Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 162

16101

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First things first!

Don’t delay any more.

Go and invite God

To participate in

Your surrender-oneness-game.

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16102

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God Himself

Has given me the capacity

To declare war against

My doubting mind,

Dethrone it and replace it

With my soulful heart. ```

16103

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God needs everything

From human beings.

Therefore, let us start

With our small heart-contribution. ```

16104

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When ignorance tries

To snatch us away

From God’s Oneness-Love

And we surrender to ignorance,

God sheds helpless tears.

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16105

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God does not need

Your explanation,

No, never!

He needs only

Your soulful dedication

And prayerful aspiration. ```

16106

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If you want illumination

In your life,

Then immediately discard

All your barren mental speculations. ```

16107

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If you do not live

In the Heart of God

For the Smile of God,

Then your life-boat

Will definitely sink.

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16108

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If you want to reach

The pinnacle-heights

Of ecstasy,

Then turn your life

Into a self-giving surrender-breath.

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16109

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To please God, my Lord Supreme,

In His own Way

Right from the morning

Until I go to sleep at night

Is my fondest aspiration-dream.

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16110

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The mind’s emptiness

Is needed

Before God’s Fulness can enter

Into the mind. ```

16111

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If your life is God-oriented,

Then definitely God will reveal

His Oneness-Life

In and through you. ```

16112

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Do you want to claim

God’s Affection and Intimacy?

Then immediately kindle

Your aspiration-heart’s gratitude-flames. ```

16113

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Your mind does not need

Fear, doubt, anxiety,

Inferiority and insecurity,

For it already has these things.

Your mind

Needs only love,

Affection, concern and compassion

From its sister-heart. ```

16114

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O my mind,

Are you not embarrassed

That every time

God comes to your door,

You do not open the door

Through sheer unwillingness and obstinacy? ```

16115

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Each human being may be today

An unfinished portrait

Of the Absolute Supreme.

But there shall come a time

When each human being will be

A supremely perfect portrait

Of his Beloved Supreme.

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16116

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There is no harm

In dreaming of,

There is no harm

In looking for

A God-sanctified day.

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16117

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The spark that will awaken

Man’s ignorance-mind

Is already there

In his own aspiration-heart. ```

16118

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Nobody remains forever

An unheralded messenger-light of God,

For God wants His messenger

To be known

At His choice Hour.

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16119

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How can we desert

Ignorance-army

Unless we take shelter

At God’s omnipotent Feet? ```

16120

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Aspiration awakens us.

Dedication energises us.

Realisation fulfils us.

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16121

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O my mind,

Is it not too late

For you to say a final good-bye

To your desire-friend?

But do it anyway!

You must do it.

Better late than never!

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16122

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A constant swing

Between desire-life and aspiration-life:

This is what human life is.

The constant increase

Of aspiration-life:

This is what the divine life will be. ```

16123

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Each aspiration-effort

Either today or tomorrow

Will bear fruit,

For our aspiration comes directly

From God’s Compassion-Eye.

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16124

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The world criticises you,

My seeker-friend.

I see your heart is full

Of the world’s criticism-scars.

But God’s Compassion-Eye

Will liberate you

From the world’s wild criticism.

Just work for God,

And God alone will please you

And fulfil you. ```

16125

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My Lord Supreme,

Am I destined to see

Only Your Tear-flooded Eyes

And not Your Smile-flooded Face? ```

16126

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Without determination-fire

There can be no

Progress-satisfaction-smile.

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16127

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O my mind,

When will you be tired

Of your ego-life’s

Self-styled arrogance-dance? ```

16128

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If any morning

I forget to feed

My heart of devotion-light,

Then the entire day

Misery ruthlessly haunts me.

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16129

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Within

I see nothing

But my Lord’s

Bliss-Compassion-Eye.

Without

I see nothing

But ignorance and its army.

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16130

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There are many gods

To arouse curiosity

In my mind.

But there is only one God

To awaken divinity

In my heart. ```

16131

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My Lord’s Heart

And my Lord’s Satisfaction

Are infinitely more important

Than my perfection-hunger-aspiration. ```

16132

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Wisdom-light

Is free of charge in Heaven.

