Three hundred sixty-five Father's Day prayers

1. Nowhere

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Nowhere to live?

Try my heart-home.

I think you will like it.

Nowhere to sleep?

Try my soul-room.

I am sure you will love it.

Just love it. ```

2. A beggar

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Yesterday

I acted like a beggar

By asking God

To give me a smile.

Today

I am acting like a beggar

By asking God

To give me His Power.

Tomorrow

I shall be acting like a beggar

By asking God

To make me His only perfect instrument. ```

3. Father, do I have a mission

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Father, do I have a mission?

Daughter, you have not one

But two missions,

secret and sacred.

Your heart of life is your secret mission.

Your life of heart is your sacred mission. ```

4. Do you know, daughter

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Do you know, daughter,

Why God loves you?

No, Father, I do not know.

He loves you

Because

You are a good player of love-game.

Do you know, daughter,

Why God is devoted to you?

No, Father, I do not know.

God is devoted to you

Because

You are a superb player of devotion-game.

Do you know, daughter,

Why God has surrendered to you?

No, Father, I do not know.

God has surrendered to you

Because

You are an excellent player of surrender-light. ```

5. What are they

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What is earth,

If not the splendour of sacrifice-might?

What is Heaven,

If not the splendour of vision-light?

What is humanity,

If not the splendour of expectation-soul?

What is divinity,

If not the splendour of ecstasy-sea? ```

6. You are thinking

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You are thinking of yourself.

Lo, you are descending

From

The human life to the animal life.

You are thinking of God.

Lo, you are ascending

From

The human life to the Life divine.

You have started loving God.

Lo, you are singing and playing

With

God’s Silence-Height

And

God’s Oneness-Light. ```

7. A full and complete truth

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I love God.

Indeed,

This is a stark lie.

I think of God.

Indeed,

This is a quarter truth.

I do not find faults with God.

Indeed,

This is a half truth.

I never doubt God’s existence.

Indeed,

This is a full and complete truth. ```

8. Believe me

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There is no difference

And

There can be no difference

Between

Love-touch and God-Touch.

Believe me, O aspiration-soul!

There is no difference

And

There can be no difference

Between

Fear-touch and death-touch.

Believe me, O desire-life! ```

9. Yesterday, today and tomorrow

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Yesterday

I cried to live

In God’s Dream-Boat.

Today

I long to reach

God’s Reality-Shore.

Tomorrow

I shall pine to be

God’s Perfection-Smile.

```

10. You want to know

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You want to know my past:

I was an unparalleled escapist.

You want to know my present:

I am a shameless opportunist.

You want to know my future:

I shall become

And end my life

As a false idealist. ```

11. A series of mysteries

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Earth-body

Is a mystery of loveliness.

Earth-vital

Is a mystery of strangeness.

Earth-mind

Is a mystery of loneliness.

Earth-heart

Is a mystery of holiness.

Earth-soul

Is a mystery of perfectiveness. ```

12. My three dreams

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My old dream

Is nothing but a faded flower.

My new dream

Is nothing but a wild animal.

My God-dream

Is nothing but a climbing life. ```

13. My mind-life, my heart-life, my soul-life

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My mind-life

Is a useless thing to ignore.

My heart-life

Is a holy thing to see.

My soul-life

Is a perfect thing to offer. ```

14. I do not know

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Where is God?

I do not know.

Who is God?

I do not know.

Shall I become

Someday

Another God?

I do not know.

But,

One thing I do know:

He loves me

And

He is all for me.

```

15. When I escaped

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When I escaped

From ignorance-river

The ocean of ignorance

Captured me, my earth-body

And

My Heaven-soul.

When I escaped

From the ocean of ignorance

The Infinity of God-Love

And

God-Pride

Embraced me, my all. ```

16. God-Power is always within me

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I have no money-power

Yet

I am unmistakably happy.

I have no earth-power

Yet

I am exceedingly happy.

I have no friend-power

Yet

I am constantly happy.

How?

Just because God-Power is always within me.

```

17. Are you a seeker

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Are you a seeker

Of silence-life?

Then come in, please.

Indeed,

This is the right place.

Are you a seeker

Of sound-life?

Then leave this place immediately.

Indeed,

This place can never welcome you.

```

18. The boundaries

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Daughter, these are

The boundaries of your unseen life:

Your black ego-life

Your red jealousy-life

Your brown doubt-life

Your gray insecurity-life.

Daughter, these are

The ever-transcending boundaries of your life unknowable:

Your green aspiration-life

Your blue realisation-life

Your gold revelation-life

Your white perfection-life. ```

19. Nothing is impossible

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Nothing is impossible

When

I have an iota of love for God.

Nothing is impossible

When

I have a fragment of sacrifice for man.

Nothing is impossible

When

I realise I am oneness-perfection.

```

20. Why, My daughter, why

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Father, I love Your Eyes.

Why, My daughter, why?

Because they elevate my heart-breath.

Father, I love Your Hands.

Why, My daughter, why?

Because they protect my earth-life.

Father, I love Your Heart.

Why, My daughter, why?

Because it feeds my Heaven-soul.

```

21. Thought and despair

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Thought is transitory;

Therefore

Don’t worry.

It will die soon.

Despair is stationary;

Therefore

Don’t worry.

You can leave despair alone

And triumphantly run away.

```

22. Noise, voice and choice

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What do I like?

A noiseless noise.

What do I love?

A voiceless voice.

What do I admire?

A faultless choice. ```

23. Your three enemies

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The enemy of your past life:

Pride, a sky-vast pride.

The enemy of your present life:

Jealousy, a sea-deep jealousy.

The enemy of your future life:

Insecurity, an ant-feeble insecurity. ```

24. Alas, you are deceived and disappointed

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Your vision of man

Has deceived me.

Alas, what can you do now?

You are doomed to stay with man.

Your realisation of the cosmic gods

Has disappointed you.

Alas, what can you do now?

You are compelled to stay with them. ```

25. Do you know

```

My heart,

Do you know what you are?

You are my daily hope.

My soul,

Do you know what you are?

You are my daily promise.

My God,

Do you know who you are?

You are my daily Saviour.

```

26. His life-chronicle

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His body is a village

Of the sleepers.

His vital is a town

Of the fighters.

His mind is a city

Of the dreamers.

His heart is a province

Of the lovers.

His life is a country

Of the sufferers. ```

27. Earth-voice and Heaven-voice

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My earth-voice proclaims:

“God may be of Heaven

But

He is for earth.”

My Heaven-voice proclaims:

“God may be for earth

But

His Breath is in Heaven.” ```

28. A new discovery and a sublimme invention

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A new discovery;

I am using my heart

To see the Face of God.

A sublime invention;

God needs me.

He really needs my life of love.

```

29. Thought will surrender

```

O face of thought,

You are my abysmal disgrace.

O heart of will,

You are my supernal lustre.

O soul of surrender,

You are my sempiternal pride. ```

30. Mind-night and heart-light

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O mind of night,

I am tired of seeing

Your ugly face.

O heart of light,

Where are you?

Do you really live?

Or is it all my imagination?

O soul of perfection,

Do you really carry

The message of perfection-light?

```

31. The miracle power of infinitesimal grain

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An infinitesimal grain of Truth

Can save you and your life.

An infinitesimal grain of Peace

Can perfect you and your life.

An infinitesimal grain of Love

Can immortalise you and your life. ```

32. When you live

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When you live

In the room of your thought,

Your life is a mighty, fruitless plan.

When you live

In the house of your will,

Your life is a solid, splendid achievement.

When you live

In the palace of God-Love,

Your life is a flood of glowing, illumining ecstasy.

```

33. The Story of Time

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The Life of Time:

Aspiration-flight.

The Heart of Time:

Silence-Light.

The Soul of Time:

Liberation-Delight.

The God of Time:

Compassion-Height. ```

34. Do you know

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Daughter, do you know

What I owe you?

I owe you My Perfection-Life on earth.

Father, do You know

What I owe You?

I owe You my aspiration-soul of Heaven.

So Father, it is a mutual debt.

No, Daughter, it is a mutual self-satisfaction. ```

35. The miracles of your surrender-life

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Look at the miracles

Of your surrender-life.

You are remembering

Your forgotten bliss.

You are enjoying

Your cosmic silence-sleep. ```

36. Don't hide

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Don’t hide, don’t hide.

If you hide, you can never be

A master sailor on the flow of Time.

Seek, seek,

Yours will be the experience-sea,

Yours will be the realisation-mountain,

Yours will be the Perfection-Sun.

```

37. Three powers

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Fear-power tells you:

Death is at your door.

Courage-power tells you:

Immortality is in your room.

Love-power tells you:

Death never cares for you,

And

Immortality desperately needs you. ```

38. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

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Yesterday

I lived in the body of outer glory.

Today

I am living in the heart of inner glory.

Tomorrow

I shall be living in God’s unhorizoned Glory. ```

39. If you

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If you

Love man in God,

The adventure of consciousness-light

Will embrace you without fail.

If you

Serve God in man,

The consciousness-light of adventure

Will claim you and treasure you. ```

40. When I think of you

```

Heart, my heart,

When I think of you,

I see an aspiring height.

Life, my life,

When I think of you,

I hear a thunderous voice.

God, my God,

When I think of You,

I make my supreme choice.

```

41. Sad music and glad music

```

O sad music of humanity,

Even God is tired of you.

O glad music of divinity,

Even earth-ignorance needs you

Sincerely

Desperately

And

Immediately. ```

42. You want to know

```

You want to know

Where I was born.

My sincere heart speaks:

I was born in the field of toil.

You want to know

Where I now live.

My sincerity speaks:

I live on prostrate soil.

You want to know

Where will be my future home.

My sincerity speaks:

My future home will be

In my earth-bound foil.

```

43. Unerring, unending and uncompromising

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Unerring,

Heaven-promise is unerring.

Unending,

Earth-sorrow is unending.

Uncompromising,

My challenge to ignorance-night

Is uncompromising.

