Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 216

21501

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The outer dedication

And the inner improvement

Always go together.

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21502

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Three major steps on my inner journey:

I love God only,

I need God only,

I must fulfil God only. ```

21503

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The mind wants to see

And believe.

The heart wants to feel

Even without seeing. ```

21504

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You can help humanity

Only when humanity itself

Wants to live

In world-harmony. ```

21505

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Pray and meditate

Regularly and self-givingly.

You will become your own

God-blossomed beauty. ```

21506

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Each sincerity-cry

Will eventually become

A perfect satisfaction-smile.

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21507

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In the desire-life,

Individuality and universality

Never go together.

In the aspiration-life,

Transformed individuality

Becomes manifested universality. ```

21508

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Oneness-expansion

Eventually blossoms

Into universal liberation.

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21509

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Renounce

The body of unreality

To become

The heart of reality. ```

21510

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We make supersonic progress

Only when we leave behind

Our mind-jungle.

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21511

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The tears of my heart

Are blossoming

And illumining my desire-life.

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21512

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The fear of knowing God’s Will

Is taking the seeker

Farther and farther away

From God’s Compassion-Eye. ```

21513

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May my life become

A selfless and breathless commitment

To manifest

My Lord’s Transcendence-Dreams

On earth.

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21514

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The Smile of God radiates

Through me

Only when I do not expect anything

From humanity. ```

21515

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Every day

God wants me to sit

Under my life’s patience-tree

To watch my life’s

Blossoming perfection-smile.

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21516

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Each good thought

Is a God-messenger

Of hope, promise and progress.

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21517

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My heart loves, admires,

Adores and treasures

Only God-inspiration-moments.

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21518

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Can you not stop, O seeker,

Running on your mind-track every day

And start enjoying

Your heart-track workouts? ```

21519

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You want to know

What happened in my life today?

God convinced me

That before long I shall become

An unconditional God-server.

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21520

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O my mind,

I have news for you from God.

No matter what you do

Or what you become,

My Lord Supreme will not give up on you.

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21521

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Only your soul’s

Silence-smile

Can quell your mind’s

Ego-roar. ```

21522

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O my mind,

Do not destroy

The God-satisfaction-hope

Of my heart. ```

21523

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When I am in my heart

And live only for God,

I see that every day is flooded

With God-smiling opportunities. ```

21524

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May my breath become

A constant appeal

To God’s Compassion-Heart.

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21525

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Only a purity-heart

Can daily sing

Self-transcendence-songs.

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21526

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The body may bend

From many earth-years,

But the heart can remain always

Younger than the youngest,

Purer than the purest,

To love God, serve God

And fulfil God.

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21527

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Alas, when I cherish the idea

Of leaving my Master’s boat,

Do I ever,

Even for a fleeting second,

Realise that I will be compelled

To carry with me

My Master’s utterly broken heart?

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21528

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To catch a glimpse

Of my Master’s feet

Is infinitely more important

Than to read

A large number of books

Written by my Master himself. ```

21529

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A mind of God-disobedience

And a heart of brooding

And ever-increasing anxiety

Can never be separated. ```

21530

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Unwillingness,

Everything about you

Is not only unhealthy,

Poor, discouraging,

But also an eventual absurdity.

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21531

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O my sleepless and breathless

God-lover-soul,

Do not be disgusted

With my God-unfulfilling life.

Do not sob

For my God-runaway-thoughts.

I promise I shall someday prove to be

Your and God’s choicest instrument

And highest pride.

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21532

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The satisfaction of the mind

Is short-lived.

The satisfaction of the heart

Is long-lived.

The satisfaction of the soul

Is Infinity’s immortal Goal. ```

21533

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My Beloved Supreme,

I know that I am drowning.

But I am absolutely certain

That You will never allow me

To sink.

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21534

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An iota of common sense

Can and will keep me

Inside my Master’s

Fragrance-heart-garden. ```

21535

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A second-class aspiration-heart

Is not meant for me.

