Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 245

24401

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When I place my life

In the Hand of God,

I am happy, unimaginably happy.

When I place my heart

At the Feet of God,

I am not only happy

But also perfect.

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24402

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Every day

My soul begs my mind

To rise and run

With the blossoming dawn. ```

24403

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We cannot read the entire book of life,

We cannot.

We can only read

As many pages as we are allowed to

By our Lord Supreme.

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24404

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Those who sincerely seek God

Will inevitably find God

At God’s choice Hour.

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24405

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God teaches us

Only what we need to learn

And nothing more,

Nothing less. ```

24406

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The most immediate priority

In my life

Is my sleepless and breathless surrender

To God’s Will. ```

24407

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We give God a plethora of excuses

Why it is impossible for us

To love God in God’s own Way.

Poor God just smiles at us

With His Infinity’s Compassion

And Forgiveness. ```

24408

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O seeker, be extremely careful!

Never allow your aspiration-heart-river

To run dry

If you really need God in your life. ```

24409

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When I am in my mind,

I feel that God has run away.

But when I am in my heart,

I feel and clearly see

That God never runs away from me.

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24410

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If we can dive deep within

On the strength of our prayers

And meditations,

We shall clearly see

That peace comes to us

From all directions. ```

24411

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Once, twice, even a thousand times

God has appreciated our aspiration-heart

And dedication-life,

But we feel that it is not enough.

We expect and we demand today

More Satisfaction-Smiles from God. ```

24412

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Love of God

Must come from within.

It can never be adequately taught

By an outer force. ```

24413

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For God to take human form

Is, indeed, a reality

That is far beyond

Even our sweetest dreams. ```

24414

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Our surrender to God

Is our prayerful and powerful

God-expansion

Inside our heart-garden. ```

24415

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He who has become

A victim of failure

In the inner life

Has already separated his very existence

From the boundless Love of God.

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24416

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Just because

It has never happened before

That I have loved God

For God’s sake,

That does not mean

I shall never be able

To love Him in His own Way.

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24417

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When I go down on my knees

And ask God for help,

He says to me

Most compassionately and affectionately,

“My child,

What have I been doing all along?” ```

24418

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During my deep meditation,

I clearly see

That I am participating with the sky

In singing its freedom-songs. ```

24419

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My gratitude-heart

Always has a free access

To God’s

Peace and Bliss-Treasures. ```

24420

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God tells me I need only

My old faith-friend.

I really do not need

Any other friend,

Specially not my new friend,

Self-doubt. ```

24421

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Each God-lover

Has entered into the world

To propagate as fast as possible,

On a large scale,

God’s Views with regard to His creation.

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24422

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My soul believes

In only one pilgrimage,

And that pilgrimage

Is to God’s Compassion-flooded Feet. ```

24423

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What is surrender?

Surrender is something

In which gratitude

Can take birth. ```

24424

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My Lord,

Do give me the capacity

With my prayerful smiles

To wipe the Tears

From Your Compassion-Eye.

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24425

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Spirituality

Will never be out of date

If Mother Earth always has

Even a few thousand God-lovers. ```

24426

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It is our outer lives

And never our inner lives

That contradict one another.

In our inner lives

We are all one,

All trying to illumine the world

And fulfil God’s Message-Light

Here on earth. ```

24427

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Our obedience-mind

Gets the greatest opportunity

To become one, inseparably one

With the gratitude-breath

Of our heart.

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24428

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O earth-bound worldly knowledge,

Can you not see

Once and for all

That I am suffocated

By your ignorance-darkness-night?

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24429

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What God has been trying to tell me

Over the years

Is that I can become

A choice and perfect instrument

Of His.

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24430

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God’s Patience and Compassion-Stories

No human being on earth

Will be able to finish reading.

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24431

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God does not ask a spiritual Master

To do two things.

He asks him to do only one thing:

To transform humanity’s

Ignorance-intoxicated animal nature

Into Divinity’s oneness-fulness-love. ```

24432

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To doubt God’s Existence-Life on earth

Is, indeed, a universal disease

Of millennia.

