Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203

20201

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Each hour

Is a God-Smile-Opportunity.

Each day

Is a man-transformation-opportunity. ```

20202

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Ignorance

Is sleeplessly hungry

For aspiration-heart-destruction.

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20203

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God’s Forgiveness-Smiles

And man’s gratitude-tears

Have established

Their oneness-heart-world. ```

20204

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The real God tells me

That His Compassion-Ocean

Is all for me.

The unreal God tells me

That His Justice-Light

Will always chase me. ```

20205

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Human love

Is man’s confusion-history.

Divine love

Is man’s perfection-poetry. ```

20206

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Eagerness

Is our soul’s beauty

Expressed through

Our readiness-heart. ```

20207

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A real seeker must always

Remain loyal and grateful

To both God’s Compassion-Sky

And His Justice-Light. ```

20208

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To say that I need wisdom-light

More than ignorance-night

Is not enough.

I must say that I need

Wisdom-light only —

Nothing else! ```

20209

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We can be fully aware

Of our heart’s inner speed

Only when we are determined

To make God happy

In His own Way.

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20210

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If you start your journey

With love,

Then you are bound to see

Beautiful devotion-flowers

In your heart-garden

And to smell their soul-fragrance

As well.

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20211

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How can you proceed

In your inner life

If you do not have

An iota of devotion

In your aspiration-breath?

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20212

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My sweetest sweetness-heart

Helps me and guides me

While I am walking

Along the surrender-road. ```

20213

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Anger, I do not want

To remember your name.

Pride, I do not want

To remember your name.

Humility, may you and I

Always enjoy each other’s company. ```

20214

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Truth may at times

Be a trouble-maker,

But love is always

A trouble-shooter. ```

20215

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The age of nation-supremacy

Must end.

The age of nation-intimacy

Must begin. ```

20216

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With earth-tears

I cry below.

With Heaven-smiles

I fly above. ```

20217

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Two things I always need:

The silence of my mind

And the sound of my heart.

Two things I already have:

My love of God

And my surrender to God’s Will.

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20218

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O my mind,

Have you ever realised

That your barking doubts

Are not only powerless

But also useless?

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20219

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If you do not

Take God more seriously,

Then God will not be able

To take you more compassionately. ```

20220

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God the Justice,

If You cannot teach me,

Who can?

God the Compassion,

If You do not teach me,

Who will? ```

20221

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Your heart-offering

Must be for all.

There is nobody

Who does not deserve it. ```

20222

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Ignorance-night is stronger

Than we think.

Wisdom-light is stronger

Than we feel. ```

20223

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It may be difficult for you

To choose between

Your aggressive vital

And your doubtful mind,

But how can it be difficult for me

To choose between

Your self-giving heart

And your unaspiring life? ```

20224

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Whatever I receive

From my mind

Is not only too trivial

But also too complicated

To be worthwhile.

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20225

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Whether your mind is full

Of genuine doubts or not,

You must keep far away from

Your unaspiring mind. ```

20226

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O my suspicion-treasuring mind,

Leave me alone,

Leave me at once

And leave me forever. ```

20227

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Nothing is within my capacity

Either to accept or to reject.

But there is one thing

Within my capacity to express,

And that is the delight

Of my gratitude-heart. ```

20228

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The power that builds

My heart-nest,

God gave me.

The power that builds

My mind-mansion,

I gave myself. ```

20229

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If you are the possessor

Of a purity-heart,

Then even your genuine doubts

Are bound to diminish and disappear. ```

20230

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My Lord,

When I pray to You soulfully

And meditate on You self-givingly,

I will undoubtedly be aware

Of Your Forgiveness-Light.

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20231

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Challenge

Your destiny’s frown.

God will proudly bless you

With His most precious Crown. ```

20232

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What can God’s Grace

Do for us?

It can do in a minute

What would take a lifetime

Otherwise.

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20233

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The eagerness of the heart,

The oneness of the heart,

The fulness of the heart

Are three in one

And one in three.

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20234

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I am happy

When God speaks to me

About something new.

I am infinitely happier

When I place myself

At the Feet of my Lord Supreme

With a new and pure heart.

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20235

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The mind-landlord

Does not realise its stupidity.

