An immediate ‘yes’ to God's every Command

Silence-Blossoms

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Silence-blossoms have awakened my mind.

My tears and God’s Smiles clasped I find.

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My Orphan-Tears

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My orphan-tears begin my day.

My princely smiles blaze the Way.

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I Keep My Heart's Streaming Tears

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I keep my heart’s streaming tears

Sleeplessly alive.

So that my Lord's beaming Smiles

In me can thrive. ```

Energised by My Self-Improvement-Task

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Energised by my self-improvement-task,

In my Lord’s Transcendent Sun-Flames I bask.

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Obedience Longs to Feed the Lord

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Obedience longs to feed the Lord

Infinitely more.

Self-deleted, fastest it runs, arrives

And touches the Shore.

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I Shall Climb Up

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I shall climb up

My soul’s dream-flooded staircase.

Endless obstacles,

Dauntless my heart shall face.

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Fastest Runs to the Goal Supreme

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Fastest runs to the Goal Supreme

My Lord’s Love-Train.

Singing and dancing, therein my breath —

No bondage-chain.

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Be Not Empty

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Be not empty of light and joy,

My foolproof mind.

Heavenward race you never win,

Always behind.

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His Face, My Face

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His Face, my face, my Lord together saw,

And said, “Yours is perfect like Mine, no flaw.”

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Ecstasy-Flooded

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Ecstasy-flooded is the road of Love divine,

Divinity’s oneness-fulness-sun-shrine.

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God Is Weeping for You

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God is weeping for you;

Oh, do not cry.

You are bound to succeed;

Just once more try.

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Each Time I Shake Hands

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Each time I shake hands with hostile desires,

My God-oneness-visa-delight expires.

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Battered by Teeming Doubts

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Battered by teeming doubts

And blinding fears,

I compel my Lord Supreme

To swim in tears.

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Break Not

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Break not your God-gratitude-promise-height;

Yours will be Infinity’s Silence-Light.

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The Starved Desires

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The starved desires that stormed my mind

Are now deceased; left far behind.

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Only in God's Orbit

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Only in God’s Orbit I choose to live,

And my mind-thorns, heart-fragrance I shall give. ```

God's God-Deep Love-Light-Fragrance

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When God’s God-deep Love-Light-Fragrance appears,

To the Golden Shore his dream-life-boat man steers. ```

Oh, If I Never Fail My Lord

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Oh, if I never fail my Lord,

Oh, if I never fail,

His Heart will be eager to know

My life’s every detail.

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Alas, Like Me, God Also Has Bad Days

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Alas, like me, God also has bad days,

And more so when I doubt

His all-Compassion-Eye, Forgiveness-Heart.

Totally insane I shout.

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God Comes to Me

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God comes to me

Precisely in the Form I need.

Him I must feed

The way His Heart wants me to feed.

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God Pressures My Mind

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God pressures my mind

Because of its stark unwillingness-flow.

God treasures my heart

Because of its sleepless eagerness-glow.

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Silence I Choose

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Silence I choose to play with my heart-flames;

Every single day my monkey-mind God tames.

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An Immediate 'Yes!'

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An immediate ‘Yes!’ to God’s every Command,

O my hesitant mind, from you I demand. ```

Heaven Is So Far

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Heaven is so far from the human mind,

But the heart is extremely close.

Heaven commands the mind to halt its journey,

And calls the heart its rose.

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With My Gratitude-Heart-Tears and Smiles

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With my gratitude-heart-tears and smiles,

My Lord I greet.

My Lord gives me His All, the moment

I clasp His Feet.

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Delight Is Born

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Delight is born of obedience-willingness;

Perfection born of sleepless, selfless oneness.

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My Sunlit Path

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My sunlit path, no fog, no cloud can hide.

My heart-flames enjoy God’s Sunrise-Ride.

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My Soul Has Silenced

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My soul has silenced my stark confusion-mind;

Peace-bliss-blossoms within, without, I find.

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Life Is So Brief, Alas

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Life is so brief, alas, life is so brief.

Why delay in catching ignorance-thief?

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Before I Compose

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Before I compose my God-worship-song,

My heart strikes His Compassion-Victory-Gong.

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Since God Is God's Forgiveness-Breath

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Since God is God’s Forgiveness-Breath,

I must declare my ego’s death. ```

Oh, Permit Not Your Ego-Lion to Roar

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Oh, permit not your ego-lion to roar,

If you desire your heart-bird to soar.

