My mind is silent
Because it has realisedGod the Power.
My heart is silent
Because it has realisedGod the Compassion.
My life is silent
Because it has realisedGod the Forgiveness.
```Because he is
A great exception,God has allowed him
To travel into His boundless Silence. ```Lord,
When will it end —My insecurity-cry?
Lord,
When will it end —My impurity-smile?
Lord,
When will it end —My insincerity-breath?
```Lord,
Never allow it to disappear —Your Forgiveness-Sun.
Lord,
Never allow it to disappear —Your Compassion-Sky.
```I think of God
BecauseI need Him unavoidably.
God thinks of me
BecauseHe loves me sleeplessly
Plus unconditionally. ```Fear cancels joy.
Love cancels fear. ```Truth lives for God.
God lives for man. ```Love,
Love the world.Otherwise, you will be forced
To carry the heaviest load:Your own bitter self.
```The perfect work
Of perfect patienceIs a perfect victory-smile.
```Since we brought nothing with us
Into the world,We shall be caught red-handed
If we attemptTo take anything away with us
When we leave this world. ```A purity-heart
Is the authorOf our blossoming faith.
```Science falsely calls
The seeker in meA perfect lost mortal.
```A God-seeker will
Ultimately and inevitablyKnow God.
A God-lover will
Quickly and absolutelyBecome God.
```Faith without
Surrender-flames and gratitude-dropsIs unutterably useless.
```No destruction-fear
In oneness-love.No oneness-love
In destruction-fear. ```His purity-heart
Has given him this supreme message:God is sleeplessly,
EquallyAnd
UnconditionallyFor all.
```Two true perfection-crowns:
An aspiration-heartAnd
A dedication-life. ```In all my prayers
Two things always loom large:God’s Forgiveness-Heart
AndMy gratitude-flame.
```The immediate needs
Of a God-seeker:A gratitude-heart
AndA surrender-life.
```God the Truth
My mind admires.God the Love
My heart needs. ```Ask, you will learn.
Learn, you will ask.Continuously ask,
Soulfully learn. ```Remembrance
Of past happiness-freedomIs forgetfulness
Of present despair-bondage. ```What is God’s religion?
God’s eternal DreamOf a perfect humanity.
```Two unparalleled aims
Will always haunt me:Promise to the end,
Hope to the end. ```What is silence?
Eternity’s confidence-strength. ```Man’s transformation-hour:
When will it strike, when?God’s Satisfaction-Tower:
When will it be built, when? ```My sincerity
Is my Lord’s Beauty in me.My gratitude
Is my Lord’s Power in me.My patience
Is my Lord’s Silence-Confidence in me. ```I am eagerly waiting for the day
When Mother EarthWill unmistakably claim to be
The only haven of Heaven. ```O my Lord Supreme,
Two blessingful giftsI desperately need from You:
A confidence-heart of speed,A vigilance-body of service.
```Alas,
Because of my aimless seeking,I see a touch of sadness
In my Beloved Supreme. ```Because of your flaw-seeking eyes,
Your heart-beauty’s sunset-hourIs fast approaching.
```Since you want to be
A perfect strangerTo unspeakable anguish,
You must try to breatheThe breath of the inner guidance.
```O blossoming moment
Of my golden heart,Where are you hiding,
Where? ```O my doubting mind,
Don’t pollute my heart’s innocence,Which is the heritage
Of my soul’s divinity. ```I pray to God to give me
His Moon’s silver Feet.I meditate on God to give me
His Sun’s golden Eye. ```The art of awakening
Is the aspiring man’sEternal pilgrimage.
```What is suspicion
If not the most vehement weaponOf ignorance?
```Do you want to assimilate
Your God-experience?If so, then become
The heart-beauty of silence-hours. ```O my mind,
My heart is definitely willing to beYour inspiration.
O my heart,
My soul will smilingly beYour instruction.
O my soul,
My Lord will sleeplessly grant youHis Perfection.
```Yesterday
I needed God the Power.Today
I need God the Love.Tomorrow and every day
I shall continue to need the same —God the Love.
```At first
Everything is surprising.Then slowly and steadily
Everything becomes illumining. ```Do you want to understand God?
If so, then change your mindAnd follow your heart.
```If you think that
SomedayYou can become another God,
Then you are absolutely right. ```Choose freedom from ignorance-night.
God will grant you your choice,Plus God will love you
Infinitely more. ```Only a fool
Thinks that he is independent.Only a fool
Feels that he is indispensable. ```A man of wisdom
Can never be deceivedBy an ignorant man.
But an ignorant manCan easily deceive
Another ignorant man. ```Each prayer
Is divinely important.Each meditation
Is supremely significant.Each experience
Is soulfully fruitful. ```Sweet is my Lord
Because He is knowable.Sweeter is my Lord
Because He is known.Sweetest is my Lord
Because He invites meTo play hide-and-seek with Him
Every day. ```Each and every argument
Is apt to evadeThe true truth.
```Arguments
Often preferReligion to truth.
```Yesterday I was on earth
To be myself.Today I am on earth
To rise above myself.Tomorrow I shall be on earth
To surrender my new selfTo God’s Will.
```Who wants to succeed outwardly?
