Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 39
3801. True freedom will come
True freedom will come,But where will it come from?
Not from the height
Of my mind-tower,
But from the bliss
Of God’s unconditional
Compassion-Shower.
3802. The secret of your inner progress
I shall not give youWhat I really want to give you —
My great advice —
If you tell me
What you really do not want to tell me —
The secret of your inner progress.
3803. God is within me
God is within me.Therefore, I am precious.
God is for me.
Therefore, I am courageous.
3804. Give cheerfully
Give cheerfullyIf you want to become
Immediately perfect.
Love soulfully
If you want to be
Supremely perfect.
3805. You will really be happy
You will really be happyBy questioning every day
The sincerity of your own purity.
3806. You are an ideal-sea
You are not a thought-bubble.You are not an idea-ripple.
What are you then?
You are an ideal-sea,
The sea of yesterday’s
And tomorrow’s peace.
3807. God will deny you
Be not afraid of inner obedienceAnd outer obedience.
If you are afraid
Of inner obedience,
God will deny you
His Satisfaction-Heart.
If you are afraid
Of outer obedience,
God will deny you
His Protection-Feet.
3808. The immortality of peace
If you can appreciateThe beauty of peace,
Then God will grant you
Not only the divinity of peace
But also the immortality of peace.
3809. A great barrier
Every way you turnYou see a great barrier.
Why, why?
Because you are not willing
Consciously and soulfully
To become the oneness-carrier
Of God’s Love-Light.
3810. A soulfully surrendered heart
A soulfully surrendered heartActually knows
What a haughtily narrow mind
Pretends to know.
3811. Anything useless
On earthIs there anything useless
That does not tell us
It is absolutely needed
And also add
That its absence
Can and will shatter
Our earthly happiness?
3812. Self-deception must give way
Self-deception must give wayTo self-examination.
Self-examination must merge
In self-perfection
And stay forever.
3813. Inner neighbours
A seeker must knowThat he has to make friends
With his immediate neighbours
In the inner world:
A calmness-sky
And
A fulness-sun.
3814. When I think and think
When I continuously think and think,God gives me the surges
Of His quantity-advice.
When I sleeplessly pray and pray,
God grants me the Himalayan peak
Of His quality-advice.
3815. Faith will change his future
SincerityChanged his past
Slowly and steadily.
Determination
Is changing his present
Powerfully and convincingly.
Faith
Will change his future
Amazingly and permanently.
3816. You entirely belong to God
You have to knowTo whom you belong.
When you stand in front of
A multitude of people,
You must feel
That you belong to yourself.
But when you stand in front of God,
You must immediately feel
That you entirely belong to God.
3817. You do your duty
You do your duty:Discard your wrong thoughts.
God will do His Duty:
He will reward you
With His Infinity’s Vision-Dawn.
3818. An awakened soul
An awakened soul can easily haltAn express train of problems and crises.
Therefore,
What you desperately and immediately need
Is an awakened soul.
3819. Renunciation-light helps you
Renunciation-light helps youIn your inner awakening.
Your inner awakening helps you
In your God-becoming.
3820. You are fully ready
If you think thatLife has a higher purpose,
Then you are fully ready
For the spiritual life.
3821. The absolute Fulness of God
Look forward until you seeThe full Vastness of God.
Dive inward until you have grown into
The absolute Fulness of God.
3822. A spiritual person liberates me
A strong person encourages me.A weak person discourages me.
A spiritual person liberates me.
3823. To run to the unknown
To run from the knownTo the unknown
Is to run from bondage
To freedom.
3824. What is right for my heart
What is really rightFor my aspiring heart
Cannot be wrong
For my searching mind.
3825. Discard this false notion!
Who told youThat you are obliged
To think ill of yourself?
Discard this false notion!
3826. You have done my job
If you praise yourself so highly,Then I am happy to tell you
That you have already done my job.
Thank you.
3827. Tired of forgiving
When are you going to beTired of forgiving
Your doubtful mind
And
Your fearful heart,
When?
3828. A fruitful God-Satisfaction
Confession is the beginningOf a powerful illumination.
Illumination is the beginning
Of a fruitful God-Satisfaction.
3829. His bountiful and gracious Heart
If you leadA faithful and spontaneous life,
God is bound to grant you
His bountiful and gracious Heart.
