Enthusiasm, part 11

No Aspiration

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No aspiration, no aspiration,

No Heaven-expedition.

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Be Not Alone

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Be not alone, be not alone,

Come and stand behind God’s Throne.

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Choose God's Eye

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Choose God’s Eye,

Choose God’s Heart,

Choose God’s Feet,

Choose! ```

Ah, There He Goes, My Lord

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Ah, there He goes, my Lord,

Ah, there He goes.

Helplessly crying, my heart-rose. ```

Feed Not Desire

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Feed not desire, feed not desire!

No death, no death of this hungry fire.

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Invoke Your Inner Light

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Invoke, invoke, invoke your inner light.

Do not drown, O seeker,

Do not drown in ignorance-night. ```

I Am Happy When My Heart Takes the Lead

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I am happy

When my heart takes the lead.

I am happy

When my heart wins the race.

I am happy

When my heart sees God’s Face.

I am happy

When my heart receives a God-Embrace.

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Only God-Servers

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Only God-servers

Are true world-improvers.

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I Use My Soul's Most Powerful Superlatives

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I use my soul’s most powerful superlatives

Only for my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

Everything Has Its Roots in God's Heart

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Everything has its roots

In God’s Heart. ```

Be True

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Be true, be true

To all your God-promises.

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I Do Not Pray to God to Satisfy Me

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I do not pray to God to satisfy me,

I pray to God only to employ me.

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My Lord, on My Way to the Goal

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My Lord, on my way to the Goal,

If I see You not,

No harm, no harm, no harm.

With a devotion-heart,

I shall remember You

And Your Footsteps. ```

Physical Pain, Mental Pain

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Physical pain, mental pain,

Psychic pain, whom can I tell?

In vain, I roam at God’s closed Door. ```

By Serving You Alone

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By serving You alone,

My life wants to be satisfied.

All the desires have flown away. ```

True, My Hand-Violin Has Sadly Failed Me

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True, my hand-violin has sadly failed me.

But my heart-violin has never failed me

And will never fail. ```

When I See God's Eye

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When I see God’s Eye,

I get terribly frightened.

When I see God’s Heart,

I am immediately awakened. ```

The Outer Sun

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The outer sun sadly tells me

How far I am from God.

The inner sun secretly tells me

How close I am to God.

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Enlightenment Comes from Self-Effacement

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Enlightenment comes from

Self-effacement.

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Closeness and Fondness

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Closeness and fondness

Bind us

To our Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

My Sunlit Heart Saves My Life

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My sunlit heart

Saves my life

From all dangers. ```

I Have Given My Heart-Key

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I have given my heart-key

To my Lord Beloved Supreme.

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Every Heart-Song

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Every heart-song

Is a pure and sure

God-invocation. ```

In the Darkness of My Mind-Night

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In the darkness of my mind-night,

I call You ‘God’.

You smile at me.

In the darkness of my mind-night,

I call You ‘my Lord’.

You bless my head.

In the darkness of my mind-night,

I call You ‘Comrade’.

You shake my hands.

In the darkness of my mind-night,

I call You ‘my Beloved’.

You embrace me.

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In the Spiritual Life

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In the spiritual life,

Freedom means earth-responsibility —

More, more, more. ```

I Must Give God a Fair Chance

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I must give God a fair chance

To make my life happy.

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My God-Surrender and My God-Ecstasy

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My God-surrender and my God-ecstasy

Are one and inseparable.

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To Make My Life Perfect

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To make my life perfect,

My Lord has kept me

In His Heart-Nest. ```

Sleep Like a Child

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Sleep like a child,

Dream like a child

And act like a child.

Lo, God is granting you

A free access to His Heart-Home. ```

Not Loudly, But Soulfully

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Not loudly, but soulfully

God wants me to sing

His Victory-Song. ```

My Faith in God

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My faith in God

Is the unlimited strength

Of my heart.

