Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 101

10001

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I do not know

Where I lived before,

But I do know

Where I am living now:

I am living

In God’s Compassion-Power-Nest. ```

10002

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I question and doubt

Whether any human being on earth

Is not curious

To know and grow into

The Unknown.

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10003

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You have all along been a student

Of the brain.

But I am begging you to study

Something new —

I mean the heart —

And become a professor

Of the heart.

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10004

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Although we live in time

And are captured by death,

God the Compassion

Can liberate us easily

If our longing is fire-pure.

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10005

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First walk along the road

Of progress,

And then you may study the map

Of the invisible worlds. ```

10006

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The fathomless sorrows

Of the world

Quite often come from

The ruthless torture

Of uncomely thoughts.

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10007

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Fear not the assault of hell!

You can invoke

God the Lover

And rest in the Arms

Of His Protection-Certainty.

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10008

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You have come down

To the suffering, tearful earth.

Do you know why?

Just for a lasting experience

From the Light of the Beyond.

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10009

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If you lose enthusiasm,

If you lose determination,

You are bound to suffer

From the sore feet

Of hurtful failure.

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10010

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Every day he increases

His wonder-producing faith.

Therefore he saves his life

From doubt’s destruction-doom. ```

10011

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Where is your free will

If you live inside

Your binding mind?

Where is your bondage

If you live inside

Your all-encompassing heart?

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10012

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If you see that Heaven

Is frowning at you,

Then love earth more

And care more

For its soul-stirring smile.

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10013

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Why does doubt-courier carry

Many undivine things every day?

Because it enjoys carrying

The bundle of curiosity. ```

10014

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Now that you have learnt the art

Of conquering your despair-life,

Try to develop more purity-joy

Inside your mind. ```

10015

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Because you live

Inside your heart-garden,

God is inviting you to visit

His own Delight-Sanctuary. ```

10016

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The heart that obeys

Knows not

What earth’s night is.

It only knows

What Heaven’s day is.

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10017

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Aspiration is always ready

To shake hands with you.

But ask yourself:

Are you ready to shake hands

With aspiration?

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10018

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The mind that obeys

The division-power of the world

Is far away from

The Oneness-Power that God eternally is. ```

10019

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Two unknowing eyes

The mind has, alas.

Yet it is so proud

Of those stark blind eyes. ```

10020

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God is always ready

To publish your heart-book.

But have you ever written

Or will you ever write

A heart-book

That God can publish happily and proudly? ```

10021

```

What is failure?

It is something

That unconsciously exposes

Its own attachment-weaknesses. ```

10022

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Each flash of inspiration

And each flight of aspiration

Can increase the fragrance

Of our perfection-longing-life. ```

10023

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Silence speaks.

It speaks quietly.

It speaks slowly.

Also,

It speaks with the voice

Of oneness-love. ```

10024

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To face failure and greet success,

One must deliberately go out of

The doubt-territory.

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10025

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I obey God.

That means my heart loves God.

My heart loves God.

That means my life needs God. ```

10026

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If your heart does not aspire,

Then your mind can easily be captured

By indifference-emptiness.

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10027

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The mind’s suspicion-dream

Expands

When the heart’s aspiration-candle

Is not kindled. ```

10028

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He is a true seeker.

Therefore, every day

His soul inspires him

To renew his life’s perfection-pledge. ```

10029

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If your aspiration is based on

Feeble uncertainty,

How can you become

A chosen instrument-soul

Of Heaven’s Divinity?

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10030

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O my mind,

If you have nothing else to do,

Then at least admire

Your soul’s lofty God-fulfilment-promises

On earth.

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10031

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No wonder you are slowed down

By hesitation-handicap!

Can you not see

That your heart’s aspiration-flower

Is totally withered?

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10032

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Often, the ambition-castle

Of the vital

Is nothing other than

The hallucination-castle

Of the mind.

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10033

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You cannot be both

At the same time:

Your mind’s oversized ego-tree

And

Your heart’s small happiness-plant.

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10034

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Man’s aspiration-heart

And God’s Compassion-Eye

Every day barter their hopes.

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10035

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Ask your mind-pessimist

To stop dominating your life.

Beg your heart-optimist

To be in charge of your life. ```

10036

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Each aspiration-cry

Can reach the heights

Of all-fulfilling peace-clime

And become God’s divinely proud

Peace-representative on earth.

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10037

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Each soulful prayer

And each heartful meditation

Can and will, without fail,

Create a confidence-giant

In the God-seeker’s life.

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10038

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Your doubting mind

Has already challenged you.

It is up to you

Either to ignore its challenge

Or to destroy its volcano-attack.

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10039

```

Why do you have to keep

Unparalleled frustration-records

Of your life?