```

44. Three friends and My Lord

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Three friends are with me now:

Yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Yesterday offers me a lingering world.

Today offers me a dying world.

Tomorrow offers me an aspiring world.

Ah, My Lord has just appeared.

He offers me His ever-fulfilling World.

```

45. My life-story

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My body-life

Is a land of poverty.

My vital-life

Is a land of audacity.

My mind-life

Is a land of curiosity.

My heart-life

Is a land of austerity.

My soul-life

Is a land of absurdity. ```

46. Slow process and quick process

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O slow process of mortality,

Sleep not, wake up and strive.

I shall admire your new life.

O quick process of immortality,

Run not, slow down and rest.

I shall adore your compassion-height.

```

47. In you

```

In you I saw

The light of the rising sun

And spontaneously I saluted you.

In you I shall dare not see

The tears of the setting sun

For I shall immediately die.

```

48. Her feet have descended

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Her feet have descended;

Therefore

Earth-life can treasure hope.

Her eyes have ascended;

Therefore

Heaven-soul can fulfill its august promise.

Her heart has transcended;

Therefore

God-Goal can manifest its Light supreme.

```

49. You want to know

```

You want to know

What my mind is:

My mind is unlit ignorance.

You want to know

What my life is:

My life is half-lit ignorance.

You want to know

What my goal is:

My goal is ignorance-transformation.

You want to know

Who My Lord is:

My Lord is Compassion-Perfection. ```

50. I need you

```

O hiding hands of love,

I need you.

O smiling eyes of love,

I need you.

O illumining heart of love,

I need you.

O revealing soul of love,

I need you. ```

51. Teach me how to become

```

Father, do teach me

How to become.

Why, My daughter, why?

Father, if You teach me

How to become,

Only then shall I be able

To become

Your egoless child,

Your surrendered child,

Your perfect child. ```

52. Don't assail

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Don’t assail humanity.

After all,

Humanity is frail and weak.

Don’t assail divinity.

After all,

Divinity is very audacious and callous.

```

53. Father, who am I

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Father, am I a sleeping fool?

No, daughter, you are a crying fool.

Father, am I a binding fool?

No, daughter, you are an unloving fool.

Father, am I an unpardonable fool?

No, daughter, you are an unparalleled fool. ```

54. Hungry lives

```

My body’s hungry life

Has an endless need.

My soul’s hungry life

Has two childlike needs:

God-Beauty

And

Love-necessity.

My God’s hungry Life

Has only one need:

My shadowless smile. ```

55. The Voice of God and the Choice of God

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Love the world.

You will be the Voice of God

Unmistakably.

Serve the world.

You will be the Choice of God

Immediately. ```

56. I need you

```

O Heaven-born freedom,

Where are you?

O earth-bound bondage,

Where are you not?

O God-Promised land,

I need you

And

I need you. ```

57. When and how

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Father, when shall I realise You?

Daughter, you have already realised Me.

Father, when?

Father, how?

When?

The day you joined My Dream-Boat.

How?

Through your surrender-heart. ```

58. No, My daughter, no

```

Father, shall I worship You?

No, My daughter, no.

Father, shall I adore You?

No, My daughter, no.

Father, shall I admire You?

No, My daughter, no.

Father, shall I become like You?

Yes, My sweet daughter, yes. ```

59. Only one thing

```

“O Father, Father of my soul,

Only one thing I do not need.”

Daughter, daughter of My Heart,

What is it?

“Life-consuming sound.”

Granted, My daughter, granted.

“Father, Father of my soul,

Only one thing I do need.”

Daughter, daughter of My Heart,

What is it?

“Life-liberating silence.”

Granted, My daughter, granted. ```

60. Four universes

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What is really huge?

Material universe.

What is really powerful?

Spiritual universe.

What is always in the Goal?

Silent universe.

What is always the Goal?

Transcending universe. ```

61. Excess of beauty and excess of stupidity

```

Father, what do You do

With Your excess of Beauty?

Daughter, with My excess Beauty

I perform My extra Duty.

Daughter, what do you do

With your excess stupidity?

Father, with my excess stupidity

I delay Your Manifestation-necessity. ```

62. Father, who was I

```

Father, who was I?

Daughter, you were the frankness

Of desire-life.

Father, who am I?

Daughter, you are the seriousness

Of aspiration-soul.

Father, what shall I be?

Daughter, you will be the sweetness,

Fruitfulness of Perfectiveness-Goal.

```

63. Endeavour

```

My life knows

What mad-endeavour is.

My heart knows

What sad-endeavour is.

My surrender knows

What God-endeavour is. ```

64. Teach me how to cry

```

Father, do teach me

How to cry.

Why, My daughter, why?

Father, if You teach me

How to cry

Only then shall I be able

To cry for You

Soulfully

Devotedly

And

Perfectly.

```

65. Father, tell me

```

Father, what is the thing You like most

In my life?

Daughter, in your life I love most

Your wisdom-cry.

Father, in the near or distant future

What thing would You like most

In my life?

Daughter, in the near future

I shall love most

Your perfection-smile. ```

66. Father, what never stops

```

Father, what never stops?

Daughter, horizon never stops.

Father, who never stops?

Daughter, the desiring beggar never stops.

Father, what always begins?

Daughter, the soul-life.

Father, who always begins?

Daughter, the aspiring-child.

Father, am I an aspiring child?

Daughter, you are much more than that.

You are a God-manifesting princess.

```

67. Teach me how to love

```

Father, do teach me

How to love.

Why, My daughter, why?

Father, if You teach me

How to love

Only then shall I be able

To love You

Unconditionally

Eternally

And

Supremely.

```

68. Dawn

```

O arms of dawn,

I love your power of beauty.

O eyes of dawn,

I love your light of purity.

O head of dawn,

I love your height of duty. ```

69. They are fond of

```

Body is fond of

The snoring hour.

Vital is fond of

The roaring hour.

Mind is fond of

The doubting hour.

Heart is fond of

The loving hour.

Soul is fond of

The dreaming hour.

God is fond of

The promising hour. ```

70. Live

```

Live in the heart-rose,

You will learn the song

Of sinless progress.

Live in the soul-lotus,

You will learn the dance

Of shadowless progress.

Live in the God-Fragrance,

You will learn the secret

Of endless progress.

```

71. Father, what will happen

```

Father, what will happen

If I touch Your Feet?

Daughter, if you touch My Feet

You will see a sea of peace.

Father, what will happen

If I touch Your Eyes?

Daughter, if you touch My Eyes

You will feel a mountain of power.

Father, what will happen

If I touch Your Heart?

Daughter, if you touch My Heart

You will become a sun of light. ```

72. Why do I need God

```

Why do I need God?

Just because He is great?

No.

Why do I need God?

Just because He is good?

No.

Why do I need God?

Just because He is for me?

No.

Why do I need God?

Just because He is of me?

Yes. ```

73. Beautiful, soulful and fruitful

```

Beautiful

Is your aspiration-heart.

Therefore,

You are great.

Soulful

Is your realisation-heart.

Therefore,

You are good.

Fruitful

Is your perfection-heart.

Therefore,

You are immortal. ```

74. Regularity and punctuality

```

Striking is the difference

Between

Regularity-power

And

Punctuality-light.

Regularity shows me

God’s Face

Eventually.

Punctuality makes me

God’s Heart

Immediately.

```

75. You want to know

```

You want to know

What kind of mind I have.

Alas, I have a backward-walking mind.

You want to know

What kind of heart I have.

Ah, I have a forward-marching heart. ```

76. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

```

Yesterday

Yours was an industrious life.

Only earth knew it.

Today

Yours is the generous life.

Only Heaven knows it.

Tomorrow

Yours will be the precious life.

Only God will know it.

```

77. I admire

```

I sincerely admire

Four treasured things in me:

A blossoming hope,

An illumining oneness,

A strengthening love,

An ever-transcending God. ```

78. When

```

O earth-body,

When

Will you be receptive?

O earth-vital,

When

Will you be perceptive?

O earth-mind,

When

Will you be concentrative?

O earth-heart,

When

Will you be contemplative?

```

79. We enjoy recognition

```

Heaven and I enjoy

Simultaneous recognition.

Earth and I enjoy

Spontaneous recognition.

God and I enjoy

Constant recognition. ```

80. My old-new-future friends

```

My old friends, fear and doubt

Are calling me.

I tell them:

I am sick of them.

My new friends, imagination and inspiration

Are calling me.

I tell them:

I am proud of them.

My future friends, perfection and satisfaction

Are calling me.

I tell them:

I am fond of them,

Extremely fond of them.

```

81. Beauty

```

Body-beauty:

Ephemeral splendour.

Heart-beauty:

Supernal splendour.

Goal-beauty:

Eternal splendour.

God-Beauty:

An ever-transcending splendour. ```

82. Heaven and earth

```

Heaven has fire.

Earth has ire.

God alone knows

Who is going to win.

Heaven owns smile.

Earth owns cry.

God alone knows

Who is going to win. ```

83. Why

```

Body, why do you love

The moonless night?

Vital, why do you love

The sunless day?

Mind, why do you love

The fruitless sky?

Heart, why do you love

The goalless shore? ```

84. Your life-story

```

Your life-story

Is liked by God.

What else do you want?

Your soul-song

Is loved by God.

What else do you need?

```

85. O unconfined bird

```

O unconfined bird,

I love your beauty.

O unconfined wings,

I love your duty.

O unconfined flight,

I love your necessity. ```

86. God-Light dawned

```

God-Light dawned

On your confusion night.

But you failed to see.

Why?

Because your love

Of earth-bound doubt

Far surpasses your God-faith

And your own faith in your life

Of inner cry.

```

87. Good news

```

Father, give me some good news.

Daughter, your loud and wild days

Are all over.

Father, give me some more good news.

Daughter, your evil and titan nights

Are all over. ```

88. Because

```

Because of my timid voice

I have failed

To guide and please humanity.

Because of my timid choice

I have failed

To serve and please divinity.

```

89. Three believers

```

My heart is a good believer,

Therefore

My soul loves my heart.

