My promise to God

1. My promise to God

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My promise to God

I tell you in secret supreme.

Don't let anybody else know.

If they hear, they will laugh and laugh.

My promise is God-manifestation.

And I tell you,

This promise of mine

Has been a steady,

Illumining

And fulfilling relationship with God. ```

2. An authentic power

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The peace-voice that breaks

Is an unauthentic power.

I knew it and I know it.

The love-choice that builds

Is an authentic power.

I knew it and I know it.

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3. Your heart was eclipsed

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Your heart was eclipsed by sin;

Therefore

Your body is exposed by failure.

And what is sin?

The strangling waves of your imagination-clouds.

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4. Two betrayers

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You are betrayed

By two things.

Do you know what they are?

They are your imagination-hunger

And

Your temptation-choice. ```

5. Drunk with joy

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Drunk with joy

I saw the Face of God.

Drunk with love

I touched the Heart of God.

Drunk with peace

I sat

Plus

Stayed at the Feet of God. ```

6. My dawn died with me

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My dawn died.

My dawn died with me

Reluctantly.

My noon dies.

My noon dies with me

Dauntlessly.

My evening shall die.

My evening shall die with me

Cheerfully.

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7. God's God-Compassion

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God calls it my divinity;

I call it God's God-Reality.

God calls it my perfection;

I call it God's God-Compassion. ```

8. Why do you quarrel?

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Why do you quarrel with your indolence?

Who created it, after all?

You and your own stupidity-life.

Why do you quarrel with your failure?

Who created it, after all?

You and your own insincerity-mind.

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9. When he was a baby God

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When he was a baby God

Everybody loved him.

When he was a grown-up God

Everybody needed him.

When he was an old God

Everybody claimed him,

Even the real God Himself.

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10. The road from dream to reality

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All his nights are dreams,

All his days are realities.

His aspiring life

And

His surrendering heart

Have built the road

That leads from the dream-sky

To the reality-land. ```

11. Lord, save me

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Lord, save me.

I talk too much.

Lord, save me.

I know so little. ```

12. You say

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You say

You are a God-lover.

I do not know

Why or how you can afford

To hesitate so much.

You say

You are a God-fulfiller.

I do not know

Why or how you can afford

To sleep so much.

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13. When I think

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When I think,

God shouts at me from a distance:

"Stop thinking."

When I concentrate,

God runs to me and says:

"Continue, continue, My son."

When I meditate,

God says:

"I am so happy that you know

the supreme secret."

When I contemplate,

God says:

"For both of us nothing can ever

remain undone." ```

14. My Lord Supreme blessed me

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My Lord Supreme blessed me

Not once, not twice

But thrice.

His first blessing gave me the power

To forget the hurting past.

His second blessing gave me the power

To face the challenging present.

His third blessing gave me the power

To welcome the fast-approaching future.

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15. A mantra is a seed

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A mantra is a seed.

It develops into a plant.

The plant grows into a tree.

The tree bears fruits.

But who can eat them?

Only he who is sincerity's delight

And

Intensity's height. ```

16. Capacity and necessity

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God, You have the capacity

And I have the necessity.

Let us try to become one.

I tell You,

Once we are fulfilled,

You will be proud of Your capacity

And I shall be proud of my necessity.

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17. I am sure

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I am sure of only three things:

My love

Is my God-application,

My service

Is my God-consecration,

My surrender

Is my God-perfection.

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18. What can you do for me?

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Inspiration, what can you do for me?

"I can tell you how near God is."

Aspiration, what can you do for me?

"I can tell you how great and good God is."

Realisation, what can you do for me?

"I can tell you how sincerely

and desperately

God needs you." ```

19. God respected my individuality

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God respected my individuality.

He never acted like an intruder.

He waited and waited

Until I finally invited Him.

Since God was so nice to me,

Let me also try to be nice to Him.

Let me unreservedly

Respect, honour and adore

His individuality's

Universality. ```

20. The illumining vision

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What is intuition?

The illumining vision of the seer.

What is realisation?

The perfection-sun of the Yogi. ```

21. I love patience

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I love patience

Because

It is mild.

I love patience

Because

It is sweet.

I love patience

Because

It is subtle.

I love patience

Because

It is enduring.

I love patience

Because

It overcomes all the buffets of my life.

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22. Alas, what can I do?

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I worship God.

The world does not care even to believe it.

Alas, what can I do?

I love the world.

God does not say that He at least believes it.

Alas, what can I do?

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23. I am flexible

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O earth, I am flexible.

I can be what you want me to be.

Just tell me what I should do.

O Heaven, I am alive.

I am eagerly waiting

To hear from you

How to please you

In your own way.

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24. Reality and totality

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What is love?

Love is the reality

Of the life-force.

What is oneness?

Oneness is the totality

Of Eternity's creation vast.