Can you not start keeping

Satisfaction-records

Founded upon your heart’s aspiration-cry? ```

10040

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Not because he does not want God,

But because he wants to destroy

His own life,

God has crossed him off

His Compassion-List.

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10041

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A disciplined mind

And a tamed vital

Are the seeker’s

Perfection-promise-builders. ```

10042

```

When he cared only for success-life,

He was compelled to suffer

From a paralytic progress-stroke.

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10043

```

It is you

Who do not want to walk

Towards the open Heart-Gate

Of God.

Why do you blame

Falsely and shamelessly

Your innocent fate?

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10044

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At last I know

Where my mind lives.

My mind lives

In my desire-life-cemetery. ```

10045

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You are known to be

Unworthy

Because you never arrive on time

To join God’s God-Expedition. ```

10046

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It is not uncommon

For a self-lover to become

A manufacturer of misdeeds.

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10047

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Confusion-colleagues:

Fear, doubt and anxiety.

True, I lived with them;

I am still living with them.

But before long

I shall not even know

Who they are.

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10048

```

Remember,

Your life is not and cannot be

Permanently devoid of

God-Satisfaction-Promise. ```

10049

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You think it is only

An unconscious act of delay.

God thinks that you do not want

To play His celestial Game. ```

10050

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My life and I

Need only one thing:

Ignorance-proof divinity.

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10051

```

You are your stupid mind.

