Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 83

8201. Do Teach Me How To Create

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My Lord,

Do teach me how to create

Waves of enthusiasm inside my mind.

My Lord,

Do teach me how to create

A sea of love inside my heart.

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8202. His Three Secret Misfortunes

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These are his three secret misfortunes:

He does not love God.

He does not need God.

He wants his life

To remain unchanged.

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8203. Before We Achieve Self-Mastery

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Before we achieve self-mastery,

Life is nothing but

A most painful failure.

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8204. If You Have One God-Gift

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No path can be

Too hard for you

If you have one God-Gift:

Faith in yourself. ```

8205. God Is Anxious To Reassure You

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God is anxious to reassure you

That you can be a good instrument of His

If yours is a life

Of sleepless surrender. ```

8206. Do Not Waste Opportunities

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Do not waste any more opportunities.

All your opportunities

May suddenly and unexpectedly end.

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8207. If The Heart Is Unprepared

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The heart cannot see the Supreme

If the heart is unprepared.

The soul cannot manifest the Supreme

If the soul is unprepared.

But God can love man

Even if man is unprepared. ```

8208. Do Not Deceive Your Heart

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Do not try to deceive your heart.

If you deceive your heart,

Yours will be a life

Of endless tragedy. ```

8209. The Mind Wants To Go Alone

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The heart is always ready

To slow down

So the mind can catch up with it,

But the mind wants to go alone

At its own unimaginably slow speed.

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8210. First Chance And Last Chance

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My life’s surrender

Is the first chance I have

To satisfy God.

My heart’s gratitude

Is the last chance I have

To satisfy God.

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8211. An Abiding Portrait

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Human life is not

A fleeting picture.

It is an abiding portrait

Done by God’s own Hands. ```

8212. A Doubtful Mind

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A doubtful mind

Means an unfulfilled life.

An unfulfilled life

Is the soul’s great disadvantage. ```

8213. Because You Have A Believer's Mind

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Because you have a believer’s mind,

Because you have a lover’s heart,

Because you have a server’s life,

God has chosen you

As His divine instrument.

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8214. Each Animal Thought

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Each animal thought

Is a bitter destruction.

Each human thought

Is a sad failure.

Each divine thought

Is a supreme victory. ```

8215. A Satisfaction-Dreamer

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Each human being

Is a satisfaction-dreamer

But not a perfection-lover.

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8216. A Satisfactory Moment

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Enthusiasm is a satisfactory moment

Longing for an endlessly

Satisfactory hour.

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8217. A Spotless Life Of Hope

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Each seeker must live

A spotless life of hope.

Then only will he be able to enjoy

His soul’s eternal journey. ```

8218. He Who Has No Faith

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He who has no faith inside his mind

Will eventually disappear

Into outer darkness.

He who has no promise inside his heart

Will eventually disappear

Into inner darkness.

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8219. An Immensely Difficult Endeavour

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To satisfy either the heart’s hope

Or the soul’s promise

Is not a trivial task.

It is an immensely difficult endeavour. ```

8220. Each Seeker's Searching Mind

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Each seeker’s searching mind

Has amazing possibility.

Each seeker’s crying heart

Has illumination-inevitability. ```

8221. Catalogues

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A gratitude-heart keeps a catalogue

Of God’s complete Life.

An ingratitude-mind keeps a catalogue

Of its own empty life. ```

8222. The Unthinkable Treasury Of Emotions

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No human being is ready to face

The unthinkable treasury

Of his own wild emotions.

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8223. The Ways Of Loneliness

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Do not blame Heaven

And do not blame earth

For your loneliness.

You are travelling the ways of loneliness

Because your mind has not tried to conquer

The darkness of frustration-frown. ```

8224. Faith-Seeds Precede

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Faith-seeds precede

Wisdom-bud.

Wisdom-bud precedes

Peace-flower.

Peace-flower precedes

Satisfaction-fruit. ```

8225. I Have Watched

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I have watched myself

Only to be exasperated.

I have watched my body

Only to be disgusted.

I have watched my mind

Only to be disappointed.

I have watched my heart

Only to be excited.

I have watched my soul

Only to be delighted.

I have watched my Lord Supreme

Only to be fulfilled. ```

8226. Do Not Doubt My Heart

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O my mind,

Take as long as you want

To investigate my heart.

I am keeping it right in front of you.

