The Golden Boat, part 16

1. No difference

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No difference

Between

Heaven-grace

And

Earth-gain.

No difference

Between

Earth-sacrifice

And

Heaven-victory.

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2. Don't be aloof

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Don’t be aloof.

God does not want that.

Don’t be aloof.

The world cannot brook that.

Don’t be aloof.

Your soul does not understand that.

Don’t be aloof.

Your life may revolt

Against

Man, the future God. ```

3. Tell me the difference

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Tell me the difference

Between

Love divine

And

Permanent liberation.

Tell me the difference

Between

Expansion divine

And

Lasting perfection.

Tell me the difference

Between

Truth-discovery

And

Bliss-reality.

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4. Appreciation

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I appreciate my heart

Because

It deserves appreciation.

I appreciate my mind

Because

It wants appreciation.

I appreciate my vital

Because

It cries for appreciation.

I appreciate my body

Because

It needs appreciation.

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5. Dreams

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Bad dreams frighten me,

My helpless vital.

Good dreams enlighten me,

My fearless heart.

Earth-dreams discourage me,

My infant mind.

Heaven-dreams illumine me,

My orphan-body. ```

6. Sound-boat, silence-boat

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When the sound-boat

Touches the Silence-shore,

I see the glorification

Of the finite

In the core of the Infinite.

When the Silence-boat

Touches the sound-shore,

I discover the perfection

Of the Infinite

In the core of the finite.

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7. The kingdom of God's Soul

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O dark cave of my mind,

Do not feel sorry.

My Lord Supreme

Shall visit you tomorrow,

Without fail.

O vast palace of my heart,

Lo, who is at your gate?

Don’t you recognise Him?

He is your Beloved Supreme.

“O boundless kingdom of My Soul,

Do you not remember

That you embody My Dream-sky,

That you reveal My Reality-sea

And

That you manifest My Divinity-height?” ```

8. Stay with the present

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Stay with the past.

You will receive

Thunder-kicks from death.

Stay with the future.

You will see

The destruction-frown

Of measureless temptation.

Stay with the present.

You will eat

The Reality-fruit

Of Divinity-dawn. ```

9. Our different occupations

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Earth speaks untiringly.

Heaven dreams ceaselessly.

The seeker in mankind seeks rarely.

The lover in mankind fails miserably.

God pilots unconditionally.

And I sleep in ignorance eternally. ```

10. God honours me

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When I aspire

God honours me.

He tells the world

That I am His fond child,

I am His choice instrument.

When I do not aspire

He also honours me.

He tells the world

That I am His future Choice,

I am His future Voice,

I shall embody His future Race,

I shall reveal His future Face.

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11. Two unlucky souls

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Lord, how long

Can we endure our separation?

Let us settle our dispute

Once and for all.

I shall share with You

What I have: ignorance-night.

You shall share with me

What You have: Nectar-light.

Daughter, I try and cry,

Cry and try,

To share with you.

But

You neither receive

My cherished treasure,

Nor do you share

Your treasure with Me;

Therefore

We play the role of

Two unlucky souls

And two helpless lives. ```

12. The barrier of nearness

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The barrier of nearness

At times does exist.

But why?

Because

The seeker does not surrender

His earthbound fondness to

The Master-leader;

Because

The seeker builds a paradise of his own

Where he wants to possess

The Master ceaselessly

Before the Master

Claims and proclaims him

Compassionately and proudly

As his own, very own.

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13. Because he is weak, because he is compassionate

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Because he is weak,

I love and support man

Personally

Against the denizens

Of the other worlds.

Because He is compassionate,

I love and support God

Unconditionally

Against me, my life

And my world.

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14. To buy a blessing

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I have spent

All my aspiration-wealth

To buy a smile

From the face of Heaven.

I have spent

All my dedication-wealth

To buy a cry

From the heart of earth.

I have spent

All my surrender-wealth

To buy a blessing

From the Feet of God. ```

15. At the appointed hour

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At the appointed hour

Humanity said to me:

“Give me, give me.

This is the only way

For you to become great.”

