IV. Somewhere

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Somewhere to go — God’s Home

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Somewhere to start — heart

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Somewhere to stop — nowhere

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Somewhere God can be seen first — True, but where?

In the crying heart

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Somewhere God can be seen next — True, but where?

In the searching mind

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Somewhere God can be seen later on — True, but where?

In the dynamic vital

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Somewhere God can be seen last — True, but where?

In the fully awakened body

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Somewhere the world can see God’s Beauty — True, but where?

In the Silence of nature

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Somewhere the world can see God’s Power — True, but where?

In the heart of man’s self-giving

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Somewhere the world can see God’s Light — True, but where?

In the life of man’s unconditional surrender

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Somewhere God’s Bliss can be seen — True, but where?

In the home of the seeker’s inner cry

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Somewhere God’s Peace can be seen — True, but where?

In the illumining vastness of the mind

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Somewhere God’s Justice exists — but it is fathomable

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Somewhere God’s forgiveness exists — but it is unfathomable

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Somewhere I am invited to sing — Ah, it is in the light of freedom

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Somewhere I am not invited to sing — Ah, it is in the night of ignorance

17.

Somewhere I saw the face of doubt — but my Lord now asks me to forget all about it

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Somewhere I saw the face of depression — but my Lord commands me to silence my stupid curiosity

19.

Somewhere I saw the face of failure — my Lord categorically tells me that I am totally wrong, I am totally mistaken, it was just an experience, His experience in and through me

20.

Somewhere I lost myself — Ah, it was in the train of desire

21.

Somewhere I found myself — Ah, it is in the plane of aspiration

22.

Somewhere I drank nectar — but certainly not in the home of naked falsehood.

I certainly prefer to drink nectar in the illumined Palace of the highest Truth

23.

Somewhere divine realisation can play — If so, where?

It is in the heart of self-offering

24.

Somewhere the divine revelation can sing — If so, where?

It is in the world of one’s totally transformed life

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Somewhere divine manifestation can dance — If so, where?

It is in the life-breath of a totally devoted, totally transformed and totally surrendered seeker

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Somewhere to go to see the divine Light — the heart's pure love knows the exact place

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Somewhere to go to see the divine Peace — the mind's complete silence knows the exact place

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Somewhere to go to see the divine Power — the supremely transformed vital knows the place

29.

Somewhere to go to see the divine Bliss — the immortal soul of the Transcendental Divinity knows the place

30.

Somewhere — where?

Over there — Lo, your forgotten Self, over there

31.

Somewhere God must be seen — In the glowing Eye of a Yogi

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Somewhere God must be felt — In the illumining Heart of a Yogi

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Somewhere God must be realised — In the beckoning Soul of a Yogi

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Somewhere the body is great — Yes, it is in the surrendering sleep of the body

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Somewhere the vital is great — Yes, it is in the building capacity of the vital

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Somewhere the mind is great — Yes, it is in the illumining necessity of the mind for the vastness itself

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Somewhere the heart is great — Yes, it is in the heart’s inseparable oneness with God’s Love

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Somewhere the soul is great — Yes, the soul is great inside its own dream in heaven and inside its own promise on earth and inside its own acceptance of God’s Will as its very own

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Somewhere there is rest — Yes, it is in the dynamism of divine activity

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Somewhere there is God’s Nest — Yes, it is in the pure smile of an innocent child

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Somewhere there should be some beauty — Beauty is in self-giving

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Somewhere there should be some purity — Purity is in constant remembrance of God

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Somewhere there should be some humility — Humility is in serving God in humanity in God’s own way

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Somewhere there is no God — God is not in our self-destruction

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Somewhere there is only God — In self-dedication there is only God and nobody else

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Somewhere God surrenders to man’s will — In the heart of man’s constant gratitude God surrenders to the will of man

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Somewhere man-made wars will end — Man-made wars will undoubtedly end in the kingdom of man’s fully awakened, completed and realised manhood

48.

Somewhere, somewhere, I shall see the perfect marriage between earth’s hope and heaven’s love.

My Lord tells me that the marriage will take place in the Palace of His compassionate Concern

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Somewhere, somewhere, somewhere, man will be Immortality’s pride — My Lord tells me that man will be Immortality’s pride when he discovers the supreme secret that God’s Compassion reigns supreme all-where

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol. 7, No.12, July 27, 1972, AUM Centre Press, 1972
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