Two divine qualities: confidence and sincerity
Part I — confidence
TDQ 1-20. These twenty poems on confidence were written on 14 December 1981.1.
Only a self-giving devoteeCan have ecstatic confidence
In the depths of his heart.
2.
If we can earnestlyAnd soulfully meditate,
Then we can easily have
Cheerful confidence.
3.
Perfect confidence is notIn earth-possession
But in self-illumination.
4.
To acquire victory's crown,One must cultivate
Resolute confidence
In one's spiritual life.
5.
If a seeker is notContinuously blessed
With purity-breath,
Then his life
Will unmistakably betray
Arrogant confidence.
6.
Success on the outer planeDoes not remain a far cry
After the mind has achieved
Solid confidence.
7.
Before God-realisationIt is almost an impossible task
To have supreme confidence
In one's aspiration-life.
8.
Devilish confidenceAnd destruction
Are immediate neighbours.
9.
To have complacent confidenceIs the beginning
Of one's fast-approaching perdition
In one's inner life.
10.
If you are a good seeker,Then you will try
To earn confidence
In the depths
Of your aspiring heart
And not enjoy confidence
In your obscure and impure vital.
11.
A disciplined lifeCan unmistakably
Register confidence
In the searching mind.
12.
When the clever mind underminesYour spiritual confidence
In your life,
Do not be doomed to disappointment,
Even for a fleeting second.
13.
Confidence in my mindWavers.
14.
Confidence in my heartSoars.
15.
Confidence in my soulPrevails.
16.
My aspiring heartIs
My intimate confidant.
17.
My searching mindIs
My faithful confidant.
18.
My striving vitalIs
My usual confidant.
19.
My awakened bodyIs
My receptive confidant.
20.
My dedicated lifeIs
My serving and fulfilling
Confidant.
Part II — sincerity
TDQ 21-46. These twenty-six poems on sincerity were written on 20 October 1995.21.
SincerityIs
God the seed.
22.
SincerityIs
Soul the garden.
23.
SincerityIs
Heart the plant.
24.
SincerityIs
Life the tree.
25.
SincerityWithout intensity
Is futility.
26.
SincerityWithout eagerness
Is barrenness.
27.
SincerityWithout cheerfulness
Is callousness.
28.
SincerityWithout humility
Is absurdity.
29.
SincerityIs the sweetness
Of our outer existence.
30.
SincerityIs the fulness
Of our inner existence.
31.
God embracesThe heart of
Sincerity.
32.
God blessesThe mind of
Sincerity.
33.
God treasuresThe life of
Sincerity.
34.
When a seeker is wantingIn sincerity,
His aspiration-heart
And dedication-life
Are bound to become
Spiritually bankrupt
Sooner than at once.
35.
SincerityIs by far the best
God-Protection-assurance.
36.
A sincerity-mind,An openness-heart
And
A fulness-soul
Are most intimately
Inseparable.
37.
When I become my ownSincerity-heart,
God becomes
His fastest and strongest
Magnet-Heart.
38.
The more I valueMy sincerity-breath,
The stronger becomes
God's Manifestation-Promise
In and through me on earth.
39.
In the battlefield of life,We become the victors
Over ignorance-night
Only when
The sincerity of the mind,
The spontaneity of the heart,
The rapidity of the vital
And
The purity of the body
Work in perfect oneness.
40.
Sincerity,I do love you and need you.
But I am telling you
In all sincerity
That I love and need
God's Will-Manifestation-Delight
On earth
Infinitely more.
Nay, God's Fulfilment-Smile
Is the only thing
That I sleeplessly need.
41.
Sincerity,You are morality's
Loftiest height.
42.
Morality is the excellenceOf the mind, heart and life.
Although spirituality
Is in morality and for morality,
It goes far beyond
Morality's territory-confines.
43.
The human in us needsSincerity's perfect perfection
And
Morality's complete satisfaction.
44.
The divine in usAlso needs the same.
But the divine in us,
Being consciously and constantly
One with God's Will,
At times does not abide
By morality's strict injunctions.
45.
Humanity's complete fulfilmentCan and shall dawn
Only when humanity prayerfully,
Bravely and self-givingly
Accepts Divinity
For the sake of Divinity.
46.
"Let Thy Will be done,"Him to fulfil in His own Way:
This is sincerity's sleepless dream
And breathless reality.
