Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 27

2601. Nothing to become

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The human in me tells me:

I want to be.

The divine in me tells me:

I can be

Because I want to be.

The Supreme in me tells me:

I have nothing to become

For I am already

God’s Eternity’s Satisfaction-Fruit. ```

2602. Take the tempest out

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My Lord,

Do take my mind

Out of the tempest.

“My child,

Let Me take the tempest

Out of your mind first.” ```

2603. What is precious?

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What is precious?

My dedicated oneness-heart.

What is not precious?

My accumulated ego-strength. ```

2604. I need your heart

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My Lord, my Lord,

I need Your Heart.

Therefore,

I love Your Eye.

“My child, My child,

I love your heart.

Therefore,

I need your life.” ```

2605. Who says that God forgets?

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Who says that God remembers

Everything?

Does He remember

My animal past?

Who says that God forgets

Everything?

Does He forget

My heart’s gratitude-bud? ```

2606. I was unprepared

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I was unprepared for two things:

My mind’s illumination-dream

And

My heart’s perfection-cry. ```

2607. I shall not interrupt you

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My Lord said to me:

“I shall not interrupt you, My son.

Say whatever you want to say.”

I said to Him:

“I shall not interrupt You, Father.

Give me whatever You want to give.” ```

2608. One thing wrong

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There is just one thing wrong

In my life:

My Lord is still missing,

Missing inside my imagination-sky. ```

2609. I do not know

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My Lord, I love You.

But I do not know

How deep my love is.

My Lord, I need You.

But I do not know

How sincere my need is.

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2610. A free access

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I just want to tell you

About the illumination inside my mind.

The beautiful thing about it is,

It has a free access

To the ultimate Goal.

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2611. Duty comes first

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My Lord, duty comes first

In Your Life.

Therefore, I love You

And I am dying to make You

My own.

My Lord, pleasure comes first

In my life.

Therefore, I hate myself

And I am desperately trying

To disown myself.

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2612. Your arms are for extension

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My Lord,

Your Arms are for extension,

To extend towards me.

My arms are for perfection,

To fight for perfection

In my outer life. ```

2613. My Lord loves me

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Because

My mind is not confused,

My Lord loves me powerfully.

Because

My heart asks me who I am,

My Lord loves me proudly.

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2614. When we share our struggles

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My heart,

When you and I share our struggles,

We at once reduce

Our imperfection-height

And increase

Our perfection-length. ```

2615. My meditation tells me

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My short meditation tells me:

God can and does see me

All the time.

My long meditation tells me:

I can and will see God

If I really and desperately want to.

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2616. Think of others

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Think of others.

Your heart will be pleased

With you.

Free others from your snare.

Your God will be pleased

With you.

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2617. No and yes

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Say “No”

When you have to;

Say “Yes”

When you want to.

This is how you can succeed

In your world of self-dedication.

This is how you can proceed

In your world of self-illumination. ```

2618. Aspiration is an achievement

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Aspiration is an achievement

In the world that evolves.

Realisation is an achievement

In the world that eternally is. ```

2619. Two needed friends

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Purity, my needed friend,

Where have you been for so long?

Humility, my needed friend,

Where have you been for so long?

Now that you two have come back to me,

Please do not desert me.

I shall in every way

Feed your inner hunger. ```

2620. The warmth of your realisation-sun

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The flow of your inspiration-river

Is surprising.

The glow of your aspiration-mountain

Is astonishing.

The warmth of your realisation-sun

Is fulfilling. ```

2621. No more advice

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Please, no advice, outer world!

My mind, which is my inner world,

Constantly advises me.

If I accept its advice,

I suffer.

If I do not accept its advice,

I suffer.

My mind is enough

To torment me, O world.

I need no more advice from anyone,

Anywhere.

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2622. Originality

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There is another reason

Why I do not admire mankind.

Most people are afraid of originality.

They do not dare to embrace newness.

For me, originality

Is the blossoming and fulfilling reality

Of tomorrow’s dawn,

Which embodies God-Satisfaction

Here on earth

And

There in Heaven.

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2623. I love the pristine beauty

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I love the pristine beauty

Of a flower-flame.

I love the pristine purity

Of a flower-lamp.

I love the pristine reality

Of a flower-life. ```

2624. He is already occupied

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He is already occupied.

Do you know what he is occupied with?

He is occupied,

Consciously and constantly,

With one desire,

And that is the desire for God. ```

2625. Renounce, renounce!

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Renounce, renounce!

If you do not renounce,

Then your dark attachment-world

Will, without fail,

Either in the near future

Or in the distant future,

Drown your stupendous glory.

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2626. He has divorced three things

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He has divorced three things:

He has divorced

His old futile reasons.

