Poems from Sri Chinmoy's forthcoming book: _My Life-Tree_

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My Life-Tree

My life-tree

Is made up of my earth-hopes.

My life-leaves

Are made up of my earth-cries.

My life-flowers

Are made up of my earth-sighs.

My life-fruits

Are made up of my earth-failures.

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They never get tired

My feet never get tired

No matter how many miles I walk.

My hands never get tired

No matter how long I work.

My heart never gets tired

No matter how many people I love.

But my mind always gets tired

The moment it tries to chase away

A fraction of a doubt.

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Not such a difficult task

Try to arrange your thoughts.

It is not such a difficult task.

Try to control your thoughts.

It is not such a difficult task.

Try to conquer your thoughts.

It is not such a difficult task.

Try to surrender your thoughts

To the Inner Pilot.

It is the easiest thing.

If you do it,

Then you do not have to

Arrange, control and conquer

Your thoughts.

It is all done.

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There is a difference

Love is love,

But there is a difference

Between my love for God

And my love for man.

My love for God

Is for my perfection-light.

My love for man

Is for my expansion-right.

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Are they happy?

Is your earth happy?

Not exactly,

But it tries to be happy.

Is your Heaven happy?

Yes, it is.

It is always happy.

It seems it can never be otherwise.

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Two exceptions

Man is an exception.

He does not have to be

As beautiful as an angel

In God’s Vision-Light.

Angels are exceptions.

They do not have to be

As responsible as man

In God’s Creation-Reality.

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Thoughts

A God-lover’s thoughts:

Acceptance-light,

Rejection-night.

A God-server’s thoughts:

Service-opportunity,

Satisfaction-necessity.

My thoughts:

Transformation-duty,

Perfection- beauty.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol.II-2, No. 5, 27 May 1975, Vishma Press, 1975
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