Song-flowers, part 6

Alas, When Will I Have the Courage?

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Alas, when will I have the courage

To tell the world

That my heart’s aspiration-desert

Is the only cause

Of my Lord’s streaming Tears? ```

Every Morning Across the Miles

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Every morning across the miles

I send my oneness-heart.

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I Am Ready Today

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I am ready today

To book my passage

To my soul’s summit-height. ```

God Dances His Ecstasy-Dance

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God dances His Ecstasy-Dance

Only in the heart of a soulful self-giver.

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A Soulful Thought

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A soulful thought

Always comes

From distant galaxies. ```

My Aspiration-Bird

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My aspiration-bird flies

From the limitation-sky

To the realisation-sun beyond. ```

Sleeplessly and Breathlessly

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Sleeplessly and breathlessly

My heart is fond of

Beautiful hope-blossoms. ```

God Wants to Know How You Are

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God wants to know

How you are.

He expects an early reply. ```

The Language of Failure

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I am unlearning

The language of failure.

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How Can God Praise You?

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How can God praise you?

You have no faith

In your own prayer. ```

I Am Giving to the World

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I am giving to the world

What God has already given to me.

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Happy Birthday

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Happy birthday to you!

Happy, happy, happy birthday!

We love your soul’s rainbow-dream promise-play.

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Are You Serious, My Lord?

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Are You serious, my Lord,

When You tell me

That I shall never please You

In Your own Way?

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Lethargy-Blanket

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Lethargy-blanket, no more

You are my bodyguard.

No more! ```

God Is Not Coming

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God is not coming

If you are not losing yourself

In God-Love-songs. ```

Freedom Within, Freedom Without

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Freedom within, freedom without:

Today’s shout.

To please my Lord in His own Way,

I came into the world:

Tomorrow’s whisper. ```

Many, Many Lives Ago

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Many, many lives ago,

God taught me

How to love Him

And how to serve Him

Unconditionally. ```

I Am My Mind's Thunder-Blunders

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I am my mind’s

Thunder-blunders. ```

I Am My Mind's Frustration-Collection Box

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I am my mind’s

Frustration-collection-box. ```

My Mind's Best Confusion-Class-Friend

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I am my mind’s best

Confusion-class-friend.

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My Mind's Endless Stupidity-Capacity

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I am my mind’s

Endless stupidity-capacity. ```

I Am My Mind's Desire-Frustration-Medal

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I am my mind’s

Desire-frustration-medal. ```

Every Morning God Begs Me

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Every morning God begs me

To breathe His Infinity’s Breath.

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Give First What You Want Most

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Give first what you want most:

Satisfaction-joy.

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Always, Always, Always

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Always, always, always,

A sweet smile is by far

The best beginning. ```

Every Day My Silence-Eye

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Every day my silence-eye

Reaches a plateau of excellence.

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My Heart Is Loyal

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My heart is loyal

Only to the Absolute Supreme.

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O My Mind, Stay Away

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O my mind, stay away

From the blind opinion-battle.

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My Heart's Self-Improvement-Room

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I live only in my heart’s

Self-improvement-room. ```

My Mind's Disobedience-Thunder

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My mind’s disobedience-thunder

Has destroyed my life’s

Aspiration-tree.

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A Blessingful Blink of Eternity's Eye

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What I every day need

Is a blessingful blink

Of Eternity’s Eye.

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I Shall No More Permit Myself

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I shall no more permit myself

To be overtaken by

Hopeless cries and helpless sighs. ```

My Lord's Sweetness-Forgiveness-Eye

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My Lord’s Sweetness-Forgiveness-Eye

Is my life’s only liberation-light. ```

The Fragrance of a Humility-Life

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The fragrance of a humility-life

Is God’s matchless treasure.

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A Cloud of Doubt

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I shall never allow my heart’s

Determination-flames

To be devoured

By a cloud of doubt.

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To Please God at Every Moment

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To please God at every moment

In His own Way,

Each seeker needs

A sprinter’s deer-speed.

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When Your Master Is Highly Pleased

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When your Master

Is highly pleased with you,

You will unmistakably own

A tranquility-heart.

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My Heart's First Birthday

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My heart’s first birthday I observed

The day for the first time

I was able to sit

At my Master’s compassion-feet. ```

My Inner Pilot

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My Inner Pilot is happily watching

The clash of my desire-swords.

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My Calling Distance

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I know, I know,

God is always

Within my calling distance. ```

What Is Faith?

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What is faith,

If not a death-defying smile?

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Your God-Interpretations

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My mind, I don’t need

Your God-interpretations.

God has a Mouth;

Let God speak for Himself.

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O My Complacency-Pillow

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O my complacency-pillow,

I am really happy

To say goodbye to you. ```

When My Peace-Heart Dreams

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When my peace-heart dreams,

My bliss-life sings.

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I Love and Treasure the Rainbow-Dream

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I love and treasure the rainbow-dream

Of my God-obedience-heart.

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O My Aggression-Vital

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O my aggression-vital,

Prepare yourself to receive

My spirit’s death-punch. ```

My Basement-Progress-Doom

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Where do I live, where?

I live in my basement-progress-doom.

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Where Does God Live?

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Where does God live?

He lives inside my big

Gratitude-promise-mouth.

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My Mind's Thunder-Gong

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Today my mind’s thunder-gong

Is learning my heart’s sweetness-song. ```

My Perfection-Rest

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My perfection-rest

Is my oneness-nest.

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No Sunset

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No sunset for the true

Aspiration-sun.

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My Gratitude-Presents

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My gratitude-presents

God opens first.

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My Heart's Humility-Forgiveness-Songs

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My heart’s humility-forgiveness-songs

God’s Heart proudly treasures. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Song-flowers, part 6, 1991
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