Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 14

1301. The beginning finds the end

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The beginning finds the end:

Love finds oneness-flower.

Oneness-flower finds

Satisfaction-fruit. ```

1302. O mocking eyes of the world

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O mocking eyes of the world,

Soon you are going

To appreciate deeply

The fragrance-beauty

Of my flower-heart.

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1303. Three ultimate absurdities

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Three ultimate absurdities:

I shall fail my Lord.

I am not meant for God-realisation.

My Lord is not pleased with me. ```

1304. Confidants

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God is my confidant.

I have told Him secretly

That I am totally fed up

With my mind-jungle.

I am God’s confidant.

He has secretly told me

That I can always remain

In the beauty’s satisfaction-garden

Of my heart.

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1305. The only answer

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Is hell on this earth?

The doubting mind has and is

The only answer.

Is Heaven on this earth?

The aspiring heart has and is

The only answer.

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1306. A complete betrayal

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A complete betrayal!

Before I was born

I told God

That I shall have nothing to do

With ignorance-tiger on earth.

Alas, what am I doing now,

And what can I do now?

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1307. Three imaginary convictions

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Three imaginary convictions:

My doubtful mind cannot be changed.

My hopeful heart is fooling itself.

God has no need for me. ```

1308. Hope

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Hope

Is not just a word.

Hope

Is today’s beautiful plant.

Hope

Is tomorrow’s fruitful tree. ```

1309. Each prayer is hard work

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Each prayer is hard work.

My idle body must learn it.

Each piece of work is a sincere prayer.

My soulful heart already knows it. ```

1310. Justice-light

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Justice-light

Without delay

Unmistakably expedites my God-hunger

And God’s Compassion-Flight. ```

1311. The limits of love

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My seeker-friends,

Do you know that the limits of love

Nobody has discovered?

No, not even God’s Justice-Light. ```

1312. A fleeting mortal sorrow

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A fleeting mortal sorrow

Has the infallible ability

To give birth

To a Heavenly immortal Joy. ```

1313. A more reliable disciple

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A more reliable disciple

And a more reliable Master

Need each other.

To be a more reliable disciple,

I need more purity.

To be a more reliable Master,

You need a greater sense of duty.

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1314. Share

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Do not keep your fears to yourself;

Share with God the Compassionate.

Do not keep your courage to yourself;

Share with man the unfortunate. ```

1315. An incurable opportunist

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An incurable opportunist

Is he who was once upon a time

An indomitable optimist.

Nobody knows this great secret

Better than you do.

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1316. Who has the freedom?

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Who has the freedom to make mistakes?

He who gives his heart and soul

To transform man’s endless poverty

Into God’s breathless Prosperity. ```

1317. God is all ready

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God is all ready

To become your guaranteed Teacher.

It is you who have not yet become

His guaranteed student. ```

1318. God's troubles

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God’s troubles are these:

The animal in man

Has forgotten Him totally.

The divine in man

Is not manifesting Him satisfactorily.

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1319. Break your bad habits

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Break your bad habits

By dropping them.

Strengthen your good habits

By treasuring them. ```

1320. The junkyard

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O my prejudice-bound mind,

Do you know

That you are the junkyard

Around my oneness-spreading

Haven-heart?

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1321. Poverty-ideas, prosperity-ideals

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Poverty-ideas

Have struck my doubtful mind.

Prosperity-ideals

Have clasped my soulful heart. ```

1322. A true satisfaction

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Imagination can be

A strong power.

I certainly know it!

Power can be

A true satisfaction.

Nobody will dare to prove it! ```

1323. O my soul, smile!

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O my soul, smile!

Smile once more.

Your smile is my only tranquilliser

With no side-effects.

O my soul, smile!

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1324. My ignorance is no excuse

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I know, I know,

My ignorance is no excuse.

I should have loved

God only.

I should have surrendered my heartbeats

To God sleeplessly.

I should have sung God’s Victory-Song

Breathlessly, plus unconditionally. ```

1325. Your wise willingness-heart

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Since God can do more

With your life

Than you can,

You must not hesitate

To offer God immediately

Your wise willingness-heart. ```

1326. What do I do?

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What do I do?

I admire the heights

Of your lofty ideals.

What else do I do?

I love the beauty

Of your sacred gratitude-flames. ```

1327. Take your choice!

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Take your choice!

