Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 21

2001. What I need most

```

What my mind needs most

Is a satisfaction-smile.

What my heart needs most

Is a satisfaction-cry.

What I need most

Is satisfaction-surrender. ```

2002. A disciplined life

```

A disciplined life

Is a favourite instrument

Of God.

```

2003. What is an accident?

```

What is an accident

If not an incident?

What is an incident

If not an experience?

What is an experience

If not the beginning

Of my realisation?

```

2004. Ask your heart

```

Do you want

To conquer your mind?

Then ask your heart

To befriend your mind. ```

2005. Anything worth having

```

Anything worth having

Is worth sharing

As well.

```

2006. Each experience is an improvement

```

Each experience

Is an improvement.

Each improvement

Is an inspiring, aspiring and encouraging

Stride towards God.

```

2007. Realisation-sun

```

Realisation-sun is given

By God to man.

It cannot be earned.

```

2008. I implore God

```

I implore God

Not for His Miracle-Forgiveness

But for His Miracle-Power

So that I can conquer

All my human weaknesses.

```

2009. What you need

```

You do not need a new start;

What you need is a new heart.

You do not need a new heart;

What you need is a new God. ```

2010. God receives my poor life

```

God receives my poor life

Because my rich heart

Believes in Him.

```

2011. If criticism frightens your heart

```

If criticism frightens your heart,

Then praise, without fail,

Will weaken your life.

```

2012. Too good, too bad

```

If you are too good,

Then why do you need God’s Love?

If you are too bad,

Then how do you expect God’s Love? ```

2013. You can be always happy

```

You can be always happy

If you believe like a child

And behave like a gentleman.

```

2014. Why do you forget?

```

Why do you forget

Again and again

That your doubtful mind

Brings you darkness

And

Your soulful heart

Brings you light?

```

2015. If it is true

```

If it is true

That Jesus is coming again,

Then it is also true

That I shall go to meet Him

And welcome Him

At the halfway point. ```

2016. God's Compassion, God's Forgiveness

```

God’s Compassion

Reads our weak hearts.

God’s Forgiveness

Registers our clever thoughts. ```

2017. Because I love God

```

Because I fear God,

I do not have to fear any man.

Because I love God,

I have to love all human beings. ```

2018. My prayer and my meditation

```

My prayer

Is my endless hope.

My meditation

Is my birthless and deathless joy. ```

2019. Useful talks

```

I see that it is quite useful

When I talk to the atheists.

I see that it is

Infinitely more useful

When I talk to God

About the atheists. ```

2020. An emptiness-fount

```

If you always extol yourself

To the skies,

Then you are nothing but

An emptiness-fount. ```

2021. God tells us to love him

```

God tells us to love Him

With the same thing that loves us.

And what is that thing?

Ignorance-night. ```

2022. I shall never try to comprehend you

```

My Lord,

I shall never try to comprehend You.

Therefore,

I shall never lose my searching mind.

My Lord,

I shall never try to deny You.

Therefore,

I shall never lose my aspiring heart. ```

2023. You must choose!

```

You must choose, you must!

The deliverer within you

Or

The destroyer before you. ```

2024. Demotion or promotion

```

Before God-realisation

If you die,

It will be a demotion.

After God-realisation

If you die,

It will be a promotion.

```

2025. Nothingness-futility

```

If your mind is looking

For nothingness-futility,

Your life will soon be caught

By nothingness-futility. ```

2026. Duet

```

O my mind’s sound,

O my heart’s silence,

I am so glad

That you are not having

A duel,

But

A duet.

```

2027. A God-lover

```

A God-seeker prays to God

For himself.

A God-lover prays to God

For humanity. ```

2028. No future in your heart

```

There is no

Sweet smile on your face.

There is no

Clear focus in your eyes.

Do you know why?

Because there is no future

In your weak heart.

```

2029. You have to do your part

```

God is not going to do your part.

You shall have to do your part

Yourself.

What are the things that you must do?

You must receive God’s Lessons

Today

Unreservedly.

You must achieve Peace, Light and Bliss

Tomorrow

Unmistakably.

And the day after tomorrow

You must become

Supremely perfect.

```

2030. God cherishes me

```

God punishes me

And my conditional prayers.

God cherishes me

And my unconditional meditations. ```

2031. Obedience is blessing-light

```

Obedience is blessing-light.

My heart feels it.

Disobedience is penalty-night.

My mind knows it. ```

2032. My last day on earth

```

What shall I do

On my last day on earth?

I shall change my name to gratitude.

Earth will receive gratitude from me

For offering me to Heaven.

Heaven will receive gratitude from me

For accepting me from earth.

```

2033. Now is the time

```

Now is the time

To make good use of time.

