Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 214

21301

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Only one kind of dedication I need:

My sleepless heart-dedication

To my Lord’s Compassion-Eye-Smile.

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21302

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What is a heart?

A heart is the life’s

Aspiration-manifestation-nest.

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21303

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When we live in the unaspiring mind,

We cannot free ourselves

From the darkest chaos

That clings to us. ```

21304

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Spiritual death

Invariably visits me

When my heart is empty

Of God-cries. ```

21305

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O my mind,

Do not be a stark fool!

You will never succeed

In hiding my God-hunger-heart. ```

21306

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In the inner world

Nobody is rejected,

But injected every day

By God Himself

For a new hope-dawn

And a new promise-sun. ```

21307

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In the inner life,

Gratitude is the secret of secrets

To increase considerably

The seeker’s inner strides

To arrive at God’s

Satisfaction-Heart-Palace. ```

21308

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Every day make it a point

To forget at least one

Of the mind’s doubt-stories.

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21309

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When you walk with God,

In God and for God,

The darkness of the mind

Becomes the delight of the soul. ```

21310

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O seeker,

Be extremely careful!

The aggression of your vital

And the suspicion of your mind

Can seal once and for all

The Heaven-door of your soul. ```

21311

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The goodness of the heart

Is a miracle-power.

Whenever it is seen,

It is seen with the beauty, purity

And divinity of the soul.

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21312

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Nothing that you are meant to do

Will be left undone on earth

If you can consciously feel yourself

To be a real God-manifestation-soul. ```

21313

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As there is no unattainable goal,

Even so,

There shall be no unfulfilled

Truth-seeker and God-lover. ```

21314

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He who spreads peace

Is not only a God-lover

But also a God-bringer

Into the world. ```

21315

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O my God-loving heart,

It is your faithfulness

In everything that you do

That is keeping me divinely alive

Here on earth.

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21316

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What is the real American dream?

The real American dream is

A universal oneness-ecstasy —

Nothing more and nothing less. ```

21317

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Alas, I really do not know

When and how

I will be able to come back safely

To my aspiration-heart-home. ```

21318

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When my mind tells me

That it can and will

Obey God’s Dictates,

I always suspect

That it has an ulterior motive.

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21319

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A God-loving soul

Must pray and meditate

Every morning and evening

Without fail.

Otherwise, he has to carry

An extremely heavy burden

Of self-blame.

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21320

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My unconditional surrender

And my cheerful gratitude

Help my Lord to smile, sing and dance

Right in front of the world-assembly. ```

21321

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O seeker,

Your aspiration-heart

Is bound to realise

That your life

Is not fruitlessly pursuing

God-Satisfaction-Award. ```

21322

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O seeker,

Your eyes can deceive you.

Your body, vital, mind,

Even heart can deceive you.

But no, never,

Your constantly God-blossoming soul. ```

21323

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My hope-heart blossoms

Only when I worship God

Smilingly and self-givingly.

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21324

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O my mind,

When are you planning

To come out of your

Thoughtless and useless

Frustration-jungle?

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21325

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The ego-bound human being

Will always remain blind

To tomorrow’s dawn.

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21326

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God’s Heart-Intimacy I feel

Only when

I prayerfully accept

His “never say no” policy. ```

21327

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God can bless the seeker

With His Himalayan Smile

Only when he is all ready

To give up his desire-hunger-life. ```

21328

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Each purity-thought in our mind

Helps us achieve the racehorse-speed

To arrive at

Our ecstasy-flooded destination. ```

21329

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To reach the mind’s oneness —

And the heart’s fulness-summit,

I must wake up and delay not

In coming out of

My ignorance-pleasure-abyss.

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21330

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A oneness-heart

Does not greedily devour

But lovingly houses

A division-mind. ```

21331

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God neither hires us nor fires us

For His Light-manifestation on earth.

It is we who choose Him, love Him

And manifest Him

To swim in the sea of happiness.

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21332

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God’s most extraordinary Gift to humanity

Is His Compassion-Eye.

Humanity’s most extraordinary gift to God

Is its gratitude-heart. ```

21333

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The compassion-sun of the soul

Purifies the mind,

Intensifies the heart

And beautifies the life. ```

21334

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If yours is a heart

Of indomitable courage,

Then God will entrust you

With His world-manifestation-Light. ```

21335

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The absence of disobedience-darkness

Is good.

