Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 61

6001. THE SAME ROAD

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The Road that my Lord Himself

Walked once upon a time

Is now right before me.

Who else is so divinely fortunate?

Who else has this chance

To be supremely perfect? ```

6002. ONE DEPLORABLE THING

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I most sincerely deplore

Only one thing:

My eternal Now

Still remains unexplored. ```

6003. THE BEST ANSWER

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Many, many times in his life

Silence has proved

Not only to be

The only answer

But also to be

Absolutely the best answer. ```

6004. I AM ABLE TO OFFER

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For the betterment of this world,

I am able to offer only three things:

My soul’s promise,

My heart’s hope

And

My life’s service. ```

6005. PROMISE AND PRAY

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Promise!

Eventually you will succeed.

Pray!

Continuously you will proceed. ```

6006. REMIND ME, MY LORD

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Remind me, my Lord,

From time to time,

That You have taught me

How to love the world unconditionally. ```

6007. I NEED GOD'S LOVE

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Once I was blinded by ignorance,

But now I can see

That I desperately need God,

Especially His Love,

Only His Love.

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6008. BECAUSE YOUR MIND IS SLOW

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Because your mind is slow

To forgive your past,

God is also slow

To grant your mind

The overwhelming delight

Of the future. ```

6009. I BELIEVE IN EVERYTHING EXCEPT

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Alas, I believe in everything

Except one thing:

My life’s unlimited potential.

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6010. HELPLESSNESS IS ENVELOPING ME

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Helplessness is now

Enveloping my life

Because I have allowed hopelessness

To envelop my heart. ```

6011. UNFETTERED FREEDOM-JOY

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Unfettered freedom-joy

Abides only in

Unconditional love.

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6012. TAKE EVERYTHING FROM GOD

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God tells me,

“Take from Me whatever you want.

You do not have to bother the world

For anything.” ```

6013. OVERSLEEPING IN IGNORANCE-NIGHT

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You will never see

The Face of God

In this lifetime

At the rate you have been

Oversleeping

In ignorance-night. ```

6014. HE SINKS AND SINKS

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His mind schemes,

His life screams,

His heart dreams,

And he sinks and sinks. ```

6015. PATIENCE DOES IT

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Imagination tells him

What he can do.

Patience does it for him.

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6016. ENTERTAINING DOUBT-LIFE

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If you entertain your doubt-life,

How can your faith-life

Enlighten your heart?

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6017. MAGNIFY AND MINIMISE

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You may magnify

Your troubles,

But nobody is going to minimise

Your stupidity. ```

6018. I KNOW WHOSE I AM

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True,

I do not know

Who I am,

But I do know

Whose I am.

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6019. TWO OPEN SECRETS

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Two secrets, but open ones:

God loves me infinitely more

Than He needs me.

I need God infinitely more

Than I love Him.

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6020. A GOD-CENTRED MAN

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A self-centred man

Thinks and dreams of a happy life.

A God-centred man

Lives and radiates a happy life. ```

6021. GOD MADE MY LIFE

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God made my life

To grow lovingly and slowly.

God made my heart

To glow brightly and steadily. ```

6022. DOOMED TO BARRENNESS

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You are doomed

To barrenness

Because your mind does not

Want newness

And your heart does not

Need oneness. ```

6023. A PERFECTED INDIVIDUAL

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Only a perfected individual

Can dare to dream

Of a perfect humanity.

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6024. A SINCERE NEED

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My Lord,

I have a sincere need.

“My son,

I have an abundant supply.” ```

6025. MY SELF-CULTIVATION

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What I call

My self-cultivation,

God calls that very thing

His own Self-Revelation. ```

6026. MAY MY LIFE-BOAT PLY

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May my life-boat ply between

My self-mastery

And

My God-discovery. ```

6027. SLOW ME DOWN

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Slow me down, my Lord;

I am restless.

Show me quickly, my Lord;

I am doubtless. ```

6028. WHEN I OPEN MY EYES

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When I open my eyes,

I see that I am

My fearful incapacity.

