I am my life's God-hunger-heart, part 4

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I am

My life's

God-hunger-heart.

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Only by bringing the positive qualities,

And not even one negative quality,

Of human beings to the fore

Will this world be able to make

Abiding progress.

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In the long run

It is the haters of mankind,

Not the lovers of mankind,

Who will be the really miserable losers. ```

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When I sincerely pray

And soulfully meditate,

I feel that I am only

A mere instrument.

There is a higher Power

That is coming to help me,

And that higher Power

Is God's Grace. ```

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When we pray and meditate,

We are not taking away

God's Strength;

Only we are establishing

A free access

To everything God has and is. ```

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We have so many friends

Within us and around us.

It is we who have to accept the world,

Not as our enemy

But as our true, illumining

And fulfilling friend. ```

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Look only at the bright side.

The bright side means

To have implicit faith in ourselves

And in others

And to feel oneness-light

And fulness-delight. ```

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The answer to the problems

Of this world

Is for every one of us

To go far beyond

Our present capacity-boundary

And become better citizens

Of the world.

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Contemplation is something

Far beyond the vastness

Of meditation.

Contemplation is God-oneness itself. ```

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In your absolutely best meditation,

Your entire being offers itself

To the Supreme —

Your soul with its illumination,

Your heart with its aspiration,

Your mind with its clarity,

Your vital with its determination,

Your body with its alertness. ```

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Once we have peace,

We feel that

We have everything

In the outer world

And we have become everything

In the inner world. ```

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We have to gratefully help

The inner world —

The world that wants to supply us

With the light, joy, peace and oneness

Of the Beyond —

To come to the fore. ```

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In this world we are all

Running after satisfaction.

He gets satisfaction

By doubting me.

I get satisfaction

Because God's Grace is acting

In and through me.

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If I become a better person,

Mother-Earth will be so happy

Since She will be blessed

With one less undivine

And unproductive soul.

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When we allow the doubting mind

To come forward,

Our imagination-bird's wings

Are clipped

And its flight is all over.

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At your journey's start,

Have a pure mind,

A receptive heart

And a willing life

To surrender to God's Will

To expedite your journey. ```

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Every day we have to go

To our heart-garden

To see a beautiful inspiration-rose —

Not yesterday's rose-beauty

But today's rose-divinity.

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Your heart and your life

Must know

What prayer and meditation are.

Prayer and meditation

Are the Life-Breath of God.

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We have to believe in a higher Power.

Only by believing in a higher Power

Can we go beyond and beyond

Our limited, human capacity. ```

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In my case,

It is not a matter of decision;

It is a matter of obedience.

I simply listen to the dictates

Of my Inner Pilot.

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Just a little

Of the soul's illumination

Washes away

All the undivine things you have done

Over an untold period of time.

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In the spiritual life

There is no rest.

Either we have to go forward

Or nature will force our unaspiring life

To go backwards.

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Do not allow your mind

To take your heart

Out of the soul's faith-garden

Into the mind's doubt-forest. ```

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Dive deep within.

What more do you need to accomplish,

As long as God is inside your heart

And you are inside God's Heart? ```

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Your cheerful joy

Is the expression

Of your gratitude-heart

To your Inner Pilot. ```

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Gratitude is something very sweet

That makes you feel

Your whole existence has offered

Something great and precious to God. ```

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Many will come and many will go.

But why do you have to be

One of those who leave God?

Can you not be one with your heart

For God-embodiment and God-fulfilment?

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Cultivate your heart's oneness with God

And you will see:

Life is not a mere dream;

Life is not a tragic error;

Life is a touch of magic —

Miracle after miracle. ```

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Do not reject the doubting mind.

Make your mind clear and pure;

Teach it to think positively.

Your mind will eventually become

A real help to you.

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Peace will take you

Closer to God.

Bliss will keep you

In God. ```

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Because of our wild human nature,

We need God's Forgiveness

At every moment.

We cannot move an inch forward

Without having

God's Forgiveness-Heart. ```

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Heaven is around us

When we meditate.

And when we do not meditate,

Everywhere is hell. ```

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Outwardly

He barks and barks

At his spiritual children.

But inwardly

They see a fountain of peace

And an ocean of love. ```

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You are not valuing

Your Heavenly Father's spiritual wealth.

What are you valuing?

Your lethargy-idleness-ignorance-tree. ```

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Life is expectation,

And expectation can be either

Illumination or frustration.

There is practically no difference

In the eyes of a God-realised soul.

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Feel at every moment

That you have a few new names:

Cheerfulness, soulfulness, devotedness,

Closeness and oneness.

These names will satisfy God

Far beyond your imagination. ```

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A new wave of opportunity,

A new wave of determination,

A new wave of satisfaction

God wishes to see

In each of His seeker-children.

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While practising meditation soulfully,

Remember that

The heart of regularity-joy

Makes us perfect. ```

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O seeker, dive deep within.

Inside peace

Is our Perfection-Lord Supreme.

Inside oneness

Is our Satisfaction-Lord Supreme.

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I will always prefer my inner school,

For the Teacher is none other than

My Lord Supreme.

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Who says

Meditation is a lack of activity?

On the contrary,

Meditation intensifies activity

In a divine way.

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Meditation

Increases life's intensity

And shows us life's true purpose.

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When we meditate before we act,

We get satisfaction

Because we know we are working

Not for ourselves,

But for our Inner Pilot.

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Not to value God's Compassion-Light

And God's Justice-Height

Equally

Is to make a serious blunder. ```

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Every day try to sing

At least one obedience-song

To love and please God

In His own Way. ```

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The life-breath

Of spirituality-hunger

Is obedience.

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My Beloved Lord Supreme,

So many of your choice instruments

Have failed, failed badly.

Why?

Why?

"My child,

There is only one answer

And that answer is disobedience,

Inner and outer disobedience." ```

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To transcend

Our heart-capacities

Means to transcend

Our life-qualities.

Capacity and quality must go together.

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For many years, my Beloved Supreme,

You have brought into my inner life

Your boundless Compassion, Concern,

Affection, Love and Blessings.

Yet far beyond my own imagination,

I continue to disappoint You. ```

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Call it obedience

Or call it oneness,

But try to feel the necessity

Of listening to your own highest self. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,I am my life's God-hunger-heart, part 4, Agni Press, 1994
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