Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 99

9801. A New Kind Of Winning

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Discover a new kind of winning,

This time not for yourself

But for the entire world.

Consciously become what you eternally are:

Another God.

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9802. I Water My Life-Garden Every Day

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I water my life-garden every day

With my heart’s tears

So that I can soulfully sing

And powerfully dance

With my Lord Supreme

In His Vision-Transcendence-Light. ```

9803. Self-Dedication-Light

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To permanently change his old habits,

Man needs an absolutely sincere wish

For self-dedication-light.

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9804. A New Solution

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I see a new solution

To my new problem.

My new problem is:

I do not know anything correctly.

My new solution is:

As long as I can love my Lord Supreme

Soulfully and devotedly,

I do not need anything more. ```

9805. My Heart's Unwavering Faith

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My heart’s unwavering faith

Has given my mind’s meditation

The capacity to become

A silence-expander and delight-distributor. ```

9806. God-Wisdom-Hearts

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Book-knowledge-minds

Know how to wrangle and strangle.

God-wisdom-hearts

Know how to grow and glow. ```

9807. Self-Styled Commitments

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Although he is tremendously confused

About who he is,

He enjoys the intoxication

Of self-styled commitments

To all those who are around him.

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9808. The Tide Of Self-Giving Love

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Unless you launch your Heaven-free heart

On the tide of self-giving love,

Your earth-bound mind

Can never become faultlessly pure. ```

9809. God's Secret Love-Touch

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Loneliness violently attacks the world

Every day,

Yet the world survives.

How?

Because God’s secret Love-Touch

Is everywhere. ```

9810. In The Dust

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Your mind is in the dust,

But your heart is not of the dust

And your life is not for the dust.

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9811. My Doubtful Past

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My doubtful past cannot touch

My soulful present

And my fruitful future.

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9812. A One-Man Show

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If your mind wants to enjoy

Being a one-man show,

Then be careful.

You may eventually find yourself

In a barren wasteland.

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9813. The Message Of A Blessing

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The message of a curse:

I cannot and I will not.

The message of a blessing:

I have and I already am. ```

9814. A Successful Movement

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Each movement need not be

A successful progress,

But each progress

Is a successful movement

Forward, upward and inward.

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9815. Advantages And Possessions

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His advantages have made him

Slowly and secretly lethargic.

His possessions have made him

Quickly and openly useless. ```

9816. Hunger Does Not Find Fault

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As intense outer hunger

Does not find fault

With the food-preparation,

Even so, sincere inner hunger

Does not find fault

With God’s Vision-Manifestation. ```

9817. Turbulence And Silence

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The turbulence of an intellectual mind

And the silence of a soulful heart

Do not care for each other,

Even in their resting hours. ```

9818. Changing And Transcending

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The animal in me has changed.

The human in me is changing.

The divine in me has transcended.

The Supreme in me is ever-transcending,

Ever-illumining

And ever-perfecting. ```

9819. I May Begin The Journey

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I may at most begin the journey;

God’s boundless Bounty

Will have to complete

My heavenward progress-life. ```

9820. Ascend And Transcend

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Sleep instead of sighing

If you are clever.

Sing instead of sighing

If you are wise.

Ascend and transcend instead of sighing

If you are perfect. ```

9821. Only One Inner Teacher

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I have only one inner teacher:

A gratitude-flame.

I have only one outer teacher:

A surrender-drop. ```

9822. I Can Have Security

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I can have security

Only when I have implicit faith

In my Lord’s blessingful Message to me:

“My child,

I shall replace your insecurity-life

With confidence-light

If at least ten times daily

You can claim Me as your own,

Very own.”

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9823. When I Want To Increase Purity

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When I want to increase

My own heart’s purity,

I repeat my Lord’s Name

As powerfully as possible.

When I want to increase

Purity in my dear ones,

I repeat my Lord’s Name

As slowly as possible

And as quietly as possible.

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9824. The Only One

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Because of his unconditional surrender

To God’s Will,

He is the only one

Whom God has entrusted

With the opportunity and capacity

To celebrate His Perfection-Smile

In Heaven

And His Satisfaction-Cry

On earth.

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9825. Stronger Than Logic

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Stupidity is stronger than logic:

A sincere mind may know it.

Impurity is stronger than aspiration:

No sincere heart will accept it. ```

9826. Even My Soul Is Disgusted

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I am half afraid to say

That even my loving

And illumining soul

Is totally disgusted

With my doubting mind.

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9827. Your Mind Has A Monopoly

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Your mind has a monopoly

On wisdom-light.

Your heart has a monopoly

On satisfaction-delight. ```

9828. If You Are Out Of Practice

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If you are out of practice,

Then start praying to God

Most sincerely.

