Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 97

9601. O My Heart's Pole-Star

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O my heart’s Pole-Star,

I meditate on You,

Cherishing the lofty hope

That someday my life shall blossom

In excellence supreme.

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9602. Your Heart Will Remember

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Today if you are

All gratitude and surrender,

Your heart will remember

Yesterday’s happy songs

And grow into

Tomorrow’s happy dances. ```

9603. Destroy Your Self-Importance

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Destroy your self-importance.

God will immediately grant you

His own Omniscience-Light

And His own Omnipotence-Delight. ```

9604. God's Vision-Transcending Smile

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You do not need any skill

To enjoy the flights

Of God’s Vision-Transcending Smile.

Just surrender your will

Devotedly and soulfully

To His Will alone. ```

9605. Love-Day

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Hate-night is personal.

Love-day is never impersonal

But is ever universal.

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9606. Messages From The Gods

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The oriental gods came to me

With the message

That silence is satisfaction,

Silence is all.

The occidental gods came to me

With the message

That sound is more than satisfaction,

Sound is more than all. ```

9607. He Who Is Called

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He who needs

Is ultimately called.

He who is called

Is ultimately perfect. ```

9608. When I Go To Visit My Soul

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When I go to visit my soul

Inside my heart’s silence-beauty,

I see an Eye that invites me to visit

My own transcendental palace. ```

9609. Those Who Have Denied Themselves

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Those who have denied themselves

Will be able to carry a world-message

That will awaken

Slumbering humanity’s life. ```

9610. If You Live Only In The Heart

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If you live only in the heart

And nowhere else,

Then you will never have to experience

The brutal torture

Of earth’s frightening bondage.

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9611. Your Imagination-Power

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Try to be conscious

Of your imagination-power,

For this power is nothing short of

God’s Promise-Hour

In you and for you.

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9612. A Pleasure-Life

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Since you unconsciously enjoy

A pleasure-life,

Can you not consciously try to make your life

A climbing and glowing prayer-tree? ```

9613. I Need Only One Assurance

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I need only one assurance from my Lord,

And that assurance is that He will give me

The capacity to please Him

In His own Way. ```

9614. My Lord Has Told Me

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My Lord Supreme has repeatedly told me

That no blunder of mine

Will ever dishearten Him.

Each blunder will only

Indefinitely delay my God-realisation.

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9615. My Curiosity-Teacher

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My curiosity-teacher has taught me

For a long time.

What I now need inside me

Is a necessity-student

And a sincerity-teacher.

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9616. When He Ceased His Forward Journey

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When he ceased his forward journey

Along Eternity’s Road,

It was nothing other than

His soul’s defeat. ```

9617. The Human Champions

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Here on earth

God plays in and through His representatives,

The human champions.

There in Heaven

Nobody need represent God,

For God Himself is the Champion

In everything.

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9618. The Birth Of Newness

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Love is the birth

Of newness,

And newness is the birth

Of fulness. ```

9619. The Supreme Message

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The supreme message

Of the spiritual heart:

Man’s utter helplessness

Will be transformed

Into perfect fulness.

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9620. The Freedom-Right Of The Vital

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The freedom-right of the vital

Is the slavery-night of the man

Who has developed a true hunger

For illumination-light. ```

9621. A Giving Life

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Written words may not be immortal,

But a giving life

Shall always remain immortal

Inside humanity’s gratitude-heart. ```

9622. If You Surrender

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If you surrender

To your future temptations,

The chaos of the seven lower worlds

Will immediately start frightening your heart

And threatening your life.

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9623. What My Life Needs Now

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To obliterate my painful and baneful past,

What my life needs now

Is a tornado-speed

To look forward,

Run forward

And become one, inseparably one,

With my ultimate destination.

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9624. I Embrace My Silent Death

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It is I who embrace my silent death

By pretending to know

What I should never know

And by pretending to become

What I must never become.

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9625. To Plumb The Depth Of Delight

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To plumb the depth of delight,

Never entertain a wait-and-see attitude.

At every moment

You have to sing, play and dance

In the core of silence-light.

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9626. Do Not Fear Dark Misfortunes

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Do not fear dark misfortunes,

Do not cherish wild regrets,

If you really care for

An auspicious heart

And a spacious life.

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9627. God Is Waiting

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God is waiting at your heart’s door

To support your hope’s beauty

And your life’s perfection-promise.