My soul is a better believer,

Therefore

My God loves my soul.

My God is the best believer,

Therefore

I always love God.

```

90. Three boats

```

The boat of the past sailed

To reach the Golden Shore.

The boat of the present sails

To see the Face of God.

The boat of the future shall sail

To become the Heart of God. ```

91. When I think of God

```

When I think of God,

God tells me

He will give me all that He has.

When I meditate on God,

I clearly see that He has given me

All that He has been treasuring

From time immemorial

And all that He eternally is.

```

92. God is always ready

```

In the world of form

God is always ready

To play with you

With His arms of Duty.

Do you know that?

In the world without form

You must remain always ready

To play with God

With your eyes of beauty.

Do you know that?

```

93. You will win

```

Love the world-reality.

You will dauntlessly conquer

The countless soldiers of doubt.

Serve the world-necessity.

You will immediately win

The sun-warriors of faith.

```

94. Transcending Reality

```

My heart of love treasures

God the descending Dream.

My life of gratitude treasures

God the transcending Reality. ```

95. Live

```

Live in the heart-garden;

Yours will be the angelic inspiration.

Live in the vital-jungle;

Yours will be the Satanic temptation.

Live in the soul-sky;

Yours will be the dynamic aspiration. ```

96. Pyramids

```

A pyramid of beauty

My heart enjoys.

A pyramid of height

My mind enjoys.

A pyramid of fire

My vital enjoys.

A pyramid of slumber

My body enjoys.

A pyramid of light

My soul enjoys. ```

97. Secret and sacred

```

The secret influence of light

Has totally changed

My earth-life.

The sacred influence of light

Shall make me

Supremely

And

Proudly

Another God. ```

98. Don't smile

```

Don’t smile.

Darkness-abyss

Will welcome you.

It may even capture you.

Swim.

Illumination-height

Will welcome you

And will without fail embrace you. ```

99. Soul's eye, ear and arm

```

Your soul has an ear.

With it you hear all about

Earth-failure.

Your soul has an eye.

With it you see

Heaven-satisfaction.

Your soul has an arm.

With it you create

World-perfection.

```

100. Aspiration, realisation and perfection

```

Aspiration, my aspiration,

I want you to be the keeper

Of my undisciplined vital.

Realisation, my realisation,

I want you to be the keeper

Of my doubtful mind.

Perfection, my perfection,

I want you to be the keeper

Of my timid heart.

```

101. When

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When the morning stars sing,

I clearly see

That earth-confusion

Is never meant for my heart-aspiration.

When the evening stars sing,

I clearly realise

That Heaven-satisfaction

Is meant for my vital-aggression. ```

102. When he plays

```

When he plays on Heaven-organ

Not only the cosmic gods

But also the Lord Supreme

Admires his miracle music of

Unmeasured height

And

Unplumbed depth.

When he plays on earth-organ

No human soul sincerely dares

To appreciate the soul-breath

Of his life of

Music-flow

And

Music-glow.

```

103. Four precious gifts

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Gift of sight:

Universal beauty.

Gift of night:

Universal peace.

Gift of humanity:

Universal sorrow.

Gift of divinity:

Universal smile. ```

104. They admire

```

Your body admires

Disciplinary endeavour.

Your mind admires

Visionary endeavour.

Your heart admires

Complimentary endeavour.

Your soul admires

Complementary endeavour. ```

105. Where are they

```

I see an empty church.

Where is the Christ?

Where has he gone?

I see an empty temple.

Where is Sri Krishna?

Where has he gone?

I see an empty heart.

Where is God?

Where has He gone?

```

106. His prayers, his meditation

```

His loving prayers

Have made his earth-life

Clear of defects.

His silence-meditation

Has made his Heaven-journey

Clear of obstructions.

```

107. Mortals and Immortals

```

Mortals, they are helpless.

Immortals, they are careless.

Earth-Mother, she is sleepless.

Heaven-Father, He is speechless. ```

108. He lived

```

He lived laborious days.

Therefore

He can afford to live

A relaxed

And

Retired life.

But not you, never.

You belonged to a different category.

Two things you really need:

A heart of divinity

And

A life of immortality. ```

109. O silent dust

```

O silent dust,

I do feel your bosom’s pangs.

But what can I do?

Insignificant is my voice.

Impotent is my strength.

O silent dews,

I do feel your heart’s agonies.

But what can I do?

Helpless is my sight.

Useless is my might.

```

110. First flower, first fruit

```

My faith-tree’s

First flower:

Self-awakening.

My faith-tree’s

First fruit:

Self-giving.

What is self-giving

If not God-becoming? ```

111. Instruments

```

You are a forced instrument.

Therefore

You cannot go very far.

You are a loving instrument.

Therefore

You can fly very high.

You are a perfecting instrument.

Therefore

God wants to dance with you.

```

112. The great Face

```

When the great Face

Is behind me,

Forward I run

Out of fear.

When the great Face

Leads me,

Backward I run

Out of sheer stupidity. ```

113. Earth-life

```

O my earth-life

Why do you cry

Constantly?

O my Heaven-soul

Why do you hide

Deliberately?

O my Heaven-Father

Why do you dance alone

Incessantly?

```

114. Heart, soul and God

```

Heart, my heart,

Will you make me your wisdom-height?

Soul, my soul,

Will you make me your perfection-height?

God, my God,

Will you make me Your Satisfaction-Sun? ```

115. Sanctity and intensity

```

The sanctity of Heaven

Is for my earth-heart to admire.

The intensity of earth

Is for my Heaven-soul to admire. ```

116. Thought-songs

```

A white thought tells me;

God loves my pure heart.

A blue thought tells me;

God loves my clear mind.

A green thought tells me;

God loves my hero-vital.

A red thought tells me;

God loves my surrender-body.

A black thought tells me;

God never likes me

And

He has no need for me. ```

117. Iron gates and diamond gates

```

The iron gates of earth

Threaten me, frighten me

And compel me to be earth-slave.

The diamond gates of Heaven

Invite me, embrace me

And request me to be

The Prince of Heaven-Kingdom. ```

118. On strike

```

Now that your heart-sun

Is in bed

Your vital life is on strike.

It demands more attention from you.

Now that your perfection-goal

Is asleep

Your desire-body is on strike.

It demands more compassion from you. ```

119. What do I need

```

What do I need from God?

An everlasting smile.

What do I need from earth?

An everlasting oneness.

What do I need from Heaven?

An everlasting concern. ```

120. To become

```

To become an immortal instrument,

I offered my Lord my soul-breath.

My Lord has fulfilled

My snow-white desire.

To become a perfect instrument,

I offered my Lord my heart-love.

My Lord has clasped

My aspiration-fire. ```

121. No control

```

Earth has no control over me

And

I have no control over Heaven.

Earth, I do not need

Your wise guidance.

Heaven, I do not deserve

Your blind disobedience.

```

122. All are tired

```

My mind is tired of living

On earth.

My heart is tired of loving

Human beings.

My soul is tired of promising

To God.

My God is tired of advising

My ignorance. ```

123. You are brave

```

You are brave, very brave

only because

You are still an unexamined hero.

You are pure, very pure

only because

You are still an untempted seeker.

```

124. God's Life-History

```

God's Life-History

Has inspired my life

Beyond my imagination's flight.

My life history

Has prompted God

To be more conscious

And cautious of ignorance-night. ```

125. Doubt, over-confidence and indifference

```

Doubt,

I am ashamed

Of our former attachment.

Over-confidence,

I am ashamed

Of our present attachment.

Indifference,

I am ashamed

Of our future attachment.

```

126. The employer's complaints

```

I gave death a job.

I asked death to sleep.

But death forgot to obey me.

What can I do?

I can only exercise

My forgiveness-power.

I gave Satan a job.

I asked Satan to meditate.

But Satan forgot to obey me.

What can I do?

I can only exercise

My forgiveness-power. ```

127. Are you not tired

```

Father, are You not tired

Of my life of never-ending weakness?

Daughter, no.

I am only tired of My never-increasing forgiveness.

Father, are You not tired

Of my earth-bound life?

Daughter, no.

I am only tired of My Heaven-free delay. ```

128. You want to know

```

You want to know

Where I have been.

I have been with God the Dreamer

In Heaven.

You want to know

Where I have been.

I have been with God the Lover

On earth.

You want to know

Where I have been.

I have been with God the Liberator

In death. ```

129. My discoveries

```

My sleep-discovery:

God is nowhere.

My dream-discovery:

God is only in Heaven.

My reality-discovery:

God is always busy.

He has no time to think of me.

He has no love to share with me. ```

130. Three teachers

```

My mind can teach

The world all about the heart's

Clouded weather.

My heart can teach

The world all about the mind's

Threatening weather.

My soul can teach

The world all about the soul's

Inspiring weather.

```

131. I celebrate myself

```

I celebrate myself.

Not because I am perfect,

But because I admire

Perfection's core.

I celebrate myself.

Not because I have satisfied God,

But because I am nearing

His Satisfaction-Door. ```

132. Unfamiliar, familiar and eternal God

```

To me,

God the Justice

Is an unfamiliar God.

To me,

God the Compassion

Is a familiar God.

To me,

God the Love

Is the eternal God.

```

133. Growth

```

Doubt is an unconscious growth

In you.

Faith is a conscious growth

In you.

Love is a precious growth

In you.

Service is a sagacious growth

In you. ```

134. The song of my life

```

Progressive

Is my heart-life.

Regressive

Is my mind-life.

Aggressive

Is my vital-life.

Apprehensive

Is my body-life. ```

135. What do we treasure

```

Eagerness

My sound-life always treasures.

Soulfulness

My silence-heart always treasures.

And what do I treasure?

I treasure the attentiveness

And perfectiveness of my Master Pilot

Supreme. ```

136. Nobody wants to confess

```

Light is the harbinger of God-Day.

Everybody knows that.

Night is the harbinger of world-death.

