Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 204

20301

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In this century,

God-surrender is strange, unusual,

But never, never impossible!

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20302

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The unaspiring mind’s unwillingness

Is nothing short of

Its worst possible stupidity.

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20303

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The aggression of the vital

Is not only powerfully negative

But also fruitlessly destructive.

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20304

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God’s Tears

Immediately

Illumine my mind.

God’s Smiles

Sooner than at once

Enrich my heart. ```

20305

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My soul has many names.

I admire, adore and love

Its illumination-name

The most. ```

20306

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O my stupid mind,

You have plenty of time

To indulge

In hundreds of indecisions,

But you have no time

For even one

Blossoming and fulfilling decision.

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20307

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We shall never realise

How much our willingness

And eagerness

Gladden and satisfy God. ```

20308

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The teeming flaws

Of your yesterday

You can correct today

Only if you are planning to complete

Your aspiration-game

In God’s own Way. ```

20309

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God has not hidden

His Peace-Nest from us.

We are just not looking for it

In the right place.

The right place

Is our oneness-smile-heart. ```

20310

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God is not asking me

Why I am here.

He is asking me

Why I am still

Unnecessarily delaying.

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20311

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Although

Spirituality sleeplessly needs

Enlightenment,

It does not have to shun

Child-heart-amusement

On its way to the destination. ```

20312

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Alas, my Lord,

Why do I disappoint You every day?

“My child,

You disappoint Me every day

Because every day you faithfully keep

Your appointment with ignorance-night.” ```

20313

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God’s Tears will never dry

Unless and until

You offer Him

Your heart’s oneness-perfection-smiles. ```

20314

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Each and every

Aspiration-heart-garden

Is bound to bloom,

But only when the God-Hour strikes. ```

20315

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Since there is nothing

Unconquerable,

We must sleeplessly dare

To do the right thing

And be the right person.

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20316

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You have not dived deep enough.

Therefore you do not see

Your confusion-head

At God’s Illumination-Feet. ```

20317

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Everything is bound to go wrong

If you are enamoured of singing

Your own glory-songs

And not God’s Victory-Songs. ```

20318

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Ego is powerful,

But not fruitful.

Ego demands and commands,

Only to surrender eventually

To the illumination-soul.

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20319

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If you do not believe in

Your own prayer-life,

How can you ever thrive

In God’s Compassion-Eye

And God’s Satisfaction-Heart?

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20320

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God definitely loves me

No matter what I am doing,

But He will definitely love me

Infinitely more

If He sees me dreaming

Of becoming another God

Like Him.

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20321

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God wants me to show Him

My heart’s aspiration-attempts

And not

My life’s perfection-credentials. ```

20322

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The setting sun

Blesses my life

With its purity.

The rising moon

Blesses my heart

With its beauty. ```

20323

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The desire-boat,

The desire-boatman

And the desire-river

Will never be able to arrive

At the Golden Satisfaction-Shore.

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20324

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God’s Satisfaction

Has not given up on me.

God’s Compassion

Has not given up on me.

Why then do I have to be

Discouraged and disheartened

And make friends with darkness-negativity?

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20325

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My Lord,

I do not want to live any more

In my mind-jungle-town.

Please help me move

Into my heart-garden-village.

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20326

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Be not afraid

Of the unfamiliar.

Be not afraid

Of the unknown.

Just cultivate your oneness-heart-soil.

You will see that

Nothing can remain unfamiliar

And nothing can remain unknown. ```

20327

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In my outer life

I need my heart’s immortal tears,

In my inner life

I need my soul’s immortal smiles

To be constantly happy,

Constantly fulfilled. ```

20328

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God is bound to introduce you

To His own new Life

If you just give Him

Your doubt-battered old mind. ```

20329

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Each impurity-thought

Definitely deserves

A life-long exile.

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20330

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The mind needs

A pin-pointed concentration

To succeed.

The heart needs

A God-oriented dedication

To proceed. ```

20331

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The mind has to change

To become receptive.

