ...

FIRST AND LAST

Desire is first to fight

And last to quit.

Love is first to see

And first to be.

406 Don't Leave Me Behind ...

DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND

Don't leave me behind,

O aspiration-flame.

In your absence I shall lose

All interest in God-Game.

407 Yours And Mine ...

YOURS AND MINE

Yours is the heart of tenderness.

Mine is the heart of frankness.

Yours is the heart of newness.

Mine is the heart of oneness.

408 Transformation-Hue ...

TRANSFORMATION-HUE

No such luck! God will not do

Everything for you.

No never!

God will help you,

But you have to do

Your own task: transformation-hue.

409 Human Folly ...

HUMAN FOLLY

Human folly:

Man's love for isolation-life.

Divine wisdom:

Put an end to division-strife.

410 A Row Of Stars ...

A ROW OF STARS

I see a row of stars

In my heart-sky.

I fly and fly,

Touch their life-breath,

And offer them

My service-delight flowers.

411 O Lord, I've Tried ...

O LORD, I'VE TRIED

O Lord, I've tried and tried

But my desire-friends

Allow me not to claim You

As my own, very own.

My desire-friends make me feel

You are my Lord and not my Friend.

O my Lord Supreme, grant that I may feel You

As my old Friend,

My own reality's only Friend.

412 Fear, Dear ...

FEAR, DEAR

Fear, dear, cannot you stay,

Only for today,

At a distance so that I can see

Your unforgettable dance

In a more appreciative way?

Here, nearness is blindness,

And when I am blind,

My appreciation may not touch the

Accuracy-sky.

Fear, dear, today remain at a distance.

Let me glance at your capacity-game

Do not worry, I shall not blame.

It is just illumination-fun,

Nothing more, nothing less.

Fear, dear, be fearless

Today, only today.

413 There Is A Way ...

THERE IS A WAY

There is a way, there is a way

To pay the world.

There is a way, there is a way to pay,

To pay, unmistakably, to pay

The charge of self-aggrandisement ray.

There is a way, there is a way.

Give what you have and then stop.

Take what you need and then halt.

414 Twin Brothers ...

TWIN BROTHERS

Twin brothers - life and death.

Life demands of me what can be done

Sooner than at once.

Life inspires me to do everything

Sooner than at once.

Death reminds me of necessity of a rest,

In silence-nest.

415 My Fate ...

MY FATE

My fate is to bring down God's supernal ray.

My heart is my choice,

My soul is my voice,

My life is my promise white,

Promise, promise-light.

My bed is my rest's stupendous height.

416 I Shall Test ...

I SHALL TEST

I shall test you, I shall test.

I shall test your silence-nest.

I shall play with you,

Never shall I take any rest.

417 Buds Of Hope ...

BUDS OF HOPE

I love all buds of hope,

They bring me breathless joy.

I enjoy their beauty's scope,

I am their soulful, fruitful toy.

418 A Living Flame ...

A LIVING FLAME

I want my life

To be a living flame.

I want my breath

To be a part of God-game.

419 Your Mind's Supplies ...

YOUR MIND'S SUPPLIES

What will you do

With your mind's supplies,

Fear, doubt and jealousy?

Give them to me

And take from me in return

All my ecstasy.

420 For God Only ...

FOR GOD ONLY

I know, I know,

You are for God only.

I know, I know,

Yours is the love

For God only.

421 They Shine ...

THEY SHINE

Love sweetly shines.

Faith quietly shines.

Confidence confidently shine.

God selflessly shines.

422 You, You ...

YOU, YOU

You, you.

O my heart's golden hue!

I love you, and you I need.

Just come and stay with me

And in silence feed.

423 A Climbing Mount ...

A CLIMBING MOUNT

A climbing mount,

A nectar fount,

In you, in your beauty's sea,

I always see.

424 Come And Help Me ...

COME AND HELP ME

O loving heart,

O searching soul,

O crying life,

O flying goal,

Come and help me

To complete my

God-manifesting role.

425 Deep In Beauty's Dream ...

DEEP IN BEAUTY'S DREAM

Deep in beauty's dream,

I saw my Beloved Supreme.

Him I told, "My Lord Supreme,

Because my life is dying,

In me do shine,

Only once do shine."

426 You Are Sure To Win ...

YOU ARE SURE TO WIN

You are sure to win,

Just cry within.

Blessing descends,

Gratitude ascends,

To silence your life's

Clamour-din.

427 Gratitude-Flower ...

GRATITUDE-FLOWER

Gratitude-flower

All can buy.

Gratitude-help

Only a few can try.

Gratitude-life

I try only to sigh.

428 It Simply Cannot Be ...

IT SIMPLY CANNOT BE

It simply cannot be.

You cannot have an interview with God.

Impossible!

Purify your body's breath,

Lengthen your mind's length.

Then it will be

More than possible,

Inevitable.

God will without fail grant you

An interview.

429 I Feel Sorry ...

I FEEL SORRY

I feel sorry

For your unmerited sorrow.

I feel sorry, for your self-styled leads

I feel sorry

For your imperfection life-ship.

430 Each Delay Is Too Long ...

EACH DELAY IS TOO LONG

Right now is too short,

Each delay is too long.

Right now, the awakener

Is Perfection-Light,

Each delay, a failure-cry

In the heart of night.

431 Treacherous Smiler ...

TREACHEROUS SMILER

O treacherous smiler,

Thee I salute at a distance.

O tremendous smiler,

Thee I love in my soulful trance.

432 You Are Impossible ...

YOU ARE IMPOSSIBLE

You are impossible to please,

I gave up trying long ago.

You are impossible to love,

I gave up loving you long, long ago.

