My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 61

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The mind loves

The zigzag road.

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APR 4799. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 10 February 2007.↩

2

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The heart loves

God’s sunlit Road. ```

3

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My God-gratitude

Is my heart’s

Most powerful strength.

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4

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Cry, cry, sleeplessly cry

Within.

Fly, fly, breathlessly fly

Without. ```

5

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The God-doubting mind

Everywhere spies.

The God-searching heart

In the vast blue sky flies. ```

6

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My prayer-life

Is

My God-addition.

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7

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My meditation-heart

Is

My God-multiplication.

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8

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The rising sun

Beautifies me.

The setting sun

Purifies me. ```

92

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The Source

Of my heart-tears

Is my Lord’s Compassion-Eye.

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APR 4807. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 11 February 2007.↩

10

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When we really love God,

His Voice does not remain

Unheard.

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11

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When we really worship God,

His Feet do not remain

Unseen.

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12

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My aspiration

Is

My Heaven-flying bird.

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13

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My dedication

Is

My earth-serving hand.

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14

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My heart

Has another name:

God’s

Compassion-Affection-Breath. ```

15

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I ply my life-boat

Between God’s Enthusiasm-Shore

And His Dynamism-Shore.

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163

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I shall not allow my desire-life

To touch my Lord’s Feet.

I shall only offer, again and again,

My aspiration-heart

At my Lord’s Feet.

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APR 4814. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 12 February 2007.↩

17

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Not the darkness of our mind

But the disobedience of our life

Weighs us down

In our spiritual life. ```

18

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God cares

Not only for

The awakened seekers,

But also for

The sleeping seekers.

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19

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My Lord takes care of

Not only the depths of my heart,

But also the shallows of my life.

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20

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My soul conducts

My life-symphony

With tremendous care.

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21

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Opportunity

Is of no avail

If receptivity

Is wanting. ```

22

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I believe only in

God-Supremacy

And

God-Authority. ```

23

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God keeps

His Heart-Entrance open

Only to the

Surrender-accomplished seekers. ```

24

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Hesitation

In pleasing God

Is a serious spiritual crime.

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254

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Fear not

The agonies

Prior to transformation.

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APR 4823. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 13 February 2007.↩

26

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I have always

Tremendous admiration

For those

Who are ahead of me. ```

27

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In these trying times,

Each seeker has to be

Extremely, extremely careful.

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28

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We must happily and proudly

Surrender

To God’s choice Hour.

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29

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The very nature of the mind

Is either to undermine

Or to belittle everything.

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30

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When I do not pray and meditate,

I deal with the theoretical God.

But when I pray and meditate,

I deal with the practical God. ```

31

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God tells me

To sing only two songs:

God-dependence-song

And

Man-interdependence-song.

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32

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Do not be doomed

To disappointment.

If you have failed this time,

God will give you another chance. ```

33

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God powerfully and proudly

Embraces

All gratitude-hearts.

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345

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From God’s Eye

My spiritual journey starts.

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APR 4832. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 14 February 2007.↩

35

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At God’s Feet

My spiritual journey ends. ```

36

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God allows us

To enter into

His Heart-Kingdom

Even without

Aspiration-flames.

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37

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A desiring mind

Is

A turbulent life.

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38

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This world needs

Millions and millions

Of God-hungry souls

To raise the standard

Of the world.

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39

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Every day

God beckons us

To sail and sail and sail

In His Compassion-Affection-Sea. ```

40

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Every day

God most compassionately

And most carefully examines

My success-smiles

And

My progress-tears. ```

41

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Disobedience-strides

Are dangerous, destructive

And God-defying.

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426

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My aspiration teaches me

How to see God

Brighter and brighter

Every day.

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APR 4840. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 15 February 2007.↩

43

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My dedication teaches me

How to feel God

Kinder and kinder to me

Every day. ```

44

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When our heart cries desperately,

God’s Grace descends immediately,

Plus unconditionally.

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45

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When I soulfully pray,

My heart beautifully blooms. ```

46

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When I unconditionally meditate,

My life exquisitely blossoms. ```

47

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God the Lover,

Alone,

Secretly teaches me

How to be

A true God-worshipper.

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48

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When I enter into God’s Heart,

I see myself as God the Life

And not God the Death.

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49

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The desire-life

Thinks

Everything is possible.

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50

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The aspiration-heart

Feels

Everything is inevitable.

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16 February 2007 ...

16 February 2007 Chiang Mai, Thailand

517

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The world is full

Of God’s

Unblossomed Joys.

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APR 4849. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 16 February 2007.↩

52

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My strength is in

My crying

At God’s Feet.

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53

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God’s Strength is in

His smiling

At my eyes.

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54

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Each human being

Is a unique God-representative

On earth.

