The difference between God and me

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The difference between

God and me:

I ask God

To keep His Eye closed.

God asks me

To keep my heart open. ```

2.

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The difference between

God and me:

Independence

I want.

Interdependence

God wants. ```

3.

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The difference between

God and me:

I tell God

That my mind is now ready to do

Everything for Him.

God tells me

That His Heart has already done

Everything for me. ```

4.

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The difference between

God and me:

I love God

To fulfil my desire-life.

God loves me

Because He does not know

Anything else.

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5.

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The difference between

God and me:

When I think of God,

I become my dissatisfaction-vital.

When God thinks of me,

He becomes His expectation-Heart. ```

6.

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The difference between

God and me:

I blame God

For every little thing

That goes wrong in my life.

God blames Himself

For my imperfection-life.

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7.

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The difference between

God and me:

I pretend

To be the doer.

God pretends

To be the Actor. ```

8.

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The difference between

God and me:

God says to me,

"My child, are you ready?"

I say to God,

"My Lord, why are You so late?" ```

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The difference between

God and me:

I tell God,

"My Lord, do You want to see My mind-forest?

It is so powerful.

You are bound to admire it."

God says to me,

"My child, do you want to see

My Heart-Garden?

It is so beautiful.

You will just love it."

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10.

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The difference between

God and me:

When I see anything wrong

In God's creation,

I bark at Him.

When He sees anything wrong

In my creation,

He simply smiles. ```

11.

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The difference between

God and me:

My mind says to God,

"My Lord, why are You inspiring me

To arrive at my destination?

Can You not see that it will take me

Ninety-nine trillion steps?"

My God's Heart says,

"My child, only one more step."

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12.

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The difference between

God and me:

God does not know

How to sleep.

I do not know

How to wake up. ```

13.

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The difference between

God and me:

I want

God's prompt attention.

God wants

My total satisfaction. ```

14.

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The difference between

God and me:

My dictionary has only one word:

Exasperation.

God's dictionary has only one word:

Compassion. ```

15.

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The difference between

God and me:

When there is a severe dispute

Between God and me,

God openly admits His defeat.

I do not accept my defeat

Even secretly.

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16.

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The difference between

God and me:

I tell God,

"My Lord, You are too old

To understand my philosophy."

God says to me,

"My child, you are too young

To appreciate My Song." ```

17.

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The difference between

God and me:

When I am angry with God,

God pleads with me

To give Him another chance.

When God is angry with me,

I say to myself, "Who cares!"

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18.

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The difference between

God and me:

I go up to examine

God's Mind.

God comes down

To sweeten my life. ```

19.

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The difference between

God and me:

God tells me to go forward.

I ask God, "What is wrong

With my going backward?"

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20.

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The difference between

God and me:

God is ready

To give me everything for the asking.

I am not yet prepared

To give God anything. ```

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The difference between

God and me:

I tell God,

"You can come to my house.

If I like You, You can stay with me."

God tells me,

"You can come to My House

And live with Me permanently.

Here is the key."

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The difference between

God and me:

God says to me:

"Work is Love."

I say to God:

"Work is torture." ```

23.

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The difference between

God and me:

God whispers dreams.

I plunder realities. ```

24.

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The difference between

God and me:

Forgiveness

Is God's Meal.

Revenge

Is my banquet. ```

25.

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The difference between

God and me:

I proudly tell God

That ignorance is my boss.

God tearfully tells me

To give Him only one chance

And see if He is better.

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26.

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The difference between

God and me:

I tell God

That I doubt Him quite often.

God tells me

That He trusts me all the time. ```

27.

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The difference between

God and me:

I angrily ask God,

"My Lord, where are You?"

God eagerly asks me,

"My child, how are you?" ```

28.

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The difference between

God and me:

I tell God,

"My Lord, how can I believe You

When You tell me

That You think of me all the time?"

God tells me,

"My child, how can I believe you

When you tell Me

That you love Me only?" ```

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The difference between

God and me:

I am afraid of God's

Perfection-Dream for me.

God is not afraid of transforming

My imperfection-life

Into His Satisfaction-Heart.

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30.

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The difference between

God and me:

I do not believe God at all

When He tells me that I am

His Heart's All.

God does not believe me at all

When I tell Him that my mind

Is my all

And I want my mind to remain my all

All my life. ```

31.

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The difference between

God and me:

I say to God,

"My Lord, it pains me so deeply

That I often speak ill of You."

My Lord says to me,

"My child, not true, not true,

Not true." ```

32.

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The difference between

God and me:

I say to God,

"My Lord, Your infinite Greatness

I desire."

My Lord says to me,

"My child, your inseparable oneness

I need." ```

33.

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The difference between

God and me:

I say to God,

"My Lord, I need perfection from You

For my life."

My Lord says to me,

"My child, I need aspiration from you

For My Heart." ```

34.

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The difference between

God and me:

I ask God,

"My Lord, when will You give me

Eternal freedom?"

