My desire says
Although God is goodI do not need Him
Right now.My aspiration says
Since God is goodI wish to see Him
As soon as possible.My realisation says
Since God is goodI shall always remain
With Him. ```Death does not shorten,
ButAwakens life.
Truth does not destroy,
ButEnlightens life.
Love does not question,
ButImmortalises life.
```In Heaven
When I stumbledGod came, stood beside me
AndLifted me up compassionately and gently.
On earth
When God starvedI came, stood beside Him
AndFed Him devotedly and sumptuously.
```His small head
Had big dreams.Now
His big headHas small dreams.
He is waitingFor his head
To become larger than the largestSo that his small dreams
Can die downSecretly, unnoticed,
And his reality-friendsCan stand living with him
Openly and fruitfully. ```He is an angel
When he smiles.He is a yogi
When he meditates.He is a lover
When he cries.He is a seer
When he sleeps.He is a dreamer
When he speaks.He is divinely great
When he is for God.He is supremely good
When he is of God. ```Pray and meditate;
Meditate and pray.Don’t give up!
If you give up,Then you will be
As bad as the worst.Pray and meditate;
Meditate and pray.Reach the Goal.
No matter when you reach the Goal,You will be
As good as the best. ```His realisation is skin-deep
Who says that the body’s beauty is skin-deep.Alas!
When will he knowThat the outer beauty
Of a human beingIs a solid portion
Of God the Beauty.His realisation is sea-deep
Who feels that man can transcend himself.Ah!
He will know,He will know without fail
That today’s man is tomorrow’s God. ```A thing of beauty
Is always a great expense.A thing of duty
Deserves always a great reward.A thing of necessity
Always surrenders.A thing of surrender
Commands man to surrenderTo the demand of price.
```When the world says
That I am a fool,I believe it.
When the world says
That I am a rogue,I believe it.
When the world says
That I am a helpless,Hopeless and useless creature,
I believe it.But God, when You tell me something,
Why do I find it so hard to believe it?“Son, your love
Of ignorance-nightFar surpasses your love
Of Knowledge-Light.“Empty your experience
Inside My Heart unreservedly.I shall flood your being
With Light and DelightDevotedly, soulfully and perpetually.”
```A lazy man welcomes
Volcano-destruction.A crazy man welcomes
Tempest-confusion.A wise man welcomes
Wisdom-ocean.A good man welcomes
God-Perfection. ```Before he writes a book
He reads ten booksWritten by others.
After he has written his book
He stops reading altogetherBooks written by others.
He reads and reads and reads
His book until he emptiesHis appreciation-mountain,
Admiration-ocean, adoration-moonOn his beloved creation-son,
A mere book. ```You use your wise eyes
Before and afterYou buy anything.
He uses his proud nose
Before and afterHe buys anything.
I use my clever ears
Before and afterI buy anything.
God uses His Oneness-Heart
Before and afterHe buys anything.
```He loved God
When he was9 years old.
He judged God
When he was18 years old.
He forgave God
When he was27 years old.
He realised his ignorance
When he was36 years old.
God gave him everything
When he was45 years old.
He became God
When he was54 years old.
The world kicked him
When he was63 years old.
The world killed him
When he was72 years old.
And then immediately
The world gave himAdmiration-sun,
Adoration-moon. ```Each mother has two Gods:
One is the God in Heaven,The other is her own son.
To her God in Heaven
She prays,To her God on earth
She surrenders. ```Each father has two Goddesses:
One is the Goddess in Heaven,The other is his own daughter.
He soulfully admires
His Goddess in Heaven,He unconditionally adores
His Goddess on earth. ```He who strives and dives
Will eventually succeed.He who watches and catches
Will never succeed.He who loves and serves
Has already won.He who bites and blights
Has already lost. ```The donkey in him
Tries to clear the cosmic fence.The deer in him
Wants to win the cosmic race.The elephant in him
Wants to break down the cosmic palace.The tiger in him
Wants to devour the cosmic fruit.The God in him
Wants to enjoy the cosmic game. ```He thinks the sun shines
To please him.He thinks God smiles
To please him.He thinks humanity breathes
To please him.Proudly he thinks,
Sweetly he dreams,Quickly he sinks.
```The human in me
Has a tiny roomBounded
On the north, south, east, westBy C.
K.Ghose.
