Transcendence-Perfection

1. Eternity's Vision-Reality Song

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Beloved Lord Supreme,

Do You approve of

My self-transcendence song?

"My son, not only do I approve

But it is I who will

Sing in you,

Sing through you

My Eternity's Vision-Reality Song."

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2. He is really something!

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He is really something!

He always likes to compete

With himself and

Transcend himself.

God smiles with joy

Because he competes

With himself.

God cries with joy

Because he does really

Transcend himself. ```

3. Stop and start

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Stop talking,

Start meditating!

Stop meditating,

Start serving!

Stop serving,

Start self-giving!

Lo, your cosmic game is over!

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4. Two simple promises

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Two simple promises

To God

To remember:

God, I shall love You

Unconditionally.

God, I shall please You

Eternally

In Your own supreme way. ```

5. Surrender-tears

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If my life's freedom dies,

What shall remain

In my heart?

Not the sighs of loss,

But the illumining

Surrender-tears

Of my gratitude-soul.

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6. Your God, his God, my God

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Your God tells you

To love Him.

His God tells him

To serve Him.

My God tells me

Not only to claim Him

But also to equal Him.

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7. Who wants?

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Easy life of the cosmic gods

Who wants?

Me?

Never!

Peace-Light boundless of the cosmic gods

Who wants?

I want,

I wanted,

I shall always want!

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8. Happy and unhappy

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Happy you are

With your life's sincerity-cry.

Unhappy you are

With your heart's insecurity-sigh. ```

9. He asked God who he was

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In the small hours

Of his earthly life

He asked God

Who he was.

God answered in the evening

Of his life:

"God's transcendental Silence-Vision

And

God's universal Sound-Reality."

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10. To describe happiness

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To describe happiness

Is to make friends

With impossibility.

To describe happiness

Is to exhibit one's

Stupidity's reality-existence.

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11. Imagination and realisation

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Imagination

I had.

God took it away

And

Gave it away.

Realisation

I have.

God adds His own Realisation

To mine and says:

"Son, promise that you will

Always

Stay with Me,

In Me

And

For Me."

Father, Amen, a thousand times.

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12. Three popular errors

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Three very popular errors:

God does not need me,

God cares only for others,

God is other than my own Reality-Existence. ```

13. The saint and the rascal

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When the saint looks

At temptation-beauty

He becomes a real rascal.

When the rascal enjoys

Illumination-liberty

He becomes a real saint.

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14. He and sleep

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He has surrendered to sleep;

Therefore

His name is incapacity-ant.

Sleep has surrendered to him;

Therefore

God requests him to accept

God's infinite responsibilities. ```

15. I love only one thing

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I love only one thing:

I love to be superior

To my yesterday's realisation

And

To my tomorrow's expectation.

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16. Idleness and incapacity

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Idleness feeds incapacity

To increase its incapacity-hunger.

Incapacity gladly surrenders

To the whims of idleness-prince. ```

17. I can only promise

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I can promise

To be sincere;

But sweet Lord,

It is You alone

Who have to make me sincere.

I can promise

To be good;

But beloved Lord,

It is You alone

Who can and will

Make me eternally and supremely good. ```

18. That is not your task

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Don't overestimate

Your capacities.

That is not your task.

That is the task

Of God's fondness for you.

Don't underestimate

Your capacities.

That is not your task.

Your foes will do it for you.

In fact, they have already done it.

I must add, successfully, too. ```

19. Earth-glories and Heaven-glories

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His confidence in himself

Aims at earth-glory.

His surrender to God's Will

At once

Transcends all earth-glories

And

Captures all Heaven-glories.

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20. Advice of a God-realised soul

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Only one word of advice from a truly God-realised soul:

"O disciples of mine,

In stupidity

I have surpassed all donkeys

In God's creation put together

By becoming

A Guru.

I pray to you

Do not play this role of stupidity-sea."

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21. Two things I shall have to realise

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To see the inside

Of everything,

Two things I shall

Have to realise:

Everything is of my silence-height

And

Everything is for my realisation-light.

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22. Citizens of my world

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Promise was a citizen

Of my previous world.

Hope is a citizen

Of my present world.

God-Compassion and self-confidence

Will be the citizens of my future world. ```

23. Finite accomplishments

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When he stands

On the stage of finite accomplishments

He feels happy,

Not because he has

At least done something,

But because this is what

His God wants him to accomplish.

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24. When ideas travel

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When

Ideas travel forward

They really look beautiful.

When

Ideals travel upward

They really are fruitful.

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25. To own a living God

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To own peace

Is to own a living God.

To own a living God

Is to become another God. ```

26. An exchange

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All my mortal moments

I have finally surrendered to God,

Although hesitantly.

In return

God has granted me

His Eternity's Time-Satisfaction,

Cheerfully and unconditionally. ```

27. The swimmer

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He swims

In the ocean of hope.

He swims

In the ocean of failure.

He swims

In the ocean of tears.

Something more:

He swims also

In the ocean of his surrendered will

To his earth-Heaven-life's Pilot Supreme. ```

28. Three methods¹

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The human method

Begins by doubting.

The divine method

Begins by loving.

The supreme method

Begins by discovering,

by serving.

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TRP 28. A later version of this poem was published. See: TRP:844 at the end of the book.↩

29. A magnificent lie

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Earth has told

A magnificent lie:

God is only for Heaven's beauty-smile.

Heaven has told

A magnificent lie:

God is only for earth's self-imposed insecurity-cry.

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30. He roams

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From hope to hope

He helplessly roams.

From frustration to frustration

He hopelessly roams.

From destruction to destruction

He unconditionally roams. ```

31. His Heaven-liberty

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Alas,

His Heaven-liberty

Has compelled him

To become inseparably one

With earth-responsibility.

Alas, alas! ```

32. When belief is in progress

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When

Belief is in progress,

Life-boat sails

Very fast

And

God says:

"O seeker, just wait!

You do not have

To take any more trouble.

I am bringing the shore to you." ```

33. God's absolute Satisfaction

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Life-rejection

Is human fear.

Life-acceptance

Is divine strength.

Life-perfection

Is God's absolute Satisfaction. ```

34. Three men I need

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The man of imagination

I need

To fly in the sky.

The man of realisation

I need

To see the Face of God.

The man of perfection

I need

To satisfy God.

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35. Learn to conquer

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Learn to conquer.

Conquer what?

Conquer the animal in you.

Learn to fight.

Against what?

Against the human in you.

Learn to surrender.

To what?

To the divine in you.

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36. One question remains

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One question

Remained,

Remains

And will always remain

Unanswered:

Who is not God? ```

37. Beauty, lustre, oneness

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Beauty

Is earth-satisfaction.

Lustre

Is Heaven-perfection.

Oneness

Is man-liberation. ```

38. Four petals of delight

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Four petals of delight:

Love-beauty,

Surrender-duty,

Perfection-necessity,

Oneness-immortality.

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39. Greatness and goodness

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You live in golden tomorrow;

You are divinely great.

He lived in golden yesterday;

He was divinely great.

I live in golden today;

But I am not divinely great.

Why?

Because my Pilot Supreme tells me:

Greatness is not satisfaction;

Goodness is not only satisfaction

But perfection itself.

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40. A sad world-cry

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A sad world-cry

I hear and near.

A dead world-hope

I carry untiringly

To the destination-shores

Of Nowhere. ```

41. The definition of love

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Kill and be happy.

Indeed,

This is the definition

Of animal love.

Possess and be happy,

Indeed,

This is the definition

Of human love.

Become one and be happy.

Indeed,

This is the definition

Of divine love. ```

42. My days of sweetness

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My days of sweetness

I have totally lost.

My days of sadness

I have somehow rediscovered.

My days of goodness

Will be found

Perhaps

Only in God's Compassion-Haven. ```

43. Nothing is permanent

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Nothing is permanent on earth.

No, not even your wild

Ignorance-night

And the long-forgotten story

Of your own

God-Oneness-Perfection. ```

44. Her body and her soul

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Her body

Is the perfume of God-Sacrifice.

Her soul

Is the perfume of God-Ascendance. ```

45. One little drop

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One little drop of light

From her smile

Saved earth,

Immortalised Heaven,

Fulfilled God.

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46. Do you want?

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Do you want

To entertain my eyes?

Then dance.

Do you want

To feed my soul?

Then meditate.

Do you want

To love the real in me?

Then become a conscious

And constant friend

Of my Inner Pilot.

```

47. Her life's perfection

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Her life's perfection

Lets God in.

Earth needs

Her perfection-height.

Heaven needs

Her compassion-might. ```

48. His all-conquering will

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His thoughts began to cry

When they saw the face

Of his all-conquering will.

Lo and behold!

His all-conquering will

Has surrendered unconditionally

To God-satisfaction

For his own perfection-delight. ```

49. Stay with me

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My sweet Lord,

Don't withdraw

If You want me to live.

Stay with me.

Satisfaction grows

On patience-tree. ```

50. My daily meditations

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In my morning meditation

I see God's Beauty.

In my afternoon meditation

I become God's Duty.

In my evening meditation

I surrender to God

For His transcendental Satisfaction,

My experience-reality. ```

51. Our tasks

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My task is to meditate.

Earth's task is to wait and see.

Heaven's task is to smile.

God's task is to cry for me

And

Smile through me. ```

52. Our mouths are shut

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Heaven's mouth is shut.

It will not criticise

Earth any more.

Earth's mouth is shut.

It will not insult

Heaven any more.

My mouth is shut.

I will not judge

Either Heaven or earth any more.

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53. I can eternally become Yours

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My sweet Lord,

Your Footprints

On the tablet of my heart

Make me feel that

I can not only become great and good,

But I can eternally become Yours,

Only Yours.

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54. The ancient man

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The ancient man

Needed God's Grace.

The modern man

Needs God's Face.

The future man

Will need God's Embrace. ```

55. A sacred gift

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A sacred gift of earth-tears

God treasures

Infinitely more

Than He treasures

A secret gift of Heaven-smiles.

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56. Compensation

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Just because

To himself he is unjust,

God gives him

God's Eternity's Love,

God's Infinity's Delight,

God's Immortality's Life. ```

57. Human winner, divine loser

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The human winner's cry:

"Not satisfied!

I need more!"

The divine loser's smile:

"My Lord Supreme has given me

What the soul in me

Really needed." ```

58. Retrogression

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Yesterday

You had the strong desire

To please God.

Today

You have the strong desire

To see God.

Tomorrow

You will have the strong desire

To become another God

Without pleasing, without seeing God,

Alas, alas!

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59. They are both equally right

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My aspiration says:

I need God.

My Realisation says:

God needs me.

They are both equally right.

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60. My courage

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My body-courage

Dares to die.

My soul-courage

Dares to live.

My realisation-courage

Dares to surrender

Cheerfully,

Unconditionally,

To God's Satisfaction-Will.

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61. Because he does not compete

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Because he does not compete

Earth laughs at him,

Heaven feels sorry for him,

God in supreme secrecy prepares him

To compete

In the near future. ```

62. You fail and God fails

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You fail to honour earth's humanity;

Therefore

God fails to treasure your divinity.

You fail to honour Heaven's divinity;

Therefore

God fails to protect your humanity.

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63. God's retirement speech

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When a man's higher nature

Comes forward,

God tells him:

"Son, I am tired.

I have worked very hard.

I am retiring.

To you I give My Justice-Throne

And My Compassion-Crown

To guide and lead humanity

To My Golden Shore."

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64. No, never!

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Can sincerity-heart go to waste?

No, never!

Can humility-life be undervalued?

No, never!

Can purity-aspiration remain unrealised?

No, never! ```

65. Surrender-heart always wins

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Cleverness-mind never wins,

Skill-life at times wins,

Surrender-heart always wins

God's Pride

Of the ever-transcending Beyond.

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66. Therefore God loves you

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Your face is your heart:

Therefore

God loves you so dearly.

Your heart is God's Voice;

Therefore

God loves you unreservedly and unconditionally.

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67. The man of God

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The man of God

Is the vision-seed

Of God's Compassion-Height

And

The reality-fruit

Of God's Satisfaction-Delight. ```

68. Someday

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Someday I will cry for You.

Today will You not cry for me, Lord?

Someday I shall really love You.

Today will You not love me, Lord,

Even for a fleeting second?

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69. Open my door, please

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Open my love-door, please Father.

I want to see You.

Open my devotion-door, please Father.

I want to manifest You.

Open my surrender-door, please Father.

I want to satisfy You. ```

70. No compromise

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No compromise, no compromise,

Either with earth's selfishness-night

With Heaven's indifference-sky.

No compromise, no compromise!

```

71. Alas, I am sleeping

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Alas, I was sleeping.

In vain God came and sat beside my bed.

Alas, I am sleeping.

In vain God comes to see me.

Alas, I shall be sleeping.

In vain God will be thinking of me. ```

72. Yet God loves me

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I have no boat.

Everybody else has one.

Yet God loves me.

I have no boatman.

Everybody else has one.

Yet God loves me.

I have no goal.

Everybody else has one.

Yet God loves me.

Why does God love me?

Because His is the Life

Of unconditional Compassion.

```

73. Complementary brothers and sisters

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World's two great

Complementary brothers:

Doubt and anger.

World's two great

Complementary sisters:

Stupidity and insecurity.

```

74. Lord, calm them

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Lord, calm my mind-horse,

Calm my vital-bull,

Calm my body-elephant.

I tell You,

If You can make them calm,

They can and will

Do much for You.

```

75. Reputation

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Reputation is a great hindrance.

My disproportionate success-life

Knows it.

Reputation is not at all a hindrance.

My timely, proportionate progress-life

Knows it and will always remember it.

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76. Don't delay!

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Taste nectar-light.

Don't delay!

Choose God-Embrace.

Don't delay!

Become God-Perfection.

Don't delay! ```

77. Who means most to you?

```

Who means most to you?

If God,

Then give Him

What you are:

His Silence-Smile.

Who means most to you?

If man,

Then give him

What you have:

Constant hope, constant frustration.

```

78. You are no longer unparalleled

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Heaven,

Just like you

Earth was the other day

Smiling triumphantly.

Therefore

You are no longer unparalleled.

Earth,

Just like you

Heaven was the other day

Crying helplessly.

Therefore

You are no longer unparalleled. ```

79. On one condition

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Lord, do stay with me.

"On one condition, son:

You will play with Me,

Always play with Me, son."

On one condition, Father:

You will employ me,

Always employ me.

```

80. The easiest path

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The easiest path:

The path of surrender-light.

The easier path:

The path of dedication-right.

The easy path:

The path of concentration-might. ```

81. Insecurity looms large

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Insecurity looms large

When impurity divides

Body and mind

From Perfection's oneness-reality. ```

82. How can I be with you always?

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How can I be with you always?

Just by thinking?

Then I shall always

Think of you.

Just by loving?

Then I shall always

Love you.

Just by pleasing?

Then I shall always

Please you. ```

83. Your humility

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You are really great.

Your humility

Has erased earth-anger.

You are really good.

Your humility

Has fed Heaven-hunger.

```

84. How I need you!

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How I need Your constant love,

Sweet Lord!

Your Love is my heart's only food.

"How I need your constant service,

Dear son!

Your service is My expansion-perfection."

```

85. My first and last commitment

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My first and last commitment to man:

I shall love him,

I shall always love him.

My first and last commitment to God:

I shall always love, serve

And fulfil Him

In His own Way. ```

86. The surrender of confidence-light

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Worse than depression

Is doubt-poison.

Better than joy

Is the surrender

Of confidence-light

To the Will

Of the Pilot Supreme.

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87. Life's surrender

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Better than heart's joy

Is life's surrender.

Better than life's surrender

There was nothing,

There is nothing

And

There can be nothing.

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88. Grace and effort

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Effort tells me openly:

God-realisation

Is a most difficult task.

Grace tells me secretly:

God-realisation

Is a task not so difficult to perform.

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89. Why not?

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Why not

Ask for more,

O incapacity-ant?

Why not

Ask for less,

O capacity-lion?

```

90. God could not recognise me

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With a beggar's humility

I came to God.

He could not recognise me.

With a prince's pride

I came to God.

He could not recognise me then, either.

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91. He will soon be needed

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He was once needed

By incapacity-doubt.

He is now needed

By capacity-faith.

He will soon be needed

By God's supreme Satisfaction-Perfection-Light. ```

92. O fountain of surrender-light

```

O fountain of thought,

You are so beautiful.

O fountain of will,

You are so truthful.

O fountain of surrender-light,

You are so fruitful. ```

93. Hope is no more sweet

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Alas, the pangs of teeming hopes

Are torturing me, my all.

Hope is no more sweet.

Hope is bitter frustration-failure. ```

94. Birth and death

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The birth of human doubt

Is the death of divine faith.

The birth of divine faith

Is Immortality's perfect Manifestation-light. ```

95. Run away immediately

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Do you need earth's constant love?

Then run away immediately

From your jealousy-mountain.

Do you want Heaven's constant love?

Then run away immediately

From your insecurity-cave.

```

96. I have planted a smile

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I have planted a smile

In humanity's heart.

I am sure one day

It will grow and illumine

Ignorance-world,

And fulfil and satisfy

Wisdom-world.

```

97. The price of experience

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The price of earth-experience

I have paid:

Therefore

I am totally free from earth.

The price of Heaven-realisation

I have not yet paid;

Therefore

I am helplessly bound to Heaven. ```

98. O enslaved humanity

```

O enslaved humanity,

My heart's oneness

Really suffers for you.

O enraptured divinity,

My life's sincerity

Really rejoices in your delight-sea.

```

99. Sacrificing life of man

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Expanding eye of man

Is good.

Illumining heart of man

Is better.

Sacrificing life of man

Is by far the best. ```

100. The exiles

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Yesterday

His insincerity was exiled

From the face of light.

Today

His impurity is exiled

From the heart of light.

Tomorrow

His insecurity will be exiled

From the life of light.

```

101. At long last

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At long last I have come to know who I am.

I am humanity's success-life

And

Divinity's progress-soul. ```

102. My heart's sacred flames

```

My tears

Are my heart's sacred flames.

These flames

Help me see

God the eternal Sun

And help me feed

Man the eternal preparation.

```

103. Real hope-flame

```

Real hope-flame is not swift.

It is slow.

It is steady.

It is certain.

It is the illumining harbinger

Of real Reality-Day. ```

104. My life is dancing and singing

```

My life

Has broken open all its limits.

It is now dancing the dance

Of earth's success-pride

And

Singing the song

Of Heaven's progress-light.

```

105. O my empty heart²

```

O my empty heart,

Do not cry!

God is coming.

True, He is taking time,

But I assure you

This time when He comes

Your constant love for Him

Shall supremely satisfy Him.

```

TP 105. In the 1975 first edition, some books were printed with the last line "Shall make Him delighted to be back."↩

106. Because I love

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Because

I love this mortal life,

I love this precarious world-night.

Because

I shall love that immortal life,

I shall love that precious Heaven-light.

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107. I will love death

```

I know I will love death.

Why?

Because death too

Is God's creation

And because death reminds me

Of the existence of her sister:

Infinity's Life immortal.

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108. My failure-life

```

The tear-garland of my failure-life

I place at Your Feet,

O Lord Supreme.

It is painful, yet soulful.

It is soulful, therefore fruitful.

```

109. Be ready

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Be ready to fly, my body.

110. Leave all behind you

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Leave all behind you.

There is nothing,

Absolutely nothing

For you to carry

God wants to see you —

You, only you.

He is tired of seeing

Everybody else

And

Everything else. ```

111. Your name

```

Your name

Was declared unexpectedly

In the heart-cry of the morning sky;

Therefore, stay a little longer on earth.

Your name

Will be declared unmistakably

In the soul-smile of the evening sky

By God Himself. ```

112. Do not wait for earth

```

My soul,

Do not wait for earth.

Go on!

Earth is too slow.

Go on!

Earth is too uncertain.

Go on!

Earth is too suspicious.

Go on!

Earth is too ignorant.

Go on!

```

113. Who wants?

```

Who wants a sound-life?

I do.

Why?

Because the sound-life

Is really something astonishing.

Who wants a silence-life?

I do.

Why?

Because the silence-life

Is really something enlightening.

```

114. Forever and now

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No difference

Between

Forever and now.

What is forever?

Forever is composed of

All-spreading

And

All-fulfilling

Nows.

```

115. How about a new style

```

Lord, how about a new style

In Your Compassion-Heart?

So far Your Compassion-Heart

Has been unreserved.

Can You not try to make it

Unconditional, too?

Try, Lord.

I assure You,

You will succeed.

```

116. A day without meditation

```

A day without meditation

Is self-deception-night.

A day without meditation

Is self-destruction-fight.

A day without meditation

Is reality-negation flight. ```

117. Ten years of intense aspiration

```

Ten years of intense aspiration

Made him see the present God

Who wants from him

His own Manifestation on earth.

He said to God:

"Lord, I am really surprised

To see that You too need something.

Anyway, I assure You,

I shall not forget to do You the favour."

