My life-boat's Dream-Reality-Shore

1.

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Every day I challenge myself.

I forgive the unforgivable —

My mind.

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2.

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Every morning my Lord Supreme

Helps me renew

My heart-committee-membership.

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3.

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Peace is more than

A friendship-story.

Peace is a oneness-song.

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4.

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My Lord,

Each time I look at

Your Sweetness-Eye,

You give me a portion

Of Your Fulness-Heart.

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5.

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My Lord,

My mind desires

Many things from You.

But my heart desires

Only a small space

At Your Compassion-Feet. ```

6.

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I owe nothing to my face.

But I owe everything to my heart. ```

7.

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Every day

At least for an hour,

I enjoy a heart-to-heart talk

With my soul. ```

8.

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My Lord Supreme

Compassionately tells me

That there is no "cut-off time"

for my nature's transformation. ```

9.

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Where do I see my mind?

I see my mind inside withering hopes.

Where do I feel my heart?

I feel my heart inside blossoming promises. ```

10.

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With his mind's capacities

He is surprising the world.

With his heart's capacities

He is obeying and pleasing

Only His Lord Supreme.

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11.

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Strength indomitable

Comes not from outer exercise

But from inner awakening.

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12.

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May each day for me

Usher in

A God-satisfaction-hope.

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13.

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Yesterday God the Compassion

Took away from me

My ego-bloated mind.

Today God the Satisfaction

Is receiving from me

My aspiration-flooded heart. ```

14.

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Illumination my mind needs.

Realisation my heart needs.

Transformation my life needs.

And what do I need?

I need God's Compassion-Forgiveness.

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15.

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You can enter directly

Into the aspiration-garden

Without tip-toeing

Through the desire-forest. ```

16.

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Hope-beauty starts

The inner journey.

Faith-purity completes

The inner journey. ```

17.

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Never too late for the mind

To lose doubt-weight

And for the heart

To gain faith-strength. ```

18.

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Yesterday I performed

Three real miracles,

And these three miracles

Lasted for the entire day:

I conquered my negativity-mind.

I proclaimed the victory

Of my willingness-heart,

And I became my life's

Unconditional surrender to God's Will.

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19.

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My aspiration-heart

And my dedication-life

Fondly and proudly

Depend on each other. ```

20.

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Freedom is God-discovery.

Freedom is self-mastery.

Freedom is satisfaction-recovery.

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21.

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I could not realise God

In the heights of my grasp.

But I did realise God

In the depths of my love. ```

22.

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My aspiration-heart asks me

To look upward to see God's Feet,

Which are so merciful.

My dedication-life asks me

To look forward to see God's Eyes,

Which are so beautiful. ```

23.

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If you forgive the world,

God will use your fragrance-heart

As His cherished Throne.

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24.

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Willingness-capacity is at once

Most beautiful and most powerful. ```

25.

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Alas, my heart stands

In between

My delayed aspiration

And my decayed perfection. ```

26.

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Not a fear-prompted prayer

But a love-inspired meditation

Can and does gladden God's Heart.

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27.

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When I am in my mind's

Possession-world,

My life is a problem.

When I am in my hearts

Renunciation-world,

My life is a privilege. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,My life-boat's Dream-Reality-Shore, Agni Press, 1991
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