I shall always remain the possessor

Of a superlative-class aspiration-heart. ```

21536

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When I was all for God,

God told me that I was a member

Of His inner Family.

Now, when I see that I am of God,

God tells me that I am not only

A member of His inmost Family

But also

His unparalleled Choice supreme. ```

21537

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Why does God have to consult me

All the time

For everything?

Alas, why do I have

Such an absurd expectation?

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21538

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If I am not

A true God-lover and God-server,

Why should God be

My Heavenly need-supporter? ```

21539

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Our imagination tells us

There are unreachable heights.

Our aspiration knows

That there can be no

Unreachable height.

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21540

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May my heart

Be sleeplessly hungry

For God’s Love.

May my mind

Be sleeplessly thirsty

For God’s Blessings. ```

21541

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God the Power

Shuts my curiosity-eyes.

God the Light

Opens my ignorance-sleep-heart. ```

21542

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Each heart-song of mine

Opens a new God-Satisfaction-Road

For me to walk along.

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21543

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If you do not want

Your mind’s desire-defeat,

How can you expect

Your heart’s aspiration-victory? ```

21544

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Simplicity

Marks the first step

Of most satisfactory

Progress. ```

21545

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To sail beyond the trouble-sea,

God-Satisfaction-responsibility

Sleeplessly I need.

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21546

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My soul tells me

That there can be

Nothing more natural

And more spontaneous

Than my heart’s surrender

To God’s Will. ```

21547

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When God invites my heart,

My heart immediately accepts.

But when God invites my mind,

It foolishly rejects. ```

21548

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Each aspiration-cry

And each dedication-smile

Is entitled to

Its own uniqueness. ```

21549

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Disobedience,

I am not the person

To argue with you.

I am the person

To command you!

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21550

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I am more than ready

To be satisfied with my God-dream-life.

Let my world-reality-life

Remain where it is now. ```

21551

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Alas, I am always found

In between

My isolated mind

And my complicated heart. ```

21552

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God tells me that

There can be no two ways.

There is only one way

To have peace of mind,

And that way is

The sleepless God-surrender-way. ```

21553

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When we choose to change,

God Himself helps us

Climb to the perfection-summit.

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21554

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What your heart desperately needs,

Your life will unmistakably get.

But it has to be

At God’s choice Hour. ```

21555

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My Lord,

Correct my mind,

Perfect my heart

And never reject my life. ```

21556

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No matter how many ways

Or how many times

We flatter God,

God is infinitely beyond

The snare of our flattery.

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21557

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God knows what proper justice is,

But He does not want to know

What proper penalty is.

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21558

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My self-disciplined determination

Will without fail liberate me

From my ignorance-enjoyment-slavery.

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21559

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In the confusion-mind-jungle

We lose the beauty of truth.

In the aspiration-heart-garden

We discover not only the beauty

But also the fragrance of truth.

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21560

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My God-dream-life is dying

Because I am enjoying

My mind’s ignorance-boat-ride.

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21561

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Never think that your vital

Is vitally important.

It is your heart that will remain

Eternally and vitally important. ```

21562

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If you want

A certificate of appreciation

From God,

Then walk along the hope-road,

Never along the despair-road.

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21563

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Sometimes I surprise myself

By surrendering

My earth-bound desires

To God’s Heaven-free Satisfaction. ```

21564

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Your mind’s persistence

And your heart’s patience

God wants to receive from you first

Before He gives you

His Life’s Perfection-Satisfaction.

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21565

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God is ready to give you satisfaction

Unconditionally.

But where is your heart of purity

To receive it? ```

21566

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Only a mind of inspiration

Can electrify me.

Only a heart of aspiration

Can beautify me.

Only a life of surrender

Can satisfy me. ```

21567

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I started my journey

With my shameless mind.

Now I see my blameless heart

Accompanying me. ```

21568

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Alas, when will I realise

That my mind itself

Is a very old and complex problem?