```

118. You should leave me

```

Insincerity, if you do not leave me,

I shall leave you

Mercilessly,

Therefore

You should leave me

Graciously.

Insecurity, if you do not leave me,

I shall leave you

Immediately,

Therefore

You should leave me

Cleverly. ```

119. I have a new friend

```

To make a very long story

Very short,

I wish to tell you

I have now a new friend,

a real friend,

Unlike all my previous friends.

Do you want to know

My best and only real friend's name?

Hope-flame.

```

120. Don't take your life too seriously

```

Don't take your life

Too seriously.

There should be

Some amusement

To free us from confusion-tension

In the mind-jungle.

It is necessary.

You will feel it

And

You will believe it,

I assure you.

```

121. Here we are again

```

Here we are on earth again.

God says to me,

"Son, be brave enough to please Me

This time."

Here we are in Heaven again.

I say to God,

"Father, be kind enough to leave me alone

This time

And

For all time." ```

122. Not one, but many

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Not one failure

But many

When I run after

The desire-train.

Not one success

But many

When I sit down

For good

At the foot of aspiration's mountain-smile.

```

123. I entertain by myself

```

I entertain all by myself.

It is really great.

I do not want anyone

To accompany me.

Not even You, Lord,

For Your presence is too expensive.

I really have run short of funds.

I mean, my aspiration-funds. ```

124. The things I need

```

These are the things that I actually need:

I need hope-plant to grow in me;

I need satisfaction-tree to stand before me;

I need perfection-sun always to love me. ```

125. Just to see

```

Just to see

If my stupidity-friend was here on earth

I came all the way to earth

From Heaven.

Just to see

If my wisdom-friend is there in Heaven

I shall go all the way from earth

To Heaven. ```

126. Exactly what I need

```

This is exactly what I need:

A perfection-life

In my Eternity's sound-sea

And

In my Eternity's silence-sky.

```

127. It hurts me

```

It hurts me a little,

Lord, when the world speaks ill of You.

But it hurts me a lot,

Lord, when I speak ill of You;

For You are so beautiful to look at,

You are so delicious to eat,

You are so precious to possess

That I really do not know what to do.

I am not only useless but helpless.

```

128. Ask God!

```

Ask God!

He will tell you

How divinely beautiful you are,

Since you have decided

Not to believe me.

Ask God!

He will tell you

How supremely fruitful you are,

Since you have decided

Not to believe me.

```

129. I love myself

```

I love myself.

At least that much

I can do for myself

Without anybody's help.

Am I not really great?

I am sure I really am. ```

130. Easier done than said

```

What is easier done

Than said?

To grow God-satisfaction-tree

In my heart's gratitude garden. ```

131. Make up Your mind, Lord

```

Make up Your mind, Lord.

Do You want to love me?

Make up Your mind.

I am giving You the first choice.

I hate to remain any longer

Mean to You.

Today I declare my real name:

Heart's magnanimity. ```

132. Do stay with me here

```

So You have finally come,

My old friend, God.

This time I shall not

Let You go.

Without You I feel

I am insecurity incarnate on earth.

If You really want me to work for You,

Then do stay with me here

All the time.

```

133. Sincerity and purity

```

What is in your mind?

Sincerity?

May I just glance at it?

What is in your heart?

Purity?

May I just glance at it?

It is your sincerity-mind

That has made you great.

It is your purity-heart

That has made you good. ```

134. They will help you

```

Your soul will help you

To see God.

Stay in your soul.

Your God will help you

To love your soul.

Stay in your God.

```

135. A message for your mind

```

A message for your mind:

One day your mind

Will forget to desert God-Love:

One day your mind

Will remember to assert God-Compassion.

```

136. I shall wait until You call

```

I shall wait until You call.

But please call me soon.

I have so much to say to You.

I have so much to learn from You.

I have so much to unlearn

By the touch of Your Forgiveness-Feet. ```

137. The companions of sincerity

```

These are the companions of sincerity:

Simplicity-child

Security-lion

Purity-flower

Satisfaction-tree.

```

138. Everything changes

```

Everything changes.

Nothing remains unchanged,

Not even God's Compassion-Height

And

Man's suspicion-night.

```

139. Use your will-power

```

Use your will-power.

In your mind

You will realise

Your greatness-height;

In your heart

You will realise

Your goodness-light.

```

140. When I die

```

What will happen to me

When I die?

Heaven will not care for

My heart's excruciating pangs.

Earth will not care for

My soul's all-illumining delight. ```

141. Faith and will-power

```

Faith and will-power,

Essentially the same.

Faith tells me:

I shall do everything for you

At God's choice Hour.

Will-power says to me:

I have already done everything for you,

For God's Hour has already struck. ```

142. Now or never!

```

Do it now or never!

Realise God.

Once you have

Realised God

Time bows to you,

Truth teaches you,

Satisfaction-perfection

Becomes all yours. ```

143. Except one thing

```

Do something, do anything

Except one thing:

Don't think and feel

That you are another

Experience-God

And

Realisation-man.

```

144. Let us quite often meet

```

Faith,

Let us quite often meet.

You tell me

How to love and adore God.

I shall tell you

How to become another God. ```

145. He meditated upon a dewdrop

```

He meditated

Upon a dewdrop

And became

God-Humility's perfection-soul,

God-Reality's satisfaction-goal.

```

146. Each song is a flame

```

Each soulful song is a flame

In the aspiring heart.

Where is that heart?

It is in the supreme art

Of constant self-giving.

```

147. The vision

```

The vision of the poet

I had.

The vision of the artist

I have.

The vision of the Yogi

I shall eternally have. ```

148. Give me three things more

```

Give me three things more

And then I shall really

Be satisfied.

Now I tell you

What they are:

Realisation-oneness,

Revelation-perfection,

Satisfaction-smile. ```

149. You have yet much to do

```

Do not leave,

Do not withdraw.

You have yet much to give,

You have yet much to learn.

What are you going to give?

Your heart's tears.

What are you going to learn?

Your soul's smile. ```

150. Where is peace?

```

Humanity needs peace.

But where is peace?

It is in love.

Where is love?

It is in life-acceptance

And

Self-transcendence.

```

151. O dear ones

```

O sweet inspiration,

I always need you.

O pure aspiration,

I always love you.

O brave realisation,

I and my life

Totally and unconditionally

Surrender to you,

And you alone.

```

152. The world of thought, the world of will

```

He went back

Into the world of thought

Only to be ridiculed and humiliated.

Yet he cared not to come back

Into the world of will,

For he cared more for intellect-spears

Than for love-shield. ```

153. He was happy three times

```

He was happy only three times

In his entire life:

Once when he helped a climbing man,

Once when he saved a falling man,

Once when he became one with a dying man.

```

154. Sin

```

Forgiveness of teeming sins

Is good.

Illumination of teeming sins

Is better.

Not to resort at any time to sin

Is by far the best. ```

155. He was consumed by fire

```

He was consumed

By the burning fire

Of thought-world.

He can only be revived

By the contemplation-power

Of God's all-immortalising faith-world. ```

156. Modern science

```

Frustrated, he says,

"Modern science is the topmost branch

Of death-tree."

Satisfied, he says,

"Modern science will be the root

Of life's immortality-discovery."

```

157. Don't mix with him

```

Don't mix with him.

He is a blind human fool.

Don't mix with him.

He is a clever human rogue.

Don't mix with him.

He has built a world of fruitless fantasy

All around him.

```

158. A great runner

```

He was a great runner.

In the outer world he ran

To satisfy his quenchless thirst

For name and fame.

In the inner world he ran

To feed and satisfy

The God-hunger in him.

```

159. As the earth turns

```

As the earth turns away from the sun,

Even so

His stupidity has turned him away

From God's Compassion-Day

And

Man's unalloyed affection-light, oneness-delight. ```

160. Therefore I am happy

```

I bow and obey;

Therefore I am happy.

I do not want to escape,

I want to accept and embrace;

Therefore I am happy.

My gratitude-heart for God

Is not accustomed to death;

Therefore I am happy.

```

161. Today's base fear

```

Today's base fear

Becomes guilt tomorrow.

Tomorrow's guilty consciousness

Becomes the destruction-volcano

For the years to come.

```

162. In renunciation-light

```

He lives inside

The circle of his golden silence,

The mask of ignorance no more near him.

He has totally discarded it.

He has also shunned his zenith-glory.

In renunciation-light he is enjoying

The Delight Supreme.

```

163. The age of achievement

```

This is not the age of triumph.

This is the age of sacrifice.

This is the age of service.

This is the age of love-achievement,

truth-achievement

and

perfection-achievement,

Here, there, everywhere. ```

164. Angelic grace

```

Do you want to dance with angelic grace?

Then cry in the inner world.

Do you want to sing with an angelic voice?

Then live in the inner world.

Do you want to treasure angelic grace?

Then smile in the Silence of all silences. ```

165. He dedicates his life

```

His frustration-life

He has dedicated

To his old friend,

Death.

His dedication-life

He now dedicates

To his new and eternal friend,

Immortality-life. ```

166. He has not surrendered

```

Although his life was marked by failure,

He did not surrender to ignorance-night.

Although he was drunk with fatigue,

excruciating fatigue,

He did not surrender to ignorance-night.

Although wild tears have conquered his life,

inner and outer,

He has not surrendered to ignorance-night.

His is not the nature to surrender,

But to accept life

And brave the buffets of life

And thus come out victorious. ```

167. Two things he treasures

```

Two things he always treasures:

The invisible wings

Of his heart's silence-bird

And

The visible arms

Of his body's dedication-life. ```

168. The human mind

```

The human mind

Is but a foolish wind.

The human mind

Is but a foolish monkey.

The human mind

Is but a foolish expanse.

The human mind

Is but a foolish sigh of disbelief. ```

169. A question still unanswered

```

O Lord,

Do take me beyond the reach of desire.

O Lord,

Do place me within the reach of aspiration.

O Lord,

One question of my mind yet remains unanswered:

Will I ever love You devotedly,

soulfully,

unreservedly

and

unconditionally,

Ever? ```

170. The inner man

```

The inner man is paid

When the outer man sees and receives.

The inner man is happy

When the outer man achieves and becomes.

The inner man knows the secret

Of God's Vision-Illumination

And

God's Reality-Perfection. ```

171. O insecurity

```

O insecurity,

I have saved you.

I have saved your doomed, grieved body.

O insecurity,

I have given you sincere happiness.

I have made you the instrument of Heaven.

Otherwise, you would have remained

The instrument of hell.

```

172. Doubt is an instrument

```

Doubt is an instrument

Of perpetuating hell.

Doubt is an instrument

Of temptation-frustration.

Doubt is an instrument

Of destruction-realisation. ```

173. Man is not a god

```

Why is man not a god?

Man is not a god because

Man is afraid of God-Responsibility

And God's all-pervading Duty

And God's universal Oneness-Reality.

```

174. Now he competes with death

```

Before he made friends with aspiration-life

He was the friend of death.

Now he competes with death

And its friends:

Fear, anxiety and doubt.

In himself he sees the seeds

Of world-transforming God-Smile.

```

175. I love the children of God

```

I love the crying children of God

Because they are pure.

I love the waiting children of God

Because they are sure. ```

176. A life of prison-hope

```

He lives in a prison-home

Of stubborn inconscience.

He hides in the cave

Of insecurity

And tries to escape

From the tight embrace of the past.

Alas, his is a life

Of prison-hope. ```

177. Two lessons of life

```

Two significant lessons of life

He has learned

From life itself:

To love the human life

In the life divine;

And

To transform the animal into the human

For the divine to play its most significant role

In the human life.

```

178. A mere glance

```

Just a mere glance of the Lord

Can erase the music

Of his inhuman life.

Just a mere glance of the Lord! ```

179. His fear won

```

His fear fought

With his desire.

His fear won.

His Immortality-breath fought

With his mortality-life.

His mortality-life won.

```

180. Immortality

```

Infinity

Is a gift from above.

Eternity

Is a gift from above.

Divinity

Is a gift from above.

But Immortality

Is an achievement here on earth. ```

181. You will be happy

```

Be indifferent to blame and praise.

You will be happy.

Don't be sick of solitude.

You will be happy.

Discard the splendour of desire.

You will be happy.

Recognise not the ranklings of jealousy.

You will be happy.

Let death be inaugurated in your vital's volcano-pride.

You will be happy. ```

182. He is a fool

```

He is a fool.

He lives in his determination-doubt.

He is a fool.

He forgets to treasure his surrendering breath.

He is a fool.

He tries to define

His ascending love of God

and

God's descending love of him.

```

183. You are a true hero

```

You are a true hero.

I need your life's

Surrender-strength to God.

I need your life's

Satisfaction-perfection

In God's operation

In and through you.

```

184. Now that I know

```

Now that I know where joy is

I shall no longer

Act like a fool.

Joy is in the vision-light

Of non-expectation.

```

185. Each cry is a vision

```

Each cry is a vision.

Each vision is a realisation.

Each realisation is a perfection.

Each perfection is God's Satisfaction in man

And

Man's transcendence-delight in God. ```

186. A new tonic

```

I am indeed a part of you,

Therefore

Do not be afraid of me,

My poor doubt.

From today I shall serve you

With a new tonic:

Oneness-light.

```

187. Each thought is a prayer

```

Each thought is a prayer.

Each prayer is a satisfaction.

Each satisfaction

Is God in preparation

For His own Self-transcendence.

```

188. An achievement unparalleled

```

Heaven's pride

Garlands your golden life-boat,

Not because you have reached

The shore

But because you have left

The starting point.

Indeed, this is an achievement unparalleled.

```

189. God needs your heart

```

Your heart is all false,

Counterfeit.

I do not need it.

But alas, God needs it.

Why?

God needs it

Because you try and cry

And cry and try

To love God,

Although in your own way.

No harm, that is what

Everybody does in the beginning. ```

190. A pure heart sees

```

What does a pure heart do?

A pure heart sees

That God is its Eternity's Friend,

God is its Infinity's Smile,

God is its Immortality's Reality.

```

191. Where are you sleeping, purity?

```

Where are you sleeping, purity?

There is a room in my heart.

Do try it.

If it pleases you

I shall give it to you free.

I promise a hundred times. ```

192. A soul-life of gratitude

```

A soul-life of gratitude

To You I offer,

My Master-Lord,

For Your satisfaction

In my service-love-boat.

```

193. There and here

```

I am there

And

I am here.

I am there

In Heaven

To sing God's Vision-Song,

An easy song.

I am here

On earth

To play God's Game,

A difficult game. ```

194. Man's monkey mind

```

Man's mind has no

Fixed rule

And

It can never have one,

For it does not sincerely desire

To come out of its restless

Monkey-incarnation.

```

195. Son, I forgive you

```

Lord, do You forgive me

When I do everything wrong?

"Son, I forgive you."

Why?

"Because you are asking the right person.

I am the only one

Who can and will forgive you."

```

196. The children cry

```

Children of the heart

Cry with the desire

To offer their love-light to the world.

Children of the mind

Cry with the desire

To receive the thought-might from the world.

```

197. A debt to pay

```

I have a debt to pay

To my Earth-Mother:

Service-life.

I have a debt to pay

To my Heaven-Father:

Love-smile.

```

198. The beginning and the end

```

His soulful beginning

Has found its fruitful end.

Where?

Where the beginning

And the end

Each other need

For God-Satisfaction

And

Man-perfection.

```

199. Soaring and singing

```

Soaring and singing,

His soul-vision came to me.

Crying and dying,

My earth-reality is running towards him. ```

200. Sow and grow

```

Sow

Conviction-seed.

Grow

Perfection-plant.

Become

Satisfaction-fruit. ```

201. Poor jealousy

```

Poor jealousy!

Forgive her,

She is living in the wrong home:

Mind-insecurity.

If she wants to live

In the heart,

Then the heart will give her

Its magnanimity-light. ```

202. The sign of a God-Heart

```

To cry

For earth-pleasure

Is the sign of a little heart.

To smile

At earth-frustration

Is the sign of a big heart.

To surrender

And then cry or smile

As soul-necessity demands

Is the sign of a God-Heart. ```

203. Wisdom

```

Cave-wisdom:

Renounce!

Palace-wisdom:

Announce!

God-wisdom:

Accept,

Transform

And

Together smile!

```

204. The mountain-smile

```

The mountain-smile

Is a smile

In which you see

The height

Transcending its own heights,

The illumination

Transcending its own illuminations.

```

205. I shall smile

```

When my dry logic dies,

I shall secretly smile.

When the philosopher in me

Surrenders to the seeker in me,

I shall openly smile.

```

206. Inside his smile

```

He smiled

And gave me the answer

To my life's query.

Inside his smile

I saw only one thing:

"I, too, eternally need you."

```

207. Don't speak so loudly

```

Don't speak so loudly

Or all the world will know it,

And it will laugh at you.

Don't speak so lifelessly,

Or all the world will know it,

And it will laugh at you.

Just speak confidently, smilingly.

Lo, the world is loving you

And needing you,

You alone. ```

208. He came, he left

```

He came

Because

He needed

Earth-tears

To be dynamically brave.

He left

Because

He needed

Heaven-smiles

To be soulfully beautiful.

```

209. Lord, do teach me!

```

Lord, I do not know.

Do teach me!

"Son, first unlearn

What you have so far learned.

I shall then

Not only teach you

But also make you another God like Me."

```

210. Earth-name, Heaven-name

```

My earth-name

Is Heaven's necessity-reality.

My Heaven-name

Is earth's responsibility-reality

And

Earth's surrender-divinity. ```

211. You, too, have a place

```

You are the doubter

And

The teeming doubts;

Therefore

Nobody needs you.

But I love you

Because you too

Have a place at God's Feet

To sing your transformation-song.

```

212. When

```

O my earth, when will you smile?

O my Heaven, when will you cry?

O my God, when will You appear?

When earth smiles,

I see.

When Heaven cries,

I feel.

When God appears,

I become. ```

213. Again and again

```

I shall come here

Again and again

To love God's Feet of Light

Because

They are Compassion-Beauty,

They are Perfection-Reality. ```

214. When I feel the pull

```

When I feel the pull

Of desire

My weak vital surrenders

To nothingness black.

When I feel the pull

Of aspiration

My strong heart surrenders

To oneness white. ```

215. You trust me

```

You trust me, don't you?

I assure you,

I shall never fail you.

I trust myself, don't I?

If I do not

Then I shall start right now,

For my sanity's beauty. ```

216. I am dying³

```

Lord, save me,

I am dying.

"Son, smile!

I am crying

Before dying."

```

TRP 216. A later version of this poem was published. See: TRP:845 at the end of this book.↩

217. The realisation of life's mistakes

```

The realisation

Of life's mistakes

Is painful

But unavoidable.

Today you realise

Your follies;

Tomorrow you will realise

That perfection is what

You wanted

And perfection is what

You undoubtedly have.

```

218. His Compassion-smile

```

His Compassion-smile

Tells me

He can give me unconditionally

And

I can receive Him unreservedly.

```

219. When you scold me

```

When you scold me

I love you infinitely more,

Because

At that time you feel

That I can after all

Become something really good,

divine,

supreme

and perfect.

```

220. Purity

```

Purity: a thought-light

That shakes mankind,

Transforms mankind,

Glorifies mankind

And

Fulfils God in God's own Way. ```

221. Now the truth-secret is out

```

Now the truth-secret is out:

God really needs me.

Now the truth-secret is out:

God's satisfaction entirely depends

On my oneness-height with Him.

```

222. Where have You been?

```

O Lord, where have You been?

I have not seen You

For a long time.

"But son, I have all along

Seen you."

Where?

"In your self-imposed insecurity."

```

223. The giver

```

You give joy to all;

Therefore

You are great.

You give love to all;

Therefore

You are good.

You give God to all;

Therefore

You are another God,

At least to me. ```

224. He promised to return

```

He promised to return

And he will:

Not with compassion

Like last time

But

With a sword

For world-redemption.

```

225. When you insult me

```

When you insult me

I love you infinitely more,

Because

I know then that

You need my service:

Perfection-service,

Of course.

```

226. Beginning and conclusion

```

Your beginning was precarious.

Your conclusion will be

precious,

prosperous,

gracious.

```

227. Experience-gain

```

There is no loss:

It is all experience-gain.

Believe it or not,

You will realise it is true

Long before you start

Consciously sailing

In God's Self-Transcendence Boat.

```

228. What does America have?

```

What does America have?

It has everything

Except one thing:

Relaxation-taste

In perfection-test.

```

229. The courage to try

```

When you have

The courage to try,

You have everything,

For God-revealing Reality

Loves you

And

Needs you.

```

230. God-power

```

Faith-power

I use to achieve.

Love-power

I use to become.

God-power

I use to surrender.

To whom?

God the Compassion-Height

and

God the Perfection-Light. ```

231. O walls of history

```

O walls of history,

Let me pass through you.