Nobody knows that.

Why?

Just because nobody dares to expose himself.

Nobody wants to confess

That he is the sole cause of night. ```

137. Look at Her

```

Look at Her Feet,

It is all salvation.

Look at Her Eyes,

It is all illumination.

Look at Her Heart,

It is all perfection.

Look at Her Soul,

It is all satisfaction,

God-satisfaction.

```

138. Imperial palace

```

Mind, are you looking

For an imperial palace?

Lo, it is here.

Heart, are you looking

For a celestial palace?

Lo, it is here.

Soul, are you looking

For a transcendental palace?

Lo, it is here, and nowhere else.

```

139. His comments

```

His comments

On Heaven-vision

Are authentic, if not prophetic.

His comments

On earth-reality

Are pathetic, if not sympathetic. ```

140. Yet

```

Lord, I have done my best.

Yet

Earth-progress is a far cry.

Lord, I have loved my best.

Yet

Heaven-success is a far cry. ```

141. Alas, alas!

```

Alas, alas!

No one will believe me

If I say that God has

Employed me to represent Him

On earth.

Yet I perform my task most efficiently.

Alas, alas!

No one will believe me

If I say that God has

Employed me to advise Him

In Heaven.

Yet I perform my task most devotedly. ```

142. What can I do

```

You have two timid feet.

Alas, what can I do?

What can my feet do for you?

Indeed, it is a helpless case.

You have two timid eyes.

Alas, what can I do?

What can my eyes do for you?

Indeed, it is a hopeless case.

You have a timid heart.

Alas, what can my heart do for you?

Indeed, it is a useless case.

```

143. My realisations

```

My morning realisation:

Receive from God, receive.

My noon realisation:

Achieve perfection in your life, achieve.

My evening realisation:

Conceive God-satisfaction, conceive. ```

144. I realised God

```

I slept in victory's room.

I dreamt in glory's room.

I worked in discipline's room.

I realised God in surrender's room. ```

145. No mind can achieve

```

No mind can achieve

What the heart has already achieved.

No heart can attain

What the soul has already attained.

No soul can reach

What Silence has already reached. ```

146. O worshippers!

```

O kneeling worshippers,

Be sincere.

What you precisely need

Is sincerity.

O adoring worshippers,

Be pure.

What you unmistakably need

Is purity. ```

147. Yesterday, today and tomorrow

```

Yesterday

I saw the sleeping triumph

Of my total doom.

Today

I see the glorious triumph

Of my dedication-life.

Tomorrow

I shall see the precious triumph

Of my all illumining perfection-soul.

```

148. Love God, serve God

```

You do not have to love me.

Love God.

He is my Eternity's Soul.

You do not have to serve me.

Serve God.

He is my Reality's Goal. ```

149. Search

```

Search God within.

You can become

His Heart of celestial Beauty.

Search God without.

You can become

The pride of eternal Reality. ```

150. Earth

```

O aged earth,

My heart of love

Suffers for you.

O caged earth,

My soul of freedom

Suffers within you.

In me you can find

Your heart-brother.

```

151. He is really divine

```

He thinks of God;

Therefore

He is really divine.

He meditates on God;

Therefore

He is three times unmistakably

More divine.

He has surrendered

His Heaven-dream

And

Earth-reality to God;

Therefore

He is seven times supremely more divine.

```

152. To the teachers

```

To the mind-teacher

I say:

"Don't teach

since you do not know."

To the Light-teacher

I say:

"Teach always

since you want to know more."

To the soul-teacher

I say:

"When will you start teaching?

I am all ready." ```

153. The full staff of faith and the full staff of doubt

```

Here is the full staff of faith:

Determination, Aspiration,

Realisation and Perfection.

Here is the full staff of doubt:

Temptation, deception,

Frustration and destruction. ```

154. Revive

```

O my heart,

Revive your old devotion.

O my life,

Revive your old determination.

O my world,

Revive your old satisfaction.

O my God,

Revive Your old Compassion. ```

155. Heaven-dream, earth-reality

```

From fear of death

you suffered.

From fear of life

you are suffering.

Soon,

You will be suffering

From fear of your

Heaven-dream

And

Earth-reality. ```

156. Only three ways

```

There are only three ways of serving God.

By constantly obeying God,

By soulfully smiling at God,

By unmistakably becoming

Another God.

```

157. I forget, I remember1

```

I always remember

To forget my ignorance-friend.

If I am not great,

Who else is then great?

I always forget

To remember my wisdom-sun.

If I am not stupid,

Who else is then stupid?

```

FDP 157. Note: The words "wisdom-sun" were originally typed as "wisdom-son"↩

158. Two and one

```

Two benedictive Hands

on your

One contemplative heart.

Two compassionate Feet

on your

One passionate life.

```

159. Lord, give me

```

Lord, do give me the inspiration to speak.

Needless to say,

I shall speak only about You.

Lord, do give me the realisation to write.

Needless to say,

I shall write only about You. ```

160. They enjoy

```

My earth-life enjoys

Infant slumber,

Infant cry.

My Heaven-life enjoys

Infant awakening,

Infant smile.

My God-life enjoys

Infant song,

Infant love.

```

161. The pride

```

The pride of the noble

Is constant self-giving.

The pride of the ignoble

Is constant truth-denying.

The pride of God

Is constant oneness-fulfilling. ```

162. Thought and will

```

A life of thought

Has a perishable face.

A life of will

Has an imperishable smile.

Make your own choice

And

Immortal make your own life.

```

163. Who needs

```

Who needs the animal past?

The vital in me.

Who needs the human present?

The mind in me.

Who needs the divine future?

The heart in me.

Who needs the Eternal Now?

The soul in me. ```

164. Aspiration

```

In the morning,

God in me is the giver

Of aspiration.

At noon,

God in me is the liver

Of aspiration.

In the evening,

God in me is both lover

And fulfiller

Of aspiration. ```

165. I love

```

I love the distant saint.

I do not want to expose

His impurity.

I love the distant yogi.

I do not want to expose

His insincerity.

But

I do not love the distant God.

I want Him right beside me.

I want to reveal His supreme Divinity. ```

166. An impossible task

```

Imagine you know nothing.

I know this is a difficult task.

Imagine you have nothing.

I know this is a most difficult task.

Imagine you are nothing.

I know this is an impossible task. ```

167. A peculiar power

```

You have a peculiar power

To carry you through ignorance-night.

He has a peculiar power

To save him from earth-ingratitude.

I have a peculiar power

To free me from life-failure. ```

168. Children, I am already old

```

Children, I am already old.

Do not expect

Anything great from me.

Children, I am no more bold.

Do not expect

Anything spectacular from me.

Children, my heart is no longer gold.

Do not expect

Anything ambrosial from me.

```

169. I never betrayed God

```

It never happened.

I never betrayed God.

It never happens.

I never ignore man.

It shall never happen.

I shall never eat

my realisation-fruit

all alone. ```

170. Three messages

```

The message of the West:

"Let me be the winner."

The message of the East:

"Let me see the loser."

The message of God:

"Let me see the truth-lover.

Let me see the life-builder.

Let me see the love-fulfiller." ```

171. You want to know

```

You want to know

Why I love my heart.

I love my heart

Because of its intensity.

You want to know

Why I love my soul.

I love my soul

Because of its immensity.

You want to know

Why I love my God.

I love my God

Because

Of His earth-liberating Duty.

```

172. Everybody watched me

```

Everybody watched me

When I lost faith in God.

But now I have regained

All my faith in God.

But nobody comes to watch me.

They want me to be bound to ignorance-night.

And what do I want?

I want them only to be devoted

to the Light.

```

173. Forget and forgive

```

What to forget?

Nothing.

Whom to forget?

None.

What to forgive?

Everything.

Whom to forgive?

Everyone.

What to illumine?

Ignorance.

Whom to illumine?

Your own self. ```

174. Who

```

Who is your unknown enemy?

The hungry animal in you.

Who is your unknowable enemy?

The angry human in you.

Who is your unknown friend?

The soulful lover in you.

Who is your unknowable friend?

The ever-forgiving Mother in you. ```

175. God-Compassion

```

God-Compassion

Has crowned my prayer.

God-Perfection

Has crowned my meditation.

God-Satisfaction

Has crowned my surrender. ```

176. Do better things, say better things

```

Do better things.

Prove to Divinity

That your earth-life is something.

Say better things.

Prove to humanity

That your Heaven-realisation is something. ```

177. My earth-friends and my Heaven-friends

```

My earth-friends warn me

Not to mix with Heaven-lovers.

They say: Heaven-lovers are all rogues.

I do not know what to do.

My Heaven-friends warn me

Not to mix with Heaven-doubters.

They say: Heaven-doubters

Are all impossible fools. ```

178. Do not suggest, just command

```

O my heart, do not suggest,

Just command.

I am ready, more than ready.

O my mind, do not command,

I allow you only to suggest.

I am not ready

And

I shall never be ready

to listen to your ignorance-commands.

```

179. The reason why

```

The reason why I write:

I long to correct myself.

The reason why I speak:

I long to perfect myself.

The reason why I love:

I long to fulfil myself.

The reason why I serve:

I long to transcend myself. ```

180. Believe it or not

```

Believe it or not,

The song of self-discipline:

Satisfaction-dawn.

Believe it or not,

The song of silver patience:

Perfection-sun.

Believe it or not,

The song of golden surrender

Is God-Smile.

```

181. You think, you live, you love

```

You think like a God

Although

You do not live like a God.

You live like a God

Although

You do not love like a God.

You love like a God

Although

You are a false God.

```

182. Who argues

```

Who argues?

He who is a stranger

To oneness-light.

Who argues?

He who is a fond child

Of bondage-night. ```

183. Don't argue

```

Don't argue with truth.

You will be compelled

To heave a sigh

Of an unreasonable mind.

Don't argue with love.