The heart has to remain the same

To be constantly productive. ```

20332

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May Heaven’s sunrise

Every day feed my outer life

Exactly the way

It feeds my inner breath. ```

20333

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O my mind,

Do not destroy

The God-satisfaction-hope

Of my heart. ```

20334

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An inner experience

Is infinitely more valuable

Than others’ lofty wisdom

Thrust upon us. ```

20335

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When sweetness

Shapes our thoughts

And humility

Moulds our lives,

Our inner speed

Becomes extremely fast. ```

20336

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A minute of gratitude

To God

Can offer a man

Not merely hours

But days of joy.

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20337

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The outer doubting mind

Can either be silenced

By the heart’s sleepless cries

Or illumined

By the soul’s deathless smiles.

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20338

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Your spiritual life

Unmistakably ends

When your soul,

Being disappointed in you,

Gives up on you.

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20339

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God-manifestation

Is bound to bury

Humanity’s frustrations and failures

In complete oblivion. ```

20340

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A mind of silence

Is not only

A life of light

But also

A breath of delight.

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20341

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God-obedience-beauty

And God-obedience-fragrance

Expedite the seeker’s journey

Faster than the fastest. ```

20342

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If yours is a self-effacing life,

Then you will undoubtedly

Be the possessor

Of God’s supreme Pride. ```

20343

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The unwillingness

Of the mind

And the blossoming

Of the heart’s dreams

Will always remain perfect strangers.

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20344

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The indulgence

Of the vital

And the carelessness

Of the mind

Are taking humanity away

Every day

From God’s Compassion-Eye

And Satisfaction-Heart. ```

20345

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My Lord,

You have already saved me

From my cravings

For name and fame.

Now do save me

From my self-importance. ```

20346

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We are all bound

To be misjudged

As long as we allow the mind

To misguide us. ```

20347

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Alas,

I sail my own boat

With my ego-pride.

Yet I expect

God’s Protection-Eye.

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20348

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Aspiration

Is the cry of the heart.

Realisation

Is the smile of the soul.

Perfection

Is the dance of life. ```

20349

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God does not want me to be

Curious all the time.

God does not want me to be

Serious all the time.

But God does want me to be

Spontaneous all the time. ```

20350

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If we cannot have

A tension-free life,

Then we are at the mercy

Of eventual disaster. ```

20351

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If you can resist

Your temptation-vital,

Then you can easily persist

In your aspiration-heart. ```

20352

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Each good thought

Enhances our greatness-height.

Each good action

Enhances our goodness-light. ```

20353

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I feel that my prayer is perfect

Only when I pray to God

Not for His Smile,

Not for His Satisfaction,

Not even for His Compassion,

But only for Him. ```

20354

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God always has

A very marked preference

When He has to choose

Between

My expectation-mind

And my surrender-heart. ```

20355

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Even though

I have many times failed

My God-examination,

God does not want to dismiss me,

For He wants His Compassion-Eye

To succeed eventually

In and through me.

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20356

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God’s Satisfaction

Weeps inside me

Every morning and every evening.

God’s Compassion

Does the same.

But God’s Patience

Does not surrender to weeping.

His Patience knows

That it is destined to be

The eventual joy-bringer. ```

20357

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The heart that is conscious

Of its incompleteness

Will definitely value

God’s ceaseless Compassion

For its Heavenward perfection-journey.

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20358

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My heart

Has already discovered faith.

But my mind

Wants to invent faith. ```

20359

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Twice God smiles:

Once when I do not want

To escape from my imperfections,

And once when I sincerely strive

For perfection.

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20360

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May my heart’s aspiration-song

Remain endless

And breathless.

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20361

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Alas, I am helplessly tired

Of my mind’s long slavery.

My mind, it is high time

For me to go beyond you

And your doubt-territory.

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20362

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My heart’s prayerful tears

Always help me

To sail with peace-wind.

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20363

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I can and must thrill God

With my unconditional surrender-life

And gratitude-heart.

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20364

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If you can implant God’s Name

And God’s Compassion-Eye

Inside your heart,

You will be able to escape

A doubtful mind

And a hurtful vital. ```

20365

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Pray and meditate

Again and again.

Your inner sun will once more

Come to the fore

And illumine your unlit mind

Once and for all. ```

20366

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May my life-boat ply

Between the beauty

Of my heart-moon-shore

And the power

Of my soul-sun-shore.

