Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 220

21901

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If you aspire

To reach the Highest,

Your own highest height

Someday

Will definitely respond.

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21902

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If our meditations are deep,

Then our meditations

Will give us the capacity

To extend

Our happiness-boundaries.

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21903

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A true seeker feels

That God’s Forgiveness

Is a fortune

That he will never be able

To exhaust.

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21904

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Our abiding happiness

Depends upon

Our self-offering

To the entire world. ```

21905

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Our adamantine determination

Will definitely triumph

Over all our past misdeeds.

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21906

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Disaster may appear

To crush my hope,

But my God-manifestation-promise

Will never be affected. ```

21907

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If you see through

Another man’s eyes,

If you feel through

Another man’s heart,

Then you realise

That there are other people

On earth

Who are infinitely more miserable

Than you are.

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21908

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I am happy because

God’s Eye

Tells me what to do.

I am happy that

God’s Feet

Do everything for me.

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21909

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O ignorance-world,

Give me back,

Give me back

My ancient aspiration-heart! ```

21910

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Each time I ask God

For material satisfaction,

God answers my prayers

With a very heavy sigh. ```

21911

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My gratitude-filled heart

Sadly fails to touch

My aspiration-empty mind.

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21912

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Like the world of imagination,

The world of frustration

Will always remain limitless.

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21913

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Man’s disobedience-attachment-mind

Is definitely stronger

Than his obedience-devotion-heart.

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21914

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Each time I meditate,

Prayerfully and soulfully,

My meditation enlarges

My experience-world

Far beyond my imagination.

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21915

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O my mind,

I am telling you

Once and for all,

I am totally tired

Of your ignorance-festivities.

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21916

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Alas,

Will I ever realise

That my love of God

Can never be replaced

By anything else?

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21917

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The day I do not pray and meditate,

I really feel like

A boat ruthlessly tossed

On a stormy sea. ```

21918

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May my mind’s search for God

And my heart’s love of God

Become two real friends.

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21919

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As we have to climb up the tree

To reach the fruit,

Even so,

We have to dive within

To collect our inner treasure.

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21920

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Like my soul,

When my body becomes

Constantly a servant

Of God’s Will,

I will be able to become

A choice instrument of God,

And not before.

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21921

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Do not try to enslave

The thoughts of your mind.

Try to illumine

The thoughts of your mind

If you really want

Real happiness. ```

21922

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Death laughs

When we tell the world

We can escape

The snare of death. ```

21923

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Our morning prayers

Can definitely reveal

The ultimate excellence

Of our life. ```

21924

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The mind thinks it knows

What happiness is.

But alas,

Happiness knows

That the mind is fooling itself.

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21925

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Do not shut your heart’s door

Against the rising inner sun

If you want enlightenment.

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21926

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We can depend upon only one thing:

We can readily and happily

Depend upon God’s Promise

To transform our earth-bound sufferings

Into His Heaven-free Delight.

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21927

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Do everything you are supposed to do

Today,

In a divine way,

For your tomorrow’s heart-sun

May not rise.

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21928

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We must realise

That the Will

That directs our inner life

Is indeed indomitable. ```

21929

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Let us sit smilingly

At God’s Feet

Only after offering God

Our heart-blossoms,

And not before.

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21930

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Just as there is no crime

In Heaven,

Even so,

There should be no self-indulgence

On earth.

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21931

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Life is one long struggle.

Who has made it so,

If not our unwillingness-mind?

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21932

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Silence

Is the music of Heaven.

Sound

Is the music of earth.

My unconditional God-surrender

Is the music of my Lord Supreme. ```

21933

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It is an impossible task

To separate a desire-life

From a barren desert-experience.

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21934

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God’s Head may get tired,

But not His Eye of Compassion

And His Heart of Forgiveness.

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21935

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When I speak only

To God the Creator

And not to God the creation,

Alas, no one appreciates me. ```

21936

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God is ready to read

Your love letter every day

Provided

Your love letter embodies

Devotion-flames.