You will be compelled

To heave a sigh

Of an unthinkable heart. ```

184. Matchless and priceless

```

Matchless is her mind.

It perfectly shelters

Earth's excruciating pangs.

Priceless is her heart.

It perfectly houses

Eternity's Height

And

Infinity's Light. ```

185. Three days and three nights

```

Three good days:

A day of true aspiration.

A day of pure dedication.

A day of total surrender.

Three good nights:

A night of sound sleep.

A night of sweet dreams.

A night of august silence. ```

186. For You alone

```

Father, here is my crying heart.

It is all for You,

For You alone.

Daughter, here is My shining Pride.

It is all for you,

For you alone.

Father, here is my smiling soul.

It is all for You,

For You alone.

Daughter, here is My ever-transcending Height.

It is all for you,

For you alone. ```

187. Think the right thing, say the right thing

```

Do what you think is right.

Only do not think

You are very great.

Say what you know is right.

Only do not say

You are either

Another God

Or

A future God. ```

188. Revenge-life and forgiveness-heart

```

Revenge-life,

If that is wisdom-light,

I definitely do not need it.

Forgiveness-heart,

If that is not perfection-height,

No harm, I shall all my life

Stay with it.

```

189. Four things

```

Four things of my life

I sincerely admire:

My angel-smile

My angel-infancy

My angel-flight

My angel-dependence. ```

190. Who wants, who needs

```

A life of independence

Who wants, Father, who wants?

Not I, not I, not Your daughter.

I long for a life of prayerful dependence.

A life of independence

Who needs, Father, who needs?

Not I, not I, not Your daughter.

I long for a life of unconditional surrender. ```

191. I must set you free

```

Fear, I must set you free.

How long will you remain

In a foreign country?

You should go back to your own country.

Your brother Death,

What will he be thinking of you?

Doubt, I must set you free.

How long will you remain

In a foreign country?

You should go back to your own country.

Your friend Satan,

What will he be thinking of you? ```

192. Because

```

Because

You are not sincere

Heaven's smile

Is barren in your heart.

Because

You are not sincere

God's Promise-Light

Fails to kindle

Your aspiration-life.

```

193. Perfect strangers

```

Since you and sincerity

Are perfect strangers

You have to climb

A greased pole

Before you see the face of God.

Since you and sincerity

Are perfect strangers

Your God-realisation

Will entirely depend

On God's infinite Bounty

And not your incapacity's capacity. ```

194. Fights

```

You had a mental fight

With God the Light.

You had a vital fight

With God the Power.

You had a psychic fight

With God the Delight.

You had a physical fight

With God the Compassion. ```

195. From now

```

From now on, Father, I shall love You

More than I love myself.

I am happy to hear that.

But do you want to make Me happier?

Certainly, Father, but how?

Just forget to love yourself.

I shall love you

Most soulfully

And

Most devotedly

On your behalf.

I give you My Word of Honour.

```

196. A night of sorrow

```

To think is to invite

A night of sorrow.

To pray is to invite

A day of hope.

To meditate is to invite

A sun of power-light. ```

197. Father and daughter

```

From now on, Father, I shall think of You

More than You think of me.

Daughter, I am happy to hear that.

But do you want to make Me happier?

Certainly, Father, but how?

Just do not think of yourself.

I shall gladly and devotedly

Think of you on your behalf.

```

198. Power

```

The power of harmony

Gives birth to peace.

The power of peace

Gives birth to God-manifestation.

The power of God-manifestation

Gives birth to satisfaction.

What is satisfaction?

Satisfaction is the stark necessity

Of both God and man.

```

199. I love

```

I love the presence

of Mother Earth.

She tells me

She will give me

Everything she creates.

I love the presence

of Father Heaven.

He tells me

He will give me

His Light-Power

to equal Him. ```

200. It does not last

```

The pomp of power

Does not last.

The throes of submission

Do not last.

The reign of ignorance-night

Cannot last.

The apparent defeat

Of Knowledge-light

Cannot last,

Nay, can never last. ```

201. Discovery and invention

```

Yesterday

My sterling faith

Discovered God.

Therefore I was happy.

Today

My unknown fear

Has invented God.

Therefore I am proud. ```

202. Three messages

```

Death has a message

For you:

"Do not try.

Just cry."

Life has a message

For you:

"Do not give up.

Continue."

God has a message

For you:

"Smile, always smile."

```

203. Why

```

Why fear life?

Why fear death?

Life is your older brother

Who inspires you to transcend

Your puny self.

Death is your younger brother

Who warns you not to embrace

Pleasure-life. ```

204. Duly and daily

```

Duly and daily

My heart loves God.

Duly and daily

My life needs God.

Duly and daily

My soul reveals God.

Duly and daily

My surrender becomes God. ```

205. I know

```

A life of disgrace

Is a voiceless grave.

I have known it.

A life of grace

Augments the pride of God's Face.

I know it. ```

206. Don't be

```

Don't be

In the luxury of power.

Destruction-shower will greet you

Without fail.

Don't be

In the luxury of light.

Night-frown will torture you

Without fail. ```

207. Eternity's fastest train

```

You have snapped

Your vital chain.

Lo, you are in the kingdom

of supreme gain.

You have snapped

Your mental chain.

Lo, your life is in

Eternity's fastest train. ```

208. Your

```

Your mind knows

What fear of darkness is.

Your heart knows

What fear of light is.

Your soul knows

What fear of ignorance is.

Your God knows

What fear of non-acceptance is. ```

209. Powers

```

His Love-Power

Is the keeper

Of my earth-necessities.

His Light-Power

Is the keeper

Of my Heaven-necessities.

His God-Power

Is the keeper

Of my soul-necessities.

```

210. Who

```

Who saves my life?

My deep humility-friend.

Who saves my heart?

My high hope-brother.

Who saves my soul?

My shadowless confidence-sun. ```

211. Where is he

```

Where is he?

I know not.

Where is his body?

In the land of death.

Where is his life?

In the land of the immortals.

Where is his soul?

In the gratitude-breath of humanity. ```

212. Beauty

```

The love of beauty

Is

World-power.

The beauty of love

Is

God-Power.

The love of truth

Is

Man-power.

The truth of love

Is

God-Power.

```

213. Mother and father

```

Who is Heaven's mother?

Light-sea.

Who is Heaven's father?

Consciousness-sky.

Who is earth's mother?

Patience-moon.

Who is earth's father?

Knowledge-sun. ```

214. When

```

When

Your outer spirit sings

You declare the pride

Of your vital glory.

When

Your inner spirit sings

God Himself declares

Your achievement-heights. ```

215. You

```

You are dear to me

Because

You love me.

You are dearer to me

Because

You love meditation.

You are dearest to me

Because

You love God.

```

216. Unreserved forgiveness

```

Unreserved forgiveness,

Unmeasured bliss.

Perfect soul,

Perfect goal.

Transformed humanity,

Immortalised necessity. ```

217. God-Light

```

He died before he saw

The face of truth.

He died before the birth

Of love in his life.

He died before he claimed

God-Light as his very own. ```

218. Hope

```

Hope, my pilot-star, hope

I have seen your face.

I have felt your heart.

Therefore

In ignorance-night

I shall no more grope.

Hope, my pilot-star, hope

You are humanity's peerless rope

For human souls to climb

God's Transcendental Height. ```

219. Three songs

```

The song of Heaven-light

I immensely enjoy.

The song of earth-night

I boldly reject.

The song of God-Delight

My heart accepts,

My vital rejects,

And my mind,

In this case,

Wants to remain neutral. ```

220. What do I need

```

What do I need?

The seed of wisdom-light.

What do I need?

The flower of satisfaction-smile.

What do I need?

The fruit of God-attainment. ```

221. The first morning and the last morning

```

The first morning of creation

Heralded God's Compassion-Height.

The last morning of creation

Shall proclaim God's Justice-Might. ```

222. Life's thirst

```

To possess God

Is life's secret thirst.

To love God for God's sake

Is life's sacred thirst.

To please God

Always

Is life's supreme thirst.

```

223. Not once but thrice

```

Not once but thrice

I danced with death.

When I fell in love

With self-doubt;

When I touched the tail

Of jealousy-snake;

When I swam in the anxiety-river.

```

224. I admire, I love

```

O dreaming Heaven,

I admire your dream-boat,

I admire.

O bleeding earth,

I love your reality-shore,

I love.

```

225. He prays

```

He prays

Because

He loves.

He loves

Because

He has.

He has

Because

He is.

He eternally is. ```

226. Leave some room

```

O pilgrims of eternity,

Leave some room for me.

I shall join you.

O heart-smile of infinity,

Leave some room for me.

I shall join you

In your cosmic game. ```

227. Pure essence

```

Pure essence of life:

Love-might.

Pure essence of love:

Silence-height.

Pure essence of silence:

Oneness-light. ```

228. Don't tell me a lie

```

Don't tell me a deliberate lie:

God loves you.

Don't tell me a half lie:

I clearly see

Your love of God is not totally

sincere.

Don't tell me a complete lie:

I tell you,

God does have the time

In measureless measure

To think of you,

To love you

And immortalise you.

```

229. O my noisy world

```

O my noisy world,

Why do I love you?

"You love me because

My vital is surcharged

With hero-energy

With love-vision

With life-emancipation."

Yes, you are perfectly right. ```

230. Serious

```

The life of your pride,

Serious.

The breath of your pride,

Dangerous.

The life of your sincerity,

Generous.

The life of your humility,

Precious. ```

231. Lost and gained

```

Earth-liberty lost,

Heaven-beauty lost.

Earth-transformation gained,

Heaven-satisfaction attained.

Earth-perfection manifested,

Heaven-promise executed. ```

232. Four lives

```

Human life

Is endless limitation.

Divine life

Is endless illumination.

Earth-life

Is endless caution.

Heaven-life

Is endless compassion. ```

233. What do you want

```

What do you want?

I want a night without darkness.

What do you want?

I want a day with the sun.

Why?

Why?

Because I want to hear

The song of independence,

I want to see

The dance of independence. ```

234. Truth, Heaven and God

```

Truth, my truth,

You are still unemployed.

