Enthusiasm, part 10

God Shows His Fondness

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God shows His Fondness

And then

He gives us His Oneness. ```

Faith-Power

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Faith-power

Can easily shatter

Ignorance-tower.

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Some Day

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Some day ignorance will be

A bygone mental hallucination. ```

We Remember God's Love

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We remember God’s Love      

Much longer

Than we remember God’s Power.

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The Inner World Smiles at Me

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The inner world smiles at me;

The outer world frowns at me

At the same time. ```

Purity Is the Masterpiece

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Purity is the masterpiece

Of my heart-eye.

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For a Very Long Time

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For a very long time

My heart has been teaching my mind

How to kneel down. ```

God Himself Is the Composer

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God Himself is the Composer

Of all my devotion-heart-songs.

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My Lord, You Are the One

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My Lord, You are the One

And the only One that I love.

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Our Tiny, Puny Smiles

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Our tiny, puny smiles give God

A most delicious meal.

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Again and Again God Is Asking My Mind

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Again and again

God is asking my mind

To bend and blend. ```

My Lord, Please Help Me to Live

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My Lord, please help me

To live all the time

In my heart-school

And not in my mind-jail.

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I Feed Only

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I feed only

On my heart’s tearful cries.

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Each Service-Height

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Each service-height

Is

A new progress-delight. ```

My Heart Says to God

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My heart says to God,

“My Lord, be strict with me,

Not once a day, but at every moment.” ```

My Heart Is Swinging

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My heart is swinging

My prayer-meditation-lamp.

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My Hope Is Silver

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My hope is silver.

My faith is gold.

My promise is diamond. ```

God Has Touched My Heart

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God has touched my heart.

He wants me to spread

His Fragrance wherever I go. ```

Life Is Not a Stumbling Experience

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Life is not

A stumbling experience.

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Life Is a Climbing Realisation

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Life is

A climbing realisation.

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The Outer Pain

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The outer pain I have.

The inner delight I am.

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During the Day

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During the day

My heart and my breath

Rotate around the sun-power. ```

During the Night

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During the night

My heart and my breath

Rotate around the moon-beauty. ```

Never Give Up Your Inward Gaze

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Never give up your inward gaze

And never stop your Godward race.

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I Do Not Want to Retire

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I do not want to retire,

I do not.

My heart and I, by pleasure,

Never be caught.

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A God-Lobbyist

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I want my mind to be

A God-lobbyist.

I want my heart to be

A God-specialist. ```

When God Is God's Full Justice-Light

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When God is God’s full Justice-Light

My heart devours His Grace-Delight. ```

My Lord, Will You Do The Thinking for Me?

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My Lord, will You do the thinking for me

If I place at Your Feet my own heart-key?

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My Mind, My Mind, My Foolish Mind

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My mind, my mind, my foolish mind,

Start, start!

Fathom the world

With my God-love-serve-heart.

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Every Day, My Way

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Every day, my way:

I love less and less human beings.

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God's Way

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God’s Way: God loves not only human beings,

But His entire Creation, every day, more and more. ```

As Soon As I Wake Up

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As soon as I wake up

I watch my Lord’s channel first.

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The Most Unreliable Companion

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The mind is

The most unreliable companion. ```

The Ancient Path

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The ancient path

Was to see God face to face.

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The Modern Path

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The modern path

Is to talk, talk, talk about God

Meaninglessly and uselessly. ```

The Mind's Way

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The mind’s way

Is to possess God. ```

The Heart's Way

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The heart’s way

Is to be possessed by God. ```

Each Wee Earth-Seed

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Each wee earth-seed is a Heaven-climbing prayer,

And a world-awakening meditation. ```

No More Self-Indulgence

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No more self-indulgence,

No more self-indulgence.

I shall run outwardly

To see nature’s God.

I shall run inwardly

To see Heaven’s highest height.

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Every Kneeling Prayer

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Every kneeling prayer

Receives God’s Fondness-Blessings.

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I Salute You

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I salute You, I salute You, I salute You.

Allah, I am Your eternal slave.

[Based on a traditional Arabic invocation to Allah] ```

Affection, Love, Sweetness, Fondness

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Affection, love, sweetness, fondness

God has for me.

Every day I live and grow

Under His Protection-Tree.

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I Dislike Self-Sufficient People

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I dislike self-sufficient people, I dislike.

They are disobedience incarnate and always on strike.

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I Love and Love and Love

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I love and love and love

God-reliance people, I love.

They receive boundless joy

And boundless pride from high Above.

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I Came from God to See

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I came from God to see.

I am returning to God to be.

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Divinity, Divinity

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Divinity, divinity, divinity,

With you I want to be.

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Humanity, I Know Not Who You Are

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Humanity, humanity, humanity!

I know not who you are

And I have no desire to know.

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I Am Sailing

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I am sailing, sailing, sailing my life-boat

Toward the shore of the Unknowable.