433 You Make Others Happy ...

YOU MAKE OTHERS HAPPY

You make others happy.

How?

I make others suffer.

Why?

I know not, I know not.

Who can give one faultless answer,

Who?

434 Tell Me Where I Live ...

TELL ME WHERE I LIVE

Tell me where I live.

Inside your flickering mind?

No, never.

Tell me where I live.

Inside my darkening vital?

No, never.

Inside my crying heart?

Sorry, no.

Inside my perfection-vision?

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

435 I Will Arise ...

I WILL ARISE

I will arise, I will.

Do not worry, do not suffer.

I shall embrace a new beginning,

And divinely and unreservedly prosper.

436 Stop Talking ...

STOP TALKING

Stop talking.

You too can be happy.

Stop frowning.

You can easily be happy.

Start giving.

Lo, you are already happy.

437 Nothing ...

NOTHING

Nothing is as disgraceful

As jealousy's ugly face.

Nothing is as disgusting

As impurity's backward race.

438 O Silence-Time ...

O SILENCE-TIME

O silence-time,

I love your Eye.

I love your Sky.

I love your Heart-flame.

I love your God-game.

439 Busy Dreams ...

BUSY DREAMS

O busy dreams,

Stop, for God's sake, stop!

In me I have seen a deathless star.

It is so near,

with no scar.

440 The Cry Of Fear ...

THE CRY OF FEAR

The cry of fear

Made him insane.

The fear of cry

Made his life full of bane.

441 In The Abyss Of Time ...

IN THE ABYSS OF TIME

In the abyss of time,

I saw my own

Life-flickering ray

That brought me a happy day.

442 Game And Flame ...

GAME AND FLAME

I love your pride-devour game.

I love your ecstasy-tower-flame.

443 Pride ...

PRIDE

Pride! pride

Dear friend, what you badly need

Is a life-saving guide.

444 Daily ...

DAILY

Daily I scan

My little life.

Daily I plan

My tiny hope.

445 We Know How ...

WE KNOW HOW

You know how to explain.

He knows how to remain.

I know how to retain.

God knows how to refrain.

446 By Ear Unheard ...

BY EAR UNHEARD

By ear unheard,

By eye unseen,

By hand untouched,

My folly-screen.

447 Love Is A Lasting Fire ...

LOVE IS A LASTING FIRE

Love is a lasting fire.

Faith is a blossoming flower.

Doubt is a killing life.

Joy is a climbing tower.

448 You Know ...

YOU KNOW

You know that I am trying.

You know that I am crying.

You know that I am dying.

What more can you expect by shouting?

449 The Least Push Of Joy ...

THE LEAST PUSH OF JOY

The least push of joy

Made him not only great

And good but also perfect.

The least push of joy.

450 The Only Thing ...

THE ONLY THING

Hope is the only thing

That keeps me alive.

Joy is the only thing

To make me thrive.

451 Sleepless Hours ...

SLEEPLESS HOURS

O sleepless hours,

I adore your glory's flowers.

I love your satisfaction-cry.

With you my heart shall fly.

452 A Wild Thought-Breath ...

A WILD THOUGHT-BREATH

A wild thought-breath

In you is grown.

Therefore your strength

Is gone; groan.

453 A Heavy Heart ...

A HEAVY HEART

A heavy heart

Have I.

A failure-soul

Am I.

Mine is an

Eyeless 'I'.

I shall soon die,

Sleepless I.

454 Your Place ...

YOUR PLACE

True, you feel all grace,

But do you know where your place is?

My heart is your place-only place.

455 Dawn Is The Creator ...

DAWN IS THE CREATOR

Dawn is the creator of Light.

Light is the creator of Delight.

Delight is the creator of Perfection

And Oneness-height.

456 Let Us See ...

LET US SEE

My inner life informed my outer life

That it would not mix with it anymore.

My outer life said to the inner life,

"Let us see who first reaches the shore."

457 The Silence Of Truth ...

THE SILENCE OF TRUTH

The silence of truth

Loves and becomes,

Becomes and loves.

The sound of truth

Threatens and frightens,

Frightens and threatens,

Develops and envelopes,

Envelopes and develops.

458 Truth-Tellers ...

TRUTH-TELLERS

There are only two truth-tellers,

My seeker friend and my

Lover God.

These two are undoubtedly

The only truth-tellers

And only life fulfillers.

459 A Dangerous Fellow ...

A DANGEROUS FELLOW

You are a dangerous fellow.

You enjoy dancing with venom-doubt,

No matter how long we scream,

How loudly we shout.

460 O Earth! O Heaven! ...

O EARTH! O HEAVEN!

O earth,

For your sake,

Not to make you badly jealous,

I have not gone to Heaven

Walking.

O heaven,

For your sake,

Not to make you sadly jealous,

I have not come down to earth

Dancing.

461 It Is All My Fault ...

IT IS ALL MY FAULT

It is all my fault.

I told you that

God does not care for you

Anymore.

To you He has closed His Heart-door.

He cares only for me.

Your belief has troubled you.

My dark lie has killed me.

462 I Wish ...

I WISH

I wish I could stop

Weaving my poem garland,

And go and sleep

In a snow-white dreamland.

463 An Unbelievable Story ...

AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY

Desire is bold but desire is not old.

Faith is old yet bold.

Desire-world and faith in God

Together cry, together shine,

Together rub each other together,

Together they love; together they hate.

An unbelievable story

In human history.

464 My Faith, My Patience ...

MY FAITH, MY PATIENCE

My faith has become bold

But not my aspiration-cry.

My patience has become old

But not my forgiveness-sky.

