Flower-Flames, Part 3

True, I Do Not Know Who I Am (1)

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True, I do not know

Who I am.

But I do know

Whose I am.

```

True, I Do Not Know Who I Am (2)

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True, I do not know

Who I am.

But I do know

Whose I am.

```

True, I Do Not Know Who I Am (3)

```

True, I do not know

Who I am.

But I do know

Whose I am.

```

A Tiny Aspiration-Seed

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Today, what I have

Is a tiny aspiration-seed.

Tomorrow, what I shall have

Is a powerfully developed

Realisation-blossom. ```

Remind Me, My Lord

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Remind me, my Lord,

From time to time,

That You have taught me

How to love the world

Unconditionally. ```

My Lord, I Came to You (1)

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My Lord, I came to You

With empty hands.

But You have discovered

My empty heart, too.

```

I Came from God

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I came from God,

The Eternal Dreamer.

I am heading towards God,

The Immortal Lover.

```

God Wanted You to Go to Him (2)

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God wanted you

To go to Him untouched.

But what you did, you know!

You went to God unchanged.

```

Can This Be True?

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Can this be true?

No desire binds me.

Can this be true?

No temptation haunts me.

Can this be true?

No imperfection blights me.

```

O Descending Blue (1)

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O descending Blue,

I love you.

O ascending Green,

I love you.

O spreading Gold,

I love you.

```

A Thinking Mind

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A thinking mind is a sinking life.

A sinking life is a dying promise.

A dying promise is a weeping God. ```

Doubt-Elevator

```

Doubt-elevator never works.

Fear-elevator seldom works.

Confidence-elevator occasionally works.

Aspiration-elevator sleeplessly works.

```

I Entertain God (1)

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I entertain God

With my promise-power.

God entertains me

With His Compassion-Shower.

```

I Chose Not to Understand God

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I chose not to understand God.

I chose not to understand even man.

But, alas, I chose to understand

My clever mind.

```

You Are Accepted by Truth

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You are accepted by Truth.

That means

You are liberated by God. ```

If You Do Not Have a Sense of Humour (2)

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If you do not have a sense of humour,

Then God will not choose you

To be in His close Company. ```

I Went Up to See God’s Beautiful Feet (2)

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I went up to see

God’s beautiful Feet.

God came down to give me

His bountiful Heart.

```

What I Need Is a God-Climbing Heart (2)

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What I need

Is a God-climbing heart

And not a God-manufacturing mind. ```

Although God Is Infinite

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Although God is infinite,

He prefers to live

Inside man’s tiny heart-nest. ```

God Loves Us Even After We Have Failed Him

```

God loves us

Even after we have failed Him.

We need God

Even after we have realised Him.

```

Someday God Will Forgive Me

```

Someday God will forgive me.

It may be soon.

Someday I shall satisfy God.

It may take a little time.

```

The Mind Wants to Invent a New God

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The mind wants to invent

A new God.

The heart wants to discover

The ancient and eternal God.

```

My Lord, Please Warn Me

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My Lord, please warn me

Before You come.

Otherwise,

You may come unrecognised

And go back unloved. ```

My Lord, I Am Happy (2)

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My Lord, I am happy because

You are the Lord of my life.

Can You not make me perfect

By becoming the Lord of my thoughts?

```

“God, Give Me!” (2)

```

“God, give me!”

This is a wrong and improper prayer.

“God, take me!”

This is the right and proper prayer.

```

We Pray to God the Power

```

We pray to God the Power,

But God the Lover

Answers our prayers. ```

My Beloved Supreme is Searching

```

My Beloved Supreme is searching for

My willingness and not for my capacity.

My Beloved Supreme is searching for

My readiness and not for my perfection.

```

A God-Seeker Thinks

```

A God-seeker thinks

That he can be free.

A God-server feels

That he will be free.

A God-lover knows

That he is free.

```

This Is My Day

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This is my day;

I love it.

This is my morning God-Hour;

I need it.

This is my supreme moment;

And I am it.

```

To Be Closer to God

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To be closer to God,

Be a better cry

And have a better smile. ```

A Soulful Smile

```

A soulful smile

Can kindle the universe.

A breathless cry

Can feed the universe.

```

Do Not Ask for Too Little

```

Do not ask for too little.

God’s Heart of Magnanimity

Is tearfully embarrassed. ```

You Want to See God’s Face

```

You want to see God’s Face

To satisfy yourself.