I shall see only

The truth in you.

I shall distribute only

The delicious reality-sweets of you

To the world around me.

```

232. The children love him

```

The children of the West

Love him

Because he talks about God.

The children of the East

Love him

Because he knows God.

```

233. God-love, self-love

```

I love God

Because

He is great and good.

I love myself

Because

I need God,

And nobody else.

Never!

```

234. When he appears

```

When

He appears

Everything clears up.

When

He appears

Everybody cheers up.

When

He appears

Everybody nears not only the Goal

But the Goal-Beauty itself. ```

235. Do not give up!

```

Happy days are yet to come.

Do not give up!

Happier days are bound to come.

Do not give up!

Happiest days will be fast approaching you.

Do not give up! ```

236. To conquer, to win

```

To conquer the night

What I need

Is my soul's light-power.

To win the day

What I need

Is my life's dedication-power.

```

237. I love your heart-beauty's cry

```

Dear America,

I love

Your heart-beauty's cry

Because it needs me.

And I need it, too!

It needs me openly

And

I need it unmistakably. ```

238. Do you need me?

```

I do not know

What to say to you.

You have been so kind to me.

Do tell me one thing:

Do you need me?

"I need you and I shall always need you

Because your need of me

Is well-founded and well-informed." ```

239. Except one thing

```

Nothing

Is boring

Except one thing:

Incapacity.

Nothing

Is soaring

Except one thing:

Satisfaction-necessity. ```

240. God's oneness

```

God's greatness

Puzzles me.

God's goodness

Fascinates me.

God's oneness

Satisfies me

And

Glorifies me. ```

241. I need God

```

I like God.

He is so kind to me.

I love God.

He is so blind to me.

I need God.

He is so real to me. ```

242. The real in myself

```

At last I submit

To the real in myself.

What is the real in myself?

My love-world's

Oneness-delight

With God. ```

243. The beauty of my dream

```

The beauty of my dream tells me,

"Seeker, I have come

To love you.

You are only of God

And

You are only for God." ```

244. Mind's eye, heart's eye

```

In his mind's eye

There is no reality

In God's Creation-Breath.

In his heart's eye

There is nothing

And

There can be nothing

Save and except reality all-where.

```

245. Heart's ecstasy-flood

```

Not to love God

Is the pain of the heart.

To love God

And to make God feel

He is loved and needed

Always and always

Is the ecstasy-flood of the heart.

```

246. O sleepless soul

```

O sleepless soul,

Because you are brave

You are great,

Because you are sincere

You are good,

Because you so unreservedly give

You are perfect,

Absolutely perfect. ```

247. The best

```

Poise,

You are the best of me.

Purity,

You are the best in me.

Perfection,

You are the best for me. ```

248. Dark thoughts have returned

```

Former dark thoughts have returned;

Therefore

I am dying in grief

And

I am crying to end the noise-wheel

Of creation-satisfaction. ```

249. Fear and doubt

```

Fear frightens me.

What is fear?

A self-imposed torture.

Doubt devours me.

What is doubt?

An unconscious destruction-poison.

```

250. Unwilling

```

You are

Unwilling to be fed

By God.

He is

Unwilling to be fed

By God.

I am

Unwilling to be seen

By God's Justice-light

But

I am

Eagerly longing to be seen

By God's Compassion-Might.

```

251. Who writes his dreams?

```

Who writes his dreams?

God the Creator.

Who publishes his dreams?

God the Preserver.

Who distributes his dreams?

God the Fulfiller,

God the eternal Lover.

```

252. My life's song

```

O Lord, in Your Heart's Joy

My life's song begins,

And in my heart's suffering

My life's song ends. ```

253. Despair is strong

```

Despair is not weak;

It is strong.

It fights against our hope.

It fights against our determination.

It fights even against our heart's conviction-light.

```

254. Afraid to fight?

```

Afraid to fight?

How then are you going to win

In the battlefield of life?

Afraid to fight?

How then are you going to wear

The garland of victory?

Afraid to fight?

How then can God-Perfection manifest itself

In and through you

In the battlefield of life?

Be not afraid to fight!

Fight for Truth and surrender to Truth alone. ```

255. His life is appreciated

```

His complete simplicity-life

Is appreciated by all his dear ones.

His complete sincerity-life

Is appreciated by all those who know him.

His complete purity-life

Is loved by all those who need

An iota of purity-breath.

```

256. O never-working body

```

O never-resting mind,

Do take rest for some time,

For you really need some rest.

O never-working body,

Do work for some time at least.

You do need to work.

You have rested beyond your necessity's satisfaction.

Be active!

Rest no more!

Sit for the test of life!

Manifest God-Beauty in and through yourself!

```

257. Don't think of the past!

```

Don't think of the past!

You will be forced to enter

Into the chaos of thought.

You will be forced to enter

Into the chaos of passion.

You will be forced to enter

Into the dust of lifetimes.

You will be forced to play the role

Of Eternity's most deplorable beggar.

```

258. The path of satisfaction-light

```

Begging is not good.

Asking is not good.

Demanding is not good.

Then what is good?

Loving and becoming the Oneness-Reality

For the path of satisfaction-light

Is good, always good.

```

259. Cherished dream and cherished reality

```

I always cherish a dream

And that dream is the dream

Of self-determination.

I always cherish a reality

And that reality is the reality

Of God-manifestation.

```

260. God danced and danced

```

When my mind's innocence and my mind's virtue

Met together

God danced and danced and danced.

He completely forgot

How to walk anymore,

How to run anymore;

He only danced and danced.

```

261. Joy is my name

```

Joy was my name

When I thought that I loved God

More than anybody else.

Joy is my name

When I think that God loves me

More than He loves anybody else.

Joy shall be my name

When I can think that God's Love-distribution

Is for God to decide

And not for my human longing. ```

262. An innocent tear-drop

```

An innocent tear-drop of humanity

Killed me.

An infant fear-drop of humanity

Killed my heart.

A fraction of a doubt-smile of humanity

Killed my life. ```

263. You live for me

```

My Lord,

In exchange for the tears of my sorrow

You have given me Your loving

And living Presence.

My Lord,

You live not for Yourself

But You live for my life's satisfaction-smile

In the tears of my ever-climbing heart. ```

264. The heart of sorrow

```

His is the heart of sorrow.

His is the heart of tears.

He longs to learn the oblivion-song.

Alas, his life-boat is tied to the coast of doleful life. ```

265. The other shore of life

```

The other shore of life

Is beautiful.

Who says so?

The dissatisfied vital.

The other shore of life

Is meaningful.

Who says so?

The intelligent mind.

The other shore of life

Is perfection-satisfaction.

Who says so?

The doubter-hater of this shore. ```

266. Explore

```

Explore your mind.

There is much that you will be able to discover.

Explore your vital.

It needs transformation through purification. ```

267. His days slip by

```

All his days slip by

In lethargy-black.

All his days slip by

In incapacity-brown.

All his promise-joy slips by

In oblivion-swoon.

Yet he cherishes the expectancy

Of God's arrival. ```

268. Grace

```

Sincerity cures all disgrace.

Purity revives all Grace.

Humility immediately adds to Grace.

Surrender to God-Will immortalises all Grace. ```

269. The best thing to do

```

To doubt God's existence

Is a fatal flaw.

To doubt one's own existence

Is an unforgivable flaw.

To love oneself divinely

Is a real thing to do.

To love God before one loves oneself

Is by far the best thing to do. ```

270. Desire-life, aspiration-life

```

Desire-life still cries in you.

You want to know

What you can do?

You can love your aspiration-life

Infinitely more.

Desire-life will become jealous

Of your aspiration-life

And will leave you once and for all. ```

271. A thousand sighs

```

It is a thousand sighs

That break the promise-light

Of our divinity's beauty

And necessity's magnanimity. ```

272. God's pride

```

Who was God's pride?

The searching man.

Who is God's pride?

The crying man.

Who will be God's pride?

The cheerfully surrendering man. ```

273. The viceroy in me

```

Human reason's viceroy is in me;

Its name is justice.

Divine compassion's viceroy is in me;

Its name is truth-climbing progress. ```

274. The runners

```

I run to death

Unafraid.

Death runs to me

Unconcerned.

God runs to me

Smilingly.

God runs to death

Tyrannically. ```

275. Three steps to greatness

```

Three steps to greatness:

He loves the world's helplessness.

He becomes the world's sincerity.

He sacrifices all his light

For all the world's stupidity.

```

276. Beauty, responsibility and necessity

```

Beauty: the heart

Of humanity.

Responsibility: the soul

Of divinity.

Necessity: the life

Of Immortality. ```

277. I shall end my life-song

```

I shall end my life-song

With a million sighs

Unfulfilled,

Unappreciated

And

Even unheard. ```

278. Two things I need

```

Two things I always need:

The consolation of my imagination

And

The manifestation of God's Compassion. ```

279. Compassion and perfection

```

Divine Compassion: what is it?

The sanctuary of human incapacity.

Divine Perfection: what is it?

The dream-reality of God-Capacity. ```

280. You must become

```

You must live,

Therefore

You must love.

You must love,

Therefore

You must become.

Why?

To please God and His oneness with you.

```

281. Hear me!

```

Hear me!

I shall break

Your stupidity-casket

And

Your divinity's satisfaction-door.

```

282. Everyone is good

```

Everyone is good,

Including the animal in me.

Why?

Because it admires the human in me.

Everyone is good,

Including the human in me.

Why?

Because it feels a conscious need

Of the divine in God.

```

283. Surrender-life

```

Love-life never dies.

Devotion-life ever lives.

Surrender-life transcends

Both death and life.

It lives in the heart

Of beginningless silence

And

Endless sound. ```

284. Consolation

```

He sat at the foot of the sky

For consolation.

He sat in the heart of the sky

For consolation.

He sat on the top of the sky

For consolation.

No consolation!

At last he made his conscious oneness

With God-life perfect.

In his service-light he received

Not only consolation-illumination

But perfection-satisfaction

of the transcendental Heights.

```

285. Confession

```

Confession, if it is reluctant,

Is worse than useless.

Confession, if it is forced,

Is worse than useless.

Confession spontaneous, the self-giving reality,

Is better than the best. ```

286. His life on earth

```

His very life on earth

Is the soul of discipline-light.

His very heart on earth

Is the smile of perfection-height.

His very body on earth

Is the singleness of God's living Purpose

Here on earth.

```

287. You are really great

```

Your intuition-mind

Is really great.

Your sacrifice-heart

Is really great.

Your perfection-concern

Is really great.

Your oneness-life with the world at large

Is really great. ```

288. My comrade eternal

```

I do not doubt;

Therefore

My Master is my comrade eternal.

I do not fear;

Therefore

My Master and my boat

Easily take me to the shores

Of the ever-transcending Beyond.

```

289. Do you know?

```

Humility,

Do you know that

You are always safe?

Purity,

Do you know that

You are in God's very Heart?

Sincerity,

Do you know that

Through you

God the Eternal Dreamer

And

God the Eternal Fulfiller

Sees?

```

290. Those who never sleep

```

Many are there

Who sleep too much.

Very few are there

Who do not sleep enough.

Again, there are those

Who never sleep at all.

Theirs is the continuous search

For God-oneness,

For God-perfection,

For Eternity's God-embrace. ```

291. O Light of Compassion

```

O Light of Compassion,

Your miracle-breath

Is spreading smiling fragrance.

Tomorrow without fail

I shall win the tug-of-war

Against ignorance-night.

Why?

Just because today You have claimed me

As Your very own;

Just because today I have claimed You

As my very own,

O Light of Compassion. ```

292. Giant heart, giant eye

```

Earth has a giant heart.

It can tolerate everything,

It can assimilate everything.

Heaven has a giant eye.

It can see everything,

It can purify everything,

It can enlighten everything. ```

293. Don't sail in the doubt-boat

```

Don't sail

In the doubt-boat.

If you do, you are bound

To reach the soundless shore.

Don't sail

In the doubt-boat.

If you do, you are bound

To meet with nadir-darkness

And slumbering inconscience-cry.

```

294. God really loves you

```

Do not argue with God.

He really loves you.

Do not criticise God.

He really loves you.

Set aside your pride.

Lo, God has set you free. ```

295. Do not slay yourself

```

Do not slay yourself.

Do not kill yourself.

Your Lord will not only save you

But illumine and immortalise you.

Do not slay yourself.

Do not kill yourself.

Your Lord has given you your life.

Your body and soul are of His own Silence-Light. ```

296. When you have set aside your ignorance

```

When you have set aside your pride,

Then God will definitely show you

Special affection.

When you have set aside your doubt,

Then God will definitely claim you

As His very own.

When you have set aside your love of ignorance-night,

Then God will definitely immortalise you

By revealing your all-illumining Goal to you.

```

297. Be a believer

```

If your faith is narrow

You cannot have a naked sword

To stab the pride of ignorance.

Be a believer, a God-believer

Through your love-life,

Devotion-breath,

Surrender-heart.

God will not only lighten your task

But also enlighten your path. ```

298. God's birthday present

```

On my birthday

God came to me

And answered a question of mine:

"God, what do you do all the time?"

He said, "I do nothing but listen,

Listen to the world's deplorable fate

And ever-changeable fate

And to

Heaven's satisfaction-glory

And creation-unification story." ```

299. Mastery

```

Mastery is a great thing!

Unless I reach the liberty-goal,

How can I acquire mastery?

Or unless I am always alive in You,

How can I acquire mastery?

```

300. Give nothing away

```

Give nothing away.

Not even ignorance,

For the transformation of ignorance

Can be and is the extended perfection

Of God's Omnipresence-Reality.

```

301. All I have to my name

```

All I have to my name

Is Your Compassion-flood.

All I have to my name

Is Your Concern-sky.

All I have to my name

Is Your Love-donation. ```

302. The runner in me

```

In the inner life

Hope is good

for the beginner runner in me,

Certainty is good

for the expert runner in me,

Triumph is good

for the champion runner in me.

```

303. Good friends

```

Hope has a good friend:

Compassion human.

Certainty has a good friend:

Satisfaction divine. ```

304. Infinitude must be born

```

Gratitude

Must be born

With the aspiring human man.

Infinitude

Must be born

With the life-surrendering God-man.

```

305. Everybody but me

```

Everybody wants to grow,

But

I want to glow.

Everybody wants to receive,

But

I want to achieve.

Everybody wants success-sound,

But

I want progress-silence.

```

306. The right thing to do

```

If you are really great

Then speak humbly of humility.

This is undoubtedly the right thing to do.

If you are really good

Then speak silently of divinity.

This is unquestionably the right thing to do.

```

307. I have known it all along

```

High imagination is nature's equal.

I have known it all along.

Devoted service is meditation's equal.

I have known it all along. ```

308. The only joy in the world

```

The only joy

In the outer world

Is to begin.

The only joy

In the inner world

Is to continue.

The only joy

In God's world

Is never to stop,

But to unconditionally love God

And serve His creation.

```

309. Three faults of the mind

```

Three faults of the mind:

It overeats the suspicion-cake;

It humiliates its best friend, heart;

It suspects its own existence-reality-light. ```

310. Such is hope

```

Such is hope:

It tells us what to do,

But it does not

Teach us how to do it.

Such is hope:

It tells us that God is appearing,

But alas, who appears?

Frustration-monster. ```

311. What they are to each other

```

Purity is to the body

What clarity is to the mind.

Gratitude is to the heart

What infinitude is to the soul. ```

312. My God is many

```

Your God is but one God.

He is great;

I do not deny it.

My God is many.

They are not only great

but also good.

Because of their greatness,

In Heaven they dance and dance.

Because of their goodness,

On earth they cry and cry. ```

313. Conflicting philosophies

```

The body is just a thing;

Don't waste your time on it.

My philosopher-friend has taught me this.

The body is a temple in which to worship God;

Appreciate it, admire it, love it.

My Yogi-friend has taught me this.

```

314. A long-treasured thought

```

O Lord Supreme,

You are my possibility-Heaven.

You are my inevitability-manifestation.

O Lord Supreme,

In You I never have a thought.

But today I offer You a long-treasured thought:

I need You, I constantly need You,

Badly and sleeplessly.

```

315. His life-colours

```

His heart is made of gratitude gold.

His mind is made of fortitude bold.

His life is made of infinitude blue.

He lives only for the manifestation

Of God-Promise here on earth.

```

316. His God-life

```

His eyes are made of the beauty of the stars.

His arms are made of the duty of the sun.

His head is made of the beauty of the moon.

His life belongs not to him

But to the God-Vision operating in humanity.

His life is divinity's progress in humanity's success. ```

317. If

```

If you are not humble,

You will definitely stumble.

If you are not pure,

You can never be sure.

If you are not sincere,

You can never conquer fear.

If you believe,

Then you will not only receive

But you will also achieve

What God infinitely has

And eternally is.

```

318. What to do?

```

What to do?

Don't you know?

Stick to one thing:

Love God.

Stick to something more:

Obey God.

Finally, one thing more:

Think that God is for you to use at every moment

In the march of changes

In ageless time. ```

319. Completing the game

```

Yesterday you believed,

Today you are obeying,

Tomorrow you will complete your game

By becoming God the Dream-Boat

and

God the Reality-Shore. ```

320. Are you beginning to believe?

```

Are you beginning to believe?

Then you have made tremendous progress.

Are you beginning to obey?

Then you have made tremendous progress.

Are you beginning to surrender?

Then you have made all the progress

That a human being in a mortal frame

Can ever achieve. ```

321. Do you love God?

```

Do you love God?

Then do Him a favour.

Just reform yourself.

Then your necessity of God

Will loom large

And God's necessity of you

Will find its perfection-satisfaction

In your life's inner cry

and

Your heart's outer smile. ```

322. The Compassion-light from above

```

Necessity does not reform us.

It is the Compassion-light from above

That reforms us.

Reality does not fulfil us,

It is the Compassion-light,

It is the Satisfaction-concern from above

That reforms us, fulfils us

And

Glorifies us.

```

323. Do not regret

```

Regret is nothing but a waste;

Therefore, do not regret.

See the light, feel the light, become the light

Of today's dawn

And try not, cry not

To see yesterday's stars, moon and sun.

They are gone.

They should be buried in oblivion-night. ```

324. If you love to become one

```

If you like to obey,

Then you can go far.

If you love to surrender,

Then you will go very far.

If you love to become consciously,

constantly

and inseparably one

with God-Light,

Then not only will you reach the farthest

But you have already reached

The farthest of all.

```

325. He lives for others

```

He lives for others.

His confidence in God

Satisfies others,

Pleases others,

Fulfils others.

He lives for others.

He is the soul-light of God-world's Beauty's

All-illumining Height.

```

326. Live where you are

```

Live where you are.

I shall not try to convert you.

I shall not inject fear into you.

Live where you are.

Only grow confidence indomitable within yourself

So that in you can loom large

God-necessity

And

God-satisfaction Reality. ```

327. I am one of those few

```

I cannot exactly say who loved God first,

Or who needed God first,

But this much I can say:

I am one of those few, very few

Who need God first,

Who love God first

Long before they think of themselves,

love themselves. ```

328. God-love is one thing

```

God-love is one thing.

If you do not stick to that very thing,

How can God love you,

How can God transform you?

Keep one thought, one will, one soul, one goal.

Then God will not only love you and need you,

But claim you immediately, for Eternity,

As His very own,

His very own.

```

329. Divinity's delight

```

Sincerity

Is Eternity's delight.

Humility

Is Immortality's delight.

Purity

Is Divinity's delight. ```

330. Only two things

```

Lord, I wish to learn

Only two things from You:

How I can always

Remain at Your Feet;

How I can always

Breathe in Your ever-transcending

Consciousness-Delight.

```

331. I love the world because

```

I love the world

Not because

The world loves me,

Not because

God loves me.

I love the world

Because

I know nothing else to do,

Because

I want nothing else to do.

```

332. Look at my God

```

I am not the only failure.

Look at my God.

He is suffering excruciating pangs.

I am not the only success.

Look at my God.

He is dancing with me His dance,

His life-immortalising Nectar-dance. ```

333. Nothing wrong

```

There was nothing wrong

In my trying to see God;

Therefore

I sincerely tried.

There is nothing wrong

In my crying to see God smile;

Therefore

I am devotedly crying. ```

334. God-Compassion has devoured me

```

Only my love of God

Is good in my life.

The rest is hopeless and useless.

But God says

Everything in my life is good,

For God-Compassion has totally devoured me,

My all. ```

335. Thought-experiments

```

Explode a thought,

Happiness deserts you.

Explore a thought,

Surprise envelops you.

Implore a thought,

Helplessness befriends you. ```

336. I do not know

```

I do not know

Who God is.

I do not want to know

How ignorant humanity is.

I do not and cannot know

If an unaspiring man

Can always be pleased with God.

```

337. To know you a little better

```

To know you a little better

Is to make significant progress

In the inner life.

