Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 74

7301. Our Eternal Friend

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In our inner life

Everyone and everything will fail us,

Except our meditation.

Meditation is our friend,

Our soul’s old friend,

Our Beloved Supreme’s eternal friend.

If this friend ever leaves us,

We shall have nobody to take care of us,

Nobody!

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7302. Your Friendship With Meditation

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No matter how many mistakes

You make,

No matter how useless

You feel yourself to be,

No matter how many weaknesses

You consciously and unconsciously cherish,

If you can maintain your friendship

With your ever-loving, ever-inspiring

And ever-illumining friend, meditation,

Then you will, without fail,

Discover the true meaning of your life.

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7303. Your Soul's Heights

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You are a genuine seeker

Of the absolute Truth.

Therefore, the highest planes of consciousness

Will not and cannot forever remain

A far cry.

Continue walking along

The path of Eternity.

You will one day reach

Your soul’s glorious heights.

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7304. A Lover Of Meditation

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You are a lover of meditation.

That means you do believe

In an inner world,

For you have been there many, many times.

If you get joy from that world,

Your eagerness to meditate

Will carry you far, farther, farthest

Towards your destined goal. ```

7305. Failure Has Touched His Life

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Abysmal failure has touched his life

Because he lives

Either inside his impulsive mind

Or inside his destructive vital. ```

7306. But I Must Also Say

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I admit

I have a weak heart.

But I must also say

I have a very pure heart. ```

7307. I Am Always Disturbed

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No matter what I do or say,

I am always disturbed

By the unwanted presence

Of my doubting mind. ```

7308. I Allow Myself

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I allow myself

To do everything else

Except introduce myself

To my Lord’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```

7309. My Heart, Stop Crying

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My heart, stop crying.

You have cried enough.

Now start smiling.

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7310. Every Day

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Every day

My Lord approaches me

With His self-giving Compassion-Light.

Every day

I approach my Lord

With my self-giving gratitude-delight.

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7311. Lethargy Is So Useless

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Lethargy is so useless

That it always enjoys performing

The stupid nothingness-dance.

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7312. I Have The Right

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I may not have the right

To think for you,

But I do have the right

To think of you. ```

7313. Your Aspiration-Flames

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Your aspiration-flames must climb up

To the mountain-high throne of light.

Then only can you reach tomorrow’s

Immortality-Shore. ```

7314. A Life Of Constant Surrender

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Only a life of constant surrender

Can soulfully and smilingly walk

Along the sunlit road.

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7315. To Cherish Doubt

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To cherish doubt

Is a certain way

To achieve self-destruction.

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7316. I Want To Stand

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I want to stand at the start

Of faith

And not at the start

Of understanding. ```

7317. It Can Easily Destroy

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Be careful of your doubt-tiger.

It can easily destroy

Your tiny and tender faith-plant.

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7318. A Shaky Foundation

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An uncertain and unaspiring mind

Is the cause

Of a shaky spiritual foundation.

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7319. Look Deep Within

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Do not look around

To see if somebody else

Is making faster progress than you.

Just look deep within

And be grateful for whatever progress

You are making.

Just look high above

And be ready and eager

To make still faster progress.

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7320. The Supreme Contribution

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The great contribution

Of the human life:

Mind over matter.

The supreme contribution

Of the divine life:

Heart over mind.

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7321. Be Practical Within

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Be practical within.

You will immediately become

Earth’s perfect cry

And Heaven’s perfect smile. ```

7322. The Songs Of Beauty's Light

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No life that yields

To ignorance-night

Can hear the songs

Of beauty’s light

And duty’s delight.

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7323. You Rely Upon Nothing

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You rely upon nothing,

Yet you think

You are doing something great

And becoming someone good. ```

7324. I Want You To Be Proud

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My heart,

I want you to be proud of me

Not because I am perfect,

But because I am all gratitude

To my Beloved Supreme.

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7325. Carry On The Struggle

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Carry on the struggle.

You will eventually win.

Strive with vigour.

You will quite certainly win.

Depend entirely on God’s Grace.

