Enthusiasm, part 9

Sweet, Sweeter, Sweetest (3)

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Sweet, sweeter, sweetest,

Pure, purer, purest

Are gratitude-tears.

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No Surprise

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No surprise, no surprise, no surprise, no surprise!

Every day I enjoy my heart’s rainbow-sunrise.

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Be Brave, Be Brave

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Be brave, be brave, be brave,

My children sweet.

My Cosmic Lila play

Never, never quit.

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Salvation I Need Not

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Salvation I need not,

Liberation I need not,

Realisation I need not.

I need, I need, I need, I need, I need,

I need only God—by You caught. ```

I Have Come to Complete (2)

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I have come to complete

And never, never, to compete.

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Cry, Sleeplessly Cry

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Cry, cry, cry, cry,

Sleeplessly cry.

Cry, cry, cry, cry,

Breathlessly cry.

God will teach you how to fly

In His own Heart-Sky.

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'Happy Birthday' Thrills My Heart

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‘Happy Birthday’ thrills my heart;

‘Congratulations’ feed my pride;

‘Long you live’ makes me sing and dance.

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Every Morning God Visits Man

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Every morning God visits man

To share His blue-gold Vision-Plan.

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Be Pure, Be Pure

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Be pure, be pure, be pure!

The fastest speed is sure.

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Be Kind, Be Kind

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Be kind, be kind, be kind.

God’s Heart you will soon find.

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Open, Open Your Closed Heart-Door

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Open, open your closed heart-door,

And sail with God to the Golden Shore.

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My Mind-Prayer Talks and Talks

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My mind-prayer talks and talks,

And knocks and knocks.

My heart-prayer cries and cries,

And flies and flies.

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I Need, I Need, I Need from God

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I need, I need, I need from God

Enlightenment.

I need, I need, I need from man

Encouragement.

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Every Day I Compose Songs

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Every day I compose songs, every day,

In God’s Heart-Garden to sing and play.

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Love Guards My Heart-Temple

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Love guards my heart-temple.

Devotion guards my heart-shrine.

Surrender guards my heart-deity. ```

Ego-Mind, Dangerous!

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Ego-mind, dangerous!

Ego-vital, ferocious!

Ego-life, treacherous! ```

Hungry Is My Heart

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Hungry is my heart

For God’s Compassion-Fount.

Hungry is my mind

For man’s applause-mount.

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How Can We Build the Truth-Edifice?

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How can we build the truth-edifice

If we condone world-injustice?

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I Aim at My Self-Perfection

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I aim at my self-perfection

To earn my Lord’s high Satisfaction.

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Life Is Action-Pride-Duty

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Life is action-pride-duty.

Death is silence-peace-beauty.

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Never Become a Friend of Doubt

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Never, never, become a friend of doubt.

When doubt comes in, shout, shout,

Throw, throw it out! ```

To Please My Lord Supreme

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To please my Lord Supreme,

My heart is His faith-wave.

All-where I spread His Light;

For me, no mountain-cave.

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My Heart's King (1)

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My heart’s King, my heart’s King,

Your Victory-Bell I ring.

You I love, You I adore,

You are my Boat, You are my Shore. ```

My Heart's King (2)

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My heart’s King, my heart’s King,

Your Victory-Bell I ring.

You I love, You I adore,

You are my Boat, You are my Shore. ```

O, Destroy My Pride

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O, destroy my pride within, without.

You I invoke, O my Pride-Destroyer.

My heart is dancing. ```

Today My Lord's Compassion-Victory

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Today my Lord’s Compassion-Victory

And my life’s surrender-victory

We will celebrate.

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Your Days of Excellence-Joys

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Your days of excellence-joys

Are ahead of you

And

Not behind you.

Why then do you not

Immediately run and declare,

“The Goal is won”? ```

A Fitness-Body and a Oneness-Heart

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A fitness-body and a oneness-heart I need

My Supreme Lord’s dire hunger-cries to feed.

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I Find, I Find

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I find, I find, I find, I find,

Science is the power-tower of the mind.

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Science

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I know, I know, I know, I know,

Science is the cosmic energy-flow.