He has divorced

His doubtful poison-mind.

He has divorced

His over-estimated confidence-personality.

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2627. Earth cannot answer

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Earth cannot answer

Why he does not

And cannot smile.

Heaven cannot answer

Why he does not

And cannot unburden himself.

God does not want to answer

What he does

With his insecurity-heart.

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2628. If you want to please a false God

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If you want to please a false god,

Then you do not have to go far.

In fact, you do not have to go anywhere.

Start pleasing your noble self

Right away.

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2629. Your imperfection-repetition

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Your imperfection-repetition

I do not mind.

Do you know why?

Because I am breathlessly in love

With your heart-nest

And also with your soul-bird. ```

2630. Few in number

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They are few in number

Who listen to God.

They are fewer in number

Who partially satisfy God.

They are fewest in number

Who try to unburden God. ```

2631. Be conscious of your strength

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Be conscious of your outer strength.

You will be divinely powerful.

Be conscious of your inner strength.

You will be supremely peaceful. ```

2632. You have sailed a long way

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If you are aware of the fact

That you are in trouble with yourself,

Then you have already sailed a long way

Towards the Golden Shore. ```

2633. How can I stop destroying myself?

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My Lord,

How can I stop destroying myself?

“My child,

Empty your mind to house Me,

Purify your heart to spread Me.”

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2634. Your lack of outer wealth

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Your lack of outer wealth

Has made you sad.

Alas!

Your desire for outer wealth

Is making you bad.

Alas, alas!

Your possession of outer wealth

Will turn you mad.

Alas, alas, alas!

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2635. Turning on the switch

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O my mind,

You are failing me mercilessly.

Therefore, I am turning off

The switch.

O my heart,

You want to tutor me affectionately,

Plus free of charge.