God wants to embrace your heart

To satisfy Himself.

```

God Does Not Want to Know (1)

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God does not want to know

Why I cry.

But He does want to know

Why I do not smile.

```

---

author: Sri Chinmoy

language: en

book-number: 860

year: 1988

publisher: Agni Press, New York

cite-key: FLS3

genre: song ---

True, I Do Not Know Who I Am (1)

```

True, I do not know

Who I am.

But I do know

Whose I am.

```

True, I Do Not Know Who I Am (2)

```

True, I do not know

Who I am.

But I do know

Whose I am.

```

True, I Do Not Know Who I Am (3)

```

True, I do not know

Who I am.

But I do know

Whose I am.

```

A Tiny Aspiration-Seed

```

Today, what I have

Is a tiny aspiration-seed.

Tomorrow, what I shall have

Is a powerfully developed

Realisation-blossom. ```

Remind Me, My Lord

```

Remind me, my Lord,

From time to time,

That You have taught me

How to love the world

Unconditionally. ```

My Lord, I Came to You (1)

```

My Lord, I came to You

With empty hands.

But You have discovered

My empty heart, too.

```

I Came from God

```

I came from God,

The Eternal Dreamer.

I am heading towards God,

The Immortal Lover.

```

God Wanted You to Go to Him (2)

```

God wanted you

To go to Him untouched.

But what you did, you know!

You went to God unchanged.

```

Can This Be True?

```

Can this be true?

No desire binds me.

Can this be true?

No temptation haunts me.

Can this be true?

No imperfection blights me.

```

O Descending Blue (1)

```

O descending Blue,

I love you.

O ascending Green,

I love you.

O spreading Gold,

I love you.

```

A Thinking Mind

```

A thinking mind is a sinking life.

A sinking life is a dying promise.

A dying promise is a weeping God. ```

Doubt-Elevator

```

Doubt-elevator never works.

Fear-elevator seldom works.

Confidence-elevator occasionally works.

Aspiration-elevator sleeplessly works.

```

I Entertain God (1)

```

I entertain God

With my promise-power.

God entertains me

With His Compassion-Shower.

```

I Chose Not to Understand God

```

I chose not to understand God.

I chose not to understand even man.

But, alas, I chose to understand

My clever mind.

```

You Are Accepted by Truth

```

You are accepted by Truth.

That means

You are liberated by God. ```

If You Do Not Have a Sense of Humour (2)

```

If you do not have a sense of humour,

Then God will not choose you

To be in His close Company. ```

I Went Up to See God’s Beautiful Feet (2)

```

I went up to see

God’s beautiful Feet.

God came down to give me

His bountiful Heart.

```

What I Need Is a God-Climbing Heart (2)

```

What I need

Is a God-climbing heart

And not a God-manufacturing mind. ```

Although God Is Infinite

```

Although God is infinite,

He prefers to live

Inside man’s tiny heart-nest. ```

God Loves Us Even After We Have Failed Him

```

God loves us

Even after we have failed Him.

We need God

Even after we have realised Him.

```

Someday God Will Forgive Me

```

Someday God will forgive me.

It may be soon.

Someday I shall satisfy God.

It may take a little time.

```

The Mind Wants to Invent a New God

```

The mind wants to invent

A new God.

The heart wants to discover

The ancient and eternal God.

```

My Lord, Please Warn Me

```

My Lord, please warn me

Before You come.

Otherwise,

You may come unrecognised

And go back unloved. ```

My Lord, I Am Happy (2)

```

My Lord, I am happy because

You are the Lord of my life.

Can You not make me perfect

By becoming the Lord of my thoughts?

```

“God, Give Me!” (2)

```

“God, give me!”

This is a wrong and improper prayer.

“God, take me!”

This is the right and proper prayer.

```

We Pray to God the Power

```

We pray to God the Power,

But God the Lover

Answers our prayers. ```

My Beloved Supreme is Searching

```

My Beloved Supreme is searching for

My willingness and not for my capacity.

My Beloved Supreme is searching for

My readiness and not for my perfection.

```

A God-Seeker Thinks

```

A God-seeker thinks

That he can be free.

A God-server feels

That he will be free.

A God-lover knows

That he is free.

```

This Is My Day

```

This is my day;

I love it.

This is my morning God-Hour;

I need it.

