Song-flowers, part 3

In His Inner Heart

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In His inner Heart

I am my Lord’s only choice.

In His outer Life

I am my Lord’s only Voice.

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Lifting Up the World

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Lifting up the world

With a oneness-heart,

The Hour of God

And His Victory-Start.

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I Am Happy Because I Still Need God (2)

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I am happy because I still need God.

God is happy because I still love Him.

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Are You There, God?

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Are You there, God?

Would You mind

Coming over to me

With Your Compassion-Eye

And Your Forgiveness-Heart? ```

I Have Forgotten to Love God

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I have forgotten to love God,

But God has not forgotten to forgive me.

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Once You Start Singing

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Once you start singing

Your heart’s surrender-song,

Do not stop! Do not stop! Do not stop! ```

Allow Not Your Vital-Horse

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Allow not your vital-horse

To frighten your heart-bird.

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Aspiration-Garden

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Aspiration-garden will become dry

If there is no enthusiasm-gardener.

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Why Are You Shopping?

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Why are you shopping

Inside the mind-cave?

The heart-department store

Is right in front of you!

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Each Happy Life-Car

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Each happy life-car needs

An encouragement-engine.

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God Wants You to Know

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God wants you to know

That He has not yet

Finished your life’s portrait

To His satisfaction.

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A True God-Lover Does Not Grow Older

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A true God-lover

Does not grow older.

He only becomes wiser. ```

The Choice Is Yours

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The choice is yours:

Either you will please God’s Heart,

Or continue pleasing your mind. ```

Every Day, Without Fail

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Every day, without fail,

God sends a Compassion-Letter

To all God-lovers and servers. ```

Yesterday I Was God's Faithful Dog

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Yesterday

I was God’s faithful dog.

Today

I am His beautiful lamb.

Tomorrow

I shall be His powerful lion. ```

My Love of God Is Not a Loan from God

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My love of God

Is not a loan from God,

But a gift from God. ```

God's Earth-Transformation-Organ

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May my life-breath become

The resonance of God’s

Earth-transformation-organ.

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My Lord, I Am Not Crying

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My Lord, I am not crying

For Your smiling Face.

But I am waiting

For Your Command Supreme.

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A Thousand Promises

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My mind is made of a thousand promises.

My heart is made of one single need:

Sleepless love of God. ```

God's Tennis Court

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God’s Tennis Court

Is meant only for those

Who like to play all the time

Surrender-game. ```

My Inner Faith-Doctor

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My inner faith-doctor easily cures

My outer doubt-disease.

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At Any Time

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At any time, you can visit God.

He has a twenty-four-hour

Visiting service. ```

My Love of God and God's Love of Me

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My love of God and God’s love of me

Enjoy giving mutual shelter. ```

Yesterday I Was Crawling

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Yesterday

I was crawling.

Today

I am climbing.

Tomorrow

God and I will be together

Dancing. ```

What Your Heart Needs

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What your heart needs every morning

Is a fragrant prayer-flower.

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God's Motto

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God’s motto is:

Wake up!

Man’s motto is:

Lord, do not give me up. ```

Drive Forward

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Drive forward, drive forward,

Your life-car does not need

Reverse gear. ```

God Triumphantly Thrives (2)

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God triumphantly thrives

On man’s beautifully happy smile. ```

When God Comes into Your Life

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When God comes into your life,

He brings His Compassion-Child

To breathe inside your aspiration-heart. ```

I Am Not Sorry, O My Sleeping Mind

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I am not sorry,

O my sleeping mind,

That I woke you up, never!

I am not sorry.

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Something for Nothing

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Something for nothing

Only clever men can expect.

Nothing for something

Only poor God can accept.

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Beauty Is Wisdom

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Beauty is wisdom.

Purity is freedom.

Oneness is realisation.

Perfection is satisfaction.

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One Question Remained (2)

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One question

Remained,

Remains,

And will always

Remain unanswered:

Who is not God?

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It Shall Never Happen

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It shall never happen.

I shall never eat my

Realisation-fruit all alone.

It shall never happen.

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Father, O Father

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Father, O Father,

What do You do

Here in my heart?

“I dream My cosmic Dream.”