Heaven, my Heaven,

You are still ignored.

God, my God,

You are still unsought. ```

235. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

```

Yesterday

I saw your soul-flames.

You cannot imagine

How beautiful they are.

Today

I am seeing your soul-fire.

You cannot imagine

How powerful it is.

Tomorrow

I shall be seeing your soul-sun.

Both you and I

Will fail to know

How fruitful it is.

```

236. Not alone

```

I play not alone.

When I play

The sun and the moon join me.

I sing not alone.

When I sing

Light and Delight join me.

I dance not alone.

When I dance

The sky and the sea join me.

```

237. The utmost force of humanity

```

Sacrifice:

The utmost force of earth.

Smile:

The utmost force of Heaven.

Sorrow:

The utmost force of humanity.

Assurance:

The utmost force of divinity. ```

238. Traveller-seeker-lover

```

The traveller in me dreams

Of God's limitless Beauty.

The seeker in me dreams

Of God's fathomless Light.

The lover in me dreams

Of God's Victory-garland

Adorning His universal Necessity.

```

239. Tell me the difference

```

Tell me the difference

Between

Desire-life and danger-death.

Tell me the difference

Between

Aspiration-love and realisation-life.

```

240. His

```

His eyes are

As swift as clouds.

His feet are

As slow as a tortoise.

His will is

As fast as bullets.

His thoughts are

As slow as death. ```

241. Come

```

O Lord of inseparable Oneness,

Come to me first.

O Lord of supernal Love,

Come to me next.

O Lord of supreme Glory,

Come to me last,

very last.

```

242. The captains

```

O my earth-life

You want beauty

To be the captain of your body.

That is perfectly fine with me.

You want purity

To be the captain of your vital.

That is perfectly all right with me.

You want luminosity

To be the captain of your mind.

That is excellent with me.

You want divinity

To be the captain of your heart.

That is more than perfect with me.

```

243. Father and daughter

```

To love You, Father,

I have discarded

My arrows of desire.

"Thank you, daughter."

To please You, Father,

I have stopped eating

With ignorance-life.

"Thank you, daughter."

To become inseparably one with You,

I am challenging

The pride of my brooding night.

"Thank you, daughter." ```

244. Not because I do not love You

```

Father, it is not because

I do not love You

That on rare occasions I wish

To stay all alone,

But because at times

I immensely enjoy the core of solitude.

But Father, if You think

What I am doing is wrong,

Unpardonably wrong,

Then I am running towards You,

I am flying towards You,

Father, for You alone are my Eternity's All. ```

245. No life, no God

```

No health, no hope.

No hope, no love.

No love, no joy.

No joy, no life.

No life, no God.

```

246. Why

```

I do not sing.

Why?

Because my Lord Supreme

Sings so soulfully.

If I sing, I shall only embarrass Him.

I think that is not fair on my part.

I do not dance.

Why?

Because my Lord Supreme

Dances so charmingly.

If I dance, I shall only embarrass Him.

I think that is not fair on my part. ```

247. Bread

```

Man's bread:

Soul's smile.

Soul's bread:

Man's acceptance.

God's Bread:

Man's freedom.

Man's bread:

God's Assurance. ```

248. Although

```

Although you are

A thoughtless youth,

God's Compassion-sea will forgive you.

Although you are

A senseless youth,

God's Compassion-sky will forgive you.

Although you are

A reckless youth,

God's Compassion-moon will forgive you.

```

249. Confusion and aspiration

```

To him,

Confusion worse than depression.

Confusion worse than frustration.

Confusion worse than destruction.

To him,

Aspiration better than realisation.

Aspiration better than revelation.

Aspiration better than manifestation. ```

250. When I called

```

When I called man

He was so upset

That I did not take his advice

In world-transformation-game.

When I invoked God

He was so upset

That I did not take a conscious part

In His Heaven-manifestation-game. ```

251. Life, love and God

```

Life is a challenging fact.

Both you and I know it.

Love is a revealing truth.

Both you and I know it.

God is an ever-transcending Reality.

Both you and I do not know it

And

Do not want to know it.

Alas!

Alas! ```

252. O fire of light

```

O fire of light,

Burn me, burn my desire-night.

O light of fire,

Illumine me,

My life of aspiration.

Fulfil me,

My heart of dedication.

Immortalise me,

My body of transformation.

```

253. Be sincere

```

Be sincere.

If not, yours will be

A pathless journey.

Be sincere.

If not, yours will be

A goalless shore.

Be sincere.

If not, yours will be

A soulless goal.

```

254. She

```

To see her eyes

Is to enter into the world's

Beginningless beginning.

To feel her heart

Is to enter into the world's

Ever-transcending ending.

```

255. In the soul's world

```

In the soul's world

He is quite healthy.

He never falls sick.

How?

Because there is no time

For him to be sick.

He keeps busy,

Devotedly busy,

Cheerfully busy,

Unconditionally busy. ```

256. Four sisters

```

Four harmonious sisters:

Purity and luminosity,

Beauty and duty.

Great is purity's breath.

Tall is luminosity's heart.

Inspiring is beauty's soul.

Aspiring is duty's role. ```

257. The difference

```

The difference

Between

You and me is this:

You fast on earth

And

You feast in Heaven.

I feast on earth

And

I fast in Heaven.

I feel

Earth-food: fear, doubt, jealousy,

Are most delicious.

You feel

Heaven-food: peace, light and bliss

Are most delicious. ```

258. Unconditionally

```

Unconditionally

God stores up for my soul to use.

My soul lavishly stores up

For my heart to use.

His Heart soulfully stores up

For my life to use. ```

259. Imperfect and perfect gifts

```

Three imperfect gifts

From the core of earth:

Desire-life

Ignorance-night

Doubt-poison.

Three perfect gifts

From the core of earth:

Aspiration-cry

Realisation-smile

Perfection-light.

```

260. My hopes

```

My

Desire-hope

Wants to possess.

My

Aspiration-hope

Wants to progress.

My

Perfection-hope

Eternally is.

```

261. Do you want power

```

Do you want power?

Then go to the outer temple.

Do you want peace?

Then go to the inner temple.

Do you want love?

Then go to God-temple.

Where is it?

It is inside

The sea of your climbing eyes.

```

262. Beauty

```

Sincerity is an inspiring beauty.

Humility is an illumining beauty.

Purity is a feeding beauty.

Generosity is a bleeding beauty.

Divinity is an immortalising beauty.

```

263. He eats

```

He eats only twice a day.

His morning meal:

God's Compassion-Heart,

God's Meditation-Face.

His evening meal:

God's Perfection-Feet,

God's Satisfaction-Soul.

```

264. His prayers

```

His morning prayer:

Lord, come near me.

I shall never breathe a word

Against You.

His evening prayer:

Lord, I have emptied

My ignorance-sea

Before You.

It is all to You

To leave it empty

Or fill it with Your

Compassion-Light. ```

265. Not because I love You less

```

Father, not because

I love You less

That often I think

Of ignorance

But because

I have formed a bad habit.

Don't worry, my Lord,

I shall soon get rid

Of this bad habit.

```

266. Alas

```

Alas,

My native seas tell me:

I have lost my heart's depth.

Alas,

My native skies tell me:

I have lost my mind's vastness.

Alas,

My native sun tells me:

I have lost my life's divinity.

Alas,

My native gods tell me:

I have lost my soul's immortality.

```

267. Nowhere to be found

```

An iota of happiness I want.

But where is it?

Nowhere to be found.

Frustration I do not want.

But where is it not?

Alas, it sighs

Even in my victory's crown. ```

268. I love a holy tree

```

I love a holy tree.

It inspires me to shelter

My earth-friends:

Impurity and insecurity.

I love a holy man.

He inspires me to invite

My Heaven-friends:

The cosmic gods. ```

269. Desire and aspiration

```

A life of desire-fire

Is an incomplete life.

A life of aspiration-sun

Is not only a complete life

But God's own Life.

```

270. My body-life

```

My body-life

And

Earth-consciousness

Enjoy mutual recognition.

His heart-life

And

Heaven-consciousness

Enjoy simultaneous recognition.

My soul-life

And

God-Consciousness

Enjoy constant recognition. ```

271. Pilgrims

```

O my body-pilgrim,

I see you are totally exhausted.

But look, your goal's fast approaching you.

O my soul-pilgrim,

Are you not sick

Of Eternity's Road

Infinity's Soul

And

Immortality's Goal? ```

272. My earth-years

```

My earth-years have taught me

More than countless books.

My earth-years have taught me

More than Heaven's repeated instructions.

My earth-years have taught me

More than they actually promised. ```

273. Your best friend

```

Your best friend is conviction.

Her best friend is discussion.

My best friend is hesitation.

Earth's best friend is dedication.

Heaven's best friend is illumination.

God's best friend is Compassion. ```

274. Remain not unrealised

```

Remain not unrealised

In the sunlight of optimism.

Remain always realised

In your quiet and sweet optimism.

Optimism is the only ladder

To climb up God's

Ever-transcending Height.

```

275. Lord, I love your Sovereignty

```

Body, I love your necessity.

Vital, I love your temerity.

Mind, I love your clarity.

Heart, I love your spontaneity.

Soul, I love your divinity.

Lord, I love Your Sovereignty. ```

276. Our Golden Boat

```

Our Golden Boat

Invites the passengers

Who are freed from

Ranklings of jealousy

And who have learnt

The art of spreading purity

Lovingly and devotedly.

```

277. Humanity's face

```

In offering, we learn.

In learning, we become.

In becoming, we perfect

Humanity's face

And

Accelerate God's Grace. ```

278. Do you know

```

Do you know why God has patience

In boundless measure?

Just to make me His representative on earth.

Just to make me His prototype.

Just to make me His equal.

Just to make of me another God. ```

279. When

```

When

It is a matter of God-realisation

Everybody belongs to the same boat.