At the appointed hour

God said to me:

“Accept Me, receive Me.

This is the only way

For you to become good.”

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16. Three cheers

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At long last

I have conquered

Ignorance-night.

I share the good news

With earth, Heaven and God.

Earth said: “Not true, not true!”

Heaven said: “When?

How?”

God said: “Three times three cheers

For My son!

Bravo!” ```

17. Three dangerous things

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I warn myself

Against three dangerous things:

My indulgence-capacity,

Earth’s preference-capacity,

Heaven’s indifference-capacity.

My Lord Supreme

Loves and blesses me

For my great discovery. ```

18. Do you love?

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Do you love man?

Then give him a cheerful smile.

Do you love God?

Then give him a soulful cry.

Do you love yourself?

Then give yourself a powerful assurance. ```

19. Heaven is puzzled

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World-publicity

Declares him a great man.

Earth-sagacity

Declares him a perfect rogue.

Heaven-necessity

Is totally puzzled.

It knows not whether to accept him

Immediately

Or to reject him

Unreservedly. ```

20. After he had conquered

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After he had conquered earth,

He discovered

That he had conquered nothing.

After he had conquered Heaven,

He discovered

That he had conquered something.

After he had conquered himself,

He discovered

That he had conquered not only much,

But everything,

Even the monstrous things that he thought

He would never be able to conquer. ```

21. Who comes here?

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Who comes here?

God?

Please wait.

Who comes here?

Man?

Why are you so late?

Who comes here?

Satan?

I am sorry.

This is the wrong place. ```

22. Your mind, your heart

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Yours is the mind

That sees everything

And

Knows everything;

Therefore

God tells me that you are

Divinely great

And that He will utilise you

In the distant future.

Yours is the heart

That feels everything

And

Loves everything;

Therefore

God tells me that you are

Supremely great

And that He is using you

Proudly and incessantly.

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23. What do you want?

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What do you want?

God’s Infinity?

It is inside the smile

Of your eyes.

What do you want?

God’s Eternity?

It is inside the cry

Of your heart.

What do you want?

God’s Immortality?

It is inside the silence-beauty

Of your soul. ```

24. What do I like?

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What do I like?

The simplicity of your life.

What do I like?

The sincerity of your heart.

What do I like?

The luminosity of your soul.

Do I like anything more?

Yes, I do.

I like the stupidity

Of your mind,

Although not much.

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25. My heart, my soul

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I am my heart.

I do not need

Anything more

Since my heart is soulful in itself.

I am my soul.

I do not need

Anything more

Since my soul is fruitful in itself. ```

26. God is

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God is my Way;

Therefore

I like him.

God is my Home;

Therefore

I need Him.

God is my Room;

Therefore

I love Him.

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27. Give what you have

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Do you want

Himalayan joy?

Then give to God

What you have:

Your heart’s aspiration-cry.

Do you want

Pacific peace?

Then give to man

What you have:

Your life’s dedication-smile.

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28. When I measure God

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When I measure

Your God,

I laugh and laugh

Because

Your God is not great.

When I measure

His God,

I laugh and laugh

Because

His God is not good.

When I measure

My God,

I smile and smile

Because

My God is trying,

My God is striving. ```

29. On earth, in Heaven

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On earth

I am the frustration-silence

Of hunger.

In Heaven

I am the hunger-cry

Of silence.

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30. His body's slavery

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His vital justifies

His body’s slavery.

His mind ignores

His body’s slavery.

His heart suffers

His body’s slavery.

His soul liberates

His body’s slavery. ```

31. Human birth, divine freedom

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Human birth

Needs divine freedom

For its perfection-height.

Divine freedom

Needs human birth

For its manifestation-smile.

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32. What I need

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What I need

Is duty’s body.

What I need

Is humility’s vital.

What I need

Is serenity’s mind.

What I need

Is purity’s heart.

What I need

Is beauty’s soul. ```

33. Divinely great and supremely good

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You have commanded temptation;

Therefore

You are great.

You have demanded perfection;

Therefore

You are good.

