Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 173

17201

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When God feeds my eyes

With His Smile,

I feel that I have become something.

When God feeds my heart

With His Smile,

I feel that I already have everything.

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17202

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A clear mind

And a pure heart

Can always be proper instruments

Of their inner guide:

The soul.

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17203

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If you are a genuine seeker,

Then your life cannot be

A chronicle of ceaseless desires

And endless doubts. ```

17204

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Alas,

I do not know

How I can remove

My mind’s countless

Unwillingness-weeds.

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17205

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If you sponsor

God’s manifestation-race,

Then God is bound to show you

His Satisfaction-Face. ```

17206

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Whenever there has been a race

Between the mind and the heart,

The heart has always eventually won,

Gloriously won,

Of course, at God’s choice Hour.

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17207

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Divinity’s story unfolds

With a purity-life

And a humility-heart.

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17208

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Before I do anything,

I always take permission

From my Heaven-climbing

Aspiration-heart. ```

17209

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Alas,

Is there any aspiring heart

That has not been scarred

By intensity and profundity-sorrows? ```

17210

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There is no crime

That God cannot forgive,

But we have to spend

Many sleepless nights and days

At His Forgiveness-Feet.

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17211

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True,

Ignorance-storm is very powerful,

But it has to pass away

Someday,

Sooner or later.

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17212

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Human life lives between

Noise-confusion

And choice-illumination.

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17213

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Each soul is the possessor

Of divine interdependence-qualities

And not of independence-qualities.

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17214

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O my mind,

Be quiet

And prayerfully watch

The unhorizoned dawn

Of the future.

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17215

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Love-power

In abundant measure

Is available always

Inside the silence-tower. ```

17216

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Give yourself unconditionally.

Then you will see

That God will ask you

To claim rightfully

Your victory-crown.

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17217

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The human mind searches

For something strengthening.

The divine heart longs

For something soulfully lengthening. ```

17218

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God-inspiration helps me

Run forward.

God-aspiration helps me

Fly upward.

God-surrender helps me

Dive inward. ```

17219

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Each aspiring heart

Is a fruitful blessing

From Above

And a powerful challenge

From within.

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17220

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My Lord,

Do show me every morning

My sincerity’s gratitude-heart-sunrise.

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17221

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The conscious and continuous

Suspicion-mind

Is destined for self-destruction.

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17222

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Laugh at yourself

Openly

If you want

To transcend yourself

Secretly.

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17223

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A constantly desiring mind

Is nothing other than

A whirlwind of confusion.

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17224

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Show God

What you have for Him:

Your hungry heart.

God will give you

What He has for you:

His Compassion-Feast. ```

17225

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Your outer deeds

Must soulfully depend

On your inner needs.

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17226

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Cry to God

For a self-giving heart

To protect you

From the deluge of disappointment. ```

17227

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Do not live with tomorrow’s

Stupid procrastination-mind.

Live with today’s

Wise aspiration-perfection-heart. ```

17228

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What kind of spiritual Master is he

Who is unwilling

Consciously and deliberately

To teach all and sundry? ```

17229

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Hope is the beauty

Of a seeker-mind.

Courage is the divinity

Of a giver-heart. ```

17230

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The radiance of a purity-heart

Can liberate the seeker

From his desire-prison.

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17231

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Fear clings

To a faithless heart

And to a Godless shore.

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17232

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My Lord,

May my eagerness-aspiration,

Eagerness-adoration

And eagerness-love

Be only for You.

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17233

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A true aspiration-heart

Is always empty

Of frustration-night.

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17234

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My love feeds God satisfactorily.

My devotion feeds God quickly.

My surrender feeds God immediately.

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17235

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My heart has the capacity to fly

High, higher, highest

To the dreamland

Where possibility’s fulfilled realities shine. ```

17236

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Be receptive

To God’s Sunshine-Smile,

For it is indeed an antidote

To all your insecurities. ```

17237

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Only an aspiration-heart knows

That failure does not mark

The God-journey’s end.

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17238

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Yesterday’s failures

Must be forgotten.

Tomorrow’s new hope

And new fulfilment

Must be cherished.

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17239

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Self-giving is

An ancient art.

We all must learn it

And practise it. ```

17240

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God’s Vision, God’s Perfection

And God’s Satisfaction

Have invisible foundations.

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17241

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Sow soulfully

If you want

To reap triumphantly.

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17242

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Each human being

Has a blessingful heart-song

That speedily soars

Towards the summit-heights. ```

17243

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I am indeed a fool!

In vain I try to measure

Every day

The measureless heights and depths

Of my Supreme Lord’s

Love and Smile. ```

17244

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Every day

God compassionately expects you

To be extremely kind

To your charmingly beautiful

Child-heart.

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17245

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Every day

God asks my heart

To play its peace-manifesting role

On earth. ```

17246

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My nature’s perfection

And God-Satisfaction

Will meet before long —

Of course at God’s choice Hour. ```

17247

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As long as we stay

Inside God’s Compassion-Heart

And at his Protection-Feet,

We shall be able to protect

Both the divine and the human

In our lives. ```

17248

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Wherever you go,

Try, try to sow

Your soul’s powerful

Peace-seeds. ```

17249

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Every morning

I become a candidate

For my Lord’s

Compassion-Forgiveness-Blessing-Light. ```

17250

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The hesitant mind prays

To the unknown God.