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His Is the Magic Smile (1)

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His is the magic smile

That every day eclipses

My heart’s excruciating pangs. ```

To See God the Light

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To see God the Light,

To feel God the Light,

To become God the Light:

This is the only goal

Of my meditation. ```

Your Business Is to Begin (1)

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Your business is to begin.

God’s Business is to finish.

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Regularity Is the Temple (2)

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Regularity is the temple.

Punctuality is the shrine.

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I Meditate Because I Must (1)

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I meditate because I must.

I love because I am God’s. ```

I Found Many Short Cuts (1)

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I found many short cuts

To God-realisation.

But not even one short cut

To God-manifestation. ```

Beauty-Flames

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Beauty-flames

From Heaven’s soul

I receive.

Duty-fire

From earth-heart

I receive.

Immortality-sun

From God-Eye

I receive. ```

The Songs of My Tomorrow's Heart

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The songs of my tomorrow’s heart

Are melting my today’s mind. ```

A God-Loving Heart

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A God-loving heart

And a self-giving life

Are always absolutely

Foolproof.

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I Love Myself

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I love myself

Because I need God

And nobody else.

Never!

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I Think of God

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I think of God because

I need God’s Power.

God thinks of me because

He needs my love.

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God Loves Me — I Mean My Sincere Cry

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God loves me — I mean my sincere cry.

God wants me — I mean my simple life.

God needs me — I mean my pure heart. ```

What I Need Is a God-Climbing Heart (2)

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What I need is a God-climbing heart,

And not a God-manufacturing mind. ```

If You Do Not Have a Sense of Humour (2)

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If you do not have a sense of humour,

Then God will not choose you

To be in His close Company.

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The Life-Boat of a Gratitude-Heart

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The life-boat of a gratitude-heart

Is always tied to God’s

Supreme Satisfaction-Ship. ```

You Are Right

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You are right.

God loves you dearly.

You are perfect.

God needs you daily.

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God's Pen

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If it is God’s pen,

It will never run out

Of Compassion-ink.

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When My Heart's Silence Knocks

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When my heart’s silence knocks

At God’s Door,

God immediately reveals

His Infinity’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```

God Cries Only Once

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God cries only once:

When I tell Him

That I do not deserve Him. ```

Earth's Sad Cry

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Earth’s sad cry:

God is not approachable.

Heaven’s sad cry:

God is concerned more about earth. ```

Wherever He Goes

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Wherever he goes

His heart carries for him

A thousand prayer-flowers. ```

God Invited Me to Eat with Him

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God invited me to eat with Him

And choose anything I want from Him.

I invited God to eat with me

And lose everything in my hunger-cry.

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Nothing But Fun

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Heaven thinks my life

Is nothing but fun.

Earth knows my life

Is nothing but frustration.

I feel that my life

Is nothing but God-preparation.

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He Surrendered

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He surrendered.

Therefore, God made him

The manager of His cosmic Factory. ```

Light Tells Me What I Am

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Light tells me what I am.

Delight tells me where I came from.

Love tells me who I am.

God tells me whose I am.

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Do You Seek None but God?

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Do you seek none but God?

Then definitely

God loves you most. ```

When I Think of God

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When I think of God,

I feel that God’s Love for me

Is His unconditional Guarantee. ```

I March

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I march only in my heart’s purity-parade,

And my life’s surrender-parade.

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Where Is God's Smile? (2)

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Where do you find God’s Smile?

Not in aspiration,

Not in realisation,

Not even in perfection,

But

In the tears of gratitude-heart. ```

If You Are a Great God-Lover

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If you are a great God-lover

Then every day your aspiration-heart

Needs a tune-up. ```

My Soul Has Taught Me How to Fly

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My soul has taught me

How to fly.

I have taught my soul

How to cry.

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O My Beloved Master

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O my Beloved Master,

Blissful is my heart

For my surrender-life

You have accepted as Your own,

Very own. ```

Truth Is God's Birth

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Truth is God’s Birth,

Peace is God’s Life,

Love is God’s Ascendence,

Light is God’s Perfection. ```

To Please God in My Own Way

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To please God in my own way

I go to God with two empty hands.

To please God in God’s own way

I go to God with one empty heart.

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There Was a Time When I Used To

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There was a time

When I used to only think of God.