To know you a little better

Is to run towards the summit

Of success-hill.

To stay more in you, less in me:

This is the only way

I can see the face of

Perfection-delight.

There is no other way,

There is no other way. ```

338. I shall not criticise

```

I shall not criticise

Either man or God,

For man tries

In spite of being helpless

And

God tries

In spite of arriving uninvited.

```

339. You will be happy

```

Think beyond humanity

You will be happy.

Think within divinity.

You will be happier.

Live in humanity to manifest divinity.

You will be the happiest. ```

340. Just cry for truth

```

Stings of falsehood:

Easy to remove.

Just cry for truth,

Live for truth,

Surrender to truth,

Please the truth

In its own way.

```

341. Let us go into the silence-room

```

O my mind,

Let us go into the silence-room.

I assure you,

You will be happy,

You will be illumined,

You will be fulfilled.

O my mind,

Let us go into the silence-room.

It is the silence-room that can give you

What you have always wanted:

Peace, peace.

```

342. Each new day

```

Each new day

Is a gift.

Each new day

Is opportunity's revelation-sky.

Each new day

Is reality's manifestation-sun. ```

343. Lord, preserve us

```

Lord, preserve us

From false peace-givers,

From false prophets,

From false Masters.

Earth-turmoil is more than enough

To buffet us.

Let us not be victims

Of false saviours. ```

344. The only way

```

Sometimes I must be silent,

For that is the only way

To know a little better,

To think a little wiser,

To become a little more perfect,

To claim God a little sooner. ```

345. In another day

```

I see my world

In another day,

Not in today's cry.

I see my world

In another day,

Not in tomorrow's smile.

```

346. Lo, I am changed!

```

Lord,

You do not have to keep me from failure-night.

Just keep me from lethargy-sight,

from incapacity-frustration,

from impurity-destruction.

```

347. I have given You the right

```

Lord, You have granted me courage to change.

I have given You the right to transform me,

Perfect me,

Fulfil Yourself in me.

This right I have given You

With cheerfulness-light

And

Surrender-delight. ```

348. Supreme Lord, save me

```

Supreme Lord,

Save me from all self-complacency.

Free me from all the invasions of fear.

Give me the capacity to tackle fear-night.

Lord Supreme,

To You I offer my Eternity's gratitude,

Because I am now all awake.

```

349. Pride has ruined me

```

My youth-enamoured pride

Has ruined me.

Unless, indeed, I dwell

With humility-breath,

Destruction-night shall embrace

My helplessness-heart. ```

350. The child of Your Forgiveness

```

Bad am I, but yet

The child of Your Forgiveness,

The child of Your Compassion,

The child of Your Dream-boat,

The child of Your Reality-shore.

```

351. O Giver of Thyself

```

O Giver of Thyself,

You have given me

More than I deserve,

Infinitely more than I deserve.

To You I have given

My aspiration-cry,

My realisation-smile,

And

My determination-perfection.

```

352. If so is Thy Will

```

I am not mine own.

I know not what to say.

I move around with my beggarly heart.

I forgive myself,

My stupidity,

My existence-night

Only for Thee

To please Thee,

If so is Thy Will.

```

353. I have conquered God

```

My obedience

Has conquered God's Compassion.

My service

Has conquered God's Smile.

My love

Has conquered God's Oneness. ```

354. Who has freed me?

```

Who has freed me

From confusion-thought?

My eternal Friend, God.

Who has made to dawn on me

Possibilities of Divinity's life?

My old Friend, God.

Who has given me

The capacity to transcend

Every day, every hour,

My existence-reality?

My God, my Beloved Supreme.

```

355. Of Thee, for Thee

```

My desire is before Thee,

My aspiration is in Thee,

My satisfaction is for Thee.

I am of Thy Compassion-Light,

For Thy Satisfaction-Delight.

```

356. Impurity has robbed your life

```

Impurity has robbed your life.

Go back to your aspiration-source

Slowly and steadily.

Think of God, dream of God.

He will catch your impurity-thief

Quickly and readily.

```

357. They are afraid

```

He is afraid of something:

The unavoidable shadow

Of his impurity-life.

She is afraid of something:

The constant absence

Of God-satisfaction

In her insecurity-heart. ```

358. I occupied myself with prayer

```

I occupied myself with prayer;

Therefore

God-cries welcomed me.

I occupied myself with prayer;

Therefore

God wanted me to sit at His Feet.

I occupied myself with prayer;

Therefore

God wanted me to touch His Heart.

I occupied myself with prayer;

Therefore

God wanted me to dine with Him

In silence,

In the height

Of His Transcendental Silence-glory. ```

359. The final proof of God

```

What is the final proof of God?

It is that you are not afraid of Him.

What is the final proof of God?

It is that you know

He claims you as His very own.

Whether you claim Him or not,

He leaves all to you

And claims you as His very own. ```

360. Be not afraid

```

Be not afraid of greatness.

Greatness cannot devour you.

Be not puzzled by earth-achievements.

They do not mark Immortality's Life.

Be not afraid of anything.

Love everything.

But grow into one thing only:

God-Delight. ```

361. A giant tree of hope

```

Inside you I see

Tender leaves of hope.

How I wish to see inside you

A giant tree of hope

That will weather the buffets of darkness

And the torrents of ignorance-night. ```

362. Be pure!

```

Be pure!

Otherwise, you will see the sinking flame.

Be pure

And God will give you the keys

To open His three doors:

Realisation,

Perfection,

Satisfaction —

Realisation in life,

Perfection in the entire being,

Satisfaction both on earth

And in Heaven,

Both in God's Dream-existence

And in God's Reality-existence. ```

363. The wings of friendship

```

The wings of earth-friendship

Fly very fast,

Sooner than at once.

We see them

But

They fly beyond, far beyond our ken.

The wings of Heaven comradeship

Slowly,

steadily,

unerringly fly

And

We can follow them easily

To the shores of Infinity's

Peace,

Light

and

Delight.

```

364. Short roads

```

The road that leads

From fear to doubt

Is very short.

The road that leads

From doubt to destruction

Is very short.

The road that leads

From sincerity to aspiration

Is very short.

The road that leads

From faith to Immortality

Is very short.

```

365. Hope itself is happiness

```

Hope itself is happiness.

It needs no outer happiness

To add to its joy.

Love itself is satisfaction.

It needs no outer satisfaction

To add to its reality-strength.

```

366. Do me a favour, Lord

```

O Lord Supreme,

Do me a favour.

Can You be from now on

My only magnet,

To save me,

To pull me towards You?

I have set aside everything

That I once upon a time claimed as my own:

Fear,

Doubt,

Bondage,

Darkness

And ignorance.

Now I want only to be

Claimed by You,

By Your Compassion-Delight alone. ```

367. Reveal your humility-life

```

O voice of my weeping night,

Be not silent.

Reveal, express your humility-life!

Oneness-delight will rule your life

When you have reached

The goal of your destination-dance. ```

368. Helpless is my independence

```

Helpless is my independence, Lord.

Do You know why, Lord?

Because Your Smile is not there

In my independence.

Your Concern is not there

In my independence.

What I have is only

My authority human

And

My autocracy animal. ```

369. His greatness and his goodness

```

His greatness has not made him good.

On the contrary,

His greatness has ruined him.

His goodness has not only made him great

But has also made him

Eternity's indispensable necessity.

```

370. Side by side with me

```

Lord Supreme,

My doubting mind melts

Only when You smile through my tears

And stay with me,

Play with me,

Sing with me,

And

Accomplish Your Manifestation-Light

Side by side with me.

```

371. Life's occupations

```

The body sinks,

The vital dies,

The mind questions,

The heart suffers,

The soul smiles.

```

372. You are the One who is all to me

```

I saw You either yesterday

Or centuries earlier.

You are the One who is all to me.

I remain just the same,

But every hour,

Every minute,

Every second,

I see You with an ever-increasing

Sea of Compassion-light

And

Benediction-height.

```

373. Two prizes from God

```

On his death day

He won two prizes from God:

Earth's satisfaction in his action

And

Heaven's unprecedented pride in his action.

```

374. Human belief and divine belief

```

Human belief is wounded.

It needs a bandage.

Divine belief is always perfect.

It dances with the heart's rising sun

And sings with the mind's setting sun.

```

375. Who is your partner?

```

Is death your partner?

Then your life is a faded thought.

Is life your partner?

Then your life is every day a Christmas gift,

A Christ-gift.

```

376. His hope

```

His hope has grown old,

But it has offered no life-transforming,

Life-nourishing fruits.

His hope has given him

A Heavenward prayer.

In that prayer he creates

His garden of Love-Light.

```

377. No rivalry

```

Between God and man

There is no rivalry.

Man needs God to realise

What he eternally is.

God needs man to see

What he can eventually become. ```

378. Time serves us

```

Time serves us,

Space serves us,

God loves us,

Hope feeds us,

Truth directs us,

Gratitude teaches us. ```

379. See me in my heart's glory

```

Don't see me with a questioning mind.

Don't see me with a strangling thought.

My Heaven is already falling.

If you want to see me,

See me in my heart's morning glory.

```

380. A necessity paramount

```

The body calls it death,

The soul calls it an experience,

God calls it a necessity paramount

At this present state

Of life's evolving wheel.

```

381. Remain in the loving and serving heart

```

The preparation for your life's new lease

Gives you joy.

This time keep away from intellect-snare.

Remain only in the loving heart

Of God's faith in you.

```

382. You are bound to succeed

```

If you want to satisfy ambition,

You will fail.

If you want to satisfy your ideal,

You will fail.

If you want to satisfy God-necessity

In yourself,

In others

And in the heart of the world,

You will certainly succeed;

You are bound to succeed. ```

383. Responsibility weighs him down

```

Earth-responsibility weighs him down.

Heaven-responsibility weighs him down.

God-responsibility weighs him down.

Yet he smiles at God,

Cries with earth

And

Sinks for Heaven.

```

384. To dance with satisfaction-perfection

```

My faith in You

Is my pride in You.

To have pride in You

Is to long for You.

To long for You

Is to dance

With satisfaction-perfection.

```

385. Meditation

```

Meditation upon the unknown Thought

He thought was real meditation.

No, meditation is not and cannot be

On any thought.

Meditation is a conscious withdrawal

From the thought-world.

Meditation is the place

Where Reality, Divinity and Immortality

Can each claim their own

Perennial existence-light. ```

386. Now is the time

```

Now is the time to flee

From fruitless desire.

Now is the time to learn

That there is nothing certain on earth.

Now is the time to realise

That I need no other thing except God-Compassion;

I need no other human being

But God, my eternal Father. ```

387. I offer my existence to You

```

My sad thoughts I offer to You,

My glad thoughts I offer to You,

My desire-life I offer to You,

My aspiration-life I offer to You.

I offer to You my divine existence,

Which is faith supreme,

And my human existence,

Which is Himalayan pride. ```

388. Pardon my ingratitude

```

Lord Supreme, pardon my ingratitude.

Faithlessness gave birth to my ingratitude.

Today Your Feet I embrace

With my heart's faithfulness-cry.

Lo, I am changed!

Your Compassion-Eye has changed me

Into gratitude-heart.

```

389. The object

```

The object of all human thought:

Success-glory.

The object of all divine Will:

Perfection-progress. ```

390. This I know for sure

```

Your hope for me

Shall sustain me.

This I know for sure.

You will guide me

On my way to God.

This I know for sure.

My life has now become

A trial fatal.

My life's only true need

Is Your Love,

Your Love alone.

This I know for sure. ```

391. I unburden myself in God

```

I unburden myself

In God;

Therefore

I am no longer

Soulless, lifeless.

Happiness I desired

By pleasing God

With purity's breath;

Therefore

Happiness-heart,

Happiness-soul

Once and for all

I have gained.

```

392. In supreme gratitude

```

Lord,

I wish to shine

In supreme gratitude;

Therefore

I am awake,

I am walking,

I am running,

Towards the golden Destination-dance.

Lord, many a time

You have forgiven me.

Just forgive me this one more time.

With my ever-undying gratitude

I shall leave You alone in peace,

For good. ```

393. Thy Will is my peace

```

Lord,

Today at long last

I have lost

The fear of failure;

Therefore

I have become Thy Will.

Thy Will alone is my peace,

My Eternity's peace,

My Immortality's peace,

My Reality's peace. ```

394. In sweet dreams I sleep

```

In sweet dreams

I sleep.

In bitter realities

I strive to live.

In God-dreams

I am enlightened.

In man-realities

I am frightened. ```

395. Yet my children love me

```

How little do I serve,

Yet my children love me dearly.

How little do I love,

Yet my children need me constantly.

Their humility-life and oneness-necessity

Feed me daily and still keep me alive. ```

396. What is earth-beauty?

```

What is earth-beauty?

Earth-beauty is something momentary.

It lives in the mind,

With the mind,

For the mind.

```

397. Unforeseen misfortunes

```

Three unforeseen misfortunes:

Ignorance loves me,

Darkness threatens me,

Self-doubt devours me. ```

398. He is certain

```

He is certain

Of his uncertainty.

He is certain

Of the victory of his doubt-life.

He is certain

Of his incapacity-train.

He is certain

Of his bondage-chain. ```

399. Fever of the world

```

Fever of the world:

Fear.

Headache of the world:

Worry.

Cancer of the world:

Doubt.

Death of the world:

Ingratitude. ```

400. The world is changing

```

The animal world is changing,

Changing for the better.

It feels that human beings

Not only want it but need it.

The human world is changing,

Changing for the better.

It has come to know that divine beings

Will definitely manifest themselves in and through it. ```

401. Death visited him twice

```

Death visited him twice:

Once when he said,

"I am ignorant";

Once when he said,

"God does not love me."

```

402. Three Eyes of God

```

Three Eyes of God:

Each one does something special.

He uses

The Eye that is inside His Head

To see if I have done

Anything wrong.

He uses

The Eye that is inside His Heart

To see if I have done

Everything perfectly.

He uses

The Eye that is at His Feet

To teach me how to do

Everything in perfect perfection. ```

403. Lessons from God

```

Yesterday

God taught me

How to smile soulfully.

Today

God is teaching me

How to cry ceaselessly.

Tomorrow

God will teach me

How to surrender consciously,

Cheerfully,

Constantly

And unconditionally. ```

404. Thought-patterns

```

You think very silently;

Therefore

Nobody likes you.

He thinks very loudly;

Therefore

Nobody likes him.

I think very differently;

Therefore

Nobody loves me.

```

405. Doubt will undoubtedly fail

```

The ancient doubt

Has come.

The brave demand

Its God-identity.

Doubt will undoubtedly fail

To show its world-passport.

The brave start smiling

And continue smiling

Until the Goal of goals,

God-satisfaction,

Is won.

```

406. Live with music

```

Live with God-music.

It will make you immortal.

Live with man-music.

It will make you cry and sigh.

Live with animal-music.

It will strangle you and devour you. ```

407. Shared patience

```

The patience that we share

With the stone-consciousness

Of earthly beings

Wins God's blessingful Vision

And

God's fruitful Reality. ```

408. A seeker

```

A seeker is he

Who is full of tomorrow's world.

A seeker is he

Who believes in tomorrow's smile,

And not in today's cry.

```

409. The meditation of the earth

```

The meditation of the secret earth

Is all for its personal realisation.

The meditation of the sacred earth

Is all for God-manifestation,

For God-satisfaction.

```

410. His action-life

```

His body breathes like a prayer.

His heart smiles like a flower.

His soul dances at God's Hour.

His vital and mind fight against ignorance-sea

To worship God-Tower.

```

411. The dancer

```

Heart-peace retires,

Body-suffering appears.

Peace revives,

Suffering is abolished.

Lo, who is dancing

Eternity's life-feeding,

Life-immortalising Dance?

It is God. ```

412. The Mother of Time

```

Time itself has fallen asleep

With you.

Who will wake you up?

Nobody knows.

No, not even the Mother of Time:

Truth, Reality's satisfaction-dawn. ```

413. Success is yours

```

I pray with every breath

To serve God in man

And

To love man in God.

Have I succeeded?

Not yet!

Will I ever succeed?

I am uncertain.

But God says,

"Son, success is yours.

Only wait for My choice Hour."

```

414. No power over him

```

Earth-time has no power over him.

He is timeless.

World-temptation has no power over him.

He is his own Heaven perfection-satisfaction. ```

415. To escape the flame of God-union

```

O weak seeker,

To escape the flame of God-union

Is to suffer the furnace

Of beginningless and

Endless death.

```

416. Try, smile and cry

```

To try

Is to love God.

To smile

Is to fulfil God.

To cry

Is to serve God. ```

417. Lord, give me the strength

```

Lord,

Give me the human strength

To love the animal

In Your creation vast.

Lord,

Give me the divine strength

To illumine the human

In Your creation vast.

Lord,

Give me the supreme strength

To immortalise the divine

In Your creation vast. ```

418. They need each other

```

His will is as pure as snow;

Therefore

God needs him.

God's Compassion-Light is unconditional;

Therefore

He needs God and God alone.

```

419. The greatness of the soul

```

The greatness of the soul

Tells me:

"Do not leave!

Just stay in my boat.

I shall do everything for you."

```

420. The loneliness of the body

```

The loneliness of the body

Tells me:

"Unless you love me,

I shall leave you.

Unless you admire me

I shall leave you.

Unless you put the soul and me

On the same footing,

I shall leave you."

```

421. His heart is made of stars

```

His heart is made of stars;

Therefore

He is beautiful.

His life is made of suns;

Therefore

He is fruitful. ```

422. Don't boast!

```

The dust of time

Will smash your pride.

Don't boast!

The sneer of time

Will devour your glory's peak!

Don't boast!

```

423. Yet he loves his inner life

```

The noise of the inner vital-gramophone

Is killing him,

Yet he loves his inner life,

For he feels that

The perfection of that life

Is the only thing

That can and will satisfy him.

```

424. The beauty of God will love you

```

Far from the storm of vital life

If you live,

The Beauty of God,

The Divinity of God

Will love you,

Treasure you

And

Immortalise you. ```

425. I have pleased God magnificently

```

To scale Heaven-heights

With my heart's spontaneous smile

I finally tried

And

Easily succeeded.

Lo, God is telling me

I have pleased Him

Magnificently,

At long last.

```

426. O Heavenly bodies

```

O twinkling stars,

Do take me home!

I am all ready.

O sweet moon,

Where is my Eternal Father?

I am dying to see Him.

O brave sun,

Can you fight for me?

I must conquer ignorance-night

With your unparalleled might. ```

427. I like, I love, I enjoy

```

The wheel of imagination

I like.

The skill of dedication

I love.

The thrill of self-giving

I enjoy. ```

428. The culprits

```

A voice of base passion

And

A mind of God-denial

Are richly responsible

For his close embrace

With frustration-destruction. ```

429. Three keys

```

Lord,

You have given me three keys.

One key is to open up

Your Eternity-door.

One key to open up

My security-door.

One key to open up

Our mutual satisfaction-door. ```

430. Our joint desire

```

To become a poet

Was my desire.

To make me an artist

Is God's Desire.

To make me a supreme instrument

Will be God's and my joint desire. ```

431. Nothing is certain

```

Nothing is certain here on earth

Or there in Heaven.

Here we try to live in faith.

Sometimes we succeed,

Sometimes we fail.

There we try to live in peace.

Sometimes we succeed,

Sometimes we do not. ```

432. His life was sick with desire

```

His life was sick with desire.

He knew no other thing but desire.

But

There came a time

When even his desire-thoughts left him.

Then he sang the song of separation.

But

In separation he still found no peace.

He found peace

Only in the heart of aspiration-cry-tree. ```

433. The same old thoughts

```

The same old thoughts:

God does not love me,

God does not want me,

I am left all alone.

I was nothing,

I am nothing,

I shall be nothing.

These are the ideas that make my life miserable

And throw me into the very jaws of destruction-tiger.

O Forgiver of all my shortcomings,

Forgive me.

A new hope is being born in my heart.

I shall cry from today on

To grow into Perfection's beauty-delight.

```

434. I offer my capacity

```

O Lord, purify my heart,

Vivify my life.

I wish cheerfulness to preside over my existence.

Father, in Your Name

I offer my capacity

To the life of earth-beauty. ```

435. What does it matter?

```

What does it matter

If God loves me or not?

What does it matter

If God cares for me or not?

Do I love God?

If I answer this question in the affirmative,

Then there can be no reason

Why God will not love me

Or will not care for me.

God always does infinitely more for us

Than we do for Him.

He does according to His Necessity's capacity.

We do according to our capacity’s necessity.

```

436. He who understands is the winner

```

Activity wants no rest.

Life demands victory and not defeat.

He who understands, to me, is the winner

And

He who does not understand is the loser.

Let us understand what we need:

God-compassion,

And understand what we do not need:

Our intellect-pride.

```

437. What he does and what he says

```

What he does

Only God and he know.