My Lord says to me,

"My child, when will you

Cheerfully become

A citizen of My Heart-Kingdom?"

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The difference between

God and me:

My very nature

Is to rectify God.

God's very nature

Is to justify me. ```

36.

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The difference between

God and me:

"My Lord, is there anything

That You would like to have

From me?"

"Yes, My child.

I would like to have

Your haughty head."

"My child, is there anything

That you would like to have

From Me?"

"Yes, my Lord.

I would like to have

Your pretty Feet." ```

37.

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The difference between

God and me:

Before entering into

A very serious argument, I tell God,

"My Lord, this time

I shall defeat You badly."

God says to me,

"My child, this time

I shall illumine you permanently."

Alas,

Neither of us wins.

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38.

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The difference between

God and me:

God does not know

What frustration is.

I do not know

What satisfaction is. ```

39.

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The difference between

God and me:

God wants to feed

The world.

I want to transform

The world. ```

40.

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The difference between

God and me:

God consciously

Reveals Himself

To Himself.

I unconsciously

Conceal myself

From myself. ```

41.

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The difference between

God and me:

I cannot

Take care of myself.

God takes cares of Himself,

Plus He takes care of me

Lovingly, compassionately

And self-givingly. ```

42.

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The difference between

God and me:

God is satisfied

In governing Himself.

I am satisfied

Only when I govern others. ```

43.

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The difference between

God and me:

I enjoy living

In my mind-prison.

God enjoys living

In His Heart-Country. ```

44.

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The difference between

God and me:

I have no courage

To face myself.

God has the courage

Not only to face Himself,

But also to face me

And transform me. ```

45.

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The difference between

God and me:

My Lord's

Unimaginable Greatness

Surprises me.

My self-limitation

Surprises my Lord. ```

46.

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The difference between

God and me:

My Lord's

Unfathomable Goodness

Astonishes me.

My self-oblivion

Astonishes my Lord.

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47.

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The difference between

God and me:

I want to impress God

By frequenting libraries

And reading and studying

Thousands of books.

God wants to impress me

By not reading

One single book.

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The difference between

God and me:

I want to save the world.

God tells me,

"My child, I am pleading

With you

Not to take away My job."

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49.

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The difference between

God and me:

When I go to God for help,

He tells me,

"My child, My help

Is immediately available."

When God comes to me for help,

I say to God,

"My Lord, my help

Is approachable, no doubt,

But not guaranteed."

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50.

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The difference between

God and me:

I am

A stupid thought-carrier.

God is

A wise thought-observer. ```

51.

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The difference between

God and me:

I want my popularity

And nothing else.

God wants His Creativity

And nothing else. ```

52.

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The difference between

God and me:

I want to perfect

God's creation.

God wants to protect

My creation. ```

53.

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The difference between

God and me:

My teachings

Are locking me

Most deplorably.

God's Teachings

Are unlocking the whole world

Most compassionately. ```

54.

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The difference between

God and me:

When God teaches me

His Philosophy,

He tells me that His Philosophy

Has only three words:

Here and now."

When I teach my philosophy

To God,

I tell Him that my philosophy

Has only one word:

"Eternity."

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55.

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The difference between

God and me:

I hesitate indefinitely

Before I speak about God.

God meditates most seriously

Before He speaks about me. ```

56.

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The difference between

God and me:

My motto is:

"Give up, give up

If you do not succeed."

God's Motto is:

"Wake up, wake up-

You will never fail!" ```

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The difference between

God and me:

God enjoys

Humour-lightness.

I enjoy

Rumour-ugliness. ```

58.

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The difference between

God and me:

When I give God my good news

That I am

Unconditionally surrendering

To His Will,

God tells me,

"My child, I am extremely,

Extremely proud of you."

When God gives me His good news

That I am a perfect devotee,

I say to God,

"My Lord,

You could have told me that

A long time ago."

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The difference between

God and me:

God is horrified

To see me greedily devouring

Ignorance-meal.

I am stupefied

To see that God has no interest

In my Nectar-meal. ```

60.

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The difference between

God and me:

God never thinks that He is Extremely great.

I never think that I am Shamelessly useless. ```

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The difference between

God and me:

I talk and talk

About the roaring lions

Of my mind-forest.

God talks and talks

About the beauty and fragrance

Of His Infinity's Heart-Garden. ```

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The difference between

God and me:

God asks me to be hungry

For His infinite Love.

I ask God not to be angry

With my finite anger. ```

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The difference between

God and me:

When I offer a gratitude-flower

From my heart-garden to God,

God says to me,

"My child, you have given Me

Everything that I need."

When God offers a Satisfaction-Smile From His Heart-Garden to me,

I say to God,

"Is that all?" ```

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The difference between

God and me:

God asks me

To be perfect in my inner life

And my outer life.

I ask God,

"My Lord, I beg of You

Only one thing:

Just fall asleep until I wake You up."

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The difference between God and me, Agni Press, 1998
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/dgm