The Wings of Light, part 3

101. Death-dance

```

I met God in Heaven.

He asked me

How I was.

I met man on earth.

He wanted me to tell

How he was.

I met Satan in hell.

He told me that he had

Adopted a new course of life:

He prays to God every day,

He meditates on God every day,

He even loves God every day.

I met myself in the doubt-tornado

Of my mind, lost all:

Death-dance within, without.

```

102. When I appreciate myself

```

When I appreciate myself

Humanity ridicules me,

Divinity enlightens me.

Divinity tells me that

My appreciation-power

Is nowhere near my achievement-height.

Humanity tells me that

My “whole” is but a big hole. ```

103. Came and left

```

Great men came

And

Great men left.

The world was sleeping.

Good men came

And

Good men left.

The world was snoring.

Small men came

And

Lost their vision.

The world is now treating

their blind souls.

Bad men came

And

Lost their passports.

The world is now examining

their careless souls.

```

104. My journey, my goal

```

My life is my journey,

My love is my goal.

My love is my journey,

My oneness is my goal.

My oneness is my journey,

My perfection is my goal.

My perfection is my journey,

My smile is my goal. ```

105. Together cry, together fly

```

A fearful man and destruction

Together cry.

A fearless man and Liberation

Together dance.

A faithless man and despair

Together sink.

A faithful man and Bliss

Together fly. ```

106. Learn to shut the door

```

Learn to shut the door.

Fear will not frighten you.

Learn to shut the door.

Doubt will not blight you.

Learn to shut the door.

Jealousy will not strangle you.

Learn to open the door.

Courage will beautify you.

Learn to open the door.

Faith will glorify you.

Learn to open the door.

Oneness will immortalise you. ```

107. Take it easy!

```

Take it easy!

Still you have many more years on earth.

Take it easy!

Remember God has not forsaken you.

Take it easy!

Your promise-land is God’s Dream-Dawn.

Take it easy!

God needs you more than you need Him. ```

108. Stop! Stop!

```

Stop!

Stop starving your body.

Your body is God’s sacred temple.

Stop!

Stop starving your heart.

Your heart is God’s secret shrine.

Stop!

Stop starving your soul.

Your soul is God’s dream-fulfilling Deity. ```

109. Don't be afraid!

```

Don’t be afraid!

He is just a man-dog

Who is barking at you.

Don’t be afraid!

He is just a God-lion

Who is roaring to inspire you,

To energise you,

To immortalise you.

```

110. You have a friend

```

You have a friend.

You may not feel his love

But

He does love you.

You have a friend.

You may not recognise his help

But

He does help you.

You have a friend.

You may not believe

That he thinks only of you

But

He does think only of you.

```

111. All

```

My body does all the sleeping

And

All the wasting.

My vital does all the jumping

And

All the breaking.

My mind does all the thinking

And

All the doubting.

My heart does all the loving

And

All the fulfilling.

My soul does all the watching

And

All the caring,

All the tolerating,

All the sanctioning,

All the inspiring,

All the transforming,

All the perfecting. ```

112. How to live in a time like this?

```

How to live in a time like this?

How?

Just smile.

Lo, the world-suspicion-tiger is dead.

How to live in a time like this?

How?

Just smile.

Lo, the world-blindness-elephant is dead.

How to live in a time like this?

How?

Just smile.

Lo, the world-autocracy-lion is dead.

How to live in a time like this?

You fool!

Don’t you know that you are

The very root of the world-miseries,

The world-calamities,

The world-failures? ```

113. My four sermons

```

I have given only four sermons

During my entire life.

My first sermon:

“I love Heaven.”

My second sermon:

“I need earth.”

My third sermon:

“Heaven, my Heaven-flower, claims me.”

My fourth and last sermon:

“Earth, my earth-fruit, I sacrifice.” ```

114. If I am not for myself

```

If I am not for myself,

Who will be for me?

God will be for me.

God the Lover will be for me.

God the Beloved will be for me.

If I am for myself,

Who will not be for me?

God the dearest Father will not be for me.

God the sweetest Mother will not be for me.

God the eternal Friend will not be for me.

```

115. A tree without roots

```

Love without life

Is a tree without roots.

Life without love

Is a tree without fruits.

Beauty without purity

Is a tree without roots.