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O Vast Philosophy

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O vast philosophy!

O great philosopher!

Higher world’s message-secrecy

Down you bring to offer.

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My Lord Supreme, the Older I Grow

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My Lord Supreme, the older I grow,

The stronger you are making my faith

In my unconditional surrender

To Your absolute Will.

This is my new discovery. ```

Those Who Love God Happily

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Those who love God

Happily, cheerfully, self-givingly,

Unconditionally, sleeplessly and breathlessly

Will never, never, never

Believe in God’s defeat-failures.

To them, every moment

Is God’s Victory, God’s Supreme Victory,

Even though, at times,

Our wee human mind cannot understand

The significance of God’s constant Victory —

Victory Transcendental and Victory Universal. ```

O Four Doctors, Four

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O four doctors, four:

Medicine-doctor,

Prayer-doctor,

Faith-doctor,

God-Doctor!

I bow to you four!

You give me health-preservation-lore.

You show me health-perfection-shore.

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My Outer Running

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My outer running

Is my body’s journey.

The destination is known.

My inner running

Is my soul’s journey.

The Goal is unknowable.

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How Can You Fail?

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How can you fail? How can you fail?

You and your God together will sail.

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No More My Mind a Stark Suspicion-Knife

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No more my mind

A stark suspicion-knife.

Each smile of my heart

Becomes a God-blossomed life.

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My Body Unconsciously Loves

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My body unconsciously loves

Harmful silence-lethargy.

My heart consciously loves

Soulful silence-ecstasy.

I consciously, plus self-givingly, love

Godful silence-intimacy.

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Breathe In Beauty

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Breathe in beauty,

Breathe out fragrance

To live a God-treasured life. ```

For God-Realisation, Needed No Outer Skill

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For God-realisation, needed no outer skill.

Needed, needed, needed only a God-crying thrill.

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Learn More Truth, Earn More Joy

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Learn more truth,

Earn more joy,

Be more perfect.

Be more perfect,

Earn more joy,

Learn more truth.

This message-light

Is for all, all, all, all.

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When God the Breath Embraces Me

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When God the Breath embraces me,

I become the flood

Of oneness-gratitude-delight. ```

Any Moment Is the Right Moment (2)

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Any moment

Is the right moment

To please God.

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Run, Run, Run Away (2)

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Run, run, run away

From the mind’s confines. ```

A 'Give Me' Beggar

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My Lord, my Lord, my Lord,

I am no more a ‘give me’ beggar.

From now on I shall be a ‘take me’ child,

Your child. ```

I Give My Money-Power to God

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I give my money-power to God.

God smiles at me.

I give my name, my fame, my joy

And my pride to God.

God smiles at me twice.

I give my oneness-heart unreservedly to God.

God smiles at me a million times

And embraces me a million times.

I give my cheerful, sleepless and

Unconditional surrender-breath to God.

God smiles at me and deliberately forgets to stop;

God embraces me and deliberately forgets to stop.

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The Mind Thinks

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The mind thinks

God is unapproachable.

The heart knows and feels that

God is not only approachable,

But also sleeplessly loveable

And breathlessly adorable.

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Who Is My Hero?

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Who is my hero?

No, not a good God-talker.

Who is my hero?

No, not a good God-dreamer.

Who is my hero?

No, not a good God-lover.

Who is my hero?

No, not a good God-server.

Who is my hero?

My hero, indeed, a God-bleeding-heart

And a God-blossoming-life. ```

I Am Proud of Myself

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I am proud of myself

Because every day I think of God.

God is proud of Himself

Because He thinks of me at every moment,

At each hush-gap.

I am proud of myself

Because I love God only.

God says to me, “Is it so, my child?

I do not think so, my child.” ```

Give Me No Freedom

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Give me no freedom,

Give me no freedom,

My Lord Supreme.

If You really love me,

Then give me no freedom,

Even for a fleeting moment.

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When the Morning Begins

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When the morning begins,

I sing my Lord’s Victory-Song

Inside my heart.

When the evening sets in,

I strike my Lord’s Victory-Gong

Here and there and all-where

All around the world. ```

I Tried to Become Great

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I tried to become great;

God laughed at me.

