Power and love

1.

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Power conquers.

Love wins. ```

2.

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Power devours.

Love feeds. ```

3.

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Power says to me,

"Come here!"

Love says to me,

"Let us be together,

Always together."

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4.

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Power says to me,

"Go away!"

Love says to me,

"We are our Eternity's oneness." ```

5.

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Power does not know

What it is doing

And

Why it is doing.

Love knows

What it is doing

And

Why it is doing. ```

6.

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Power is superiority's head.

Love is equality's heart. ```

7.

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Power and truth

Are often strangers

To each other.

Love and truth

Are two mutual

Admirers and supporters.

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8.

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The hands of

Power

Are often destructive.

The hands of

Love

Are always creative.

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9.

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Power's blindness

Power is rarely aware of.

Love's oneness

Love is always conscious of. ```

10.

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Power, name and fame

Together march.

Destination: nowhere.

Love, oneness and fulness

Together fly.

Destination: Heaven's smile-blossoms.

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11.

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Power is

Heaviness-haughtiness-mind.

Love is

Sweetness-fondness-heart. ```

12.

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Power is

Duty-emptiness.

Love is

Duty-willingness. ```

13.

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Power is narrow.

Power is shallow.

Power is callous.

Love is auspicious.

Love is gracious.

Love is precious.

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14.

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Power does not think;

Therefore, it sinks.

Love sings God's Songs;

Therefore, it is a God-bliss-singer. ```

15.

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Power is

Self-aggrandisement.

Love is

God-enlightenment. ```

16.

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Ultimately,

Power and frustration

Are compelled to walk along

The destruction-road.

Eternally,

Love and fulfilment

Are favoured by God Himself

To walk along

The satisfaction-road.

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17.

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Power tries to

Conceal its weakness.

Love spontaneously not only

Reveals its strength,

But also God's Power.

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18.

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Power used;

Gone, completely gone.

Love used;

Expands, multiplies. ```

19.

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Power keeps God's Grace

At a distance.

Love not only values

But also treasures

Sleeplessly and breathlessly

God's Grace. ```

20.

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Power

Does not want to carry anybody

But wants to be carried

By the whole world.

Love

Carries each and every human being

From the cradle to the grave.

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21.

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When the world suffers,

Power does not shed

Even a single tear.

When the world suffers,

Love becomes

A sea of tears.

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22.

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Power is

Complicated-mind's wild adventure.

Love is

Simple-heart's cheerful journey. ```

23.

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There is not a single day

That power does not give trouble

To poor God.

There is not a single day

That love does not give joy

To its Beloved Supreme.

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24.

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When power wants to speak to God,

God tells power,

"I do not have much time,

Tell Me everything in a nutshell."

When love wants to speak to God,

God tells love,

"Since Eternity is at My disposal,

I am eager to hear from you in detail." ```

25.

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Power's promises

Can never be taken seriously.

Love's promises

Are doubtless fulfilments. ```

26.

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Power takes a tremendous start,

But never wins the inner race.

Love, no matter how it starts,

Always wins the race. ```

27.

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The stupidity of power

Wants to interview God.

The wisdom of love

Is always eager to pursue God. ```

28.

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Unfortunately,

The very nature of outer power

Works unwisely, hurtfully

And maliciously.

Fortunately,

The very nature of inner love

Works lovingly, graciously

And self-givingly. ```

29.

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When power conducts me,

I see God's Feet nowhere.

When love leads me,

I see God's Feet everywhere. ```

30.

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Power quenches the thirst

Of my mind's eye.

Love feeds the hunger

Of my life's heart. ```

31.

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Because of power's supremacy,

Our world is heavy

With evening sighs.

Because of love's intimacy,

Our world is light

With morning songs.

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32.

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Power misused is as useless

As a handful of ashes.

Love properly used is as beautiful

And useful

As the starlit sky.

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33.

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Power is

Man's sweet dream-slayer.

Love is

Man's sweet dream-fulfiller. ```

34.

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Every day

Power brings embarrassments to God.

Every day

Love brings refreshments to God. ```

35.

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Power does not know

What self-offering is.

Love's very existence

Is founded upon self-offering. ```

36.

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Power has no power to change

The darkness of the world.

Love hurls not only defiance

At the darkness of the world,

But is absolutely certain

In transforming

World-darkness into world-light.

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37.

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Power flies to meet

With power's allies: super-powers.

Love travels to meet

With love's only Friend: God. ```

38.

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Power's Bible

Is for God's Justice-unbelievers.

Love's Gospel

Is for God's Justice-believers,

God's Compassion-dreamers

And for

God's Forgiveness-treasurers.

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39.

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Power is

A mind-sophisticated frown.

Love is

A God-intoxicated smile. ```

40.

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Power lives inside

Its own volcano-laughter.

Love lives inside

God's sunshine-Smile. ```

41.

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Each new beginning of power

Is world-punishment.

Each new beginning of love

Is world-enlightenment. ```

42.

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Power's palace

Has no God-entry.

Love's cottage

Has only a God-entrance all around. ```

43.

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Power dies

In power's own hands.

Love lives

At God's own Feet. ```

44.

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Power:

Who are you?

Love:

You I am. ```

45.

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God's Justice

Demands power's

Immediate presence.

God's Delight

Blessingfully offers love

Its immediate embrace.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Power and love, Agni Press, 1996
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