465 To Forget ...

TO FORGET

To surrender to death

Is to become a God-failure,

Here and there,

On earth and in heaven, sure.

466 Evolution Of Desire ...

EVOLUTION OF DESIRE

Desire ultimately becomes

A frustration-sea,

A destruction-sky,

And an unforgettable sigh.

467 I Offered ...

I OFFERED

My tears and sighs,

Long ago I offered to my fate-maker.

My love and joy, just the other day,

I've offered to my life-transformer.

My gratitude-flame, yesterday I have

Offered to my Saviour-Friend and

Liberator-Father.

468 Never Mind ...

NEVER MIND

Never mind what others do,

What others think.

Never mind.

Just do what you feel like doing.

Just say what you feel like saying.

Never mind what others do or say.

In no way will you be responsible

For their action and deed.

469 At Long Last ...

AT LONG LAST

My long desired Lord, my long desired Lord,

At long last I have come and sat at your Feet.

To forget you was my death,

And now to be with You

Is to enjoy Eternity's infinite breath.

470 What Is It?...

WHAT IS IT?

Aspiration: what is it?

A letter of high inspiration.

Realisation: what is it?

A letter of high aspiration.

Revelation: what is it?

A letter of high realisation.

Manifestation: what is it?

A letter of high revelation.

471 Caring Is ...

CARING IS

Caring is loving;

Loving is becoming;

Becoming is all-giving;

All-giving is God-bestowing,

God-growing, God-illumining,

God-divining, God-fulfilling.

472 No Second Chance ...

NO SECOND CHANCE

No second chance, just come and try.

Life itself is a serious business.

Here keep your promise, all your promise.

Keep your promise and step on the ladder

Of abundant glory,

Or break your promise and swim in the sea

Of ceaseless frown

And in mockery drown.

473 If Not ...

IF NOT

Choose more wisely.

If not you may repent.

Give more bountifully.

If not you will repent.

474 I Have Been Longing ...

I HAVE BEEN LONGING

From time's beginning,

I have been longing

Only for one thing-

A glimpse of God-Beauty's

Universal ring.

475 Just Remember Me ...

JUST REMEMBER ME

Remember me.

I need no reward from You.

Just remember me.

Love me.

I need no consolation from you.

Just remember me.

476 A Silly Fellow ...

A SILLY FELLOW

You are a silly fellow.

You cannot free yourself

From doubting.

I tell you, life is for those

Who are all-loving

In life-breath

And all-giving

In death-length.

477 A Life ...

A LIFE

A life of faith is worth trying.

A life of love is worth living.

A life of God is worth becoming.

478 A Babe ...

A BABE

A baby bliss you enjoy.

A baby life you employ.

A baby God, your only toy.

479 My Eternal Plea ...

MY ETERNAL PLEA

My eternal plea to God:

I wish to become

A real man

With spanless ken.

480 A Hero ...

A HERO

You are a loud-mouthed hero

Nothing more, nothing less.

He is a big-hearted hero,

Something more: spotless.

481 I Still Remember ...

I STILL REMEMBER

I still remember clearly

My desire's darkest night.

I still remember devotedly

My longing's brightest day.

482 A Sincere Cry ...

A SINCERE CRY

This must I have,

A sincere cry,

To try and fly

Into the vaulted sky.

483 Alas! Who Is Not A Fool?...

ALAS! WHO IS NOT A FOOL?

Realisation counterfeits

Perhaps it is.

In that case, I have fooled the world.

Alas! Who is not a fool?

I have snatched God's Delight.

Duty I snatch, Delight I snatch,

Oneness I snatch,

From only one thing-God's unconditional

Compassion-flood.

484 Every Time You Smile ...

EVERY TIME YOU SMILE

Every time you smile, I forget

The life of death-existence.

Every time you smile, my Heaven-

Hunger increases,

My heart-hunger decreases.

Every time you smile, you grant me

A virgin mind and a virgin heart

A hallowed life and a beautiful seeker.

485 O Sweet Meditation! ...

O SWEET MEDITATION!

O sweet meditation-flames,

You have brought me the message

Of eternal silence.

You have given me courage indomitable.

You have given me patience interminable.

You have taught me how to be rich

In mercy.

You have taught me how to drink

Deep ecstasy.

486 You Are My All ...

YOU ARE MY ALL

O lover of all!

O protection tall!

In you I see and feel

My satisfaction-delight.

You are my God-height.

You are my all.

487 Your Worst Foe ...

YOUR WORST FOE

Do you know, friend, do you know

Your only friend, your worst foe-

Doubt?

It has become really insane.

It speaks ill of you,

Inside and out.

488 God's Partners ...

GOD'S PARTNERS

God's visible partner:

His birthless Compassion-Light.

God's invisible partner:

His deathless Justice-Height.

Together they give God

Endless duty's

Endless delight.

489 Who Sees God's Face ...

WHO SEES GOD'S FACE

Who sees God's Face

Also.

Knows God's constant Grace,

Wherein abides a world-transforming

A world-enlightening new race.

490 The Harbinger ...

THE HARBINGER

A great help, grief

Is the harbinger

Of my Lord's wonder,

Compassion-relief.

491 One Voice, One Divine Choice ...

ONE VOICE, ONE DIVINE CHOICE

One voice, one voice, one divine voice,

One choice, one choice, one supreme choice,

Have made my life

Divinely soulful,

Supremely fruitful.

One voice, one divine voice,

One choice, one supreme choice.

492 Now Is The Time ...

NOW IS THE TIME

Now is the time, now,

For me, my heart, to plough

The fields of concern-light,

To collect the bumper crops of delight.

