Somebody has to listen

1.

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Somebody has to listen.

Why not let me try

To be that fortunate one?

```

2.

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God the inner man

Gives me the capacity.

God the outer man

Gives me the responsibility. ```

3.

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O my faith-fountain-

Existence-light,

Only because of you

God is so close to me. ```

4.

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Be careful!

Your body's lethargy

And mind's frustrations

Are your

Most dangerous enemies.

```

5.

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God tells me that

It is infinitely easier

For Him to respond

To my aspiring heart

Than to answer

My questioning mind. ```

6.

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The beginning

May be a long road

But the satisfaction-end

Is always round. ```

7.

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Give your peace quickly

Before disquiet

Enters into you secretly.

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8.

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I may not need God

To give good advice,

But I do need God

And God's Compassion

To set good examples.

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9.

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There is no such thing

As

A little temptation.

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10.

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God accepts

My heart's tears

To make

My mind peaceful. ```

11.

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How can you sincerely

Pray to God

If you do not value

Your own heart-life? ```

12.

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Aspiration may

Be kept secret

But dedication must not

Be kept secret. ```

13.

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I do not believe

In a secret dedication.

I believe only

In a sacred dedication. ```

14.

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I walk with God

To take me

Where I am supposed to go,

And not

Where He Himself has to go.

```

15.

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Alas, my Lord

Has so many times told me

That He is really tired

Of my possession-greed. ```

16.

```

My renunciation-smile

Is the strength

Of my soul's joy.

```

17.

```

Anger says:

"I can destroy

The whole world."

Peace says:

"Not when I work

Inside you." ```

18.

```

God does not expect

Anything sublime

From our

Falsehood-infested world. ```

19.

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My heart's gratitude

Is

My life's plenitude.

```

20.

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I may not always

Please God,

But I can and must

Always try. ```

21.

```

O my mind,

I may not exactly know

What you have,

But I do know

What you truly are:

You are utterly stupid. ```

22.

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There is only one task:

To bask

In the Compassion-Sunshine

Of

My Lord Beloved Supreme.

```

23.

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Not only to make

My Lord Supreme happy,

But also to make myself

Infinitely happier,

I must forgive

My so-called enemies. ```

24.

```

The heart loves

Because to love

Is to become

The heart of goodness.

The mind loves

Because to love

Is to own

The thunder-sound

Of greatness.

```

25.

```

When the mind

Wants to divide,

It realises that

It is an impossible task.

When the heart

Wants to unite the world,

It feels that

God has already done it. ```

26.

```

Progress is

The only unmistakable

And laudable evidence

Of the spiritual life. ```

27.

```

The aspiring heart

Continued to struggle.

The doubting mind did not.

Naturally, the heart

Has won the victory

Which it so rightly

And richly deserves.

```

28.

```

Alas,

The man who thinks

That he is faultless

Has kept poor God

Unemployed.

```

29.

```

The right attitude

Is the winner and owner

Of divine plenitude.

```

30.

```

Success

Makes my vital cheerful.

Progress

Makes my heart peaceful. ```

31.

```

Walk with a saint.

You are bound to inherit

His peace-saintliness.

```

32.

```

The good man

Loves self-enlightenment.

The great man

Loves self-enlargement. ```

33.

```

Peace is not

The absence of power.

Peace is

The presence of love. ```

34.

```

If the heart

Is your choice,

Then the proud mouth

Cannot be your voice. ```

35.

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A misunderstood man

Is

A bullet-killed man.

```

36.

```

Comparison

Is

Progress-prison.

```

37.

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In my inner life,

What I need

Is the strength of peace.

In my outer life,

What I need

Is the flower of prayer.

```

38.

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An eagerness-breath

And a willingness-mind

Must always

Be found together

To bring about perfection.

```

39.

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The heart-illumination-temple

Has no

Mind-confusion-room.

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40.

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Frustration

Has been the mind's

Very old occupation.

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41.

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The mind

Must desire only

What the heart requires.

```

42.

```

A new age

Without a new Saviour

Is so strange.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Somebody has to listen, Agni Press, 1992
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