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Two Choosers

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Two choosers:

I choose my Lord’s Feet;

My Lord chooses my heart. ```

My Lord, Absolute Lord Supreme

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My Lord, Absolute Lord Supreme,

I am Your fairy of Your blue Sky.

Clasping Your Feet, I reveal myself

With an ever-blossoming beauty.

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Be Happy, Be Happy

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Be happy, be happy, be happy,

At least in your own way.

You will make a wee progress. ```

Happy Are My Eyes (2)

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Happy are my eyes

To see You, my Lord.

Happy is my heart

To feel You, my Lord.

Happy is my life

To claim You, my Lord,

As my own, very own. ```

Every Morning God Wants to Hear from Me

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Every morning

God wants to hear from me

A new heart-song. ```

How Far God Goes

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How far God goes to make us happy

We will never, never, never know.

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I Shall Not Cry, I Shall Not Smile

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I shall not cry,

I shall not smile any more.

I shall only invoke You.

I shall smash asunder

My taut ignorance-life

At Your Feet.

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My Eyes Can Fool Me

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My eyes can fool me,

My ears can fool me,

But not my heart

That loves God only.

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How Many Hundreds of Times

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How many hundreds of times

I have tried to place my life at Your Feet!

O my Father Supreme, I have failed.

Yet You have delayed not to forgive me.

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Every Morning and Every Evening

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Every morning and every evening

My soul, my heart and I

Salute and salute and salute

Our Lord’s Victory-Banner.

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Dream, Always Dream

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Dream, always dream.

Do not forget that

God used His Dream

To create the world —

And He still continues. ```

Explore, Explore!

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Explore, explore!

Very soon you will be able

To knock at God’s Heart-Door. ```

My Aspiration-Journey

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My aspiration-journey

And my dedication-journey

Will never come to a halt. ```

I Am So Happy When I Am Doing the Right Thing

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I am so happy

When I am doing the right thing —

Loving,

And when I am loving the right Person —

God. ```

Mistakes Are to Be Discarded

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Mistakes are to be discarded

And not to be dragged along. ```

O Seeker, How Do You Expect Heart-Flowers?

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O seeker,

How do you expect heart-flowers

From your mind-jungles? ```

I Use My Silence-Eye When I Speak

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I use my silence-eye

When I speak to Heaven’s Soul

And earth’s heart. ```

Our Prayers Save Us

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Our prayers save us

From making small mistakes.

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Our Meditations Save Us

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Our meditations save us

From committing Himalayan blunders.

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In My Heart of Hearts

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In my heart of hearts

I enjoy only one season —

Aspiration-season. ```

My Determination-Promise

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My determination-promise

Is increasing

Along the passage of time. ```

God Says to Me

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God says to me,

“My child, your devotion-heart

Is My cherished treasure.” ```

God's Face I Love

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God’s Face I love.

God’s Eye I love more.

God’s Heart I love much more.

God’s Feet I love infinitely more. ```

Do Not Follow

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Do not follow the stars of the sky.

Follow the sun of your own heart.

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With the Tears of My Heart

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With the tears of my heart,

I have made

My God-worshipping temple-shrine. ```

Jealousy and Insecurity

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Jealousy and insecurity

Are twin sisters.

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Prayer Embodies

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Prayer embodies

The beauty of life.

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Meditation Reveals

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Meditation reveals

The fragrance of the heart.

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God Tells Me That I Have Come a Long Way

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God tells me that

I have come a long way with Him.

Can I not go to the end? ```

Why Is Surrender So Difficult?

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Why is surrender so difficult?

Because our heart-tears

Are not pure and sincere. ```

My Aspiring Heart Is Followed

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My aspiring heart is followed

By my serving hands.

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God Has Infinite Rooms

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God has infinite rooms,

But our hearts are His favourite rooms.

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My Lord, May I Be Always in Between

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My Lord, may I be always in between

Your Infinity’s Pace and Your Eternity’s Silence.

