Fifty oneness-heart-songs of a perfect God and a perfect child

1.

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I pray to God

Every day. ```

2.

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My mother

Is beautiful. ```

3.

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My father

Is powerful. ```

4.

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My mother’s beauty

Thrills my heart. ```

5.

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My father’s power

Drills my life. ```

6.

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I love

Everybody. ```

7.

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I hate

Nobody. ```

8.

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I think everybody

Is good. ```

9.

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The morning

Gives my eyes joy. ```

10.

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The evening

Gives my heart peace. ```

11.

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The sun invites me.

I am afraid to go to the sun,

Because it is too far.

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12.

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The moon invites me.

I am afraid once I am there

My parents will miss me,

And I, too, will miss them. ```

13.

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The stars and the planets invite me.

I am afraid once I go to them,

They will keep me with them

To play with them,

And not allow me to come back

To my poor parents! ```

14.

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Every morning

I see a most beautiful rose

Inside my heart.

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15.

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Every evening

I see a most peaceful tree

Inside my heart.

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16.

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I shall never want to know

What doubt and jealousy are. ```

17.

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I shall never in my whole life

Want to feel

Insecurity in my heart

And impurity in my mind. ```

18.

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Every night

God comes to see me

In my dream.

He tells me:

“My child,

You are a very good child.

Remain so all your life.”

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19.

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One most important thing

God has taught me:

If I really love God,

Then I shall not be afraid of Him. ```

20.

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One more important thing

God has taught me:

If I really need Him,

Then He will do everything

To please me.

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21.

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I never speak ill of others.

Speaking ill of others

Is very bad!

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22.

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My parents are so kind to me!

They have told me

To think of God first

Before I say anything

And before I do anything.

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23.

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My parents have told me

Never to tell lies.

I obey them.

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24.

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My parents have told me

Never to quarrel,

Never to fight.

I obey them. ```

25.

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I just love

My mother’s affection,

Love and concern for me.

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26.

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I just love

My father’s confidence

And determination.

He assures me that I shall have

Both confidence

And determination like him —

Even more.

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27.

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My mother has told me

What prayer is:

Prayer is a cry

To see God’s Eye. ```

28.

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My father has told me

What meditation is:

Meditation is

To feel God’s Heart

Inside my heart.

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29.

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My parents have told me

To forgive others —

This will make me very, very happy.

They are so right!

I am the proof.

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30.

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I do not like at all

My noisy mind. ```

31.

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I love so much

My rosy heart. ```

32.

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God and I

Completely trust each other.

God does not forget my heart

Even for a moment.

I also do the same —

I never forget God’s Heart.

Never!

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33.

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I do not make complaints

Against anybody.

This has made me so happy.

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34.

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God tells me that

My tears and His Smiles

Are equally important.

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35.

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God wants me

To live in the heart

All the time.

He is so proud of me,

For I can easily do it.

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36.

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When I jokingly tell God

That my life is a secret book,

God smilingly and proudly adds,

“A sacred book too.” ```

37.

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I know that God’s Grace

Has made me good.

God smilingly and proudly adds:

“Not just good,

But very, very good!”

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38.

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God tells me

Not to make

A very serious mistake.

I must love

My mother and my father

Equally.

I tell God:

“I do, I do, I do!” ```

39.

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My father tells me

That my beauty

Is inside my eyes.

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40.

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My mother tells me

That my fragrance

Is inside my heart.

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41.

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God, when You look at me,

I get tremendous joy,

But when You look

Into my heart,

I get terribly frightened!

“Why, my child, why?

You have not done

Anything wrong!

Be happy, and remain happy,

Whenever I look

Into your heart.” ```

42.

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Quite recently,

I have seen a beautiful garden

Inside my heart.

I have started praying

And meditating

Inside that garden,

And I am all excited

And delighted. ```

43.

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My mother has advised me

To pray to God

For a big heart —

A very big heart.

I am doing it,

And I feel so good, so good! ```

44.

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My father has advised me

To pray to God

For a small head —

A very small head.

I am doing it,

And I feel so good, so good! ```

45.

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Today I am quite inspired

To give away

My prayer-secrets

And meditation-secrets. ```

46.

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When I pray to God,

I fold my hands and bring them

Right up to my chest

And try to hear my heartbeat.

I look upward to find a spot

Ten feet, at least,

Higher than my head level.

When I have completed all this,

I start praying.

To tell the truth, I get fantastic results! ```

47.

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When I meditate on God,

I do the same thing with my hands,

Only instead of looking upward,

I look inward.

I look into my heart and then I look

For a secret and sacred, silent spot

Inside my heart.

When all this is done,

I start meditating.

I tell you, the results are unimaginable. ```

48.

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God, You have made me

A perfect child of Yours.

What can I give You in return?

I am a little child;

I have nothing to give You.

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49.

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“My child,

I need only one thing from you:

A sweet and cute smile.”

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50.

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“I also need another favour

From you:

You will tell your parents

How happy and grateful

You are to them

For bringing you into this world.

Still one more favour I need,

And this is the last favour

You will have to do for Me,

My child.

You will have to claim Me

All the time,

Not missing a second,

As your own, very own.”

God, I have already started.

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Editor's preface to the first edition

Sri Chinmoy began writing this collection of meditative aphorisms on 23 January 2005 in China, during a bus ride from Xi'an to Huangshan, and he finished it the same day upon his arrival in Huangshan.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Fifty oneness-heart-songs of a perfect God and a perfect child, Agni Press, 2005
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