Almost everybody.Who wants to change outwardly or inwardly?
Almost nobody. ```How I wish my heart
Always to be the echoOf its original source:
The soul. ```He is taking you
To a false destination.Yet you are praising him
And rewarding him. ```If you want to deceive truth,
Then unconsciouslyYou will strangle yourself.
```Love!
You will knowWhat the human life
Is all about.Serve!
You will knowWhat the divine life
Is all about. ```Sincerity and self-deception
Are two strangeAnd unusual neighbours.
```Attractions,
RepulsionsAnd
ContradictionsAll live in the selfsame
Confusion-cave. ```That self-deception
Is the worst possible danger,Who wants to know and believe?
Perhaps nobody! ```I have played
The role of a dreamerLong enough.
I am tired of it.Now I want to play
The role of a doer,Dynamic and selfless.
```Simplicity is needed
To entertain God.Sincerity is needed
To explain God’s Justice-Light. ```Change yourself slowly
And cheerfully.Conditions will change immediately
And unimaginably. ```Self-discovery knows how to live
Forever.Self-glory is forced to die
Sooner or later. ```Explore, explore!
You will never deplore.On the contrary,
You will learn about lifeMore and more perfectly
And satisfactorily. ```It was you who did not want
Your new life to resembleYour old life.
Why, then,Are you longing for the undesirable?
```Be aware!
God definitely exists.Be awake!
God will come and knockAt your door.
```Lord,
Even if You stop loving me,I shall keep on loving You,
For You are my Eternity’sOnly Beloved Supreme.
Lord,
Even if You stop caring for me,I shall keep on serving You,
For You are my Eternity’sOnly Sovereign Absolute.
```There does exist
Something infinitely better,Higher and richer
Than our earthly desires. ```Something is wrong in me:
This is my first self-discovery.It can be corrected:
This is my second self-discovery.My third self-discovery is this:
God will correct it for meOut of His infinite Bounty.
```Don’t be a fool
And assumeThat you already know
What you need to know. ```Your rigid and fixed ideas
Cannot help you at allIn your inner life of aspiration.
```My dear Lord,
Do guide my searching mind,Do strengthen my aspiring heart,
Do love my self-giving life. ```Submission,
No!Domination,
No!Oneness-perfection,
Oneness-satisfaction,Yes, yes!
```Fulfil your own responsibilities.
Lo,Others’ responsibilities
Are already fulfilled. ```Look at your heart-flower
And smile.You will be able to solve
Your most pressing problems. ```My high freedom lives
In God’s Compassion-Eye.My higher freedom lives
In God’s Forgiveness-Heart.My highest freedom lives
In God’s Oneness-Embrace. ```Read his face
Quickly.You will know his heart
Unmistakably. ```The best definition of prayer
Is to practise it daily.The best definition of meditation
Is to experience it soulfully.The best definition of yoga
Is to live it sincerely.The best definition of God
Is to love Him, and Him only,Unconditionally.
```Do not forget
That your doubting mindHas hit and hurt you badly
Countless times. ```Long for anything divine,
And it will immediatelyStart to approach you.
```Who on earth can be trusted?
Only the God in man.Who on earth can be appreciated and admired?
Only the man who obeys God. ```Deepen your faith
In yourself.Nothing
Will be able to frightenAnd weaken you.
```Early in the morning
Every dayRemind yourself
That you are not goingTo follow the world.
```Attachment is not satisfaction.
Detachment is not satisfaction.Enlightenment-achievement
Is indeed satisfaction,The only satisfaction.
```Art is not
The imitation of natureBut the transformation of nature.
```You are loved,
ThereforeYou are significant.
You are significant,Therefore
You are needed. ```Because we embrace
Dark desires,Quick blows shatter us.
```My dear Lord,
Will You forgive me?“I shall forgive you, My son,
Only if you believe in Me.” ```My sweet Lord,
Do You love me?“In My entire Universe
This is the only question,My child,
That I shall not be able to answer.” ```My first discovery:
God cares for me.My last discovery:
I need God. ```My meditation
Is my sound-perfection.My meditation
Is my silence-satisfaction. ```I aspire to be
In my prayer-flamesAround the clock.
My Lord is spontaneously
In His Compassion-SunAround the clock.
```Because you love God
And God alone,I shall not only allow you
UnreservedlyBut also help you
UnconditionallyTo escape from earth-limitation-life.
```Because I sincerely love you,
I shall not only plead with you tirelesslyBut also force you vehemently
To pray and meditate daily. ```My prayer
Is my inner preparation.My meditation
Is my inner journey.My contemplation
Is my inner journey’s destination. ```O my mind,
I shall not carry with meYour soulless mistakes.
O my vital,
I shall not carry with meYour ruthless frustrations.
```My Lord,
My entire beingIs dying to clasp Your Feet
As its only satisfaction. ```The delight in meditation
Is a multiplyingSatisfaction-delight.
```To be poor and weak
Is not a virtueEither spiritually
Or otherwise. ```It is never too late
To transform one’s natureCompletely.
It is never too late
To satisfy GodUnconditionally.
It is never too late
To realise God’s Heart,Reveal God’s Life
AndManifest God’s Breath
Here on earth. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 20, Agni Press, 1981
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