Either allow God

To sit inside your head

Or go and sit

At God’s Forgiveness-Feet.

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1328. We are mistaken

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You are mistaken.

God does think of you constantly.

I am mistaken.

God does love us both equally. ```

1329. An unexpected blow

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My Lord Supreme received

An unexpected blow from me

The moment I told Him

That I had lost faith

In myself completely.

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1330. If you are an earthly guest

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If you are an earthly guest,

Heaven will give you

Its most precious beauty:

Compassion.

If you are a Heavenly guest,

Earth will give you

Its most precious wealth:

Gratitude. ```

1331. God's partner

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I am God’s partner.

In the morning

My duty is to water

The earth-plant.

In the evening

My duty is to grant earth

The Heaven-fruit.

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1332. I shall have no more problems

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The answer is found.

I shall have no more problems.

I have learnt the divine art

Of supreme surrender

To God’s Will.

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1333. Who says?

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Who says

That I am a faithful servant to my body?

No, not true!

Who says

That I am a constant comrade of my soul?

True, absolutely true!

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1334. At the end of all the roads

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At the end of all the roads

There is only a sound-life

That does everything,

And a silence-life

That becomes everything.

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1335. Do not think of human grief!

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Do not think of human grief!

Think only of your eagerness to transform it

Into Divinity’s divine Joy-Flames.

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1336. God-life is waiting for me

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The outer life has beaten me,

The inner life has forsaken me,

But God-life is waiting for me.

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1337. Each day dies eventless

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Each day dies eventless.

That is why my greedy mind cries.

Each day dies soulless.

That is why my hungry heart cries. ```

1338. The usual end of day

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The usual end of day:

Sleep and silence.

Sleep I need to live on earth.

Silence I need to love God,

Only God, on earth.

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1339. What is new?

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What is new?

I love God

More than I love myself.

What is old?

I am failing still

In loving God unconditionally. ```

1340. The snare of imperfection

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The snare of imperfection

Is strong.

The snare of unwillingness to change

Is even stronger. ```

1341. My heart's inner secret

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My heart’s inner secret —

Daily I pray to increase

The strength of my special prayer:

I do not want to be another God.

Why?

I am afraid of His endless

Responsibility-Burden-Life.

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1342. My diamond thoughts

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My silver thoughts

Ascend to receive.

My golden thoughts

Ascend to receive

And

Descend to offer.

My diamond thoughts

Ascend to receive,

Descend to offer

And

Surrender constantly to God’s Will

To satisfy God unconditionally. ```

1343. Twice I was lost

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Twice I was lost:

I was lost

In morning’s soaring height.

I was lost

In evening’s fulfilling peace.

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1344. Because I am a truth-seeker

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Because I am a truth-seeker

The future flows towards me.

Because I am a God-lover

I live in the Eternal Now. ```

1345. A fleeting experience

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Purity is a fleeting experience

In the mind.

Poise is a fleeting experience

In the vital.

Dynamism is a fleeting experience

In the body.

Security is a fleeting experience

In the heart. ```

1346. A sweet dream

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Yesterday I had

A sweet dream.

Today I have

Powerful regrets.

Tomorrow, perhaps, I shall have

New opportunities. ```

1347. A universal passport

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Because God loves him

Unimaginably and unconditionally,

He has a universal passport

In the inner world. ```

1348. Opportunity and ability

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True,

Opportunity and ability

Are two totally different things.

Opportunity tries

To create ability,

And ability can and does

Create opportunity

At the end of our journey’s close. ```

1349. The length of his patience

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The length of his patience

Has brought him

The beauty of the morning light

And

The purity of the evening peace.

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1350. The depths of his convictions

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The depths of his convictions:

He can better himself.

He can perfect himself.

He can transcend himself. ```

1351. I am the same

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I am the same

When I wake up:

An incurable fool.

I am the same

When I go to sleep:

An unthinkable rogue.

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1352. God's Heart of Silence-Delight

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God’s Music

Comes from God’s Heart

Of Silence-Delight.

God’s Songs

Come from God’s Eye

Of Compassion-Love.

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1353. Alas, no escape!

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Alas, no escape!

Even in sleep

Your mind is helplessly lost

In impurity-forest.

Alas, no escape!

Even in sleep

Your heart is hopelessly lost

In anxiety-desert. ```

1354. God still loves me

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Let me believe

That God still loves me

Although I have spoken ill of Him

Mercilessly,

Although I have deserted Him

Deliberately,

Although I have invited ignorance-night

To replace Him inside my heart

Cheerfully.