Purity without beauty

Is a tree without fruits. ```

116. Some go up, some come down

```

Prayer goes up;

God the Compassion comes down.

Aspiration goes up;

God the Salvation comes down.

Meditation goes up;

God the Liberation comes down.

Surrender goes up;

God the Perfection comes down. ```

117. They will not love you less

```

Truth will not love you less

Because Love loves you more.

Love will not love you less

Because Joy loves you more.

Joy will not love you less

Because Perfection loves you more.

Perfection will not love you less

Because Immortality loves you more. ```

118. Pessimist, optimist, realist

```

A pessimist is he

Who shuts his eyes

To the rising sun.

An optimist is he

Who looks up and sees

Through the teeming clouds.

A realist is he

Who faces the clouds

And adores the sun.

```

119. Perfection

```

Perfection, what is it?

A smile of the Beyond.

Perfection, where is it?

In the heart of the Infinite.

Perfection, who has it?

The Absolute alone. ```

120. My progress

```

Fear and Power begin my morn.

Doubt and Light begin my noon.

Depression and Peace begin my eve.

God and I discuss my progress at night. ```

121. Nothing to declare

```

His body has nothing to declare

Save and except

The flood of impurity.

His vital has nothing to declare

Save and except

The dance of a mad elephant.

His smile has nothing to declare

Save and except

The strength of an ant.

His heart has nothing to declare

Save and except

The constant fear of death.

His soul has nothing to declare

Save and except

The Compassion-moon of the Supreme.

```

122. Far beyond the command

```

A poet is born,

Neither made nor paid.

A singer is born,

Not made, but paid.

An artist is born,

Destined to starve and feast.

A philosopher is made,

Paid, but ridiculed.

A thinker is made

More than paid.

A God-lover is far beyond the command

Of life and death.

For he has what God is: Divinity’s Smile.

```

123. My depression-winter, my destruction-summer

```

Poor God!

When He visits my home

I am not there.

When He visits my store

I am not there.

When He visits my friends

I am not there.

Where can God find me?

Ah!

He can find me

In the cold-life of my depression-winter,

In the heat-life of my destruction-summer. ```

124. A constant and a rare guest

```

A constant human guest is

Never

Welcome, we know.

A rare human guest is

Most sincerely,

Most devotedly

Welcome, we know.

A constant guest at God’s Door is

More than

Welcome, my soul says.

A rare guest at God’s Door is

Always

Welcome, my heart says.

```

125. The hospital of the incurable

```

There is no difference

Between

The suspicion-mind

And

The hospital of the incurable.

There is no difference

Between

The depression-vital

And

The hospital of the incurable.

There is no difference

Between

The insecurity-heart

And

The hospital of the incurable.

There is no difference

Between

The impurity-body

And

The hospital of the incurable.

This is my proud earth-bound human realisation.

Lo, my Heaven-free divine Realisation

Laughs and laughs

At my human achievement-heights. ```

126. Only one subject

```

His body is ignorant of only one subject:

Awaking!

His vital is ignorant of only one subject:

Arising!

His mind is ignorant of only one subject:

Enlarging!

His heart is ignorant of only one subject:

Crying!

His soul is ignorant of only one subject:

Illumining! ```

127. When I rest

```

When I rest, I rust.

When I rust, I starve my God-life.

When I starve my God-life, death invites me

To dance in the desert-heart

Of tornado-night.

```

128. Falsehood-load, falsehood-net

```

His soul does not know

How to tell a lie.

His heart knows

How to tell a lie

But it will not do so.

He asked God if he should

Love them equally.

God said to him he must,

For God Himself

Loves them equally.

Because of God’s love for his soul,

God did not burden it

With falsehood-load.

Because of God’s love for his heart,

God warns and cautions it

Against falsehood-net. ```

129. My realisations

```

My soul’s realisation:

I am a golden divinity.

My heart’s realisation:

I am a silver reality.

My mind’s realisation:

I am dawn’s possibility.

My vital’s realisation:

I am almost an impossibility.

My body’s realisation:

I am a total impossibility. ```

130. When he had

```

When he had

World-knowledge

Everybody called him father.

When he had

Great fortune

Everybody called him brother.

When he had

Heaven-wisdom

Everybody called him friend.

When he lost

Everything

Everybody denied him everything.

But

God placed him unconditionally

On His transcendental Throne. ```

131. Your true reality

```

Sincerity is a divine arm;

Use it or lose it.

Purity is a divine eye;

Love it or destroy it.

Humility is a divine heart;

Illumine it or blind it.

Divinity is your true reality;

Assume it or forsake it. ```

132. Two messages

```

Lord, if what I have

Is the message of aspiration,

Then do give me the message of manifestation.