It has chosen anxiety and worry

To be its tenants. ```

20236

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For its survival,

An unaspiring mind

Thinks it has either

To detest, to contest

Or to protest

Everything. ```

20237

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Short is the span

Of man’s fame.

Long is the span

Of man’s God-surrender-song.

Not only longest but also immortal

Is the span

Of man’s God-surrender-life.

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20238

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What I want

From my mind and vital

Is a oneness-confirmation,

Not

A supremacy-confrontation.

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20239

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Either

We can be limitless

In our stupidity-night

We can be priceless

In our wisdom-light.

God wants us to make the choice.

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20240

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When illumination

We are within,

Perfection

We become without. ```

20241

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If we fortify

Our aspiration-breath,

God will magnify

Our glorification-life. ```

20242

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When slowly, steadily and unerringly

The oneness-heart appears,

Unwillingly, reluctantly and miserably

The division-mind disappears. ```

20243

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Each good thought

Increases the beauty and splendour

Of our life’s God-affinity.

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20244

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O my mind,

You are so treacherous.

Yet I do not know how

I can disown you.

O my heart,

You are so precious.

Yet I do not know how

I can own you, reveal you

And manifest you.

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20245

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I am all ready

To place the skills

Of my mind

At the feet

Of my heart’s

Tiniest rainbow-thrill. ```

20246

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I really want to see

A man who has

Never been susceptible

To self-doubt. ```

20247

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We can feed our aspiration-flames

Every day

To our heart’s content

If we have already torn

Our doubting mind

To shreds. ```

20248

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Determination

Is not enough.

Perseverance

Is not enough.

Every good quality

That we have

Is not enough.

Only one thing

Is enough,

More than enough:

God’s blessingful Compassion-Smile. ```

20249

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Most special

Is a God-awareness-mind.

Most perfect

Is a God-oneness-heart. ```

20250

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O my mind,

How can you succeed

In anything

If you remain surrendered

To your determination-drought-existence?

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20251

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He who wants

All his expectations

To be fulfilled

Can never become

God’s gold medallist.

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20252

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Practise patience.

You will definitely arrive

At your all-illumining

And all-fulfilling goal. ```

20253

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Threaten idle thoughts.

Chase idle thoughts.

Strangle idle thoughts.

Happiness and satisfaction

Will immediately befriend you.

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20254

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Whenever and wherever

You look at human beings —

Even truth-seekers

And God-lovers,

Not to speak of ordinary

Human beings —

There is always a complete

God-surrender-shortage. ```

20255

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Imperfection pervades your life

Just because you have allowed

Self-doubt and God-doubt

To invade your mind. ```

20256

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Cling to God’s Compassion.

You will be able

To unburden yourself of

Failure-frustration-loads. ```

20257

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Do not abhor ignorance.

Do not ignore ignorance.

Challenge ignorance!

Conquer ignorance

Once and for all!

This is the absolutely

Right way

To make yourself perfect

And happy.

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20258

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Every day

The aspiring heart

Plants peace-seeds

Inside the doubting mind.

Alas,

They never germinate. ```

20259

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I am so fortunate

And so happy

That I have two

Supremely precious teachers:

My devotion-heart

And my illumination-soul. ```

20260

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Infinite joy I feel

When I see my readiness-mind

Surrender

To my willingness-heart,

My willingness-heart

Surrender

To my eagerness-soul

And my eagerness-soul

Surrender

To my Fulness-God. ```

20261

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O my doubting mind,

Why do you come back

Again and again

To haunt me

And take away

My faith-oneness-joy

From my heart?

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20262

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O my Lord Supreme,

Do always keep my mind

Under arrest,

So that it does not dare

To protest

Against my aspiring heart

And my serving life.

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20263

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God has no room

Inside His Heart for you

Only when you keep

Impurity

Inside your mind-room

And insecurity

Inside your heart-room.

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20264

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Your tearful prayers

And cheerful meditations

Are your best investment

If you want to eventually become

Rich, richer, richest

In the world of aspiration. ```

20265

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Receptivity-immensity

Can easily disentangle

The thickly entangled

Mind-jungle. ```

20266

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If you do not have

Even an iota of faith

In God,

How can you expect

God’s Forgiveness-Miracle?

