Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 192

19101

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If your life is

A constant surrender-song

To God,

Then in God’s Eye

You are infinitely greater

Than any crowned king. ```

19102

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God’s Hand

Will definitely reach down

To help you

If He gets the invitation

From your humility-heart-hut.

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19103

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God is begging all the seekers

To keep their spiritual priorities

Straight and pure.

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19104

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When I live in the sweet paradise

Of God-surrender,

I feel at every moment

That I am manifesting God’s God-Light

Here on earth.

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19105

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It seems to me

That I can survive all attacks

Except one:

Expectation-attack. ```

19106

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When our mind falls into

The pride-trap,

Frustration is bound

To follow it there. ```

19107

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Each time I dive deep within

I see clearly

A shortage of God-manifestation

In my life. ```

19108

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Behold,

My gratitude-heart has enabled me

To soar with God

In His Oneness-Joy-Plane. ```

19109

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I know for sure

That my Lord Beloved Supreme

Is not far away from me.

He is just beyond

My mind’s ego-screen.

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19110

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Two instruments I practise

Every morning:

Mind-inspiration-piano

And heart-aspiration-flute. ```

19111

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What is the difference

Between faith and doubt?

Faith is sleeplessly loyal

To the Inner Pilot.

Doubt is invariably disloyal

To the Inner Pilot. ```

19112

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If we allow our mind

To be doubtful and suspicious,

And our heart to be insecure and impure,

Then one day,

To our wide surprise,

We will see that we have become

Incredibly hospitable to hostile forces.

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19113

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I shall follow

My compassionate Lord Supreme

No matter where.

I shall follow

My inspiration-soul-bird

No matter where. ```

19114

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O my mind,

No more will you be able to fool me

With your false silence-peace.

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19115

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O my mind,

When are you going to realise

That you are limited

Only by your unlimited impurity?

O my heart,

When are you going to realise

That you are limited

Only by your unlimited insecurity?

O my life,

When are you going to realise

That you are limited

Only by your unlimited unreadiness? ```

19116

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Each day is a new day.

Each new day is a new way

To see the Vision-Eye

And sit at the Compassion-Feet

Of your Lord Supreme.

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19117

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No, never!

Ingratitude-weeds cannot grow

In a prayerful and soulful

Devotion-heart-garden. ```

19118

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May each day inspire me

To become a gratitude-surrender-seeker

And to remain in my Lord’s

Golden Heart-Boat. ```

19119

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Why do I meditate?

I meditate precisely because

My meditation proudly carries me

To the shore I seek. ```

19120

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When we become

The wildfire of enthusiasm,

Nothing can remain unaccomplished!

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19121

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Finally my unaspiring mind

Is rescued

From endless reluctance-river.

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19122

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If we have a genuine

Aspiration-hunger,

God will definitely bless us

With the most delicious feast. ```

19123

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The Infinite within Divinity

Is as sure

As the beauty inside a flower.

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19124

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God is happy only when

The gratitude-surrender-seekers

Beat His manifestation-drum.

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19125

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Only those will be successful

In the spiritual life

Who have the indomitable courage

To face their life-problem-challenges. ```

19126

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My heart’s gratitude-tears

Have finally washed away

My mind’s unwillingness-barriers.

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19127

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God is so happily and proudly

Welcoming

My success-life and progress-heart.

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19128

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Doubt-producing minds

Will eventually be bound

To beat a shamelessly speedy retreat.

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19129

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How can we expect

To make our mind peaceful

And our heart blissful

If we do not keep God

As the centre of our attention

All the time? ```

19130

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Only the negative minds

Are invited to work

In life’s unhappiness-factory.

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19131

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Can you not see

That your Inner Pilot

At every moment

Is steering your life-boat

Towards His own Delight-Harbour?

