Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 80

7901. Do First Things First

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Do first things first.

Do not try to prove to the world

That God exists.

Just try to see your total existence

Inside God’s Compassion-Heart.

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7902. If You Have Inner Poise

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If you have inner poise,

You will be able to see

Immediately

How much pretence

Not only the world around you

But also you yourself enjoy. ```

7903. God Is More Than Ready

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If you are ready

To correct your life,

Then you are bound to see

That God is more than ready

To direct His Dream-Boat towards you.

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7904. You Want To Change The World

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You want to change the world.

The world wants to change you.

Neither of you succeed

Or will ever succeed

Unless you invoke

A third party, God,

To transform both of you.

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7905. Temptation-Love

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Do not be a fool!

The divine Love of God

Is not going to satisfy you

Since you are already so satisfied

With the temptation-love

Of the human life. ```

7906. When You Defend

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When you defend the animal in yourself,

Do you not realise that you offend

Not only the divine in you

But also the human in you? ```

7907. The Source Of My Joy

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The ever-mounting flame

Of my heart’s aspiration-cry

Is the source of my life’s

Ever-increasing joy and delight. ```

7908. This Can Never Be The Message

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“I am not responsible

For what I say and do.”

This can never be the message

Of the illumined,

Divine reality in me.

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7909. The Clever Human Mind

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Look at the clever human mind.

Outwardly it sneers at

But inwardly it admires

The beauty and purity

Of the heart.

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7910. The Art Of Deceiving Others

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Since you have learnt so well

The art of deceiving others,

I am sure you will perfect your art

Until you can deceive yourself as well. ```

7911. My Soul Is Always Grateful

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My loving soul is always grateful

Because it is a living portion

Of my Beloved Supreme.

My aspiring heart is always grateful

Because it has established

Its inseparable oneness

With my soul.

Alas, my useless mind

Has not established its oneness

With anything.

Therefore, my mind’s gratitude-life

Has a fleeting breath.

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7912. Even If My Mind Believes

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Even if my mind believes

For a fleeting second

In the existence of my soul,

It may not be willing

To accept the soul’s dictates.

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7913. You Will Become Strong

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If you pray and meditate

Soulfully,

You will become strong

In the inner world.

If you pray and meditate

Sleeplessly and unreservedly,

You will become stronger

In the inner world.

If you pray and meditate

Unconditionally,

Only to please God in His own Way,

You will become stronger than the strongest

In the inner world.

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7914. To Transform The Vital

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The fastest way to transform the vital

Is the way of wisdom:

Think of the vital

As rarely as possible

Or, with tremendous determination,

Do not think of the vital at all. ```

7915. The Inner Assurance

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If you want to conquer the vital,

Feel that you have already conquered it

Or will conquer it sooner than at once.

Then you will have the inner assurance

That the victory-capacity is yours.

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7916. No Wonder

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First you think of your vital,

Then you bring it to the fore,

Then you feed it generously.

No wonder your vital is now

Destroying your inner life!

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7917. As Long As You Remember

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As long as you remember

That you came

From the Infinite Consciousness,

That you are of the Supreme

And for the Supreme,

You will automatically have

Inner and outer confidence.

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7918. Something Divine Within

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If you have something divine within,

It is only a matter of time

Before it will manifest itself

And be received,

Consciously or unconsciously,

By the entire world. ```

7919. The Presence Of A Spiritual Master

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The very presence of a spiritual Master

Is unconsciously received

By the unaspiring world

And consciously received

By the aspiring world.

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7920. No Sunlit Frontier

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There is no such thing

As a sunlit frontier for the mind.

There is only a pitch-dark fortress.

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7921. I Would Rather Embrace

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I would rather embrace a quick death

Than gradually befriend

Lethargy-night and impurity-sky.

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7922. The Result Of My Meditation

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O Lord Supreme,

You are the object of my meditation.

You are my meditation itself.

You are the result of my meditation. ```

7923. The Beauty Of A Satisfaction-Dawn

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If your heart’s likes

And your mind’s dislikes

Keep you constantly angry with the world,

How can you see the beauty

Of a satisfaction-dawn

Along the road of your life’s

Birthless and deathless journey?

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7924. India Is The Celestial Music

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India is not just a place.

India is not just a people.

India is the celestial music,

And inside that music

Anybody from any corner of the globe

Can find the real significance of life. ```

7925. India's Tolerance

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India is not Hindu, Muslim or Buddhist.

India is India.