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True, My Eyes Are Empty of God's Face

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True, true, true!

My eyes are empty of God’s Face.

But my heart is all God-blossomed Face.

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My Supreme, Do Bless Me Every Night

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Do bless me every night with a new dream.

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A Traveller of Thought-Worlds

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A traveller of thought-worlds

I am no more.

I am now at God’s

Will-Fulfilment-Shore.

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Strange, God Tells Me

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Strange, God tells me I am His Heartbeat.

Strange, He tells me with me He is complete.

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The Rising Sun Beautifies Me

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The rising sun beautifies me.

The setting sun purifies me.

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My Prayer-Life Is My God-Addition

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My prayer-life

Is my God-addition.

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My Meditation-Heart Is My God-Multiplication

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My meditation-heart

Is my God-multiplication.

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My Lord Whispers

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My Lord whispers.

Lo and behold, I am up!

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Cry, Cry, Sleeplessly Cry Within

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Cry, cry, sleeplessly cry within, cry.

Fly, fly, breathlessly fly without, fly.

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From God's Eye, My Spiritual Journey Starts

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From God’s Eye,

My spiritual journey starts. ```

At God's Feet

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At God’s Feet,

My spiritual journey

Ends.

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Every Day God Beckons Us

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Every day God beckons us

To sail and sail and sail

In His Compassion-Affection-Sea. ```

Disobedience-Strides

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Disobedience-strides are dangerous,

Destructive and God-defying.

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Baby Elephant

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Baby elephant, baby elephant, I love you.

You are Mother Earth’s achievement new.

Your father, your mother, strong, stronger, strongest!

You are, indeed, cute, cuter, cutest.

I love, I love your sweet family.

You give my eyes and my heart purest glee.

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I Wish to Obey Every Day

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I wish to obey every day

Your new Commands

In the depths of my heart.

In all my deeds,

Your Victory I sing. ```

My Lord, Please Make Me a Permanent Member

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My Lord, please make me

A permanent member

Of Your inner Circle. ```

Another Name of Prayer

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Another name of prayer

Is God-pleasure.

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Another Name of Meditation

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Another name of meditation

Is God-communication.

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I Thank God

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I thank God

For what He has done for me,

And specially

What He has not done for me.

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Alas, When Will Truth Reign?

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Alas, when will truth

Reign supreme on earth,

When? ```

My God-Fulfilment-Readiness

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My God-fulfilment-readiness comes

From my extreme God-eagerness.

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In My Inner Life, I Am a Heaven-Climbing Cry

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In my inner life,

I am a Heaven-climbing cry.

In my outer life,

I am a man-serving tree.

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Morning Is the Best Time

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Morning is the best time

To enter into my rose-garden-heart

To enjoy deeply its exquisite beauty and fragrance. ```

I Was Born to Be Good

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I was born to be good

And be God’s special food.

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Be Not Afraid

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Be not afraid of God’s Power-Eye.

Behold, therein His Compassion-Sky.

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I Am a Thunder-Whisper-God-Singer-Joy

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I am a thunder-whisper-God-singer-joy.

I am His Heart’s chosen toy and envoy.

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Nineteen Thirty-One

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Nineteen thirty-one, nineteen thirty-one!

My Heaven-days were done.

Nineteen thirty-one, nineteen thirty-one!

My earth-life I came to embrace.

Nineteen thirty-one, nineteen thirty-one!

My breath became God’s Fountain-Grace.

Nineteen thirty-one, nineteen thirty-one!

I won, I won, indeed, I won, I won.

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Be a Self-Giving Life

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Be a self-giving life.

God Himself will sculpture you.

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May My Heart Be a Nest

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May my heart be a nest

Of self-giving-affection-sweetness.

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Divine Hero

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There is a God-loving

And God-serving Divine Hero

Within every heart. ```

Be the Heart of God-Compassion

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Be the heart of God-Compassion.

