Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 10

901. The real in me

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Purity awakens the real in me:

Oneness.

Humility strengthens the real in me:

Perfection.

Gratitude enlightens the real in me:

Satisfaction. ```

902. The heart-land

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Now that I have

Become an explorer,

I shall explore

A new land:

The heart-land.

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903. Your right of self-encouragement

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My Lord Supreme,

I need self-newness.

How can I have it?

“My child,

You can have self-newness

Only by exercising your right

Of self-encouragement.”

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904. The defeat of my life

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There is a defeat

That is more glorious

Than victory,

And that defeat

Is the defeat

Of my entire life

By Truth.

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905. Since you do not play

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Since you do not play

The foul game

Of blind negatives,

Yours will be the Consciousness-delight,

Here, there and

All-where. ```

906. Something exists above

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Something exists above

Our usual desire-life,

And that something

Is our aspiration-life.

Something exists far above

Our rare aspiration-life,

And that something

Is our realisation-goal. ```

907. What I shall have

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Today what I have

Is a tiny aspiration-seed.

Tomorrow what I shall have

Is a powerfully developed realisation-blossom. ```

908. My aspiration-heart tells me

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My confusion-mind tells me

That life is nothing

But a dreadful nightmare.

My aspiration-heart tells me

That life can be

A lovely dream.

Why not let me give a chance

To my self-giving heart? ```

909. My soul has already become

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My mind does not know

What it must know.

My heart knows

What it must know:

The beauty of gratitude-flames.

My soul not only knows

What it must know,

But it has already become

Satisfaction-sun.

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910. A God-Smile

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As a vigorous shake

Can awaken a sleeping man,

Even so, a God-Smile

Can inspire an unaspiring seeker. ```

911. The happy result

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Unreservedly strengthen the part of you

That wants God’s Love

Above everything else,

And soulfully see

The happy result.

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912. My supreme realisation

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Darkness is light:

This is my human realisation.

Light is for darkness:

This is my divine realisation.

Darkness is for light:

This is my supreme realisation. ```

913. Helpless and senseless

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Lord, is it because

I am helpless

That I am senseless?

Or is it because

I am senseless

That I am helpless?

“No, no, you are helpless because

You do not cry,

Cry for Light.

You are senseless because

You do not need Light.”

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914. God sees me differently

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God sees me

In a totally different way

Than the way I see myself.

He sees me

As another God.

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915. Because God loves me more

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Precisely because

God loves me infinitely more

Than I love myself,

God cannot afford to be

As careless with my life

As I am. ```

916. If we can raise ourselves

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On earth

If we can raise ourselves,

In Heaven

We shall rise

With the cosmic gods.

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917. Man loves his confusion-fog

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Alas, man loves

His confusion-fog

More than he loves

His sure capacity,

Which can easily illumine

His confusion-fog. ```

918. Your foolish mind

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No wonder you have failed

In the battlefield of life!

You have failed because

Your foolish mind

Is full of frail opinions.

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919. Pains follow us

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Pains, physical or otherwise,

Follow us into tomorrow

Because we do not cancel them today

With our soul-power. ```

920. You must listen

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My Lord says to me:

“My child, since you cannot see

The things I can see,

You must needs listen to Me,

Although you fail to understand.”

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921. Wisdom-light dawned on me

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Wisdom-light dawned on me

The day I recommended the Truth

To my own little

Receptivity-self. ```

922. The answer

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Wait and see.

The temporary emptiness

Of not discovering

The answers of life

Cannot last,

For the Answer itself

Is blossoming

Petal by petal

For you.

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923. Self-glory

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Self-glory:

What is it

If not deceitful?

Self-discovery:

What is it

If not fruitful?

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924. If you have the courage

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If you have the sincere courage

To declare that you are

Totally lost,

Then God has the unreserved Compassion

To show you the way

To the Satisfaction-Goal. ```

925. When you are liberated

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When you are liberated

From the attraction-vital

And the repulsion-mind,

You will be able to enjoy

A perfection-life

And

A satisfaction-heart.