I tried to become good;

God laughed at me.

I tried to become perfect;

God laughed at me.

Finally, I said to God,

“My Lord, I shall become

What You want me to become.”

My Lord smiled at me and said,

“My child, now you are truly Mine,

And I am all yours.”

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A Gratitude-Heart Has No Foe

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A gratitude-heart

Has no foe.

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Forgetfulness Is the Main Enemy

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Forgetfulness is

The main enemy of aspiration.

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O My Aspiration-Heart, Wake Up

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O my aspiration-heart, wake up, wake up!

No more sleep, no more sleep, no more sleep!

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When I Seek

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When I seek, God is all for me. ```

When I Seek Not

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When I seek not, God is for others —

Not for me, not for me.

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Fear Tortures My Mind

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Fear tortures my mind first,

And then my heart.

Finally, it tortures my body. ```

My Sweetest Supreme May Leave My Mind

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My sweetest Supreme may leave my mind,

But never, never, never, my heart.

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The Cries and Tears of My Heart

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The cries and tears of my heart

Have a free access

To the Heart-Kingdom

Of my Beloved Supreme.

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My Desire-Prison Is My Own Creation

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My desire-prison is my own creation.

Alas, how can I free myself, how can I?

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Goodbye, My Darkness-Mind

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Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,

My darkness-mind,

My darkness-vital

And my darkness-body.

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There Was a Time

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There was a time

When my ignorance-night

Thundered and thundered.

But now it cries and cries

Before my Light Infinite. ```

Nobody Can Block My Inner Journey

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Nobody can, nobody can

Block my inner journey.

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Everything That Is Good

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Everything that is good,

I cherish.

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Welcome, Welcome

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God says to my heart,

“Welcome, welcome,

My aspiration-child.” ```

My Faith

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My faith can open up

God's Heart-Door

At any time. ```

Each Seeker

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Each seeker is God’s

Divinity-blossoming dream.

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My Prayer Is My Life-Song

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My prayer is my life-song.

My meditation is my heart-sunlight.

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Aspiration Goes Up

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Aspiration goes up high, higher, highest.

Transformation goes around and around

Here, there and everywhere. ```

Do Not Worry, God Will Return

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Do not worry,

God will return to your heart.

Just be careful this time. ```

How I Wish

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How I wish

I could be one choice dream

Of my Lord Supreme! ```

A Self-Giving Life

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A self-giving life

Is

A very fast approach to God. ```

My God-Obedience and My God-Ecstasy

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My God-obedience and my God-ecstasy

Are next-door neighbours.

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The Outer Success

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The outer success dies in the dust,

But not the inner progress.

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I Walk and Jog and Run

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I walk and jog and run

Only on Your inner Track.

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My Heart Is Blessed by God the Beauty

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My heart is blessed by

God the Beauty.

My life is blessed by

God the Duty.

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Our Indulgence-Imperfections

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My Supreme, my Supreme,

Our indulgence-imperfections

Prevent us from arriving

At Your Heart-Door.

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The Power of Silence

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My Supreme, my Supreme,

The power of silence conquers all —

No exception, no exception. ```

My Lord Says to Me

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My Lord says to me,

“My child, be not a beggar of what I have.

Be a chooser of Who I am.” ```

Nothing Is More Important

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Nothing is more important

Than my heart’s love for God.

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God Loves Me

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God loves me.

This is, indeed,

An understatement. ```

I Love God All the Time

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I love God all the time.

This is, indeed,

My overstatement. ```

God and His Will

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God and His Will

Are extremely fond of each other.

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Keep Your Hopes Alive

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Keep your hopes alive,

Keep your hopes alive.

If you are a God-lover,

Keep your hopes alive.

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Do Not Step into the Future

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Do not step into the future

Untimely.

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The Real Satisfaction

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The real satisfaction lives only

In the silence-heart

And nowhere else. ```

I Hunger For God's Golden Feet-Dust

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I hunger for God’s golden Feet-dust.

God hungers for my dreamy heart. ```

I Must Stop and Stop

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I must stop and stop

The pride of my unruly mind.