Lord, if what I have

Is the message of manifestation,

Then do give me the message of aspiration.

“My son, you have both

The message of aspiration and

The message of manifestation.

“Your aspiration-message:

I need it.

Your manifestation-message:

I treasure it.” ```

133. My journey

```

Reverence:

I started my journey’s birth

With the reverence-spirit.

Perseverance:

I continue my journey’s flow

With the perseverance-heart.

Omnipresence:

I shall end my journey’s close

With my omnipresence-spirit.

```

134. Philosophy

```

My mind’s philosophy:

I came from the nowhere-shore

To live in the nothing-sea.

My heart’s philosophy:

I was of God,

I am in man.

My soul’s philosophy:

I assume God’s form and

I transcend my transcendental Form.

```

135. My future smiles

```

My enemies

Are my future friends.

My friends

Are my future sons.

My sons

Are my future Suns.

My Suns

Are my future Smiles. ```

136. Thinking

```

You are too lazy to think.

He knows nothing but thinking.

The human world

Knows not how to think.

Therefore

It most deplorably sinks.

The divine world

Blesses the thought-sea,

Transforms the thought-sea,

And offers the will-sun

To the thought-sea.

```

137. Who has, is

```

Who has, is.

Who is, sows.

Who sows, glows.

Who glows, liberates.

Who liberates, perfects.

Who perfects, has.

Who has, is.

```

138. A time when he shall surrender

```

There was a time

When he could;

Therefore

He did.

Now he cannot;

Therefore

He cries.

There shall be a time

When he shall surrender;

Therefore

God Himself will have to do

Everything for him,

And He will. ```

139. My blunders

```

My failure

Enlarged my blunders.

My success

Covered my blunders.

My progress

Illumined my blunders.

My illumined blunders

Have added much light

To my perfect perfection-sea.

```

140. Say and give

```

The animal in me

Has to say something.

The human in me

Has something to say.

The divine in me

Says and gives.

The Supreme in me

Just gives and gives. ```

141. God loves him

```

His prayer is his lip-homage,

Yet God loves him.

His prayer is his clever deception,

Yet God loves him.

God loves him because

He is of God.

He shall be for God because

He is in God. ```

142. Love needs one thing

```

Love needs no sword

To rule the world.

Love needs no cord

To bind the world.

Love needs no strength

To free the world.

Love needs no wisdom

To expand the world.

Yet

Love needs one thing:

Acceptance, your total acceptance.

```

143. Just see

```

Christ

Calls us

Honours us

Remakes us

Immortalises us

Satisfies the Supreme in us.

Together, the Supreme, Christ and we

Shall create the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.

When?

Just see

If it is not already done!

```

144. God needs you

```

I demand of you

Because

I love you.

I love you

Because

God needs you.

God needs you

Because

You are His glowing

And

Fulfilling Promise.

```

145. Beauty

```

Beauty

Is the door.

Sincerity

Is the door-keeper.

Purity

Is the door-lover.

Humility

Is the door-opener.

Divinity

Is the door-owner. ```

146. Four truths

```

I speak of the unfathomable truth:

Love.

I think of the immeasurable truth:

Light.

I meditate on the unsurpassable truth:

Compassion.

I love the undeniable truth:

Perfection. ```

147. Love you must

```

Pray

If you want to.

Meditate

If you can.

Surrender

You must try.

Love

You must.

I repeat,

Love

You must.

```

148. What is it?

```

Love:

What is it

If not the royal road

To Realisation?

Devotion:

What is it

If not the short-cut

To Realisation?

Surrender:

What is it

If not a bud

Of the Realisation-Tree? ```

149. The story of the human world

```

Human help

Waxes to wane.

Human love

Grows to decay.

Human life

Lives to die.

Human death

Rests to re-enter.

This is indeed the story

Of the human world. ```

150. Yet his compassion loves me

```

I saw Him,

But

I forgot to ask Him his Name.

Yet His Compassion loves me.

I dined with Him,

But

I forgot to ask Him His Address.

Yet His Compassion loves me.

I sang with Him,

But

I have forgotten the Tune.

Yet His Compassion loves me.

I danced with Him,

But

I have forgotten the cadence.

Yet His Compassion loves me.

I played with Him,

But

I forgot to smile at Him.

Yet His Compassion loves me. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Wings of Light, part 3, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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