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926. Mine are the eyes

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Self-exploitation,

Mine are the eyes

That dislike you.

Self-deception,

Mine is the heart

That hates you.

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927. Let me follow my heart

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O world,

I know not why

My heart does not want

To go the way you want to go.

Let me at least

Follow my heart

For a while.

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928. When I pray to the false god

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When I pray

To the false god,

My praying is not enough.

I have to run towards him.

When I pray

To the real God,

He immediately runs towards me.

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929. If you long for peace

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In your outer life

If you long for peace,

Then in your inner life

You must become energy-action. ```

930. Beyond the inner barriers

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Are you aware

Of your inner barriers?

If so, fear not,

For your awareness itself

Will carry you beyond

All the inner barriers. ```

931. If God and Truth communicate

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If God and Truth can communicate

In perfect silence,

Then what is wrong with me?

I must try and succeed

In joining them.

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932. Counterfeit victory

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You must decide

Whether you want

An uncompromising victory over falsehood

Or the counterfeit version of victory:

Truce.

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933. Remain unseen

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Remain unseen,

Remain unapplauded.

Faster than the fastest

You alone, and nobody else,

Will be able to run.

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934. Two enemies have left me

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You are asking me,

Why am I so happy?

I am happy because

At long last

My two unparalleled enemies,

Submission-life and domination-vital,

Have left me.

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935. I am not needed

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I am not needed

To say the right thing.

I am only required

To be the right thing. ```

936. You will hurt yourself

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I tell you,

You will hit and hurt yourself

If you fail to learn

How to bend. ```

937. Divinity fails to hide

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Divinity fails to hide

When generosity shines in the heart,

Sincerity shines in the mind

And

Purity shines in the vital.

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938. Truth is paralysing

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Truth is paralysing

Your insincerity-smile.

You are paralysing

The perfection-beauty of Truth. ```

939. Old God, new God

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The old God

Taught me how to fight

Against ignorance-night.

The new God

Is teaching me how to surrender

To His Vision-Light.

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940. Those who are always late

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Those who are always late

Will never have

Teeming aspiration-flames

To win the satisfaction-smile

Of the inner sun.

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941. Each heart is the beauty

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Each heart is the beauty

Of a God-dreamer.

Each life is the delight

Of a God-lover. ```

942. Three tear-drops

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The doubt-beast left me

The moment God discovered

At His Feet

Three tear-drops

Of my heart.

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943. Special attention

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Because I receive

Special attention from You,

My Lord,

Everybody is jealous of me.

Because You bless me,

My Lord,

With Your special Love,

Everybody shuns my company.

“My child, that is fine with Me.

I hope that is fine with you, too.” ```

944. An excellent Boss

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Have you ever worked with God?

He is an excellent Boss.

He has taught me the secret

Of creating freedom-delight. ```

945. Mine is the vision-eye

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Mine is the vision-eye

That unlocks the door

Leading to God-satisfaction in man

And

Man-perfection in God.

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946. The habit of trusting yourself

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You are in the habit

Of trusting yourself,

But I wish to tell you

To trust the real nature in you,

Which is God-Nature,

And not your usual self,

Which is ignorance-hunger.

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947. Real confidence

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False confidence we get

From blind imitation.

Real confidence we get

From self-cultivation,

Self-perfection,

God-Compassion

And

God-Satisfaction. ```

948. A great encouragement

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Always it is a great encouragement

To feel and realise

That the ultimate Truth

Can never, never tolerate

Human deception-night.

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949. I shall depend

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I do not depend

And will never depend

On the supposed and borrowed courage

Of others.

I shall depend only on my

Certainty-soul

And

Compassion-Immortality-God. ```

950. I shall relax

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I shall relax,

For relaxation is the only way

To watch my mind flow

With its plenitude-resources.

I shall relax, and I shall always relax.

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951. I shall not hide from Truth

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I shall not hide from Truth,

For I know Truth loves me.

Truth loves me

Only to perfect me.

