Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 152

15101

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My surrender-heart teaches me

How to live divinely.

God’s Compassion-Eye teaches me

How to grow, how to flow

And how to glow sleeplessly.

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15102

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Concentration-power I had

And I still have.

Meditation-heart I had

And I still have.

Contemplation-delight I had

And I still have.

God-manifestation-smile I didn’t have

And I still don’t have. ```

15103

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When a dear friend becomes

A hostile enemy,

Extol him to the skies

To silence his mind

And shut his mouth.

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15104

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Every day

God likes to be invited

To watch humanity’s surrender-game.

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15105

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You intensify

Your God-hunger-cry.

God will amplify

Your victory-happiness. ```

15106

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It takes only a minute

For depression to take birth.

But it takes a very long time

To catch it, kill it

And bury it.

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15107

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God, if I make You famous on earth,

What will You do for me?

“My child, I shall make you

Supremely precious

Both in Heaven and on earth.”

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15108

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My mind, do not worry.

God will give you

Many, many more chances,

Without fail,

To become a choice instrument of His.

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15109

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When man becomes

His heart-gratitude-cry,

God becomes

His frequent Surrender-Smile. ```

15110

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God is not a tiny

Mind-plant,

But a huge

Heart-tree. ```

15111

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My Lord,

You have given me everything

By giving me

A peace-oneness-heart-garden. ```

15112

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I need both aspiration

And dedication-highways

To arrive at my homeland:

Heaven. ```

15113

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Imagination-joy

My mind needs.

Aspiration-cry

My heart needs.

Realisation-perfection

My life needs.

God-manifestation-eagerness

I need. ```

15114

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O my heart’s long-lost happiness,

Where are you today?

Please come to the fore

And visit me. ```

15115

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Betrayal is the giant son

Of the mind.

Faithfulness is the fond child

Of the heart. ```

15116

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Aspiration-cry

And dedication-smile

Are Eternity’s twin brothers.

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15117

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O ignorance-intruder of my mind,

God’s inexorable Justice-Light

Summons your express presence.

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15118

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Everything of mine

God cheerfully accepts,

Even my shameless ingratitude-heart.

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15119

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I deeply enjoy

My heart’s majestic sunrise

And my mind’s slow sunset.

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15120

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O my mind’s possession-obsession,

You have made my heart impure

And my life ugly.

Very soon you will have to pay

A severe penalty.

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15121

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I have forced my mind

To go to faith-start

And get ready to run

With my heart. ```

15122

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O my mind,

Are you ready?

“I am ready.”

Then let us launch our hope-boat today

After such a long time!

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15123

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Every day I play

Love-fulfilment-game

With my heart

And surrender-fulfilment-game

With my life.

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15124

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A life built

On faith-foundation

Is humanity’s unparalleled friend.

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15125

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Expectation is so charming and tempting.

Alas, almost everybody likes to play

The expectation-temptation-game.

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15126

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O my peace-hungry heart,

Can you not see

That God is secretly helping us

Climb up to

His own transcendental Fulness-Height?

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15127

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Alas, I do not know why

My long-anticipated meeting

With my life-illumining soul

Has been cancelled by my clever mind. ```

15128

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Do you want to know

What the mind can do?

The mind can easily muddle

The Supreme’s affection-flooded Message

To your heart.

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15129

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God definitely wants you

To be more than a mere spectator.

He wants you to take part

In His Cosmic Drama. ```

15130

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Each pure thought

Is a conqueror

Of an impurity-enemy.

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15131

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God the Leader

Tells His manifestation-team:

“What you need

More than anything else

Is your heart’s genuine willingness.”

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15132

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Yesterday

He took his last ignorance-breath.

Today

He is either dead

Or becoming immortal.

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15133

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Inspiration-mind and aspiration-heart

Are two first-class runners.

They always defeat

The rest of the runners. ```

15134

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My aspiration-heart

Is the connecting link

Between today’s hope-plant

And tomorrow’s promise-tree. ```

15135

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If we do not avoid and ignore

The strangling attachment of our vital,

Then how can poor God bless us

With His Divinity’s Joy? ```

15136

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Inside

The doubtful mind-supermarket,

Sincerity

Is often unavailable. ```

15137

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Do not publicise your selfless service.