But do not doubt my heart.

If you doubt,

You will lessen the beauty

Of my heart-moon

And destroy the purity

Of my heart-sun. ```

8227. What You Need

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What you need

Is a life of innocence.

What you need

Is a heart of purity.

What you need

Is a mind of sincerity.

Do you need anything else

To realise God?

No!

This is enough,

More than enough.

```

8228. Born To Do Something Good

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If you think and feel

That you were born

To do something great for yourself,

You may be right.

But if you think and feel

That you were born

To do something good

For God and God alone,

Then you are absolutely perfect.

```

8229. The Right Thing To Do

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Pray first, then act.

This is the right thing to do.

Act first, then declare.

This is the right thing to do. ```

8230. The Music Of The Trance-World

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The music of the trance-world

Can act like a lance

To stab the impurity

Of ignorance-night. ```

8231. The Beginning

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Dedication is the beginning

Of liberation.

Liberation is the beginning

Of satisfaction.

Satisfaction is the beginning and end

Of the inseparable oneness

Of God the Dreamer and God the Lover.

```

8232. Your Future Life

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Do not think of your present life

As a wasted opportunity.

Think of your present life

As a needed experience,

And think of your future life

As the beginning of God’s new creation

Inside you.

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8233. All You Have To Do

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Your mind thinks

Of success and failure.

Your heart feels the necessity

Of aspiration and dedication.

Your soul promises

God-realisation and God-manifestation.

All you have to do

Is become a conscious and constant instrument

Of your Lord Supreme.

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8234. Think Of Your Aspiration-Life

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Do not think

Of your past desire-life.

It will present you

With a net full of painful memories.

Think of your today’s

Aspiration-life.

Then you will see Light and Delight

Fast approaching you. ```

8235. What Can I Make New?

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What can I make new

Out of yesterday?

Confidence-light.

What can I make new

Out of today?

Promise-height.

What can I make new

Out of tomorrow?

God’s transcendental

Satisfaction-Delight. ```

8236. A Short-Sighted Capacity

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He who has

A short-sighted capacity

Cannot have

A long-lived quality. ```

8237. The Most Important Question

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The most important question

Of my life once was:

“Does God ever care for me?”

The most important question

Of my life now is:

“Will I ever be able

To unconditionally surrender

To my Lord Supreme?”

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8238. The Curse Of A Troubled Mind

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The curse of a troubled mind:

I think God is the product

Of man’s mental hallucination.

The gift of an untroubled mind:

I know God is Peace

And Peace is Satisfaction.

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8239. My Lord Wants Me To Give Him

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My Lord wants me to give Him

The heavy weight of my past failures

And to keep with me

The tall height of my present dreams. ```

8240. God Knows My Weaknesses

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God knows my weaknesses

Better than I do.

I don’t think He will

Allow me to fail Him

Constantly and permanently.

```

8241. If The Mind Ever Gets Peace

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If the human mind neglects

To meditate every day,

Then if ever it gets peace,

This peace will be without fail

Both fleeting and fragile.

```

8242. If You Are Not Quick To Forgive

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If you are not quick

To forgive the world,

Earth’s hatred will be

Too much for you

And Heaven’s love will be

Too little for you. ```

8243. The Language Of Love

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If you do not know how to speak

The language of love

And want to learn,

Then God will definitely teach you.

But if you do not know

And do not want to know,

Then you will never be able to fit

Into God’s Cosmic Plans. ```

8244. Now That I Have Chosen God

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I once chose my desire-life

To be happy.

My needs and demands

Were numberless.

But now that I have chosen God,

I have only one need:

God’s Life, and nothing more.

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8245. My Heart's Hope Shows Me

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Every morning my heart’s hope

Shows me a new sky.

Every evening my life’s promise

Tells me that someday

I shall own a permanent sunrise.

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8246. Tomorrow Try To Be Satisfied

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Today be satisfied

With what you have.

Tomorrow try to be satisfied

Not only with what God has

For you

But also with what God is

For Himself.

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8247. My Life Is Forgiven By God

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My life is forgiven by God.

Therefore, my heart feels obliged

To forgive the world around me.

```

8248. You Will Inherit

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If you are a truth-seeker

And a God-lover,

You will, without fail, inherit

God’s Perfection-Throne

And Satisfaction-Palace.

```

8249. Do You Want To Stop Dying?

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Do you want to stop dying?

If so, soulfully and unconditionally say:

“God comes first, always!”

