If I could start my life once more

1.

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If I could start my life

Once more,

Every day I would become

A new aspiration-heart-blossom. ```

2.

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If I could start my life

Once more,

I would shed only

God-manifesting tears. ```

3.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would devotedly place

All my incapacities

At the Feet of my Lord Supreme.

```

4.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would definitely not long

For my desire-fulfilment. ```

5.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never ignore

My Lord's sorrowful Tears. ```

6.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not allow my vital

To torture my life. ```

7.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not allow my mind

To torture my heart. ```

8.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would study the divinity-course

In humanity's heart. ```

9.

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If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not accept any defeat

In the battlefield of my life. ```

10.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never miss

God-Invitation-Hours. ```

11.

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If I could start my life

Once more,

I would every day become

A new morning rose

In the garden of the universe.

```

12.

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If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never surrender

To ignorance-shackles. ```

13.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not waste even

A fleeting moment

On the way

To God's Heart-Home. ```

14.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would remember

That all the mind-tours

Are a sheer waste of time.

```

15.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would have only

Indomitable faith

And not fractured faith

In God. ```

16.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would enjoy only

The silence-breath

Of my God-aspiration-ecstasy.

```

17.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would every day bathe

In God-Fragrance-Sea. ```

18.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not allow myself

To be blinded

By insecurity-jealousy-impurity-fog.

```

19.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would every day take shelter

Under patience-tree. ```

20.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would remember that

My earth-heart-planet

Is as beautiful

As all the Heaven-born planets. ```

21.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not take

Perfection-achievement

As an impossible task.

```

22.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I myself would boldly capsize

My God-dissatisfaction-mind-boat. ```

23.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would every day sail

My God-satisfaction-heart-boat. ```

24.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would unmistakably abandon

My earth-bound mind

On doubt-torture-doorstep.

```

25.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would look anything undivine

Straight in the eye. ```

26.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never visit

God-ingratitude-human beings. ```

27.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would be extremely proud

Of God's Thunderbolt-Command. ```

28.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not fail

In offering regularly

My progress-life-reports

To my Lord Supreme. ```

29.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not become reconciled

To my fate,

But I would be my fate-conqueror.

```

30.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not accept any complaint

From my mind. ```

31.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not find fault

With any human being,

Either consciously

Or even unconsciously. ```

32.

```

If I could start

My life once more,

I would have equanimity

As my name

To brave the buffets of life.

```

33.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

My life would lead a caravan

Of God-manifestation-deeds

On earth.

```

34.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would be seriously in love

With God-manifestation-victories. ```

35.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not accept a Master

Who would not scold me ruthlessly

Every day.

```

36.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not allow doubt-fear-spears

To kill

My aspiration-heart-progress-deer.

```

37.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would depend only

On God-reliance,

And never on self-reliance.

```

38.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would try not to be

A peace-maker

But a peace-lover.

```

39.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would have a heart

To be claimed

Only by God's Affection-Heart.

```

40.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

Sleeplessly my heart would throb

With God-devotion-waves. ```

41.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would remain under

My soul-domination. ```

42.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not have,

Even for a single day,

God-forgetting uncomely thoughts.

```

43.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never allow myself

To be under the thumb

Of temptation.

```

44.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never allow myself

To be in the company

Of those who droop and drowse

In the spiritual life. ```

45.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not allow myself

To suffer from

Ignorance-shackle-nights.

```

46.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would only live in the lands

Of inspiration, aspiration

And dedication.

```

47.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not even out of curiosity

Take a ride

Through the mind-jungle.

```

48.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

Every day I would fly

On the most beautiful

God-devotion-wings.

```

49.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

Even for a fleeting second

I would not open any

God-disobedience-gate.

```

50.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would make the heart

Extremely popular

And the mind

Extremely unpopular. ```

51.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

Even in my dreams

I would not touch

The self-doubt-tree.

```

52.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not care to know

The depth of the sea

But only care for

The depth of my heart. ```

53.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not try to understand

God's Grace,

But I would become

God's Grace itself. ```

54.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would have a prayer-life

And meditation-heart

To span all distances.

```

55.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would say and do everything

From my heart of love. ```

56.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would take God-obedience

As my choicest determination. ```

57.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would take God's Presence

In my heart

As my only Home.

```

58.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would sing only God-Glories

To remain always in tune

With God's Heart.

```

59.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would live not for worldly acclaim,

But to proclaim God's Victory

On earth.

```

60.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would see how far

I could go ahead,

Instead of looking back.

```

61.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would make

My mind's obedience,

My heart's love

And my life's surrender

An inseparable trio.

```

62.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would carefully walk in peace

All the time

To keep in step

With my Lord Supreme. ```

63.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not long for

God-explanation

Or God-expectation,

But I would long only for

God-satisfaction.

```

64.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never blow

Self-doubt and God-doubt-horns. ```

65.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

Every day I would soulfully attend

My Lord's open question time. ```

66.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would not allow

Expectation-frustration

To prevail in my life.

```

67.

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If I could start my life

Once more,

I would always avail myself

Of my Lord's

Compassion-Abundance.

```

68.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

Every day I would try to feel

My Lord's

Compassion-Protection-Feet.

```

69.

```

If I could start my life

Once more,

I would never allow myself

To fall into

The chasm of depression.

```

70.

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If I could start my life

Once more,

I would always find myself caught

In my Lord's

Compassion-Illumination-Heart-Home.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,If I could start my life once more, Agni Press, 2001
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