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9628. Each Time I Soulfully Pray

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Each time I soulfully pray,

A new world unfolds itself,

A new dimension fills me with astonishment

And I discover startling truths. ```

9629. Two Unanswered Questions

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Two are the questions

That remain always unanswered:

Does God actually need me?

What will happen

If I become another God?

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9630. Hope Is His All

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All his life he has been feeding hope:

The beauty of hope,

The purity of hope

And the divinity of hope.

Hope is his all.

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9631. The Cries Of The Finite

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If you do not believe

In the power-splendour

Of your heart’s beauty,

The cries of the finite

Shall always follow you.

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9632. God Will Inform You

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God will inform you

Of His imminent arrival

Only when He sees

That you are ready

With your heart’s soulful

And innocent smile. ```

9633. Earth Needs Him

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To cure falsehood,

Earth needs him.

But, alas, earth has nothing

To pay him.

To distribute truth,

Heaven needs him.

But, alas, Heaven is not giving him

Enough gratitude-power-light. ```

9634. Destruction's Feet

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Destruction’s feet are challenging you

Because your desire-life fears

And is not ready to receive

A delight-flooded life. ```

9635. A Devotee Of The Pleasure-Life

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If you are a perfect devotee

Of the pleasure-life,

You will not be allowed

To see God’s Eye,

Although it invisibly lives

Inside your very breath. ```

9636. Earth Is My Surrender-Splendour

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In the morning

Earth is my suffering-sister.

At noon

Earth is my hope-builder.

In the evening

Earth is my surrender-splendour. ```

9637. You Will Be Blamed

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O my heart,

If you excuse my mind

Time and again,

Then you will, without fail,

Be blamed by your superior,

My soul. ```

9638. My Heart's Ancient Realisation

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My heart’s ancient realisation:

Death is not death

But a new life

With a new purpose —

To please God.

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9639. A Mere Suggestion

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To you, O earth,

A mere suggestion:

Be constantly conscious

Of what you are not receiving soulfully.

To you, O Heaven,

A mere suggestion:

Be constantly conscious

Of what you are not giving cheerfully. ```

9640. The Life Of Failure-Sighs

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If you do not brave

The life of failure-sighs,

Then you can never expect

The infinite and immortal Satisfaction-Sky

Of God’s Heart.

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9641. God's Unhorizoned Choice

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My Eternity’s hungry heart

Is God’s unhorizoned Choice.

At last I swim

In the sea of wisdom-delight. ```

9642. God Does Not Mind

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God does not mind at all

If I use His Eye

To see each and every human being.

On the contrary,

He deeply appreciates

My wisdom-light. ```

9643. His God-Given Self-Esteem

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This world may damage everything

That belongs to him,

But it can never damage

His God-given self-esteem. ```

9644. I Shall Conquer You All

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O hostile forces,

Your cannons are roaring,

Your bayonets are flashing

And your drums are rolling,

But I shall not surrender.

At God’s choice Hour

I shall conquer you all

With no exception,

Without fail.

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9645. When I Swallow My Pride

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When I swallow my tempest-pride,

God immediately grants me

His own Tongue to use freely.

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9646. Each Time My Mind Wants To Escape

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Each time my mind wants to escape

From the reality-life,

My heart sees nothing

But the cruel torture of death. ```

9647. What Your Life Is Made Of

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You must never think

That your life is made of

Hopeless hopes.

No!

Your life is made of

The ever-illumining sun

And the ever-fulfilling sky.

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9648. A Smile From God

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What I need from my present life

Is a smile from God.

What I need from my future life

Is a dance from God. ```

9649. To Make Myself Really Happy

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To make myself really happy,

I shall empty myself of ignorance-night.

To make my Lord astonishingly happy,

I shall empty myself of myself. ```

9650. Consciously On The Way

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You are consciously on the way

To your goal.

That means at long last

Your soul is going to be

Triumphant.

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9651. Everbody Is Longing For Happiness

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Everybody is longing for happiness,

Even God.

Although He is all Happiness,

He wants to be even happier

By transcending Himself.

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9652. When You Do Not Please God

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You are nothing but an insignificant creature

When you do not please God

In His own Way.

You are dearer than the dearest

In God’s Heart

When you please God

In His own Way.

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9653. Your Adamantine Determination

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You can achieve something worthwhile

Either for God or for yourself

Only by virtue of

Your adamantine determination.

Without determination,

Your life is worse than useless. ```

9654. How Sad God Was

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He had no idea how sad God was

At his lack of determination.