When I open my heart,

I see that I am

My Lord’s powerful Capacity.

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6029. THE INDIVIDUAL

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If aspiration does not begin

With the individual,

Then it does not begin.

The same is true for realisation,

And also for manifestation.

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6030. HUMAN LIFE

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An immature man

Dealing with mature problems:

This is precisely what human life is.

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6031. INCOMPARABLE TRAGEDY

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“I do not need God.”

This tragedy in human life

Is incomparable.

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6032. ULTIMATE GOALS

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The ultimate in human goals

Is to reach the Himalayan heights.

The ultimate in divine goals

Is to become God’s choicest instrument. ```

6033. MY CONFIDENCE-HEIGHT

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What is God’s Compassion-Light

If not my own confidence-height

In the world of becoming and transcending

And transcending and becoming? ```

6034. MY SURROUNDINGS

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The Peace, Light and Bliss of Heaven

Surround my heart openly.

The fear, doubt and frustration of earth

Surround my mind secretly. ```

6035. FORGIVE THE PAST

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The mind has to forgive the past

Before the heart

Can completely obliterate it.

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6036. COUNTERACTION AND CONVERSION

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My Beloved Lord

Has counteracted my stupidity

And converted my impurity

Into purity. ```

6037. BETWEEN ME AND MY PAST BLUNDERS

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Between me and my past blunders

God the Compassion cries

And

God the Forgiveness smiles. ```

6038. MY SONGS

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Yesterday I sang the song

Of renunciation.

Today I am singing the song

Of co-operation.

Tomorrow I shall sing the song

Of perfection.

And the day after I shall sing the song

Of God’s complete Satisfaction. ```

6039. WHEN I LOVE GOD

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When I soulfully and sleeplessly

Love God,

Everything loves me,

Even my ruthless past. ```

6040. IF YOU DARE TO BELIEVE

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You can achieve everything in life

If you can dare to believe

That your soul is having a continual adventure

In the heart of God’s

Evolving and transcending universe.

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6041. A LOVING MAN

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I have a heart of love.

Therefore,

I needs must be

A loving man. ```

6042. RESPONSIBLE

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A procrastination-mind is responsible

For a frustration-heart.

A frustration-heart is responsible

For a destruction-life. ```

6043. UNSWERVING AS I CLIMB

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The bitterness of failure

And the sweetness of success

Shall find me unswerving

As I climb towards

My summit-goal.

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6044. THE CAPACITY TO DETERMINE

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As my mind has the capacity

To determine my life,

Even so, my heart has the capacity

To determine my mind. ```

6045. HE IS SO SAD

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He is so sad that his mind

Is running away from God.

He is so sad that his life

Is running away from his heart. ```

6046. DO GIVE IT AGAIN

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My Lord Supreme,

You gave Realisation to Sri Krishna.

Do give it again — this time to me.

My Lord Supreme,

You gave Liberation to the Buddha.

Do give it again — this time to me.

My Lord Supreme,

You gave Salvation to the Christ.