Its tolerance is more than ready

To freely house all religions. ```

7926. A Special Charm And Beauty

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India holds and will forever hold

A special charm and a special beauty

For all spiritual seekers:

The illumining and fulfilling message

Of the soul.

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7927. See India With Your Aspiring Heart

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See India with your aspiring heart.

Then inside even its outer weaknesses,

Inside its helplessness and hopelessness,

You are bound to feel

Its heart-illumining

And soul-fulfilling uniqueness. ```

7928. A Perennial Vision

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To feel what India has and is

You must have

What you do not yet have:

A new vision, a perennial vision. ```

7929. The Heart Of India

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The body of India

May be discouraging.

The mind of India

May be disheartening.

But the heart of India

Still maintains its pristine beauty and purity

Which will forever remain

Untouched by human ignorance. ```

7930. We Have Only To Start

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We have only to start our inner journey.

Even those who start

Out of curiosity

May someday become great seekers. ```

7931. If You Want To Receive

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If you want to receive

Inspiration and aspiration

From God’s creation,

Then always try to see

Only its best aspects.

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7932. When God Observes His Children

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When God observes His children,

He does not think.

He only cries and cries

Because so many are lost. ```

7933. A Treasured Gift

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Only one gift of yours

God will forever treasure,

And that gift

Is your inner and outer obedience. ```

7934. Your Permanent Address

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If “future perfection”

Is your permanent address,

Then your life of complete satisfaction

Will always remain at a distance. ```

7935. A Permanent Rejection

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Since you want to reject

Your doubtful mind,

Why not make your rejection

A permanent one? ```

7936. Today's Unwilling Obedience

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If you find it difficult

To offer God your unreserved

And unconditional obedience,

Try to offer Him

Your cheerful obedience.

If that too is impossible,

Then try at least to offer Him

Your unwilling, reluctant obedience.

Today’s unwilling, reluctant obedience

Will eventually be transformed

Into tomorrow’s unreserved

And unconditional obedience. ```

7937. Outer And Inner Obedience

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Superficial and artificial

Outer obedience

Will never be able to give you

Natural and spontaneous

Inner obedience.

But inner obedience in its pure form

Is bound to give you

Outer obedience. ```

7938. Tomorrow's Giant Failure

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Yesterday’s little disobedience

And today’s little disobedience

Add up, over the years,

To tomorrow’s giant failure. ```

7939. On God's Team

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On God’s team

Every member has to play his role.

If one member does not do his part,

It becomes the bounden duty of others

To do it for him.

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7940. The Life Of Promise

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The life of promise

Never disappoints us.

It is the life of hope

That not only disappoints us

But at times destroys us.

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7941. Death Came From Hell

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Death came from hell

To shake hands with him

And say:

“Your heart of bounty

I will not be able to house.”

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7942. The End Of His Inner Journey

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Curiosity took him to see

How bad the Master was.

Lo, many years have passed by

And still he is sitting

At the feet of the Master.

Idle curiosity was the start

Of his inner journey.

Illumining oneness will be the end

Of his inner journey.

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7943. Messages Of The Material World

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The first message of the material world:

“Have more, have more, have more!”

The last message of the material world:

“Since you have so much,

Why not enjoy more, enjoy more, enjoy more?”

These two messages are nothing short of

The complete ruin of your life.

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7944. Totally Different

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As darkness is totally different

From light,

Even so, man’s desire-hunger

Is totally different

From man’s aspiration-feast.

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7945. Until Purity Takes Possession

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Until purity takes full possession

Of the human mind,

The higher worlds

Cannot do anything properly

In and through the human mind

For God-Manifestation on earth. ```

7946. God's Transcendental Consciousnes

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Even as the world

Is progressing and transcending,

God’s Transcendental Consciousness

Is ever-transcending. ```

7947. Who Has Abundant Enthusiasm?

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Who has abundant enthusiasm?

Only those who feel they are

The chosen children of God.

Every day God is trying to act

In and through these children

With His own boundless Enthusiasm. ```

7948. My Soul Exists Only For God

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My soul exists only for God.

My heart exists for God and myself.

My mind exists for itself alone.

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7949. Earthly Days Advance

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Earthly days advance

Only to make us feel

The serenity and purity

Of the departing nights. ```

7950. He Who Sees You Praying

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He who sees you praying and meditating

May not immediately follow you.

But someday when he is full of misery,

He will remember that he saw

Something very special in you.

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7951. Pristine Peace And Poise

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Soulfully and powerfully invoke

Pristine peace and poise

During your daily meditation.

Once you have their tremendous

Inner strength,

The life of worry and hurry

Will be totally unknown to you.

