Journey's goal, part 6

1. A soundless voice

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A soundless voice

I always need,

My mind of noise,

My heart of poise,

To lovingly feed. ```

2. O frank and baby smile

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O frank and baby smile,

You have won my heart,

You have conquered death-dart

In life’s confusion-mart.

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3. Your Silence I sing

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Your Silence I sing.

It is my heart.

Your Sound I sing.

It is my mart.

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4. You claim me still

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You claim me still,

O ignorance-fool!

Don’t you know that

I have a new school?

I go to wisdom-school

To be a perfection-tool.

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5. I shall not fail

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I shall not fail,

I shall not fail.

My soul shall sail,

My heart shall sail.

I shall succeed,

I shall succeed.

My life shall take

The glorious lead.

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6. Why?

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Why, why, why, why?

Why should I take

The side of ignorance-tie?

Why, why, why, why?

Why do I fail

To please God’s Compassion-Sky?

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7. To be, indeed, a cosmic god

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To be, indeed, a cosmic god,

I shall try only to succeed.

To be, indeed, a real man,

I shall try only to proceed.

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8. Sing me a song

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Sing me a song,

My Lord Supreme.

I shall give You

My silver dream,

I shall give You

My beauty-sky,

I shall give You

My oneness-tie.

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9. Farewell

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Farewell, farewell,

O ungrateful world.

So much I have done for you,

So high I have thought of you.

To please you, your all,

I totally forgot

To respond to God’s God-Call. ```

10. The sound-music of humanity

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The sound-music of humanity

For the poor and feeble souls.

The silence-music of divinity

For the lovers of myriad goals.

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11. One fallen flower

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One fallen flower

I see and cry;

One fallen soul

I love and die.

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12. In silence we converse

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In silence we converse,

My Lord and I.

In silence we build each other

A hopeful sky.

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13. Give me a little time

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I shall know more;

Give me a little time.

My heart shall reach,

Without fail,

God’s God-Satisfaction-Door. ```

14. My ancient sadness

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My ancient sadness still

Haunts me, my soul.

I have not heard from God

My cosmic role.

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15. You can do your task

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Buddha under the tree

Drank deep the fount of Light.

You can do your task.

You fell the Titan tree

Of eyeless ignorance-night. ```

16. A too-familiar song

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A too-familiar song:

“I do not know.”

A too-unfamiliar song:

“My life shall grow;

My heart shall glow.” ```

17. A silver cry

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A silver cry

Has lifted my psychic sky

High, very high.

A silver cry

Tells me how, when and why

I shall in Heaven’s vaults fly.

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18. Two tutors

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Two are the tutors I need:

Faith-beauty’s cry,

Love-duty’s sky,

To feed my perfection-need.

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19. My heart swimming

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My heart swimming

In silver light.

My soul swimming

In ecstasy’s height.

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20. Your lively lustre

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Your lively lustre

Challenges death in life.

Your lovely life

Destroys the breath of strife.

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21. Flow forth my tears

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Flow forth my tears!

My promise I fail to keep.

I shall go back secretly

To ignorance-sleep.

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22. Silence-speed, Silence-seed

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O silence-speed,

I love your beauty’s flow.

O silence-seed,

I love your duty’s glow.

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23. Lord, give me

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Lord, give me Your Speed,

I need, I badly need.

Lord, give me Your Poise,

My heart’s only choice.

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24. Come out and bloom

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Come out and bloom:

No doom, no doom.

Come out and glow:

No blow, no blow.

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25. Because I love

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Because I love your soul,

You will win again.

Because I love your life,

Yours will be one life

Of constant gain. ```

26. Come, come to me

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Come, come to me.

I shall give you

My ecstasy-sea.

Come, come to me.

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27. My face tells me

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My face tells me

How far I am, how far.

Your Grace shows me

How close, how kind You are.

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28. Each day

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Each day I die with sleep, each day.

Each day I forget my God-Vision-Ray.

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29. Love and serve

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There is always

A time to love,

A time to serve.

When the morning dawns,

Love, love,

Become the breath of love.

When evening starts,

Serve, serve,

And be the breath, fulfilling and fulfilled,

Of God above.

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30. Give me the capacity

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O Lord Supreme,

Give me the capacity to conceal,

Give me the capacity to reveal.

I want to conceal my previous life-flow.

I want to reveal my present life-glow. ```

31. Now I understand

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Now I understand

Why God has stopped

Talking to me.

He does not talk to me

Because jealousy and insecurity

Have enveloped me totally —

Totally, mercilessly, unreservedly. ```

32. Alas, alas

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Alas, alas, even my own heart

Will not wait for me.

Alas, alas, even my own soul

Does not care for me.

Alas, alas, even my own God

Has forsaken me.

Alas, alas, even my dream-world

Has deserted me.

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33. One honest tear

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One honest tear

an spear the veil

Of earth-bound night

And herald the birth

Of God’s Transcendence-Height. ```

34. Only one deed

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Only one deed can feed my supreme need.