Alas, on earth

Its absence is deplorable. ```

16133

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I do not mind

If my outer smiles

Come only to go.

But I shall die

If my inner cries

Do not forever stay. ```

16134

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Can you not see that

Your possession-hunger-mind

Has ruthlessly possessed

Your renunciation-hunger-heart? ```

16135

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Your soul’s strength

And your heart’s length

Are God’s blessingful Smiles.

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16136

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God is telling me

That if I need Him

As my true Friend,

Then He will not allow me

To be with my false friends,

Fear and doubt. ```

16137

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My inner being

Shall dance and dance

If ever my outer life

Becomes a blade of humility-grass. ```

16138

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God does not know

How to complain.

He only knows sleeplessly

How to entertain. ```

16139

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My Lord Supreme,

Do give me the strength

To wrestle with my titan-fate!

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16140

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Your life is not

Your mind-thorn.

Your life is

Your heart-blossom. ```

16141

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O my mind-fool,

You think you can pluck

Satisfaction-fruits

From desire-tree! ```

16142

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God does not want me to sing,

Not because I am a bad singer

But because He wants and needs

Only a good listener. ```

16143

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Nobody will value

Your heart’s sacred secrets.

Share your sacred secrets

Only with your Inner Pilot,

For He will not only value them

But also treasure them. ```

16144

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Not for only the selected few,

But for all and sundry

My heart-garden-entrance

Is free. ```

16145

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My Lord,

Will You teach me

How to surrender unconditionally?

“My child,

I shall teach you

Only after

You have completely stopped dancing

With your self-doubts.” ```

16146

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Without aspiration,

The hope for satisfaction

Is a hopeless dream.

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16147

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Do you want to know

What God actually wants

From you?

God wants only one thing:

A heart of sincere

Satisfaction-peace. ```

16148

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Is there any human being

Who has never been a producer

Of measureless ignorance-grain?

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16149

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You do not know

What you are supposed to be.

You are supposed to be

Only one thing:

A God-Compassion-thirsty heart.

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16150

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O my mind,

Are you not ashamed

Of your obscurity, insincerity

And impurity-mutterings? ```

16151

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Transform

Your pitiful sighs

Into your powerful

Laughter. ```

16152

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O my seeker-friend,

I am deeply interested

In your soul-inspired

God-manifestation,

And in nothing else.

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16153

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A heart of ingratitude

Is undoubtedly

A barren desert-land.

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16154

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Between my mind’s divinity

And my heart’s purity,

The connecting thread

Is my soulful willingness. ```

16155

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In my own life

I shall vote only for

The unconditional surrender

Of a God-lover. ```

16156

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If you long for

God’s Oneness-Ecstasy,

Then demolish immediately

Your mind’s resistance-walls. ```

16157

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Not the absence of the mind

But the tranquillity of the mind

Is what we need

To go far beyond

The domain of the mind.

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16158

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Before the soul’s satisfaction-sunrise

Is nothing but

The unseen and unnoticed sunrise

Of God’s Compassion-Eye. ```

16159

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Alas,

I have seen with my own eyes

Every day

The world-aspiration-flights

Leaving for Heaven’s summit-heights.

Will I ever be a passenger? ```

16160

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Intensify your mind’s

Concentration-power

If you are longing for God’s

Compassion-Shower. ```

16161

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My heart is always eager

To treasure

The divinity-fragrance

Of my soul. ```

16162

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You have lost your enthusiasm.

Indeed, it is a sad experience.

But do not allow it to continue.

Restore your enthusiasm

As soon as possible!

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16163

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To go beyond

Earth-bound time,

We need our soul’s

Adamantine determination-fire. ```

16164

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If it is an aspiration-heart,

Then it will definitely

Take flight

On God’s Compassion-Airline. ```

16165

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The mind-boat

Of an unaspiring human being

Is bound to rock

With stark doubts. ```

16166

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Only an unconditional surrender-heart

Can become a sleepless

God-satisfaction-instrument.