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I Know What Is Great Is Splendid

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I know what is great is splendid;

I feel what is good is candid.

Far from God, my splendour-craving mind;

My heart-candour in God’s own Breath I find.

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My Doubting Mind Deserves an Early Death

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My doubting mind deserves an early death.

My self-giving heart implores God’s Nectar-Breath.

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No Earthly Force

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No earthly force can be a true remedy.

Only a oneness-heart ready and steady.

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Each Time My Mind I Give

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Each time my mind I give, I fail.

Each time my heart I offer, I sail.

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My Sweet Lord Is Lonely for My Love

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My sweet Lord is lonely for my love;

I shall make Him my fondness-dove.

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My Lord Himself Applauds

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My Lord Himself applauds

My aspiration-comeback.

No more shall I run

On ignorance-studded track.

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Ever Kind to Me

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Ever kind to me, my Lord’s Forgiveness;

His Justice is all blind to my weakness.

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Do Not Destroy

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Do not destroy

The sweet fragrance of hope.

It will give you

The Heaven-climbing rope.

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Earth's Hunger-Cry

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Earth’s hunger-cry

One soul can feed.

Earth’s progress-smile

One soul can speed. ```

Mankind's Freedom-Peace-Discovery

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Mankind’s freedom-peace-discovery —

Only when no God-faith-robbery. ```

When Our Earth-Necessities Decrease

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When our earth-necessities decrease,

Our real God-essentials increase.

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God-Satisfaction-Smile-Birds

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God-Satisfaction-Smile-Birds fly

Only when I have a silence-heart-sky.

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Doubt Is Afraid

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Doubt is afraid of silence-light.

Doubt surrenders to oneness-delight.

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Willingness and Eagerness

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Willingness and eagerness together run the fastest.

To God’s Lotus-Feet these two are the nearest.

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When God Says 'No'

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When God says ‘No’, my desire-mind-dog cries and cries,

My aspiration-heart-bird, high-higher-highest flies. ```

No More Shall I Remain

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No more shall I remain

A fallen victim to desire.

Behold! I now have brought

To the fore my inner fire.

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The Rainbow-Hopes

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No matter where I go,

My heart carries the rainbow-hopes.

In despair-night-prison,

Mine is the mind that never gropes.

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Each Time My Lord's Compassion-Eye

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Each time my Lord’s Compassion-Eye I see,

A nectar-dream blossoms in our oneness-fulness-sea. ```

Within, Without, the Doubting Mind Lies

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Within, without, the doubting mind lies.

Below, above, the praying heart cries.

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Because I Want to Please My Lord

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Because I want to please my Lord in His own Way,

Surrender-gratitude-game my life must play.

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Freedom Complete, Perfect

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Freedom complete, perfect I love to choose.

To ignorance-night no more my life shall lose.

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Oh, Where Are You?

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Oh, where are you, my heart’s fountain-delight?

I live in my ruthless mind’s destruction-night.

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My Lord, I Need the Song

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My Lord, I need the Song

Of Your Compassion-Eye

To catch my jungle-misdeeds

And quickly nullify.

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In God's Heart-Garden

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In God’s Heart-Garden I grow

With my obedience.

In my heart-nest God glows

With His Confidence. ```

No More Am I in My Tear-Flooded Shore

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No more am I in my tear-flooded shore.

I am in my heart’s God-blossoming lore.

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My Perfection

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My perfection rests not upon my skill.

It rests upon my Lord’s Compassion-Will.

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He Who Never Forgets His Goal

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He who never forgets his Goal

Is, indeed, a Heaven-chosen soul.

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My Lord's Sun-Smile-Presence

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My Lord’s Sun-Smile-Presence is near and dear

Only when my ego-sword I smash and tear. ```

My Lord's Nectar-Delight

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My Lord’s Nectar-Delight is not far away,

If I eat not my mind-mud and vital-clay. ```

In Secrecy Supreme, My Lord I Worship

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In secrecy supreme, my Lord I worship;

I pride myself only on His Leadership.

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All-Where the Pride-Monarch-Titans

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All-where the pride-monarch-titans mushroom.

Behold, their fleeting bloom and sinking doom!

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Oh, Leave No Door Open for Doubt

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Oh, leave no door open for doubt, I say,

With God’s Heart-Joy-Smiles if you long to play.

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Oh, Never Trust Your Mind's Desire-Train

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Oh, never trust your mind’s desire-train!