493 The Voice Above ...

THE VOICE ABOVE

The voice above

I greatly treasure.

It is my soul-beauty's dove,

My realisation-love,

The voice above.

494 Come My Friend ...

COME MY FRIEND

Come, my friend enthusiasm, come.

Love all, risk all,

Glow.

Yours is the victory's golden call.

495 I Have Come Into The World ...

I HAVE COME INTO THE WORLD

I have come into the world

To spread Divinity's Truth,

Eternity's Ruth,

Also,

To show the world

God-concern, sweet,

Yet majestic, profound and smooth.

I have come into the world.

496 A Stranger ...

A STRANGER

You are a stranger to fear.

I am a stranger to doubt.

In God's Heart we have a special place,

To sing, to dance, to enjoy and shout.

497 My Existence-Art ...

MY EXISTENCE-ART

When I feed my flame within my heart,

Earth's patience-flood,

Heaven's perfection-blood,

I see together sporting within me, :

My existence-art.

498 O Holy Hope! ...

O HOLY HOPE!

O holy hope!

Because

Of you, of your love

For me,

Eternally

There is a Heaven above.

499 Two Good Friends ...

TWO GOOD FRIENDS

My frequent tears,

My persistent fears

Have become two good friends.

Alas, I am not quite safe

In their trembling, quivering

Hands.

500 Risk All ...

RISK ALL

Risk all, love all, become all.

Then your fault-finding nature

Will be transformed into

Wisdom vast, perfection tall.

501 I Love The World ...

I LOVE THE WORLD

I love the world,

Its stark stupidity.

The world loves me,

My self-styled responsibility.

502 The World Loves Me ...

THE WORLD LOVES ME

Because I create,

The world loves me, my soul.

Because they receive,

Them I give cheerfully

My gratitude-heart

Pure and sweet,

Also

Soulfully

My oneness-all.

503 Whom Wilt Thou Choose?...

WHOM WILT THOU CHOOSE?

Whom wilt Thou choose?

Me?

From now on

I shall always

Befriend Thee,

Love Thee,

Illumine Thee

And fulfil Thee,

According to my strength-capacity

And length-reality.

504 Someday ...

SOMEDAY

My Lord, my eternity's Lord,

Someday will you call me inside,

Someday?

I shall not do anything wrong, undivine.

Just allow me to get inside and pray

And be deeply involved in

Surrender-meditation life.

505 Let Me ...

LET ME

Let me smash the attachment-chain.

Let me stop the illusion-reign.

Let me stop desire-game.

Let-me feed my aspiration-flame.

506 Wake Up! ...

WAKE UP!

Wake up, wake up!

This is the time to meditate.

Everyone, wake up!

Be pure, be sweet, be sure.

Cancel all dry thoughts.

I have only one will,

Ignorance to kill,

And sing destination-dance.

507 When Does Surrender Come?...

WHEN DOES SURRENDER COME?

When does surrender come?

What does surrender do?

Surrender comes when you are

Unreservedly happy.

And what does surrender do?

Surrender makes you an

Unconditionally surrendered soul

To God the acme of perfection

In human confusion.

508 More And More ...

MORE AND MORE

I miss you more and more,

I love you more and more.

My tears are messengers mature.

My smiles my heart's open door.

509 Destination-Dance ...

DESTINATION-DANCE

Destination-dance I have seen

Many a time.

In it abides creation's

Rhythm and rhyme.

510 One Foot On Earth ...

ONE FOOT ON EARTH

One foot on earth, one foot in Heaven.

This is how he declares his supremacy

On earth.

This is how he welcomes the Creator's

New birth.

511 Yesterday ...

YESTERDAY

Yesterday is too old.

Therefore, being young and bold,

I find it extremely difficult

To mix with the old generation.

Therefore I care not

For yesterday's source.

I care only for today's course.

512 Aspiration, Realisation, Perfection ...

ASPIRATION, REALISATION, PERFECTION

Aspiration alters the world.

Realisation illumines the world.

Perfection fulfils the world.

513 God Conceals ...

GOD CONCEALS

God conceals

My hope

And reveals

My promise-hall.

He is my Eternity's

Father, Brother,

And Eternity's

All, all.

514 Sincerity Is ...

SINCERITY IS

Sincerity is freedom.

Freedom is joy.

Joy is peace.

Peace is

God the Vision-Maker

And God the Reality-Distributor.

515 Lord, Keep Me Humble ...

LORD, KEEP ME HUMBLE

Lord, keep me humble,

This is what I pray,

To Thy gracious Will.

Make me holy wisdom-light

So that I can always

Against ignorance fight.

516 Silence And Sound ...

SILENCE AND SOUND

Silence immaculate I need.

Sound fire-pure I need,

In my life of aspiration-flame

And in my life of dedication-game.

517 I Kneel Before Thee ...

I KNEEL BEFORE THEE

I kneel before Thee in prayer

With devotion pure.

I lift my soul

For you to console.

I try to live chaste in thought

To enjoy my Godward eternal destiny.

518 My Life, My Heart ...

MY LIFE, MY HEART

Mine is the life

I have committed to Thy God-serving.

Mine is the heart

I have committed to Thy God-keeping.

519 My Birthright ...

MY BIRTHRIGHT

My Father has taught me

How to claim once more

My birthright.

Therefore I am divinely happy in God-Light

Once more

And supremely proud

Once more.

520 The Creator Supreme ...

THE CREATOR SUPREME

Do not forget this,

O my heart of dream!

Daily you have to love and worship

The Creator Supreme.

He is our Eternity's doll

And Divinity's absolute all.

521 O Fault-Finding Unbelievers ...

O FAULT-FINDING UNBELIEVERS

O fault-finding unbelievers!