If you have been praying regularly,

Then start meditating on God

Unconditionally. ```

9829. Power Likes To Live Apart

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Love likes to remain in a group,

Accessible and available.

Power likes to live apart,

Inaccessible and unavailable. ```

9830. Ask Earth's Aspiration-Heart

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You want to know

How you can become perfect?

Ask earth’s aspiration-heart

And Heaven’s illumination-eye

To answer this question.

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9831. A Top Secret

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What I need from my Lord Supreme

I have told Him.

What He needs from me

He has told me.

We both have decided

That we shall keep our needs

A top secret from the world.

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9832. God Is Waiting For You

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Can you not see

That God is waiting for you

At His Table?

When will you eat His Food?

When will you drink His Nectar-Drink?

How long does poor God have to wait

Unnecessarily for you?

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9833. How Can I Be Displeased?

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He criticises my mind,

But he loves my heart.

How can I be displeased with him,

Since he immediately compensates? ```

9834. In Defense Of Earth

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I speak in defense of earth:

It desperately tries to cry

To Heaven.

I speak in defense of Heaven:

It definitely wants to smile

At earth.

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9835. An Immortal Song Of Joy

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When the soul cannot properly

Manifest the Supreme,

It sings the song of sorrow.

When the soul is able

To manifest the Supreme,

This song of sorrow is transformed

Into an immortal song of joy. ```

9836. The Question Of Questions

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My morning awareness

Asks the question of questions:

Who is God?

My evening awareness

Asks the question of questions:

Who is not God?

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9837. His Life Stands Crucified

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His life stands crucified

Between his crying desire

And his smiling aspiration.

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9838. Change Your Mind

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Change your mind

If you do not want anybody

To bind your life.

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9839. Running Like A River

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Each negative thought

Produced by my mind

Is running like a river

That enters into the sea of destruction

And adds to its destructive power.

Each immortal expression of will

Produced by my heart

Is running like a river

That enters into

God’s ever-increasing Silence-Peace

For the ever-increasing satisfaction

Of earth’s heart.

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9840. The Golden Bridge

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God the man was fascinated

When he saw man the God’s

Birthless and deathless Golden Bridge.

The Absolute Supreme,

Who is both God the man and man the God,

Is eagerly waiting for earth’s receptivity

To claim that Golden Bridge

As its own, very own. ```

9841. When The Divine Heart Loses

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When the human mind loses,

Even to God,

It immediately starts weeping.

When the divine heart loses,

Not only to God

But also to any divine being,

It immediately starts smiling. ```

9842. You Will Be Perfect

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You are happy

Now that you are not carrying

The burden of scholarship.

You will be perfect

The day you emerge dauntlessly

From your mind’s battleship.

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9843. My Prayer Challenges

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My morning prayer

Challenges the imperfection of my life.

My midday prayer

Challenges the uncertainty of my mind.

My evening prayer

Challenges the insecurity of my heart.

My nighttime prayer

Challenges the power of my own insufficiency. ```

9844. Your Battleground-Experiences

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All your battleground-experiences

Must eventually be transformed

Into oneness-fount-experiences.

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9845. The Life Of Austerity

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The life of austerity

Is an old way.

This old way

Will not work any more. ```

9846. He Who Is Wise

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He who is clever

Is useless in the spiritual life.

He who is earthly wise and divinely unwise

Is equally useless.

But he who is supremely wise

Is constantly perfect.

Who is supremely wise?

He who does not expect anything

From the ignorance-world,

His lower self,

But who expects everything from God,

His higher Self. ```

9847. Universal Oneness

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Universal oneness

Is the divine necessity

Of the human life.

Transcendental fulness

Is the supreme necessity

Of the divine life.

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9848. One World Can Bind Us

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One world can bind us:

Fear.

One world can free us:

Love.

One world can place us on God’s Throne:

Surrender. ```

9849. My Heart's Climbing Preparation

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Since God is His own

Self-giving Compassion,

I shall try to become my own heart’s

Climbing preparation. ```

9850. You Have Revealed To Me

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My heart,

You have revealed to me

Many things.

Only one thing more do reveal:

The mountain-smile

Of your aspiration-cry. ```

9851. I May Not Know Many Things

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I may not know many things,

But I do know one thing well:

My Eternity’s only indispensable necessity

Is my Lord’s Compassion-flooded Heart. ```

9852. Because Your Life Lives

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Because your life lives

In forgotten promises,

Your heart is forced to live

In forgotten hopes. ```

9853. If You Compete With Yourself

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If you compete with yourself,

God will give you the capacity

To transcend yourself.

If you compete with others,

Yours will be a blundering mind

And a suffering heart.

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9854. Cast Aside Half-Truths

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Cast aside half-truths

If you hope to climb up

The peace-crowned heights

Of God’s Immortality-fulfilled

God-Hour.