The loving heart meditates

On the ever-known God. ```

17251

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The composer

Of the world’s oneness-song

Was always

The aspiring heart. ```

17252

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I look within

To meet with my yet-unknown friends.

I look without

To silence my known

And formidable enemies.

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17253

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The dividing mind of the world

Ceaselessly fights.

The unifying heart of the world

Sleeplessly weeps. ```

17254

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My dreams smile

Through my heart.

My realities smile

Through my eyes. ```

17255

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Humanity’s most agonizing question:

“Where is the universally

And permanently adorable man?”

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17256

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Every day

My heart struggles and struggles

To escape stark ignorance-forest.

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17257

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I do not care

If I am deserted

By human beings

As long as I find myself

Inside the Heart of my Lord Supreme.

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17258

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God’s proud Satisfaction-Delight

Abides inside the heart

Of my life’s fruitfulness.

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17259

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A vastness-mind

Can make

The body’s fear-tremor

Disappear. ```

17260

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What is gratitude?

A heart’s ceaseless

Smile-song for God.

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17261

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Imagination-seed

Reveals the beauty

Of the reality-tree

Slowly but unmistakably. ```

17262

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In the outer world

What we call war-machine,

In the inner world

We call peace-famine. ```

17263

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God Himself campaigns

For the victory

Of my self-giving heart.

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17264

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Today is a miracle-day for me,

For today I am able to claim God

As my own, very own.

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17265

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Quite often

A victory in the outer life

Ends the victory

Of the inner life. ```

17266

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Nobody dares to believe

That God loves him

Unconditionally.

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17267

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A heart of purity

And

A mind of peace

Are next-door neighbours. ```

17268

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I always try to remain

In between

My Lord’s Compassion-Eye

And Protection-Feet. ```

17269

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My gratitude-heart

Is my Lord’s

Supremely fruitful gift to me.

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17270

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May my life be chained

To my surrender-heart

And nothing else.

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17271

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You are God’s chosen child.

Do not hide.

God does not want you to hide.

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17272

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The mind is fond

Of God the Powerful.

The heart is fond

Of God the Merciful.

The soul is fond

Of God the Peaceful. ```

17273

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I may not know

Why God has created me.

But I do know

Why I have created God.

I have created God

To satisfy my power-hunger. ```

17274

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Insecurity tells me

That the road is endless.

Security tells me

That the road is cloudless. ```

17275

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Each time I offer

My heart’s gratitude-tears

To mankind,

Divinity’s earth-fulfilment-promise

Hastens towards me.

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17276

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I always treasure

And do not measure

My heart’s aspiration-height.

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17277

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O my God-faith,

Do turn my fearful heart

Into a meaningless nothingness.

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17278

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O my heart,

How long do you want

To remain out of touch

With my soul’s wisdom-light? ```

17279

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I know, I know,

My aspiration-heart

And my dedication-life

Will have no end. ```

17280

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Today I am studying

The medical science of living.

Tomorrow I shall study

The spiritual art of being. ```

17281

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I try and try,

But I never succeed

In regaining my long-lost

Love, devotion and surrender

For God.

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17282

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Pleasure-dreams

Are all-where.

Action-realities

Are nowhere. ```

17283

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Loneliness and helplessness

Are not to be found

Inside the heart of selflessness.

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17284

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My childlike heart’s impurity

Does not shock God.

But my self-righteous mind’s

Proud head

Deeply shocks God.

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17285

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My powerful mind

Is conversant with

Continuous chaos.

My soulful heart

Is conversant with

Precious spontaneity.

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17286

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Alas,

At times the creativity

Of the mind

Is doomed to ambiguity. ```

17287

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The doubt-mind succeeds

Only when the faith-heart fails,

And not before.

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17288

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The simplicity of the mind

And the purity of the heart —

These are the things

That truly satisfy God. ```

17289

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My reasoning mind must surrender

To my aspiring heart

For God’s supreme Victory

In and through me. ```

17290

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The mind’s simplicity

And the heart’s generosity

Often go together.

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17291

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At times I may forget

My own name

But I never forget my Lord’s

Express Heart-Phone Number. ```

17292

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May my heart radiate

Every day

A God-willingness-fountain.

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17293

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The heart says:

“Come in, come in, come in!”

The mind says:

“Get out, get out, get out!” ```

17294

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Alas,

I do not know why

Every morning I miss

My Lord’s Compassion-flooded

Arrival.

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17295

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My unconditional surrender

To God’s Will

Marks the very end

Of the unknown tomorrow’s will. ```

17296

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By God’s boundless Grace

I shall definitely rescue

My helpless hopes

From doubt-destruction-night. ```

17297

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If you do not have

Courage in your heart

And willingness in your mind,

How can you hope for a new dawn

And a fulfilling promise?

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17298

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God never wanted to remain

Unknowable,

But we made Him unknowable

By consciously and deliberately

Making friends

With the darkest abyss. ```

17299

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Ignorance and darkness

Must not be taken

As a permanent reality-existence.

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17300

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O my Lord Supreme,

Every day do bless my inspiration-eyes

With an unlimited supply

Of sweetness

And do bless my aspiration-heart

With an unlimited supply

Of soulfulness.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 173, Agni Press, 1992
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