3830. God gets the opportunity
God gets the opportunityTo enjoy Himself
When I carefully and strictly
Examine myself.
3831. The perennial Truth
Unless you knowWhat the perennial Truth is,
How can you know
Those who are the permanent embodiments
Of that transcendental Existence-Reality?
3832. When I say I belong to God
When I say that I belong to myself,I know nothing,
I am a stark fool.
When I say that I belong to God,
Not only do I know myself,
But I also know that
God is my heart’s Oneness-Partner.
3833. God's Ecstasy-Heart
If you can show GodYour hard-earned liberated mind,
God will show you
His Infinity’s Ecstasy-Heart.
He will also tell you
That you can have His Heart
For the asking.
3834. The Light of the Beyond
Ignorance-nightDoes not want to see
The Light of the Beyond.
Knowledge-dawn
Longs to see
The Light of the Beyond.
Wisdom-day
Has a free access to
The Light of the Beyond.
3835. My surrender-life tells me
My desire-life tells meThat God has no time
To think of me.
My aspiration-life tells me
That God thinks of me
Only when I think of Him.
My surrender-life tells me
That God thinks of me all the time,
Whether I think of Him or not.
3836. Intuition knows
Stupidity thinks thatIntelligence is not needed.
Intelligence thinks that
Intuition is not needed.
Intuition knows that
Stupidity is a self-destroying force
And intelligence is earth’s
Success-employing force.
3837. Just feel that I am yours
The schoolteacher tells his students:Read, you will know.
The spiritual Teacher tells his students:
Become, you will know.
God tells His eternal students:
Just feel that I am yours.
What more do you need to know?
3838. If you are doing something wrong
If you are doing something wrong,Then do not hide it from others.
They can perfect you.
If you are doing something right,
Then hide it not only from others,
But also from yourself.
Both God and man will love you more.
3839. A big nectar-feast
When sound challenges silenceAnd badly loses,
And then silence embraces sound,
God arranges for a big nectar-feast.
3840. The pride of ignorance
Frustration discarded,Determination awarded,
The pride of ignorance completely thwarted.
3841. A self-transcending beginning
Each right thoughtIs a new awakening.
Each new awakening
Is a self-transcending beginning of God
In me, through me and for me.
3842. Develop a new heart
Do you want to winIn the battlefield of life?
Then do not run away,
Do not idle away.
Only develop a new heart
And stay inside it,
Forever stay.
3843. I need God badly
I tell God,“My Lord, I need You badly
To enlighten my mind.”
God tells me,
“My child, I also need you badly
To entertain My Heart.”
3844. What you are
You are notWhat others think of you.
You are not
What you think of yourself.
You are precisely
What God’s Compassion-Heart
Asks you to be.
3845. An eternal Breath
Your reputation does notHave a lasting breath.
But your self-examination,
Which is another name for God-Satisfaction,
Has and is an eternal Breath.
3846. To see the Face of God
If you want to seeThe Face of God,
Then you must at least
Spend some hours every day
With His chosen instrument:
Your heart.
3847. Be aware of your thought-life!
What you give to the worldMay not come back,
But what you think of the world
Will not only come back
But may even attack you ruthlessly.
Therefore, be aware of your thought-life!
3848. To know more
To know more,You do not have to do more,
You do not have to say more,
You do not even have to become more.
You only have to try to think and feel
That God thinks of you infinitely more
Than you can think of yourself.
3849. In the beginning
In the beginningYou are not asked
To be perfect.
In the beginning
You are asked
Only to see how much damage is caused
By your teeming imperfections.
3850. The answer
Depression is not the answer.Suppression is not the answer.
Rejection is not the answer.
Illumination is the inner answer;
Transformation is the outer answer.
3851. The source of all strength
A false friend is heWho increases my weakness.
A true friend is he
Who not only increases my strength
But also helps me love consciously
The Source of all strength: God.
3852. A grateful seeker
A sincere seekerIs a prince in the inner world.
A pure seeker
Is a king in the inner world.
A grateful seeker
Is an emperor in the inner world.
3853. Three most significant things
God has doneThree most significant things for me:
He has prepared my heart,
He has repaired my mind,
He has appeared unsought.
3854. How can God care for you?
How can and why shouldGod care for you
If you do not dare,
Even for a fleeting second,
To close the door on your past
And all its dust?