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20367

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You will not be devoured

By shame and guilt

If you just kindle the flames

Of your aspiration-heart

With God’s smiling Compassion-Eye.

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20368

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To revive

Your fading aspiration-heart

And dwindling dedication-life,

You must shed tears of gratitude

Sleeplessly

For God the Forgiveness-Heart. ```

20369

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As long as you cherish

Your self-doubt,

God’s Satisfaction-Victory

In and through you

Will remain a far cry.

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20370

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When the seeker’s confidence

Is nothing but arrogance,

His heart loses all its beauty

And his life itself

Becomes futility.

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20371

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Do not forget that God

And God’s Forgiveness-Heart-Fragrance

Live next door

To your aspiration-heart-cries. ```

20372

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A life of surrender

And a heart of gratitude

Are definitely two short-cuts

To arrive at

The Destination supreme.

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20373

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Desire is not only greedy

But also eager

To devour your sweet surrender

To God’s Will. ```

20374

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If you cannot silence the mind,

Then you will always be lost

In the jungle

Of your confusion-thoughts. ```

20375

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Attack ignorance!

Defeat ignorance!

These are the only things

Your soul wants you to accomplish. ```

20376

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You will be allowed to enter

Into the heart-temple

Only when you have

Radically changed your mind. ```

20377

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My soul wants me to accept

And not reject

God’s earth-manifestation-Victory.

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20378

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Since God Himself

Is knocking at your heart-door,

Do let Him come in.

He only wants to make you

Truly, divinely and fruitfully happy.

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20379

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Do not dismiss

Your simplicity-life,

Purity-mind and divinity-heart

From your life

If you really want to become

The choicest instrument of God. ```

20380

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If you want to please God

In His own Way,

Then you must allow

Simplicity to visit your mind,

Purity to visit your heart,

And surrender to visit your life. ```

20381

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God has hidden

My aspiration-failure-breath

In secrecy supreme.

Alas!

How can I ever be worthy

Of His Compassion-Sea-Eye? ```

20382

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My heart’s hope

Keeps me alive.

My soul’s promise

Keeps me dynamic. ```

20383

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Your mind’s negativity

And your heart’s creativity

Will always remain perfect strangers

To each other. ```

20384

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Self-praise

Eventually becomes

Helplessly and hopelessly

Joyless. ```

20385

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Be always

Prayerfully and soulfully receptive

To God’s sacred Whispers.

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20386

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Unlike us,

God never finds anything tedious,

Even in our desire-bound life.

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20387

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When our pride makes us feel

That we are the doers,

And we do not need any help

From the inner world

Or the outer world,

That pride will be forced

To crumble into dust.

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20388

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If God wishes me to come last

In the Heavenward race,

Then cheerfully I am saying,

“So be it.” ```

20389

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If we unconditionally surrender

Our life to God’s Will,

Then our destination itself

Will run towards us. ```

20390

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God never wants us to cry.

He is ready to cry

On our behalf

All the time

For our perfection-life.

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20391

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The unwillingness-mind

And the insecurity-heart

Study in the same

Stupidity-school. ```

20392

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The lethargy of the body

Is the killer of

The heart’s enthusiasm-joy.

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20393

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My soul

Every day teaches my heart

A new and soulful

Tolerance-song. ```

20394

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God will be satisfied with me

And God will be proud of me

Only when I climb up

Every day

My own self-transcendence-peak.

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20395

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My heart-gratitude

And my life-surrender

Have given me everything —

More than I deserve,

Even more than I need.

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20396

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A peace-dreamer and a self-giver

Are undoubtedly

God’s supremely chosen children.

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20397

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Since every day you are sailing

Against God’s Compassion-Current,

How do you even dream of

Happiness in your life? ```

20398

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Today’s streaming tears

Will be transformed into

Tomorrow’s God-satisfying smiles.

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20399

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Every day

Each seeker should be determined

To drop impurity-pounds

From his mind. ```

20400

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Nothing can postpone

The inevitable:

God’s choice Hour

Can neither be ignored

Nor delayed.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 204, Agni Press, 1994
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