His life’s failure gave God

A most deplorable experience. ```

9655. Always Room For Improvement

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There is always room for improvement.

Improvement is the mind’s enlightenment

And the heart’s fulfilment.

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9656. If You Have To Make Any Mistake

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If you have to make any mistake,

Then do it in the higher world,

Not in the lower world.

If you make a mistake in the lower world,

You will be destroyed.

If you make a mistake in the higher world,

You will be given a chance

To rectify it. ```

9657. Let Us See

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Through meditation, dedication

And a prayerful inner life,

Let us see how far, how deep

And how high we can go. ```

9658. Chosen By The Supreme Himself

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He was chosen by the Supreme Himself

To manifest the heights

Of spirituality and divinity.

But unconsciously, if not consciously,

He was unwilling to fulfil

His God-ordained tasks. ```

9659. A New Instrument

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When he hesitated to fulfil

The Mission of his Lord Supreme,

The Supreme chose a new instrument

To awaken the slumbering world. ```

9660. Listen To Your Heart

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O sincere seeker,

Listen to your heart

When it tells you

That you are pleasing God,

For then you will be able

To please Him more. ```

9661. His Hope-Sea Is Deep

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He may not be a tall man,

But his ambition-mountain

Is unimaginably high.

He may not be a promising soul,

But his hope-sea

Is very deep.

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9662. A Child's Question

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A child’s question

Can be answered in one sentence.

The same question

Asked by an adult

Requires a thesis as an answer.

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9663. When Dire Necessity Commands Me

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When dire necessity commands me

To immediately change

The face and fate of mankind,

I vehemently stand against

My own old friends:

Concern, compassion, closeness and oneness. ```

9664. A Heart-Temple

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My Lord Supreme

Has given me chance after chance

To please Him,

Yet I have not been able

To build a heart-temple

Inside my life-house. ```

9665. You Do Not Belong To Heaven

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You do not belong to Heaven.

If you belong to Heaven,

Then where is your heart of delight?

You do not belong to earth.

If you belong to earth,

Then where is your face of beauty?

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9666. The Eclipse Of Truth

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If man wants to worship

The perennial Truth,

He can.

But usually he prefers to worship

The eclipse of Truth.

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9667. When I Choose

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When I choose

To forgive the world,

My divinity-sun immediately increases

Its unhorizoned power.

When I choose

To live the life of oneness-love,

My humility-moon immediately increases

Its beauty’s light and purity’s height. ```

9668. Heaven Knows How To Liberate

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Darkness knows how to thicken.

Light knows how to brighten.

Earth knows how to bind

The divine in man.

Heaven knows how to liberate

The human from the animal. ```

9669. If You Want To Challenge

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If your mind wants to challenge something,

Then let it challenge peace.

If your heart wants to challenge something,

Then let it challenge love.

If you want to challenge something,

Then challenge perfection. ```

9670. The Experience Of Humility

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When God allows you to fail,

He does not want you to feel humiliated.

Since you are His chosen child,

God wants you to know

The experience of humility

And not the experience of humiliation. ```

9671. Both Must Be Transformed

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Both your lethargic body

And your aggressive vital

Must be transformed, without fail,

Into a dynamic life. ```

9672. What Does Your Heart Feel?

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Your mind thinks

That God is unreachable.

Your life believes

That God is quite distant.

And what does your heart feel?

Does it feel God is distant?

Does it feel God is unreachable?

Or does it feel God is where it is itself? ```

9673. The Life-And-Death Battle

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The aspiration-flames of our inner life

Can win the life-and-death battle

With the desire-night of our outer life

If we need our Supreme Pilot only,

Every day, every hour,

Every minute, every second. ```

9674. If I Put My Beloved Supreme First

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If I put my Beloved Supreme

Always first in my life,

When I pray to Him

To fulfil my undivine desires,

First He delays

And then He forgets to fulfil them.

When I pray to Him

To fulfil my divine aspirations,

He not only fulfils them

Infinitely sooner than my expectation

Or even my imagination,

But He also fulfils my innocent desires

With utmost Joy.

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9675. Unlit Rooms

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What are weaknesses,

If not unlit rooms?

You will be happy

Only when all the rooms

In your life-home

Are fully illumined. ```

9676. My Heart's Latest Discovery

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My heart’s latest discovery:

God’s Heart is for

My own hidden larger self,

Humanity. ```

9677. The Soul's Divinity

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Before the soul completes

Its final journey,

It manifests its divinity

On earth,

And this divinity is nothing else

But God’s Compassion-Light

And Satisfaction-Height.