You have obeyed compassion;

Therefore

You are divinely great

And

You are supremely good.

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34. Only one

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Only one need:

God-satisfaction.

Only one deed:

Perfection-manifestation. ```

35. Heart's punishment, mind's punishment

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Both

My mind and my heart

Punish me.

Yet I love my heart

And hate my mind.

Why?

My heart’s punishment

Is reformatory.

My mind’s punishment

Is vengeful.

My heart punishes me

Because

Of my own immediate necessity.

My mind punishes me

Because

Of its own constant necessity. ```

36. The Vedic Soul, the Vedic Body

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My heart loves

The Vedic Soul

Because

It is Silence-unity.

My life loves

The Vedic Body

Because

It is Sound-multiplicity. ```

37. Right from today

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Right from today

I shall not permit

My desire-cry

To make me a certified expert

In only one branch of the life-tree

And thus doom me to remain

Totally oblivious of the rest.

Right from today

I am invoking

My aspiration-might

To help me climb up

Every branch of the life-tree

And thus make of me

An integral, whole and complete man.

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38. A big favour

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Can you believe

What God has asked me to do?

He has asked me

To do Him a big favour.

From today on,

He wants me to practise

God-love;

He wants me to demonstrate

God-compassion.

I must tell you,

This is not an easy task.

Perhaps you already know it. ```

39. The creation, the creator

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The creation in me

Is perfect

Only when it undyingly cries

For self-emancipation.

The creator in me

Is perfect

Only when it untiringly smiles

At self-manifestation. ```

40. My experience

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Indulgence:

That is my earth-experience.

Indifference:

That is my Heaven-experience.

Preference:

That is my human experience.

Ignorance:

That is my devastating experience.

Love:

That is my ever-illumining

and

Ever-transcending experience. ```

41. Your whole world

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Your whole world

Has gone to rack and ruin,

Not because you know not

Who God is,

But because you have not

Tried to discover

Who God is,

Where God is,

Why God is,

Finally,

How God is.

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42. Everything happens to please me

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When the time is ripe,

Everything happens to please me.

Lo and behold!

Earth-cry needs me,

My dedicated service,

To realise God.

Heaven-smile needs me,

My dedicated service,

For its manifestation

On earth. ```

43. God will do it

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Try your best;

Do your best.

Leave the rest

At God’s Compassion-Feet.

Devotedly

He will, without fail,

Do and fulfil

What is left undone,

Unconditionally.

Do you know

Who God is?

He is your desire’s Lord

And

Your aspiration’s Slave.

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44. You have become

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Choose carefully,

Love unreservedly,

Surrender unconditionally.

Lo, you have become

Earth’s safe journey

And

Heaven’s sure goal.

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45. God-centred life

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His is the God-centred life;

Therefore

Earth needs him to carry her

To God-Light.

His is the God-centred life;

Therefore

Heaven needs him to stay

On earth eternally

For its dream-manifestation.

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46. Earth-sorrow, Heaven-joy

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Earth-sorrow

Is time-born;

Therefore

It cannot last.

Heaven-joy

Is beyond the snares of time;

Therefore

It will not only last

But also

Invoke the past,

Energise the present,

Expedite the future

Into the immediacy of today.

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47. I have the time

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I have no time

To think of great possibilities.

I have no time

To think of grand opportunities.

I have the time

Only for dedicated activities

And blossoming necessities.

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48. My love, my surrender

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My love of God

Tells me what I can be:

God’s perfect instrument.

My surrender to God

Tells me what I already have become:

God’s Satisfaction-smile,

God’s Perfection-pride. ```

49. His very own

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If you lead

An irresponsible life,

Earth may not like you,

Heaven may not need you,

And

God will definitely

Not

Claim you as His own,

His very own.

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50. The pride

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In my animal life

When I was at my zenith,

I was the pride

Of earth’s destruction-power.

In my human life

When I am at my zenith,

I am the pride

Of Heaven’s aspiration-power.

In my divine life

When I shall be at my zenith,

I shall be the pride

Of God’s Perfection-power. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 16, Agni Press, 1974
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