3855. An unusual compromise
His own heartStood vehemently against him
When the seeker made an unusual compromise
With ignorance-night.
3856. I shall not give up
My mind thinksThat it does not have to hurry up
For anything.
My heart feels
That it does not have to wake up now,
For Eternity is at its disposal.
Alas, alas!
But I am telling myself
That I shall not give up.
3857. Your utter ruin
Just because you are burdened,You are confused.
Just because you are confused,
Your utter ruin is fast approaching.
3858. The way to change your mind
The one wayTo change your mind amazingly
Is to convince your mind
That your heart has nothing to do
With autocracy.
It embodies only Eternity’s oneness-life.
3859. The transformation of man's nature
The transformation of man’s natureIs not an easy task.
Everybody knows that.
But is it not true
That there are many who really enjoy
Their animal nature?
3860. Why are you so hesitant?
Why are you so hesitant?Ask your vital
To be immediately pure.
Ask your heart
To be always sure.
3861. Love alone will rule
Love alone can and willEventually rule
The undisciplined vital
And
The unprincipled mind.
3862. God will open his Heart
Slowly and steadilyIf you can still your restless mind,
Immediately and cheerfully
God will open His measureless Heart.
3863. The key of love
The key of loveNot only opens the door of belief
Above
But also closes the door of disbelief
Below.
3864. Do you not see?
Do you not seeThat sick human thoughts
Are killing you?
Do you not see
That strong divine thoughts
Are eagerly waiting
To save you?
3865. Your life cannot be rootless
If you are enjoyingYour service to Eternity,
Your life cannot be rootless
And your heart cannot be sunless.
3866. Conquer your idle thoughts
Conquer your idle thoughtsIf you want to become familiar
With the secrets of golden silence.
3867. A perfect treasure
Knowledge-lightIs a great treasure.
Wisdom-delight
Is a perfect treasure.
3868. Your life will be blighted
If your mindIs blinded by shameless pride,
Then your life
Will be blighted by deathless humiliation.
3869. He who does not love life
He who does not love life,To him life is a taut
And rigid grasp.
He who loves life,
To him life is a beautiful
And powerful clasp.
3870. Humility
Humility is not a slave mentality.Humility helps you rocket
To the highest heights
Of Satisfaction-Delight.
3871. I am pleased only with my soul
I am not pleased with my mindBecause it speaks to God too much.
Unthinkably, it embarrasses me.
I am not pleased with my heart either,
Because it speaks to God too little.
It unwisely represents me.
I am pleased only with my soul
For it speaks to God
Not only soulfully but also judiciously,
And it does not use
Either one word more
Or one word less than necessary
When it converses with God.
3872. A true and sleepless love of God
If you have a true and sleeplessLove of God,
Then nobody will be able to snatch you away
From the Embrace of God.
3873. God the Justice
If I have to make a choice betweenGod the Forgiveness
And
God the Justice,
I shall choose God the Justice,
For the Thunder-Feet of God the Justice
Will be followed by the Illumination-Eye
Of God the Perfection-Bestower,
Whereas God the Compassion will forgive me
Time and again,
And yet I shall remain an ignorance-prince.
3874. A God-lover knows
A God-seeker thinksThat he can be free.
A God-server feels
That he will be free.
A God-lover knows
That he is free.
3875. Patience was the beginning
YesterdayPatience was the beginning
Of my perfection.
Today
Patience is the flowering
Of my satisfaction.
3876. I must go beyond thought
I must go beyond thoughtIf I at all dare to expect
That my mind’s confusion-storm
Will someday pass.
I must needs go beyond thought!
3877. Obey the small whispers of peace
Obey the small whispers of peaceIn your inner life.
You are bound to be happy.
Disobey the thunder-sounds of war
In your outer life.
You are bound to be happy.
3878. Ignorance binds us
Ignorance binds us toThe things that we do not own.
Knowledge helps us disown
The things that we do not need.
3879. God Himself has chosen
How can any seeker be helpless,Hopeless and useless
When God Himself has chosen
To play with him
Tirelessly and sleeplessly?
3880. Your vital ease
Be careful!Your vital ease
Will, without fail,
Corrode your peace-loving heart.
3881. If your heart-flower is withered
If your heart-flower is withered,Blame not God,
Blame not even yourself.
Just pray to God
To grant you another opportunity.
Just ask yourself
Not to miss the opportunity
This time.