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21569

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If your mind quotes God

With love,

Then God will quote your mind

With Pride. ```

21570

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My heart’s unconditional surrender

To God’s Will

Will be blessed with a supersonic speed

To manifest God

In His own Way.

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21571

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Heaven is wise.

It instructs me to become

A sea of wisdom.

Earth is clever.

In every possible way

It distracts me.

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21572

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May my ignorance-enemies die

Faster than my imagination-speed.

May my friends become immortal

Faster than my imagination-speed.

May my ignorance-life end

Infinitely faster than my imagination-speed. ```

21573

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O energy-river,

I implore you,

Do release me

From my lethargy-chains. ```

21574

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O my Lord Supreme,

How I wish I could celebrate every day

The victory of my hope

Over my present frustration-experience. ```

21575

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I do not want to know

What is happening in Heaven.

I do not want to know

What is happening on earth.

But I do want to know

If God’s Heart still loves me. ```

21576

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O my disobedience-mind,

I shall sacrifice

Everything that I have

And everything that I am

To conquer you

For my God-satisfaction. ```

21577

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To love what I do

Is not the right thing.

What I must love

Is to do the right thing.

What is the right thing?

To love God’s Compassion-Eye

And Forgiveness-Heart.

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21578

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God will be your spokesman

When you have

A heart of patience

And a mind of tolerance. ```

21579

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My soul’s invincible power

Has stopped my worries

And anxieties.

Therefore, I am all gratitude

To my soul.

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21580

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If your mind is infested

With impurity-disobedience-thoughts,

How can God’s Heart

Love your heart

And bless your life?

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21581

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You have read the Bible.

It has quenched

Your mind-thirst.

Now pray to the Saviour.

He will feed

Your heart-hunger. ```

21582

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At least I have done

One divinely brave thing:

I have become

A single-track God-loving heart. ```

21583

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I am so happy

That at long last

My heart has overthrown

My mind’s disobedience-reign. ```

21584

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O my soul,

Where are you?

Do bring back

My Rainbow-God-Hour! ```

21585

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For God

There is no greater sorrow

Than when I deliberately enjoy

My ignorance-sleep. ```

21586

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Each time

I try to fulfil myself

In my own way,

I am forced to sink deep

Into the sea of misery.

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21587

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I cannot afford to waste time,

For God’s Heart

Is pitifully crying for me

And God’s Eye

Is sleeplessly crying for me

And beckoning me. ```

21588

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I must realise that

An uncomely thought

In my mind

Is extremely dangerous

To my heart’s peace.

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21589

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I shall never, never allow

God’s Satisfaction-Hope-Candle-Flame

To die.

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21590

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My heart’s promise-sun

Has completely silenced

My mind’s disobedience-thunder.

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21591

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My Lord of Compassion

Is hastening the hour

Of tomorrow’s delight-moonrise.

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21592

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How can I absorb

The new life of purity

If I do not illuminate completely

The old life of impurity? ```

21593

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If you want to sit with God

At His Round Table,

Your life has to become

More insignificant to you

Than the dust of humility.

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21594

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A heart of gratitude

Always represents a seeker

At his very best.

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21595

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We are diminishing

Our future God-manifestation-hope

By indulging

Our own self-created despair. ```

21596

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Alas, why do I allow my mind

So often to remain

Heavy, heavier and heaviest

With ignorance-sleep? ```

21597

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Mine is the heart

To challenge at every moment

My life’s limits.

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21598

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When the mind

Is drunk with power,

The God-lover-heart

Loses its life-breath. ```

21599

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My Lord, this morning

You have energised my heart

Immeasurably.

My life shall never again become

A matter of helpless stumbling.

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21600

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God’s first Command:

“Come here!”

God’s second Command:

“Come nearer!”

God’s third and last Command:

“Take Me, I am all yours!” ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 216, Agni Press, 1994
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