What he says

He knows and his friends know,

Both earth and Heaven know.

His action bears fruit

Inside the Heart of God.

His speech bears fruit

Inside the heart of aspiring and glowing humanity. ```

438. An old disease

```

Doubt is an old disease.

Faith is an old medicine.

Compassion is an old doctor.

Concern is an old nurse. ```

439. Really bad, really good

```

Nothing will surprise me.

Everything is possible here on earth.

But what is really bad

And what is really good?

To escape from reality-life

Is really bad.

To fight against ignorance

And to establish wisdom-light

Is really good.

```

440. Where is gratitude?

```

Where is gratitude?

Inside the heart of man?

No!

Inside the mind of man?

No!

Inside the entire body of man?

No!

Where is it?

It is inside the soulful tears

Of the seeker's climbing eyes. ```

441. You have lost your peace

```

You were once so secure.

What is wrong with you?

I am sure you have lost your mental peace;

Therefore

You are behaving

Like a street-beggar. ```

442. Too strong to surrender

```

I am too old to be taught.

I am too young to be caught.

I am too weak to fight.

I am too strong to surrender. ```

443. His smile

```

His smile

Is the fragrance of the soul.

His smile

Is the lustre of the Beyond.

His smile

Is man's trust in God

And

God's trust in man. ```

444. He who trusts his heart

```

He who trusts his mind is a fool.

Indeed, he has to pay the penalty for his stupidity.

He who trusts his heart

Is not only a wise man

But the wise man,

For his heart always,

Like a magnet,

Pulls Wisdom-Light

From the Delight-Source of the soul.

```

445. Do not betray me, Lord

```

Do not betray me, Lord,

Do not kill me, Lord,

For I am Yours.

Your Smile is my food.

Your Tears are my earth-realisation's

Ultimate height. ```

446. The Temple of Silence

```

The Temple of Silence

Can tell me

How earth-perfection can come into existence,

Or it can tell me

How destruction-night can invite me

And devour me. ```

447. The essence of divinity

```

The opportunity to do more

Is the affirmation of service-reality.

The essence of divinity

Is a glimpse of Eternity. ```

448. The redemption of ignorance

```

How to learn?

Pursue the truth,

Will to believe,

Spread the inner radiance.

Then alone

The redemption of ignorance

Can take place.

```

449. God gave me the opportunity

```

God gave me the opportunity

To do infinitely more

Than what I do now.

But my lethargy-life permits me not

To offer more dedication-service

To the heart of man's oneness-height. ```

450. The prisoner

```

He is the prisoner

Of his own experience.

He is the prisoner

Of his own realisation.

He is the prisoner

Of what he says and does.

He knows the secret ways

Of the universe.

Nothing,

Nothing gives him joy.

He is crying to restore the forgotten paradise.

```

451. Everything kills him

```

Worry kills him,

Anxiety kills him

Fear kills him,

Doubt kills him,

Everything kills him.

But

He can be saved

Not only from one thing

But from everything,

Provided he has the willingness

To follow the dictates

Of the inner Source. ```

452. Fastest he runs

```

His inner life

Is the loveliness of perfection-deeds.

His outer life

Is the flow of beauty's light

And duty's glow.

He never drags the broken mind;

Therefore

Fast, faster, fastest he runs

Towards his destination-smile.

```

453. God is beyond comprehension

```

If you are incapable of understanding

God's operation in and through you,

Do not feel sad,

For God is beyond comprehension.

But if you can love Him

And love Him,

Then your life will celebrate

The blossom of your oneness-power

With God.

```

454. He looks beautiful

```

He looks beautiful

In eternal Silence.

He looks soulful

In eternal Sound.

He looks fruitful

In eternal surrender

To God-Reality,

To God-Divinity. ```

455. His is the choice

```

His is the vital that likes to live

In the abyss of confusion.

His innate weakness disturbs his soul immensely.

His is the heart of humiliation.

Alone he goes,

Alone, blessedly.

His is the enlightening opinion,

His is the enlightened conviction,

His is the choice that moves his heart.

His only happiness is his heart's inner nuclear will. ```

456. I am teaching God, too

```

My self-giving

Is my God-becoming.

This is what God

Has so kindly taught me.

I am teaching God something too:

Patience. ```

457. Reality is near, reality is far

```

Reality is near,

Reality is far.

When I say God and I

Need each other,

Reality is near

And

I can touch it.

When I say I only need God

Or God only needs me,

Then reality is not only far,

But also hopelessly invisible.

```

458. His is the Soul

```

His is the Eye

That watches the world

With Compassion.

His is the Heart

That loves the world

With benediction.

His is the Soul

That fulfils the world

With salvation's realisation.

```

459. He is his own perpetual hope

```

He is

His own perpetual hope;

Therefore

God loves him.

He is

His own perpetual disappointment;

Therefore

God instructs him. ```

460. The realisation in my life

```

The realisation that is yet to become

True in my life

Shall far surpass

Not only my expectation-light

But also

My imagination-flight. ```

461. My desire-heart

```

My desire-heart is not alone.

It has discovered its friends:

The furrows of frustration-poverty

And

Destruction-futility.

```

462. No walls can protect me

```

What walls can protect me?

No walls.

What life can elevate me?

No life.

What success can immortalise me?

No success. ```

463. He is pleased with everything

```

He was

Pleased with nothing;

Therefore

God was not pleased with him.

He is now

Pleased with everything;

Therefore

God has given him two things:

Satisfaction-throne,

Perfection-crown. ```

464. I dare, I hope

```

I dare to hope;

Therefore

The dying man in me smiles.

I hope to dare;

Therefore

The challenging man in me smiles.

```

465. Sad music, glad music

```

The sad music of humanity:

Sigh-cry-die.

The glad music of divinity:

Smile-love-serve. ```

466. Now he is inseparably one

```

Man's most desired light

Is in his heart's inner cry.

There his wisdom rules;

His eyes have the healing touch.

His is the life that was

Once-upon-a-time

A weak human cry.

But now he is inseparably one

With endless height

And

With endless delight.

```

467. O dawn of life

```

O dawn of life,

You I need

To run and fly

Into the unknown.

O life of dawn,

Beautiful you are,

Soulful you are,

Fruitful you are,

God's Eternity-Dream you are.

```

468. Where is hope?

```

Where is hope?

Hope is not in outer

Liberty-school.

Hope is not in outer

Perfection-choice.

Hope is in inner

Self-giving,

Which is eventually known as

God-becoming.

```

469. His love fed me

```

His love fed me,

His concern blessed me,

His oneness-sincerity

Immortalised me,

My all.

```

470. God alone knows

```

God alone knows

Who I am,

What kind of love I have

For Him,

How strong is my will of steel

For Him,

How soon my salvation-light

Shall dawn. ```

471. I came in vain

```

I have a helpless heart,

Two hopeless hands

And two sightless eyes.

I came to enjoy

My earthbound journey.

But

In vain I spent my journey's

Birth and death. ```

472. Touch him

```

Touch him with Compassion-power;

Even then he offers no response.

Touch him with restriction-power;

Even then he pays no heed.

Touch him with determination-power;

Still he pays no attention.

But

Touch him with oneness-realisation-light,

And he comes and sits at your feet.

```

473. I can go back to the Source

```

Everything has roots.

My root is in the God-Source.

I can go back to that Source

When everything drops away

And

When I drop away from desire-night

And from indifference-sky.

```

474. Your love-service is perfect

```

Your love-service is perfect;

Your service-love is perfect.

You have opened the gates

Of a new life.

There was a time when you were

The clumsiness of feebleness.

But now you are

The delight of beauty's height

And of God-necessity's smile.

```

475. You will be happy

```

Open the gates of a new life.

You will be happy.

Close the gates of your old life.

You will be happy.

Offer your service-light to God in man.

You will be happy.

Offer your satisfaction-promise to man in God.

You will be happy. ```

476. The folly of man

```

The folly of man!

He desires revelation before realisation.

He is afraid to climb high.

His concentration on truth

Threatens him and frightens him.

Alas, he is always assailed

By destructive memories.

Oblivion-life:

This is what he feels he needs

To perfect his life in God's Dream. ```

477. He has a pure heart

```

He has a pure heart.

In spite of having human insufficiencies,

He desires the union

Of spirit's height

And

Wisdom's vision-light. ```

478. Make your own choice

```

If you are dear to God's Voice

You have to make your own choice.

You have to be the ruler

Of your life

You have to be the fulfiller

Of your desire-train.

```

479. I sat on silence-chair

```

I sat on silence-chair.

My doubt-mind was frightened to death;

Therefore

It did not sit.

My faith-heart sat with me

And listened to Reality's Voice

And

Divinity's Song. ```

480. Your fame shall grow

```

Your fame shall grow

If your inner flame glows.

O sincerity-wisdom,

Your inner cry

Is your outer

Success-glory

And

Progress-story. ```

481. Only spirituality can give him rest

```

Only equality

Can give his heart rest.

Only equanimity

Can give his mind rest.

Only divinity

Can give his soul rest.

Only spirituality

Can give his life rest. ```

482. I shall give you everything

```

I shall give you a chance

If you will take a chance.

I shall give you a new life

If you will take a new life.

I shall give you everything you need,

But it is you who have to take it from me.

In your cheerful acceptance-light

Is your life's perfection-manifestation. ```

483. Insufficiency human and sufficiency divine

```

When he lives in the body

Insufficiency human is his name.

When he lives in the soul

Sufficiency divine is his name. ```

484. He lives in his fears and doubts

```

In his world there is no plan.

In his life there is no idea.

In his heart there is no idea.

He lives in his baseless fears

And

In his graceless doubts. ```

485. God will appear

```

When his majesty is melted

God will appear before him.

When his insecurity is well-exposed

God will appear before him. ```

486. His is the destiny grandiose

```

He lives in a world without a plan.

His is the destiny grandiose.

From the cradle unto the grave

He sings and smiles and dances.

His beginning is beautiful,

His ending is soulful and fruitful. ```

487. Children

```

Earth

Is a child of regress.

Heaven

Is a child of progress.

Am a child of God's evolving process. ```

488. How far?

```

My unassisted heart,

How far can you go?

I feel really sorry for you.

My powerful soul,

How far will you go?

I hope I can struggle and follow you.

```

489. Our lives

```

Yours is a life

Of illumining flames.

His is a life

Of struggling aims.

Mine is a life

Of God's unconditional

Perfection-Grace.

```

490. The difference

```

The difference between

A completed man

And

A complete man is this:

A completed man

Is the product of his aspiration-light.

A complete man

Is the result of God's

Perfection-Realisation-Delight.

```

491. Don't mix with him!

```

Don't mix with him!

He enjoys spiritual fuss.

Don't mix with him!

He indulges in spiritual jugglery.

Don't mix with him!

He shamelessly takes pride

In belittling all Masters

Except his own. ```

492. O my soul, O my body

```

O my soul,

Let me wing with you

On your Heaven-bound flight.

O my body,

Let me crawl with you, stumble with you

On your journey towards uncertainty's smile.

```

493. I really feel sorry for him

```

I really feel sorry for him.

Yesterday

He trembled before despair.

Today

He trembles before doubt.

Tomorrow

He will tremble before hope.

```

494. A perfect house of light

```

His was

A perfect house of light

When he loved God.

His is now

A perfect house of night.

Why?

Because he loves and will love

Only himself,

Ceaselessly, if not shamelessly. ```

495. I know not why

```

My life is a faded leaf,

Yet my Lord encourages me to live;

I know not why.

My life is a failing heart,

Yet my Lord inspires me to live;

I know not why.

My life is a destruction-sigh,

Yet my Lord commands me to live;

I know not why.

```

496. Come to the fore

```

O my heart-bliss,

Come to the fore!

I need you.

O my mind-peace,

Come to the fore!

I need you.

O my life's dedication-oneness,

Come to the fore!

I need you.

```

497. In the sea of God-ecstasy

```

Empty pleading hands

I offered to God

Just yesterday.

Today my heart of joy

Is full to the brim;

My surrender divine

Is swimming in the sea of God-ecstasy. ```

498. My love-seed

```

I have sown my love-seed

In the aspiration-heart of earth.

I am sure

It will soon germinate

And grow into a huge tree

And it will offer me

Immortality's satisfaction-seed.

```

499. Man's life

```

Slothful uncertainty:

That is man's life.

Wild impurity:

That is man's mind.

Perfect divinity:

That is man's ultimate Goal. ```

500. The heights of calm surrender

```

The heights of calm surrender

I shall scale.

The depths of calm confidence

I shall plumb.

The length of calm assurance

I shall reach. ```

501. My last resort

```

Lord,

Let me lean upon Thy Will.

This is my absolutely

Last resort.

Otherwise, life's frustration-dragon

Will devour me. ```

502. He followed false lights

```

He followed false lights.

Now he is crying.

But never mind,

Nothing is too late.

From now on

He will follow only genuine light.

God and he will claim each other

For good. ```

503. The patience of my life's peaks

```

The patience of my life's peaks

I love.

The forgiveness of my life's sea

I extol.

The beauty of my life's oneness-sun

I adore. ```

504. I do not approve

```

I do not approve of

The white comfort of the stars.

I do not approve of

The self-torturing life of unlit human beings. ```

505. The darkness of his doubt

```

The darkness of his doubt

Frightened his mind.

The blackness of his fear

Threatened his vital.

The blindness of his insecurity

Killed his body. ```

506. Who will untie the knots?

```

The knots of my heart

Who will untie,

If not my forgiving soul?

The knots of my mind

Who will untie,

If not my loving heart?

The knots of my body

Who will untie,

If not my striving vital?

```

507. I was of three minds

```

I was of three minds:

To love God and see God,

To love humanity and transform humanity,

Or to claim God to fulfil my own

Selfish purpose.

```

508. He has forgotten

```

His are the eyes

That have forgotten to sleep.

His is the heart

That has forgotten to ignore.

His is the life

That has forgotten to negate. ```

509. The diamond hope of the ages

```

The diamond hope for which the ages groaned

Has now opened its eye

In him

To save humanity,

To manifest divinity,

To fulfil the Absolute Supreme. ```

510. Promises

```

The sky promised me

It would make me high.

The ocean promised me

It would make me vast.

God promised me

He would make me

His most perfect instrument.

How I wish they all would keep

Their promises! ```

511. Faith-life here

```

Faith-life

Here,

Where human efforts end.

Surrender-life

Here,

Where perfection-life begins

Forever to live. ```

512. Heaven-peace envelops me

```

Heaven-peace envelops me

When I meditate

On God's Silence-Vision.

Earth-joy envelops me

When I dedicate myself

To God's all-illumining Sound-Reality.

```

513. By far the greatest

```

Who shuns his earth-desires

Is great.

Who shuns his Heaven-possessions

Is greater.

Who accepts life,

Transforms life

And

Fulfils God

Is by far the greatest.

```

514. He will unmistakably succeed

```

He has wasted his whole life

In a long despair.

Yet there is God-Love

For him

In abundant measure;

Therefore

He will unmistakably succeed.

```

515. Earth, run!

```

Earth, sleep

If that is what you want.

Earth, run!

This is the only thing

That can enlighten you

And immortalise you

And satisfy God.

```

516. Write earth's story

```

God, You have given me

A new lease on life.

Please tell me

What I shall do with it.

"Son, write earth's doleful story,

Heaven's soulful story,

And

My fruitful story." ```

517. Triumphant

```

Triumphant in silence

I wanted to be.

Triumphant in sound

I want to be.

Triumphant in God's Satisfaction

I shall want to be. ```

518. To a soundless shore

```

If you live

In Eternity's passion-chain,

How can you breathe in

Purity's compassion-flood?

Only if you do that

Will you proceed

To a soundless shore.

```

519. You are my home

```

O Faith,

You are the home of my love.

O Courage,

You are the home of my success.

O Certainty,

You are the home of my progress.

O God,

You are the Home of my dream-fulfilling Reality. ```

520. Our whole existence

```

Love

Is our whole being.

Devotion

Is our whole truth.

Surrender

Is our whole perfection.

Oneness

Is our whole realisation. ```

521. I immediately saw

```

I looked daily for God,

But I saw many.

I looked for many,

But I saw only God.

I looked for many in God,

But I had to wait.

I looked for one in many,

And I immediately saw. ```

522. Who remembers my promise?

```

Who remembers my promise to God?

My fate.

Who remembers my promise to mankind?

My sincerity.

Who remembers my promise to Heaven?

My conscience.

Who remembers my promise to myself?

My sincere sense of perfection. ```

523. In you

```

In you I feel

Divinity's heart.

In you the world achieves

God-Reality's Perfection-Height. ```

524. Perfection-heart

```

Wisdom-heart

A calm heart leaves.

Sacrifice-heart

A loving heart leaves.

Perfection-heart

A surrendered heart leaves. ```

525. My birthday song

```

My birthday song:

I plan to soar,

I plan to roar.

The bird in me

Will teach me how to soar.

The lion in me

Will teach me how to roar.

I plan to love,

Below, above.

The lover in me will teach me

How to love

Within,

Without,

Below,

Above.

```

526. No word about your realisation-light

```

God has not said a word

About your realisation-light.

He has only said

Your aspiration is good,

Your aspiration is great;

Your dedication is good,

Your dedication is great;

Your love of God is sublime,

Your prayer to God is sublime;

But He has never said a word

About your realisation-light.

```

527. We do not need your help

```

God and I do not need your help.

You do not have to

Interpret God.

God is His own perfect interpreter.

You do not have to

Love me.

I am my own matchless lover.

```

528. Delight's oneness-wing

```

To doubt is to be disloyal.

To believe is to cover

The length and breadth of the world

With delight's oneness-wing. ```

529. Cry within!

```

Cry within!

Your heart will widen

Towards the perfection-whole.

I tell this from my own

Experience-light

And

Realisation-height.

```

530. Without my love

```

I feel God in my glowing dreams.

God sees me in my crying realities.

Without God's Love

I have nothing to live for.

Without my love

God does not want to continue

His cosmic Duty's cosmic Game.

```

531. He wants to keep God for himself

```

These are his own thoughts:

He wants to invite God

To his home;

He wants to keep God for himself only;

He wants to spend all his time

With God and God alone.

He will not let anybody see God's Face

Or hear about God's arrival.

He wants God only for his own

Satisfaction-necessity. ```

532. I am doing it for God

```

I flung my soul into the sky.

God saw it.

He enjoyed my courage.

He now asks me

To throw my soul

Into the fathomless abyss.

Lo, I am doing it,

His Eyes to entertain,

His Heart to feed.

```

533. Champions of good thoughts

```

Love:

Discoverer of good thoughts.

Oneness:

Fulfiller of good thoughts.

Satisfaction:

Perfector of good thoughts. ```

534. My earth-hours

```

My earth-hours are thronged with fate.

I am at the mercy of ignorance-night.

I am caught by bondage-might.

I am tortured by imperfection-sight. ```

535. I do not argue with God

```

Why do I not argue with God?

I do not argue with God

Not because He is great,

Not because He is good,

But because God and argument

Do not rhyme.

God transcends the argument-barrier.

For Him is the infinite, ever-transcending

Wisdom-Light.

```

536. God needs you

```

Be good!

God needs you.

He needs your heart

Desperately.

He needs your life

Constantly. ```

537. His soul, his life, his heart

```

His soul

Is a present reality.

His life

Is an ancient divinity.

His heart

Is a fulfilled Immortality. ```

538. God needs us

```

Although

Your mind is forgetful,

God needs you.

Although

His body is slothful,

God needs him.

Although

My vital is awful,

God needs me.

```

539. Be careful!

```

Be careful!

World-temptation

Will play the role

Of a hungry wolf.

Be careful!

Don't forget to expedite

Your life's illumination-journey

With your heart's mounting cry. ```

540. Be silent!

```

Be silent!

Your silence is your

Real progress.

Be silent!

Your silence is God's

Highest Satisfaction-Pride.

```

541. Be sincere

```

Be sincere.

Your sincerity feeds

The world-hunger.

Be sincere.

You can either build or break

The golden palace

Of humanity's hope-world. ```

542. Be pure

```

Be pure.

The world needs your life of purity.

It largely depends on your love.

Be pure.

Don't disappoint

The poor helpless world.

```

543. When he descended

```

When he descended out of the morning sky

He was happy.

Beauty's Light garlanded him.

His desire itself was perfected

By divinity's touch.

He discovered that his true love of Truth

Was the shortest way to find

God the Eternal Reality. ```

544. The only place to be happy

```

This world of ours is too much.

Heaven is also too much.

Where to go?

No place in God's entire creation.

The only place to be happy

Is in the sweet dream-world,

Not in the hard reality-world.

```

545. An open mind, an open heart

```

You have an open mind.

Your greatness

Pleases me immediately;

Therefore

I am grateful.

You have an open heart.

Your goodness

Pleases me ceaselessly;

Therefore

I am grateful.

```

546. Whom to fear

```

Don't be afraid of human greatness.