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55

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When I pray and meditate,

I drink and drink

From my Lord’s

Delight-Fountain. ```

56

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Alas, will there be a time

When all human beings

Embark

On oneness-peace-journey? ```

57

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I was born

As a God-Authority-fulfilment-dreamer. ```

58

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Aspiration

Prayerfully rises.

Receptivity

Soulfully increases. ```

598

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God’s

Transcendental Greatness

Blesses my head.

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APR 4857. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 17 February 2007.↩

60

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God’s

Universal Goodness

Embraces my heart.

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61

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The insincere mind

Finally surrenders

To the sincere heart.

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62

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A reasoning mind

Can never be

A blossoming heart.

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63

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I do not want

The capacities of my mind,

But I do want

The qualities of my heart. ```

64

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Spirituality

Turns problems

Into opportunities.

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65

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God will never allow

My aspiration-heart-sun

To be eclipsed.

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669

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My prayer

Is my life’s

Morning rose.

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APR 4864. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 18 February 2007.↩

67

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My meditation

Is my heart’s

Morning lotus.

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68

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A God-seeker

Has to be on the alert

Twenty-four hours a day.

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69

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Each thought comes from

The unknown,

And each will comes from

The Unknowable. ```

70

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Alas, every day

There is a new barrier

To cross.

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71

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Patience

Eventually becomes

Victorious.

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72

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My desire-life

Was planted

By my mind.

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73

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My aspiration-life

Was planted

By God’s Heart.

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7410

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O my sleep, I love you —

You take away

All my worries and anxieties!

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APR 4872. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 19 February 2007.↩

75

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Alas, when will Truth

Reign supreme on earth,

When?

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76

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My eyes can fool me

And betray me,

But not my heart,

Never! ```

77

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Another name

For meditation

Is God-communication.

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78

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Another name

For prayer

Is God-pleasure.

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79

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In vain, my mind

Wants to interview God. ```

80

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God takes great pleasure

In interviewing my heart. ```

81

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I thank God

For what He has done for me,

And specially

For what He has not done for me. ```

8211

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Silence is

A blissful creation-hour.

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APR 4880. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 20 February 2007.↩

83

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Sound is

A powerful destruction-tower. ```

84

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Alas, when I am ready,

God pretends

Not to be ready.

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85

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Alas, when God is ready,

I am nowhere

To be found.

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86

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My Lord,

May my unfulfilled desires

Remain forever unfulfilled.

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87

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God tells me

Not to give undue importance

To my imperfections.

He asks me just to love Him

More and more,

And my imperfections

Will be His problems.

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88

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I see myself

As a colossal failure. ```

89

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God sees me

As His own highest

Reality’s Height.

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90

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Faith and doubt —

Each man has to choose

Either faith or doubt

As his tutor. ```

91

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The God-lover’s

First and foremost task

Is to love God

For God’s Sake. ```

9212

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I cry and cry

For the joy

Of my heart.

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APR 4890. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 22 February 2007.↩

93

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God gladly allows

My aspiration-heart

To accompany Him,

And not my desire-life. ```

94

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Just claim God

And His Path

Alone.

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95

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Hope

Is my heart-sunrise. ```

96

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Despair

Is my mind-sunset. ```

97

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My prayer

Is

My life-temple.

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98

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My meditation

Is

My heart-shrine.

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99

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I have smashed asunder

All my mind’s

Separativity-walls.

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100

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My Lord does not believe

In an old mind —

He believes only

In a new heart. ```

10113

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Desire-fire

Quickly burns us.

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APR 4899. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 23 February 2007.↩

102

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Aspiration-flames

Slowly, steadily and unerringly

Awaken us.

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103

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I have such love

And concern

For the roots

Of my life-tree. ```

104

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We welcome darkness

Before we enter

Into the spiritual life.

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105

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Once we enter

Into the spiritual life,

Darkness threatens us.

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106

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Ignorance,

I do not need you,

I do not want you,

I despise you.

Nevertheless,

Your arrogance puzzles me. ```

107

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God-believers

Are plenty. ```

108

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God-lovers

Are rare. ```

10914

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I cherish

My Lord’s

Powerful Commands.

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APR 4907. These prayers were given in Chiang Mai, Thailand — 24 February 2007.↩

110

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My Lord treasures

My fearless promises. ```

111

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I call it

My human birth. ```

112

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My Lord calls it

My divine descent. ```

113

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My Lord

Does not count

My countless imperfections.

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114

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My Lord counts only

My readiness, willingness

And eagerness.

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115

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I am now a perfect stranger

To my life’s idle talk

And my heart’s empty vision.

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116

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Each human being

Will become

An inevitable God.

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Editor's note

Sri Chinmoy offered these prayers during his visit to Chiang Mai, Thailand in February 2007.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Christmas-New Year-Vacation Aspiration-Prayers, part 61, Agni Press, 2008
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/apr_61