Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 49

4801. Yearn for the sea of purity

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Yearn with intensity

For the sea of purity,

If you want your life

To be as vast and as perfect

As the sky of divinity.

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4802. Three Heaven-born messages

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Three Heaven-born messages:

My heart shall feel God this morning.

My eyes shall see God this afternoon.

My Lord shall fully manifest Himself

In and through me this evening.

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4803. His eyes cry in silence-light

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His eyes cry in silence-night.

His heart smiles in silence-light.

His soul dances in silence-delight.

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4804. The cheapest

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Sincerity is the cheapest

Of all the divine qualities.

Yet it is so useful,

So fruitful,

So joy-giving

And

So God-loving.

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4805. Yet everybody expects

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Few seekers pray soulfully.

Fewer still meditate unconditionally.

Yet everybody expects,

If not demands,

Satisfaction-delight in infinite measure.

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4806. Man admires truth

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Man admires truth

The way his doubting mind

Admires his aspiring heart.

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4807. Enthusiasm begins the journey

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Enthusiasm begins the journey.

Determination continues the journey.

Surrender completes the journey.

Gratitude not only fulfils the journey

But also pleases God

In God’s own Way. ```

4808. Failures in the singing-world

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There are two kinds of failures

In the singing-world:

Those who sing without having

A good singing voice,

And those who do not sing

In spite of having a good singing voice. ```

4809. Give freedom to your heart

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You have given freedom to your mind.

Therefore, your mind causes worries for you

About the future.

Why don’t you give freedom to your heart?

Your heart will definitely prepare you

For the future. ```

4810. Perfect quietness of heart

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If you have perfect

Quietness of heart,

Then you are bound to realise

That the Grace divine

Is never slow.

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4811. Loving cures everything

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Learning cures nothing.

Aspiring cures a few things.

Serving cures many things.

Loving cures everything. ```

4812. My victory is Yours

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My Lord, do give me the capacity

To sincerely feel

That my defeat is entirely mine

And that my victory is unmistakably,

Unreservedly, plus unconditionally

Yours. ```

4813. Purity is the music

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Impurity is the voice

Of a tornado.

Purity is the music

Of a running river. ```

4814. A precious truth-diamond

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God loves me unconditionally.

This most precious truth-diamond

I shall carry every day

To my Lord Supreme. ```

4815. Rise like a pure candle-flame

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Drag not your past with you.

With soulful thoughts

Rise like a pure candle-flame

To touch Heaven’s Perfection-Beauty. ```

4816. Your life will be cradled by God

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If your heart is made

Of constantly multiplying loving deeds,

Then your life will be cradled by God

In His Eternity’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```

4817. The golden chain

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My heart of gratitude

Is the golden chain

That binds my life

To the infinite Life

Of the Absolute Supreme.

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4818. Unless you unfold your faith

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Unless you unfold your faith divine,

How can you expect to be

A choice instrument

Of God the Compassion Infinite? ```

4819. The mightiest sound

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If your heart owns

The bravest silence,

Then your life can create

The mightiest sound

To announce the Manifestation-Victory

Of your Beloved Supreme. ```

4820. What does failure do?

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What does failure do?

Failure improves my life,

Strengthens my mind

And heightens my heart. ```

4821. Each soulful effort

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Each soulful effort

And each resolute action

In the countless incidents

Of man’s human life and divine life

Is proudly treasured

By the Absolute Supreme Himself. ```

4822. Doomed to suffer

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An ingratitude-heart

Is doomed to suffer

From the serious sickness

Of unbearable impurity. ```

4823. To transform my unlit life

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I love and need

God’s iron Hand

In God’s velvet Glove

To transform my unaspiring and unlit life. ```

4824. To conquer its sleeping life

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Why does the body want to meditate?

The body wants to meditate

Because it wants to conquer

Its sleeping life.

The body knows that meditation

Is the answer. ```

4825. To conquer its fighting life

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Why does the vital want to meditate?

The vital wants to meditate

Because it wants to conquer

Its fighting life.

The vital knows that meditation

Is the answer. ```

4826. To conquer its doubting life

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Why does the mind want to meditate?

The mind wants to meditate

Because it wants to conquer

Its doubting life.

The mind knows that meditation

Is the answer. ```

4827. To love the Supreme more

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Why does the heart want to meditate?

The heart wants to meditate

Because it wants to love

The Supreme more.

The heart knows that meditation

Is the answer. ```

4828. To manifest the Supreme more

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Why does the soul want to meditate?