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19132

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You must never allow

Your doubting mind

To strangle

Your blossoming hope-heart. ```

19133

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O my heart,

Be a sleeplessly soaring bird

So that no frustration

Can ever dare to cripple you. ```

19134

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You can shorten your spirituality-road

And quicken your speed

If you are under the guidance

Of a true, able and spiritually rich Master. ```

19135

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A sleeplessly desiring life

Must without fail

Include a slow but certain

Spiritual death. ```

19136

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His aspiring heart

Is always homesick

For Eternity’s Peace,

Infinity’s Light

And Immortality’s Delight.

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19137

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At last my fractured trust

In mankind

Has been completely cured

By God’s Compassion-flooded Eye. ```

19138

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You do not have to surprise the world.

You should only try to surprise yourself,

Especially your mind,

By becoming a chosen instrument of God. ```

19139

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If you are always concerned

With yourself,

Then your heart-door

You will never be able to keep open

For God, the Supreme Guest, to enter.

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19140

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Abandon not your heart’s helpless cry,

For your heart’s helpless cry

Is the magnet that pulls God

Towards your life-breath. ```

19141

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He who treasures you

Is your only true friend,

And that Friend is none other than

God Himself. ```

19142

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I call it faith.

God calls it

His own evolving Experience

In and through my life. ```

19143

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My unconditional surrender to God

Is the only strength I need

To make myself truly happy

And fulfilled. ```

19144

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O my depression-mind,

Can you not see

That every day God is planting

His own Smile-Seeds inside you? ```

19145

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I came not into this world

To fulfil my ego’s

Admiration-need

But to fulfil my soul’s

God-Satisfaction-Promise.

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19146

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If you are sleeplessly devoted