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20267

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Determination

Straightens, enlightens

And even shortens

The God-realisation-road. ```

20268

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A God-thinker may at times

Be puzzled

By God’s infinite Vastness,

But a God-lover is always

Happy and fulfilled

In God’s infinite Sweetness. ```

20269

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The human in us

Is always tired.

It desires to shorten

The cut-off time

In the race.

The divine in us

Does not want

And does not need

A cut-off time,

For it loves Eternity’s

Divine Adventure-Road. ```

20270

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The thought of God

Embodies

Sweetness.

The search for God

Reveals

Oneness. ```

20271

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Eagerness and newness

Powerfully shake hands

With the God-searching seeker.

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20272

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The God-searching seeker’s

God-approach

Is embraced by God’s

Infinite Dreams and

Immortal Realities.

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20273

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My Lord,

Although my misdeeds are many,

I strongly feel

That Your Forgiveness-Light

Will illumine my jungle-mind

And rescue my life from drowning

In the sea of ignorance.

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20274

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Unlike us,

God does not believe in

Answering machines.

He is always available.

Not only that,

He is always at our disposal. ```

20275

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Self-pity does not

Console one’s mind.

Self-pity cannot

Strengthen one’s heart.

Self-pity only makes one

A real stranger to oneself. ```

20276

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Do not cherish only one dream.

Move from one dream to another.

Who knows which dream

Is going to be transformed

Into reality?

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20277

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Not fear of God

But love of God

Can and will change

Our ignorance-prone life. ```

20278

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The profession of a spiritual Master

Is not an easy one.

O seekers and God-lovers,

If you do not believe me,

Just try playing the role

Of the Master. ```

20279

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If you do not develop genuine concern,

Sympathy and compassion,

Who knows?

One day you may sink to the level

Of the dark demons.

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20280

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Gratitude

Is the best hunter

In the seeker’s

Wild forest-mind. ```

20281

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The soul whispers

Oneness-perfection-messages.

Not only the vital and the mind,

But also the heart,

At times disregard the soul’s

Loftiest messages. ```

20282

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What I need

Is a thought-chasing mind.

What I need

Is a thought-silencing heart.

What I need

Is a thought-transforming soul. ```

20283

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Each human being

Is a new hope-boat

Of God

And a new promise-shore

Of God.

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20284

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I know,

Because of my God-disobedience,

My heart has become my life’s

Hell-descending staircase. ```

20285

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No God-searching mind

Can ever be comfortable

With confusion and hesitation.

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20286

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My heart’s streaming tears

Have supplied me with

A God-locating compass.

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20287

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If you are clearly

A dissatisfied doubt-customer,

Then God will give you the capacity

To be His daily faith-customer. ```

20288

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If you want to be armed

Against disappointment,

Then do not miss

Your God-appointment-hour

Even for a single day.

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20289

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Every whisper of compassion

And every whisper of gratitude

Can and will inspire us

To run the fastest

In our own aspiration-race.

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20290

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Although I stumble,

I shall not fail.

Even though I fail,

I shall not give up,

Never!

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20291

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O seeker,

If you truly love God,

Then do not swim in the sea

Of world-compromise. ```

20292

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I want to go far beyond

The domain of humanity’s

Heart-praise and mind-scorn.

I want to remain always

In the heart of the Beyond

And in the life of the Beyond. ```

20293

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O seeker,

Each time you disobey

Your Inner Pilot,

You just stand helpless

On disaster-border.

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20294

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If you want success

In your outer life

And progress

In your inner life,

Then you must not slumber

Through opportunity-days,

Opportunity-months

And opportunity-years. ```

20295

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You do not have to implore God

To reconsider your case.

Just shed streaming tears

Of remorse.

God will definitely illumine

Your past, present and future. ```

20296

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May my early morning songs be

All inspiration-mind,

Aspiration-heart

And dedication-life-songs. ```

20297

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Is there any day

That I do not ask my mind

To leave me alone?

Alas,

My mind never listens to me!

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20298

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God is never proud

Of my mind’s giant plans,

But He is always proud

Of my heart’s rainbow-dreams. ```

20299

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The transformation

Of human nature

Is infinitely more difficult

Than the human mind

Can ever imagine.

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20300

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If you can synchronise

Your heartbeat with God’s,

Your life-pendulum will swing

Between

Eternity’s Peace

And Infinity’s Bliss. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 203, Agni Press, 1994
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