Be the life of God-Champion.

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Forty-Two Years Ago

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Forty-two years ago, I came to America,

The land of might and light,

Heaven and earth-delight.

Eureka, Eureka, Eureka!

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My Love of God Is My Only Religion

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My love of God is my only religion—

My God-oneness, God-love and God-devotion.

My love of God is my only religion—

Humanity’s perfect perfection.

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The Tears of My Heart

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The tears of my heart

And the Smiles of my Lord

Sing together and play together

Sleeplessly. ```

O My Blue-Gold Heart-Bird

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O my blue-gold heart-bird,

I love you, I need you, I treasure you.

You are my joy, you are my pride,

You are my all.

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My Supreme, Your Victory

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Your victory is my heart’s only dream.

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I Love My Lord's Whisper-Blessings

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I love my Lord’s Whisper-Blessings.

My Lord loves my hunger-yearnings. ```

Heaven's Silence-Music

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Heaven’s Silence-Music

Is only for the hearts

Of God’s Victory-singers.

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In My Aspiration-Life

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In my aspiration-life,

My Master-obedience

Is my heart’s God-blossoming dawn. ```

My Lord, I Like Your Sweet Requests

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My Lord, I like Your sweet Requests,

But I love Your Thunder-Commands!

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My Lord, I Run and Run and Run

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My Lord, I run and run and run and run

To make You happy.

“My Child, you are the smile of My Eye,

You are the beauty of My Heart

And you are the pride of My Life.” ```

The Human Father

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The human father

Gives his children earth-affection.

The Divine Father

Gives His children Heaven-Delight.

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A Bengali Village-Heart

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme,

Please, please, please,

Give me a Bengali village-heart. ```

The Outer Rain

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The outer rain proudly comes down

From the expansion-sky.

The inner rain blessingfully descends

From God’s Compassion-Eye.

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Truth-Telling People I Love

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Truth-telling people I love.

Truth-seeking people I need.

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I Always Keep Wide Open

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I always keep wide open

My life-house

And my heart home. ```

A Slow Pace

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Time does not believe in

A slow pace. ```

If You Want to Open God's Heart-Door

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If you want to open God’s Heart-Door,

Surrender is the only key. ```

The Mind, the Vital and the Body

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The mind, the vital and the body

Enjoy the gossip-world.

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The Soul, the Heart and the Breath

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The soul, the heart and the breath

Enjoy the God-Whisper-World.

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The Earth-Founder

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The earth-founder

Is my smiling soul.

The Heaven-founder

Is my crying heart.

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I Am Nobody

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I am nobody, I am nobody, I am nobody.

Some people kick me hard, very hard, right and left,

But God tells me my old body’s old bones are quite intact. ```

I Am Loved by My Sweet Children Deeply

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I am loved by my sweet children deeply.

I am loved by them sleeplessly.

They are mine and I am Thine.

We shall grow and we shall glow sempiternally.

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The Champion of Champions Am I

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The champion of champions am I.

In God’s limitless Pride-Sky I fly.

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In the World's Longest, Bravest Distance Run

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In the world’s longest, bravest distance run,

Who waves the victory-flag?

Madhupran, Madhupran!

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I Am the World's Longest Distance Runner

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I am the world’s longest distance

Daring and shattering runner.

My Supreme Lord’s Sun-Power-Smile

And His Moon-Bliss-Love-Winner. ```

God's Blessingful Concern

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God’s blessingful Concern

Is all I need. ```

I Sail and Sail and Sail

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I sail and sail and sail,

I sail and sail and sail

My enthusiasm-life-boat

To the Golden Shore

To see my King of Joy. ```

Be Bold!

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Be bold, divinely bold, supremely bold!

You must break asunder the mind’s stronghold.

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Gently, Kindly, Smilingly

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Gently, kindly, smilingly, my Lord tells me,

“My child, be always, be smart.