Truth loves me

Only to fulfil the Real in me,

And the Real in me is God-Vision,

And nothing else. ```

952. Prison of misunderstanding

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Each human being is doomed to stay

In a prison of misunderstanding.

Alas, when will the day dawn

When misunderstanding will be replaced

By heart-understanding

And soul-fulfilling

Summit-oneness?

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953. Your Goal

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There are many things on the road

That fight and frighten you,

But remember,

Those things are all totally false.

Ignore them mercilessly

And

March forward!

Fly upward and dive inward

Speedily and sleeplessly.

Your Goal: The Truth Ultimate. ```

954. When I understand you and him

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When I understand you and him,

I understand the entire universe.

When I understand the entire universe,

I become a conscious, sleepless

And self-giving representative

Of my Beloved Supreme. ```

955. An inner task

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I know, I know

Why I have been given an inner task

To perform.

An inner task I have been given

Because it is more than possible

For me to succeed and proceed:

Succeed to please myself

And

Proceed to please

My Eternity’s Lord Supreme. ```

956. Today and tomorrow

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What you are today

May be a concealed frustration,

But tomorrow you will definitely be

A revealed satisfaction. ```

957. Whom shall my soul believe?

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Whom shall my soul believe?

Not him who tells the world

That I am useless,

Not him who tells the world

That I can try to aspire,

But him who tells the world

That I am not only aspiring

But succeeding. ```

958. The flower of a reality

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The fragrance of a dream

Has a short-lived breath.

The flower of a reality

Forever lasts. ```

959. The science of poison-doubt

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The science of poison-doubt

Has at last discovered

That God is not strong

And

Man is not weak.

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960. A zone of indifference

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Your very life

Is a zone of indifference.

Nothing ever grows within you.

Nothing!

Never!

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961. No recommendation

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The beauty of the rose

Needs no recommendation.

The fragrance of my gratitude-heart

Needs no recommendation either. ```

962. My human life knows

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My animal life did not know

How to ascend or descend.

But my human life knows

How to ascend and descend.

It can go higher than the height

Of the cosmic gods.

It can descend below

My animal life. ```

963. Time bridges

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Time bridges

The purity of my heart’s cry

And

The beauty of my life’s smile. ```

964. The key

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The key to the world

Is wisdom-light.

The key to wisdom-light

Is surrender-delight. ```

965. Where is the strength?

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Where is the paint

To improve

The beauty of a flower?

Where is the strength

To increase

The love of my heart? ```

966. The root of prosperity

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The root of poverty

Is in the immediate fear

Of myself.

The root of prosperity

Is in the constant love

Of God. ```

967. The gift of gifts

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Peace is the gift of gifts

That God bestowed

Upon

His choice children. ```

968. Time silences the animal in me

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Time silences the animal in me.

Time enlightens the human in me.

Time quickens the divine in me.

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969. A master key

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A gratitude-heart

Is a master key.

It can open

Any heart. ```

970. Time awakens

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Time silences

The duty of life.

Time awakens

The beauty of death. ```

971. Never for sale

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The aspiration-cry

Can never be borrowed.

The gratitude-smile

Is never for sale. ```

972. If your heart does not know

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If your heart does not know

How to cry,

How do you expect

Your life to smile? ```

973. Two neighbours

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The mind’s impurity

And the heart’s purity

Are two neighbours.

But each is afraid

Of losing its identity.

Therefore,

They never meet.

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974. I shall outlast

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The sublime days of the perfect past

Are crowding fast.

I shall, therefore, outlast

The chain of my present miseries. ```

975. A reality of love

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Because you live

On a limitless scale

Of vastness,

Your life is a stupendous

Reality of love.

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976. The mystery of mysteries

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The mystery of mysteries

Is why anyone flatters the desire-life.

The mystery of mysteries

Is why anyone ridicules the aspiration-life. ```

977. To increase faith

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Be on the right track,

So that you can increase faith

Not only in yourself

But also in others. ```

978. The roots of your doubts

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Be on the right track,

So that you can destroy

The roots of your doubts

And those of others. ```

979. The unbelievable

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You want to believe

The unbelievable:

That your mind is pure.