```

8250. If God Has Power

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If God has Power,

Then you can at least try

To use His Power.

If God has Love,

Then you can at least try

To accept and treasure His Love.

```

8251. God Wants To Walk With Me Today

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God wants to walk with me today,

But my mind is doubting Him.

Because my mind is unwilling

To walk with God,

My heart, which is claiming God

In every possible way,

Is miserable.

```

8252. Only One Place For You

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If you want to have real rest,

Then there is only one place for you,

And that is God’s peace-flooded

Satisfaction-Kingdom. ```

8253. God Has Given You

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God has given you

His Power to use.

God has given you

His Love to use.

God has given you

His Perfection to use.

God has given you

His Satisfaction to use.

And what are you giving God

In return?

Can you not give Him

Even a ray of hope

That you will accept Him

As your own, very own,

Unconditionally?

```

8254. God's Love Is Willing

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God’s Love is willing

To transform my life,

But my earth-bound life

Does not care

For either God the Doer

Or God the Action. ```

8255. Just Because I Am Loved

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Just because I am loved

By God’s Heart,

I shall love humanity.

Just because I am forgiven

By God’s Compassion,

I shall definitely try to forgive myself.

```

8256. You Are Trying To Know

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Your mind knows

What doubt is.

Your heart knows

What faith is.

And you are trying to know

What Eternity’s Satisfaction-Life is. ```

8257. No Certainty

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There is no certainty

That you will be happy

Unless you have implicit faith

In God’s inner Cosmic Dance

And outer Cosmic Smile.

```

8258. How Do You Expect To Win?

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You want to possess God

And God wants to possess you.

Have you not realised by this time

That God is infinitely stronger than you?

How then do you expect to win?

```

8259. The Throne Of My Silence-Heart

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My Lord, I have already placed You

On the throne of my silence-heart.

Now do give me the capacity to keep You

In the thick forest of my mind. ```

8260. In The Silence Of My Soul

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When I sing in the silence of my soul,

I become the creator of a new age

And the destroyer of my wrong thoughts

From ages ago. ```

8261. The Darkness Of Your Mind-Sky

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Although the darkness

Of your mind-sky

Is threatening you,

You do not realise it

Because the inexhaustible Source

Of divine Love

Is still coming to your rescue.

```

8262. How Can You Claim Happiness?

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If your mind lives

In the wasteland of false beliefs,

How can you claim happiness

As your birthright? ```

8263. God Will Paint A New Heart

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God paints a new sky every day.

If you pray to God,

Every day He will paint

A new heart for you.

Just pray, and see it all being done.

```

8264. When My Soul Said Good-Bye

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When my soul said good-bye to Heaven,

Heaven said, “I shall guide you

Right from here.”

When my heart said good-bye to earth,

Earth said, “You cannot go anywhere

Without carrying me.”

```

8265. A God-Tuned Heart

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Only a God-tuned heart

Can fly in the plane of silence

In Infinity’s sky.

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8266. I See God Smilingly Walking

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When the Peace of God

Rules my aspiring heart,

I see God smilingly walking

Side by side with me,

Towards His own Vision-illumined Home.

```

8267. To See The Flowers Of Joy

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If I want to see the flowers of joy

Blossoming inside my heart-garden,

What do I do?

I do not allow myself to be intoxicated

By the forces of self-delusion.

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8268. Because You Are Good

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Because you are great,

I think of you.

Because you are good,

I think for you

With the hope

That you can become perfect. ```

8269. Two Things I Desperately Need

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Two things I desperately need:

A heart of gratitude-depth

And a life of surrender-length.

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8270. When I Promise

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When I promise,

I see the sun of my soul.

When I love,

I see the moon of my heart. ```

8271. Silences Of Love

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If your meditations

Are blue-gold silences of love,

Then you will, without fail,

Have a silver-rose heart of joy. ```

8272. A Sad Smile

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A sad smile

Has made my heart pure.

A happy smile

Is making my life sure. ```

8273. Life's Fulfilment-Poise

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Life’s fulfilment-poise

Comes from the heart’s

Enlightenment-choice.

```

8274. What A Strangely Hungry World!

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What a strangely hungry world!

Every day without fail

It enjoys eating

Hopeless imperfections. ```

8275. The Whole World Tells Me

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The whole world in unison

Tells me it does not hate me,

But it hates my self-announcement-gong.

