My Early Morning Prayer-Journeys, part 2

1.

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No more, no more,

This year’s failure-days

And failure-nights —

No more, no more! ```

2.

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No more,

The faith-starvation-days

And faith-starvation-nights

Of this year —

No more!

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3.

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The old year painfully

Goes to sleep. ```

4.1

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The new year bravely

Wakes up.

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EMP 78-81. Qingdao, China, 31 December 2004↩

5.

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Happy New Year,

Happy New Year!

Be brave, be brave!

No fear, no fear! ```

6.

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Happy New Year,

Happy New Year!

Go forward,

Fly upward,

Dive inward!

No fear, no fear! ```

7.

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Happy New Year!

God the Eye you claim,

God the Heart you claim

And God the Life you claim.

Claim, claim, claim, claim God.

No fear, no fear! ```

8.2

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Happy New Year,

Happy New Year!

I shall be my God-hope-joy,

I shall be my God-promise-fulfiller.

No fear, no fear!

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EMP 82-85. Qingdao, China, 1 January 2005↩

9.

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I proudly declare

My greatness-mind-achievements. ```

10.

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My Lord proudly uses

My goodness-heart-achievements. ```

11.

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My mind-education

Is an accurate

Knowledge-fact-collector.

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12.

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My heart-education

Is the collector

Of God’s Heart-Tears

And God’s Eye-Smiles. ```

13.3

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Every morning I sing

A God-worshipping

Prayer-song.

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EMP 86-90. Qingdao, China, 2 January 2005↩

14.

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An unseen Hand

Compassionately regulates

My life.

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15.

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Silence

Is the Mother

Of world harmony.

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16.

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When I am

An indomitable will,

God’s Thrill

Is unimaginable. ```

17.

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Today God is so pleased

With my prayers and meditations

That He has blessingfully

Offered me

His golden Crown.

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18.4

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In the small hours of the morning,

God and I enter into

A lovely competition.

My task is

To touch God’s Feet.

God’s Task is

To examine my heart.

I finish my task long before God.

Poor God accepts the sad defeat.

When the night is far advanced,

God and I again enter into

Another lovely competition.

This time our task is

Mutual appreciation.

I shall have to appreciate God

As much as I can.

God will have to appreciate me

As much as He wants to.

Alas, I accept the very sad defeat.

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EMP 91-95. Qingdao, China, 3 January 2005↩

19.

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My silence-heart

Gladdens my Lord Supreme

Beyond measure.

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20.

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God’s Silence-Eye

Frightens me

To the core.

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21.

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My mind,

Stop covering my heart-sky

With your thick and dark clouds!

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22.

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My heart,

God is right in front of you.

Where is your attention,

Where? ```

23.5

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God wants my heart

To be the owner

Of His Dream.

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EMP 96-100. Qingdao, China, 5 January 2005↩

24.

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My Lord,

Do make me a bond-slave

To Your Will.

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25.

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Alas, I do not know

When I will be able to return

To my Lord’s Heart-Home.

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26.

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A path-finder

Is

A new God-discoverer.

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27.6

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To manifest God

As perfectly as possible:

This is what my heart and I

Precisely stand for.

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EMP 101-104. Qingdao, China, 6 January 2005↩

28.

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Our Lord’s Compassion-Eye

Protects us

From the visible enemies.

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29.

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Our Lord’s Concern-Heart

Protects us

From the invisible enemies.

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30.

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My Lord breathes in

My heart-flower-fragrance. ```

31.7

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A God-oneness-heart-dream

Is

Sweetness unimaginable.

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EMP 105-108. Qingdao, China, 7 January 2005↩

32.

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My God-obedience

Is

My supremely divine pride.

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33.

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I live either inside

My earth-born heart-cries

Or inside

My Heaven-free soul-smiles. ```

34.

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God wants me

Not only to equal Heaven,

But also to surpass Heaven

In sleepless self-offering. ```

35.8

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The soul perpetually smiles

Through the bondage-cage

Of the body.

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EMP 109-112. Qingdao, China, 8 January 2005↩

36.

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Every day

I wish to have

An enthusiasm-outburst.

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37.

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Alas,

We try to satisfy

Our Lord Supreme

With our extremely feeble efforts. ```

38.

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In my aspiration-heart-home

There is no room

For uncertainty.

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39.9

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There was a time

When I used to live

On the outskirts of hope,

But now I am living

In the very breath of hope.

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EMP 113-116. Qingdao, China, 9 January 2005↩

40.

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Even the most powerful

Ignorance-night

Shall be illumined

By our inner light. ```

41.

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Humanity’s hope-flames

Rise to Heaven. ```

42.