I shall sow the seed of love-oneness-light

And see inside the seed the tree,

The blossoming tree of Perfection-Delight.

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35. Fill my heart

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O, fill my heart

With a silence-glow.

My heart is battered

By falsehood’s giant blow.

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36. My teacher and my tutor

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Experience is my teacher.

I love him and I love him.

Realisation is my tutor.

I love plus I need him.

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37. Nothing worse, nothing better

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There is nothing worse than doubt.

There is nothing better than faith.

I stay with doubt

For its fire-pure change.

I love my faith’s

Indefinitely extended range.

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38. Kindle the fire

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O, kindle the fire of happiness!

Therein I shall seek

The door of friendliness,

The room of greatness

And the palace of goodness.

I shall see, I shall see.

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39. Dear friends

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Joy has a dear friend: simplicity.

Peace has a dear friend: sincerity.

Love has a dear friend: unity.

God has a dear friend: unconditional necessity.

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40. Stop!

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O busy mind, stop!

O busy vital, stop!

O busy body, stop!

O drowsy heart, stop!

O silver soul, move on,

Fly up, dive deep!

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41. I shall feed

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I shall feed my sacred flame

Inside the living breath of my heart,

Soulfully and devotedly.

Today I shall begin my journey’s start.

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42. It's too late

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It’s too late.

I ask my soul to come.

I ask my heart to come,

Personally.

Since time goes on

And waits for nobody,

I use the precious time

Here, right in front of me.

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43. I have sung

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Peace-song I have sung.

Bliss-song I have sung.

Love-song I have sung.

Surrender-song I have yet to sing.

Therefore, the master-singer in me

Remains still incomplete, unfulfilled.

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44. You have given me

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You have given me a full Eternity.

I have given You my heart’s gratitude-tree.

You have given me Infinity’s Light.

I am offering You my heart’s service-might.

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45. Ascend and descend

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My tears ascend.

My smiles descend.

While ascending, I become

The joy of Truth.

While descending, I become

The love of ruth.

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46. I shall awaken you

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My soulful heart,

My only all,

I shall awaken you

With God-Manifestation-Call.

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47. Divine

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How can I bark?

How can I shout?

Divine I am

Within, without.

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48. My silence-sun

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Splendid, my silence-sun.

Save you, my life

Shall always remain

Pitifully undone.

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49. You are calling me

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You are calling me.

I smile and smile.

I make no reply.

Why, you know;

Because I see in me

Your own Heartbeat flow.

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50. Soul of endless beauty

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O soul of endless beauty,

Do teach me the song:

Unity versus multiplicity.

You are the only one

Who knows the song.

Therefore, all souls

To you must throng. ```

51. You pray well

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You pray well.

Do you know why?

Because you cry well,

Because you love well,

Because you surrender well,

In the heart of silence-night,

In the soul of silence-light. ```

52. Two friends

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Two friends have I:

My hope-sky and my faith-sea.

They always let me fly

And swim unreservedly

And unconditionally,

Since the very day

Our friendship-banner we unfurled,

Under the sun-vast golden ray.

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53. Stop not

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O sweet inspiration,

Stop not,

Stop not.

Carry me farther down.

O my soulful aspiration,

Stop not,

Stop not

Until you have helped me

Reach my source,

My soul’s destination-crown.

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54. My secret

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My secret I reveal,

God is my pole-star-promise.

Therefore, I always dare and fulfil. ```

55. I spoke

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I spoke to God with a soulful smile.

I spoke to man with a doleful cry.

I spoke to the world with a truthful eye.

I spoke to myself with a fruitful heart-song.

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56. How I cried

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How I cried

When I heard I shall not see

Beauty-soul,

Purity-goal

And Divinity-role.

How I cried!

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57. Inspiration

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Inspiration takes me to

God the Length.

Aspiration takes me to

God the Height.

Realisation takes me to

God the Omnipotent.

Manifestation takes me to God

Where He dances

With earth’s penury

And with Heaven’s El Dorado.

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58. No haste

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No haste, no waste;

Taste nectar-delight.

Then on you proceed

To fight against teeming odds

Of ignorance-night. ```

59. Although

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Although I have failed,

I know I have tried.

Although I have cried,

I have failed.

Joy exists not

In our uncertain life.

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60. My birthright

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My Father has taught me

How to claim once more

My birthright.

Therefore I am divinely happy

Once more

And supremely proud

Once more. ```

61. My life, my heart

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Mine is the life

I have committed to Thy God-Serving.

Mine is the heart

I have committed to Thy God-Keeping.

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62. I kneel before Thee

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I kneel before Thee in prayer

With devotion pure.

I lift my soul

For You to console.

I try to live chaste in thought

To enjoy my Godward eternal destiny.

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63. Silence and sound

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Silence immaculate I need,

Sound fire-pure I need,

In my life of aspiration-flame

And in my life of dedication-game.

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64. Lord, keep me humble

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Lord, keep me humble,

This is what I pray,

To Thy gracious Will.

Make me holy wisdom-light

So that I can always

Against ignorance fight.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Journey's goal, part 6, 1981
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