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9678. Your Vital-Room

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My Lord,

Why are You staying inside

My frustration-vital

And not inside

My satisfaction-heart?

“My child,

Your heart-room has pleased me.

Now I want to live in your vital-room.

I shall illumine your vital-room

The way I have illumined your heart-room.”

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9679. You Must Watch Your Words

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You must watch your words.

Each word can reverberate

Inside your heart’s purity-temple

Or inside your vital’s impurity-cavern. ```

9680. Allow Not Your Mind To Enjoy

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Allow not your mind to enjoy

The complicated affairs of life

If you want your heart’s beauty

To grow deeper and deeper

And your life’s duty

To go higher and higher. ```

9681. God Is My Known Friend

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God is my known Friend:

This is the rich feeling

Of my heart.

God is my unknown Friend:

This is the vague opinion

Of my mind.

God is my unknowable Friend:

This is the totally helpless conviction

Of my life.

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9682. Inseparable And Indispensable

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The strength of passion-torture

And pleasure-torture

Are inseparable.

The love of illumination-perfection

And satisfaction-perfection

Is indispensable. ```

9683. A God-Adoring Heart

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Always mix with a true God-lover.

It is he alone who can help you

Have a God-adoring heart.

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9684. Do You Expect Me To Believe?

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You say you do not believe

In God and His Compassion-Game.

Do you expect me to believe

That you are your own

Self-created vision-flames?

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9685. Man's Sacrifice-Drop

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Smaller than a mustard seed

Is man’s sacrifice-drop,

But it has the power

To bring to man eventually

The ecstasies of both

The inner world and the outer world. ```

9686. His Heart And Soul Sobbed

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His vital and mind together sobbed

When he lost the outer race.

His heart and soul together sobbed

When he lost the inner race. ```

9687. Helpless, He Surrendered

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The inner world was indifferent to him.

The outer world challenged him.

Helpless, he surrendered

To the dictates of ignorance-night. ```

9688. Why Not Trust Him?

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You do not know yourself,

So why not trust him?

He will tell you

How you can see God

And how you can touch God’s Feet.

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9689. I Prefer The Heart

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I prefer the heart

That creates purity

To the mind

That creates obscurity. ```

9690. The Doom Of The Doubt-Life

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The doom of the doubt-life

Is not only inevitable

But also visible.

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9691. An Instant Touch

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An instant touch

From the inner world

Can easily cure

Your fractured trust. ```

9692. The Luxury Of Baneful Doubts

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My mind cannot afford

To enjoy the luxury

Of baneful doubts.

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9693. A God-Realised Soul

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A God-realised soul

Not only feeds his own inner hunger

But also sleeplessly tries to feed

The inner hunger of God’s entire creation. ```

9694. Stillness Has A Volcano-Power

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Inner stillness

Has a volcano-power.

It destroys the smouldering anguish

Of the human heart. ```

9695. Strictness Or Soulfulness

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To make my dry mind happy

What I need is newness.

To discipline my vital

What I need is either strictness or soulfulness. ```

9696. Time Is Sacrificing Itself

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Time is sacrificing itself every day

So that the aspiration-life

Can be bettered at every moment.

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9697. The World's Midnight-Silence

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The world’s deep midnight-silence

Has seen him not only meditating

But also playing hide-and-seek

With his Lord’s Vision-Eye. ```

9698. God's Silence Preceded God's Sound

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God’s Silence preceded God’s Sound

Amazingly.

God’s Sound is preceding God’s Manifestation

Slowly, steadily plus convincingly. ```

9699. You Can Never Reach Satisfaction

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You can never reach complete satisfaction

In your heavenward journey

Without your heart’s aspiration-cry.

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9700. I Shall Bridge That Inch

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Only an inch separates

My gratitude-heart

From God’s Satisfaction-Heart,

And I shall bridge that final inch

With my heart’s purity-surrender.

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Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the ninety-seventh 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 thanks Nicolas Katapodis, the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, for his participation in a special programme honouring the Independence Day of Greece on 24 March 1980.

Editor's note

Some poems in this first edition were later selected by the author for a special collection of 207 Flower-Flames (FFP). The author also chose to revise some of his original poems for this anthology: FF-9629: FFP 199

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 97, Agni Press, 1983
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