The lotus-grove of my heart

Dedication

President Gorbachev, my most Beloved President, lovingly, soulfully and devotedly I am dedicating my “The Lotus-Grove of My Heart” to your infinite Kindness-Heart and Goodness-Life.

You are at once my life’s Hero and my heart’s Idol.

Sri Chinmoy October 15th, 2006

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Forward I march

To surprise man. ```

2.

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Inward I dive

To surprise God. ```

3.

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Upward I fly

To surprise my eyes. ```

4.

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I wish

To be fruitful. ```

5.

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God wants me

To be faithful. ```

6.

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God loves to be

An incognito silence-traveller. ```

7.

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I love to be

A thunderbolt-traveller. ```

8.

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The doubting mind

Is

A God-deserter-rogue.

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9.

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The blossoming heart

Is

A God-asserter-hero.

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10.

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The world is full of

God-talkers,

But shockingly short of

God-lovers. ```

11.

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God Himself

Is cherishing

My farewell-surprise-speech

To ignorance-night. ```

12.

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All problems disappear

When my streaming tears

And God’s beaming Smiles

Appear. ```

13.

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I need

A flood of tears

For my flight to Heaven.

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14.

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God needs

A chorus of cheers

For His flight to earth.

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15.

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To be happy,

I need my mind

To unlearn.

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16.

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To be happy,

I need my heart

To expand.

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17.

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To be happy,

I need my life

To forgive.

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18.

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Helpless,

God was caught

When He was sought

By my heart’s bleeding tears. ```

19.

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God appreciates me

When I write Him a letter

Every day.

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20.

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I appreciate God

When He writes me

At least

Three letters a day. ```

21.

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Glorify

Your blue-gold soul. ```

22.

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Feed

Your hungry heart. ```

23.

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God is pleased with me

Only when I have

A soaring heart

And

A roaring life.

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24.

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Man cleverly shelters

His weaknesses. ```

25.

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God fondly shelters

Man’s virtues. ```

26.

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When I become

One hundred per cent

God-dependence-Grace,

God immediately shows me

His descending earth-bound Face.

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27.

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When I am

In love with God,

I am perfect perfection.

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28.

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When I am

In love with myself,

I am minus perfect.

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29.

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When I am

In love with the world,

I sadly fail

And my life begins

Its life-imprisonment.

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30.

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When the souls share

Their sweetness-fondness-dreams,

God immediately begins

His self-amorous Dance. ```

31.

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A success-life

May enslave us. ```

32.

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A progress-life.

Without fail,

Embraces the whole world.

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33.

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God constantly

Thinks of me —

That is no new news.

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34.

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When I think of God

Once in a blue moon,

It becomes universally

The top news. ```

35.

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The Source and the Destination

Are fond of playing

Hide-and-seek.

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36.

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While I am on earth,

I can frequent

God’s Heights.

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37.

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I can frequent

God’s climbing Heights

Only when I am up to date

With God’s ever-blossoming Dreams. ```

38.

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My unconditional God-surrender

Means that I am at once

Excellent and perfect

At playing

God’s birthless and deathless Games.

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39.

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I love to speak

To God’s golden Feet. ```

40.

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God loves to speak

To my broken heart. ```

41.

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God can wait for me

Eternally. ```

42.

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I cannot wait for God

Even momentarily. ```

43.

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When I see God’s Face,

I am only half-satisfied. ```

44.

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When I clasp God’s Feet,

I am fully satisfied. ```

45.

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When God and I

Walk together,

God leads me cheerfully.

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46.

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When God and I

Walk backwards,

I lead God proudly.

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47.

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God is eager to take care of

My unworthiness,

But He will never take care of

My unwillingness. ```

48.

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Insincerity came —

I fought and won.

Impurity came —

I fought and won.

Desire came —

I fought and won.

Finally, God-surrender came —

I won and won, forever. ```

49.

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God tells me,

If I am ready to be responsible

For my present blunders,

Then He will be responsible

Not only for my past blunders

But also for my future blunders. ```

50.

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My soul laughs and laughs

When the hostile forces speak

In God’s Name.

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51.

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Alas, I am waiting for the day

When I shall wake up

In God's Promise-Land

Smiling, singing and dancing! ```

52.

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When we pray to God

To protect us from disobedience,

He not only saves us from disobedience,

But also increases our obedience-capacity. ```

53.

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By blaming God,

We get happiness. ```

54.

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By claiming us,

God gets Happiness. ```

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God-disobedience

Is

A spirituality-fracture-experience.

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56.

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“No more God!”

Says the mind. ```

57.

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“God, more ever more!”

Is the need of the heart. ```

58.

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My Lord,

Do increase my aspiration

Infinitely more

So that I can come out of

My mind-world-prison

And run into

Your Heart-Home.

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59.

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What cripples a seeker?

Self-doubt. ```

60.

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What cures a seeker?

God-longing-tears. ```

61.

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I chose to remember

All my mistakes,

But God chose not to.

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62.

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Every day I pray to God

To bless me

With the rebirth

Of my surrender-life. ```

63.

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My heart-dictionary

Houses only one word:

God-surrender.

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64.

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Intelligence

Sprouts everywhere. ```

65.

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Diligence

Is scarcely available. ```

66.

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Mysticism

Is the harbinger

Of an unseen Reality-Hand.

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67.

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The raining Grace of God

Is the fragrance-heart

Of man.

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68.

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Wake up, my heart, wake up

To see the setting peace-sun

And the rising beauty-moon!

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69.

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Yesterday

Was my mind’s

Desire-extinction-day.

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Today

Is my heart’s

Aspiration-illumination-day.

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71.

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Tomorrow

Will be my life’s

Liberation-celebration-day.

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72.

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There shall come a time,

I am sure,

When God’s Compassion-Eye

Shall fulfil

All my sweet

God-manifestation-dreams. ```

73.

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God drastically ignores

My impatience-mind. ```

74.

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God blessingfully, unreservedly

And unconditionally embraces

My patience-heart.

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75.

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The mind needs

A round of applause

From the world,

But the heart needs

Only one Affection-Bliss-Embrace

From God. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The lotus-grove of my heart, Agni Press, 2006
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