The end of disobedience-night

Is by far the best. ```

21336

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My Lord,

Is there any place

Where You enjoy my presence

And where You dislike my presence?

“My child,

I have a real liking

For your heart-garden-fragrance,

And I have a strong dislike

Of your mind-thorn-jungle.”

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21337

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When the mind and the heart

Are in dispute,

God outwardly does not interfere,

But inwardly He always takes the side

Of the heart.

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21338

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Poor God is crying and dying

Just because

My heart is not loving

And my mind is not surrendering. ```

21339

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When we have a childlike trust,

Nothing can keep us away

From God’s Happiness-Pride.

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21340

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The mind and its confusion-fog

Cannot obscure our heart-vision

If our life becomes a selfless service-song

To God. ```

21341

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O my mind,

Is it such a difficult thing

For you to treasure some prayerful thoughts?

O my heart,

Is it such a difficult thing

For you to become dynamic

And not remain perpetually restless?

O my life,

Is it an impossible thing

For you to remain sleeplessly and breathlessly

At the Feet of the Lord Beloved Supreme?

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21342

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When I am inside my gratitude-heart,

I find it quite easy

To accompany God everywhere.

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21343

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Wave after wave of bliss

Will envelop us

If we can make our love of God

Unconditional. ```

21344

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God asks me if I have any questions.

I tell God that I have only one question:

Will I ever be worthy

Of His constant Forgiveness? ```

21345

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When I decided to love God

Sleeplessly and breathlessly,

God immediately heard the news

And was completely overjoyed. ```

21346

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My Lord,

My world-complacency days

Are now all dead.

My world-loving days

Have just begun.

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21347

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Each time I tell God

That I love Him only,

He gives me two special wings

To fly in His Infinity’s Heart-Sky. ```

21348

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I am just a tiny drop

In the ocean of God’s

Hope-manifestation.

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21349

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For the past few years

My aspiration-heart

Has been crying and crying

Only to unlearn the things

My desire-mind has taught me.

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21350

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If you are undaunted

By earthly defeats,

Your Heavenly victories

Will before long dawn. ```

21351

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O seeker,

Be careful at every moment!

If not, at any moment

Desire-lightning

Can easily strike you down.

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21352

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Your aspiration-heart

And God’s Compassion-Eye

Will definitely help your heart-boat

Sail the fastest

Towards the Golden Shore.

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21353

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Alas, I am totally lost!

Fear

Is haunting my heart

And doubt

Is daunting my mind.

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21354

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There was a time

When I prayed to God

For my mind’s grandiosity,

But now

I am meditating on God

For my heart’s luminosity. ```

21355

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O seeker,

Your half-hearted meditations

Will not only delay

Your God-realisation

But will also weaken

Your heart’s inner cry. ```

21356

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God’s Compassion

Has raised us up.

Now allow His Satisfaction

To swiftly come down. ```

21357

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A desire unfulfilled

Is not a tragedy

But a real triumph

Of the heart over the mind. ```

21358

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As the aspiration-road

Is long, longer, longest,

Even so, the temptation-flow

Is strong, stronger, strongest. ```

21359

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I came into the world for two things:

To notice the limitations

Of desire-strength

And to see the illumination

Of aspiration-peace.

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21360

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In the world of aspiration,

O seeker,

Always try to be inspired

By Heavenly deeds

And not by earthly thoughts.

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21361

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My eyes are glowing and glowing

Because my heart’s gratitude-tears

Are ceaselessly flowing.

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21362

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Only a oneness-heart

Has the capacity

To challenge and defeat

The ignorant division-mind. ```

21363

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A mind of harmony

Has to be founded

Upon a oneness-heart of bliss.

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21364

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God will bless you

With a vast reservoir

Of inner wealth

If you are ready to give Him

Your outer possessions:

Fear, doubt, jealousy, anxiety,

Meanness and selfishness.

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21365

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To easily know what God’s Will is,

We have to feed the Divine in us

And illumine the human in us.

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21366

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Try to have a new heart

If you want to succeed.

