Song-flowers, part 8

My Gratitude-Heart Is Truly Fond Of

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My Lord Supreme,

My gratitude-heart

Is truly fond of

Your Compassion-Eye.

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Many Have Come and Many Have Gone

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Many have come and many have gone.

Many will come and many will go.

But I shall stay inside the Boat Supreme

To crown my sky-vast and sun-high dream.

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The Power of Love

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When the power of love replaces the love

of power, man will have a new name: God.

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First, Call Him Your Lord

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First, call Him your Lord.

Then only you can have

Union with God. ```

God Has Taught Me How to Swim (1)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me. ```

God Has Taught Me How to Swim (2)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (3)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (4)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (5)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (6)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (7)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (8)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (9)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (10)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (11)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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God Has Taught Me How to Swim (12)

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God has taught me

How to swim with Him.

I have taught God

How to drown for me.

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Even Before I Knew Who God Was (1)

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Even before I knew

Who God was,

God started painting my life

With His Compassion-Forgiveness-Colours.

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Even Before I Knew Who God Was (2)

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Even before I knew

Who God was,

God started painting my life

With His Compassion-Forgiveness-Colours.

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Even Before I Knew Who God Was (3)

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Even before I knew

Who God was,

God started painting my life

With His Compassion-Forgiveness-Colours.

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Meditation (7)

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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```

Meditation (1)

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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```

Meditation (2)

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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```

Meditation (3)

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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```

Meditation (4)

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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```

Meditation (5)

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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```

Meditation (6)

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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```

Divinity's Compassion

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Divinity’s Compassion

Expects

Humanity’s perfection.

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God's Vision-Manifestation-Team

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I may not be or cannot be a member of

God’s Vision-Manifestation-Team on earth,

But I dearly love the Team’s God-oneness-heart,

And profoudly admire its God-fulness-hands.

But I do know and I do feel that

God will eventually make me a member of

His Vision-Manifestation-Team.

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Every Aspiration-Day Begins (1)

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Every aspiration-day begins

With new possibilities.

Every aspiration-day ends

With new achievements. ```

Morning Is the Time to Accept

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Morning is the time

To accept God’s Love-Light.

Noon is the time

To become God’s Love-Height.

Evening is the time

To reveal God’s Love-Delight.

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No Path Can Be Too Hard for You

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No path can be too hard for you

If you have one God-Gift:

Faith in yourself. ```

With My Human Songs

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With my human songs

I wash my Lord’s

Compassion-Forgiveness-Feet. ```

They Came Only to Go

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They came only to go,

But I came to stay,

Forever to stay,

Inside the Golden Boat

Of my Beloved Lord Supreme. ```

God, If You Break My Head for Me

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God, if You break my head for me,

I shall break my heart for You.

God, since I shall not disappoint You,

I cannot expect disappointment from You, either.

God, You start the game and I shall end it. ```

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. ```

What Can Equal God's Ecstasy?

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What can equal God’s Ecstasy?

Man’s bold promise to Him

To become another God.

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Let My Yesterday Peacefully Sleep

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Let my yesterday peacefully sleep.

Let my today brilliantly dream.

Let my tomorrow powerfully awake. ```

Madal the Child, Sleeplessly Wild

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Madal the child,

Sleeplessly wild.

Chinmoy the teenager,

An uncertain wager.

Sri Chinmoy the man,

A sad failure-plan.

Guru Chinmoy, Guru Chinmoy,

God and man’s broken toy.

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Madal the Child, All Cute and Wild

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Madal the child,

All cute and wild.

Chinmoy the teenager,

An earth-climbing wager.

Sri Chinmoy the man,

God’s own Rainbow-Plan.

Guru Chinmoy, Guru Chinmoy,

God and man’s fondness-toy.

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Happy Are My Eyes (1)

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Happy are my eyes

To see You, my Lord.

Happy is my heart

To feel You, my Lord.

Happy is my life

To claim You, my Lord,

As my own, very own. ```

Be Not Afraid of God

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Be not afraid of God,

Be not afraid.

Your sweet reunion

Need not be delayed.

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Enthusiasm Is God's God-Beauty

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Enthusiasm is

God’s God-Beauty

In His seeker-children.

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My Lord, Break Me

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My Lord, break me.

My vital is ready.

My Lord, melt me.

My heart is ready.

My Lord, mould me.

My mind is ready.

My Lord, make me.

I am fully ready.

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My Lord, Kick Me

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My Lord, kick me.

That is the only way

I can move forward. ```

My Lord Supreme, Before I Die

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My Lord Supreme,

Before I die

I shall leave only one legacy:

My devoted life’s gratitude-heart.

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Do Make My Life Three Dimensional

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My Lord Supreme,

Do make my life three dimensional:

“Try, cry, fly!” ```

My Lord Supreme, Now Is the Time

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My Lord Supreme, now is the time

For me to give You

My inner life of gratitude. ```

Success-Day I Like

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My Lord Supreme,

Success-day I like.

Progress-sun I love. ```

My Lord Supreme, Yesterday I Gave Up

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My Lord Supreme,

Yesterday I gave up

One thing: desire-mind.

Today I am giving up

Another thing: expectation-life. ```

My Lord Supreme, Your Encouragement I Love

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My Lord Supreme,

Your Encouragement I love.

Your Punishment I treasure. ```

My Lord Supreme, Your Universal Push

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My Lord Supreme,

Your Universal Push

Awakens me.

Your Transcendental Pull

Liberates me. ```

O My Pilot Supreme

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O my Pilot Supreme,

Your outer Name is Concern-Sky.

Your inner Name is Forgiveness-Sun. ```

What I Wanted

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What I wanted was a flicker of hope,

But my Lord came and stood before me

To give me His Infinity’s All. ```

My Hero God-Loving Soul

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My hero God-loving,

God-serving soul,

You have won today

The supreme Goal of Goals.

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Rich God Knows How to Forgive

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Rich God knows

How to forgive,

How to forget.

Poor human beings

Know neither. ```

O My Heart, Your Fondest Dream

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O my heart, your fondest dream

Is constant God-satisfaction.

And my bravest promise is

God-manifestation,

Here and now. ```

Concentration-Power

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Concentration-power I had,

And I still have.

Meditation-light I had,

And I still have.

Contemplation-delight I had,

And I still have.

But God-Manifestation-Smile I never had,

And I still do not have.

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My Self-Transcendence-Dream-Reality-Shore (1)

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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```

My Self-Transcendence-Dream-Reality-Shore (2)

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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```

My Self-Transcendence-Dream-Reality-Shore (3)

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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```

My Self-Transcendence-Dream-Reality-Shore (4)

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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```

My Self-Transcendence-Dream-Reality-Shore (5)

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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```

Be Thou

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Be Thou my all.

Be Thou my body

That I may wake.

Be Thou my vital

That I may run.

Be Thou my mind

That I may fly.

Be Thou my heart

That I may dive.

Be Thou my soul

That I may reveal.

Be Thou my Goal

That I may fulfil.

Be Thou my all

That I may be only Yours. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Song-flowers, part 8, 1992
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