Section 1

1 A God-Minus Thought ...

A God-minus thought

Misleads

The searching mind.

2 A God-Minus Thought ...

A God-minus thought

Tortures

The aspiring heart.

3 A God-Minus Thought ...

A God-minus thought

Is

Happiness-starvation.

4 A God-Minus Thought Of Mine ...

A God-minus thought of mine

Is a devastating blow

To my God-adoration-heart.

5 Each God-Minus Thought Of Mine ...

Each God-minus thought of mine

Eventually bursts

Into an utter failure-sigh.

6 Each God-Minus Thought ...

Each God-minus thought

Compels the seeker

To enter into an abysmal abyss.

7 A God-Minus Life ...

A God-minus life

Is

A spiritual failure.

8 A God-Minus Life ...

A God-minus life

Must needs remain

A satisfaction-stranger.

9 A God-Minus Heart ...

A God-minus heart

Can never enjoy

God's Fondness-Oneness-Embrace.

10 A God-Minus Mind ...

A God-minus mind

Cannot escape

From the trauma of hopelessness.

11 A God-Minus Life ...

A God-minus life

Is

Ignorance-confusion-immersion.

12 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Is

His own bondage-slave.

13 A God-Minus Day ...

A God-minus day

Marks the seekers

Aspiration-shortage

And

Frustration-plethora.

14 A God-Minus Thought ...

A God-minus thought

Entangles the mind,

Enslaves the heart,

Endangers the life.

15 A God-Minus Day ...

A God-minus day

Cannot free itself

From the knotted tentacles

Of suspicion.

16 A God-Minus Moment ...

A God-minus moment

Is when

Truth and I part ways.

17 A God-Minus Moment ...

A God-minus moment

Feeds doubt

And fondles suspicion.

18 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Loves

His ego-greed.

19 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Is totally empty

Of prayer-joy

And

Meditation-peace.

20 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Is obsessed

Only with others' mistakes,

Small or big.

21 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Plies his lifeboat

Between the mind's impatience-shore

And the heart's uncertainty-shore.

22 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Desires

World-supremacy-power

And not

World-ecstasy-hour.

23 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Can easily become

A negativity-monarch.

24 A God-Minus Man ...

A God-minus man

Thinks

That he can nearer be wrong.

25 A God-Minus Morning ...

A God-minus morning

Marks

A soul-starvation-day.

26 A God-Minus Human Being ...

A God-minus human being

Is found to be

Deplorably powerless

Over his own thoughts.

27 A God-Minus Breath ...

A God-minus breath

Is, indeed,

A spiritual death.

Excerpt from God Minus by Sri Chinmoy