A love-bathed heart

1.

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A love-bathed heart

Will always have

A cheerfully blossoming faith.

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2.

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The man of the mind

Quite often is forced

To live in self-exile.

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3.

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True, right now

I do not know how,

But there must be a way

For me to satisfy

My Lord Supreme

In His own Way. ```

4.

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God's Compassion

Makes us feel

That we are really important.

But God's Compassion

Can easily remain

Independent of our service. ```

5.

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God's Compassion

And God's Affection:

These are my only

Trusted companions. ```

6.

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Every day I am aspiring

For a newborn hope

To break asunder

My mind's bondage-chains. ```

7.

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May the flames of peace-torch

Kindle and awaken

Each and every world-citizen.

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8.

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God wants me to be

The commander of my mind

And not

The servitor of my mind. ```

9.

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If you live

Always in the mind,

Then you are bound to arrive

At the dry shores

Of nothingness.

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10.

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I bow

To every God-seeking heart.

I salute

Every God-searching mind. ```

11.

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I shall definitely succeed,

For my eyes

Are full of dreams,

And my heart

Is full of promises.

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12.

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Mine is the mind

That does not know

When to embark on

The God-journey.

Mine is the heart

That does not want to know

When to stop

The God-journey. ```

13.

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Whom are you trying to fool —

God the Wisdom

Or God the Compassion?

You fool!

You cannot deceive either one.

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14.

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He who tells us

There is no use

In running further,

Will die

With his pessimistic cries.

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15.

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Beautiful

Is the sunrise of the heart.

Peaceful

Is the sunset of the mind. ```

16.

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With peace

In your mind-pocket,

You can never be

A poor truth-seeker

And God-lover.

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17.

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May my inner life be

A constant

Aspiration-practice-joy.

May my outer life be

A constant

Dedication-practice-joy.

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18.

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A child of God-dreams

Lives not

In the mind of the future,

But in the heart

Of the eternal Now.

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19.

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Actions dictated by insecurity

Will never be able

To see the face

Of life-satisfaction-victory. ```

20.

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No matter how hard I try,

I cannot escape from

A doubtful mind,

A fearful heart

And a sorrowful life.

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21.

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When I pray,

I try to pray

With the beauty

Of a flower-mind.

When I meditate,

I try to meditate

With the fragrance

Of a flower-heart. ```

22.

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What I need

Is a gratitude-heart-compass

That always points

In God-Satisfaction-direction. ```

23.

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Is there any day

When God does not suffer

From His own

Unanswered Calls? ```

24.

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A thought-bound life

Is undoubtedly

Mankind's

Ignorance-inheritance. ```

25.

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God does not mind

If you do not give Him credit

For your outer success

And inner progress.

But God does mind

If you make friends

With pride and haughtiness

When success and progress

Bring you forward.

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26.

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The mind's absurd statement is:

God's Compassion-Voice

Remains unheard.

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27.

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There is nothing to choose

Between

An illusion-mind

And a confusion-life. ```

28.

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No, the human life

Is not meant to be

A long desire-walk,

But a fast aspiration-run. ```

29.

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When the heart cries

From devotion-depths,

God's Compassion-Light

Cannot remain hidden. ```

30.

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Both the cries of a child-heart

And the smiles of a child-heart

Are destined to fly

In God's unhorizoned Sky. ```

31.

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Until the soul's illumination

Takes place,

The confusion of the mind

Will blind us,

Threaten us

And frighten us. ```

32.

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No mind-discovered

Philosophy

Can ever nourish

A God-hungry heart,

Not to speak of

God-envisioning soul. ```

33.

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You are bound to succeed fast,

Very fast,

In the inner life,

If you cheerfully

And soulfully feed

Each and every

Aspiration-flame

Of your heart. ```

34.

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Every day

My soul compassionately

Whispers to my mind:

"My child, move out of

The desire-neighbourhood

Immediately.

Do not delay."

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35.

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May my life be found

Only in my high

Aspiration-hopes,

And nowhere else. ```

36.

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My Lord is always happy

To be able to be proud

Of my continued

Progress-smile-eyes. ```

37.

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In vain the doubting mind

Tries to keep

The aspiring heart

From its daily

God-correspondence.

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38.

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By singing only God-songs,

We can strengthen

Our upward longing

And inward diving. ```

39.

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The hope

Of my heart dies

When my mind

Does not cry. ```

40.

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God's Forgiveness

Does not mind

When we blame God

For our mistakes.

But God's Forgiveness

Does mind

When we blame

Other human beings

For our mistakes.

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41.

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A life empty of devotion

Cannot be free from

A ceaseless desire-hunger.

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42.

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Love the world

With your heart's dreams.

Serve the world

With your life's promises. ```

43.

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My Lord,

Will You ever smile at me?

I have completely exhausted

All my capacities

Inner and outer

To make You smile at me. ```

44.

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The sincere heart

Works for God

Untiringly.

The clever mind

Works for God

Only when God is looking.

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45.

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God's Justice-Hand slaps us

Not to hurt us,

But to perfect us

And remind us

Of our divine destiny.

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46.

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Desire-hunger does not know

What God-Satisfaction is.

Aspiration-hunger does not

Even want to know

Anything other than

God-Satisfaction. ```

47.

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The strength of the body,

The energy of the vital,

The clarity of the mind,

The purity of the heart

And the divinity of the soul

God created

To please the capacity

Of His own Vision-Eye. ```

48.

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Even for a fleeting second

If you make friends

With doubt,

You may suffer from

A tragic aspiration-shortage.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,A love-bathed heart, Agni Press, 1993
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