You have come to the wrong place.

This is for those

Who have sterling faith

In God and themselves.

You have come to the wrong place,

Yours is the life with no Grace.

522 I Am Taking Everything Back ...

I AM TAKING EVERYTHING BACK

I am taking everything back.

I shall no longer criticise you.

I shall no longer frown at you.

I shall just give you

What you need and deserve,

A Compassion-smile.

523 Although ...

ALTHOUGH

Although I have failed,

I know I have tried.

Although I have cried,

I have failed.

Joy exists not

In our uncertain life.

524 No Haste ...

NO HASTE

No haste,

No waste,

Taste nectar-delight.

Then on you proceed

To fight against teeming odds

Of ignorance-night.

525 Inspiration ...

INSPIRATION

Inspiration takes me to God

The Length.

Aspiration takes me to God

The height.

Realisation takes me to God

The Omnipotent.

Manifestation takes me to God

Where He dances

With earth's penury

And with Heaven's Eldorado.

526 Those Who Helped Me ...

THOSE WHO HELPED ME

Those who helped me

Were but few.

Those who loved me

Were but fewer.

Those who taught me

Were the fewest.

Here to each I offer

The flood of my soulful

Gratitude-heart.

527 My Deep Heart Is Full ...

MY DEEP HEART IS FULL

My deep heart is full.

I shall smile today,

Heaven's blue smile.

I shall study once more

In my inner school

And scatter God-Light all around,

For a while.

528 Your Simple Soul ...

YOUR SIMPLE SOUL

The utterance of your simple soul

Is simple too:

Love for love's sake,

God for God's sake,

Truth for truth's sake.

We too, not for our sake,

But for God's compassion-

And perfection-sake.

529 Spontaneous And Momentous ...

SPONTANEOUS AND MOMENTOUS

Spontaneous

Is our sweet Mother Earth.

Momentous

Is our dear Father Heaven.

To both I offer

My heart's gratitude-breath

And my life's happiness-length.

530 How I Cried ...

HOW I CRIED

How I cried

When I heard I shall not see

Beauty's soul,

Purity-goal

And Divinity-role.

How I cried.

531 I Spoke ...

I SPOKE

I spoke to God with a soulful smile.

I spoke to man with a doleful cry.

I spoke to the world with a truthful eye.

I spoke to myself with a fruitful heart-song.

532 My Secret ...

MY SECRET

My secret I reveal,

God is my pole-star promise.

Therefore,

I always dare and fulfil.

533 Stop Not ...

STOP NOT

O my sweet inspiration,

Stop not,

Stop not.

Carry me farther down.

O my soulful aspiration,

Stop not,

Stop not

Until you have helped me

Achieve my realisation,

Reach my source,

My soul's destination-crown.

534 Two Friends ...

TWO FRIENDS

Two friends have I:

My hope-sky,

And my faith-sea.

They always let me fly

And swim unreservedly

And unconditionally,

Since the very day

Our friendship-banner we unfurled,

Under the sun-vast golden ray.

535 You Pray Well ...

YOU PRAY WELL

You pray well.

Do you know why?

Because you cry well,

Because you love well,

Because you surrender well,

In the heart of silence-night,

In the soul of compassion-light.

536 Thoughtless ...

THOUGHTLESS

Thoughtless alone I climbed up

Life's perfection-tree.

Wordless I climbed down

With satisfaction-fruits.

Lavishly I distribute,

Generously I contribute,

The flow of my world's possessions.

537 You Are Calling Me ...

YOU ARE CALLING ME

You are calling me.

I smile and smile.

I make no reply.

Why, you know;

Because I see in me

Your own heart-beat flow.

538 Soul Of Endless Beauty ...

SOUL OF ENDLESS BEAUTY

O soul of endless beauty!

Do teach me the song:

Unity versus multiplicity.

You are the only one

Who knows the song.

Therefore all souls

To you must throng.

539 My Silence-Sun ...

MY SILENCE-SUN

Splendid, my silence-sun.

Save you, my life

Shall always remain

Pitifully undone.

540 Divine ...

DIVINE

How can I bark?

How can I shout?

Divine I am

Within, without.

541 I Shall Awaken You ...

I SHALL AWAKEN YOU

My soulful heart,

My only all,

I shall awaken you

With God-manifestation call.

542 Ascend And Descend ...

ASCEND AND DESCEND

My tears ascend.

My smiles descend.

While ascending I become

The joy of Truth.

While descending I become

The love of ruth.

543 You Have Given Me ...

YOU HAVE GIVEN ME

You have given me a full Eternity.

I have given you my heart's gratitude-tree.

You have given me Infinity's Light.

I am offering you my heart's service-might.

544 I Have Sung ...

I HAVE SUNG

Peace-song I have sung.

Bliss-song I have sung.

Love-song I have sung.

Surrender-song, I have yet to sing.

Therefore

The master-singer in me

Remains still

Incomplete, unfulfilled.

545 It's Too Late ...

IT'S TOO LATE

It's too late.

I ask my soul to come.

I ask my heart to come

Personally.

Since time goes on

And waits for nobody,

I use the precious time

Here, right in front of me.

546 I Shall Feed ...

I SHALL FEED

I shall feed my sacred flame,

Inside the living breath of my heart,

Soulfully and devotedly.

Today I shall begin my journey's start.

547 Stop ...

STOP

O busy mind, stop.

O busy vital, stop.

O busy body, stop.

O drowsy heart, stop.

O silver soul, move on,

Fly up,

Dive deep.

548 Dear Friends ...

DEAR FRIENDS

Joy has a dear friend: simplicity.