Therefore, I am turning on

The switch.

```

2636. My mind's trial period

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Tomorrow shall mark the end

Of my mind’s trial period.

My aspiration-heart

Shall be the judge.

Its verdict

Unquestionable shall remain. ```

2637. The lives of arguments end

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The lives of all arguments end

Only where the heights of truth

Remain unparalleled.

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2638. My great days

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My great days

Mean my inspiring days.

My good days

Mean my pure days.

My dull days

Mean my unaspiring days.

My dark days

Mean my defeated days. ```

2639. Make your choice

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Make your choice:

Either cherish anger towards others

And perish,

Or liberate yourself totally

From others.

If you make the right choice,

You are bound to be happy.

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2640. A soulful smile

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In the inner world

A soulful smile

Is a guide.

In the outer world

A soulful smile

Is a blessing.

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2641. Wisdom-sun

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Knowledge-sun

Is the explanation

Of all things.

Wisdom-sun

Is the perfection

Of all things.

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2642. Who will lead you?

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Will you reform yourself?

If you can do so,

You will move along

The road of perfection.

And who will lead you?

You know!

God the Satisfaction.

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2643. The fountain of forgiveness

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God has already given you

A most precious thing:

The fountain of goodness.

Now He will be giving you

The most precious thing:

The fountain of forgiveness.

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2644. Another name for man

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Impatience

Is another name for man.

Therefore,

How can he enter

The garden of Infinity’s delight?

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2645. The lamp of faith

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You cannot force faith

Into a man’s mind.

You can only tell him

That his heart’s home of peace

He will never discover

Unless he constantly burns

The lamp of faith

Within himself. ```

2646. He knows the secrets of Heaven

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He knows the secrets of Heaven

Because

His mind is now

All attention,

His heart is now

All obedience

And his life is now

All willingness. ```

2647. An atom-weight of goodness

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An atom-weight of goodness

Has helped him shake off

The heaviest weight

Of self-deception and life-imperfection. ```

2648. God will wait for you

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God will wait for you

With patience-light,

Only if you are willing

To abide by His Will,

Even in the evening of your life.

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2649. If you do not know the truth

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If you know the truth,

You will not be questioned.

If you do not know the truth,

You will be not only tortured

By your superiors

But also ridiculed

By your inferiors.

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2650. Two supreme Realities

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Do not descend from Heaven

After me.

My heart will feel miserable.

Do not descend from Heaven

Before me.

God will not appreciate it.

God has two supreme Realities:

Togetherness-life

And

Oneness-heart. ```

2651. The splendour of the firmament

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My mind will be able to climb

To its appointed heights

And feed itself

With the splendour of the firmament

Only when it plays the role

Of the preserver-smile

And not the role

Of the destroyer-laughter. ```

2652. The road of a defeated life

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If you live

In the chaos of thought

And in the market of temptation,

Then fear will chase you

Along the road of a defeated life.

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2653. False discoveries

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So little to love,

So much to be loved!

So little to give,

So much to receive!

Indeed, these false discoveries

Have marked the end

Of humanity’s progress.

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2654. Every day I water Heaven

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Every day I water Heaven

With the tears of my heart

So that I can live

My beautiful, soulful

And powerful childhood

Once again. ```

2655. His Eternity's Sunrise

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Last night my Lord Supreme

Secretly came,

Secretly stole away

My night of desire

And secretly left

His Eternity’s Sunrise

Inside my heart

For me to use in my own way. ```

2656. If truth comes first

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If truth comes first

In your life,

Then you do not have to

Explain anything to the world,

For your eyes become

The explanation of all things

Big and small.

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2657. Unless you reform yourself

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Unless you reform yourself

And enjoy the fruits

Of transformation-light,

You will deny your mind

And rebel against your vital.

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2658. God does not forget!

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God does not forget!

You will be questioned.

Before you

Will be God the Frustration.

Behind you

Will be God the Destruction. ```

2659. A new hunger-dawn

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My desires have destroyed me.

My doubts have destroyed me.

I am troubled constantly by fears.

I must invent a new hunger-dawn

In my life.

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2660. Unconditional Forgiveness

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My heart knows,

My mind knows not.

My heart knows

When it is disobedient to God.

My mind does not know

That God can be unconditional Forgiveness. ```

2661. You can conquer fate

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Who says that there

Is no weapon against fate?

You can conquer your fate

If you sow the seed of patience

And

Reap the fruit of will. ```

2662. Make the right choice

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Either love your big dream

Or surrender to your small reality.

Make the right choice

If you want to be permanently happy. ```

2663. He has renewed himself

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He has renewed

His mind and heart.

His mind will have

A timeless extension of vastness.

His heart will have

A boundless expansion of oneness. ```

2664. Supreme discoveries

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In the morning

My supreme discovery is:

“I am, therefore I think.”

In the evening

My supreme discovery is:

“I think, therefore I am.”

In the morning

God tells me

His own supreme discovery:

“I am, therefore I love.”

In the evening

God tells me

His own supreme discovery:

“I love, therefore I am.” ```

2665. Inside a sweet dream

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Inside a sweet dream

I see a perfection-ascending man.

Inside a clear reality

I see a Satisfaction-descending God. ```

2666. What follows a man of silence?

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What follows a man of silence?

Eternity’s perfection-train.

What follows Eternity’s perfection-train?

Immortality’s roaring and reigning lion. ```

2667. One unforgivable mistake

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Since you want to know the truth,

I am telling you that I have made

Only one unforgivable mistake

Which I am unable to rectify,

And that is:

I do not want to unlearn

The information my mind has given me

Over the years. ```

2668. Fill the heart

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Empty the mind!

Lo and behold,

Right in front of you

There is a fountain of peace.

Fill the heart!

Lo and behold,

Right in front of you

There is a fountain of bliss. ```

2669. Each blazing warrior-soul

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Each blazing warrior-soul

Is God in preparation

For His own ever-transcending Self

Inside the Satisfaction-Dream

Of His ever-transcending Vision-Reality.

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2670. Sleep and dream

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Sleep and dream.

If you sleep,

You will go beyond hope’s reach.

If you dream,

You will expedite God’s Manifestation-Promise

Here on earth

And God’s Satisfaction-Delight

There in Heaven. ```

2671. God's moonlit Thought

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Finally his curiosity-mind

Has left him for good.

His mind now is replaced

By God’s moonlit Thought

And sunlit Will.

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2672. God's dinner

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Realisation — what is it,

If not the soul’s breakfast?

Manifestation — what is it,

If not Heaven’s luncheon?

Satisfaction — what is it,

If not God’s dinner? ```

2673. The only pain-killer

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The one and only pain-killer

Is a smile from Above.

The one and only joy-builder

Is a promise from within. ```

2674. The daring concentration-spear

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Who can overthrow your dreams?

Nobody!

Why?

Because yours are the eyes

That are the daring concentration-spear.

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2675. The tears of my heart

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The tears of my heart

Have decreased my journey’s length

And increased my God-hunger

For God in God Himself. ```

2676. Rich and poor

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He is at once rich and poor.

His heart is soulfully rich

Before God’s Vision-Eye.

His mind is powerfully poor

Before God’s Reality-Day.

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2677. Truth never descends

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Truth never descends.

Truth never compromises.

Truth is satisfied only when

It sees everything and everyone

At its own Himalayan height.

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2678. Man's honesty-boat

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Man’s honesty-boat,

Earth’s appreciation-river,

God’s Satisfaction-Shore:

These three live for one another. ```

2679. A flowing dream

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Cheerfulness

Is a flowing dream.

Willingness

Is a glowing reality.

Fruitfulness

Is a fulfilling peace. ```

2680. O my aspiration-child

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O my aspiration-child,

I know, I know

You will always succeed

In winning the Perfection-Eye

And Satisfaction-Heart

Of our Beloved Supreme. ```

2681. The world loves to examine

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The world loves to examine me.

I love to examine

My tomorrow’s goal.

God loves to examine

His own Perfection-Seed inside me.

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2682. Ego-life

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The morning and the evening

Are two totally different realities.

But the morning of ego-life

And the evening of ego-life

Always and always

Remain the same,

Unchangeable in oneness-bond.

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2683. Drown your glory

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Drown your own glory

If you want a life of peace.

Frown at your own victory

If you want a heart of delight. ```

2684. Revive not old desires!