If you do not miss the opportunity this time,
Yours will be a fresh heart-flower
For God the Compassion to use
In His own Satisfaction-Way.
3882. Two unanswered questions
My sincere life is troubledBy two unanswered questions:
How can I tell humanity
That I have never cared
And I will never care for it?
How can I tell God
A downright lie —
That I have loved Him only
And I will always love Him only?
3883. What does Heaven like?
What does Heaven like?Heaven likes its heart
To be gracious.
What does earth like?
Earth likes its life
To be adventurous.
What do I like?
I like my soul’s Heavenward return journey
To be auspicious.
3884. The things I feel
To me, the things I seeWith my human eyes
Can never be as important
As the things I feel
With my soulful heart.
3885. I thank You for two reasons
My Lord, I thank YouFor two reasons:
I thank You for listening
To my heart’s quest,
I thank You for not listening
To my mind’s query.
3886. A small measure
A small measure of sincerityIs nothing short of
A large measure of beauty.
A small measure of beauty
Is nothing short of
A large measure of humility.
A small measure of humility
Is nothing short of
A large measure of purity.
3887. Your happiness will be multiplied
Instead of telling the worldWhat it is supposed to do,
Why don’t you immediately do it yourself?
In this way, I assure you,
Your happiness will be
Surprisingly multiplied.
3888. After you have revealed
After you have revealed your heart’s securityTo its fullest extent,
You may try to do something else,
And that is to conceal your mind’s insecurity.
3889. If you have a prayerful heart
If you have a doubtful mind,Then give it to God
For its illumination.
If you have a prayerful heart,
Then give it to me
For my perfection.
3890. His heart knows
His mind knows what a conflict is.His vital knows what a complaint is.
His heart knows where a solution is:
In love.
3891. The wall of cheerfulness
Remain cheerful,For nothing destructive can pierce through
The adamantine wall of cheerfulness.
3892. You are most precious to God
Your life is remarkably harmonious.Therefore, you are most precious to God
And most prosperous
In God’s Heart-Kingdom.
3893. Faith is fruitful
Hope is beautiful,But may not be powerful.
Determination is powerful,
But may not be fruitful.
Faith is not only
Beautiful and powerful
But also fruitful.
3894. A new and perfect boss
Your unconditional love of GodDoes two things:
It transforms your mind
And it informs ignorance
That at long last
It has found a new and perfect boss:
God.
3895. Years from now
Years from nowYou will be completely happy and satisfied
That you entered into the Golden Boat
To journey to the Golden Shore.
Just remain seated where you are.
3896. Truth really loves us
Truth really loves us.Therefore, there is no need to hesitate
When we tell others about Truth.
3897. Silence speaks for you
Doubt does not shout for you.It shouts only for itself.
Silence speaks not for itself,
But for you
All the time.
3898. An added delay
Each wrong thoughtIs an added hurdle.
Each new hurdle
Is an added delay.
3899. A true sense of satisfaction
Two thoughts give meA true sense of satisfaction:
God does not want to leave me alone;
I shall love my only Saviour — God.
3900. My mind needed greatness
My mind needed greatness.God has granted it.
My heart needed wideness.
God has granted it.
My life needed oneness.
God has granted it.
What else do I need?
I need only one thing more,
And that is God’s Satisfaction
In and through me
In God’s own inimitable Way.
Editor's introduction to the first edition
This is the thirty-ninth volume in a series of ten thousand “flaming flower-poems” which Sri Chinmoy is placing devotedly, unreservedly and unconditionally at the Compassion-Feet of God, our Beloved Supreme. They stand as a supreme offering from the unfolding beauty of his flower-heart and the flaming heights of his realisation-sun. Indeed, a treasure-tower which will at once be claimed by humanity’s self-ascending cry and Divinity’s God-descending Smile.
Editor's note to cover photo
On 11 September 1978 in New York, Sri Chinmoy met with Ambassador Elliot Richardson, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. The two discussed their work at the United Nations and Sri Chinmoy presented the Ambassador with one of his original paintings. After their meeting, Ambassador Richardson sent Sri Chinmoy a copy of his book, The Creative Balance, inscribed with these words: “To Sri Chinmoy, Artist, Musician, Thinker, Articulator of ideas, Communicator of insights, with the sincere admiration, respect and gratitude of a fellow labourer in the vineyard of peace.”