Therefore

Unhappiness has a free access

To your stupid life. ```

10052

```

You are your mind’s

Illusion-destruction,

Yet you think you are

A choice instrument

Of life-illumining light.

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10053

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Happiness can never be found

In loneliness.

Happiness can be found only

In a desire-forsaking life. ```

10054

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Strike hard, very hard!

Then only will your ignorance-thief know

The gravity of his misdeeds.

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10055

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Your life is not a stinging wasp

Of abiding frustration.

Your life is the repertory

Of God’s birthless and deathless

Luminosity.

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10056

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If your heart is crying,

Then make it sincere.

And if your heart is sincere,

Then make it perfect

In God’s own Heart-Nest.

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10057

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If you do not deny

Your lower vital emotions,

You will unmistakably betray

Your higher self. ```

10058

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You are an amateur

In your aspiration-life,

But you want to get the rewards

Of a manifestation-pro! ```

10059

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There is no difference

And there can be no difference

Between your gratitude-smiles

And God’s Satisfaction-Tears. ```

10060

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A life of certainty

Does not find it difficult

To make friends with

Infinity’s Beauty. ```

10061

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If you do not keep

Your God-appointment

Early in the morning,

Then during the entire day

You will be blessed with

Bitter disappointment. ```

10062

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Your mind knows only

How to compile complaints.

Your heart knows only

How to sing oneness-song. ```

10063

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If you do not pray for the extinction

Of your suspicion-mind,

How will you be able to watch

Your soul’s delight-documentary? ```

10064

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How can you discover

Your highest reality

If you do not breathe in the purity

Of your heart’s freedom-light? ```

10065

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My Lord Supreme chides me

If I do not pray to Him

Every day.

And I speak ill of the world

If it does not praise me

Every day. ```

10066

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If you are a strong soul,

Then you must live

Your heart-life

In God’s Vision-Eye. ```

10067

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Do not neglect or forget

The Beauty of God’s Compassion-Eye

And Satisfaction-Heart.

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10068

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If you do not fly above

Your mind-clouds,

How can you succeed

In God’s Vision-Journey

Through you?

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10069

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God never minds

When you converse with Him

Familiarly,

But He does mind

When you converse with Him

Unwillingly or indifferently. ```

10070

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If you are prompted

To measure your service-life,

Then your entire being

Cannot reach out

Towards God-Perfection.

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10071

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Your continual thirst for God

Is not enough.

Unless you have a sleepless God-hunger,

You will eventually fail

In your Heaven-reaching attempt.

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10072

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If your seeker-heart

Is flooded with hope,

God will definitely come to you

With a Liberation-Smile. ```

10073

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If you enjoy

Your lethargy-treasure,

How can you escape

The dangerous bite of failure? ```

10074

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You will have only the freedom of loss

If you do not want God to be

Your loving and illumining Boss.

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10075

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Because you live inside

Your heart’s flower-garden,

You have seen God’s smiling Face

Everywhere. ```

10076

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The life of a true seeker

Is not only an aspiration-cry,

But also the beginning

Of a perfection-smile. ```

10077

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Your mind is enjoying

The absence of doubt.

Therefore

God is planning to create

A new universe for your mind.

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10078

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Unless you consciously climb up

Your aspiration-ladder,

Your heart is not going to feel

God’s Satisfaction-Delight. ```

10079

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Anxieties and worries

Hound us

Because we do not look at

God’s Compassion-Eye

Before us.

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10080

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He who wants to rise

Is bound to rise.

He who does not want to rise

Will, without fail, sink

And live in the abysmal abyss.

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10081

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What is ignorance-life?

Ignorance-life is another name

For man’s failure-cries and sighs.

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10082

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Your self-seeking smiles

Cannot illumine you.

Your self-seeking tears

Cannot save you.

Your God-seeking life

Will not only illumine you

And save you

But also fulfil you. ```

10083

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Because of your continuous

Indulgence-life,

Your soul has finally withdrawn

Its sweet intimacies

From you.

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10084

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True, doubt comes disguised.

But you do have the capacity

To expel it from your mind-room

At your own sweet will. ```

10085

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Your Inner Pilot is ringing

His Heart’s Compassion-Bell.

Therefore

Your life-boat can never sink. ```

10086

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Your heart is always ready

To clean your mind-room.

It is only waiting for

Your mind’s kind wisdom-permission. ```

10087

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Now that your disobedience-days

Are numbered,

Make a new attempt

To become inseparably one

With your heart’s obedience-life.

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10088

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Do not visit the worlds

Of ego-exhibition

If you want to keep your own ego

Under perfect control. ```

10089

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God definitely wants you

To take notes

When He gives talks

On heart’s aspiration

And life’s dedication.

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10090

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From intellect to intuition

Is indeed a long journey.

From intuition to perfection

Is infinitely longer. ```

10091

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Perfect thinking you had.

Perfect living you are.

Absolute self-transcendence

You shall become. ```

10092

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If you want to run the fastest

In your life of aspiration,

Then every day you must remember

That doubt is a clever,

Life-deceiving stranger.

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10093

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If you can become

Your heart’s confidence-room,

Then nobody will be able to compel you

To live inside

Your mind’s frustration-palace.

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10094

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You are not your mind’s

Desire-jungle.

You are not your vital’s

Destruction-beast.

You are your heart’s

Aspiration-lamp. ```

10095

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Surrender to God’s Will

And become an unconditional

God-lover.

Do it!

You can!

Lo, you have already done it. ```

10096

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Do you know that every day

God invites us to participate

In His Heart’s Satisfaction-Contest?

But where are you?

Why are you never available?

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10097

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God definitely puts pressure

On your life.

Do you know when?

He puts pressure on your life

When you deliberately enjoy playing

With destructive ignorance-night. ```

10098

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If you do not have the courage

To conquer your lower self,

How can you see

The Master-Architect, God,

And His creation-design?

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10099

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Put your heart-life-feelings

In God’s Blessing-Hands.

Your soul’s satisfaction-sun

Will soon come to the fore. ```

10100

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Follow, follow every day

The promptings

Of God’s Compassion-Eye

And His Forgiveness-Feet. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 101, Agni Press, 1985
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