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7952. When I Long To See

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I weep a fountain of tears

When I long to see

My Lord’s Compassion-Feet.

I smile a fountain of smiles

When I long to see

My Lord’s self-transcending Dance.

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7953. Your Eternity's Quest

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God is your Eternity’s quest.

You are His Immortality’s nest.

Only your heart’s peace

Can declare and guarantee this. ```

7954. A Child-Heart

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If you cannot feel

That you have a child-heart,

Then you are no better

Than a fossilized human being. ```

7955. To Please The Supreme

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There is not even one person

Who does not know

What he must do

Inwardly and outwardly

To please the Supreme.

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7956. Your Golden Heart

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It is not your broken heart

But your golden heart

That can play with the Smile

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

7957. His Eternity's Compeer

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His mind is no longer

A slave of fears.

His life is no longer

A slave of tears.

Therefore, he now has God-Satisfaction

As his Eternity’s unparalleled compeer. ```

7958. Inner Awareness

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Inner awareness

Brings enthusiasm

And enthusiasm

Brings more inner awareness. ```

7959. You Value Only Those

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My Lord Supreme, I know, I know,

You value only those

Who value Your Vision

And Your Mission. ```

7960. Songs And Dances Of Self-Offering

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An easy way to love God,

An easier way to satisfy God

And the easiest way to become another God

Is to sing and sing, dance and dance

The songs and dances of self-offering.

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7961. If You Want To Satisfy God

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If you want God to satisfy you,

Then you are not even a truth-seeker.

If you want to satisfy God,

Then you are not only a truth-seeker

And a God-lover,

But also a God-fulfiller. ```

7962. Everything Is Important

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In the spiritual life

Everything you do

Is important,

Every second of your life

Is supremely important.

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7963. Try To Please God For One Day

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Ask yourself every morning

How many things

God has asked you to do

And how many of these things

You have actually done.

Then feel that this day

Is the last day of your life,

And try to please God

At least for this one day.

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7964. Surcharged With Divinity

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When your entire being

Is surcharged with divinity

By virtue of your meditation,

Your very presence will inspire others. ```

7965. He Carries Divinity Within

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No matter what he is doing,

He carries within him

Solid and powerful divinity

Which is freely available

To the entire world.

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7966. God Is Very Strict

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Those who consciously do the right thing

Will always get

Immediate appreciation from God.

Those who consciously do the wrong thing

Will always get

Immediate retribution.

For their own good

God is very strict

With His spiritual children.

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7967. God's Punishment-Illumination

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If you cannot cheerfully receive

God’s Punishment-Illumination,

Then your spiritual death

Is fast approaching you. ```

7968. The Inner Victory

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Each day you get up early

To pray and meditate,

You are running very, very fast

In your inner race.

Each day you are unwilling

To get up early,

You are walking slower than the slowest.

The inner victory is only for those

Who run with the fastest speed.

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7969. The Day You Get Up Early

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The day you get up early

To pray and meditate,

You will see and feel

The progress you make.

The day you do not get up early

To pray and meditate,

You will feel and become

A sea of misery. ```

7970. A Perfect Oneness-World

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As the countless drops

Of the boundless ocean

Or the myriad leaves

Of a huge banyan tree

Peacefully remain side by side,

Even so, all human beings

Will someday live side by side

In a perfect oneness-world. ```

7971. You Create Receptivity In Others

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You create receptivity in others

By becoming spiritually strong yourself.

When others see your inner strength,

Naturally they want to follow you. ```

7972. A Tape Measure Around Your Heart

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If you keep a tape measure

Around your heart,

You will immediately see

How much your heart expands

When God receives your gratitude.

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7973. When You Offer Gratitude

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When you offer gratitude,

You give your most precious possession

To your own highest Self: God.

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7974. The Joy That We Get

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The joy that we get

From our body’s indulgence

Can never be real.

The joy that we get

From our soul’s victory

Is not only real

But also sacred.

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7975. Do Not Separate Yourself

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If you do not separate yourself

From your Source,

The world will eventually see

That you are a drop

Of God the Ocean,

Part and parcel of His vast Existence. ```

7976. The Fragrance Of Your Gratitude

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When you feel deep inside you

Something very beautiful

Which you have never felt before,

You will know that God has received

The sweet and charming fragrance

Of your heart’s blossoming

Gratitude-flower.

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7977. Your Soulful Self-Offering

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Your soulful self-offering

Is your immediate hotline

To the very depths

Of God’s Heart. ```

7978. Inwardly You Can Talk To God

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Inwardly you can talk to God

As long as you want to.