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21937

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Only the tears

That live in the heart

And come from the heart

Are tears that can change

The face and fate of mankind.

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21938

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Whether you want it or not,

There shall come a time

When God will force

Your disobedience-mind

To surrender unconditionally.

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21939

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True,

There is an endless battle going on

Between the heart’s faith

And the mind’s doubt.

But you definitely know

At the end of the spiritual road

Faith will ultimately win.

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21940

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Countless years I lived

In God’s Forgiveness-Heart.

Countless years I lived

In God’s Compassion-Eye.

Now countless years

I would like to live

In God’s Satisfaction-Life.

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21941

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Your mind’s idea of sincerity

Cannot lift your consciousness

To the highest height,

For quite often

Your mind’s sincerity

Is a mixture of truth and falsehood. ```

21942

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O seeker,

At every moment

Try to encircle your world

With your oneness-heart-song. ```

21943

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O my Lord,

Do grant me a special Boon.

Do not allow my heart

To be fettered

By my past memories.

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21944

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Neither your love

For name and fame

Nor your contempt

For name and fame

Can give you satisfaction.

You will have satisfaction

Only when you see

God’s smiling Eyes

Inside your name and fame.

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21945

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The mind that plays with attachment

Is the mind

That either consciously or unconsciously

Is afraid of the soul’s enlightenment

Inside the heart.

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21946

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Your past

Cannot drag you anywhere.

It is your present

That can either

Guide your past lovingly

Or reject your past vehemently. ```

21947

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Only a sincere God-hungry soul

Is eventually destined

For the perfection-blessings

Of a new world of delight. ```

21948

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Each time we identify ourselves

With God’s Will unconditionally,

We prayerfully set sail

On the ocean of Infinity

And Immortality.

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21949

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The only prayer

That is apt to move God’s Heart

Is the prayer of man’s heart

For his life’s complete transformation. ```

21950

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My Lord,

May my mind be a house

Of divine thoughts only,

And never, never

Of uncomely thoughts.

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21951

```

The unreal world

Demands and commands.

The real world waits

For God’s Hour to strike. ```

21952

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When we live inside

The body, the vital and the mind,

We enjoy the game of separativity.

But when we live in

The heart and the soul,

Not only do we not enjoy

The game of the mind’s separativity,

But also we do enjoy

The game of the heart’s all-encouraging

And all-inspiring unity. ```

21953

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O seeker,

When will you realise that

You are punishing and banishing God

When you are constantly thinking

Of pleasing yourself in your own way?

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21954

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False devotion

Is nothing other than

Self-declaration.

True devotion

Is nothing other than

God-accelerating manifestation. ```

21955

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He who has only

A short-lived friendship

With faith and courage

Will never be able

To become a victor

In the battlefield of life. ```

21956

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Where does the human in me live?

It lives in the lap

Of self-indulgence.

Where does the divine in me live?

It lives in the eye

Of God-blossoming Beauty. ```

21957

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The doubting mind is always

Either aggressive or offensive.

Hardly ever is it defensive.

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21958

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You do need

The inspiration-aspiration-encouragement

Of your soul

If you want to become

A constantly self-giving life.

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21959

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God is proud of the mind

That loves to study

At the God-obedience school.

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21960

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May each thought of mine

Be constantly found

Inside my God-gratitude-heart.

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21961

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When God Himself

Is your private Aspiration-Tutor,

You will long to drive

Your life-car

Along aspiration-avenue,

And not before. ```

21962

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Although it has had only

A fleeting glimpse of God,

The seeker in me

Is flying

In the sky of freedom

And diving

In the sea of universality.

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21963

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If you have an unsettled mind,

How can you ever have

A peace-settled heart?

Impossible! ```

21964

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It is simply impossible

For us to live on earth

Without swallowing the world-poison.

But we can save ourselves from destruction

With our heart’s mounting prayer.

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21965

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Alas,

I was totally unarmed

And unready

When the darkness-forces

Invaded my mind.

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21966

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As the mind thinks

It is always swamped

By responsibilities,

Even so, the heart feels

It is always filled

With God-manifestation-opportunities. ```

21967

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If we do not feed God

With our heart-prayers,

All our God-satisfaction-strength

Will before long wither. ```

21968

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I do not want to be

A many-splendoured genius.

I want to be only

A God-fulfilment-promise. ```

21969

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Every day I magnify

My ego-eye.

Alas,

When shall I start

To simplify my life

And purify my heart? ```

21970

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No world-criticism

Can take our life-breath away

If we live in the heart-garden

Of our Inner Pilot. ```

21971

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Now that wisdom

Has dawned upon me,

I am shunning

My age-old companionship

With ignorance-night.

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21972

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O my heart’s hope-tears,

Ascend!

O my soul’s promise-smiles,

Descend! ```

21973

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My Lord,

How can I erase my past?

“My child,

Lose yourself in tomorrow’s

Beauty, purity and divinity.

You will be a stranger,

A perfect stranger,

To your past misdeeds.” ```

21974

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Politics is man’s

Man-made power-play.

Spirituality is God’s

God-made Oneness-Play. ```

21975

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So far,

I have not enjoyed anything

In my mind.

But today I am enjoying

The final farewell address

Of my mind. ```

21976

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I am living in between

The ignorance

Of my immature mind

And the tolerance

Of my mature heart.

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21977

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Be not cowed down

By a plethora of problems.

Each problem secretly embodies

The birth of a new manifestation

Of our Lord Supreme.

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21978