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24433

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I am so happy when I watch

The swiftness of my mind-clouds’

Disappearance.

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24434

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Why does man fail God

Again and again?

Because he enjoys

An undercurrent of deep unwillingness. ```

24435

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Old desires

Are bound to raise their heads

When we do not feed

Our fresh aspiration-heart-flames

Regularly.

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24436

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What is temptation?

Temptation is something

That examines

My God-realisation-resolve. ```

24437

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Even the smallest glimmer of hope

Will definitely expedite

Our aspiration-heart-journey

Towards the destined Goal. ```

24438

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What is unwillingness?

Unwillingness is something

That not only delays but also slays

Our God-aspiration, God-realisation

And God-manifestation-need.

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24439

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My Lord, my Lord,

Save me, save me

From brooding doubts!

My doubts have compelled me

To be on the verge of self-extinction.

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24440

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Every day, without fail,

Early in the morning,

God invites His chosen instruments

To go for a joy-ride in His Heart-Boat.

Alas, even His choice instruments

Often fail to obey Him. ```

24441

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Only when I live inside my heart

Does God teach me

His never-ageing

Oneness-Fulness-Song. ```

24442

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Am I blind?

Why can I not see

That my Lord Supreme

Is piloting my life-boat

To His choice Destination:

The oneness and fulness

Of humanity’s divinity?

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24443

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My heart,

You do have the authority

To reclaim your capacity

To inspire mankind. ```

24444

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My mind’s disobedience

And my mind’s resistance

Can never see the danger signs

All around me. ```

24445

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I have written my Lord Supreme

A ten-page letter

Explaining why I fail again and again

To please Him in His own Way.

To my wide astonishment,

I see that God

Holds nothing against me.

He just smiles and smiles. ```

24446

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What is the mind’s wisdom?

It is nothing other than

A volley of follies

In our life. ```

24447

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Unless our God-aspiration

And God-fulfilment-prayers

Become extremely powerful,

We are bound to see

That our shortcomings

Are overpowering us. ```

24448

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God and God’s Forgiveness

Are always ready

To empty us of all our sorrows,

But our receptivity is never ready. ```

24449

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Alas, our demanding

And self-aggrandising vital

Fails to see

That it is heading towards

Self-destruction.

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24450

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My Lord,

You are Your Compassion-Eye;

You are Your Forgiveness-Feet.

Therefore,

Even before I could search for You,

You have come to me. ```

24451

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There can be no sweeter inner music

Than my soulful, cheerful surrender

To my Lord’s Will.

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24452

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It is only my self-giving life

That can and shall reach

My Lord’s Bliss-Shore.

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24453

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It is humanity’s sincere aspiration

And Divinity’s sincere Concern

That link

Heaven and earth. ```

24454

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It is really surprising

That anything undivine in us

Is always so punctual!

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24455

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My Lord Supreme always expects

Gratitude-tears and surrender-smiles

From my aspiration-heart.

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24456

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O seeker,

God is inside

Your own flower-garden-heart.

You need look nowhere else. ```

24457

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We must choose everything divine,

Not only what is within our reach

But also what is far beyond our reach

At this moment. ```

24458

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It seems that

In each human being

Faith is yet in its infancy.

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24459

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The day I do not aspire,

I just fall

Into the sea of desires.

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24460

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When I am in my deep meditation,

I clearly hear

The whispering Heart

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

24461

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All men are truth-seekers.

All men are God-lovers.

All men are God-worshippers.

This sublime truth

Today they do not know,

But tomorrow they will.

They must!

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24462

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My Lord, how is it

That I can please You

Anytime I want to,

Whereas I cannot please any human being

No matter how hard I try?

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24463

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Every morning I observe

A serious conflict

Between the aspiring man in me

And the desiring man in me. ```

24464

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My Lord,

I never want to have a heart

Empty of aspiration-cries.

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24465

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Every day I lose

In the battlefield of life

In my fight against ignorance-night.

Again, every night I watch

The rising of hope-moon

Inside my heart. ```

24466

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O my mind,

O my vital,

O my body,

God’s Door is wide open.