Peace has a dear friend: sincerity.

Love has a dear friend: unity.

God has a dear friend: necessity.

549 Kindle The Fire ...

KINDLE THE FIRE

O kindle the fire of happiness!

Therein I shall seek

The door of friendliness,

the room of greatness

And the palace of goodness.

I shall see,

I shall see.

550 My Soul-Root ...

MY SOUL-ROOT

My soul-root is deep,

My heart-stem is sturdy,

My life-plant is far-fetched,

My adventure is risky and speedy.

But I know I am one

With the success-heart of light,

And one with the progress-soul of delight.

551 To Get To The Root ...

TO GET TO THE ROOT

To get to the root of human problems,

Let us enter into the real root, the soul,

Wherein lies the solution of all problem

And perfection's satisfaction-goal.

552 On His Own ...

ON HIS OWN

Each one is on his own.

Each one must adorn

His life,

Sacrifice-fire

Conquering the price of

Ignorance dire.

Yes,

Each one can be on his own.

553 Seeing Is Believing ...

SEEING IS BELIEVING

Seeing is believing,

When I live inside my mind's puny cave.

Believing is seeing,

When I brave

Ignorance-king and shine

With my fate adamantine.

554 What A Miserable Life ...

WHAT A MISERABLE LIFE

Half-believing, half-doubting,

What a miserable life you lead.

Half-refusal and half-consent,

What a miserable heart you feed.

Contain evening

In perfect shape,

Form,

And norm.

Yours will be victory's unprecedented dawn.

555 When My Faith And Doubt Fight ...

WHEN MY FAITH AND DOUBT FIGHT

When my faith and doubt fight,

I am thrown into a death-struggle.

With utmost difficulty I smuggle

And bring out faith,

Victory,

And doubt.

556 Nothing Worse, Nothing Better ...

NOTHING WORSE, NOTHING BETTER

There is nothing worse than doubt.

There is nothing better than faith.

I stay with doubt

For its fire-pure change.

I love my faith's

Indefinitely extended range.

557 Forget ...

FORGET

Forget all your old grievances,

Venture a new life,

Gather new experiences.

On you'll proceed,

Holding your victory's sunlit moon.

558 My Teacher And My Tutor ...

MY TEACHER AND MY TUTOR

Experience is my teacher.

I love him and I love him.

Realisation is my tutor.

I love plus I need him.

559 Save Thee ...

SAVE THEE

I have abandoned everything and everyone,

Save Thee.

In Thee I have discovered

My Heaven-illumining

And earth-fulfilling

Fruitful tree.

560 Our Dear Possessions ...

OUR DEAR POSSESSIONS

What you have

Is a heart-sweetening light.

What I have

Is a mind-clearing might.

Let us together share

Our dear possessions

And complete our unity's

Illumination-run.

561 Fill My Heart ...

FILL MY HEART

O fill my heart

With a silence-glow.

My heart is battered

By falsehood's giant blow.

562 Love Of Journey ...

LOVE OF JOURNEY

The love of journey,

Easy to have.

But the journey of love

Is a tremendous task.

Ask anybody, ask.

563 Quote Me Not ...

QUOTE ME NOT

O quote me not,

Quote me not, quote.

From you I need no vote.

What I need is your inner cry

To feed my own heart's

Vast blue sky.

564 Permit Me ...

PERMIT ME

Permit me to receive you.

Permit me to achieve you.

Permit me to see

The divine mind in you.

Permit me to see

God-necessity in you.

565 To Serve ...

TO SERVE

To serve my Lord Supreme best

I have become soulfully

A silence-nest.

566 The Best Thing ...

THE BEST THING

Since Heaven and earth are one,

The best thing will be for me

To ask Heaven to give me

Satisfaction-peace

And to ask earth to give me

Determination-bliss.

567 Follower And Seeker ...

FOLLOWER AND SEEKER

O follower of earth!

Go, go and sin no more.

O seeker of Heaven!

Speed forth and stand

On the Golden Shore.

568 Unknown Morrow ...

UNKNOWN MORROW

O unknown morrow,

From you I shall borrow

The fount of love-light

To scale my topless height.

569 An Illumining And Fulfilling Family ...

AN ILLUMINING AND FULFILLING FAMILY

Hearts are in unity.

Minds are in multiplicity.

I am in newness.

God is in His Oneness.

Indeed we have formed

An illumining and fulfilling family.

570 I Love Them All ...

I LOVE THEM ALL

I love my heart's morning star

Spotless, without a scar.

I love my beauty's moon.

I love my beauty's noon.

I love them all.

Me they enthrall.

571 Just Because You Are A Sage ...

JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A SAGE

Just because you are a sage,

I am sure you can bring me

Out of my mental cage.

Just because you are a sage,

You can easily empty my mind

Of wild rage.

572 Roar ...

ROAR

Roar, roar,

My lion heart.

The cosmic door

Is wide open.

Roar, roar,

My lion heart.

My eagle bird shall soar and soar

Evermore.

Life is but a prosperity store.

573 Because I Rowed ...

BECAUSE I ROWED

Because I rowed my boat

Day in, day out,

I learned the wisdom of my inner core

Plus God-Divinity's God-Lore.

574 I Love The Heart Of All ...

I LOVE THE HEART OF ALL

I love the heart of all,

Therefore

I shall never brook a fall.

575 Take Care ...

TAKE CARE

Take care.

All around you there

Is a tricky snare.

Take care,

Take care.

The world-frown

Is apt to stare.

Take care,

Take care.

576 We Are All Experts ...

WE ARE ALL EXPERTS

My heart knows how to tie.

My soul knows how to fly.

My life knows how to try.