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Divinity’s promise-stars

Touch Mother Earth. ```

43.

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From the oneness-heart

We arrive

At the newness-shore.

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44.10

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From the newness-shore

We arrive

At the fulness-shore —

The Golden Shore.

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EMP 117-121. Qingdao, China, 10 January 2005↩

45.

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Life is meant

For our God-union

And not

For our mind-division. ```

46.

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God-discovery-song

Tops the list

Of all our love, devotion

And surrender-songs. ```

47.

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Our uniqueness comes

Either from God’s Feet

Or from God’s Heart.

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48.11

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I must find myself

In the heart of time eternal

And in the heart of space infinite.

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EMP 122-125. Xian, China, 14 January 2005↩

49.

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Those who outwardly

And indiscriminately display

An orchestra of spiritual power

Are not favoured

Either by Heaven’s Eye

Or by earth’s heart. ```

50.

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Nature

Is the divine beauty

Of God’s supreme Glory.

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51.

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An act of compassion

Is one step forward

Towards God-realisation.

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52.

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The morning touch

Makes my heart beautiful. ```

53.

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The evening touch

Makes my life peaceful. ```

54.

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My God-surrender-life

Is the birth

Of a new creation.

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55.12

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My heart-sun

Feeds on

God’s Transcendental Delight.

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EMP 126-132. Xian, China, 16 January 2005↩

56.13

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A new heart is needed

To love goodness

In every human being.

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EMP 133-136. Xian, China, 17 January 2005↩

57.

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O my mind,

You must not remain a stranger

To God’s Heart

Any more. ```

58.

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World-criticism

Has no place

In my aspiration-heart

And in my dedication-life. ```

59.

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My heart tells my eyes

That I am very near

My Lord’s Heart-Home.

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60.

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God is asking us

Only for two things:

For our prayers to be sincere

And

For our meditations to be deep.

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61.

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The heart

Readily and immediately listens

To the dictates

Of the Inner Pilot. ```

62.

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God heavily and proudly

Counts on our self-offering. ```

63.14

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I am eager to go

To the four corners of the world

To find a man

Who is constantly happy,

Cheerful and self-giving.

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EMP 137-140. Xian, China, 19 January 2005↩

64.

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May my aspiration

Have another name:

Fragrance.

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65.

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May my dedication

Have another name:

Cheerfulness.

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66.

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May my prayer

Have another name:

Soulfulness.

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67.

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May my meditation

Have another name:

Intensity.

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68.15

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May I

Have another name:

Integrity.

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EMP 141-145. Xian, China, 21 January 2005↩

69.

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If we really love God,

Then our heart-smiles should be

Spontaneous and continuous.

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70.

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It is high time for me

To say good-bye

To each and every thing

That I do not need,

Such as my desire-life.

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71.

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The real spiritual life

Does not mean

To keep your eyes closed

All the time

And do nothing,

Nothing for the world. ```

72.16

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I must keep

Each and every thought

Of my mind

Absolutely silent

While I meditate.

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EMP 146-149. Huangshan, China, 25 January 2005↩

73.

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The sun-duty

Is calling me.

I am running!

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74.

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The moon-beauty

Is calling me.

I am running!

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75.

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The star-frolic-joy

Is calling me.

I am running!

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76.17

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My life lives between

A body-camel-burden

And

A heart-deer-speed.

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EMP 150-153. Huangshan, China, 31 January 2005↩

77.

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My protection-fort

Is made of

My God-obedience

And

My God-dependence.

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78.18

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My Lord,

May I have a heart

Of ever-blossoming smile.

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EMP 154-155. Nanjing, China, 3 February 2005↩

79.19

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There is a God-loving

And God-serving

Divine hero

Within every heart.

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EMP 156. Nanjing, China, 5 February 2005↩

80.20

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Even an iota

Of consciousness-descent

In the spiritual life

Is a grave failure.

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EMP 157. Nanjing, China, 6 February 2005↩

81.21

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Every morning

God and I have

A heart-to-heart talk

Before I enter into

The hustle and bustle of life.

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EMP 158. Nanjing, China, 7 February 2005↩

82.22

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Each God-dream

Is eager to be

A manifested Reality.

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EMP 159. Nanjing, China, 8 February 2005↩

83.23

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My Lord,

Do You know that I feed

Only on

Your Compassion-Smiles?

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EMP 160. Nanjing, China, 9 February 2005↩

Editor's preface to the first edition

During his trip to China, from November 2004 to February 2005, Sri Chinmoy was inspired to offer a number of prayers very early in the morning, when he came down from his hotel room to go out walking. These 160 prayers are published in two volumes.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Early Morning Prayer-Journeys, part 2, Agni Press, 2005
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