Two divine qualities: confidence and sincerity

Part I — confidence

TDQ 1-20. These twenty poems on confidence were written on 14 December 1981.

1.

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Only a self-giving devotee

Can have ecstatic confidence

In the depths of his heart.

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2.

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If we can earnestly

And soulfully meditate,

Then we can easily have

Cheerful confidence. ```

3.

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Perfect confidence is not

In earth-possession

But in self-illumination.

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4.

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To acquire victory's crown,

One must cultivate

Resolute confidence

In one's spiritual life. ```

5.

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If a seeker is not

Continuously blessed

With purity-breath,

Then his life

Will unmistakably betray

Arrogant confidence. ```

6.

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Success on the outer plane

Does not remain a far cry

After the mind has achieved

Solid confidence. ```

7.

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Before God-realisation

It is almost an impossible task

To have supreme confidence

In one's aspiration-life. ```

8.

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Devilish confidence

And destruction

Are immediate neighbours.

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9.

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To have complacent confidence

Is the beginning

Of one's fast-approaching perdition

In one's inner life. ```

10.

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If you are a good seeker,

Then you will try

To earn confidence

In the depths

Of your aspiring heart

And not enjoy confidence

In your obscure and impure vital.

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11.

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A disciplined life

Can unmistakably

Register confidence

In the searching mind. ```

12.

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When the clever mind undermines

Your spiritual confidence

In your life,

Do not be doomed to disappointment,

Even for a fleeting second.

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13.

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Confidence in my mind

Wavers. ```

14.

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Confidence in my heart

Soars. ```

15.

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Confidence in my soul

Prevails. ```

16.

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My aspiring heart

Is

My intimate confidant.

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17.

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My searching mind

Is

My faithful confidant.

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18.

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My striving vital

Is

My usual confidant.

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19.

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My awakened body

Is

My receptive confidant.

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20.

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My dedicated life

Is

My serving and fulfilling

Confidant. ```

Part II — sincerity

TDQ 21-46. These twenty-six poems on sincerity were written on 20 October 1995.

21.

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Sincerity

Is

God the seed.

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22.

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Sincerity

Is

Soul the garden.

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23.

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Sincerity

Is

Heart the plant.

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24.

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Sincerity

Is

Life the tree.

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25.

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Sincerity

Without intensity

Is futility.

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26.

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Sincerity

Without eagerness

Is barrenness.

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27.

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Sincerity

Without cheerfulness

Is callousness.

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28.

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Sincerity

Without humility

Is absurdity.

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29.

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Sincerity

Is the sweetness

Of our outer existence.

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30.

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Sincerity

Is the fulness

Of our inner existence.

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31.

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God embraces

The heart of

Sincerity.

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32.

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God blesses

The mind of

Sincerity.

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33.

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God treasures

The life of

Sincerity.

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34.

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When a seeker is wanting

In sincerity,

His aspiration-heart

And dedication-life

Are bound to become

Spiritually bankrupt

Sooner than at once.

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35.

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Sincerity

Is by far the best

God-Protection-assurance.

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36.

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A sincerity-mind,

An openness-heart

And

A fulness-soul

Are most intimately

Inseparable. ```

37.

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When I become my own

Sincerity-heart,

God becomes

His fastest and strongest

Magnet-Heart.

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38.

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The more I value

My sincerity-breath,

The stronger becomes

God's Manifestation-Promise

In and through me on earth.

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39.

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In the battlefield of life,

We become the victors

Over ignorance-night

Only when

The sincerity of the mind,

The spontaneity of the heart,

The rapidity of the vital

And

The purity of the body

Work in perfect oneness. ```

40.

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Sincerity,

I do love you and need you.

But I am telling you

In all sincerity

That I love and need

God's Will-Manifestation-Delight

On earth

Infinitely more.

Nay, God's Fulfilment-Smile

Is the only thing

That I sleeplessly need.

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41.

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Sincerity,

You are morality's

Loftiest height.

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42.

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Morality is the excellence

Of the mind, heart and life.

Although spirituality

Is in morality and for morality,

It goes far beyond

Morality's territory-confines. ```

43.

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The human in us needs

Sincerity's perfect perfection

And

Morality's complete satisfaction. ```

44.

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The divine in us

Also needs the same.

But the divine in us,

Being consciously and constantly

One with God's Will,

At times does not abide

By morality's strict injunctions.

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45.

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Humanity's complete fulfilment

Can and shall dawn

Only when humanity prayerfully,

Bravely and self-givingly

Accepts Divinity

For the sake of Divinity. ```

46.

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"Let Thy Will be done,"

Him to fulfil in His own Way:

This is sincerity's sleepless dream

And breathless reality. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Two divine qualities: confidence and sincerity, Agni Press, 1999
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