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Every Morning I Prayerfully and Soulfully

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Every morning I prayerfully and soulfully

Visit two very special worlds:

God’s Compassion-Eye-World

And God’s Forgiveness-Heart-World.

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My Lord, You Are Your Overwhelming Love

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My Lord, You are Your overwhelming Love

And I am my heart’s streaming tears.

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Wherever I Go

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Wherever I go

I see my Lord has preceded me.

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My Mind, Why Do You Think?

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My mind, why do you think of the things

That blight your own vision?

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Not Only God's Dreams

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Not only God’s Dreams,

But also His Realities

At times change.

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My Lord, Whether My Heart Is Good or Bad

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My Lord, whether my heart is good or bad

Is for You to judge.

But my heart is only Yours. ```

My Lord, I Love Your Strictness

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My Lord, I love Your Strictness

The way I love Your Kindness.

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Oneness Means God-Expansion

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Oneness means God-expansion

In a seeker’s life.

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Long Ago

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Long, long, long, long, long ago

My stone-heart, God melted.

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My Lord Tells Me

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My Lord tells me that to love Him more

I shall have to shed soulful tears

In abundant measure every day. ```

Our Inner Reality

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Our inner reality is the smile

Of God-Beauty’s Dream.

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My Lord, Anything That I Have

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My Lord, anything that I have,

Divine or undivine, in my life,

Rest assured, it is all Yours. ```

I Have Written Many Books

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I have written many, many, many books;

My God-Forgiveness-book is by far the best.

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My Lord-Worship-Happiness-Heart

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My Lord-worship-happiness-heart

Is blossoming into

My God-ecstasy-paradise. ```

If There Is Peace-Beauty

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If there is peace-beauty,

Then there is happiness-fragrance.

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How Can I Have Fear?

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How can I have fear,

How can I have fear

If I feel God is near and dear? ```

What Is Marriage?

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What is marriage, what is marriage?

Heaven’s birth on earth.

What is marriage, what is marriage?

Newness-oneness-fulness-mirth.

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I Admire God the Dreamer

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I admire God the Dreamer.

I adore God the Smiler.

I love God the Runner. ```

What Do I Do?

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What do I do when I am all alone?

I keep thinking of God dialling my phone.

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My Heart-Songs

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“My heart-songs God proudly sings,” Chinmoy.

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God Himself Has Taught Me

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God Himself has taught me

Seventy-four of His Heartbeat-Songs,

Most compassionately and most affectionately. ```

My Lord, How Can I Bind Your Feet?

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My Lord, how can I bind Your Feet?

“My child, do keep your mind clean and neat.”

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Alas, We Are Apt to Invoke

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Alas, we are apt to invoke

Heaven’s Power

And not Heaven’s Light. ```

O Seeker, Do Not Be Greedy

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O seeker, do not be greedy.

Why do you have to be

All alone with God? ```

Nothing Can Remain

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Nothing can remain

Forever unreachable.

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Each Heart Has a Museum

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Each heart has a museum

Of sweetness-memories.

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Meditate, Meditate, Do Not Anticipate

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Meditate, meditate,

Do not anticipate.

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When I Please God in His Own Way

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When I please God in His own Way,

I see countless stars

Singing and dancing in my heart-sky. ```

A Single Glance

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A single glance from my Lord Supreme

Gives me unimaginable happiness.

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When We Do Not Pray and Meditate

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When we do not pray and meditate,

We become prisoners of our mind.

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I See the Face of God-Beauty

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I see the Face

Of God-Beauty.

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I Touch the Feet of God-Compassion

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I touch the Feet

Of God-Compassion.

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I Feel the Heart of God-Forgiveness

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I feel the Heart

Of God-Forgiveness.

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I See God inside My Heart-Beauty

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I see God inside my heart-beauty.

I feel God inside my life-duty.

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God in Heaven

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God in Heaven is beautiful.

God on earth is useful.

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Inside My Master's Smile

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Inside my Master’s smile

I see my new world blooming. ```

Before You Look at the World

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Before you look at the world,

Muster all your love.

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It Is We Who Take Ourselves Away

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It is we who take ourselves away

From God’s Forgiveness-reach.

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Nobody Can Claim My Heart on Earth

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Nobody can claim my heart on earth.

Why?

Because my Lord Beloved Supreme

Has already claimed my heart in Heaven.

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Every Morning God the Hope

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Every morning

God the Hope blesses my life,

God the Promise blesses my heart,

God the Will-Power blesses me.

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God Is My Heart-Song

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God is my heart-song.

God is my soul-music.

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With Love We Make Our Progress

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With love we make our progress. ```

With Service

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With service we make ourselves perfect. ```

Every Heart Is Made of Dreams

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Every heart is made of dreams. ```

Every Life Is Made of Realities

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Every life is made of realities. ```

The Hopes of the Heart

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The hopes of the heart are full of fragrance. ```

My Soul-Smiles

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My soul-smiles widen my life. ```

My Heart-Tears Heighten My Life

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My heart-tears heighten my life. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Enthusiasm, part 10, 2006
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