Every day my gratitude-heart

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My Mind's Newness-Beauty

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My mind’s newness-beauty I love.

My heart’s fulness-fragrance I need. ```

Repeated Failures

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My Lord,

Repeated failures cannot paralyse me,

But Your Displeasure-Face can. ```

Each Soulful Thought of Mine

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Each soulful thought of mine

Paves the way

To mankind’s perfection-life. ```

Every Day My Gratitude-Heart and I

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Every day my gratitude-heart and I

Decorate the Feet of our Lord Supreme.

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O World's Purity-Flower-Heart

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O world’s purity-flower-heart,

Where are you?

O world’s impurity-thorn-mind,

Where are you not? ```

No Human Mind Can Enter

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No human mind can enter into

A thought-free Silence-Beyond.

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God I Invoke

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God I invoke

To visit my self-giving shore.

Me God invites

To His all-blossoming Shore.

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With My Aspiration-Heart

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With my aspiration-heart

I sit at the Feet of God.

With my dedication-life

I become a member of God’s family.

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The Whisper of Silence-Beyond

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The whisper of Silence-Beyond

Awakens humanity

From its death-bound sleep. ```

A Self-Giving Heart

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A self-giving heart

Is the fastest upward climb.

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My Lord, Give Me

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My Lord, my Lord,

Give me a doubt-free mind.

My Lord, my Lord,

Give me a fear-free heart.

My Lord, my Lord,

Give me a worry-free life.

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O God, the Compassion-Eye

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O God, the Compassion-Eye,

Do not, do not, from me withdraw.

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My Heart Breathlessly Needs

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My Lord, my Lord,

My heart breathlessly needs

To hear from Your Heart. ```

In a Moment's Ticking

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In a moment’s ticking,

God can make me another God —

Of course, if He wants to!

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My Lord, Sulking I Came to You

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My Lord, sulking I came to You.

Smiling I am returning.

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My Forgiveness-Lord Is Begging Me

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My Forgiveness-Lord

Is begging me and commanding me

To steal into His Heart. ```

My Life's Perfection-Promise

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My Lord, my Lord,

May I have from You in writing

My life’s perfection-promise.

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My Mind Needs Self-Awareness

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My mind needs self-awareness.

My heart needs God-fulness.

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Alas, I Am My God-Disobedience

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Alas, alas, alas,

I am my God-disobedience

Downfall! ```

O Peace-Robber Anxiety

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O peace-robber anxiety,

My Lord will give me

Another happiness-heart. ```

Our Oneness-Heart World-Ecstasy

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God blesses and treasures

Our oneness-heart world-ecstasy

And not a division-mind world-supremacy. ```

Who Am I? Who Am I?

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Who am I? Who am I?

I am a self-finding God.

I am a God-growing man. ```

A Gratitude-Heart Is a Master Key

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A gratitude-heart is a master key.

It can open any heart.

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God the Eye Threatens the Proud

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God the Eye threatens the proud.

God the Heart transforms the proud.

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God May Not Be Measurable

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God may not be measurable,

But he is always lovable.

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Each Good Thought Is a Peace of Heaven (2)

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Each good thought

Is a piece of Heaven

That a God-lover carries

Wherever he goes. ```

My Heart Has Emptied Its Hands

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My heart has emptied its hands

To fold them prayerfully.

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I Talk and Talk with My Mind

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I talk and talk with my mind.

Therefore, alas, my Lord

Finds my life always busy. ```

Each Moment

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Each moment I am either

A smiling choice or a crying voice.

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God Smiles at My Expensive Gift

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God smiles at my expensive gift,

But God cries and cries

For my expensive heart. ```

I Proudly Love

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I proudly love

My heart’s sacred silence-life.

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My Heart's Faith-Radiance

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My heart’s faith-radiance

Feeds my life every day. ```

Thought Takes Birth

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Thought takes birth in my mind,

And my peaceful heart dies immediately.

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I Have Chosen God the Eternal Child

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I have chosen God the Eternal Child

And not God the Absolute Father.

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Willingness Is My Heart's Best Victory

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Willingness is my heart’s best victory.

Unwillingness is my mind’s worst defeat. ```

My Self-Admiration

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My self-admiration

Is my God-starvation.

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My Love of God Has Many Rivals

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My love of God

Has many rivals,

But no critics. ```

Oneness-Heart-Children (1)

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Oneness-heart-children

Have their homes everywhere.

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Justice-Glasses (1)

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God’s Compassion-Eye

Never uses Justice-Glasses.

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What My Heart Needs

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What my heart needs

Is cosmic beauty

And not cosmetic beauty. ```

No Sincerity-Prayer

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No sincerity-prayer

Goes unanswered

By my Lord Supreme. ```

Surrender-Light I Have

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Surrender-light I have.

Oneness-bliss I am.

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My First Choice

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My first choice:

God’s Forgiveness-Heart.

My second choice:

God’s Compassion-Eye.

My third choice:

God’s Protection-Hands.

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Truth Is in All (3)

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Truth is in all,

But love is all. ```

Poets Are Born

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Poets are born,

But doctors are made.

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Politeness

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Politeness is the flower of humanity. ```

Poverty Is No Disgrace

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Poverty is no disgrace. ```

Poverty Is Not a Sin

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Poverty is not a sin. ```

Power Always Corrupts

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Power always corrupts.

[Common saying]

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Praise the Sea

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Praise the sea,

But on shore remain.

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Prayer Is the Voice of Faith

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Prayer is the voice of faith. ```

Presents Keep Friendships Warm

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Presents keep friendships warm.

[German proverb]

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Pride and Laziness

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Pride and laziness

Can never run uphill.

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Pride Goes Before Destruction

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Pride goes before destruction. ```

Pride Must Be Impeached

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Pride must be impeached. ```

Promise Little, But Do Much

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Promise little, but do much. ```

Prosperity Makes Friends

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Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

[Words of Publilius Syrus]

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Every day my gratitude-heart, 1995
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