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1355. This game of progress

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My outer sun is progressing

By emptying itself.

Alas, some day

This game will be over.

My inner sun is progressing

By revealing itself —

An everlasting

And ever-transcending game. ```

1356. Free of aspiration

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Free of oath

Is his outer life.

Free of promise

Is his inner life.

Free of aspiration

Is his God-search. ```

1357. A prosperous gift

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That dangerous thing, doubt,

I did have

Once upon a time.

That prosperous gift, faith,

I now have

Lovingly, soulfully and unreservedly.

We two shall forever

Together live. ```

1358. Faithful to every promise

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Faithful to every promise,

A truth seeker needs must be.

Soulful in every thought-action,

A God-lover needs must be. ```

1359. He raised a wall of nothingness

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He raised a wall of nothingness

Between

His insecurity-heart and

God’s Compassion-Eye.

He raised a wall of nothingness

Between

His impurity-mind and

God’s Forgiveness-Heart. ```

1360. Like an angel

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Meditation, like an angel, came

To enlighten his mind,

To liberate his heart,

To immortalise his life. ```

1361. His aspiration-hunger

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A little body with a mighty heart

Is his aspiration-hunger.

A mortal life with an immortal promise

Is his manifestation-feast. ```

1362. Progress and transcendence

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Success and conquest:

Neither has fulfilment-peace.

Progress and transcendence:

Both have perfect satisfaction-silence. ```

1363. Great light clasped his mind

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Great light clasped his mind.

Great delight clasped his heart.

Great perfection clasped his life.

Great divinity clasped his heartbeats. ```

1364. Troops of cheerful hopes

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Swarming troops of cheerful hopes

Have made him their deathless friend.

Within him is

Perfection-God,

And before him is

Satisfaction-man. ```

1365. I shall not mix with you

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I shall not mix with you.

You shut me in

With your doubts and suspicions.

I shall not even speak to you.

You shut me in

With your anxieties and insecurities. ```

1366. A free access

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Ascend to the brightest Heaven:

Your earth-life will immediately

Be illumined.

Descend to the lowest earth:

Even then you will have a free access

To God’s Compassion-Eye

And

God’s Forgiveness-Heart. ```

1367. Slow to expect, quick to act

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Slow to expect,

Quick to act,

His outer life is.

No expectation,

Sleepless action,

His inner life is. ```

1368. Desire is a game

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Desire is a game.

Even when you win

You badly lose.

Aspiration is a game.

Even when you lose

You gloriously win.

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1369. Let satisfaction be yours

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O my mind,

Let sincerity be yours.

O my heart,

Let security be yours.

O my life,

Let perfection be yours.

O my God,

Let Satisfaction be Yours. ```

1370. A new-born hero

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Your present gratitude-heart

Is a new-born hero.

Your present sacrifice-life

Is a new-born hero.

Your present oneness-dance

Is a new-born hero. ```

1371. Your smile of sorrow

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Your smile of sorrow

Makes you cry

Like a frightened child.

Your cry of love

Makes you smile

Like an enlightened God. ```

1372. Love does everything for God

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Love does everything for God.

Life becomes everything in God.

Satisfaction is everything with God.

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1373. O my obstinate doubt

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O my obstinate doubt,

Why do you exploit

Time and again

My Lord’s Compassion-Smile

And

My Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart? ```

1374. A prince of frustration

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You are a queen of ingratitude.

He is a king of destruction.

I am a prince

Of complete frustration. ```

1375. There are many kinds of wings

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There are many kinds of wings

To fly to God.

I like surrender-wings best,

For these wings have received

Special Blessing-Light

From the Source of the Beyond. ```

1376. The life of possession-madness

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Renunciation-fruits never dwell

In my desire-life.

What my desire-life has

Is a hunger-greed

In the dark life

Of possession-madness. ```

1377. A good heart

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A good heart has

The power of the sun

And

The beauty of the moon.

A good heart is

A special Grace of God

And

A special face of man. ```

1378. A breath of my kindness

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A breath of my kindness

God likes.

A breath of my soulfulness

God appreciates.

A breath of my selflessness

God loves. ```

1379. Your extraordinary credentials

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Your extraordinary earthly credentials

Cannot even satisfy

Your ordinary earth-hunger.