Lengthen your breath, strengthen your heart.” ```

Self-Offering and God-Becoming

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Self-offering

And God-becoming

Grow together. ```

From High Heaven

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From high Heaven,

The peace-bird is descending

To silence my quarrelling

And fighting mind.

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I Have Made My Life 'Round-the-Clock'

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I have made my life ‘round-the-clock’

God-service-joy.

I have made my heart ‘round-the-clock’

God-meditation-peace. ```

My Lord's Morning Calls

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My Lord’s morning calls are God’s

Handmade blessing-dolls. ```

My Aspiration-Heart and God's Compassion-Eye

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My aspiration-heart

And God’s Compassion-Eye

Are sleeplessly fond of each other.

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To Love God Unconditionally

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To love God unconditionally

Is to be on the right track.

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Punctuality in Spirituality

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Punctuality in spirituality

Is dearly loved by God.

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May My Heart Be

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May my heart be

A blooming lotus-beauty.

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Come What May

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Come what may,

I shall run and run

And end my pilgrim-journey

At my Lord’s Feet. ```

My Tears and Smiles

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My tears and smiles sleeplessly feed

God’s birthless and deathless Heart-Hunger.

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My Joy Is in Loving God

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My joy is in loving God.

My joy is in serving God.

My joy is in kissing the dust of God’s Feet.

God’s Joy is in making me another God.

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The Tears of My Heart and the Smiles of God's Eye

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The tears of my heart

And the Smiles of God’s Eye

Together swim.

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My Heart Is God's Home

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My heart is God’s Home.

My life is God’s Promise.

And I am God’s child eternal.

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I Love God's Feet

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I love God’s Feet

More than I love God’s Heart.

I love God’s Heart

More than I love God.

Alas, alas, alas!

Plus, plus, plus,

I love myself

More than I love God. ```

My Prayers and Meditations

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My prayers and meditations

Build God’s Heart-Temple

To His great Satisfaction. ```

I Must Dive Deep Within

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I must dive deep within

To thrive in my Lord’s Heart-Garden.

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I Am Happy

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I am happy, only happy,

When I place my haughty mind

And my haughty head

At God’s Feet.

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Everything Is Possible

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Everything is possible.

In a twinkling,

I can clasp God’s Eye.

In a twinkling,

I can touch God’s Feet.

In a twinkling,

I can breathe God’s Heart. ```

The Life That Has No Goal

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The life that has no goal

Is an utter failure-life.

The life that has a goal

Wins the Smile of God.

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We Love Our Desire-Life

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We love our desire-life

Infinitely more

Than we love God.

God loves only us,

And never, never,

Never, never, our desire-life.

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A Pure Thought

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True, true, true, true, true, true!

A pure thought can remain unchallenged

In my aspiration-heart. ```

I Speak to God's Golden Feet

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I speak to God’s Golden Feet.

God speaks to my broken heart. ```

When I Think of God, I Become Great

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When I think of God,

I become great.

When God thinks of me,

I become good.

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Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy

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Joy, joy, joy, joy!

The outer joy expedites

Our outer journey.

The inner joy helps us

Realise God. ```

Every Morning, Every Evening

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Every morning, every evening,

I breathe God’s Heart

And touch humanity’s heart. ```

I Pray to God's Eye

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I pray to God’s Eye for love.

I pray to God’s Heart for devotion.

I pray to God’s Feet for surrender.

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Peace, God's Next Act

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Peace, peace, peace, peace —

God’s next Act. ```

Heart, God's Arrival

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Heart, heart, heart, heart, heart —

God’s Arrival-Preparation-Room. ```

The Human in Me Loves God (1)

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The human in me

Loves God out of fear.

The divine in me

Loves God out of joy,

And I love God

Because He is my only All.

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Only One Attachment (1)

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Only one attachment:

God’s Will.

No other attachments,

Old or new.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Enthusiasm, part 11, 2008
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