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9855. Sacred God-Loving Thoughts

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If your heart gives birth

To sacred God-loving thoughts,

Then only will your life

No longer remain a part

Of the universal aimlessness.

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9856. The Temple Of Universal Silence

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In tomorrow’s world

Many things will illumine humanity.

But the thing that will illumine

Humanity’s inner and outer life most

Is the transcendental temple

Of universal silence. ```

9857. Your Own Doom

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You do not have to approach

Your own doom.

Just let your aspiration-flower

Fully blossom

Petal by petal.

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9858. My Lord's Fulness-Smile

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Each time I see newness

In my thought-world,

I see my Lord’s Fulness-Smile

Nourishing not only my Heaven-free soul

But also my earth-bound body.

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9859. My Mind Derives Satisfaction

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My unlit mind derives satisfaction

From ingratitude-thorns.

My illumined mind derives satisfaction

From a gratitude-flower.

I become ingratitude-thorns

When I want to defeat the world.

I become a gratitude-flower

When I walk with the world

And for the world

In my Lord Supreme. ```

9860. Newness, Oneness And Fulness

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God’s Vision-Eye

Loves God’s Newness.

God’s Reality-Heart

Loves God’s Oneness.

God’s Immortality-Life

Loves God’s Fulness

In His earth-bound Cry,

Heaven-free Smile

And self-transcending Song.

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9861. Inexhaustible Willingness

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The fount of inexhaustible willingness

Is discovered only inside

The seeker’s heart of sleepless selflessness.

Selflessness in the inner world

Is God the Dreamer.

Selflessness in the outer world

Is God the Performer.

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9862. My Heart's Sincerity-Cry

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My heart’s sincerity-cry

May not be appreciated

By earth’s ignorance-life,

But it is fondly treasured

By Heaven’s wisdom-flooded soul.

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9863. When My Mind Is Pure

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When my mind is pure,

My Lord Supreme smilingly tells me

That I am great.

When my heart is pure,

My Lord Supreme fondly tells me

That I am great.

When my life is pure,

My Lord Supreme smilingly, fondly

And proudly tells me

That I am not only great

But also perfect.

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9864. My Soul's Supernatural Capacity

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O my mind,

It is high time for me to pierce

The fog of your confusion

With my soul’s supernatural capacity:

Its inseparable oneness

With my Lord Supreme. ```

9865. Identical And Indistinguishable

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The Compassion-Eye and Forgiveness-Heart

Of my Beloved Lord Supreme

Are identical and indistinguishable.

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9866. He And His Heart Every Day Run

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He and his heart every day run

To reach the ultimate Goal:

The complete satisfaction of God

In His own Way.

While running, they never allow

Earthly emotions to join them. ```

9867. I Am Eager To Hear

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My Lord, I have glimpsed many times

The immensity of Your Heart’s Concern.

Now I am eager to hear

Just a few earth-illumining

And life-fulfilling words.

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9868. The Vision-Eye Of A Saint

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The vision-eye of a saint

Plays with the beauty

Of the visible world

And with the divinity

Of the invisible world.

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9869. Try To Trust The World

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Try to trust the world

At every moment.

If you even secretly mistrust the world,

There shall come a time

When your heart may have to weep

A rain of sorrows. ```

9870. A Little Of Your Heart's Sweetness

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A little of your heart’s sweetness

Can easily and unmistakably kill

The bitterness of your frustration-vital.

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9871. A Contrary Experience

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I am still inside the prison cell

Of the past.

I am totally blind

In my self-styled life.

My life is nothing but

A contrary experience

To my Lord’s Vision-Will.

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9872. Something Unusual And Rare

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You may not know everything,

But you do know something

Unusual and rare:

How to cheerfully commune

With your mind’s melancholy thoughts.

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9873. Under The Compassion-Canopy

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His is the mind

That is now completely engulfed

By impurity-flood.

His is the heart

That is now utterly shattered

By frustration-night.

Yet he does not want

His life to be sheltered

Under the Compassion-Canopy

Of the Absolute Supreme. ```

9874. Within Your Easy Reach

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If you start serving your newness-heart

And stop serving your foolishness-mind,

Then God’s Oneness-Heart

Will be within your easy reach. ```

9875. The Evening Sunshine Of His Life

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His heart of gratitude

For God’s Compassion

And his life of surrender

To God’s Will

Became the evening sunshine of his life.

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9876. To Give Pleasure

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To give pleasure to my Lord Supreme,

My soul and my heart

Must exert heavy pressure

On my mind of hesitation

And frustration.

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9877. True Love Of God

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True love of God

Grows in the soul,

Then glows in the heart

And finally flows through the body. ```

9878. A Man Is

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A man is

What he says to himself.