Don't be afraid of divine goodness.

Be afraid only of the fear-thief

And the doubt-robber

And the unwilling, stubborn reluctance-life,

Reluctant to accept God-Light. ```

547. Our united strength

```

United we are

In your heart-light.

United we shall remain

In your life-sacrifice.

Our united strength

Is our perfection-voice

And

God's Satisfaction-Choice. ```

548. Let God guide you

```

Let God-Compassion

Guide your plans.

This is the only way

For you to succeed.

Let God-Perfection

Guide your steps.

This is the only way

For you to proceed. ```

549. Smile, humanity, smile!

```

Smile, humanity, smile!

God not only loves you

Constantly

But also needs you

Unreservedly.

Smile, humanity, smile! ```

550. Consolation

```

My body leaned to my soul in tears.

My soul consoled it and said,

"My little brother,

Is there anything

That I cannot do for you?

Is there anything

That I will not do for you?"

```

551. Heaven-lovers, earth-lovers

```

O Heaven-lovers,

Where are you?

Heaven has descended.

Why are you not greeting

Heaven-Beauty?

O earth-lovers,

Where are you?

Earth has ascended.

Why are you not greeting

Earth-purity?

```

552. Life's night, life's day

```

Each life has a night;

Each life has a day.

The night of a life

Has silence in it.

The day of a life

Has sound in it.

Life's night, life's day

Complete and fulfil

God's stay on earth,

God's stay in Heaven. ```

553. I have surrendered to the timeless

```

I have surrendered my heart

To the timeless in myself;

Therefore

I am happy.

I have surrendered my perfection-choice-life

To the timeless in myself;

Therefore

I am happy.

I have surrendered the seed of my past life,

The tree of my present life

And

The fruits of my future life

To the timeless in myself;

Therefore

I am happy.

```

554. The world will need you

```

Stand and wait;

The world will ignore you.

Walk and run;

The world will watch you.

Love and serve;

The world will admire you.

Pray and meditate;

The world will need you. ```

555. Just mention his name

```

Just mention his name;

You will gain a free access

To God's entire Heaven-existence.

But try to be humble.

Otherwise, on your way to God's Palace in Heaven

You are bound to stumble.

```

556. When I worship You

```

When

I worship You with folded hands

I get joy.

When

I love You with my heart's adoration-tears

I get greater joy.

When

I surrender to You

My desire-world

And

My aspiration-sun,

I get the greatest joy. ```

557. Do own me

```

Do own me as Your own

To make me the prince of happiness.

Do own me as Your own

So that I can reach in You

My ultimate Source,

Delight. ```

558. Die not, live not

```

Die not!

God needs you on earth.

Live not!

Heaven's curious eye needs you in Heaven. ```

559. You care not

```

I clearly see that you care not

For earthly pleasures.

I clearly see that you care not

For heavenly joys.

I clearly see that you care not

For God-manifestation on earth.

You care only

For your own wisdom-manifestation on earth. ```

560. Sweet silence-thought

```

Sweet silence-thought

I need you.

In you I see

Perfection-joy,

In you I feel

Divinity-breath,

With you I feel

God-manifestation-success. ```

561. Love and peace

```

Peace proclaims:

Love is essential.

Love proclaims:

Peace is invaluable.

God proclaims:

Love within, peace without,

Are essential.

```

562. All gates to Heaven are open

```

He is an honest mind.

He is a pure heart.

He is an illumining soul.

All gates to Heaven

Are wide open for him.

Sleepless he will sit

At the Feet of the Absolute Supreme.

```

563. You have seen nothing

```

Have you seen the face of death?

Have you seen the throne of life?

Have you seen the farewell of the cosmic gods?

Have you seen love's armies?

No, you have seen nothing!

What you have seen is only

Failure's cry.

```

564. He loves his death

```

He loves his death.

He feels that death

Will give him some rest.

He feels that death

Will care more for him than life.

He feels that the other shore is greener.

He feels that a new experience

Will gladden him and fulfil him;

Therefore

His love for death

He treasures,

Expands,

Distributes.

```

565. What is my force?

```

What is my force?

My cry.

What is my force?

My surrender.

What is my force?

My oneness. ```

566. Stand a little farther

```

Stand a little farther,

You intellectual fool!

Stand a little nearer,

You psychic God-child on earth! ```

567. Too proud

```

Too proud to live with poverty on earth,

He wants to live in Heaven.

Too proud to die and make death the sovereign,

He does not want to go to Heaven. ```

568. Thy Love is my nest

```

O, Thy Love is my nest,

Thy Smile is my rest,

Thy Grace is my goal.

```

569. O Flood my sleep

```

O flood my sleep

With Your Smile!

O love my life

With Your Beauty's Feet!

O bless my life

With Your Compassion-Vision! ```

570. Keep me inside your heart

```

Keep me near Your Feet

If you want to make me

Happy.

Keep me inside Your Heart

If you want to make me

Happy,

Soulful

and

Dutiful. ```

571. Your life-giving Smile

```

Father,

May I see Your life-giving Smile?

"Son,

I have shown it to you

Many, many times.

Once more I am showing it to you.

Love it and grow into

Its celestial fragrance." ```

572. My heart is drowned in Your Joy

```

My heart is drowned in Your Joy.

I cannot speak,

I cannot move.

Do give me only one thing more:

Your Compassion-Smile.

```

573. Vain

```

Vain is my earth-struggle,

Vain is my Heaven-cry,

Vain is my sincerity-sigh,

Vain is my reality-search. ```

574. My beauty

```

My beauty is all there,

Inside my Lord.

I know it,

Yet I take the full credit

And the full glory.

Lord of Compassion,

Do grow sincerity inside my life.

```

575. When will You come again?

```

Lord, when will You come again?

"I shall come only when

Your heart becomes purity's moon,

Your mind becomes clarity's sky

And

Your life becomes duty's sun." ```

576. First love God

```

Father,

May I love Your humanity also?

"Certainly you can.

But first love Me,

Divinely,

Supremely,

Unreservedly

And unconditionally." ```

577. Lord, close my mouth

```

Lord,

Close my mouth

Against ignorance-food.

Lord,

Open my mouth

To eat only

Perfection-preparation

And

Satisfaction-meal. ```

578. Father, You decide

```

Father, please, You decide

Whether I shall go to Heaven

Or stay on earth.

"Stay on earth!

Here you have much to do

To please Me.

There you will go

Only to enjoy your well-earned rest-vacation."

```

579. Make my life

```

Make my life

From Your Perfection-Dream.

Make my soul

From Your Realisation-Reality. ```

580. All I want

```

A burning heart

Is all I want.

A loving smile

Is all I want.

A perfection-heart

Is all I want. ```

581. Soul-wisdom, mind-wisdom

```

Lord,

Draw me Heavenward

To Your Arms.

I need nothing more,

Nothing less.

My soul says

I am all Yours.

Only my mind says

Let us wait and see.

```

582. I need Your heart

```

Lord,

Accept my sighs.

I need Your Heart

Of Compassion-Light

Badly.

"Son, I need your mind

Of confession-experience

So, so badly."

```

583. Do place Your Feet in my heart

```

Do place Your Feet

In my heart

So that I can feel the flood of Peace,

Kill the pride of ignorance-night

And see my oneness with

Your Dream-fulfilling Reality-form. ```

584. If You just look at me

```

My heart shall bloom

into adoration

If You just once look at me.

My life-tree shall bear

Nectar-fruit

If You just touch it

With Your Benediction-Compassion-Feet. ```

585. Accept my last offering

```

Accept my last offering

As You accepted

My first offering.

My first offering was

My ignorance-life.

My last offering is

My gratitude-heart. ```

586. Human senses and divine senses

```

Human senses will satisfy

With success-beauty.

Divine senses will satisfy

With progress-necessity. ```

587. Pathways

```

The path that leads to world-perfection

I saw.

The path that leads to God-Revelation

I saw.

The path that leads to God-Manifestation

I saw.

These roads are not so easy to walk along;

It takes time.

But devotedness to the Supreme will teach me how

To walk along these roads. ```

588. I expect

```

I expect humanity to learn

From Heaven

The message of God-Justice

On earth.

I expect divinity to learn

From earth

The message of God-Compassion

And

The power of prevailing peace.

```

589. Near and far

```

Humanly near

Is sincerity.

Divinely near

Is humility.

Humanly far

Is doubt.

Divinely far

Is indifference. ```

590. To raise humanity's faith

```

Humanity has fallen.

How can he raise humanity's faith?

Only by showing humanity how to govern its life:

How to be the possessor of its prayer-life,

How to be the regulator of its meditation-life,

How to claim the Beloved Supreme as its very own. ```

591. By a single act

```

By a single act of kindness

He can cure it

And make a new and good world.

By a single act of compassion

He can cure it

And make a better and truer world.

By a single act of self-sacrifice

He can create for himself and for others

The best of all worlds.

```

592. Proclaim this perfect man

```

Proclaim this perfect man

Whom humanity has knocked down.

He is rising,

He will rise,

He will forever rise.

He has become the governor of his own life.

His own power of prayer has made him

The best instrument of his eternal

Inner Pilot Supreme.

```

593. He who speaks from the summit

```

I have not seen the path

That leads towards perfection.

Only he who speaks from the summit

Can embrace perfection-day.

In him the success-life

And the progress-soul

Together shall stay

To feed the face of ever-transcending

Satisfaction-sun.

```

594. Justice and compassion

```

Justice is not the opposite of Compassion;

Compassion is not the opposite of justice.

Justice feels justified in perfecting imperfection.

Compassion feels justified in giving

A new chance,

A new hope,

A new dawn,

To the culprit in weakness-night. ```

595. How to be happy

```

Unlimited activities

Cannot make you happy.

Devotedness to the Supreme

Only can make you happy.

If you learn from Heaven

Its all-seeing capacity,

You will be happy.

If you learn from earth

Its all-sacrificing capacity,

You will be happy. ```

596. Beyond peace-experience

```

The curtains of her peace-room

Are drawn.

Her life is now beyond

Peace-experience.

She now tries to be wise

By becoming a learned fool. ```

597. Yet He loves me

```

I failed to think,

I failed to thank,

I failed to love,

I failed to communicate,

I failed to breathe —

Yet God the Creator

Loves me,

God the Lover

Loves me,

God the Fulfiller

Loves me.

```

598. Faith and belief

```

Faith can believe everything

That we say.

Belief can increase the strength

Of faith.

Belief is pure,

Faith is sure.

Belief looks around

To see the truth.

Faith looks within

Not only to feel the truth

But also to become the truth.

```

599. When the inner beauty smiles

```

When the inner beauty smiles,

Love is bound to live.

When the inner duty smiles,

Oneness is bound to live.

When the inner concern smiles,

Perfection is bound to live. ```

600. I could not believe it

```

His soul grew so fast

That I could not believe it.

His life grew so slowly

That I could not believe it.

His God became so close to him

That I could not believe it. ```

601. His mental life

```

His mental life is fast asleep.

It has to be aroused

And it must know

What its responsibilities are. ```

602. Indeed, it is a happy day

```

Indeed, it is a happy day

Without any complaints.

Indeed, it is a happy day

Without a faint desire.

Indeed, it is a happy day

When the power of killing is replaced

By the power of loving.

```

603. Will you forgive?

```

Will you forgive what I have said?

Will you forget what I have said?

Will you remember what God said to you?

Will you remember what you always say to me? ```

604. God forgave me

```

God forgave me;

Therefore, I am with you.

I forgave the world;

Therefore, I am with you.

God has forgotten

My stupidity-night,

I have forgotten

My humiliation-night;

Therefore, I am with you.

```

605. God told me

```

God told me

In the year's morning

That this year

Progress and success

Together would try,

And they have. ```

606. Unanswered questions

```

Heaven had a serious question.

Earth would not answer it.

What was the question?

"Is the soul less important

Or more important than the body?"

Earth remained silent.

Earth had a question

Heaven could not answer.

What was the question?

"Is God really partial to Heaven?"

Heaven remained silent.

```

607. Invite your soul

```

Invite your soul

To enter into your mind-jungle

To clear it up.

Invite your soul

To enter into your heart-insecurity

To strengthen it.

Invite your soul

To encourage you in all that you do and say.

Your soul will inspire you,

Fulfil you

And

Immortalise you. ```

608. Be aware!

```

Be aware of Heaven!

Heaven is mild, soothing, energising.

Beware of earth!

Earth is suffocating and dying. ```

609. One day's rest

```

One day's rest

Gave him the strength of a giant.

One day's rest

Made him what he always wanted to be:

A man of Peace,

A man of all-fulfilling and all-nourishing

Peace.

```

610. Let us invite him

```

Here we have another guest:

Faithfulness.

Let us invite him.

His sweet presence

Brings us the hope of Paradise.

Let us invite him. ```

611. Message from my soul

```

I sent my soul on a voyage.

It came back with this message:

Truth is not honoured,

Life is not valued,

God is not invoked.

```

612. O wild ecstasies

```

O wild ecstasies of earth-life,

Live in the healing thoughts of beauty's life.

Measureless is your scope

To do the right,

To become the right

And

To awaken the light

In the sleeping, deathlessly sleeping, humanity. ```

613. Sweet simplicity

```

Sweet simplicity!

In you I see

The redeeming Grace of God.

In you I see

The silence-night of outer beauty.

In you I see

The calmness-quietude of inner beauty.

```

614. Life-illumining reality

```

Insecurity,

You are incomplete obscurity.

Impurity,

You are complete obscurity.

Purity,

You are life-illumining Reality. ```

615. Two special needs

```

His fame and rumour together move.

He has a special need from Heaven

And also a special need from earth.

His special need from Heaven is

Compassion-Light.

His special need from earth is

Constant attention.

```

616. Aimless is he

```

After a lengthy reluctance

My doubt-friend at last wanted

To leave my abode.

Aimless is he in his absoluteness. ```

617. The sovereignty of love

```

The sovereignty of love nobody disputes.

The sovereignty of love is perfection-manifestation.

The sovereignty of love is the God-shrine

In his vision-temple,

In his earth-bound, sweet, immortal Height.

```

618. No!

```

Must one become stupid

Before he becomes a man of knowledge?

No!

Must one become a beggar

Before he becomes the richest man on earth?

No!

Must one become a useless disciple

Before he becomes a first-class disciple?

No!

no!

```

619. Cultivate truth

```

This morning

My doubt failed to visit my Lord Supreme.

All reasons were insufficient,

Yet my Lord Supreme forgave my doubt

And said,

"Doubt, cultivate truth.

620. Everything is mortal

```

Everything is mortal here.

Love is mortal,

Joy is mortal,

Concern is mortal,

Everything is mortal;

Therefore

Troubled is my Lord.

But a little surrender to God's Will

Makes everything immortal:

Love, Joy, Concern.

A little surrender to God's Will

Becomes Immortality itself. ```

621. It's your turn

```

It's your turn!

Look, all are watching.

Play the life-transformation-game well.

If you succeed,

Fastest will you run

Towards the Destination-Heights. ```

622. I feel miserable

```

Here on earth

I cannot smile freely;

Therefore

I feel miserable.

There in Heaven

I cannot cry soulfully;

Therefore

I feel miserable.

Alas, neither Heaven nor earth

Comes to my rescue. ```

623. I shall do it for you

```

I shall do it for you.

I shall pray to God for you,

I shall meditate on you.

You need only allow me

To pray for you

And

To meditate on you.

Just do me that much favour. ```

624. The worst guest

```

Fear is a bad guest;

Nobody likes him.

Doubt is a worse guest;

Nobody likes him either.

Impurity is the worst guest;

Neither in Heaven

Nor on earth

Does anybody like him. ```

625. A new philosophy

```

Now there is a new philosophy.

Where to look?

Look around,

Not within.

Where to start?

Anywhere you want to

Except from the very beginning!

```

626. Death

```

Whatever dies really does not die.

We see it not;

Therefore

We feel that it has died.

Death is only another shore

Of the Reality-sea.

Death is only another way

To God-Reality's Shore. ```

627. A wall between you and God

```

My Lord has asked me to tell you

That He came to you

And got inside a small flower.

But He did not speak to you

Because he saw a wall between you

And Him. ```

628. I must not stay here

```

Where the world is quiet

I must go.

Where all troubles have ended

I must go.

Here life is death;

I must not stay here.

There, death is death, life is life.

I must go, I must go.

There, life is life

And not, like here, sleep.

No, I must not stay here.

```

629. God apparently forgot him

```

Humanity betrayed him,

Divinity ignored him,

God apparently forgot him.

He therefore made friends

With ignorance-night.

```

630. He does not have the final word

```

Although he is superior to all,

He does not have the final word.

He asks his inner love of God

To play his role

And

He is always successful. ```

631. Man's forgiveness

```

Man's forgiveness creates everything in you

Out of nothingness.

Man's forgiveness is a true believer in God-reality

In the heart of humanity, vast humanity. ```

632. God's ecstasy-lover

```

Before, he was a peace-lover.

Now he is a dynamo-lover.

A day will come when he will be purely

God's ecstasy-lover. ```

633. Start and stop

```

Start loving!

You will swim.

Stop loving!

You will sink.

Start serving!

You will fly.

Stop serving!

You will drown in the core of ignorance-sea. ```

634. Not knowing

```

Not knowing what to do

He made friends

With deep doubts.

Not knowing what to say

He invited the ugly-looking fear.

Now knowing whom to love

He loved his own self-form

Dearly and deeply.

```

635. The happiness unparalleled

```

Strengthen your heart's faith.

You will be happy.

Intensify your mind's God-hunger.

Yours will be the happiness unparalleled. ```

636. Inside the Heart-Garden of God

```

Because of my sincerity

They have lost me.

Because of my purity

I shall find them once again

Inside the Heart-Garden of God.

```

637. We have found each other

```

They have found me

Inside the Silence-Heart of God;

Therefore

They have become jealous.

I have found them

Inside the Sound-Life of God

Where

They have become treacherous. ```

638. Such is human life

```

Such is human life.

It only knows how to cry,

But

It accepts not consolation-light

From Heaven's smile-manifesting Reality.

```

639. All for You

```

Lord Supreme, all for You

My surrender-heart,

My concern-life,

My purity-body,

My devotion-soul.

All that I have is for You

To personally use.

```

640. The face of falsehood

```

The face of falsehood

I have seen many, many times.

Falsehood comes into existence

From the path of desire

And

From travels upon the path of desire. ```

641. You are a dreamer

```

You are a dreamer,

But that doesn't mean you will become

A self-deceiving thought.

You are a dreamer,

But that doesn't mean you will become

A self-imposed authority.

You are a dreamer,

But that doesn't mean you will become

A God-fulfilling representative.

```

642. The Eternal watches

```

The Eternal watches time

And

Sees how long the seeker

Remains in the bosom of night. ```

643. Death's food

```

What is Death's food?

Death's food is

Ignorance-smile

And

Darkness-sigh

And

Unwillingness-surrender.

```

644. Lustre and ecstasy

```

God-Lustre grows, glows

And reaches the Height

Of the ever-transcending Beyond.

Ecstasy flows

And reaches the farthest corner

Of the Reality-globe.

```

645. God-language

```

Do you want to learn God-language?

God-language is

Aspire and give,

Give and aspire;

Delight achieve,

Delight distribute.

This is God-ecstasy immaculate;

This is God-language-delight. ```

646. O unillumined mind

```

O mind of night,

O foul mind of life,

I have come to illumine you.

O night of the mind,

I have come to illumine you, too.

Let me illumine you both

In the Silence-Light of my transcendental Height. ```

647. God touches the earth

```

God touches the earth

So everything will be possible.

Everything is being done;

Everything will be perfect,

Simply perfect,

For God touches the earth. ```

648. My soul has taught me

```

My soul has taught me

How to fly.

I have taught my soul

How to cry.

My soul has taught me

How to unlearn many painful things.

I have taught my soul

How to learn the world's excruciating pangs

And

How to remain in breathless pain. ```

649. Life and death announce each other

```

Life announces death.

Life welcomes death,

For life is tired, exhausted

And wants to stop playing.

Death announces life.

But death is afraid of life.

Death sees Immortality-flow

In the stream of life. ```

650. Give today its full value

```

Don't throw your today

Against tomorrow.

Don't throw your today

Against yesterday.

Allow today to grow and glow,

To sing and dance in its own way.

Like yesterday, today too

Has much to contribute.

Like tomorrow, today too

Has much to contribute.

Give today its full value.

Let it play its role unhindered,

Unobstructed.

Let it play its role in full majesty,

Sovereign,

Alone. ```

651. The ear of the world

```

The ear of the world

Is very big.

It hears everything.

The heart of the world

Is very small.

It does not contain anything.

The mouth of the world

Is big, big.