That is God’s job.

Let Him do it most satisfactorily

In His own Way. ```

15138

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If you do not dare to harness

Your wild thoughts,

Then God will force you to

When His Justice-Hour strikes. ```

15139

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When the dark ignorance-prince

Calls you,

You are under no obligation

To respond,

Either inwardly or outwardly.

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15140

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Your old, bold ego

Will soon be a victim

To destruction-volcano.

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15141

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Innocence is man’s

God-given possession.

Arrogance is man’s

Self-styled possession. ```

15142

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A sincere seeker every day hears

During his soulful meditation

The sweet Flute-Call

Of his Lord Supreme. ```

15143

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He has a human face;

Therefore, you have made him

An object of your criticism.

He has a divine heart;

Therefore, you unmistakably feel

That he is far beyond your reach. ```

15144

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Yesterday you enjoyed self-centredness.

Therefore, today God’s Justice-Light

Wants you to enjoy something else:

Hopeless helplessness. ```

15145

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My Lord Supreme,

May my earthly existence

Be flooded with

Your glory-fulfilled Victories! ```

15146

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God tells me that He will teach me

His own Heart-Language,

Which is most secret and most sacred,

Only when my life becomes

The unconditional surrender

Of a gratitude-heart. ```

15147

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Alas, I have nothing

But fast-receding, faint memories

Of my aspiration-heart

And dedication-life. ```

15148

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My Lord, do bless me

With a new and powerful wave

Of self-giving capacity

To please You in Your own Way. ```

15149

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When God’s blessingful Eye

Watches and guides me,

I see the blossoming of perfect perfection

In my life. ```

15150

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Once you enter into the spiritual life,

Every day you are obliged

To wash off carefully and smilingly

Your mind’s doubt-dirt. ```

15151

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Alas, why is it

That my mind and I cannot skip

Our darkness-ignorance-meal

Even once a week? ```

15152

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When there is a fight

Between my intuition-eye

And my intelligence-mind,

My intuition-eye easily and invariably wins. ```

15153

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A desire-life is nothing short of

Inescapable, fruitless

Ignorance-thought-accumulation.

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15154

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There are many problems,

As we all know.

Only a universal peace-oneness

Is the solution. ```

15155

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My Lord,

Please bless me

With a piece of good news today.

“My child,

Your ruthless worry-mind-days

Are numbered.” ```

15156

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Do you want to see the world

Through your smaller-than-the-smallest eyes,

Or do you want to feel the world

With God’s larger-than-the-largest Heart?

God wants you to make the choice

Immediately! ```

15157

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Each self-giving feeling

In our heart

Is the celestial radiance

Of our soul-beauty. ```

15158

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The gratitude-heart

Of a prayerful seeker

Can always be seen

In his soulful eyes. ```

15159

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So many times a day

My Lord Supreme,

Out of His infinite Compassion-Affection,

Comes to me and amplifies

My heart-speaker.

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15160

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Once a human being

Enters into the spiritual life,

His perfect God-union is guaranteed.

It is only a matter of time. ```

15161

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When I think of my mind,

I see it indulging in self-expression.

When I think of my heart,

I see it enjoying devotedly and soulfully

God-experience.

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15162

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God loves a simple meal

Made of small quantities of

Mind’s love, heart’s devotion

And life’s surrender.

He never cares for an elaborate meal.

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15163

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O earth-bound time,

Do not be afraid of me.

I shall not break you asunder.

I shall only turn you into

Endless Heaven-free time

With my aspiration-heart

And dedication-life.

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15164

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Just a soft and gentle push

From Above

Has brought me and my mind

To my heart’s illumination-door. ```

15165

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My yesterday’s fame-fed life

Is starving for

Today’s life-giving joy.

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15166

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Each time

I consciously and deliberately enjoy

The power of my doubting mind,

I see myself entering

The precincts of inner death.

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15167

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Do not be afraid

Of your torture-troubles.

Have faith in your own self-giving life.

All your troubles will be dwarfed

To fruitless inconsequence.