Today is the day

To begin a perfect day. ```

2034. God will stand starving

```

If you are serving the God in man

Only for money,

Then God will unmistakably

Come out of His human frames

And stand starving

Right in front of you. ```

2035. God's favourites

```

God’s favourites are those

Who have kept their heart-books

Wide open

For God to read

At His sweet Will.

```

2036. Your aspiration-life

```

Your aspiration-life

Can easily reject doubts

Even if your desire-life

Willingly accepts them. ```

2037. Live only for God's Love

```

You do not have to prove

God’s Love for you.

Just feel that you live

Only for God’s Love. ```

2038. Where are you standing?

```

Where are you standing?

If you are standing on a lower ground,

Then think of God.

If you are standing on a higher ground,

Then think of man.

```

2039. Why do you climb?

```

If you really do not want

To taste the doubt-fruits,

Then why do you still

Climb up the mind-tree? ```

2040. Hope-flower, hope-fruit

```

Because there is a hope-flower,

There will definitely be

A hope-fruit.

Just wait and watch. ```

2041. The code of your life

```

If you are a true disciple,

Then the code of your life

Should be

“Renounce.”

If you are a true Master,

Then the code of your life

Should be

“Accept.” ```

2042. Everything is good

```

Everything is good,

Even the worst possible fear,

If it drives the seeker

Straight towards God. ```

2043. Destructive forces in disguise

```

Preachers who pray for you

Only for money, money, money,

And not for anything else,

Are nothing but

Destructive forces in disguise.

```

2044. God's only interest

```

God is never interested

In my competence.

He is only interested

In my constant willingness. ```

2045. God compassionately asks

```

God compassionately asks me,

“Will you be available?”

He never asks me,

“Will you be able?” ```

2046. God's position

```

My Lord,

My mind wants You

To be in my position

And judge.

My Lord,

My heart wants me

To be in Your position

And judge. ```

2047. Never start a day

```

My Lord,

I pray that

I never start a day

Without

Aspiration-leaves,

Dedication-flowers

And

Surrender-fruits. ```

2048. Improve your self-esteem!

```

Improve your self-esteem!

This is the only thing

That God wants to have from you

Right now. ```

2049. I am not lost

```

I am not lost,

I shall not be lost,

I shall never be lost,

For God is not only within me

But also for me

Always. ```

2050. The way

```

My gratitude-heart

Always knows

The way.

My oneness-perfection

Always is

The way.

```

2051. The unusual capacity

```

I have all along known

That my mind has

The unusual capacity

To throw off the doubt-disease

And heal itself completely.

```

2052. What I want

```

What I want to have

Is a forward-moving greatness.

What I need to have

Is an upward-climbing goodness. ```

2053. Independence and dependence

```

I declare

My total independence

From intellectual scholarship.

I declare

My total dependence

On soulful worship.

```

2054. God is in full control

```

Let your heart

Tell your mind

That God is in full control

Of your life.

You will immediately see

That your tension has ceased

And your confidence

Has powerfully returned. ```

2055. Relax

```

Relax,

Relax soulfully,

Relax powerfully.

You are bound to feel

An inflow of creative energy

And constructive enthusiasm. ```

2056. Since I can begin again

```

Since I can begin again,

Why does my heart

Have to cry,

And why does my life

Have to die?

```

2057. Make up your mind

```

Make up your mind

Once and for all!

Do you really want to come out

Of your insecurity-prison?

Indeed, you have reasons!

But your reasons are incorrect. ```

2058. Only the chosen

```

Everybody can begin.

Only the chosen

Can continue and succeed.

```

2059. I am at your door

```

My Lord,

I am at Your Door,

Although You do not care

To invite me in. ```

2060. Simplicity you have lost

```

Simplicity

You have lost.

Therefore, you are no longer

A God-child.

Sincerity

You have lost.

Therefore, you are no longer

God’s friend.

Purity

You have lost.

Therefore, God does not

Want you any more. ```

2061. Don't forget one thing

```

You can forget everything

If you want to.

But don’t forget one thing:

You are God’s child,

God’s very, very own.

```

2062. If you want me to think of you

```

If you want me to think of you

In your own way,

Then you are

The most worthless human being.

If you want me to think of you

In my own way,

Then you are

A most perfect Truth-seeker

And God-lover.

```

2063. Together let us go back

```

Together let us go back

To our Heavenly Father.

It is neither too late

Nor too soon. ```

2064. The doorkeeper

```

Silence

Is the doorkeeper

Of my inmost

Aspiration-room. ```

2065. Learning is not enough

```

Learning is not enough.

Becoming is not enough.

Self-giving is enough,

More than enough. ```

2066. Purity is wanting

```

What a shame!

Your success

Has turned out to be worthless.

Perhaps you do not know the reason.

The reason is,

Purity is wanting in your intention. ```

2067. Scholarship and God-worship

```

Scholarship

And

God-worship

Are never eager

To see each other.

```

2068. I shall never escape

```

I shall never escape

From anything.

