Success-jumps, progress-songs

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Success-jumps

I jumped and jumped

At the Feet

Of my Lord Supreme.

Progress-songs

I sing and sing

Inside the Heart

Of my Beloved Supreme. ```

2.

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Obedience

Is the only identification

Needed to enter

Into God's Heart-Home. ```

3.

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Purity

Cares.

Impurity

Dares. ```

4.

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Sound,

Don't touch me.

You are untouchable.

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5.

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Silence,

Let me touch you.

You are so loveable.

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6.

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My mind proudly

Wants to interview God.

My heart devotedly

Longs to review God. ```

7.

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My Lord,

Will you not help me

To catch my mind-thief

Red-handed? ```

8.

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God's Pride in me

Means

My faith in action.

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9.

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I am not at all curious

To know what God feels

Inside my heart.

I am all curious

To know what God thinks

Of my mind.

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10.

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The mind

Is a voracious eater

Of doubt and disbelief.

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11.

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Alas,

So often expectations

Are doomed

To dismal disappointments. ```

12.

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The limping doubt

And

The crawling despair

Never reach

The destination.

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13.

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My Mother God

Protects my life.

My Father God

Perfects my heart. ```

14.

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The mind

Enjoys conspiracy.

The heart

Enjoys ecstasy. ```

15.

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I want to know

Where God is.

God wants me to know

Who I am. ```

16.

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God-reliance

Is

The perfect sail

Of my life-boat. ```

17.

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May each aspiration-heart-garden

Nowhere see

Impurity-weeds.

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18.

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Impatience-tiger-mind,

I do not want you.

Never.

Patience-tortoise-heart,

I love you.

I need you.

Always.

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19.

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God supremely enjoys

Watching my gratitude-heart-bird

Fly in my life-surrender-sky.

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20.

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May my mind

Think of God only.

May my heart

Love God only.

May my life

Need God only,

Until the final end of time.

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21.

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In your mind-belief

Be not lukewarm

If success is what you want.

In your heart-faith,

Be not lukewarm

If progress is what you need.

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22.

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O bumpy period of my life,

You have immensely increased

The immensity of my heart's

God-hunger-necessity.

Therefore, to you,

My heart is all gratitude. ```

23.

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God Himself removes

All disabilities,

Inner and outer,

From his supremely chosen

Self-giving children.

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24.

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Dive deep within we must

To see God with a unique present

In His blessingful Hands

At every moment. ```

25.

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God is

God's Compassion-drill.

I am

My heart's devotion-thrill. ```

26.

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Peace-birds

Always fly

Carrying

My Soul's Silence-Fragrance. ```

27.

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As desire-disappointment

My mind is,

Even so,

Aspiration-enlightenment

My heart is.

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28.

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Each human being

Is a helpless victim

To his own desire-shadow.

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29.

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No heart

Can breathe

Without hope-flames.

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30.

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Forgiveness

My mind needs

From God.

Fulness

My heart needs

From God.

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31.

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If you never

Take God seriously,

How will you ever

Self-givingly please Him? ```

32.

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My soul,

If you do not teach me,

Who will?

My heart,

If you do not love me,

Who will?

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33.

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There is no fixed hour

When you should unfurl

Your aspiration-sails.

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34.

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I do not want to suffer

In my life

Only from one thing:

Aspiration-starvation. ```

35.

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Be careful of insecurity.

It spreads

Oneness-death-seeds

All-where. ```

36.

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Determination-famine

Announces

Death's arrival.

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37.

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A desireless moment

Is

A faultless enlightenment.

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38.

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The inner thrill-fragrance

Is what my heart

Sleeplessly longs for.

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39.

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God Himself

Cultivates

Our dream-heart-gardens.

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40.

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Selflessness-life

You have

Because God-oneness-heart

You are. ```

41.

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Each mind has something

New to say.

Each heart has something

New to give.

Each life has something

New to become. ```

42.

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Our human life wants

Man-supremacy-foundation.

Our divine life needs

God-Ecstasy-Foundation. ```

43.

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Eagerness needs no visa

To enter into

The newness-kingdom.

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44.

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Devotion-exhibition

I was.

Devotion-penetration

I am. ```

45.

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Man claps

When I quickly succeed.

God claps

When I unconditionally proceed. ```

46.

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My mind-slavery

I was.

My heart-bravery

I am. ```

47.

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The God-surrender-prayer

Is

The most powerful prayer.

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48.

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I must never

Lose the beauty

Of my tearful eyes.

I must never

Lose the fragrance

Of my grateful heart.

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49.

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Gratitude

Is the perfection

Of my heart-lotus-bloom.

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50.

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Heart-power-shortage-seekers

Can never succeed

In pleasing God

In His own Way. ```

51.

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Self-doubt

Is a self-imposed

Torture-punishment.

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52.

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Life-progress

Always depends on

Heart-receptivity.

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53.

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O my mind,

You can make me happy

Only when you become

A mountain-majesty-poise. ```

54.

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A willingness-heart-seeker

Receives an inner

Olympic gold medal

From God Himself. ```

55.

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To self-doubt, yesterday,

"No," I said.

To self-importance, today,

"No," I say. ```

56.

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Fear dies

Only when you

Close the eyes

Of fear. ```

57.

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Doubt dies

Only when you

Punch the head

Of doubt. ```

58.

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Jealousy dies

Only when you

Twist the tail

Of jealousy. ```

59.

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Insecurity dies

Only when you

Burst open the heart

Of insecurity. ```

60.

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God takes a very long time

Before He hears

My mind-stories.

God in no time

Hears

My heart-songs.

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61.

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Silence-tears,

How sweet you are.

Gratitude-smiles,

How beautiful you are. ```

62.

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O my heart's rainbow-dream-boat,

Stop not.

Sail on,

Sail on,

Sail on.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Success-jumps, progress-songs, Agni Press, 1994
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