A man is

What he does for humanity.

A man is

What God thinks of him. ```

9879. To Bring God Nearer

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Your heart’s soulful dream

And your life’s powerful promise

Can bring God nearer to you

In an unprecedented way. ```

9880. A Yawning Gulf

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Alas, there is a yawning gulf

Between his soul’s will

And his life’s most tragic fate.

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9881. The Fire Of Deathless Happiness

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If your mind enjoys

The breathless silence

Of the Unknowable,

That means God has already kindled

The fire of deathless happiness

Inside you. ```

9882. Envy's Loud Invasion

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True, my Lord, I need You.

But I need Your Silence-Power more.

Why?

Because I want to silence

Envy’s loud invasion of my thoughts.

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9883. Let Us Go And Rest

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My soul,

Since you and I have worked very hard,

Let us go and rest for a while.

My body,

Since you are always reluctant to work

And I cannot force you to work,

You can rest until God’s Justice-Light

Descends upon you.

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9884. O My Himalayan Hopes

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O my sacred and Himalayan hopes,

I am missing you more and more

Now that I have irretrievably lost

My aspiration-heart

And my dedication-life.

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9885. A Shattering Experience

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O my body,

Add not anything more

To your ignorance-sleep.

God’s choice Hour has already struck.

If you do not respond now,

Yours will be

A shattering experience.

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9886. Just Go Your Own Way

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Let the whole world go its way.

You just go your own way.

Your way is to feel the divinity

In humanity’s heart

And to see the Immortality

In Divinity’s soul. ```

9887. My Love-Thoughts

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Yesterday I discovered something new:

My love-thoughts.

These love-thoughts I shall broadcast

And my outer world I shall heal

With my soul-smiles.

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9888. Where Is My Existence?

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Where is my existence?

It is standing between

My heart’s weeping tears

And my soul’s enlightening smiles. ```

9889. Let Us Try To Manifest

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O my soul,

Let us once more try to perfectly manifest

Our Beloved Supreme here on earth.

Are we not His chosen instruments,

Him to manifest,

Triumphantly and unprecedentedly,

In His own cosmic Way?

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9890. Hope

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Hope is not a momentary flicker.

Hope is Eternity’s slow, steady,

Illumining and fulfilling height.

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9891. The Vision Of Power

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The vision of power

Is very limited

In the outer world.

The power of vision

Is always unlimited

In the inner world.

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9892. The Illumining Results

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Every day

Early in the morning

And late in the evening

I sing through my heart-tears.

This is indeed the illumining result

Of my Lord’s and my joint efforts. ```

9893. My Hope, My Promise

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My hope is

Heaven’s cheerful descent.

My promise is

Earth’s powerful ascent. ```

9894. I Never Dare To Think!

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I never dare to think!

If ever I think,

I immediately drink deep

The joy of an empty hope. ```

9895. Your Heart Can Radiate Joy

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Because your mind is free

From impurity-charges,

Your heart can now radiate joy

To all seekers

And even to non-seekers.

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9896. If You Are Powerful

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If you are powerful,

Then ask your mind to be happy.

If you are soulful,

Then ask your life to be perfect.

If you are self-giving,

Then tell God that everything you claim

To be your own

You have surrendered to His choice Hour. ```

9897. If You Become Sidetracked

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If you become sidetracked

In your meditation,

You and your life will be without

The blossoming God. ```

9898. Your Body Obeys

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Your body obeys

The law of inertia.

Your mind obeys

The law of doubt.

But your heart obeys

Only one pilot:

Your adamantine faith.

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9899. My Blessingful Boon

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My Lord,

You know that I am praying to You.

“My child,

I shall not deny your prayer,

But you must develop a purity-mind.

This is what is delaying

My blessingful Boon.”

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9900. I Want To Run With You

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My Lord,

I want to run with You

Sleeplessly and unconditionally,

But I cannot keep pace with You.

What can I do?

“My child,

Your very eagerness to run with Me

Is more than I need.

Sleeplessly think of running with Me;

Unconditionally meditate on running with Me.

Lo, sooner than at once

You and I will be easily running

Together.” ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the ninety-ninth 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 meets with Payton Jordan, a champion sprinter and one of America’s all-time great coaches, on 4 June 1982. “You are a river flowing continuously and carrying all ... the champions in the making ... to the sea,” Sri Chinmoy told the former Stanford University coach. “Everybody that does anything is a champion,” Jordan replied. “And when they can feel proud of what they do, that is the most important thing in our teaching.” In recent years, Payton Jordan has offered Sri Chinmoy invaluable suggestions and videotaped demonstrations on how to improve his running. Sri Chinmoy calls Payton Jordan his Himalayan coach.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 99, Agni Press, 1983
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