Your old heart is infected

By darkest impurity. ```

21367

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My Lord makes me happy

With the breath of a moment

And not with the lives

Of hours. ```

21368

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God’s Compassion-Heart

And my aspiration-heart

Have forever and forever

Sealed their partnership. ```

21369

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My mind needs the God

Who reprimands.

My heart needs the God

Who commands. ```

21370

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When I get up early in the morning,

My God most affectionately says to me:

“My child,

I shall do everything for you.”

When I get up late in the morning,

My God says to me:

“My child,

You be the doer and the enjoyer as well.” ```

21371

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I give God

What my life has:

A prayer.

God gives me

What His Heart is:

A Smile. ```

21372

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I stand upon the summit of my years

To sing happily and proudly

My soul’s unsung songs.

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21373

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Sound is the pride

Of my fleeting time.

Silence is the pride

Of God’s own Eternity

And Infinity.

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21374

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How can you have satisfaction

If you do not care for

Total perfection in your life?

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21375

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Life’s trials and tribulations

Bring to the fore

The splendour and lustre

Of our own divinity. ```

21376

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God’s outer Promise

Is the inner Smile

Of His unconditional Compassion.

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21377

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What is doubt?

The thing that punctures our mind,

Tortures our heart

And starves our soul. ```

21378

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Only when we love God unconditionally

Can we enjoy the boundless peace

Of a freedom-sky.

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21379

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A sleeplessly self-giving disciple

Is indeed

The Master’s greatest pride.

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21380

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May my mind swim every day

In the river of simplicity,

And may my heart swim every day

In the sea of sincerity. ```

21381

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May I each and every day

Sing a never-ending

Surrender-song.

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21382

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When we do not meditate on God

For the fulfilment of God’s Will,

We just allow expectation-thunder

To completely deafen us. ```

21383

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If we do not soulfully pray,

Then our God-obedience-song

Is bound to be out of tune.

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21384

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My God-reliance

Is the speed and breath

Of my Golden Shore-arriving

Life-boat. ```

21385

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A spotless life of virtue

Is indeed good,

But a sleeplessly self-giving life to God

Is better. ```

21386

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I am not dismayed

By the world’s ingratitude,

But I am definitely dismayed

By the world’s God-denial. ```

21387

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A blessingful Smile from God

Is indeed a cure

For our heart’s

Streaming tears. ```

21388

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God does not expect us

To understand Him.

He just wants us

To derive happiness

From His Will.

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21389

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My Lord,

You have made me truly happy,

Truly proud, truly fulfilled

By telling me

You have a limitless claim

On my love. ```

21390

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O doubt,

Because you are so stupid,

You dare to judge others.

O suspicion,

Because you are so useless,

You want the rest to be in your company. ```

21391

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O doubt, do not boast.

Not only my heart-coast

But even my mind-coast

Cannot welcome you. ```

21392

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What is my mind?

My mind is an ill-fated

Runaway train.

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21393

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To me my heart’s gratitude

Is most precious,

And my mind’s ingratitude

Is dangerously infectious. ```

21394

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God-aspiration and God-realisation

Are the two journeys

That I am expected to take

All by myself. ```

21395

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The unaspiring mind

Is a mass of contradictions.

The searching mind

Is the fragrance of God-affirmation. ```

21396

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Because your meditation

Is an afterthought,

I cannot appreciate your wisdom-light

And God-awareness-height. ```

21397

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You do not have to be afraid

Of your bold God-promises.

Because you have a sincere heart,

God will illumine you

And fulfil Himself in and through you.

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21398

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The outer wounds may be healed

Sooner or later,

But to heal the inner wound

Is almost an impossible task. ```

21399

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Now that my love is pure,

My devotion intense

And my surrender spontaneous,

I see my Lord Beloved Supreme

Dancing in my heart’s all-illumining dawn.

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21400

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Who is the Master’s greatest pride?

The Master’s greatest pride is the God-lover

Whose heart breaks into millions of pieces

When the Master is hopelessly swimming

In the sea of tears.

Who is the Master’s greatest pride?

The Master’s greatest pride is the God-lover

Who proudly, sleeplessly and breathlessly

Watches the Master flying

In Infinity’s ecstasy-sky.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 214, Agni Press, 1994
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