This is my supreme moment;

And I am it.

```

To Be Closer to God

```

To be closer to God,

Be a better cry

And have a better smile. ```

A Soulful Smile

```

A soulful smile

Can kindle the universe.

A breathless cry

Can feed the universe.

```

Do Not Ask for Too Little

```

Do not ask for too little.

God’s Heart of Magnanimity

Is tearfully embarrassed. ```

You Want to See God’s Face

```

You want to see God’s Face

To satisfy yourself.

God wants to embrace your heart

To satisfy Himself.

```

God Does Not Want to Know (1)

```

God does not want to know

Why I cry.

But He does want to know

Why I do not smile.

```

Never Forget One Thing (1)

```

Never forget one thing:

The Ultimate Truth

Is your friend

And not your enemy.

```

My Obedience

```

My obedience has

God the eternal Purity.

My obedience is

God the immortal Duty.

My obedience shall become

God the infinite Beauty.

```

My Lord, I Came to You (2)

```

My Lord, I came to You

With empty hands.

But You have discovered

My empty heart, too.

```

At Last My Heart

```

At last my heart

Has challenged my mind,

Not to defeat it,

But to transform it.

```

My Imperfections

```

God asks me to give Him

The things that I myself

Do not at all care for:

My imperfections.

```

What Is Success?

```

What is success?

My expansion-hunger.

What is progress?

My perfection-feast.

```

God Does Not Want to Know (2)

```

God does not want to know

Why I cry,

But He does want to know

Why I do not smile.

```

Never Forget One Thing (2)

```

Never forget one thing:

The Ultimate Truth

Is your friend

And not your enemy.

```

Ten Thousand Flower-Flames

```

Ten Thousand Flower-Flames,

Your God-dreaming souls

I dearly love.

Ten Thousand Flower-Flames,

Your man-awakening lives are

Smiles from Above.

```

Dash Hajar Kusum Shikha Dash Hajar

```

Dash hajar kusum shikha*

Dash hajar

Bidhatar kripar sneha

Anibar

``` Bengali for “Ten Thousand Flower-Flames”.

O My Sound-Life

```

O my sound-life!

I love you

Because you are powerful.

O my silence-life!

I need you

Because you are beautiful.

O my Beloved Supreme!

I at once love You and need You

Because Your Eye is my Dream-Boat,

Your Life is my Silver Journey

And Your Heart is my Golden Shore.

O my Beloved Supreme Absolute!

In me is Your Eternity’s Transcendental Cry,

For me is Your Infinity’s Immortal Smile.

```

Never Forget One Thing (1)

```

Never forget one thing:

The Ultimate Truth

Is your friend

And not your enemy.

```

My Obedience

```

My obedience has

God the eternal Purity.

My obedience is

God the immortal Duty.

My obedience shall become

God the infinite Beauty.

```

My Lord, I Came to You (2)

```

My Lord, I came to You

With empty hands.

But You have discovered

My empty heart, too.

```

At Last My Heart

```

At last my heart

Has challenged my mind,

Not to defeat it,

But to transform it.

```

My Imperfections

```

God asks me to give Him

The things that I myself

Do not at all care for:

My imperfections.

```

What Is Success?

```

What is success?

My expansion-hunger.

What is progress?

My perfection-feast.

```

God Does Not Want to Know (2)

```

God does not want to know

Why I cry,

But He does want to know

Why I do not smile.

```

Never Forget One Thing (2)

```

Never forget one thing:

The Ultimate Truth

Is your friend

And not your enemy.

```

Ten Thousand Flower-Flames

```

Ten Thousand Flower-Flames,

Your God-dreaming souls

I dearly love.

Ten Thousand Flower-Flames,

Your man-awakening lives are

Smiles from Above.

```

Dash Hajar Kusum Shikha Dash Hajar

```

Dash hajar kusum shikha*

Dash hajar

Bidhatar kripar sneha

Anibar

``` Bengali for “Ten Thousand Flower-Flames”._

O My Sound-Life

```

O my sound-life!

I love you

Because you are powerful.

O my silence-life!

I need you

Because you are beautiful.

O my Beloved Supreme!

I at once love You and need You

Because Your Eye is my Dream-Boat,

Your Life is my Silver Journey

And Your Heart is my Golden Shore.

O my Beloved Supreme Absolute!

In me is Your Eternity’s Transcendental Cry,

For me is Your Infinity’s Immortal Smile.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Flower-Flames, Part 3, Agni Press, New York, 1988
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