To God-manifestation,

Then God will definitely bless your heart

With Heaven-climbing aspiration-flames. ```

19147

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O my shameless mind,

How long are you going to remain

In diametric opposition

To the Will of my

Lord Beloved Supreme?

```

19148

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May my life receive

Every day

God’s blissful Smile

And His blessingful Pride. ```

19149

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May my meditation

Lose its heart

Inside God’s Silence-Eye.

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19150

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Beauty divine sings

Only for the illumining soul

And the self-giving heart.

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19151

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God does not ask me

About my previous failures.

He only asks me

About my present

Self-giving determination

To reach the Goal. ```

19152

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God is not only

Inside my heart

But also inside

My mind-jungle. ```

19153

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When God saw my heart’s

Surrender-door wide open,

He cried and cried

With boundless joy. ```

19154

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Every step I take ahead

Is indeed the fulfilment

Of a new promise

Of my heart. ```

19155

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Alas, how stupid we are!

We give more importance

To our mind’s sadness

Than to our heart’s gladness. ```

19156

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Surrender-road leads us

To the perfection-destination

Infinitely sooner

Than any other road. ```

19157

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Although impatience

Fights against time

Quite often,

It never wins. ```

19158

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There are many soaring birds

In our heart-sky,

But the faith-bird

Flies higher than the highest. ```

19159

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The silence of the mind

Is powerful.

The silence of the heart

Is fruitful.

The silence of the soul

Is Godful. ```

19160

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Do not be a fool!

Never shake hands

With the giant desire-demon.

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19161

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Each self-giving action

Is supremely brighter

Than the Heavenly stars.

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19162

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The love of the heart

And the compassion of the soul

Never suffer from fatigue.

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19163

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The hesitation of the mind

Is the unanswered

Question of life.

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19164

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God never thought

That I was so stupid!

I never thought

That God was so forgiving. ```

19165

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Each impure thought

Takes us farther away

From our aspiring heart-land.

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19166

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At every moment

We have to decide

Whether we want

The division-desiring mind

Or the union-aspiring heart.

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19167

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Every desire-dream

Eventually ends

In frustration-reality.

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19168

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I do not need my mind’s

Power-voice.

I need only my heart’s

Silence-choice. ```

19169

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When your aspiring heart

Asks you not to mix

With your desire-mind,

Do not turn a deaf ear! ```

19170

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God asks me to be

The best friend of my silence-heart

And to be always careful

Of my sound-mind. ```

19171

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I do not calculate anything

In advance,

For that is the task

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

I just pray and meditate,

Him to please in His own Way. ```

19172

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God can be anxious to command me

Only if I am eagerly waiting

For His express Command.

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19173

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It seems that God’s Compassion

And man’s frustration

Are ruling this unaspiring earth.

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19174

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Only an aspiring heart

Will find the vision-light

To fulfil God

In God’s own Way. ```

19175

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Man is endlessly repeating

His blunders,

At times, it seems, deliberately.

Yet God has not given up on him. ```

19176

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Perfection-peaks are not inaccessible.

What we all need

Is a readiness-mind

And a willingness-heart. ```

19177

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The general decay of our faith

In God

Is not only displeasing

But also disheartening God. ```

19178

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I get satisfaction-joy

Only when I receive from God

His blessingful Appreciation

For what I do for Him

And what I am to Him.

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19179

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My Lord Supreme,

Immediately do open

My willingness-heart

And shut

My unwillingness-mind.

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19180

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In the presence of my Lord Supreme,

No matter what happens

I get an inexpressible inner thrill.

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19181

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I must and must abandon

Once and for all

My helplessness-thinking

And helplessness-feeling. ```

19182

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When we are in front of ignorance-sea,

God wants us to be

Brave swimmers.

When we are in front of a high mountain,

He wants us to be

Brave climbers.

No obstacle in our way must prevent us

From reaching our destined goal. ```

19183

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Those who have taken shelter

Consciously and soulfully

In the Benediction-Heart

of the Lord Supreme

Will not fail.

No, not a single one will fail! ```

19184

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The knowledge of the mind

Comes and goes.

The wisdom of the heart

Not only remains

Permanently

But also increases

Immeasurably.

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19185

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Do not deny and do not defy

The old ways of tradition,

For tradition often embodies

Both the beauty and the duty

Of God Himself.

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19186

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How can you make

Any satisfactory progress

If you do not or cannot believe

That your Master always understands you

To the core?

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19187

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If you cannot banish desire

From your God-searching mind

And God-pleasing heart,

How can you have

Divinity’s satisfaction-joy?

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19188

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My Lord Supreme,

When I soulfully meditate,

Please bless me with only one boon:

Grant me the ability to immerse myself

In the divine sublimity

Of my God-manifesting soul. ```

19189

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I must shatter

My old doubts and fears

That God-realisation

And God-manifestation

Are not meant for me.

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19190

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The uncertainty of the changing times

Will certainly be transformed

By the beauty, purity and divinity

Of God’s Eternal Time. ```

19191

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When I am in my deep meditation,

I go far beyond all the horizons

Of my mental thoughts,

And it is then that I feel

That I am only for God.

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19192

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If your heart does not reach out

To the suffering world,

How can you ever dream of pleasing God

In God’s own Way? ```

19193

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When my aspiration climbs up

High, higher, highest,

I laugh and laugh

At my mind’s ultimate frontiers. ```

19194

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My heart, your future perfection

Is already assured

By God Himself.

What you need is constant expansion

Of your receptivity-delight.

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19195

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Is there any heart

That does not care for perfection?

Again, is there any life

That dares to be perfect? ```

19196

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Do not find fault

With the self-indulgent ones.

Let them wait

For God’s supremely chosen Hour. ```

19197

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Today my heart

Has said good-bye for good

To insecurity,

And my mind, to doubt. ```

19198

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My Lord Supreme, do bless me

With a special blessing:

I wish to remain permanently

An aspiration-heart

And a dedication-life.

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19199

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O my mind,

The doubts that snatch away

Your heart’s happiness-light

Must not be your friends

No, not even fleeting friends.

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19200

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Surprise after surprise

Will arrive at your life-door

If you make your heart

A constant consecration to God’s Will. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 192, Agni Press, 1993
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