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25. God-life

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God-life is not the mere control

Of the physical breath.

God-life is the perfect regulation

Of the life-energy

In the soul's inimitable way.

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26. Revere and love

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The difference between

Religion and Yoga is this:

Religion reveres God

Openly and loudly.

Yoga loves God

Soulfully and unreservedly,

Constantly and unconditionally.

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27. My teachers' lessons

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My desire-teacher taught me:

"Life is matter-enveloped."

I believed him.

I really did.

My aspiration-teacher is teaching me:

"Life is soul-enclosed."

I believe him.

I really do.

I shall always believe him.

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28. Helpers

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Helpers invisible

All-where to be found.

Helpers visible

Nowhere to be found.

This is my unmistakable discovery.

I share it with you

Soulfully and unconditionally.

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29. Another name for justice

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Another name

For God's Justice

Is constant Forgiveness-light.

Another name

For man's justice

Is continuous forgetfulness-night.

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30. Leisure

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Leisure is not relaxation.

Leisure is not recreation.

Leisure is the continuous flying

of our fulfilling

and fulfilled

attention. ```

31. Don't deny it!

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Vital, don't deny it!

I saw you with your friend depression

This morning.

Mind, don't deny it!

I saw you with your friend suspicion

Last night.

Heart, don't deny it!

I saw you with your friend insecurity

Only yesterday.

You three are the least reliable friends.

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32. Three sweet discoveries

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I am the discoverer

Of three sweet discoveries:

God likes me.

God has real concern for me.

God considers me

A faithful instrument

Of His Vision-Will.

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33. A thing to be

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Aspiration

Is a thing to learn.

Illumination

Is a thing to feel.

Realisation

Is a thing to be. ```

34. His smile, his cry

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His soul-smile immortalises

The mortal part in me.

His heart-cry feeds

The flame divine in me. ```

35. The seer-poet

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The seer-poet smiles in the morning

At the rising sun

And cries in the evening

For the illumining moon.

The Yogi-poet glows

In realisation-day

And lives

In perfection-light. ```

36. On their way

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A liberated man

Is on his way to silence-soul.

A realised man

Is on his way to perfection-goal. ```

37. Two inventors

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God invented heart.

Man invented fear.

Why do we say that

Man is inferior to God?

God invented mind.

Man invented doubt.

Why do we say that

God is superior to man?

God created life.

Man created death.

Why do we not say that

Both are equal? ```

38. In the emptiness of thought

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In the blackness of thought

I saw my failure-night.

In the whiteness of thought

I saw my success-day.

In the emptiness of thought

I saw my progress-sun. ```

39. Dig, plough and sow

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Don't dig the past, don't dig.

The past is a painful experience.

Don't plough the barren field of the mind, don't plough.

The mind is a division-frustration.

Don't sow the dissatisfaction-seed in the heart, don't sow.

The heart is a satisfaction-light. ```

40. Mind and heart speak

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My mind says to my heart:

Heart, I have capacity.

But I want your ability, too.

My heart says to my mind:

Mind, I have no capacity of my own.

My capacity is all God-capacity.

How I wish

To share with you my

God-given

Capacity!

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41. I did not believe

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The God of Creation

I saw,

But I did not believe my eyes.

The God of Illumination

I felt,

But I did not believe my heart.

The God of Perfection

I became,

But I did not believe my life.

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42. The renunciate, I

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He had his head

Clean-shaven.

God showed him

A smiling face

But

Suffered a bleeding heart. ```

43. The renunciate, II

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He had his alms-bag

Hanging from his shoulder.

God said,

"Son, you

Can do something better."

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44. The renunciate, III

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He was clad

In a saffron robe.

God's Eye gave God

A painful experience. ```

45. The renunciate, IV

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He had a staff

In his hand.

God was searching

For His Satisfaction-Smile. ```

46. The renunciate, V

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Normal and natural

He stood soulfully facing God.

God in no time embraced him,

His whole earth-existence. ```

47. Why I am so happy today

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You want to know

Why I am so happy today.

I am telling you why:

My inner urge

To capture and embrace

The hiding inner man

Has become insistent, irresistible.

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48. In the wild confusion-market

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Suddenly he slipped away

From home

To embrace the life of solitude

And see the Face of God.

He saw God.

Where?

In the wild confusion-market

Of village-ignorance. ```

49. Everything is preordained

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No such thing as chance

In God's world.

In God's scheme of things

Everything is divinely and supremely

Preordained.

God wanted me to realise Him

And I have fulfilled

His Eternity's Desire. ```

50. Are you a Master?

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Are you a Master?

Then earth loves you.

Are you a path-finder?

Then Heaven loves you.

Are you a lover?

Then God not only loves you

But needs you, too.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,My promise to God, Bhakti Press, 1975
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