The divine in me
Has the boundless universeBounded
On the north, by God’s Compassion,On the south, by God’s Protection,
On the east, by God’s Aspiration,On the west, by God’s Perfection.
```Love yourself.
Lo, you have begunYour lifelong romance.
Hate yourself.
Lo, you have begunYour lifelong battle.
Love God.
Lo, you have establishedYour supremacy on earth.
Hate God.
Lo, the fool in you has caughtThe fool you are.
```Who is rich?
He who has peace of mind.Where is he?
All mortals searchedAnd searched for him
ButFound him not.
Now God is searching for him
On Humanity’s behalf.If and when God finds him,
God will settle downNear where he lives
To be his closest neighbour. ```Contradict a man:
He will tell you freeEverything he knows.
Contradict a woman:
She will tell you freeEverything she has heard about you
And what she herself thinks about you.Contradict God:
He will forgive you immediately,He will teach you unreservedly,
He will fulfil you unconditionally. ```Her speech deserves
Appreciation.Her silence deserves
Admiration.Her smile deserves
Adoration.Her surrender deserves
Perfection:Not man’s perfection,
But God’s PerfectionAnd
God the PerfectionCombined.
```Everyone is unrealised
ExceptYou
AndMe.
But there is a very slight differenceBetween
Your realisationAnd
My realisation.Your realisation is
TheoreticalPartial
AndLimited;
Whereas my realisation isImpartial
UniversalTranscendental
And evenPractical.
I mean it.I
RepeatIt.
```Be a listener!
You will be able toEscape being a barber.
Be a listener!
Very soon you will be able toBecome a professor.
Be a listener!
Eventually you are bound toBe the best advisor.
Be a listener!
Lo, you have become so popularThat your heights
Can easily touchGod’s supernal Pride.
```When I talk to man
I see that each discussion isA public meeting
Without a microphone.Naturally I shout,
I bark andI do not even hesitate to bite
When necessity demands. ```Devotion:
What is it?Devotion is the combination
OfLove’s intensity
AndSurrender’s divinity.
A man of devotionIs God’s conscious and constant pride
In His Reality-skyAnd
Infinity-sea. ```O descending disciples,
Be careful on your wayDown the hill.
If you kick the disciplesWho are below you
With your eyeless pride,Then when the hour strikes
For you to ascend again,They will not only prevent
Your upward journey,But also extinguish
Your rekindled aspiration-flames. ```To avoid criticism,
I do nothing.To avoid misunderstanding,
I say nothing.To avoid competition,
I become nothing. ```Awakening is the time
When the men of reasonGo to sleep.
Enlightenment is the time
When the men of amusementStop drinking earth-pleasures.
Perfection is the time
When the God-men and the God-womenStay on earth to love supremely
And serve unconditionally. ```Don’t doubt!
When you doubt GodYou lengthen your ignorance-journey,
You diminish the flowOf your life-energy,
You destroy yourFast-approaching sovereignty.
Therefore, don’t doubt,Never!
```She knows her birthday
But not her age.He knows his age
But not his birthday.But
God does not knowEither
Her birthdayOr
His age. ```Doctors take us to God
Unconsciously and unintentionally.Generals take us to God
Forcefully and dramatically.Spiritual Masters take us to God
Smilingly and lovingly.God takes us to God
Devotedly and unconditionally. ```Before I stand
I sit.Before I sit
I lie.Why?
Why?I love my lying
BecauseIt gives me complete satisfaction.
I admire my sitting
BecauseIt gives me immeasurable confidence.
I appreciate my standing
BecauseIt gives me the greatest competence.
```I said to my friend:
“You are wrong.”Alas, I lost my friend.
I said to my enemy:
“You are right.”Lo, I gained a new friend.
```England is an island.
You knew it.An Englishman is also an island.
Now learn it!France is a pleasure-paradise.
You knew it.A Frenchman is also a pleasure-paradise.
Now learn it!India is a degradation-life.
You knew it.An Indian is also a degradation-life.
Now learn it!America is a promise-advertising soul.
You knew it.An American is also a promise-advertising soul.
Now learn it!Canada is a height-unnoticing eye.
You knew it.A Canadian is also a height-unnoticing eye.
Now learn it! ```The English language
Unites the whole worldBut
Separates America from England.The Indian love
Feeds the whole worldBut
Strangles both the brothers:Pakistan and India.