You will immediately win. ```

7326. Two Deplorable Failures

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My unaspiring heart

And my doubting mind

Are deplorable failures:

So feels my ever-loving

And ever-illumining soul.

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7327. What My Mind Has

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What my mind has

Is sheer stupidity.

What my mind is

Is God’s hidden Divinity. ```

7328. Each Moment

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Each moment

Of prayerful surrender

And soulful gratitude

Brings perfection-light

And satisfaction-delight.

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7329. I Use My Curiosity-Power

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I use my curiosity-power

To see the beauty of the outer world.

I use my sincerity-power

To see the purity of the inner world. ```

7330. Love Your Heart More

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If you really value

Your pure heart,

Then love it infinitely more

Than you love anything else. ```

7331. God's Thundering Victory-Dream

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The silence-light

Of my gratitude-heart

Is God’s thundering Victory-Dream.

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7332. An Experienced Wisdom-Reality

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Although my mind

Is an experienced wisdom-reality,

It is nowhere near

God’s Illumination-Smile. ```

7333. He Who Strangles You

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Rest assured,

He who strangles you

With fears and doubts

Will not be allowed to be with you

In the highest world.

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7334. His Desire-Bound Life

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His desire-bound life

Is completely lost

Inside his absurd hopes

And grave fears. ```

7335. Liberation Means

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Liberation means

To soulfully claim

God’s Cosmic Vision

And consciously disown

Man’s tempting illusion.

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7336. What Is Wrong In Asking?

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Since you know

You cannot guide yourself,

What is wrong in asking

Your ever-ready Inner Pilot

To guide you?

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7337. If You Are Painfully Aware

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If you are painfully aware

Of your inner mistakes

But still maintain your eagerness

To do the right thing,

You will make far better progress

Than those who complacently fool themselves

By thinking they are already

Absolutely perfect. ```

7338. Do Not Cherish Unhealthy Ideas

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Do not cherish unhealthy ideas.

If you feel that the world

Thinks ill of you,

Who knows,

Perhaps you are unnecessarily torturing

Your life’s purity-heart. ```

7339. Compromise

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Compromise begins

In useless stupidity

And ends in lifeless futility.

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7340. The Purification Of The Mind

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The purification of the mind

Must follow

The enlargement of the heart.

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7341. Severe Psychic Treatment

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Severe psychic treatment is needed

For serious doubt-sickness.

God the Doctor tells this

To his spiritually sick children. ```

7342. God Voraciously Eats

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Every day God voraciously eats

Your surrender-fruits

And proudly tells the cosmic gods

All about you. ```

7343. A Death-Challenging Warrior

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You are a dauntless,

Death-challenging hero-warrior.

That means you soulfully care for

God’s Satisfaction in you. ```

7344. The Song Of Satisfaction-Smile

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Your heart’s soulful readiness

And your life’s powerful fruitfulness

Sing the song

Of satisfaction-smile. ```

7345. Jealousy Hides

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Jealousy hides

Only to be caught

For its eventual transformation.

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7346. My Sound-Life

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O my sound-life,

You may be insignificant,

But you are also powerful.

You have extinguished

My heart’s aspiration-flames.

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7347. My Mind's Newness-Dawn

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Beautiful is my mind’s

Newness-dawn.

Soulful is my heart’s

Oneness-day.

Powerful is my soul’s

Satisfaction-sun. ```

7348. One Aspiration-Flame

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One aspiration-flame of my heart

Has illumined the road

That leads to my soul’s

Perennial smile. ```

7349. A Pure Instrument

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Yesterday’s unconditional Grace

And today’s dauntless determination

Are turning me into a pure instrument

Who treasures God’s Protection-Feet. ```

7350. An Amazing Improvement

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An amazing improvement:

My mind’s damaging frowns

Have now become

My mind’s lamenting sighs. ```

7351. The Capacity To Pray

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God’s Compassion has given me

The capacity to pray.

God’s Forgiveness has given me

The capacity to aspire. ```

7352. If You Are Ready To Play

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If you are always ready to play

The self-giving surrender-game,

Then God-realisation

Is within your easy reach. ```

7353. The Pinch Of Insecurity

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Ignore the pinch of insecurity.