No, not even from

Excruciating pangs. ```

2069. An unbowed head

```

What he has now

Is an unbowed head.

What he is now

Is a dead man

Spiritually and otherwise.

```

2070. Desire-pain

```

Desire-pain

I was.

Aspiration-gain

I shall become. ```

2071. When I renounce

```

When I renounce

My desire-life,

God will announce

His Satisfaction-Heart. ```

2072. An incompetent fool

```

Your mind is

An incompetent fool.

Always stay with your heart’s

Myriad accomplishments. ```

2073. The one who knows

```

The one who knows,

And wants to know more,

Cheerfully and soulfully

Bows. ```

2074. A oneness-heart

```

I may be a

Forgetfulness-mind,

But I am also a

Oneness-heart. ```

2075. You are great

```

You are great

Because you can speedily succeed.

You are good

Because you can confidently proceed. ```

2076. I shall reclaim

```

Yesterday I failed.

Today I have failed.

But tomorrow I shall definitely

Reclaim my divine life. ```

2077. Self-awareness

```

Self-awareness,

I shall always treasure you.

Self-centredness,

I shall always disown you. ```

2078. O my stupid mind

```

O my stupid mind,

Don’t try to be independent

Of my wisdom-heart.

```

2079. A seeker knows

```

A seeker knows

That each destructive thought

Is a sad failure

In his life.

A seeker knows

That each constructive thought

Is God’s God-Victory

In his life. ```

2080. Self-awakening

```

Self-awakening

Means

God-flowering

In and through me. ```

2081. Since limitless is the Source

```

Since limitless is the Source,

The unlimited we can unmistakably

Expect.

```

2082. My mind's intensity

```

Alas,

My mind’s own intensity

Is against me.

Yet

I shall not only be saved

But totally illumined

Because my heart’s intensity

Is all for me. ```

2083. Truth will recognise you

```

Truth will recognise you

And accept you

Only after you have eliminated

Falsehood. ```

2084. You will excel

```

Cancel your past mistakes

Immediately.

You will excel in everything

That you do

And

That you grow into. ```

2085. What I can become

```

My Lord,

Now that You have told me

What I actually am,

Will You not tell me

What I can eventually become?

```

2086. Existence

```

Existence

Is my home.

Consciousness

Is my room. ```

2087. How can we succeed?

```

How can we succeed or proceed

When our faith in ourselves

Is so short,

Weak and

Inconsistent?

```

2088. If love is reborn

```

If love is reborn,

The Christ will be reborn;

If not, never!

```

2089. Forgiveness is happiness

```

Forgiveness is happiness.

Therefore,

My Lord has forgiven

My mind.

Forgetfulness is happiness.

Therefore,

I shall forget

My doubts. ```

2090. A soulful heart

```

A soulful heart

Deserves

A prayerful mind.

```

2091. Each innocent thought

```

Each innocent thought

Is a blessing-flower

From God Himself.

```

2092. God needs me

```

God wants me.

I mean,

My life.

Gods needs me.

I mean,

My heart.

God loves me.

I mean,

My inner cry.

```

2093. One and the same

```

With my Lord,

My accomplishment

And

My relinquishment

Are one and the same thing

Constantly.

With my Lord,

My aspiration to give

And

My aspiration to receive

Are one and the same thing

Invariably. ```

2094. No difference

```

No difference between

The Universal Oneness

And

Omnipotence. ```

2095. Loneliness and unawareness

```

Loneliness,

My mind can never

Appreciate you!

Unawareness,

My life can never

Appreciate you!

```

2096. Unless you are brave

```

Unless you are extremely brave,

Do not cry for

God’s Greatness-Power,

For it may frighten

Your entire being.

Unless you are extremely pure,

Do not long for

God’s Goodness-Light,

For it may confuse

Your mind astonishingly.

```

2097. A divinity-ocean

```

A divinity-ocean

Minus

Humanity-waves

Can alone satisfy man

In his search

For perfection-crown. ```

2098. O purity of my surrender-life

```

O purity of my surrender-life,

Nothing can precede you.

O beauty of my gratitude-heart,

Nothing can succeed you. ```

2099. A liberated smile

```

Since you are

A liberated smile,

You can definitely give me

A liberating cry. ```

2100. One desire and one aspiration

```

O my Supreme Lord,

I have only one desire:

Do give me the thing

That pleases me for a fleeting day.

O my Supreme Lord,

I have only one aspiration:

Do give me the thing

That Pleases You forever and forever. ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the twenty-first 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

Some poems in this first edition were later selected by the author for a special collection of 207 Flower-Flames (FFP). The author also chose to revise some of his original poems for this anthology:

FF-2015: FFP 90 (revised version).

FF-2058: FFP 100 (revised version). FF-2092: FFP 92 (revised version).

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 21, Agni Press, 1981
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