It devours everything,

Even though at times unnecessarily. ```

652. Unreal smiles

```

Earth's unreal smiles make me feel that

Earth is Deception-Queen.

Heaven's unreal smiles make me feel that

Heaven is Negligence-King.

My own unreal smiles make me feel that

The real smile can dawn

Only on the Face of our Beloved Supreme.

```

653. What is it?

```

Joy, what is it?

It is its own security.

Security, what is it?

It is its own perfection.

Perfection, what is it?

It is the common satisfaction

Of humanity and divinity,

Of man and God. ```

654. We shall accept and transcend

```

As long as we live on earth

We shall have to accept certain limitations,

For earth is limitation itself.

Nevertheless, it is we who have to try

To transcend earth-limitations

As well as Heaven-Perfection.

```

655. O teachers

```

O teacher of Hope,

I know your name.

Your name is Faith.

O teacher of Faith,

I know your name.

Your name is God's Grace.

O teacher of God's Grace,

You have a special name.

Your name is God's Silence-Reality

Manifested on earth

For humanity's salvation-light.

```

656. Give me the strength

```

Lord, give me the strength

To fall into Your Hands.

Give me the strength

To be pure in mind.

Give me the strength

To be secure in heart. ```

657. The final freedom

```

He has gained the final freedom.

He must forsake idle thoughts

But

He will be happy for his blameless life.

He will be truly happy.

```

658. Entirely dependent on You

```

I am entirely dependent on You.

I shall become the air of Your immortal Bliss.

I shall become Your unconditional follower divine.

I shall maintain my unbroken hope. ```

659. My life-train

```

I saw my life-train weeping.

I cried with it.

I saw my life-train fainting.

I, too, fainted.

I saw my life-train eventually

Going in the right direction.

I smiled with it.

I saw my life-train reaching the destination.

I reached the destination with it.

And when I reached the destination

I saw that the destination was nothing other than

My aspiration-fulfilled crown.

```

660. Awake and gather

```

Awake and gather,

Awake!

The world needs you.

Gather!

You need the world.

He who sees within

Discovers the reality

That God needs him.

He who sees without

Discovers the reality

That he needs God, God alone. ```

661. Where is God's Smile?

```

Where do you find God's Smile?

Not in aspiration,

Not in realisation,

Not in perfection.

But

In the tears of gratitude-heart. ```

662. What shall we do with them?

```

What shall we do with the little gods?

They tell us that they can cure us of our

Insecurity,

Impurity,

Jealousy.

Is it true?

We tell them,

"True, we have all these deplorable qualities,

But we wish to be cured not by you, O little gods,

But by the God Supreme, the Absolute Beloved Supreme.

Since you have free access to Him,

Please ask Him to cure our faults,

Our teeming imperfection-night."

```

663. Too big, too small

```

Lord, I am too small.

Perhaps, therefore,

You do not see me praying.

Lord, I am too big.

Perhaps, therefore,

You feel that I do not need

Your Presence white. ```

664. Blissful is my life

```

O Blessed Master,

Blissful is my life,

For my surrendered life

You have accepted as your own,

Very own.

```

665. Two special names

```

He has two special names:

Fantastic rapidity

And

God's Compassion-Hand. ```

666. A moment's sweetness

```

A moment's sweetness

Can change him and his life.

A moment's sweetness

Can verify earth's achievements.

A moment's sweetness

Can accelerate humanity's progress

Toward its destined goal.

```

667. A special kind of silence

```

He enjoys a special kind of silence.

This silence is called military silence.

This silence is dynamic;

This silence is progressive;

This silence expedites his reality's satisfaction-sky.

```

668. Joy

```

Joy in any earthly thing

Is very precarious.

Joy in any unearthly thing

Is not only soulful

But also fruitful.

```

669. O silence

```

O silence,

Who says that you are an orphan?

No, never!

Your father is Eternity's self-transcending height.

Your mother is Eternity's self-penetrating depth.

```

670. You do not love the real in you

```

There was a time

When you were moneyless.

Now you are spiritless.

There shall come a time

When you will be worthless in everything.

Why?

Because you do not sing the glory

Of the real in yourself,

You do not love the real in yourself,

You do not care for the real in yourself.

The real in you

Is a God-life of ascending cry. ```

671. Therefore God loves you

```

You smile in dreams;

Therefore

God loves you.

You love in hatred;

Therefore

God loves you.

You do not sleep.

You manifest God

All the time

In every possible way;

Therefore

God loves you. ```

672. Lord, I thank You

```

Lord, I thank You

For Your Smile.

I thank You

For my heart's cry.

I thank You

For all that You have done for me

And all that You have not done for me.

Lord, I thank You

Because You have given me

A sure heart,

A brave vital,

A pure mind

And a strong body.

Lord, finally, I love You

Because You have made me

Your Blessing-Love incarnate.

```

673. In Silence supreme

```

In silence he came into the world.

In silence he went away.

In silence the world saw him

And loved him.

In silence Heaven needed him

And invoked him.

All done in Silence supreme.

```

674. You do not know, but God knows

```

You do not know, but God knows

Whether I am good or bad.

You do not know, but God knows

Whether I love the world or not.

You do not know, but God knows

Whether I care for Heaven or not.

Only God knows.

```

675. Awake, you lazy sleepers

```

Awake, awake, you lazy sleepers!

Sing a song to the morning sun.

Appreciate, admire and adore

The inner flame,

The flame that is known as

The sweet land of liberty. ```

676. Within and without

```

Dedication is within;

Celebration is without.

Cry is within;

Flight is without.

Surrender-light is within;

Conquering might is without. ```

677. Here and there

```

Here in the land of ingratitude

Alone I live.

There in the land of infinitude

Alone God lives.

Here I cry for God

In desert-heart.

There God cries for me

In Perfection-Palace. ```

678. Don't live in a world of promise

```

Don't live in a world of promise.

Live in a world of promise-fulfilment.

Don't live in the whisper of a dream.

Live in the manifestation of the dream-reality. ```

679. Take life easy

```

Take life easy,

For life is God's playground of transformation

And

Man's satisfaction-school.

Always take life easy.

This is the only way

To maintain

Serenity

In earth's mental asylum.

```

680. Do not bind him

```

Do not bind him;

Let him go.

Let him go to Heaven

And live there

In infinite Peace,

Eternal Light

And

Immortal Bliss.

His Hour has come;

Let him go.

Do not bind him.

```

681. They know no rest

```

Your doubt-life knows no rest.

His fear-life knows no rest.

My hope-life knows no rest.

We three are always sailing

In the same boat.

```

682. I live in the hope

```

I live in the hope of meeting Him.

I live in the hope of loving Him.

I live in the hope of pleasing Him.

I live in the hope of fulfilling

And manifesting Him.

I live, I live. ```

683. They have found their way in him

```

My heart has found its way in him;

Therefore

My heart is safe and happy.

My mind has found its way in him;

Therefore,

My mind is clear and confident.

My life has found its way in him;

Therefore

My life is soulful and fruitful.

```

684. We live in emptiness

```

Your beauty-eyes live

In an empty Eternity.

His power-arms live

In an empty Infinity.

My love-heart lives

In an empty Immortality. ```

685. Let us be wise

```

O earth,

Let us be wise.

You refrain from speaking ill

Of my Heaven-friend

And I shall refrain from speaking ill

Of your doubt-friend. ```

686. No other way

```

Improve your self-sufficiency

By virtue of God's

Compassion-Power.

There can be no other way,

Absolutely none.

```

687. Opportunity missed

```

Activity is self-perfecting opportunity.

Opportunity missed,

Ignorance-fee increased

Strikingly

And yet

Helplessly. ```

688. Heaven-helper, earth-lover

```

Yours is the soul

That helps Heaven.

Yours is the heart

That loves earth.

O helper of Heaven,

You are divinely great.

O lover of earth,

You are supremely good. ```

689. What belongs to God

```

What belongs to Heaven

My soul-light claims.

What belongs to earth

My heart-love claims.

What belongs to God

God asks my surrender-life to claim. ```

690. Re-examine yourself!

```

Re-examine yourself!

If you pass this time,

Then your doubt-guest

And your fear-guest

Will immediately be compelled

To leave you;

Therefore I urge you

To re-examine yourself! ```

691. Two things he never forgets

```

He forgets often;

Therefore

He fails in everything he does

And says.

But two things

He never forgets:

His ceaseless love of God

And

His unparalleled oneness with God.

```

692. The song of dream-reality

```

I live in dancing dreams,

I live in weeping dreams,

I live in life-awakening dreams,

I live in earth-surrendering dreams,

I live in Heaven-descending dreams.

My life is the song of dream-reality

In the heart of earth,

In the soul of Heaven. ```

693. O echoes of my heart

```

O echoes of my heart,

I love you.

O echoes of my heart,

I need you.

O echoes of my heart,

You make me feel

That I can challenge Eternity's Height,

Infinity's Light

And Immortality's Life.

```

694. His sparkling smile

```

His sparkling smile:

In that smile

The world grows and glows.

In that smile

A new world blossoms.

In that smile

Earth-suffering hears the message

Of fire-pure transformation,

Complete transformation.

```

695. The sun is dancing

```

The sun is dancing,

The moon is dancing,

The stars are dancing.

I am dancing this moment

With the sun, moon and stars.

Next moment I am sailing

With the sky.

The sky makes me feel

That I am the vastness of Infinity's Heart;

The sun, moon and stars make me feel

That God's creation is for ecstasy's beginningless birth

And endless journey. ```

696. The river of my heart's tears

```

The river of my heart's tears

Makes me feel

That this hour is nothing

But destruction-sigh.

The river of my soul's smile

Makes me feel

That indeed, this is the world of beauty,

This is the world of ecstasy. ```

697. I shall live in satisfaction-train

```

There was a time when I lived

In restlessness-train.

Now I live

In peace-train.

There shall come a time when I shall live

In satisfaction-train. ```

698. Where do you live?

```

Where do you live?

"I live in the paradise of tears."

Where do you live?

"I live in the tears of love."

Where do you live?

"I live in the friendship of divine tears." ```

699. Sweet moments

```

Sweet, sweet moments,

I wish to grow in you,

I wish to float in you,

I wish to fulfil myself with you,

With you.

```

700. Only one story is new

```

Minds fight with minds;

That is not a new story.

Hearts love hearts;

That is not a new story.

Love is at times out of breath;

That is not a new story.

There is only one story which is new

And that story is:

Today's frustration-evening of man

Will be transformed

Into tomorrow's satisfaction-dawn of God.

```

701. Every tear

```

Every secret tear purifies

The human heart.

Every sacred tear illumines

The human life.

Every soulful tear immortalises

The human in us. ```

702. Sweetness and dignity

```

Sweetness tells me

I can love the world.

Dignity tells me

I can rule the world.

With sweetness we conquer the world.

With dignity we frighten the world.

Dignity surrenders to humility's sweetness

And finds there its satisfaction-abode. ```

703. The beauty of tears and smiles

```

The beauty of tears

Changes human life sooner than at once.

The duty of smiles

Also changes human life sooner than at once.

The union of tears and smiles

Makes God and man embrace each other,

Fulfil each other

And satisfy each other. ```

704. The depth of my heart

```

The flame of Light —

Where is it?

In the depth of my heart.

The beauty of Light —

Where is it?

In the depth of my heart.

The perfection of Light —

Where is it?

In the depth of my heart.

The satisfaction of Light —

Where is it?

In the depth of my heart.

The depth of my heart

Houses all the Light

In all its forms and shapes,

In all its beauties and delights. ```

705. My younger self and my older self

```

My younger self, ego,

Tells me that I can be happy

By being separated from the oneness-soul.

My larger self, oneness universal,

Tells me that there is no such thing

As ego-separativity.

It is all oneness-song,

Oneness-perfection,

Oneness-reality.

I and my older self together shall stay,

Together shall sing,

Together shall dance. ```

706. One conscious soul

```

One conscious soul is more than enough

To arouse countless unconscious souls

From a comatose life of dark amnesia.

One conscious soul

Is God's representative

In God's unprecedented way.

```

707. The sky is alive

```

The sky is alive

With trumpets.

The sky is alive

With stars and planets.

The sky is alive

With the sun and the moon.

The sky is alive

With something else:

My satisfaction-light.

```

708. Who can tolerate?

```

Who can tolerate

His sanctimonious devotion?

Who can tolerate

His false folded hands?

Who can tolerate

His intentional flickering of the eyes?

Who can tolerate

His insincerity-tongue? ```

709. Dear heart

```

Dear heart,

Come to the fore.

Your heart-life shall challenge

The flashes of thoughts.

You know well, perfectly well,

That yours is a soul

That has entire faith in the Lord,

The Absolute Supreme. ```

710. This is your name

```

Infinite Sweetness:

This is your name.

Infinite Beauty:

This is your name.

Infinite Reality:

This is your name.

Infinite Infinity, within and without:

This is your name. ```

711. My heart's eternal Guest

```

Lord, I am with You always

And I love You always.

I drink Your Beauty always.

I smile at Your Eternity's Beauty always.

You are my heart's eternal Guest.

In You I see the centre of all excellence.

Lord Supreme, You are my heart-life

And my soul-light.

You are my Eternity's All.

```

712. Heart's vision is what matters

```

The climbing heart's vision

Is what matters,

Not the mind's teeming confusion.

The heart embodies vision-light;

The mind indulges in confusion-desert-night.

```

713. Love spreads its wings

```

Real love, love divine,

Knows no delay.

Sooner than at once

It spreads its wings

All around the nest

Of God's created universe. ```

714. I have found Your Nest

```

O Lord,

In Your Eyes of Beauty

I have found Your Nest.

Delight is my name

When I live in Your Nest.

The heart of a singing bird

My life becomes

In song's world of silence. ```

715. Do anything You want

```

My soul I will pour

Into You:

Do anything You want to do with it.

Make me into either

The beauty of the morning

Or the ugliness of imperfection-night.

Do anything You want.

```

716. Tune me for life

```

O Master-Musician,

Tune me for life again.

The awakening of new music

My heart wants to become.

My life is now mingled

In ecstasy's height. ```

717. Immortality bestowed

```

The starry Heavens

Come down to gaze upon me.

The voice of the morning birds

Bestows Immortality on me,

On my aspiration-heart.

```

718. God's Rapture-fire

```

O mute despair,

I feel your suffering,

I feel your pangs.

Wait, have patience.

Your despair will be transformed

Into God's Rapture-fire.

Wait for God's choice Hour.

```

719. I die to live in You

```

O Lord,

Only if You tell me

That You love me

Will I believe You.

I need only to die in You,

I die only to live in You. ```

720. The kind of person I am

```

If you do not know the kind of person I am,

Then I wish to tell you.

I am a Truth-seeker,

A God-lover,

A God-revealer

And a God-fulfiller

On earth;

A God-dreamer

And a God-bestower

In Heaven. ```

721. Reject me not

```

O Lord Supreme,

Reject me not into the world again.

I have suffered, I am still suffering.

With each breath I breathe

Fires of wild destruction enter into me.

O Lord Supreme,

Reject me not into the world again.

I pray, I pray, I pray! ```

722. This very moment

```

This very moment

Is the best the world can afford to give us.

Let us avail ourselves of this golden moment.

Inside the heart of the moment

Is Eternity's Silence-life

And Infinity's Smile. ```

723. Lord, I am grateful

```

O Lord,

When You receive my prayer

I am grateful.

When You do not fulfil my prayer

I am grateful, too,

For I know that You know best what is good for me.

Dear Lord,

Only show me the path of real love,

The path of real light.

```

724. Illumination-flood

```

To speak to the Lord Supreme

Is to commune with your own heart.

Who is your Lord Supreme, after all?

The illumination-flood

Of your own highest Self.

```

725. Ecstasy within, ecstasy without

```

This morning my Lord Supreme

Gave ears to my soulful words;

Therefore

Today my existence on earth

Has become ecstasy-flood,

Ecstasy within,

Ecstasy without.

```

726. Heaven smiled twice

```

Heaven smiled at me twice:

Once when I criticised Heaven

For its careless indifference;

Once when I solemnly said

That I belonged to Heaven's silence

And not to earth's sound. ```

727. O my aspiring heart

```

Heart,

In you is my home;

In you is my all.

You are the preserver

Of all that is real in me.

You are my God-hunger,

You are my God-nourishment,

O my aspiring heart. ```

728. His soul is eclipsed

```

His soul's light

Is eclipsed by his vital's desires.

He finds no more

His soul's beauty-height. ```

729. O sacred soul-flames

```

O sacred flames of my soul,

Do kindle my heart

And make it radiate with your light!

```

730. Who knows man's fate?

```

The soul in the soul

Immortal becomes.

The man in the man

Mortal becomes.

Who knows man's fate?

Who knows God's fate?

I know each man

Is tomorrow's blossoming God

And each God

Is tomorrow's manifesting man. ```

731. An uncertain hour

```

An uncertain hour

Returned all his mental agonies,

All his teeming doubts

And

All his imperfection-nights.

An uncertain hour

Gave him back what he was

In the core of night.

```

732. A time when I existed not

```

There was a time when I existed not

As an individual ego.

I existed only as universal Reality-light

And transcendental Vision-light. ```

733. A glorious victory

```

Fear and doubt

Come and go.

You know them one and all.

They do not fascinate us;

They attack us and weaken us.

They tell us what to do

And where to go.

They try to make us their own.

If they succeed, we lose

In the battlefield of life.

If they lose, we win

A glorious victory. ```

734. This time I am going to win!

```

This time I am going to win!

I shall not lose to ignorance-night.

This time I am going to win!

All misunderstandings between reality and me

I have cast aside.

Without fail I am going to win

In the battlefield of life!

```

735. Let me put it this way

```

Let me put it this way:

My aspiration is followed

By progress-light.

My desire is followed

By success-night.

```

736. All I have to do

```

All I have to do is to accept it

Without understanding.

All I have to do is to believe it

Without knowing.

All I have to do is to surrender to it

Without discovering. ```

737. I will do it for free

```

Earth, I will do it for free.

I will help you increase

Your aspiration-cry for Heaven abundantly.

I will do it for free.

Heaven, I will do it for free.

I will help you increase

Your compassion-light for earth generously.

I will do it for free. ```

738. His very presence

```

His very presence

Creates a great burst of surprise

On earth.

He died to make all

See their past.

His heart makes all

Feel their oneness with the Vast.

```

739. Your soul's wishes

```

You will refuse to own yourself,

You are such a coward!

This is not something that your soul wants.

Your soul wants you to accept your life,

Discipline your life,

Fulfil your life.

Your soul wants nothing but that.

```

740. The easiest thing

```

To call you my Master

Is the easiest thing,

And I have done it already.

To call you my all

Is also the easiest thing,

And I have done it already.

But to call you my human friend

Is the most difficult thing,

And I will never succeed in doing it,

Never! ```

741. Smile, America!

```

Smile, America, my America,

Smile!

Why do you weep, why do you cry?

The world's volley of criticism

Need not curse the real in you

And

It cannot curse the real in you.

Smile, America!

Run and jump!

Fly!

Achieve and become!

Smile, America, smile! ```

742. Freedom and friendship

```

Freedom we want,

Friendship we want.

Freedom from bondage,

Friendship with all and sundry.

Freedom and friendship

Together complete the game. ```

743. Preparation for peace

```

Preparation for peace is needed,

But where?

At home?

No.

In the inmost recesses of one's heart?

Yes.

Peace-seed must be sown in the heart.

Then only it will grow

In the body of human life.

```

744. An unnoticed bondage-chain

```

If liberty springs up spontaneously,

It is liberty.

If not,

It is an unnoticed bondage-chain,

An unrecognised bondage-frustration.

```

745. You cannot cheat the pure

```

You can cheat the brave

If you want to,

But you cannot cheat the pure,

For in the heart of the pure

God's all-illumining Vision looms large.

```

746. Quality or quantity?

```

America: quality or quantity?

Both quality and quantity!

America's heart of light is quality.

America's mind of wisdom is quantity. ```

747. I have given You my life

```

Lord Supreme, I have given You my life.

Let my heart always remain young

So that it can run towards You.

I know Your Protection will always save me

And my all.

```

748. I know there is forgiveness

```

O Lord Supreme,

If it is too difficult for You to love me,

No harm.

Just allow me to love You.

I do not want to be loved

If it is not Your Will.

I truly know

I have done my best.

I have tried to please You

According to my capacities

And

According to my limitations.

But I always say, I always know,

That there is forgiveness,

Constant forgiveness.

```

749. I cannot walk alone

```

Lord Supreme,

Grant me aspiration-cry.

Cover my weakness

If so is Your Will.

If not, expose me to the world at large.

I cannot walk alone.

I need Your Protection-Light.

Give me the courage to trust the life

Of each unknown hour.

```

750. Live in the day of bloom

```

Live not in the heavy day of doom.

Who asks you to live in the heavy day of doom?

Live in the light day of bloom,

Live in the joy of beauty's smile,

Live in the joy of Immortality's glorious dawn.