And I know how to cry.

We are all experts in our specific field

In a special way.

Daily we bring the Lord Supreme's

Satisfaction-Ray.

577 O Earth ...

O EARTH

O earth,

Allow me just once

To say my say:

There was a time

When I lived with God

And His eternal Day

And played with God

In His eternal Play.

578 Take My Heart ...

TAKE MY HEART

O take my heart, take

To God's sacred door.

O make my life a sincere cry

And then take me

To God's golden shore.

579 Who Will Hear ...

WHO WILL HEAR

Who will hear my doleful tale?

Who will believe my titan gale?

Who will hail my life, hail?

Who will sail with me,

Who will sail?

Alas,

No, not even a single soul

For perfection-goal.

580 Although I Speak ...

ALTHOUGH I SPEAK

Although I speak

I am quite weak.

Although I play

In God's eternal Day

I am not quite strong.

Although I fly and fly

My wings have almost given way.

No fear,

No tear.

I shall bravely dare

My life-experiences to share

With all and sundry in stupendous glee.

581 O My Heart ...

O MY HEART

O my heart,

You are the reservoir

Of my unending bliss.

In you I behold

My everlasting peace.

In you I see

The perfect blossom of soul-qualities:

Faith unending,

Love unending,

Truth unending,

Light unending.

582 Sow And Row ...

SOW AND ROW

Slowly I sow

The seed of beauty's flame.

Soulfully I row

The boat of God's Compassion-game.

583 There Is But One Voice ...

THERE IS BUT ONE VOICE

There is but one voice.

There is but one choice.

This voice leads me

Into the heart of sun-bright day.

This choice helps me join

God's all-illumining play.

584 I Shall Not Swerve ...

I SHALL NOT SWERVE

I shall not swerve

From the path of Truth.

I shall just serve and serve

All those who remain

On the path of perennial rush.

No, never shall I swerve

From the path of Truth.

585 Away You Must Remain ...

AWAY YOU MUST REMAIN

If you have no God-zeal,

Then away you must remain

From God's cosmic meal.

586 Rest, My Heart, Rest ...

REST, MY HEART, REST

Rest, my heart, rest.

In you I have found my life's quest

And my soul's nest.

Rest, my heart, rest.

587 I Urge ...

I URGE

I urge

You not to arouse

Your emotion-surge.

For you will be totally lost

In destruction

With futility-flight.

588 I Was Born ...

I WAS BORN

I was born

On a spotless morn

And soon became a close friend

Of perpetual day,

Upon the heart

Of earth's bondage-clay.

589 The Small Hours ...

THE SMALL HOURS

The small hours embody

The perfect time for anything,

For everything:

For God-Arrival,

For man-survival,

For animal-exit.

590 Flowers Fade Away ...

FLOWERS FADE AWAY

Flowers fade away.

Life fades away.

My heart-gratitude-flames never fade.

They always take shelter

Under life's protection-shade.

591 To The Zenith-Height ...

TO THE ZENITH-HEIGHT

To the zenith-height,

I shall offer my gratitude-flight.

To the deepest depth,

I shall offer my gratitude-length.

592 I Am Ready ...

I AM READY

I am ready, O ambition-bird.

Take me to the world beyond,

Serene and pure,

Where Infinity's Smile

Will reign supreme, sure.

593 When Your Face Shines ...

WHEN YOUR FACE SHINES

When your face shines and smiles,

I lose in no time

All my dingy wiles.

594 Just Stand And Wait ...

JUST STAND AND WAIT

Just stand and wait.

I shall open for you

My heart's golden gate.

Just stand and wait.

595 The March Of Life ...

THE MARCH OF LIFE

The march of life

I appreciate with my soulful heart.

The flow of love

I appreciate with my soulful life.

I move along Eternity's Shore

To open in confidence

Immortality's Door.

596 I Love The Words Of Light ...

I LOVE THE WORDS OF LIGHT

I love the words of light.

I love the messages of delight.

I love the flight

Of winging thought.

In them I long always

To be caught.

597 I Shall Stoop From Heaven ...

I SHALL STOOP FROM HEAVEN

I shall stoop from Heaven

To see you,

To watch your deeds and misdeeds.

I shall converse with God

About your slumber-needs.

I shall end your living pleasure-night

And spread God-Beauty's

God-Perfection-Height.

598 Such Precious Delight ...

SUCH PRECIOUS DELIGHT

Such precious delight

How could you lose?

Such precious summit-height

Where could you loser

Lost height, lost delight,

You are swimming bare

In the sea of ignorance, all-where.

599 With His Eagle-Eyes ...

WITH HIS EAGLE-EYES

With his eagle-eyes

He sees beauty's sun-door.

With his eagle-eyes

He sees duty's sea-roar.

600 In The Bottomless Deeps ...

IN THE BOTTOMLESS DEEPS

In the bottomless deeps

I have seen my beauty's soul

Flooded with Infinity's world-transforming,

World-liberating

Translucent Goal.

601 A Shattered Boat ...

A SHATTERED BOAT

A shattered boat my life is.

Long lost am I,

My helpless oars.

Trembling within and without

I face all alone Eternity's Infinity-Shore.

602 My Creator's Praise ...

MY CREATOR'S PRAISE

My Creator's praise

On my dedication-life

I treasure.

My Creator's infinite Light

I distribute soulfully

And devotedly

And thus humanity's consciousness

I raise.

603 Into The World ...

INTO THE WORLD

Into the world of surrender-light,

Into the world of selfless height,

I saw the beauty of the soul unknown.

In me before long I shall grow and own

The birth of perfection-light,

More, ever more.