No goal it has — just bondage-chain. ```

Ecstasy's Flood

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Ecstasy’s flood will soon arrive.

You keep your inner flames alive. ```

When I Invoke My Lord's Compassion-Face

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When I invoke my Lord’s Compassion-Face,

His Heart forgives my disobedience-case. ```

World-Withdrawal

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World-withdrawal is no solution.

It thickens the jungle-mind-confusion.

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Breathe the Fragrance

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Breathe the fragrance of your heart-tears.

Yours will be God’s Summit-Pride-Cheers.

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O My Clever, Trust-Fractured Mind

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O my clever, trust-fractured mind,

You have made me totally blind.

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Do You Love Me, My Lord?

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Do You love me, my Lord? If so, give me

Your Thunder-Feet,

The only way to keep my vital and mind

All clean and neat.

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God Never Wants You to Be the Loser

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God never wants you to be the loser.

He always wants you to be His Smile-chooser.

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A Self-Giving Joy

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A self-giving joy when I earn,

Every heart-message-light I learn.

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In Each There Is a Little of All

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In each there is a little of all;

The same God-Heartbeats — big or small.

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God Is Available

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God is available in your own heart-clime.

God is approachable — select your own time.

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Embark Upon Your Inner Pilgrimage

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Embark upon your inner pilgrimage.

Your life will grow into God’s own image.

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My Sound-Producer-Mind

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My sound-producer-mind, be silent, mute!

My Lord Supreme arrives with His Golden Flute.

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If God You Want to Know

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If God you want to know,

Never, never be slow!

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Be Cheerful!

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Cheerful, cheerful, cheerful — be cheerful!

If not, your life-breath will be fearful.

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Compassion Supreme

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Compassion Supreme, at You when I look,

Your tearful Heart I fail to brook.

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If Your Heart Is Prayerless and Weak

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If your heart is prayerless and weak,

How can the Lord God ever speak?

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My Sweet Lord's Victory-Song

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My heart, my sweet Lord’s Victory-Song sing!

My soul, ecstasy-bird is on the wing. ```

My Doubting Mind Deserves

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My doubting mind deserves

The God who reprimands.

My heart rightly needs

The God who commands.

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High Hopes

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High hopes, high ideals, high will, I dream

To claim here and now my Lord Supreme.

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Love Not, Trust Not Your Vital-Train

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Love not, trust not

Your vital-train.

It carries nothing

But torture-pain.

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My Mind-Roar

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My mind-roar can never silence

My God-whispers.

My Lord Supreme dances in my

Gratitude-tears.

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Daily My Promise Rises

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Daily my promise rises like the sun:

My ignorance-pleasure-dream I shall shun.

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To See Beyond Time

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To see beyond time, faith is the telescope.

Faith shatters mind-doubts’ strongest bondage-rope.

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Impossibility Is Empty of Meaning

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Impossibility is empty of meaning.

God’s God-Pride in me is blossoming.

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The Pulse of a Purity-Heart

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The pulse of a purity-heart I need,

My Supreme Lord’s Heart-Breath-Book to read.

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A Shocking Decline

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A shocking decline in my devotion am I;

Yet my Lord Supreme remains His Compassion-Eye.

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My Lord, No More Ignorance-Worship

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My Lord, no more

Ignorance-worship, no more.

Mine is the heart-boat

Bound for the Golden Shore.

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God Does Not Mind

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God does not mind

If you stumble, even fall.

Just ignore not

His Heart’s Compassion-Call.

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A Heart Replete

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A heart replete

With oneness-fulness-love,

Indeed, a fond

Blessing-blossom from Above.

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Only at Man's Heart-Station

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Only at man’s heart-station stops God-Train

To carry man’s sleepless and breathless pain. ```

Needed: Surrender-Stamps

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Needed: surrender-stamps to mail God-letters.

Once sent, we see no more bondage-fetters.

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What Is God-Loving Dedication?

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What is God-loving dedication?

The oneness-love-joy in action.

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With Pure Obedience-Bliss

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With pure obedience-bliss

On my wings I fly.

God gives me His own

Heart-Treasure-Sky.

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My Heart, My Only Aspiration-Shrine

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My heart, my only aspiration-shrine,

In you God’s Hope and Promise shine.

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Each Uncomely Thought

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Each uncomely thought is ignorance-breath.

It leads our lives to destruction-death.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,An immediate ‘yes’ to God's every Command, 1999
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