Lo, your mind’s brooding doubts

Have all disappeared.

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7354. Utter Loneliness Awaited Him

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Utter loneliness awaited him

When he unmindfully stopped

His morning meditations

And

His evening prayers.

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7355. The Throne Of Heaven

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For a God-lover,

The time-honoured throne of Heaven

Is not something to look at and admire

But something to sit upon and enjoy. ```

7356. Your Mind's Serenity-Seeds

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I appreciate your mind’s serenity-seeds.

I admire your heart’s purity-plants.

I adore your life’s divinity-trees.

I love your soul’s Immortality-fruits. ```

7357. Be Faithful, Be Powerful

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Be faithful to the fruitful:

Your loving soul.

Be powerful to the unfaithful:

Your doubting mind. ```

7358. Meditation And Satisfaction

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Deception and meditation

Do not go together.

Meditation and satisfaction

Can and do go together. ```

7359. My Needs

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Beautiful emptiness

My mind needs.

Soulful fulness

My heart needs.

Blessingful fruitfulness

My life needs. ```

7360. Your Soulful Face

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Not your winning race

But your soulful face

Has transported me to Heaven.

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7361. One Dedication-Drop

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One dedication-drop from my life

Has destroyed ignorance

The betrayer

And won God

The Lover.

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7362. My Silence-Life Creates

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My silence-life creates.

My sound-life destroys.

God’s Compassion-Heart revives.

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7363. My Heart's Beauty-Sky

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My heart’s beauty-sky:

I know not where it is.

My soul’s divinity-sun:

I know not if it even exists. ```

7364. Your Heart's Insecurity

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Your heart’s insecurity

Has concealed your soul’s

Spontaneous happiness.

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7365. Your Doubt-Life

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Your doubt-life has destroyed

Your hope-blossoms

And your enthusiasm-boughs.

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7366. Your Service-Flower-Fragrance

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Your service-tree

May not be exceptionally tall,

But your service-flower-fragrance

Is extraordinarily beautiful. ```

7367. Every Man Is A Blunderer

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Today every man is a blunderer,

But tomorrow every man will be

The pioneer-founder

Of God’s ever-transcending Delight. ```

7368. Every Heart-Cry

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Every heart-cry

Awakens the sleeping world.

Every soul-smile

Nourishes the searching world. ```

7369. Every Soul-Smile

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Every heart-cry

Purifies my mind.

Every soul-smile

Enlightens my life. ```

7370. Tomorrow's Perfection-Face

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Tomorrow’s perfection-face:

Is it my mental hallucination?

Is it my wishful thinking?

No, it is my promise-announcement. ```

7371. God's Compassion-Flames

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God’s Compassion-Flames

I do not deserve,

But I do deserve

Earth’s sincerity-drops. ```

7372. God's Eternal Compassion-Flame

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God’s eternal Compassion-Flame

Has at last illumined

My mind’s age-old confusion-game.

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7373. God Is Never In A Hurry

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God is never in a hurry.

If I long to be His choice instrument,

Then I must not be in a hurry either.

Today I imitate God;

Tomorrow I shall be as perfect

As God eternally is. ```

7374. A New Role

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Take on a new role:

Play the role of a God-lover.

No more play the role

Of a man-hater. ```

7375. I Shall Not Allow

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I shall not allow my body

To delay me.

I shall not allow my vital

To torture me.

I shall not allow my mind

To deceive me.

I shall not allow my heart

To talk to ignorance. ```

7376. Learn Only From Him

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With a prayerful heart

Learn only from Him

Who is your own Eternity’s

Inner Pilot. ```

7377. Did You Say Hello To God?

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Did you say hello to God this morning?

“I did not remember.”

Did you thank God this morning?

“I did not remember.”

Did you criticise God this morning?

“Yes, I did, I did.” ```

7378. My Troubles Are Beginning

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My teeming troubles

Are all beginning now

Because I no longer feed my heart

With soulful cries. ```

7379. I Breathed A Silent Prayer

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I breathed a silent prayer.

Now I see that my Lord

Will not forsake me

And that my world

Will not disappoint Him.