The soul wants to meditate

Because it wants to manifest

The Supreme more.

The soul knows that meditation

Is the answer. ```

4829. The Supreme meditates

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Why does the Supreme want to meditate?

The Supreme wants to meditate

Because in His entire universe

He loves to enjoy only one thing,

And that is meditation.

Therefore, He sleeplessly meditates.

In His transcendental Life

And in His universal Life

The Supreme meditates.

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4830. God's Self-Transcendence Message

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O God-seeker,

Be not complacent

With what you have and are!

Develop an ever-increasing hunger,

For even God Himself is obeying

His own Self-Transcendence Message. ```

4831. My purity

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My purity is not only

The unmistakable absence of impurity

But also the visible presence

Of my Lord’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```

4832. You are a tree

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You are a tree,

Yet you bear no fruits.

You are a flower,

Yet you are devoid of fragrance.

You are of God,

Yet you never care for God. ```

4833. For the world beyond

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When you are in the world,

You tell the world

That you are for it.

When you are for the world,

You tell the world

Very carefully and very delicately

That you are for the world beyond as well. ```

4834. My soul, my heart

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My soul promises.

My heart performs.

My mind doubts.

My heart suffers.

My life wanders.

My heart wonders. ```

4835. The voice of gladness

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The voice of gladness only

Can make the infallible choice

Of fulness in soulfulness.

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4836. A lifelong voyage

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My heart’s aspiration-cry

Is a lifelong voyage

To Divinity’s Immortality-Shore.

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4837. Only you are authorised

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Nobody else, only you —

Your heart’s invincible cry

And

Your life’s invincible smile —

Are authorised by God to celebrate

The victory of His transcendental Peace

On earth.

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4838. God's measureless Hours

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When you are dependent on fate,

You embody useless fear.

When you are independent of fate,

You embody God’s measureless Hours. ```

4839. Your Heart's Golden Age

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My Lord, dissolve my cherished pride

In my animal rage.

I really want to become a member

Of Your Heart’s Golden Age. ```

4840. You will be supremely happy

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Punish your suspicious mind.

You will be divinely happy.

Prevent your ferocious vital

From attacking your soulful heart.

You will be supremely happy.

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4841. What human life reveals

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The potency of fear within,

The urgency of destruction without:

Alas, this is what human life

Inwardly and outwardly reveals. ```

4842. Forget the bitter past

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Forget the bitter past immediately

If you really want to enjoy

Your inner life’s beauty

And

Your outer life’s prosperity

In the heart of the eternal Now. ```

4843. A reconciliation with God

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Do not suspect the capacity

Of the outer world.

Do not doubt the beauty

Of the inner world.

Your long-lost spiritual breath

Will reveal itself to you

So that you can have

A reconciliation with God. ```

4844. Learn and love

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Learn and love what you need.

You need aspiration-cries

In your heart.

Love and learn what you need.

You need dedication-smiles

In your life.

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4845. You must not allow

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You must not allow your faith-plant

To be uprooted by thunderbolt-doubts

Even when your aspiration

Has touched the abysmal abyss. ```

4846. Conceal and reveal

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Conceal what you have:

Frustration-ocean.

Reveal what you are:

Aspiration-mountain. ```

4847. One step

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From the quick magic

Of my heart’s surrender

To the abiding magic

Of my life’s transformation

Is but one step.

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4848. The weapons of deception

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If your mind uses

The weapons of deception,

How can it ever enjoy

The vastness of the sky

And

The stillness of the sun? ```

4849. Two favours

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I love God.

God loves me.

After I offer Him my love,

I ask Him to grant me

A big favour.

After He blesses me with His Love,

He asks me to ask Him

For any favour I want. ```

4850. I talk to God

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I talk to God.

God talks to me.

He also talks for me.

Alas, when shall I start

Talking for God?

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4851. A well-read scholar

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When a well-read scholar,

If he has an iota of sincere eagerness

To see the heart of Truth,

Meets with a soul-fed and fruitful God-seeker,

He must needs heave deep-felt sighs.

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4852. A cheerful mind and a soulful heart

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A cheerful mind and a soulful heart

Cannot see anything wrong

In the entire world.

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4853. I cry for my perfection

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O humanity,

I cry for my perfection.

Do you want to know why?

I do it only

For your great satisfaction.

Do you not believe it?