```

8276. His Life Is Beautiful

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His life is beautiful and soulful

Because his heart is as pure

As his prayer-cry.

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8277. Each Promise

```

Each promise

Is duty’s oneness-course.

Each hope

Is beauty’s newness-source. ```

8278. My Heart-Tears Are Serving

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My heart-tears are serving

God’s Forgiveness-Feet.

My life-smiles are serving

God’s Satisfaction-Eye. ```

8279. May This World Be Satisfied

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I am satisfied

With my heart’s cry.

May this world be satisfied

With my Lord’s Smile. ```

8280. The World-Perfection-Key

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If you know

The heart-surrender-way to God,

Then you will be given

The world-perfection-key. ```

8281. Two Dreamers

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My Lord is my

Perfection-Dreamer.

I am my Lord’s

Satisfaction-dreamer. ```

8282. What I Can Do For God

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I do not know

What I can do for man,

But I do know

What I can do for God. ```

8283. Only A God Of Satisfaction

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Only a God of Satisfaction

Can dare to create

A man of perfection.

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8284. I Know

```

I know my climbing heart

Loves God.

I know my soaring soul

Loves man. ```

8285. To Have Faith

```

To have faith

Is to dream of God.

To dream of God

Is to eventually become

A perfect instrument of God.

```

8286. He Who Desperately Needs God

```

He who desperately needs God

Will definitely reach the mountain-summit

Of God’s infinite Love-Light.

```

8287. God Does Not Smile

```

God does not smile

When the time is not right.

God does not smile

When my aspiration is not genuine.

God does not smile

When I do not share my realisation

With the rest of the world.

```

8288. When I Think Of My Mind

```

When I think of my mind,

I deal with possibility-seeds.

When I feel God’s Heart,

I deal with inevitability-fruits. ```

8289. God Will Definitely Help You

```

God will definitely help you

If you want to please Him

In His own Way.

But first you have to know

Whether you are sincerely

And absolutely ready. ```

8290. Have You Decided?

```

Have you decided when you are going

To begin your spiritual journey?

Have you decided how long you will take

To complete your journey?

Have you decided what you will offer

To your Beloved Supreme

At the end of your journey?

```

8291. God Whispers

```

God whispers

That I can afford to have everything

Except a doubting mind.

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8292. Each Trouble

```

Each trouble may not know

That it embodies opportunities,

But each trouble must know

That it will someday, somehow

Give way to new realities.

```

8293. God Does Not Love

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God does not love

Your insecure shyness with Him.

God loves only

Your pure oneness with Him. ```

8294. God Does Not Laugh

```

God does not laugh at our prayers,

No matter how insincere they are.

But God does laugh when we think and feel

That our prayers will never be answered. ```

8295. Live In The Eternal Now

```

You are afraid of the future.

Perhaps it is true that the future

Holds only torture for us.

But can you not be wise?

Do not invoke the future.

Just live cheerfully

In the eternal Now.

```

8296. You Have Committed Yourself

```

You are great

Because you have committed yourself

To God the creation.

You are good

Because you have committed yourself

To God the Creator.

You are perfect

Because you have committed yourself

To God the ever-transcending Supreme.

```

8297. God Does Not Want To Surprise Me

```

God does not want to surprise me

With His Compassion.

God does not want to surprise me

With His Perfection.

God does not want to surprise me

With His Dedication.

But God wants me to surprise Him

With my own aspiration. ```

8298. Can You Not Bless My Tomorrows?

```

Lord, can You not bless my tomorrows,

Since I am forced to embody

My yesterday’s mind-forest

And my today’s vital-volcano? ```

8299. Do Not Expect God

```

Your mind may be filled

With your own great achievements,

But do not expect God to surprise

Either you or your heart

With His Compassion-Height.

```

8300. Will You Not Give Me The Capacity?

```

My Lord,

You have given me the capacity

To feel the throb of my heart

In the hearts that love You dearly.

Will You not also give me the capacity

To become a gratitude-flower

At Your Compassion-Feet daily?

```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the eighty-third 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 greets Pir Vilayat Khan, Head of the Sufi Order in the West, at the conclusion of an interfaith observance of the World Day of Prayer at the United Nations on 5 April 1976.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 83, Agni Press, 1983
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