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Walk Only Along the Road of God

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Walk, walk, walk

Only along the road of God.

Happiness you dream. ```

Enlighten Your Heart

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Enlighten your heart

Before you

Brighten your mind. ```

My First Goal Is God's Eye

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My first goal is God’s Eye.

My second goal is God’s Heart.

My third and permanent goal:

God’s Feet. ```

Love and Love and Love

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Love and love and love,

Serve and serve and serve

God’s Light-Heart-Breath

Sleeplessly.

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God's Footsteps

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Only the aspiration-heart

Can see God’s Footsteps. ```

My Heart Thrives Only

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My heart thrives only

On eagerness and intensity. ```

Life Is Beautiful

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Life is beautiful,

Life is bountiful

Only when

God’s Grace guides.

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Each Moment Reveals

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Each moment reveals

A new God-Presence-Fragrance.

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I Long to Be a God-Beggar

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I long to be a God-beggar

And not a man-emperor.

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Be Good

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Be good, be good, be good

If you need

A Heaven-bound flight. ```

May All My Heart-Hope-Flowers

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May all my heart-hope-flowers

Never wither.

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I Appreciate, I Admire

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I appreciate, I admire

The inner stars.

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I Hesitate

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I hesitate, hesitate,

Hesitate to say something

About the outer stars. ```

I Have Locked Behind Me

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I have locked behind me all my yesterday’s

Doubt-jealousy-insecurity-doors.

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When I Speak Ill of the World

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When I speak ill of the world

Most vehemently,

My Lord puts His Head down

And weeps bitterly.

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God Has Only One Friend

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God has only one friend

And this friend is His Forgiveness.

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Each Moment Is Too Precious

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Each moment

Is too precious

To idle away. ```

God's Favourite Sport

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God’s favourite sport

Is His sleepless Vigilance. ```

My Heart Only Knows How I Treasure

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My heart only

Knows how I treasure,

How I cherish,

When I am alone with God

Even for a few seconds. ```

My Lord, Do Give Me the Capacity

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My Lord, do give me the capacity

Not only to admire the quality,

But also the quantity. ```

My Lord Will Never Run Out

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My Lord will never run out

Of His Forgiveness-Smile.

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Man Has Questions Countless

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Man has questions countless,

But God’s Silence is the Answer.

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Lip Service, My Lord Never Wants

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Lip service,

My Lord never wants.

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Desire-Life-Charm

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Desire-life-charm

No more interests me.

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Disobedience-Life

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Disobedience-life

Is

The mind’s thickest night. ```

We Can Easily Frequent

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We can easily frequent

God’s Heart-Door.

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Sincerity Speaks

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Sincerity speaks:

A love of God only in name,

Not in actuality. ```

My God-Obedience-Road

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My God-obedience-road

Has no red light.

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My God-Surrender-Road

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My God-surrender-road

Is the shortest road.

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Finally, I Have Silenced My Mind-Drums

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Finally, I have silenced

My mind-drums

And have started playing on my

Heart-violin.

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My Heart Never Welcomes

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My heart never welcomes

My mind-doubt-visitors.

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My Lord Supreme Never Misses

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My Lord Supreme never misses

My singing my heart-songs.

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My Lord Is Never Tired

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My Lord is never tired

Of examining my heart’s devotion.

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When God Sings

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When God sings,

Only God-lovers

Are able to hear. ```

Ugly Thoughts Are Unacceptable

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Ugly thoughts are unacceptable.

They go back to their owners.

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My Child, Wake Up

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My Lord Supreme tells me,

“My child, wake up, get up, speed up!”

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Each and Every Soul-Dream of Mine

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Each and every soul-dream of mine

My heart treasures.

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Be Brave

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Be brave, be brave, be brave —

Live not in fear-torture-cave.

Be brave, be brave, be brave —

The way to God’s Home to pave.

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Only One Thing Interests Me

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Only one thing interests me —

My love of God.

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The Older I Grow

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The older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness.

This is my new Gospel.

[Words of Swami Vivekananda] ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Enthusiasm, part 9, 2005
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