When

It is a matter of world-salvation

Everybody is a saviour supreme

In his own inimitable right.

```

280. Do not carry your passport

```

If you really want

To carry peace of mind

Wherever you want to go,

Then do one thing:

Do not carry your passport

Of self-importance.

No, not even by mistake.

```

281. I am tired

```

O body, I am tired

Of your constant lingering.

O vital, I am tired

Of your constant boasting.

O mind, I am tired

Of your constant whispering.

O heart, I am tired

Of your constant delaying.

O soul, I am tired

Of your constant dreaming. ```

282. Earth-born and Heaven-born souls

```

O earth-born souls,

You know how far to go

But

You know not where to go.

O Heaven-born souls,

You know when to love

But

You do not love adequately. ```

283. Your silence-self

```

True,

Your earth-life,

A portion of fallen divinity.

But do not be doomed

To disappointment-night.

You will gain back

What you had

And what you were.

Just give one more chance

To your silence-self:

God. ```

284. Terrestrial chart and celestial chart

```

When her terrestrial chart

Was unrolled

She realised how important

Her presence on earth was.

When her celestial chart

Was unrolled

She realised how desperately

Heaven needs her support,

Soul-support.

```

285. Three messages

```

Faith has three messages to offer.

First message:

God is necessary.

Second message:

God-realisation is indispensable.

Third message:

God-Perfection is attainable

At God's choice Hour,

It is unmistakably attainable.

```

286. Measurement

```

The other day

I measured my desire's height.

My vital was shocked.

My soul was thrilled

After I took the measurement.

A pigmy's height

Was my desire's height. ```

287. Lord, I enjoy

```

Lord, I enjoy Your juggling Eyes.

Lord, I love Your climbing Eyes.

Lord, I adore Your glowing Eyes.

Lord, I worship Your forgiving Eyes.

Lord, I need Your life-transforming Eyes.

```

288. Do you love Me

```

Do you love Me?

If so, why then do you love

My arch enemy: fear?

That means when you say

You love Me,

You do not actually mean it.

Do you love Me?

If so, why then do you love

My hostile enemy: doubt?

That means when you say

You love Me,

You do not actually mean it. ```

289. Love is a flower

```

Love is a flower

That grows in every

Heart-garden.

Doubt is a flower

That grows in every

Mind-garden.

Progress is a flower

That grows in every

Life-garden.

God is a flower

That grows in every

Gratitude-heart.

```

290. Go out

```

Go out

If you want to widen your mind.

Stay inside

If you want to maintain

The purity of your heart.

Go out and come back soon

If you want to conquer the world

Yet sustain your God-like beauty. ```

291. My supreme secret

```

I tell you

My supreme secret:

I used God's Breath

To declare

My ignorant body's

Ignorance-death.

You can also try.

Your success is guaranteed

For two million years

At least. ```

292. Only three human beings

```

God says

In His creation vast

Only three human beings

Will never be old:

A God-lover

A truth-server

A perfection-builder.

```

293. Our present century

```

Our present century

Has discovered

Three undeniable but deplorable things:

Indifference-ocean

Confusion-sun

Falsehood-perfection. ```

294. Silence-life, sound-life

```

His silence-life

Is quite audible.

His sound-life

Is quite inaudible.

Why?

Because in his silence-life

Is God's great preparation

And God's dynamic creation.

And in his sound-life

Is God's silent frustration,

God's silent Compassion.

```

295. He knows

```

He knows,

He knows the virtue of silver patience.

He practises it, too.

But he does not unnecessarily

Sit and wait,

Scheme and dream.

His inner light fixes

God's choice Hour.

So, at God's Hour he runs

And easily and unprecedentedly

Wins the race.

```

296. Fruitful is God-Duty

```

Hopeful is sunrise.

Thoughtful is moon-beauty.

Soulful is love-purity.

Truthful is life-necessity.

Fruitful is God-Duty

Beyond sunrise. ```

297. You pray to God

```

You pray to God

In a time of necessity.

You do not want to learn

The lessons offered

By regularity and punctuality.

I tell you what regularity

Can and will do for you:

Regularity will show you

Your victory's crown

And punctuality will crown you,

Your achievement's glory.

```

298. Three voices

```

A thunderous voice,

Who needs it?

I need it when I speak to Satan.

A generous voice,

Who needs it?

I need it when I speak to poor earth.

A glorious voice,

Who needs it?

I need it when I speak to Heaven.

```

299. Certitude and gratitude

```

My soul, you have for me

Royal certitude

And I have for you

Real gratitude.

My soul, you have for me

The message of the sky

And I have for you

My inner beauty's cry. ```

300. Hopeless and useless

```

Father, I know I am hopeless

And useless.

But since You have taken me

Into Your inner circle

Will You not help me to be worthy

Of that intimate circle?

I feel You certainly can.

Daughter, I certainly must. ```

301. Be careful

```

Be careful!

If you do not meditate

A voracious earth-hour

Shall devour you.

Be cheerful.

Since you meditate

A precious Heaven-hour

Is bound to feed you,

Love you

And

Immortalise you.

```

302. I love you

```

Father, I love You.

Daughter, that is not enough.

Father, I love You only.

Daughter, that is not enough.

Father, I need You.

Daughter, that is not enough.

Father, I need You only.

Daughter, that is not enough.

Why do you love Me?

Why do you need Me?

I love You, I need You

Because You, You alone are

My Eternity's All.

```

303. Because

```

Because

He went to God

With a timid heart

God did not accept him.

Because

He went to man

With two timid eyes

Man did not accept him.

Because

He went to Heaven

With two timid feet

Heaven did not accept him. ```

304. God-realisation

```

God-realisation

Is the most difficult attainment.

Who denies it?

Nobody.

Life-perfection

Is the most difficult achievement.

Alas, nobody wants to admit it.

Nobody wants to try it. ```

305. Choice Hour

```

Sacrifice-star

You have it.

You do not need any more.

Love-moon

You do not have.

You need it ever more.

Perfection-sun

God has kept aside for you.

He is just waiting

For His choice Hour. ```

306. If and when

```

If and when

I have the power,

I shall definitely speak

To humanity.

If and when

I have the love,

I shall unerringly love divinity.

If and when I become

Another God,

I shall speak to myself

And never before. ```

307. Three temples

```

In the temple of Night

I saw who I was.

In the temple of Light

I have seen what I can

Eventually be.

In the temple of Delight

I see what I eternally am:

God's own Dream-boat. ```

308. Limited and unlimited

```

Limited is the power of the vital.

I am sure by this time

You have known it.

Equally limited is the power of the mind.

I am sure by this time

You have realised it.

But unlimited is the power of the heart.

You will realise it

Before long.

```

309. He just barks

```

He barks

But

He does not bite.

What I am telling is true.

But, if he ever bites,

His bite will be no match for his bark.

He is clever

Therefore he does not bite.

I tell you,

This is the only reason

Why he does not bite.

```

310. Prayer, meditation, realisation

```

Each prayer

Heralds a new day of hope.

Each meditation

Heralds a new day of promise.

Each realisation

Heralds a new life of the Supreme. ```

311. Power-kingdom and love-kingdom

```

Your power-kingdom

Is bound to be overthrown

If you fail to feed

Humanity with love.

Your love-kingdom

Is bound to flourish

If you serve the body and soul

Of humanity

With your oneness-light.

```

312. Perfect satisfaction

```

Your vital is a connoisseur

Of wild confusion.

Your mind is a connoisseur

Of mild confession.

Your heart is a connoisseur

Of true illumination.

Your soul is a connoisseur

Of perfect satisfaction. ```

313. God, I need

```

God, I need

Your old Kindness.

God, I need

Your new Forgiveness.

God, I need

Your old Intimacy.

God, I need

Your new Promise. ```

314. Outer and inner temples

```

My outer body-temple

From time immemorial

Has been expecting God's Arrival.

My inner heart-temple

From time immemorial

Has been feeding God's Body

And treasuring God's Soul. ```

315. I believed therefore I conquered

```

I believed I could conquer,

Therefore I conquered.

What did I conquer?

Heaven's indifference and earth's pleasure,

God's Crown and death's pressure. ```

316. Original foes

```

Humanity's

Original foes:

Separation-night,

Ignorance-dream.

Humanity's

Original friends:

Self-giving,

Truth-search. ```

317. Came and left

```

Silver victory came,

Gold humility left.

Gold humility returned,

Diamond God followed. ```

318. Father

```

Father, at times why do I

Become hostile to You?

Is it because I feel

That You love others more

Or

Because You are not

Helping me to conquer

My insecurity's life

And

My jealousy's eyes?

Father, I know these are difficult questions.

You may take Your own time. ```

319. Permanent

```

Only four songs

Are permanent

In God's creation:

Man's song of procrastination

God's song of Compassion

Earth's song of dedication

Heaven's song of satisfaction.

```

320. The mind-man and the heart-man

```

Lord, the mind-man in me

Is unwilling.

Shall I force him?

Or

Shall I leave him?

Lord, the heart-man in me

Is more than willing.

How shall I thank him?

And

How shall I pilot him?

```

321. My aspiration-ladder, my desire-ladder

```

My aspiration-ladder

Took me up to show me

My face of golden ray.

My desire-ladder

Brought me down to show me

My feet of inconscience-clay.

```

322. Do you believe

```

Do you believe

In the life of reality?

If you believe

Then do not renounce life.

Do not indulge

In quitting activity

As long as you believe in reality;

God's omnipresent Reality. ```

323. Enemy and friend

```

He who has a single desire

Has a sure enemy.

He who has a little aspiration

Has a true friend.

He who has an iota of love

Has a pure mother

And

An eternal friend. ```

324. If you say

```

If you say

He is old

I shall not object.

But I shall appreciate it

If you just add a pithy line:

His earth-face

Is lined with the roadmap

Of Heaven-history. ```

325. Who says

```

Who says

You have to become

A God-believer first

If you want to be

A conscientious objector?

It is not at all true.

You just need firm faith

In your discovery

Of wisdom-light.

If that is done,

You do not have to bring God into the picture.

After all, poor God,

He has many more important things to do.