Then ask God

If I am telling the truth. ```

4854. Concealing your weaknesses

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As you feel

You can conceal

Your weaknesses from others,

Even so, you think

You can conceal

Your weaknesses from God’s Omniscience. ```

4855. Spontaneous divinity

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Spontaneous divinity

Is to the heart

What precious purity

Is to the mind. ```

4856. Heart-perfection

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Faith is

What may unmistakably be called

Mind-perfection.

Gratitude is

What may unmistakably be called

Heart-perfection.

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4857. Your perfect sincerity

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Your perfect sincerity

Can be appreciated

With perfect sincerity

Only by another God-lover. ```

4858. Dangerous nonsense

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My fear of God tells me

That it knows most accurately

How far away God is from my heart.

Indeed, this is dangerous,

If not ridiculous, nonsense.

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4859. The serpent-mind

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The serpent-mind

Climbs up only one ladder:

The ladder of self-deception.

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4860. God's Compassion

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God’s Compassion

Was once beyond the need

Of my desire-life.

God’s Compassion

Is now the only need

Of my aspiration-life.

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4861. Unless you can summon

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Unless you can summon your divinity

At your sweet will,

You will not be able to feel

The purity of a saint’s heart

And you will not be able to see

The beauty in a seeker’s eye. ```

4862. Galaxies of Light and Delight

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Meditate at midnight

Soulfully and unconditionally.

God will grant you

His own galaxies of Light and Delight

For you to use at easy ease.

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4863. A God-spreading life

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You are pious.

That means

Yours is a truth-accumulating heart.

You are generous.

That means

Yours is a life-illumining soul.

You are gracious.

That means

Yours is a God-spreading life.

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4864. Nothing as beautiful

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There is nothing in man as beautiful

As his heart’s sincerity.

There is nothing in man as powerful

As his challenge to ignorance-night. ```

4865. You cannot speak ill

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One thing is certain:

You cannot speak ill of the creation

And expect the Creator

Either to be pleased with you

Or to grant you a favour.

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4866. What have I been doing?

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If it is true

That writing makes a man perfect,

Then what have I been doing

For the last forty years?

Still perfection-realm

Remains a far cry,

Not to speak of satisfaction,

Which is nowhere to be found. ```

4867. How I can go back

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Rudeness and gruffness have shown me

How easily I can go back

To my animal life.

Kindness and soulfulness are teaching me

How inevitably I shall go back

To my absolutely perfect divine life.

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4868. I have simply no idea

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I have simply no idea

What God is going to do

With my faithless friendship,

My heartless life,

My hopeless heart.

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4869. I know your sweet secrets

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I know both your sweet,

Encouraging and inspiring secrets.

You are happy because

You have uprooted your desire-tree.

You are perfect because

You always obey the commands

Of your inner monitor:

Conscience-light. ```

4870. Tomorrow's world

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Your mind excels in power.

Your heart excels in love.

Your mind may govern today’s world.

But your heart will eventually and permanently

Conquer tomorrow’s world.

```

4871. Another existence-reality-robe

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My purity is my divinity

In another existence-reality-robe.

My divinity is my Lord’s complete Satisfaction

In another existence-reality-robe. ```

4872. Unless your life is the hyphen

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Unless your life is the hyphen

Between vigilance and self-discipline,

You will never be able to fight triumphantly

Against temptation-mountains

And frustration-seas.

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4873. I wonder if it is the same person

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Yesterday I saw the perils

Of my desire-life.

Today I am getting the thrill

Of my aspiration-life.

I wonder if it is the same person

Who is getting both these experiences. ```

4874. If you are a man of courage

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If you are a man of courage,

Then only will God take the time

To prove to you

That there is nothing on earth

That can stand against His Will,

And that He cannot transform

Into a veritable blessing.

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4875. He is eternally perfect

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You love God

Because He is supreme.

God loves you

Because you are His Dream.

You need God

Because He is eternally perfect.

God needs you

Because you are His choice Project. ```

4876. Sadness reigns supreme

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Sadness, sadness, sadness reigns supreme!

My mind is sad

Because others have fathomed my mind.

I am sad

Because I have not yet uncovered myself.

My heart is sad

Because it has not yet discovered God.

Sadness, sadness, sadness reigns supreme! ```

4877. The apparently easy road

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If you choose to walk

On the apparently easy road, compromise,

That means your goal

Will always remain a far cry. ```

4878. The God-realisation fun-run

```

Many have joined

The God-realisation fun-run.

Some have succeeded

While others have failed.

Many more will run in the future,

And some will succeed

While others will fail.

Let me start now

And see if I can finish the race.