604 Awake, O My Soul ...

AWAKE, O MY SOUL

Awake, O my soul, awake.

Look at me, my angel-infancy

In which I embody my ecstasy-sea.

605 O Lord Of Love ...

O LORD OF LOVE

O Lord of Love,

O Lord of Life,

Descend and guide my sight.

I shall grow flowers of peace

For Thy tired Body's supreme release.

606 O My Only Light ...

O MY ONLY LIGHT

O my only Light,

O my only Delight,

O my only Perfection-height,

At the end of my journey's close,

With my heart's gratitude-rose,

To You I bow,

To You I bow.

607 Man's Ingratitude ...

MAN'S INGRATITUDE

Man's ingratitude is man's worst

Failure-night.

Man's gratitude-light

Is man's life-fulfilling

And life-nourishing highest height.

608 Courage My Soul Already Has ...

COURAGE MY SOUL ALREADY HAS

Courage my soul already has.

Faith my heart already has.

Love my life already has.

God my soul already has.

What else do I need?

I need only one thing.

I need, I want, to give my Lord Supreme

A most nourishing meal

In ecstasy-filled thrill.

609 O Lord Of Golden Day ...

O LORD OF GOLDEN DAY

O Lord of golden day,

To You I pray,

With You I play,

To see the face of summit-height

And Divinity's translucent light.

610 Strive Hard ...

STRIVE HARD

Strive hard,

Seek quick,

To find

The body of truth.

Yield not to lethargy blind.

Cleave not to weakness-night.

611 Let Me Sail ...

LET ME SAIL

Once more let me sail

My life-boat,

Let me sail.

This time I can never fail

And I shall never fail.

Success will definitely be mine.

Through progress-light

I shall shine.

612 True ...

TRUE

True, art is long,

Life is short.

But God-Grace can reverse the game

With a streak of heavenly flame.

613 Let Us Taste ...

LET US TASTE

Let us taste

The purity of dawn.

The beauty of eve,

Let us taste.

No hurry, no haste.

We shall reach our destination-sun

and thus end our lives'

Eyeless cosmic fun.

614 All Things Rejoice ...

ALL THINGS REJOICE

All things rejoice

Inside my soulful voice,

Which has become God's

Most illumining and fulfilling choice.

615 Time Is Fleeting ...

TIME IS FLEETING

Time is fleeting.

My promise-flame is flickering.

Yet I hope my life shall succeed

And my heart shall proceed.

616 Your Love Has Crowned ...

YOUR LOVE HAS CROWNED

Your love has crowned my day.

I shall fulfil your gnostic play.

617 Can You Tell Me ...

CAN YOU TELL ME

Can you tell me, friend,

Who has escaped from desire-night?

Nobody, nobody.

Can you tell me, friend,

Who wants to live in aspiration-height?

Somebody, somebody.

Can you tell me, friends,

Who wants to live in realisation-light?

Everybody, everybody.

618 Those Who Begin Today ...

THOSE WHO BEGIN TODAY

Those who begin today

Will end tomorrow.

What will they begin with?

They'll begin either

With their curiosity-day

Or with their aspiration-sun.

619 All Except One ...

ALL EXCEPT ONE

All companions are but fleeting,

Temporal realities except one:

Man and his unconquerable hope.

Alas, this is how we grope.

620 I Aspire ...

I ASPIRE

I aspire to illumine my desire-night.

I aspire to remember my liberation-height.

I aspire to claim my long lost

Perfection-delight.

621 We Strive ...

WE STRIVE

They strive for right.

I strive for light.

They strive for God-Force.

I strive for God-Grace.

They strive for God-Ecstasy.

I strive for Godward Journey.

622 The Hardest Miracle ...

THE HARDEST MIRACLE

This is the hardest miracle

That I have ever seen:

Man talks of God

Without knowing Him,

Man meditates on God

Without seeing Him,

Man prays to God

Without loving Him.

623 Promises To Keep ...

PROMISES TO KEEP

I have a good many promises to keep.

I shall definitely keep them one by one

And when all my victories are won,

At my Lord's august feet

I shall resign with my heart's

Satisfaction-sun.

624 I Touch Not ...

I TOUCH NOT

I touch not Thy holy Feet,

They are too pure.

I see not Thy holy Eyes,

They are too sure.

I feel not Thy holy Heart

Which embodies purity-power,

That threatens and frightens

Death-dart.

625 I Was Fired ...

I WAS FIRED

I was fired

In Heaven

For not giving

A proper message.

I was hired

On earth

Only to be scolded

And cancelled

My return passage.

626 I Soulfully Feed ...

I SOULFULLY FEED

I soulfully feed a flame within.

I fruitfully smile without.

I devotedly distribute God-Light

And God-Sight

All around.

In me the flood-tide of God-Compassion

Is finally found.

627 Your Future Hope ...

YOUR FUTURE HOPE

Father, You want me to equal You.

I want only

To be at Your Compassion-Feet

To love You,

To please You fully

And become Your future hope.

628 Only You ...

ONLY YOU

Father, You love not only me

But my ignorance too.

Who can and who will go so far?

Father,

It is You,

Only You,

Who can not only go so far

But infinitely farther.

629 Lock Me, O Lord ...

LOCK ME, O LORD

Lock me, O Lord, and then throw away the key,

To please Thy Heart's Will.

Yet

I shall love Thee,

Only Thee,

For mine is the life

Only to please Thee.

630 Wrap Me ...

WRAP ME

Beloved Supreme, wrap me

In Your sweet and strong Compassion-Embrace,

And transform once and for all

My earth-bound face.

Excerpt from A Soulful Cry Versus A Fruitful Smile by Sri Chinmoy