```

Alas,

When shall I come to realise

That doubt is my sworn enemy

And not my private tutor? ```

21979

```

Even though the gossip-blows

Cannot be cured,

They can definitely cheerfully

Be endured. ```

21980

```

Each time I look at myself

Through my Master’s Eye,

I see only

A bright, brighter, brightest

Mountain of hope.

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21981

```

Alas,

I enjoy my stubborn mind

And not

My God-born heart. ```

21982

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My Lord, my Lord,

Every morning I need

A very special Blessing from You

So that I do not live beyond

My spiritual income.

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21983

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Let me have patience,

Eternity’s Patience.

There is no life-problem

That cannot be resolved

By my soul-eternity’s Patience.

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21984

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How can the disobedience of the mind

Ever hope to be

A choice instrument of God?

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21985

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Each time we increase

Our inner faith,

Our mind’s teeming doubts

Raise formidable barriers.

But God is always on our side

To help us win. ```

21986

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Without arriving at the foot

Of the aspiration-mountain,

We try to climb the mountain.

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21987

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We must go beyond,

Far beyond the domain

Of our earth-bound experiences

To make friends with

Our Heaven-free realisations.

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21988

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Although I have lost all hope,

My Lord Supreme continues

To row my heart’s hope-boat.

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21989

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The human vital

Worships power.

The divine vital

Becomes the power of love. ```

21990

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No genuine aspiration

Can ever take

Backward steps.

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21991

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If I do not have

An aspiration-heart,

God-adoration

Will never blossom

In my life.

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21992

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There are many inner weapons

To fight against humanity’s ignorance.

But forgiveness-peace

Is by far the best. ```

21993

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Do you want to see God smiling?

Then deliberately and consciously

Forget your deplorable past.

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21994

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O my mind,

What you need from God is guidance.

O my heart,

What you need from God is encouragement. ```

21995

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God made great demands

On Himself

When he dreamt of making me

Into a choice instrument

Of His Manifestation on earth.

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21996

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God has come

To give me His All.

But alas, I do not know where

My heart has gone. ```

21997

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When I live inside

My mind’s day,

I live inside

The night of adversity

At the same time.

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21998

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Each self-giving thought

Immediately doubles

My God-satisfaction-strength.

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21999

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The moment I make

My unconditional surrender

To God’s Will,

God Himself navigates

My heart’s delight-boat.

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22000

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Every step of progress

My life has made

Has come from God’s

Unconditional Compassion-Breath. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 220, Agni Press, 1995
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