Fast, faster, fastest progress

1.

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I make progress fast

When I am

A professor of peace.

I make progress faster

When I am

A teacher of peace.

I make progress fastest

When I am

A student of peace.

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2.

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I make progress fast

When I see a flower.

I make progress faster

When I feel the beauty

Of a flower.

I make progress fastest

When I breathe the fragrance

Of a flower.

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3.

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I make progress fast

When my mind

Cheerfully loves God.

I make progress faster

When my heart

Soulfully serves God.

I make progress fastest

When my life

Unconditionally obeys God.

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4.

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To make progress fast

I uproot my heart's ego-plant.

To make progress faster

I cut down my mind's ego-tree.

To make progress fastest

I destroy my life's ego-seed. ```

5.

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O my insecurity-heart,

Leave me alone!

I want to make progress fast.

O my impurity-mind,

Leave me alone!

I want to make progress faster.

O my complexity-life,

Leave me alone!

I want to make progress fastest.

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6.

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I make progress fast

When I do not expect

Compassion from God.

I make progress faster

When I do not expect

Love from God.

I make progress fastest

When I do not expect

Concern from God.

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7.

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With my mind's faith-flames

I make progress fast.

With my heart's love-lamp

I make progress faster.

With my life's surrender-sun

I make progress fastest. ```

8.

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Ego no more!

Therefore,

I am making progress fast.

Unwillingness no more!

Therefore,

I am making progress faster.

Expectation no more!

Therefore,

I am making progress fastest.

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9.

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God has given me

A newness-mind

To make progress fast.

God has given me

A soulfulness-heart

To make progress faster.

God has given me

A oneness-life

To make progress fastest.

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10.

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God has given me

A certitude-mind

To make progress fast.

God has given me

A gratitude-heart

To make progress faster.

God has given me

A beatitude-life

To make progress fastest.

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11.

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I have given God

My nectar-dreams

To make progress fast.

I have given God

My bitterness-reality

To make progress faster.

I have given God

My surrender-smiles

To make progress fastest.

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12.

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Good-bye, my self-imposition!

I want to make progress fast.

Good-bye, my self-deception!

I want to make progress faster.

Good-bye, my self-glorification!

I want to make progress fastest. ```

13.

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When I do not confine God.

I make progress fast.

When I do not define God,

I make progress faster.

When I do not entwine God,

I make progress fastest. ```

14.

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To make progress fast,

I live a doubt-free day.

To make progress faster,

I live a complaint-free day.

To make progress fastest,

I live a temptation-free day. ```

15.

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I make progress fast

When I do not look down

On those who do not aspire.

I make progress faster

When I pray to God

To forgive them.

I make progress fastest

When I compassionately,

Soulfully and lovingly

Inspire them to aspire. ```

16.

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I do not enter into

My mind's hesitation-room.

Therefore, I make progress fast.

I do not enter into

My heart's expectation-room.

Therefore, I make progress faster.

But I do enter into

My soul's satisfaction-room.

Therefore, I make progress fastest.

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17.

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When I pray to God

To increase my love for Him,

I make progress fast.

When I meditate on God

To increase my devotion to Him,

I make progress faster.

When I contemplate on God

To increase my surrender to Him,

I make progress fastest.

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18.

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When my mind

Looks at God's Eye,

I make progress fast.

When my heart

Looks at God's Heart,

I make progress faster.

When my soul

Looks at God's Feet,

I make progress fastest.

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19.

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Doubt is no longer my boss.

Therefore, I make progress fast.

Jealousy is no longer my boss.

Therefore, I make progress faster.

Insecurity is no longer my boss.

Therefore, I make progress fastest. ```

20.

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When God thinks of me

Compassionately,

I make progress fast.

When I meditate on God

Soulfully,

I make progress faster.

When I serve God sleeplessly

And tell Him that

Although I serve Him sleeplessly,

I shall not mind

If He wants to think of others,

Meditate on others,

Love others,

And fulfil others in His own Way,

I make progress fastest.

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21.

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Only when I am in

A very high consciousness,

I come to learn why

My Lord Supreme does not listen

To my mind-demand-prayers

And why He treasures

My heart-surrender-meditations.

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22.

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Alas, will there be a time

When my Supreme Lord

Will find my mind-line free

So that He can compassionately

And affectionately

Instruct my mind

About soulful aspiration

And fruitful dedication? ```

23.

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My dear Supreme,

My sweet Supreme,

My Lord Supreme,

My Beloved Supreme and I

Are most eagerly looking for

The return

Of my long-lost aspiration.

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24.

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This morning my sweet Supreme

Not only blessed me

With His Heart-Clock

But also struck powerfully

My heart's aspiration-hour.

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25.

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O my disobedience-mind,

Be careful!

I am telling you once and for all

That soon you will have to stand

Before God's Absolute

Justice-Light. ```

26.

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My Lord's

Oneness-Heart-Smile

And my heart's

Insecurity-blindness

Can never establish

Even a fleeting friendship. ```

27.

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My Lord of Compassion infinite,

Please grant me the capacity

To take every morning

The gratitude-short-cut

To Your Satisfaction-Highway.