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7380. Nothing Better To Do

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Do you think

God has nothing better to do

Than to tell you all the time

That He loves you

Infinitely more than you love Him?

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7381. I Do Not Know

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Days passed by;

Months, too.

Yet I do not know

Why I did not pray

At my Lord’s Feet

And why I did not meditate

On my Lord’s Heart.

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7382. Two Miracles In One Day

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Two miracles in one day

I can hardly believe:

This morning

I saw God’s Face,

And this evening

I am touching God’s Feet. ```

7383. The Altar Of Aspiration

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Your mind will be infected

With doubt

If you do not frequent

The faith-temple

And sit at the altar

Of aspiration. ```

7384. No Exaggeration Can Be Too Great

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No exaggeration can be too great

When we try to describe

The self-transcending beauty

Of the Universal Soul. ```

7385. The Rules Of Heaven

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The rules of Heaven

My mind does not want to learn

But my heart has already learnt:

Smile sleeplessly,

Love unconditionally.

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7386. The Blending Of Old And New

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The blending of old and new we observe

When a doubting mind

And a loving heart

Are lost in each other. ```

7387. Two Indisputable Facts

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I am not departing even an inch

From the actual facts

When I say that I love God

More than I love myself

And that God has definitely told me

I shall soon be one of His choice instruments. ```

7388. The Right Thing

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You are doing the right thing:

You should and you must value

Your heart’s breathless aspiration-cry.

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7389. An Invisible Wound

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An invisible wound I create

Inside my heart

Each time I become unmindful

Of my great promises

To the world.

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7390. A Medley Of Smiles And Tears

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A medley of smiles and tears

Can never be the answer

To man’s birthless and deathless

Self-enquiry. ```

7391. Two Broken Promises

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You have broken both your promises.

Now you neither want to sit

At God’s Feet

Nor want God to live

Inside your mind.

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7392. Your Inner Sun Will Reappear

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Your mind-sky is overcast with doubts,

But their days are numbered.

Your inner sun will reappear,

For God has not sanctioned

And will never sanction

Doubt’s permanent rule. ```

7393. When The Veil Of Illusion Is Torn

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When the veil of illusion is torn,

Each man sees that he loves

Only one Person,

God the Creator,

And serves only one Person,

God the creation. ```

7394. Meditate Here And Now

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If you believe in God

And want to enjoy eternal oneness with Him,

Then meditate here and now.

Your present meditation will determine

Your future realisation.

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7395. Let God Be Your Coach

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Let God be your inner Coach.

If you can correct any defects

That your inner Coach finds,

Then rest assured,

Your inner speed will immediately increase

And you will please God

Far beyond your imagination.

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7396. Selfless Service

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Selfless service means thinking

Not of your little self

But of your largest Self, the Supreme.

Selfless service is undoubtedly

The great, greater and greatest opportunity

To make the fastest progress. ```

7397. If God Is Disgusted

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If God is disgusted with you,

Then the story will end there.

But if God is simply disappointed,

It is not a hopeless case.

He will give you ample opportunity

To transform this disappointment

Into His true Satisfaction.

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7398. The Only Life

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For a spiritual seeker

The inner life is not only

More important than the outer life,

But is actually the only life. ```

7399. Because It Gives Him Joy

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A child is ready and eager

To play all the time

Because it gives him joy.

A spiritual seeker should be ready and eager

To meditate all the time

Because it gives him joy.

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7400. When I Speak To God

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I fold my hands

When I speak to God.

God holds my hands

And caresses my eyes

When He speaks to me.

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Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the seventy-fourth 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 Leonard Bernstein at the composer’s home in New York on 21 March 1979, after they listened to a choral rendition of a song written by Sri Chinmoy about Mr Bernstein. Following the meditation the Master said, “You are the Himalayan musician and the supreme lover of music .... Inside your music-world the world of aspiration and dedication is constantly growing.” In gratitude, Leonard Bernstein later composed a musical piece with the words, “Thank you, thank you, Sri Chinmoy. You brought Leonard Bernstein joy.”

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 74, Agni Press, 1983
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