I. Something

1.
Something to forget —
       fear

2.
Something to remember —
       love

3.
Something to forget immediately —
       self-doubt

4.
Something to remember immediately —
       faith in God

5.
Something to forget today, tomorrow and forever —
       depression

6.
Something to remember today, tomorrow and forever —
       God’s Concern

7.
Something to like —
       sacrifice

8.
Something to dislike —
       jealousy

9.
Something to see —
       Perfect Perfection

10.
Something to hear —
       appreciation for all

11.
Something to feel —
       peace

12.
Something to hide —
       others’ imperfection

13.
Something to reveal —
       universal oneness

14.
Something to drink —
       the Beauty of God’s Eye

15.
Something to eat —
       the Heart of God’s Love

16.
Something never to treasure —
       the vital pleasure

17.
Something ever to treasure —
       the soul’s divinely supreme rapture

18.
Something to be liberated —
       bondage

19.
Something to be perfected —
       human imperfection

20.
Something man likes —
       aggression

21.
Something God likes —
       the divine procession of Cosmic Oneness

22.
Something I saw —
       the poverty of the human mind

23.
Something I see —
       the insecurity of the human heart

24.
Something I shall see —
       the complete manifestation of man’s divinity

25.
Something to destroy humanity —
       impurity of the vital

26.
Something to immortalise humanity —
       self-hope plus God-hope

27.
Something to think about —
       sincerity

28.
Something to talk about —
       purity

29.
Something essential —
       God’s Compassion

30.
Something non-essential —
       the suppression of the vital

31.
Something indispensable —
       the heart’s mounting cry

32.
Something to strangle —
       frustration

33.
Something to embrace —
       cheerfulness

34.
Something to love —
       self-giving

35.
Something to unlearn —
       self-advertising

36.
Something I saw at God’s Palace —
       unconditional faith

37.
Something I saw in God’s Court —
       unconditional forgiveness

38.
Something I saw on God’s Throne —
       unconditional love for mankind

39.
Something I saw in God’s Crown —
       unconditional humility

40.
Something past correction —
       nothing

41.
Something needs no correction —
       the real Love of God

42.
Something to prove God —
       man’s ascending cry

43.
Something to prove man —
       God’s descending Smile

44.
Something to love —
       the pure heart

45.
Something to be loved by —
       the sure heart

46.
Something I chose —
       night

47.
Something I choose —
       day

48.
Something I shall choose —
       the sun

49.
Something I was —
       Divinity

50.
Something I am —
       Reality

51.
Something I shall be —
       Immortality
Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol. 7, No. 9, 27 Apr. 1972, AUM Press, Sri Chinmoy Centre Inc., Santurce, Puerto Rico, 1972