```

Revive not your old desires!

If you revive your old desires,

In a moment

Your inner life and outer life

Will become a perfect failure

In annihilation’s waste. ```

2685. Three everlasting penalties

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Three everlasting penalties

In my life:

God will not knock

At my heart’s door.

I do not know

Who I truly am.

My mind has sold me

To ignorance-night. ```

2686. God-hearers

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God-hearers are

At every place.

God-doers are

At a few places.

God-lovers are

Nowhere to be found. ```

2687. You have accomplished something

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Once you know that enthusiasm

Is the immediate neighbour of lethargy,

Then you have really accomplished something

Great and good

In your life of alertness

And your heart of willingness. ```

2688. O my beautiful hope-soul

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Hope, O my beautiful hope-soul,

You are always celestial.

Reality, O my hard reality-body,

You are always terrestrial. ```

2689. Gratitude is something in our heart

```

Gratitude is something in our heart

That helps us

Transcend our experience of earth

And

Intensify our realisation of God.

```

2690. What I call enthusiasm

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What I call my own enthusiasm,

God calls His own Self-expression.

What I call my own sincerity,

God calls His own Self-perfection. ```

2691. My self-transcendence-life

```

My prayer-life

Is my sound-life.

My meditation-life

Is my silence-life.

My surrender-life

Is my self-transcendence-life. ```

2692. I choose freedom

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I choose freedom.

Therefore, I monitor my words.

I choose freedom.

Therefore, I restrict my mind.

I choose freedom.

Therefore, I encourage my heart.

I choose freedom.

Therefore, I enjoy my surrender-oneness

With my Beloved Supreme.

```

2693. God and I shall call it

```

Yesterday I called it

My inspiration.

Today I am calling it

My Lord’s instruction.

Tomorrow God and I shall call it

Our Satisfaction-Manifestation. ```

2694. I claim

```

I claim and I claim.

In the inner world I claim

God’s Acceptance-Sea.

In the outer world I claim

Man’s renunciation-waves.

```

2695. Your prayers are important

```

Your prayers are important

Only if you think

That God is important in your life.

God is important

Only if you think

That you are important to your soul.

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2696. God cares for you

```

If you are apt to think

That you have problems,

Can you not be apt to think

Something more:

God cares for you

Beyond your imagination’s flight. ```

2697. One thing more

```

My Lord, You are telling me

That I am free.

Needless to say,

I am happy to hear that.

My Lord, if You really want

To make me happier than the happiest,

Then do tell me one thing more

Once and for all:

“My child, you are forgiven.”

```

2698. Have faith

```

Have faith in yourself.

You will have a new heart of assurance.

Have faith in God.

You will have a new life of accomplishment. ```

2699. My Lord strengthened

```

My Lord strengthened

My aspiration.

My Lord guides

My realisation.

My Lord shall direct

My satisfaction. ```

2700. My search ends

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In the morning

My search for realisation ends

Inside my Lord’s Compassion-Heart.

At noon

My search for perfection ends

Inside my Lord’s Vision-Eye.

In the evening

My search for satisfaction ends

At my Lord’s Beauty-Feet.

```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the twenty-seventh 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

President Aristides Royo of Panama warmly welcomes Sri Chinmoy to a reception his country was hosting at the United Nations on 30 September 1981. When President Royo learnt that Sri Chinmoy had composed a song in his honour, he requested the United Nations singers to perform it then and there. Over the years Sri Chinmoy and his Meditation Group at the United Nations have held a number of joint programmes with Panama. In recognition of this long outstanding relationship, and of Sri Chinmoy’s many other contributions to world peace, this past August Panama conferred on Sri Chinmoy its highest national decoration, the Grand Cross of the Order of Balboa.

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-2602: FFP 109 (revised version).

FF-2650: FFP 110 (revised version).

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 27, Agni Press, 1982
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