Now God is asking me

Also to fight for Him.

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God Tells Me That I Can Talk to God

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God tells me that

I can talk to God

Only if I walk with man. ```

My Lord Is Not Discouraged

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My Lord is not discouraged

Although I have failed many times.

On the contrary,

He is begging me to continue.

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God, You Are Fast Approaching

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God, You are fast approaching

And so is my love-life

With perfection-reality. ```

Every Day God Visits

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Every day God visits

My heart’s aspiration-cry.

And feeds it with His

Oneness-Satisfaction-Smile.

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Every Day Collect Love-Flowers

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Every day collect love-flowers

From your heart-garden

And place them on your soul’s peace-shrine

As a prayer to your Beloved Supreme.

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Each Gratitude-Heart Is a Magnet

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Each gratitude-heart

Is a magnet that pulls in

God’s sacred Smiles. ```

Man's Latest Discovery

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Man’s latest discovery:

God is all Forgiveness.

God’s latest discovery:

Man can be satisfied. ```

Man's Aspiration-Heart

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Man’s aspiration-heart

And God’s Compassion-Eye

Every day barter their hope.

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Perfect Thinking You Have

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Perfect thinking you have.

Perfect living you are.

Absolute self-transcendence

You shall become.

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If You Study the World of Your Heart

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If you study

The world of your heart,

God will bless you

With His Life’s Sunrise.

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His Cry Stole My Heart

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His cry stole my heart.

His smile stole my soul.

His love stole my life.

His oneness with God stole my all.

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His Is the Magic Smile (2)

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His is the magic smile

That every day eclipses

My heart’s excruciating pangs. ```

I Strive Because I Am Alive

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I strive because I am alive.

I am alive. Therefore, I must reach

God’s Heavenly Throne. ```

I Do Not Want to Hear

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I do not want to hear

From your God-thirsty lips.

I want to feel

Your God-hungry heart.

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I Have Seen Two Things (1)

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I have seen two things:

God’s Compassion and God’s Forgiveness.

But I have become only one thing:

A gratitude-life. ```

God Always Has Time for You

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God always has time for you.

It is you who never want

To listen to Him. ```

God's Glory-Lottery

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God’s Glory-Lottery is always won

By the seeker’s aspiration-flames. ```

God's Victory-Clarion

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God’s Victory-Clarion is for

Eternity’s self-giving seeker-runner. ```

Willingness-Eye

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Willingness-eye sees only one thing:

God’s Dream-Life in His Reality-world.

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No Distance Too Great

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There is no distance too great

For a oneness-God-lover to cover.

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Each Good Thought Is a Piece of Heaven (1)

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Each good thought

Is a piece of Heaven

That a God-lover carries

Wherever he goes. ```

God's Estimated Time of Arrival

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God’s estimated time of arrival

Is the Eternal Now. ```

Where Else Can You Find Peace?

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Where else can you find peace

If not in your cheerful obedience

To God’s all-seeing Will? ```

In the Small Hours of Morning

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In the small hours of morning,

Every day my Lord Supreme

Comes to inspect

My heart’s burning aspiration.

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Is There Any Day?

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Is there any day when God is not

Anxious to hear a ‘hello’ from you?

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Who Am I?

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Who am I?

I am my life's unfinished God-work.

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At Last I Am So Happy

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At last I am so happy

To see your sunrise-heart

And sunset-mind. ```

Who Is Inside Me?

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Who is inside me?

Ah, I see my Beloved Supreme.

Who is running ahead of me?

Ah, I see it is my Lord Absolute.

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To See a Face of Love

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To see a face of love

Is to feel a heart of peace.

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I and My Pride Can Live Without God

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I and my pride

Can live without God.

But God and God’s Compassion

Cannot live without us.

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Do Not Cry

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Do not cry,

I love you.

Do not cry,

The world needs you.

Do not cry,

God is still dreaming

Inside you and for you. ```

One Unforgivable Sin

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I have forgiven all my sins

Except one unforgivable sin

And that sin is

I do not love my Beloved Supreme only.

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God the Dreamer, I Love You

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God the Dreamer,

I love You — Your Beauty.

God the Lover,

I need You — Your Duty.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Song-flowers, part 3, 1989
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