Where are you?

Come, come — just come in! ```

24467

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There was a time

When I used to shop on a regular basis

At my mind’s confusion-store.

But now I only move around

Inside my heart-garden.

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24468

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If you want to liberate yourself

From the meshes of ignorance,

Never, never hesitate

To meditate. ```

24469

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I never knew

That God was an old friend of mine.

What is more,

He has always been

My only true friend.

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24470

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My Lord, You have blessed me

With many capacities.

Do grant me one more capacity:

The capacity to stamp out

Disobedience-night

From my mind. ```

24471

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What has changed my life

Totally?

Just a sorrowful glance

From my Master. ```

24472

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You want to know

What I am doing now.

I am enjoying the farewell speech

Of my ignorance-night. ```

24473

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God is not interested

In what mankind thinks.

He only wants mankind to believe in

What it is going to become eventually:

A supremely choice instrument of God.

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24474

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A ceaseless God-obedience-life

Is an infinite waterfall

Of God’s Delight.

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24475

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Every morning God comes to me

To bless me,

And I never let Him leave me

With empty Hands.

I give Him the beauty

Of my heart-cries. ```

24476

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My Lord tells me

That since He is not tired of listening,

I can continue telling Him

All the grievances I have

Against humanity.

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24477

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Yesterday God asked me

To purify my mind.

Today He is asking me

To simplify my life.

Tomorrow He will ask me

To beautify my heart. ```

24478

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Although my dissatisfied mind

And dissatisfied vital

Quite often disagree,

Unfortunately

They often work together.

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24479

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God is extremely hungry

For humanity’s total

God-manifestation-commitment.

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24480

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Self-doubt

Is a most serious obstacle

To God-aspiration, God-realisation

And God-manifestation. ```

24481

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God has already planned my future

In every detail.

Therefore, for me

There is nothing to worry about. ```

24482

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Only a doubting mind

Does not want to make friends

With God

To make itself happy. ```

24483

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Two most significant things

The mind does not know:

What to love

And how to love. ```

24484

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My doubting mind

Does not bother God.

It is my unwilling heart

That bothers God,

For God expects everything positive

In abundant measure

From my heart.

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24485

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My Lord, I have forgotten

What I started out to say.

“My child, never mind!

Only remember

That I am truly and sleeplessly for you.”

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24486

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In spite of all my attempts

To shake off lethargy

From my life,

I am nowhere near success. ```

24487

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My doubting mind

Does not know

Whether peace exists

At all. ```

24488

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There can be

No exemption

From my God-manifestation-responsibility.

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24489

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No matter how hard

The doubting mind tries

To oust

My loving faith in God,

It will always fail.

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24490

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Two things only are indispensable

In my life:

My God-obedience-mind

And my God-surrender-heart. ```

24491

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Poor God!

Every day He suffers and suffers

When He reads

Mother Earth’s newspapers. ```

24492

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I am so happy and proud to know

That my heart-temple is blessed

By God’s Peace

And God’s Delight. ```

24493

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Alas, I do not know

Why my mind and my heart

Have to remain always

Polar opposites. ```

24494

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Help me, my Lord Supreme,

I am falling!

“Help Me, My sweet child!

I am starving for your smile.” ```

24495

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We must be all ready

To receive God

Every morning,

For His Visit is not only swift

But also brief.

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24496

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God always

Blessingfully, warmly and proudly

Welcomes

My gratitude-heart. ```

24497

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Alas, I do not know how long

My Lord Beloved Supreme

Will have to wait

To see my mind swimming

In the beauty and fragrance

Of silence-sea. ```

24498

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O my mind, surrender!

Surrender everything

To God’s Compassion-Eye

If you want to liberate yourself

From the tyranny of obligations.

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24499

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The doubting mind

Deserves to be punished by God.

The aspiring heart

Deserves to be embraced by God. ```

24500

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My first and last lesson in spirituality

Is my sleepless and breathless oneness

With the Will of my Lord Supreme.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 245, Agni Press, 1998
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