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15168

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It is you

Who will eventually suffer more

When you decline

God’s Invitation to dine with Him. ```

15169

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O my mind-doubts,

One by one all my outer friends

Will withdraw their support from you.

You will die a most ignoble death! ```

15170

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When he felt sincerely guilty

For his self-praise,

God’s Forgiveness-Heart

Gave him a very high raise

In his spiritual life.

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15171

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Depression-mind is a subject

I have studied for years.

I shall now discontinue it.

From now on I shall study

Determination-heart.

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15172

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O my mind,

Do not doubt your heart.

Your heart is your real friend.

Give your heart a chance

To erase your failure-fear.

It will succeed,

And real happiness

Will fast approach you. ```

15173

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Every morning when I do not

Pray soulfully and meditate powerfully,

I feel an irreparable sense

Of inner loss. ```

15174

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When I threw away insecurity

From my aspiration-heart,

A most powerful relief

Flashed through my life. ```

15175

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God will not only

Stand right in front of you,

But also bless you

With tremendous Joy and Pride,

When He sees your life

As a single-minded resolve

To please Him in His own Way.

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15176

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When you offer your softness,

Tenderness, sweetness and sympathy

To the suffering world,

God immediately unlocks

His Heart-Door

For your happy and proud entrance. ```

15177

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May my heart’s gratitude-river

Be blessed with

A stronger-than-the-strongest

Energy-current. ```

15178

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Look at your stupidity,

O my poor mind!

At your own invitation

Ignorance-animal has come

And is pouncing on you.

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15179

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My mind’s shaping criticism

I sincerely cherish.

My heart’s elevating encouragement

I dearly treasure. ```

15180

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Do you love God enough

To admit

That God has never created

A bad day for you? ```

15181

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God-supporters are those

Who live on heart’s soulfulness

And life’s faithfulness.

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15182

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Some men

Do not know their limitations,

While others

Do not want to know their limitations.

Still others, alas,

Enjoy their limitations. ```

15183

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A true God-seeker does not pray to God

For God’s Vastness,

But for His Heart’s Closeness

And Life’s Oneness. ```

15184

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I am fully justified

In ignoring you

Because of your stark disbelief

In God. ```

15185

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The mind is proud

Of its brilliant ideas.

The heart is proud

Of its soaring ideals. ```

15186

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When I am really fulfilled,

Neither my sorrow nor my joy

Needs to remain concealed.

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15187

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When I see a group

Of sincere seekers,

I take them as a galaxy

Of new-dawn pioneers. ```

15188

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When my heart hungers for God,

When my eyes cry for God,

I feel that my soul-satisfaction

Knows no bounds. ```

15189

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When I secretly, and not openly,

Side with the aspiration of mankind,

God helplessly cries

For my deplorable weakness. ```

15190

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Even long before I see God

At a distance,

I can touch His Feet

And start living in a world

Of unknowable ecstasy.

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15191

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How can fear and doubt trap you

If you have already made acquaintance

With your heart’s faith

And your soul’s joy? ```

15192

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You are your daring disobedience-mind.

Alas, even now

God is His caring Compassion-Heart.

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15193

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When I think of my heart,

I see how sweetly persuasive it is.

When I think of my mind,

I see how cleverly evasive it is. ```

15194

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Who would have thought

That his giant doubt-mind

Would debilitate his long-cherished

Spirituality-life! ```

15195

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When I watch the dance

Of purity-light inside my heart,

My life grows into

The beauty of an angel. ```

15196

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My Lord,

May I join my soul in climbing

The transcendental height

Of Your illumining

And fulfilling Stairs?

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15197

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When I am in the mind-hospital,

I am forced to encounter

The useless debris

Of my collapsed heart-building. ```

15198

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Do you think that you are wise?

Then prove it to me

By starting your spiritual life

Right now, immediately,

Without waiting for tomorrow’s arrival!

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15199

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Who is responsible?

It is you who allowed the doubt-storm

To approach your mind

And batter your life. ```

15200

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My Lord,

May my life always live

Inside my gratitude-heart-nest,

Sheltered and protected

By Your Compassion-flooded Eye.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 152, Agni Press, 1991
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