Therefore, talk, talk, talk!

Give Him all your sadness and frustration

As well as your love and joy.

He will keep them all for you

Inside His divine Heart-Safe.

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7979. He Who Shows Sympathy

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He who shows sympathy

Towards your aspiration-life

Must needs also be

A true truth-seeker. ```

7980. To Help A Seeker-Friend

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How to help a seeker-friend?

Meditate on your heart-flower.

Then as silently as a divine thief,

Very carefully place that flower

Inside his heart.

There it will blossom

Into beauty, purity and oneness.

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7981. When You Offer Anything To God

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When you offer anything to God,

Your immediate joy

And God’s immediate Acceptance

Always go together. ```

7982. An Aspiring Heart

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An aspiring heart

Is a grateful heart,

For an aspiring heart

Knows and feels

What the soul is doing for it.

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7983. Your Inner Light Will Be Revealed

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The sun may be covered by clouds,

But eventually its full light

Will be revealed.

Similarly, if you become

Bright, brighter, brightest

In the inner world,

Your inner light will not be able

To remain hidden. ```

7984. An Opportunity To Meditate

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Every moment can be

An opportunity to meditate,

No matter where you are

Or what is going on around you.

It is all a matter

Of where your consciousness is. ```

7985. Touch And Receive

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When your good qualities

Go and touch others,

Their good qualities come forward

To receive from you. ```

7986. When You Do The Right Thing

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Always remember the joy you get

When you do the right thing.

This joy will give you

The inspiration, aspiration

And determination

To continue doing the right thing. ```

7987. Remember Your Yesterday's Happiness

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Yesterday

By virtue of your determination,

You did the right thing

And made yourself happy.

Remember your yesterday’s happiness

If you don’t want lethargy-night

To destroy today’s new determination.

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7988. Flames Of Purity

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If you need intensity

In your aspiration-life,

Just feel that countless flames of purity

Are burning inside the very depths

Of your heart.

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7989. To Illumine The Jungle-Mind

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The earth-bound mind

Cannot and will not forever remain

A confusion-jungle.

The aspiration-flames

Of the Heaven-free heart

Will eventually climb high, higher, highest

And illumine the lightless jungle-mind.

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7990. The Tears Of Your Soul's Joy

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The psychic tears

Of your soul’s joy

Can secretly touch

The inmost recesses of others’ hearts.

Then only time will tell

What miracles they will work there. ```

7991. An Inner Award

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Even when we do not receive

Any outer appreciation,

We may receive an inner award

Which we can value infinitely more. ```

7992. Creation Means Self-Giving

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Creation means self-giving.

From one

God became many

By freely giving Himself.

When you create,

You give yourself

And become your larger Self.

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7993. The Successful Ending

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Unless God can bring His children

Up to His own highest Height,

Where will be the successful ending

Of His Manifestation-Story? ```

7994. One Life, One Message

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For a genuine truth-seeker

The outer life and the inner life

Are one,

And that one life

Has only one message:

God comes first,

Spirituality comes first.

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7995. The Outer Life Is The Body

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The outer life is the body,

The inner life is the heart.

What can one do without the other?

Wherever one goes,

The other has to follow.

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7996. We Constantly Cry To God

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We constantly cry to God

To give us this or that.

But the moment we can say,

“Let Thy Will be done”,

Our heart becomes

A flood of gratitude. ```

7997. We Free Ourselves

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We free ourselves

From the temptation-net,

Only to be caught

By the expectation-net. ```

7998. He Was Such A Fool!

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He enjoyed the pleasures of this world

To his heart’s content,

Thinking that in the evening of his life

He would be able to discipline himself

And make spiritual progress.

He was such a fool! ```

7999. Do Not Delay A Moment!

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Do not delay a moment!

Right from today

Start running along the path of aspiration,

No matter where you are now.

How do you know

You will be inspired tomorrow?

How do you know

You will even be alive tomorrow? ```

8000. My Only Cherished Goal

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My Lord Supreme,

The Pinnacle-Height

Of Your Transcendental Consciousness

Is my only cherished Goal.

To reach that Height

Will be the culminating achievement

Of all my past and future lives.

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Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the eightieth 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 Muhammad Ali on the morning of his heavyweight championship fight with Earnie Shavers on 29 September 1977 in New York. Afterwards the boxing star said, “My goal is to be like you one day — to be peaceful and out of this sport, working for humanity and for God.”

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 80, Agni Press, 1983
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