```

326. He is wise

```

He is wise

Because

He knows how far he can run

In this world of limited boundaries. ```

327. No more victory

```

O my vital,

You cannot have a sweeping victory

Any more.

My mind, sharp as shark's teeth,

Now vehemently challenges you.

And

My heart, vast as the blue sky,

Condemns your age-long supreme authority.

```

328. He is wrong

```

He thinks his outer years

Will offer him wisdom-light.

Alas, he is totally wrong.

He thinks his mental capacities

Will offer him wisdom-light.

Alas, this time, too, he is wrong.

Finally, he comes to realise

That it is God's Compassion-Flood

That offers him the wisdom-light.

```

329. Use him

```

Use him to please you.

He will do it.

Use him to love you.

He will do it.

Use him to show you

The Face of God.

He will do it.

He will gladly do it.

He will devotedly do it.

Why?

Because in your joy

He achieves the peerless satisfaction

Of God-manifestation.

```

330. There was a time

```

There was a time

When I ventured to change

The face of the world.

And now I consider the case.

No more shall I be

A self-styled reformer.

I shall become only a God-lover

To please Him in His own Way. ```

331. To humanity

```

To humanity,

Your heart of light

Has brought the greatest

Blessing-light.

To divinity,

Your mouth of abysmal darkness

Has brought the unparalleled curse.

```

332. Why does he need

```

Why does he need weapons

To accept the challenge

Of world-gloom?

His wisdom-light

Far transcends the power

Of world-doom

And

Heaven-bloom. ```

333. Walk by faith

```

"Walk by faith, not by night."

This is the only way

To reach God's

Ever-transcending Heights

And

Ever-deepening Depth.

This method I have tried

And I have succeeded,

More than succeeded.

```

334. All is uncertain

```

All is uncertain

Between womb and tomb.

All is uncertain

Between man's Heavenly promise

And earthly hope.

All is uncertain

Between man's aspiration-cry

And realisation-smile.

```

335. Control and increase

```

Control your earth-desires.

Don't you see

That you are injuring

Your Heaven-aspiration?

Increase your Heaven-aspiration.

Don't you see

That your human incarnation

Is about to surrender

To your animal incarnation?

```

336. God's God-Decision

```

My

Desire-friend

What can I do?

My Lord wants me to play with you.

He wants me to win,

He wants you to lose.

If not, I would have easily allowed you

To win at times, at least.

As you know I have taken

A solemn vow:

"God's God-Decision is always final."

```

337. Dear Doubt

```

Dear Doubt, after I have passed

Behind the curtain of eternity,

I might visit your country.

But now, during my earth-sojourn,

I shall stay only with my bosom friend

Faith.

Once more, if you

Darken my mind-door,

I shall never leave

My Faith's immortal shore.

So, be careful,

Doubt, my dear. ```

338. He

```

He who loves nothing

Knows nothing.

He who knows nothing

Is nothing.

He who is nothing

Is either God's inimitable creation

Or man's insurmountable frustration.

```

339. Easy

```

Everything is easy to the willing.

Father God and brother Heaven

Are shining examples.

Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

Your Himalayan ego

And

My Pacific insincerity

Are shining examples.

```

340. Yet God loves you

```

Exception proves the rule;

You do not need God,

Yet God loves you.

His hour for Heaven

Has not yet struck;

Yet he has left for Heaven

Out of bitter disgust for earth.

Needless to say,

God has forgiven him

And has accepted the fact.

I have brought God down

And placed Him before human beings

Quite unexpectedly.

Yet God loves me. ```

341. Seeker-lover-master

```

The seeker in me

Never fears investigation.

The lover in me

Never fears desertion.

The master in me

Never fears humiliation. ```

342. All about God

```

I thought about God

Only to satisfy me.

I spoke about God

Only to glorify me.

I wrote about God

Only to justify me. ```

343. He is my real Friend

```

God shook hands with me

Only to prove that He is my real Friend.

God blessed me on my head

Only to prove that He is my true Father.

God embraced me powerfully

Only to prove that He is my eternal Lover. ```

344. Four men

```

The desiring man

In me declares:

"Action, action."

The aspiring man

In me declares:

"Intention, intention."

The surrendering man

In me declares:

"God-satisfaction,

God-satisfaction."

The realised man

In me declares:

"Eternal-perfection,

Eternal-perfection." ```

345. Problems

```

You have some mental problems.

Go to a psychiatrist.

I am absolutely the wrong person.

You have some physical problems.

Go to a doctor.

I am absolutely the wrong person.

You have some legal problems.

Go to a lawyer.

I am absolutely the wrong person.

Come to me only when

You have God-realisation problems

And

God-manifestation problems. ```

346. I am a fool

```

They say I am a fool.

I tell the world everything I know.

But what can I do?

How can I be mean?

I must share my knowledge with others.

After all I am practising

What I have been taught by the Supreme.

Did He not empty His Knowledge-Sun

Before me?

Whom shall I follow

If not my Father Supreme? ```

347. Confession, purification, satisfaction and perfection

```

Confession

Is good for a Christian soul.

Purification

Is good for a Hindu soul.

Satisfaction

Is good for a surrendered soul.

Perfection

Is good for a realised soul. ```

348. Satisfaction glows supremely

```

Confidence grows

Slowly.

Realisation spreads

Steadily.

Perfection flows

Eternally.

Satisfaction glows

Supremely. ```

349. A truth and a lie

```

What is a truth?

What is a lie?

A lie is the false protection

Of my clever deception.

A truth is the sure revelation

Of my pure perfection. ```

350. I have compared

```

I have compared myself

With God.

He has only two things

More than I have:

Compassion

And

Forgiveness.

I have compared myself

With man.

I have only two things

More than he has:

Self-deception

And

Self-gratification.

```

351. Confess and progress

```

Confess, confess

If you have nothing else

To do.

Progress, progress.

Indeed,

This is the only thing

To do. ```

352. Confidence

```

Confidence, confidence.

God has confidence in me

And

I have confidence in God.

God feels I shall be able

To equal Him.

I am sure God will help me

In this matter.

I feel I shall be able

To manifest Him.

I am sure God will help me

In this matter. ```

353. He and she

```

He is a cloud-born man.

What can you really

Expect of him?

She is a sun-born soul.

Is there anything

That both on earth and in Heaven

You cannot expect of her? ```

354. Teeming spots

```

Even the world-illumining sun

Has teeming spots.

Why do you worry

About my life's blackspots,

Mother Earth?

Son, I want you to be

As perfect as Eternity's

Father-sun

And not the time-born

Planet-sun.

```

355. My added contribution

```

I have carefully read

God's Biography,

Therefore

I know practically everything

About God.

But one thing even now

I do not understand.

Is God responsible for this miserable creation

Or

Am I responsible for my added contribution? ```

356. Since

```

Since

Asking costs nothing

I ask God to love me more.

Since

Loving costs nothing

I love God more and more.

Since

Making costs nothing

I make God of my own sweet will.

```

357. God alone knows

```

Talk to others,

You will learn.

Talk to yourself,

You will learn more.

Stop talking,

Remain silent.

God will talk and God will learn

For you.

You will learn everything

That God alone knows. ```

358. Only one question remains unanswered

```

All the questions

Have answers.

Only one question

Remains unanswered:

Does God ever think

If He has made

A serious blunder

In creating this

Animal universe?

```

359. Indeed

```

Indeed,

You are a real clever Master.

Just because I do not follow

Your path, you secretly

Tell your people

That I am not ready for the spiritual life.

Just because I have not taken you

As my Master, you openly say

That I am not meant to be your disciple.

Indeed,

You are a real clever Master.

```

360. Love

```

Love your earth-adversaries

But tell them not

What you have:

You have shadowless God-realisation.

If you breathe your realisation

They will refute your proclamation,

They will delay your manifestation.

Love them

But tell them not

What you have

And what you eternally are.

What you have

Is a glowing realisation.

What you are

Is an ever-ascending aspiration. ```

361. Failure

```

What has failed you?

Your mind of wild confusion

Has failed you.

Blame not others.

What has unnecessarily failed you?

Your life of mean seclusion

Has failed you.

Blame not others,

Emphatically.

```

362. Victory-speed

```

Supreme,

We try so hard,

We cry so often,

How is it that

We never succeed?

Daughter, My daughter,

Try not to succeed

But

Try only to proceed.

Lo, your victory-speed

Is fast approaching you,

My daughter sweet.

```

363. It never ends

```

It never ends

My ignorance never ends.

It never begins

My aspiration never begins.

It never cries

My stupidity never cries.

It never smiles

My fear never smiles. ```

364. The best is yet to come

```

The best is yet to come.

Therefore

Give me another chance.

The best is yet to come.

Therefore

I can begin to dance.

```

365. Closest, closer, close

```

You are closest to God

Because

You never play with the role of God.

He is closer to God

Because

His disciples compel him

To play the role of God.

I am close to God

Because

On my own, I play the role of God.

```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

Sri Chinmoy wrote these 365 poems in honour of Father's Day, June 16, 1974. They were written during the 72-hour period from 6:00 p.m. June 10th (while he was on the plane to Puerto Rico) to 5:45 p.m. June 13th during the time of his visit to the San Juan Sri Chinmoy Centre.

The Master offered this prayerful gift to his spiritual children of the Puerto Rican Sri Chinmoy Centres, and to his Centres in all other parts of the world. On Father's Day a special dedication of this volume was made to the Guru by the disciples who worked in the printing of the book. On that occasion, each of the 365 poems was recited to the accompaniment of soulful music.

Sri Chinmoy expressed his deepest and most loving gratitude to the disciples who worked for three days and nights on the book, many of them staying up all night for three consecutive nights, and getting only snatches of sleep during the day, typing, varietyping, proofreading, making plates and negatives, masking, printing, collating and binding this book of poems. The temperature hovered near 98° all during this time.

The Guru is extremely proud of his Puerto Rican children.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Three hundred sixty-five Father's Day prayers, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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