How do you expect to satisfy

Your God-hunger

With your ephemeral credential-toys? ```

1380. He governs the unwilling

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He governs the unwilling.

He helps the willing.

He loves the God-loving.

He treasures the God-fulfilling. ```

1381. In the abyss of the five senses

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In the abyss of the five senses,

The animal life does not know

The right thing.

The human life knows

But does not do

The right thing.

The divine life knows

And always does

The right thing.

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1382. A genius

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A genius is he

Who ends rules and regulations.

A genius is he

Who is nothing but a powerful drop

In the ocean of cosmic life-energy.

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1383. Yet I live and love

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Gone

Are the sweet and powerful days.

Gone

Are the pure and peaceful nights.

Gone

Are my heart’s power-sun and beauty-moon.

Yet I live and love,

Yet I love and live. ```

1384. My heart will not fade away

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My heart will not fade away

Because I have

Carefully placed its beauty

Inside my Lord’s Compassion-Heart,

And cheerfully placed its fragrance

At my Lord’s Salvation-Feet. ```

1385. Abandoned

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The most powerful despair

Is the only friend I have.

There was a time

When I had many, many friends:

Peace, Light, Delight

And even God Himself.

Alas, where have my old friends gone?

They have forever left me,

My heart and my little life.

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1386. Everything else will disappear

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Everything else will disappear

Like the morning’s beauty,

Save and except

My heart’s tiny gratitude-flames. ```

1387. Can you not stop trying?

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God wants to be loved

And not possessed.

Therefore, can you not stop trying

To possess Him?

God does not want to understand you.

Therefore, can you not stop trying

To understand Him?

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1388. I have lost

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I have lost God

Because

I have not used Him at all.

I have lost man

Because

I have used him sleeplessly

Plus unconditionally. ```

1389. By mistake

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Life has created death

By mistake.

Death has created life

By mistake.

I have created doubt-poison

By mistake. ```

1390. Love itself is wisdom

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Wisdom may not produce love,

But love itself is wisdom.

And true wisdom

Is satisfaction in oneness-perfection. ```

1391. A rank fool

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Your denial of God’s Existence

All-where

Has turned you into a rank fool.

Go immediately to your inner school

To learn the art of perfection

In and through your aspiration-cry. ```

1392. In wisdom-light

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When his love is in

His wisdom-light,

No blunder-night,

No vital gloom,

Can mislead and misguide

A seeker-soul. ```

1393. An ugly thought

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An ugly thought

Turned him into a monster.

A hallowed thought

Has now turned him into a lamb,

God’s choice lamb.

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1394. God still has faith

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His mind does not think.

His heart does not love.

His soul does not care.

Yet God’s Compassion-Sky

And God’s Forgiveness-Sun

Have not lost faith in him. ```

1395. His denial of temptation-night

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His denial of temptation-night

Soulfully offers His Lord Supreme

The most beautiful and powerful

Satisfaction-day. ```

1396. Divinely happy, supremely proud

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I am divinely happy

Because

My discipline-body

Is my God-affirming life.

I am supremely proud

Because

My heart’s perfection-tears

Are in love with God’s

Satisfaction-Cheers.

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1397. Only one way

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There is only one way

To enrich your life,

And that way is

To command your mind

At each hush-gap.

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1398. My higher life

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Wisdom-light I do have.

It is in my higher life.

Where is my higher life?

It is inside the ascending cry

Of my heart

And the descending smile

Of my soul.

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1399. The heart's oneness-spreading

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The mind’s understanding

Is not everything.

The heart’s oneness-spreading

Is everything:

Everything in everything

And

Everything for everything.

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1400. The life of man is love

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The life of man is love.

The love of man is perfection.

The perfection of man is satisfaction —

Satisfaction in God,

Satisfaction with God,

Satisfaction for God. ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the fourteenth 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

In this soulful and deeply moving encounter on 22 March 1972, Pope Paul VI and Sri Chinmoy meet one another for the first time. “This meeting of ours has been most essential,” the Pontiff told the Indian Master. “When we both leave this world, you and I, we will meet together.” Sri Chinmoy met privately with Pope Paul on two other occasions before the Pontiff’s death. At their last meeting in 1976, Sri Chinmoy presented the Holy Father with a book he had written about him, entitled Compassion-Father, Champion-Brother, Perfection-Friend.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 14, Agni Press, 1981
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