Do give it again — this time to me.

```

6047. I BELONG TO THE GOD-LOVER

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I belong not to the God-preacher

Who says that he has.

I belong to the God-lover

Who knows that he is. ```

6048. MY LIFE BELONGS

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My life belongs

To humanity’s hope.

My heart belongs

To divinity’s promise. ```

6049. SUNSET AND SUNRISE

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Doubt and impurity are the sunset

Of a seeker’s life.

Faith and purity are the sunrise

Of a seeker’s heart. ```

6050. IF THE HEART IS RECEPTIVE

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How can the life

Be empty,

If the heart

Is receptive? ```

6051. A WISE MAN KNOWS

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A wise man knows

What to tell,

How to tell

And

When to tell.

A clever man foolishly tells

More than he knows

Or less than what

He is supposed to tell.

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6052. MY HEART WAS TOO SLOW

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Because my heart was too slow

In loving God the creation,

God the Creator has withdrawn

His Beauty’s Hope and Purity’s Promise

From my heart.

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6053. IF YOUR LIFE IS CHAINED

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If your life is chained

To earthly possessions,

How can you expect your heart

To be a Heavenly satisfaction? ```

6054. STAB YOUR IGNORANCE-PRIDE

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If you can stab the heart

Of your ignorance-pride,

Then your life will not meet

With any failure. ```

6055. SCIENCE TELLS ME

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Science tells me

What it can do for my life.

Spirituality tells me

What I can do for God’s Heart. ```

6056. IF I AM AVAILABLE

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If I am available,

Then the Supreme is ready to send

The lovable cosmic gods

To play with me. ```

6057. A HEART OF BEAUTY AND PURITY

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A heart of beauty

And a heart of purity

Can soulfully fall in love

With God’s ever-transcending Divinity. ```

6058. THE LIGHTHOUSE

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The lighthouse of a self-giving life

Is a powerhouse of God’s

Perfection-Vision and Satisfaction-Reality.

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6059. AWARENESS IS ABILITY

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Awareness is ability.

Ability is advancement,

In secrecy supreme,

In the inner world. ```

6060. THE CONCERN-HAND OF THE BEYOND

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The pendulum that swings

Between man’s tears and man’s smiles

Is always guided

By the Concern-Hand of the Beyond. ```

6061. THE RACE OF LIONS

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His life may belong to

The race of timid cats,

But his heart definitely belongs to

The race of powerful lions. ```

6062. A LAVISH DOUBTER

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If you are a lavish doubter,

You will be compelled to become

A swimmer in life’s confusion-sea.

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6063. ONLY A BORN DREAMER

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Only a born dreamer

Has the rightful confidence

To announce the transformation-message

Of human life. ```

6064. YOU DO NOT DARE

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Your dry mind

Does not dare to cry.

Your timid heart

Does not dare to smile.

And you

Do not dare to become

The song of self-offering.

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6065. LOVE IS AT ONCE

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Love is at once

Aspiration-plant

And

Perfection-tree. ```

6066. THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW

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My heart would like to know

If God is pleased with it.

God would like to know

If my mind is pleased with Him. ```

6067. GOD BLOWS HIS VICTORY-HORN

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God blows His Victory-Horn

The moment He sees

A climbing cry

And

A spreading smile.

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6068. YOUR SELF-AGGRANDISEMENT-SONGS

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If you continuously sing

Your self-aggrandisement-songs,

Then the world will force you

To enter your ready-made

Destruction-pyre.

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6069. THE MIND ENJOYS

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The mind enjoys

Fantasy’s might.

The heart enjoys

Ecstasy’s height. ```

6070. THE ESSENCE OF EXCELLENCE

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The perfect evolution

Of possibilities

Is the essence of excellence.

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6071. A SMALL SUGGESTION

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Just a small suggestion:

Do not allow your hope-joy

To act like a greedy fellow.

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6072. AS LONG AS THE STUPID MIND

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As long as the stupid mind

Enjoys concealment,

The pure heart cannot acquire

Enlightenment. ```

6073. THE FAITH OF THE MIND

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The faith of the mind

Starts its journey with uncertainty.

The faith of the heart

Speedily runs towards

Its destined goal.

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6074. MY FONDNESS FOR GOD

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As I cannot imagine

God’s Fondness for me,

Even so, my fondness for God

The world cannot imagine. ```

6075. TO HAVE OR TO BE

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Yesterday

I thought it was better

To have than to be.

Today

I feel it is better

To be than to have.

Tomorrow

I shall keep the same feeling

As today.

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6076. NO AND YES

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When I want God,