```A small admission fee
Takes all my enthusiasm away.A small realisation fee
Takes all my aspiration away.A small perfection fee
Takes all my energy away. ```You know everything;
That is your speciality.He knows nothing;
That is his speciality.I know something of everything;
That is my speciality.Light is in everything;
That is its speciality.Love is for everything;
That is its speciality.God is of everything and for everything;
That is His speciality. ```Attention he pays,
Intention he hides.Indeed, this is the story
Of a human thief.Attention he pays,
Intention he lacks.Indeed, this is the story
Of a human rogue.Attention he pays,
Intention he tries.Indeed, this is the story
Of a sincere man.Attention he pays,
Intention he fulfils.Indeed, this is the story
Of a divine hero. ```Love increases
By visiting friends.Love increases more
By helping friends.Love increases most
By loving friends.God the Host
Loves a visiting friend.God the Father
Loves more a helping friend.God the Beloved
Loves most a loving friend. ```Friendship between fear and hatred
Is only a suspension of hostility.Friendship between doubt and suspicion
Is only a suspension of futility.Friendship between love and life
Is only a suspension of ecstasy.Friendship between an ascending cry
and a descending smileIs only a suspension of Reality.
```My faith saves me
From the suspicious world.My love saves me
From the ferocious world.My light saves me
From the ungenerous world.My God saves me
From the unharmonious world. ```His life was too short
To learn yoga.His love was too little
To see God.His goal was too far
To value his Beloved. ```When I offer gratitude to God
And God aloneI secretly expect
A greater favour from God.When I offer gratitude to man
Man immediately claimsThe most legitimate favour from me.
O God, with my gratitude
I hopefully try to fool you.O man, with my gratitude
I unavoidably bind my helpless self. ```Life I give,
Life I receive.With life I bind my Heaven and my earth.
Love I eat,Love I feed.
With love I free my earth and my Heaven. ```What is worse than a donkey?
Two donkeys.What is better than a seeker?
Two seekers.What is worse than the worst enemy?
Two enemies.What is better than the best friend?
Two friends.Two donkeys:
Doubt and Jealousy.Two seekers:
Sincerity and Purity.Two enemies:
Pride and Fear.Two friends:
Faith and Courage. ```When I talk with God
I cramp His conversation.When I talk with a man
We cramp each other’s conversation.When I talk with a woman
She cramps my conversation.And in return
The human in me strangles our conversation,While
The divine in me admires her conversation.When I talk with myself
I overfeed my conversationAnd kill the real thinker in me.
```The animal in me says:
Destruction is above all,Destruction is all.
The human in me says:
Sensation is above all,Sensation is all.
The divine in me says:
Liberation is above all,Liberation is all.
The angel in me says:
Beauty is above all,Beauty is all.
The God in me says:
Love is above all,Love is all.
```In his dream he saw
A Russian, an American, a German,A Chinaman, a Japanese, an Indian,
A Pakistani, a Frenchman, an Englishmanand a Canadian
Fighting over the nationality of God.The Russian said,
“God can be of any nationality, but notAmerican.”
The American said,“I shall ask God to leave me for some time,
Change His nationalityAnd stay with the Russian.
Russia needs God’s inner Presence,Whereas I can stay for some time
Without God’s outer Presence.Needless to say, God is an American.”
The German said,“God is a clever fellow.
He changes His nationality quite often.When a nation becomes powerful
He adopts the nationality of that countryQuickly and devotedly.”
The Chinaman said,“Although God’s Presence does not add
Anything to my nation,God secretly indulges His Chinese nationality.”
The Japanese said,“We all know that God
Most secretly and convincinglyEnjoys His sole nationality: Japanese.”
The Indian said,“Before God started
Taking human incarnation,He assured India that
He would assume only one nationality,Forever and forever.”
The Pakistani said,“We know it.
That is why we do not allow GodThe eternal Hindu
To darken our country.”The Frenchman and the Englishman
Fought bitterlyAnd then divided God’s nationality
Into two gigantic halves.The Canadian saluted the American and said,
“God’s eternal American nationalityWill one day be proved indisputable.”
The American embraced the Canadian and said,“Take what I have and what I am.
What I have is outer assurance.What I am is inner gratitude.”
```From:Sri Chinmoy,The Wings of Light, part 2, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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