My prayer-life. My meditation-heart

Part I

1.1

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I pray

That I can teach my mind

Every day.

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PLM 1-17. The first 17 prayers in this book were written on 17 September 1981 in New York.↩

2.

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I pray

That I can think

Infinitely more

Of my aspiring friend,

My heart,

Than of my unaspiring

And disappointing enemies:

My lethargic body,

My aggressive vital

And my doubting mind. ```

3.

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I pray

That my life's deaf days

And blind nights

Have ended. ```

4.

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I pray

That I shall never question

My inner captain:

My soul. ```

5.

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I pray

That I may receive

Only God's Love,

Which the entire world

Can neither give me

Nor take away from me. ```

6.

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I pray

That I do not forget

What I have

In my aspiration-world:

Peace.

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7.

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I pray

That I do not forget

What I am

In my realisation-world:

Love.

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8.

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I pray

That I remember

Only one thing:

God's Forgiveness

Every day saves me.

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9.

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I pray

That God's Compassion-Sun

Never hides inside

My mental clouds. ```

10.

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I pray

That I do not overestimate

My love of God.

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11.

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I pray

That I do not underestimate

God's Love for me.

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12.

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I pray

That my pride

Will never exploit

God's Compassion-Sea. ```

13.

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I pray

That my impurity

Will never exploit

God's Forgiveness-Sky. ```

14.

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I pray

That I may study

The art of unlearning

Every day

Consciously

And devotedly. ```

15.

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I pray

That I can take off

Every day

Thirty-one minutes

From my mind-factory

To play with

My Beloved Supreme.

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16.

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I pray

That I do not disappoint

My Beloved Supreme

At the end

Of my journey's close.

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17.

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I pray

That I make a complete

And unconditional surrender

To my Beloved Supreme

At the very start

Of my Heavenly journey's dawn. ```

Part II

18.2

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My meditation

Is my soul's

Soundless sound-conversation

With my Inner Pilot.

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PLM 18-50. These 33 poems on meditation were written on 11 March 1989 in New York.↩

19.

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My meditation

Is my soul's

Most beautiful and most powerful

God-manifestation-dream

On earth.

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20.

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My meditation

Is my heart's

God-remembrance-silence-joy.

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21.

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My meditation

Is my heart's

God-Perfection-Satisfaction-song.

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22.

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My meditation

Is my mind's

Immediate doubt-departure.

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23.

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My meditation

Is my mind's

Instant ignorance-illumination

And

Bondage-liberation.

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24.

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My meditation

Is the Everest-summit-

Ascent-expedition

Of my vital. ```

25.

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My meditation

Is the very first

And never, never the last

God-Protection-Shelter

Of my vital.

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26.

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My meditation

Is the sunrise-smile

Of my body.

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27.

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My meditation

Is the power-flooded fort

Of my body.

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28.

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My meditation

Is my life's

Intensity-profundity-

Experience-delight. ```

29.

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My meditation

Is my life's sleepless

Willingness-surrender-gratitude

To my Beloved Supreme. ```

30.

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I meditate and meditate

And meditate

So that I can swim fast,

Very fast,

Against my mind's

Desire-current. ```

31.

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I meditate to fulfil

My blue-gold soul-bird's

God-manifestation-dream

Here on earth. ```

32.

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I meditate to soulfully offer

My purity-heart's

Devotion-tears

And my spontaneity-life's

Dedication-smiles

To my Pilot Supreme. ```

33.

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I meditate so that

I can directly learn

Hundreds of soulful

Heart-offering-songs

From God the Supreme Singer.

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34.

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I meditate to be

In the loving company

Of my heart's mounting

Aspiration-flames

And my life's spreading

Dedication-fragrance. ```

35.

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During my meditation,

I watch the dangerous fight

Between my mind's

Teeming doubts

And my heart's

Blossoming faith.

To my extreme joy,

My heart always wins. ```

36.

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During my deep meditation,

My soul cuts off

The worthless insecurity-branches

Of my aspiration-life-tree. ```

37.

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My Lord Supreme

Has repeatedly told me

That He will not be able

To treasure my meditation

As long as I have

A complexity-mind,

An insecurity-heart,

A hostility-vital

And

An impurity-body. ```

38.

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My Lord Supreme

Has time and again warned me

That my meditations will be

Complete failures

If I am vehemently strict

With others' imperfections

And extremely indulgent

With my own imperfections. ```

39.

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My soul is telling me

That only during

My soulful meditation

Can it forcefully stop

My wild vital from travelling

On dangerous desire-highways. ```

40.

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My meditation reaches

Its acme of perfection

Only when it sees

God's Compassion-Eye,

God's Forgiveness-Heart

And

God's Protection-Feet.

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41.

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In the small hours of the morning,

With my heart-purity's

Soulfulness-steps,

I embark on my meditation-journey. ```

42.

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When I unconditionally meditate,

God proudly drives me

In His Concern, Affection, Love

And Fondness-Limousine. ```

43.

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When I unconditionally meditate,

God makes me

His ever-transcending

Dream-Reality's perfection-partner. ```

44.

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When I unconditionally meditate,

God asks me to stand beside Him

While He is watching

His universal creation

From His transcendental

Vision-Balcony. ```

45.

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When I extol myself to the skies,

Because of my stupendous

Success-life,

My meditation-friend-commander

Commands my volcano-pride

To fall dead

At my sweet Lord's

Forgiveness-Feet. ```

46.

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My high meditation says

To my heart,

"Who tells you, my dear friend,

That you are always

Pitifully encaged?

Not true, not true." ```

47.

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My good meditation says

To my mind,

"Who tells you, my dear friend,

That you are always at the mercy

Of venomous doubts?

Not true, not true." ```

48.

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My deep meditation says

To my vital,

"Who tells you, my dear friend,

That you are always wildly enraged?

Not true, not true."

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49.

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My silent meditation says

To my body,

"Who tells you, my dear friend,

That you are always a victim

To worthless and useless lethargy?

Not true, not true." ```

50.

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When I have

A most illumining meditation,

My Lord Supreme smilingly,

Compassionately and blessingfully

Tells me,

"My child, take anything you want

Free of charge

From My Infinity's Treasure-Shop." ```

Part III

51.3

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My prayer says:

"God is great."

My meditation says:

"God is good."

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PLM 51-59. These nine poems on prayer and meditation were written on 17 November 1991 in San Francisco.↩

52.

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My prayer and God

Cry together.

My meditation and God

Smile at each other. ```

53.

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My prayer is my faith

In God.

My meditation is God's faith

In me. ```

54.

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My prayer says,

"God, where are You?"

My meditation says,

"God, where are You not?" ```

55.

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My prayer tells me

That the road to God

Is sincerity.

My meditation tells me

That the road to God

Is God Himself. ```

56.

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My prayer is God's Concern

For me.

My meditation is my concern

For God. ```

57.

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My prayer is my mind's

Future smile.

My meditation is God's

Present Smile. ```

58.

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When I pray, God asks me

To keep my mouth shut

And open my heart.

When I meditate, God sees

That my heart's door

Is wide open. ```

59.

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My prayer

Is my God-Destination-cry.

My meditation

Is my God-Arrival-smile. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,My prayer-life. My meditation-heart, Agni Press, 1999
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