If I fail,

I shall cheerfully join

Those who will run in the future.

But once I start running

The God-realisation fun-run,

I shall never give up for good

Until I have finished the race

Successfully and satisfactorily.

```

4879. His is a heart that defies

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His is a life

That ceaselessly cries

For the Light of the Beyond.

His is a heart

That bravely defies

Ignorance-torture.

```

4880. An illumining helper

```

If you want to contradict me

To guide me to perfection,

Then contradict.

If you are correct,

My heart will immediately choose you

As its illumining helper. ```

4881. Your heart's supreme glory

```

I tell you,

One day your heart will be reborn,

And that day of your heart’s supreme glory

Is fast approaching. ```

4882. To be closer to God

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To be closer to God

I need two things:

A heart that knows

How to cry sleeplessly

And a mind that believes

In self-illumination. ```

4883. He has to surrender

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He has experienced the beauty

Of his inner life.

Therefore he is happy.

He has now to surrender

The ugliness of his outer life

To his Beloved Supreme

So that both he and his Lord

Can be happy. ```

4884. Some will precede

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We all fight the battle

Of inner freedom.

Naturally there will be some

Who will precede us

In our aspiration-height

While others will follow us

In our dedication-delight.

```

4885. Man's soul invents

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Man’s heart discovers

The beauty of the creation.

Man’s soul invents

The perfection-seed of the Creator. ```

4886. The inner rose

```

He who sees the beauty

Of his inner rose

And he who smells the fragrance

Of his inner rose

Cannot be torn

By the thorns of human life. ```

4887. Only one cave

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There is only one cave,

And that cave is my heart.

There is only one cave-dweller,

And that cave-dweller is

The self-transcending man

Inside my heart. ```

4888. God's Satisfaction-plane

```

Earth’s aspiration-plane

Flies fast,

And lands in Heaven.

Heaven’s Compassion-plane

Flies faster,

And lands on earth.

God’s Satisfaction-plane

Flies fastest,

Both from Heaven to earth

And from earth to Heaven. ```

4889. A powerless life

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A prayerless heart

Is a powerless life.

A faithless mind

Is a goalless man. ```

4890. You are loved

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You are loved

By both God and the prince of gloom.

God loves you because

You have a fearless heart.

The prince of gloom loves you because

You have a cheerless mind. ```

4891. How long will they last?

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Your desire-waves —

How long will they last,

How long?

Nobody knows.

Your aspiration-sea —

How long will it last,

How long?

Both Heaven and earth know

And even I can know it,

If I care to. ```

4892. Show sympathy

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If you feel that your mind

Is not past correction,

Then you can show sympathy

To your dubitation-mind

So that it will come

To your illumination-soul. ```

4893. Natural and supernatural

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To give what you proudly have

Is natural.

To give what you soulfully are

Is supernatural. ```

4894. Your mind insisted

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Your mind insisted

On creating a volcano-confusion

To frighten the world.

And now what is happening?

The volcano is destroying

Its stupid creator. ```

4895. You may not be wrong

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You may not be wrong

When people badly criticise you.

Again, you may not be right

When people highly admire you. ```

4896. Your answer must be perfect

```

God comes to you every day

And He will continue doing so

Forever and forever.

But have you ever gone to see God,

Or will you ever go to see God?

I want you to answer this question.

You can take as long as you want to,

But your answer must be perfect.

```

4897. God's Compassion-Eye

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God’s Compassion-Eye

Chides and corrects you

Precisely because it wants to

Inspire your inner life

And

Perfect your outer life. ```

4898. If you do not aspire

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If you do not aspire,

That means either consciously or unconsciously

You enjoy your presence

Inside the living death.

If you aspire,

That means you want to enjoy

And you are enjoying your presence

Inside the deathless life. ```

4899. Go to God

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Go to God

With a heart of sincerity.

He will tell you

What to do

To change your life.

Go to God

With a life of gratitude.

He will not only tell you

What to do

But also do it for you.

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4900. If you love God

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If you do not love God

And do not want to love God,

Yet want to do something for God,

Then your unsolicited help

Is nothing but presumptuous.

If you love God

And want to love God,

And therefore want to serve God,

Then your soulful service

Is more precious to God

Than you can ever imagine. ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the forty-ninth 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

Sri Chinmoy meets with Mr Luigi Cottafavi, Director-General of the United Nations, in Geneva on 16 June 1980 for a discussion of religion and Indian culture.

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-4875: FFP 150 (revised version).

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 49, Agni Press, 1982
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