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16167

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No genuine seeker

Can ever forget

The Satisfaction-Smile of God

Inside his heart-garden. ```

16168

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There is only one spirituality-road,

And that road

Is the road of the heart’s

Intensity-cry

For God’s Immensity-Smile.

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16169

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My heart’s confidence-light

Does not want to conquer

My mind’s night,

But wants to illumine it

And transform it into courage-day.

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16170

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His inner life

And outer life

Are thriving

On his sleepless heart-dreams. ```

16171

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In vain

The mind tries and tries

To destroy the beauty,

Purity and divinity

Of the heart of sweetness.

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16172

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Do not blame God!

He is all eagerness

To help you climb to the top

Of your aspiration-summit. ```

16173

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With the purity

Of their gratitude-hearts,

The God-lovers can and will

Save the imperfection-flooded world. ```

16174

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I call it

My self-giving.

God calls it

My recognition of

Oneness-living.

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16175

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Each aspiration-day

Is flooded

With the sweetness and fulness

Of God-memories. ```

16176

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If you do not overlook

Others’ so-called injustices,

How can you expect to be forgiven

For your own conscious

And unconscious blunders?

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16177

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My home

Is His Compassion-Head.

My home

Is His Protection-Feet.

My home

Is His Satisfaction-Heart. ```

16178

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All freedom-lovers

Are invited to be members

Of perfection-satisfaction-family.

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16179

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Each soul

Comes into the world

With a special, peace-loving message

From the Absolute Supreme. ```

16180

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If you are not at ease

In the Presence

Of God’s Compassion-Eye,

How will you be at ease

In the Presence

Of God’s Justice-Hand? ```

16181

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The mind

Loves to collect

Baseless worries and anxieties

Either foolishly

Or consciously.

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16182

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Every day

I enjoy my peace-voyage

In my God-Oneness-

Ecstasy-Peace-Heart-Boat. ```

16183

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Do not be the possessor

Of a perishable aspiration-cry.

Do not be the possessor

Of a perishable dedication-life. ```

16184

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Your compassion-heart

Is always being protected

By God’s Oneness-Joy.

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16185

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Your gratitude-heart

Gives you

A satisfaction-permeated life.

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16186

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If you do not remain

Perfectly in tune with

Your Lord’s Message supreme,

Then undoubtedly

Yours will be

An utter failure-life. ```

16187

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The ordinary way of life

Can easily be overcome

By the new way

Of surrender-delight. ```

16188

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O my mind,

How can I ever

Be proud of you?

You treasure constantly

Contradiction-night.

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16189

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In his human progress-march,

He did not forget

To carry the unaspiring mind

Into his aspiration-dedication-life. ```

16190

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Because of God’s

Unconditional Compassion-Magnet,

This world of ours

Can dare to hope. ```

16191

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Your life is not meant to be

An austerity-candle.

Your life is meant to be

A God-prosperity-sun. ```

16192

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A purity-heart

A truth-manifestation-life.

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16193

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I am always

In perfect harmony

With the supreme Command

Of my Absolute Supreme. ```

16194

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Your mind’s humility

And your heart’s purity

Have become

A tremendous source of inspiration

To the whole world.

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16195

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Each gratitude-heart

Has received from God

His own Satisfaction-Pride.

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16196

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O my mind,

I cannot nourish you,

I cannot treasure you,

For you are deliberately not trying

To free yourself

From ignorance-madness. ```

16197

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Earth’s sadness-heart

And Heaven’s greatness-soul:

I am caught between you two.

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16198

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The spiritual life teaches us

How to transform

Infinite possibilities

Into supremely perfect realities. ```

16199

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Be calm and quiet!

Your tomorrow’s

God-manifestation-joy

Is fast approaching you. ```

16200

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Man’s universal question:

“Is God really for me?”

God’s universal Answer:

“If I am not for you,

Then for whom?

My child, I am only for you,

Your heart of cries

And your soul of smiles.

I am only for you.”

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 162, Agni Press, 1991
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