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28.

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Every morning

There is a serious battle

Between my heart's eagerness

And my mind's unwillingness.

To my extreme joy,

Every single day

My heart's eagerness wins.

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29.

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God does not ask us

To do many things for Him.

He asks us to do only one thing:

To demolish completely

Our mind-made ignorance-fort.

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30.

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My Lord asks me not to be afraid

Of my desire-nights.

He asks me only to increase

My heart's burning

Aspiration-flames.

He tells me that

My heart's burning

Aspiration-flames

Will soon be able to devour

All my desire-nights. ```

31.

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I am so happy

That even my doubting mind

Is struggling hard to reach

My heart's faith-oasis. ```

32.

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Every day I need

A new wave of enthusiasm-light

To speed up my purity-heart's

Heavenward aspiration-journey. ```

33.

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Every day I must strengthen

My aspiration-heart

With a new supply

Of confidence-delight

So that my heart does not suffer

From security-shortage. ```

34.

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This morning

My heart's aspiration-boxer

Has knocked out

Easily and permanently

My confusion-mind.

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35.

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Not from any human being

But from God Himself

I have learned how to throw

My mind's unwillingness-insects

Into my heart's eagerness-fire.

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36.

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My Lord tells me

That it is only

My complete satisfaction-heart

That has the divine right

To kindle my life's

Self-transcendence-flames. ```

37.

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Alas, why am I so helpless

That I am compelled to hear

My mind's nothingness-story

Every day? ```

38.

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Slowly, steadily

But unmistakably

I have unloaded

My mind's doubt-excess. ```

39.

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Just yesterday I gave away

All my old ignorance-toys.

Today my Lord Supreme

Has given me His own

Ever-new and ever-beautiful

Love, Joy and Peace-Toys. ```

40.

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Alas, there are so many

Burning hope-heart-countries

In this world,

But where

Is the peace-ambassador,

Where? ```

41.

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My God-fulfilment-

Confidence-promise-heart

Is from my sleeplessly

Faith-trained hero-life. ```

42.

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Only my soul's promise-eye

Has the God-commissioned right

To light

My God-manifestation-torch. ```

43.

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Beautiful, supremely beautiful,

Was my aspiration-journey's start.

Powerful, unimaginably powerful,

Was my Supreme Lord's Compassion-Blessing-Rain. ```

44.

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Every morning without fail

My Beloved Supreme asks

My gratitude-heart

To read out His own

Transcendental Victory-Speech.

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45.

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I simply do not know

And certainly do not want to know

When and how

I cut off completely

All my uncomely and powerful

Bondage-thought-chains. ```

46.

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Mine is the life

That will never surrender

To ignorance-tyranny.

Mine is the mind

That will never surrender

To agitation-turmoil. ```

47.

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Each purity-thought of mine

Is a silver-moon-beauty

Of my Lord's Heart.

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48.

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My outer life succeeds

And my inner life proceeds

Precisely because

My Beloved Supreme

Has kept my aspiration-heart

In between

His own Compassion-Heart

And His own Encouragement-Eye. ```

49.

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Because He enjoys

His own Silence-Delight,

My Lord Supreme

Gets tremendous satisfaction

When my body, vital, mind

And heart

Monopolise their conversation

With Him. ```

50.

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Divinity's transcendental peak

You are bound to ascend

If you have become a sleepless

Existence-Consciousness-

Bliss-climber.

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51.

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When I live in the very depths

Of my Lord's Compassion-Eye,

My life's success-speed

And my heart's progress-speed

Are so fast

That not even the cosmic gods

Can adequately time them.

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52.

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My concentration-warrior-eye

Is sleeplessly and breathlessly

Determined to dethrone

My confusion-mind-king. ```

53.

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O my seeker-heart,

Sincerity-flames are calling you.

Arise, awake!

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54.

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This morning,

With each soulful breath,

My aspiration-heart accepted

My Lord's blessingful Invitation. ```

55.

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Peace-fulfilment-songs

Are sung only

By the God-singing souls.

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56.

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Every morning I make a solemn promise

That I shall not answer

My mind-desire-phone.

Alas,

Every day I badly fail.

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57.

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Be not afraid

Of your desire-nightmares.

Your heart's aspiration-fire

Can and shall devour them

At God's choice Hour.

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58.

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Each aspiration-heart

Is bound to live

In a progress-paradise.

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59.

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The temptation-disaster

May challenge

The meditation-protector,

But it will always lose. ```

60.

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My heart's aspiration-morning

Never sees

A hesitation-day.

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61.

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My God-meditation-captain

Puts my soul, my heart, my mind,

My vital and my body

Every day in line

Before they receive

Transcendental Blessings

From my Beloved Supreme.

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62.

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"My child, my child,

Do not be afraid of your mind's

Volcano-confusion.

My Compassion-Eye

At My choice Hour will devour

Your mind's volcano-confusion." ```

63.

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"My child, my child,

Every morning you must wake up

When I ring My Heart's

Universal Oneness-Bell." ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Fast, faster, fastest progress, Agni Press, 1994
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