```

751. Everything will be all right

```

Wait with patience.

Everything will be all right.

Wait with hope.

Everything will be all right.

Wait with conviction.

Everything will be all right. ```

752. An obligation-free life

```

Do you want to live an obligation-free life?

Then come to me.

I shall show you where you can find

An obligation-free life.

An obligation-free life is found

Only in the heart of oneness-perfection,

In God-acceptance of man

And man-acceptance of God. ```

753. Who has done it?

```

The tree of life is beautiful.

But who has made it beautiful?

It is the faith of the seeker.

Who has given the faith to the seeker?

God, the unconditional Lover Supreme.

```

754. Teach me to build

```

O Lord Supreme,

Teach me to build and not to break.

Then I shall learn to behold

Thee and Thy Duty.

Then shall my soul learn to stand in Thy Presence

With adoration-flame. ```

755. My heart-door

```

I cannot close my heart-door,

For I know not when my Beloved Supreme will arrive.

I cannot leave my heart-door open,

For who knows who will come in?

My heart-door must remain open

Only for my Beloved Supreme. ```

756. New hopes

```

New hopes of Heaven have touched

Earth-arena.

We have no reason to deny ourselves.

Pure we feel in each other's hearts. ```

757. God-promise

```

God-promise never fails;

Yet

In bitter separation

We listen to God-Promise. ```

758. Just to live in the heart

```

O Supreme,

Just to live in the heart I cry.

Just to live in the heart I die.

With a child's heart I cry.

To whom do I turn?

To Thee, to Thee, to Thee alone.

Only to live in Thee, I die.

```

759. Now it all depends on You

```

Now it all depends on You.

Don't trick me anymore.

I shall joyfully,

Eternally cling to You,

To You alone.

```

760. I shall never be distressed

```

I have already instilled peace in my heart;

Therefore

I shall never be distressed.

To You I have already offered

The flower of my heart's expression.

```

761. Create me anew

```

Create me anew once more.

Until You call on me,

Dissatisfied I shall always remain.

Teach me,

Teach my heart to cling only to You.

```

762. All shall be mended

```

All that is broken shall be mended

Without fail.

That is true beyond this momentary suffering

Of doubt-separation from God. ```

763. I sported with you

```

Down the path of hope

I sported with you today.

I shall not deprive the divine child within me

Of anything, any day. ```

764. I shall proclaim and perform

```

I shall proclaim the love,

I shall perform the task.

In me Your matchless Beauty shall sparkle,

Full of honey Sweetness-Light. ```

765. America has become great

```

Two centuries have rolled by.

America has become greater than the greatest.

How?

By always keeping the eternal God-child in her

To the fore.

```

766. The hour has struck

```

The hour has struck.

Nobody can doubt that this world is God's.

This world belongs to

God the Doer,

God the Action,

And God the Witness. ```

767. When the hour comes

```

When the hour comes,

Who can doubt?

When the hour comes,

Who can remain aloof?

When the hour comes,

Who can deny?

When the hour comes,

Who can remain untransformed?

When the hour comes,

Who can remain without becoming perfection-glow? ```

768. Let nothing stop them

```

My soul will go to You

Without fail.

Let nothing stop it!

Your Soul will come to me

Without fail.

Let nothing stop it!

```

769. What more can you do?

```

O American soul,

What more can you do?

You are already ready.

You know the way.

You are already running.

The goal is nearing. ```

770. The best of everything

```

America has the best of everything

Because its heart has housed the many

And allowed them to live freely

In their own way. ```

771. Within me descend

```

Heavenly Father,

Within me descend.

In me is the love

That illumines the universe.

In me is the joy

That cheers the human heart. ```

772. O fountain of flame

```

God, open the door

Of my mental peace.

O Fountain of Flame divine,

I shall become a true Yogi. ```

773. I shall wait for you

```

I was at the Feet of Silence.

I was going to offer my body,

My mind,

And my ability.

But I shall wait a day

For you. ```

774. Awaken my heart

```

Awaken my heart,

O Lord Supreme,

My Father Eternal.

Enter into my soul,

O all-illumining,

All-loving heart.

```

775. Awake, O earth

```

O unawakened earth, awake!

Challenge the skies' commotion.

Conquer ignorance and pain.

Fulfil yourself in the march of time. ```

776. Painful it is to see

```

Painful it is to see

The empty heart's fear.

Painful it is to see

The insecure heart's pangs.

Painful it is to see

The weak heart's friendship with the base vital.

Painful it is to see

The unaspiring heart's slow movement

Towards the Golden Shore.

```

777. O sacred Purity

```

O sacred Purity,

You tell me that I can eventually become

God's Life-Breath.

O sacred Purity,

You tell me that I can eventually become

Man's salvation-giver.

```

778. Aspire!

```

Aspire!

If not, everything will follow

The ancient dust.

Aspire!

If not, earth will not claim you;

Heaven will disown you.

Aspire!

God the Reality in you

Desperately needs you.

God is longing

For His complete, perfect Manifestation

In the heart of earth's imperfection-ignorance. ```

779. I am but a petal

```

I am but a petal

Of the morning rose.

I see the morning sky.

For me the morning sun glows,

In me God's Hope-Light grows,

With me Infinity's Beauty-Smile flows. ```

780. O temptation-serpent

```

O temptation-serpent,

Do you think you will be able to conquer me?

O temptation-serpent,

Do you think that I will surrender to you?

O temptation-serpent,

"Your transformation-day is nigh,"

Declares humanity's perfection-smile

In the heart of temptation-destruction-volcano. ```

781. O beauty, O purity

```

O Beauty,

Your purity is your divinity.

O Purity,

Your beauty is your perfection.

O Beauty, O Purity,

You two are my friends eternal.

Beauty, with you I go to Heaven.

Purity, with you I live on earth. ```

782. Beauty

```

Beauty's pulse

The seeker feels.

Beauty's face

The seeker sees.

Beauty's glory

The seeker grows into.

Beauty's perfection

The seeker ultimately becomes. ```

783. The faithful and the faithless

```

He forgave the faithless ones;

Therefore

He is happy.

He loved the faithful ones;

Therefore

He is happy.

He became one with

The suffering of the faithless ones

And

The joy of the faithful ones;

Therefore

He is triumphantly happy. ```

784. My soul longs for You

```

Sweet Beloved, come to me.

My soul longs for You,

Always for You,

To render You singlehearted

Devoted service.

```

785. Your Eternity's Home

```

O Lord Supreme,

You have made me live

In the garden of happiness-light.

Now one more boon do grant me:

Do make my heart

Your Eternity's beloved Home. ```

786. Fill my Temple of Light

```

Heavenly Father,

Awaken my heart,

Ignite my age-long darkness,

Fill my Temple of Light

With Your Fragrance-Beauty.

```

787. Teach me to worship within

```

Teach me to worship within.

I shall try to obey my inner voice.

I shall also strive to know Thee

In the outer life of manifestation-joy. ```

788. I am a lion

```

O Lord Supreme,

Please tell me that I am a lion,

Not a sheep.

I must roar with

All-conquering courage.

O Lord Supreme,

If You tell me

I will believe You. ```

789. You are so near

```

You are so near to me.

I shall fulfil You.

I shall and I can.

I can and I shall. ```

790. No evil can befall me

```

No evil can befall me.

Nothing can hurt my soul.

His Heart of Love shelters me.

Ah, God is so near

To humanity's sky

And Divinity's Smile! ```

791. What I have left

```

Lord Supreme,

In the morning You counted my tears.

In the evening You heard my songs.

Now at night I give You what I have left:

A pure,

Serene

And spontaneous love.

```

792. Only for Your sight

```

Lord, You have accepted me

Out of Your Compassion-Height.

I hunger and thirst

Only for Your sight

At every moment

Of my wakeful hours. ```

793. What concerns me

```

Failure does not concern me.

What concerns me is God-satisfaction

In God's own Way

In my aspiration-life. ```

794. The world suffers

```

To have no belief is to suffer.

The world suffers from lack of belief

In the Pilot within.

To have wrong belief is to suffer.

The world suffers from wrong belief

About the Pilot within.

```

795. Do not disturb

```

Do not disturb

The sleep of death.

Do not disturb

The duty of life.

Do not disturb

The necessity of God-Compassion-Light. ```

796. Heaven-breath

```

When you breathe from Heaven

You feed the hungry heart

And the thirsty soul

Of earth. ```

797. The arms of fate

```

All around me I see the arms of fate.

Within me is idleness supreme.

I am reluctant

To do my Master's will. ```

798. An anchor sure and safe

```

I have an anchor

Sure and safe.

Perils can never lurk within my deeps.

I am all secured

By my Saviour's adamantine Will.

In me once again

Love's purest joy

Is permanently restored. ```

799. The seeker-soul

```

The seeker-soul

Was in love

With supreme Joy;

Therefore

Death did not dare to interfere,

And

Immortality grew

Inside the seeker

And his heart of joy.

```

800. Chances and choices

```

Life is composed of

Chances and choices.

He who surrenders to God's Will

Receives the blessing of choices.

And he who does not

Surrender to God's Will

Surrenders to the chances of fate.

```

801. The riches of God's Grace

```

His earth-life is feasting

On the riches of God's Grace.

His prayer to God:

"Lord Supreme, keep me singing

Your Victory-Song

As I proceed along the road of Eternity.

My Lord Supreme,

No more do I see life's dreary waste.

No more do I see life's countless thorns.

I see only my strength,

My beauty,

My soul's joy

And my Eternity's All."

```

802. You have forgiven me

```

Lord Supreme, You have forgiven me.

You have forgiven the teeming lapses

Of Your servant.

I am always intoxicated by beauty's love.

But You have made me immaculate.

My gratitude-heart I have offered to You

And You have offered me Your Promise-Light.

You have accepted the animal in me,

The human in me,

The divine in me

As Your very own.

```

803. His world

```

His world is now

In the Smile of God.

His world is now

In the cry of man.

His world is now

In the satisfaction

Of his Godward march.

```

804. O voyager of time

```

O voyager of time,

Onward you proceed

And offer to the world

Your achievement-light.

Much have you to discover;

Much have you to offer,

O voyager of time.

```

805. What am I?

```

What am I?

A tear shed by an angel.

What shall I be?

The Light that climbs

To the highest Height.

```

806. The art of believing

```

O Lord Supreme,

I have learned the art of believing.

Will You not teach the art of believing

To my old friend, my ex-friend,

Disbelief?

```

807. One who truly loves God

```

One who truly loves God

Need not ask God for any favour,

For God knows what is best for him.

God gives him His exalting Sweetness,

His illumining Kindness,

His fulfilling Oneness-Light. ```

808. Who will save whom?

```

Who will save whom?

The self-destroying man

Caught in his own destruction dance —

How is he going to save the world? ```

809. O dust

```

O dust, I salute you,

I love you,

For you have never deceived me,

And will never deceive me. ```

810. O Beauty's peace

```

Sleep, sleep, O Beauty's peace,

Sleep within me.

I shall give you a song from Eternity's Songbook.

Sleep, sleep within me. ```

811. Imagination and reason

```

Imagination does not

Care for reason.

Reason does not

Care for imagination.

The poet in me cries

For imagination-wings.

The philosopher in me cries

For reason-sword. ```

812. Mind-traveller, heart-traveller

```

O my mind-traveller,

You cannot go very far.

Your vision is very narrow.

O my heart-traveller,

The length and breadth of the world

Is too narrow for you,

For you far transcend

The length and breadth of the world.

```

813. Doubt

```

Doubt, you have no right

To experiment with life.

Doubt, you have no right

To experience life.

Doubt, you have the right

Only to experience life's disobedience and confusion —

Its self-contradiction-night.

```

814. Born in the land of dreams

```

He was born

In the land of dreams.

But now he lives

In the core of reality,

For he is caught by the golden net

Of humanity's cry. ```

815. Merrily, merrily

```

Merrily, merrily

I shall spend my life.

Merrily, merrily

I shall enjoy myself in sleep.

Merrily, merrily

Immortal day within me shall grow.

Merrily, merrily

The ancient trees within my heart shall climb. ```

816. The joys of night and day

```

From the joy of night

I sing the song of innocence.

From the joy of day

I sing the song of capacity. ```

817. Paradise

```

Concern is the high

Paradise.

Love is the higher

Paradise.

Oneness is the highest

Paradise.

Doubt is the lowest

Paradise. ```

818. Between punishment and forgiveness

```

Between punishment and forgiveness

What do I want?

I want both, if necessity demands.

If by punishing me, O Lord,

You can expedite my life's journey

Towards Your Golden Shore,

Then punish me by all means.

I want not Your Compassion-Forgiveness-Light. ```

819. The marriage of Heaven and hell

```

Where is the marriage

Of Heaven and Hell?

The marriage of Heaven and Hell

Is in the mind's dry desert

And in the heart's loving nest.

```

820. Behind all shadows of adversity

```

Behind all shadows of adversity

There is prosperity.

Wait and see!

Beauty's Infinity,

Infinity's Beauty

Will clasp you behind all shadows

Of adversity-night. ```

821. The beckoning of silence-light

```

I know not the depth of my fulness.

But I see the beckoning of silence-light,

Where fulness abides,

Where plenitude and infinitude abide. ```

822. Grace and service

```

Love is the grace

Which you can add

To your service-life.

Grace added to service

Makes perfection blossom

In the twinkling of an eye.

```

823. Capacities

```

The capacities of an undying mind

I had.

The capacities of a loving heart

I have.

The capacities of a surrendered life

I shall have. ```

824. Sweet was life

```

Sweet was life,

And sweeter as the years went by.

Full and perfect ease belonged to him

When he saw all around him

The arms of faith.

```

825. Death and life

```

Death was watching him;

Therefore

He was hiding.

Life is watching him;

Therefore

He is singing and dancing.

```

826. Why do You need me?

```

Why do You need me, Lord?

"Son, I need you because

With you I shall face

My ever-transcending Beyond,

For you I shall play

My cosmic Game,

In you I shall see

My Dream-Reality and My Reality-Dream." ```

827. Their sorrows

```

The artist's sorrow:

Nobody appreciates his painting.

The poet's sorrow:

Nobody reads his book.

The philosopher's sorrow:

Nobody accepts his philosophy.

The seeker's sorrow:

Nobody takes him seriously. ```

828. Inside our hearts

```

I shall not die, but live.

Where?

Inside your heart.

I shall not speak, but listen.

Where?

Inside my heart.

```

829. More than enough time

```

Do not count the time you have lost,

But count the time

That is at your immediate disposal.

The time that is before you

Is more than enough

To enter into Infinity's Heart

And Eternity's Perfection-Delight.

```

830. I simply do it

```

I simply do

What many dream of.

I simply do

What others talk about.

I simply become

What others dare not even to imagine. ```

831. He faced life and death

```

He faced death with success.

He faced life with progress.

He waited for the proper end of death

In Immortality's flow

And

Infinity's silence-glow. ```

832. Don't insult God anymore

```

Don't dare insult God anymore.

Enough!

Although He is far beyond the reach

Of human insult,

Humanity must not increase its ignorance-night

By deliberately speaking ill of God,

The eternal Dreamer,

The eternal Beloved,

The eternal Lover Supreme. ```

833. I misused Infinity

```

There was a time when Eternity was mine.

Alas, now I have only the ephemeral.

There was a time when Infinity was mine.

Alas, now I am forced to be satisfied with the finite.

I misused Eternity;

Therefore Eternity has left me.

I misused Infinity;

Therefore Infinity has left me.

Now I am misusing the finite;

Therefore the finite moment also will leave me soon. ```

834. Concern and care needed

```

Each thing on earth

Needs and deserves

Concern and care.

Concern and care not offered,

Love immediately forfeited.

```

835. Love first

```

Think first,

See afterwards.

Love first,

Fight afterwards.

Become the truth first,

Speak afterwards. ```

836. Food for the soul

```

The body's food

Is matter-made.

The soul's food

Is spirit-made.

Gratitude-life,

Gratitude-heart for God

Is food for the soul.

Perfection-cry

Is food for the soul.

Heart's awakening

Is food for the soul.

```

837. From age to age

```

From each age to each age, O Lord,

You come into the world.

Yet we enjoy living in oblivion-cave.

Still, O Lord, You come

To wipe our tearful eyes

And make us feel that You love us

And

You need us.

```

838. Where there is doubt

```

Where there is doubt

There is no smile of love.

Where there is doubt

There is only self-contradiction

And

Self-annihilation. ```

839. You have all

```

O mind,

You have all the crowning thoughts.

O heart,

You have all the soulful thoughts.

O life,

You have everything:

Suffering-world,

Struggling-world,

Striving-world,

Imperfection-world,

Ingratitude-world.

```

840. Reveal again the light

```

Lord Supreme, reveal again the light.

This time I shall treasure the light

And grow into the illumining fragrance

Of Your Light infinite. ```

841. Conviction accelerates

```

Patience knows not the hour.

Hope imagines the hour.

Conviction not only knows the hour

But accelerates the arrival of the hour. ```

842. This world belongs to the Creator

```

The Hour has struck.

All human doubts have vanished.

All human hesitations are illumined.

This world of ours belongs to the Creator,

The Beloved Supreme.

```

843. The heart of my gratitude-sea

```

Lord Supreme, Absolute Supreme,

Father Supreme, Beloved Supreme,

With Your infinite Bounty I started

To compete with my previous achievements.

I have far surpassed my previous achievements.

Now the golden fruit

I place at Your Feet.

In me, through me, You have achieved

This humanly unbelievable achievement.

But divinely, it was not only possible but inevitable.

This is not a miracle, O Lord,

This is just a reality-experience

Which inspires me to transcend

What I have

And what I eternally am.

O Beloved Supreme,

In absolute Silence-Light

To You I offer

The heart of my gratitude-sea,

The breath of my oneness-sky.

```

Poems 28 and 216 as published in later editions

28. Three methods

```

The human method

Begins by doubting.

The divine method

Begins by loving.

The supreme method

Begins by serving,

Unifying

And

Becoming.

```

216. I am dying

```

Lord, save me,

I am dying.

"Son, smile!

I, too, am dying

With you

And

For you."

```

Editor's preface to the first edition

Using concentrative powers developed through meditation, Sri Chinmoy wrote the 843 poems in this volume in a 24-hour period — from midnight to midnight on November 1, 1975. This surpasses his previous record of 360 poems written in one day on 28 April of last year and published under the title The Goal Is Won.

When Sri Chinmoy endeavours to set new records of this kind, he does so out of childlike enthusiasm, for the pure joy of it. Also, such achievements become a means for inspiring humanity and demonstrating how much a human being is capable of when he invokes God to work in and through him.

Several of Sri Chinmoy's disciples remained with the Master throughout the writing marathon, transcribing the poems from his handwritten notebooks or from his dictaphone. Others worked around the clock at the printing press, and the book in its final printed form was completed less than 24 hours after the volume was finished.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Transcendence-Perfection, Agni Press, 1975
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/tp

Transcendence-Perfection

1. Eternity's Vision-Reality Song

2. He is really something!

3. Stop and start

4. Two simple promises

5. Surrender-tears

6. Your God, his God, my God

7. Who wants?

8. Happy and unhappy

9. He asked God who he was

10. To describe happiness

11. Imagination and realisation

12. Three popular errors

13. The saint and the rascal

14. He and sleep

15. I love only one thing

16. Idleness and incapacity

17. I can only promise

18. That is not your task

19. Earth-glories and Heaven-glories

20. Advice of a God-realised soul

21. Two things I shall have to realise

22. Citizens of my world

23. Finite accomplishments

24. When ideas travel

25. To own a living God

26. An exchange

27. The swimmer

28. Three methods1

29. A magnificent lie

30. He roams

31. His Heaven-liberty

32. When belief is in progress

33. God's absolute Satisfaction

34. Three men I need

35. Learn to conquer

36. One question remains

37. Beauty, lustre, oneness

38. Four petals of delight

39. Greatness and goodness

40. A sad world-cry

41. The definition of love

42. My days of sweetness

43. Nothing is permanent

44. Her body and her soul

45. One little drop

46. Do you want?

47. Her life's perfection

48. His all-conquering will

49. Stay with me

50. My daily meditations

51. Our tasks

52. Our mouths are shut

53. I can eternally become Yours

54. The ancient man

55. A sacred gift

56. Compensation

57. Human winner, divine loser

58. Retrogression

59. They are both equally right

60. My courage

61. Because he does not compete

62. You fail and God fails

63. God's retirement speech

64. No, never!

65. Surrender-heart always wins

66. Therefore God loves you

67. The man of God

68. Someday

69. Open my door, please

70. No compromise

71. Alas, I am sleeping

72. Yet God loves me

73. Complementary brothers and sisters

74. Lord, calm them

75. Reputation

76. Don't delay!

77. Who means most to you?

78. You are no longer unparalleled

79. On one condition

28. Three methods¹

105. O my empty heart²