You want to make me believe

The unbelievable:

That my heart is poor. ```

980. You are a rogue

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You are a rogue.

You want ready-made

God-realisation.

You are a fool.

You want ready-made

God-manifestation. ```

981. Choice, not chance

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It is choice, not chance,

That tells me

Where to go,

How to go,

Why to go

And, finally,

Whom to realise.

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982. He who compromises

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He who compromises

Deliberately forgets to remember

What he cried for

Previously. ```

983. The forced duty

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My Lord tells me:

“My son,

If you know the Truth,

Then never compromise.

Compromise is the forced duty

Of mutual weakness.” ```

984. My victory, my defeat

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My victory comes only when

God sanctions it.

My defeat comes only when

I admit it. ```

985. Nobody can defeat you

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Nobody can perfect you

Except God.

Nobody can defeat you

Except your own

Stupid willingness.

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986. Each difficulty

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Each difficulty

Is a hard examination:

So says my truth-fearing mind.

Each difficulty

Is an increased strength:

So says my God-loving heart. ```

987. You are lost

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You are lost

When you believe your doubts.

You are dead

When you doubt your beliefs. ```

988. My doubts have died

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In the morning

I feed my faith-flames.

In the evening

I see something quite astonishing:

All my doubts have died

Out of starvation. ```

989. A direct gift

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Education we can buy.

Satisfaction we cannot,

For satisfaction is

A direct gift from God. ```

990. My enthusiasm

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My enthusiasm needs

No imagination-flight,

For it is always

A rich harvest. ```

991. The thick forest of solitude

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With his tears of repentance,

His mind has entered

Into the thick forest of solitude.

Before long he and his life

Will swim in the sea

Of satisfaction-ecstasy. ```

992. Visitor

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Stay in the lap of pleasure, you fool!

God may not come to see you,

But somebody definitely

Will come to visit you

Without a whisper.

Do you know who?

Your own destruction-tiger.

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993. The inevitability

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For months I have not prayed

To God.

I have totally forgotten

God’s Love-Compassion-Forgiveness.

Within and without

I see the omnipotence of oblivion.

And now I am the inevitability

Of stark disappointment. ```

994. What I have become

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What I see

Is a disturbing sunset.

What I feel

Is a trembling hope.

What I have become

Is a heart-piercing cry. ```

995. A train of sadness

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My Lord, do protect me

From my friends

Who are urging me

To follow the crowds.

They are unconsciously forcing me

Into a train of sadness. ```

996. A fountain of God-thought

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A fountain of God-thought

Tells me that mine is not

A weak and mortal birth.

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997. I am helpless as ever

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When will You return,

My Beloved Supreme?

My heart-cave is all empty.

I am helpless as ever

In my throes.

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998. The great authority

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My wild thoughts were chasing me

Like beasts in the dense forest.

But now at last I have renounced

The great authority

Of my own life.

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999. The days of my slavery

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Yesterday I was a slave

Of my own power.

Today I am a slave

Of my own doubt.

The days of my slavery

Will tomorrow be over.

I shall become the master-friend

Of my life. ```

1000. My heart's challenging life

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The achievement

Of my heart’s challenging life

Is an aspiring flame,

An illumining lamp

And

A fulfilling sun

Every day.

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Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the tenth volume in a series of ten thousand “flaming flower-poems” which Sri Chinmoy is placing devotedly, unreservedly and unconditionally at the Compassion-Feet of God, our Beloved Supreme. They stand as a supreme offering from the unfolding beauty of his flower-heart and the flaming heights of his realisation-sun. Indeed, a treasure-tower which will at once be claimed by humanity’s self-ascending cry and Divinity’s God-descending Smile.

Editor's note to cover photo

Ted Corbitt, who has run over 200 marathons and is considered the father of long-distance running in the U.S., participated in the opening ceremonies for the 1978 New York City Marathon. Here he is shown with Sri Chinmoy, who opened the event with a silent meditation.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 10, Agni Press, 1981
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