I shall immediately say “No”

To myself.

When God wants me,

I shall immediately say “Yes”

To Him. ```

6077. GOD'S PERSONAL PROPERTY

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I am God’s personal property.

If you really need me,

Then ask God

And see what He says. ```

6078. A VERY SPECIAL MESSAGE

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I have received a very special message:

“God not only lives inside

Your heart-room,

But also sleeplessly cares for you.” ```

6079. NO MIRACLES, PLEASE

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I do not need miracles, please.

I do not even want

To see miracles, please.

I need and expect only

A crying heart and a smiling life.

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6080. UNLESS

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God has no time for me

Unless He is

The only Way for me.

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6081. NO MISUSE OF FAITH

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My faith is something

That God has created for me

To use inside humanity’s heart

Soulfully and carefully,

But never to use

Carelessly and extravagantly. ```

6082. COMPASSION-BUD AND SATISFACTION-FLOWER

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I have to put

God’s Compassion-Bud

Inside my heart

If I want to see

God’s Satisfaction-Flower

Upon my face. ```

6083. DO NOT WORRY

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My poor soul,

Do not worry.

I shall not fail you.

I shall not even disappoint you! ```

6084. ANOTHER NAME

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My concentration is another name

For my fearlessness.

My fearlessness is another name

For my cheerfulness.

My cheerfulness is another name

For my Lord’s Closeness,

Fondness and Oneness.

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6085. GOD'S PROMISE AND GOD'S HOPE

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My soul belongs

To God’s descending Promise.

My body belongs

To God’s ascending Hope. ```

6086. THE GIVE-AND-RECEIVE GAME

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My Lord says to me:

“My child, I wish to play

The give-and-receive game.

Can you not give Me

Your ever-increasing fears

And ever-multiplying doubts

And receive from Me

My all-conquering Power

And all-illumining Light?”

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6087. LOSS AND GAIN

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My mind’s colossal loss

Will lead my life

To an amazing and permanent gain.

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6088. MY NECESSITY-SEEDS AND ECSTASY-PLANTS

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My prayers and meditations

Are only my necessity-seeds

That will become my ecstasy-plants

In the near future. ```

6089. BLESSING AND OBEDIENCE

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God’s Blessing-Waves

And my obedience-drops

Always live together

In stupendous satisfaction-delight. ```

6090. FORGIVENESS-SEEDS AND HOPE-SEEDS

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God is sleeplessly planting

The seeds of forgiveness

Inside my heart,

And I am continuously planting

The seeds of hope

Inside His Heart. ```

6091. I SHALL ALWAYS TRY TO TRAVEL

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I shall always try to travel

With a soulful heart

And a prayerful life.

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6092. WHERE ARE WE?

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I am inside

My Lord’s Compassion-Book.

My Lord is inside

His own Vision-Look. ```

6093. SIX WORDS

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Six words have changed

My entire life:

“God loves me.

God wants me.” ```

6094. TIME TOOK BACK

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Utterly disappointed,

Time took back from him

Its supreme compassion-gift.

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6095. NO AND NEVER

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I will take “no” for an answer

From earth.

I will take “no” for an answer

From Heaven.

I will take not only “no”

But also “never” for an answer

From God, only from God.

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6096. I TALK TO GOD

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I talk to God

About His Generosity.

God talks to me

About my receptivity. ```

6097. KEEP YOUR EYES INSIDE YOUR HEART

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If you can keep your eyes

Inside your heart,

Then God will unreservedly grant you

His own Beauty’s Heart. ```

6098. GOD-MESSENGERS

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Am I an out-and-out idiot

That I shall send

God-messengers away

Empty-handed? ```

6099. AN UNCONDITIONAL GIFT

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Constant aspiration

Is not a thing one can achieve

On the strength of one’s own capacity.

It is an unconditional gift from Above. ```

6100. HE WILL DO EVERYTHING

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Am I doing all I can?

The human in me is telling me

That I am doing infinitely more

Than I can.

The divine in me is telling me

That I am doing as much

As I can.

The Supreme in me is telling me

That I have done nothing

And I can do nothing,

But that He has done

And will continue to do

Everything in and through me.

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Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the sixty-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 to cover photo

Sri Chinmoy meditates with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, on 13 January 1983. Moved by the meditation, which took place in the private office of the Secretary-General, Mr Pérez de Cuéllar told Sri Chinmoy, “You concentrate on the truth and ideals which unite all mankind: the longing for peace, the need for compassion, the search for tolerance and understanding among men and women of all nations.”

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 61, Agni Press, New York, 1983
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