Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 213

21201

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Every day

Everything that I learn

Comes from the compassion-silence

Of my soul. ```

21202

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When I ask my mind

To be the guide,

It leads me on a long road

To nowhere. ```

21203

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No human being,

No matter how undivine he is now,

Is beyond redemption.

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21204

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God speaks directly

To His doubt-killing

And faith-nourishing children.

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21205

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Is there any day

When we human beings

Do not squander

God’s Compassion-Smiles? ```

21206

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No love-devotion-surrender-stride

Along the path of spirituality

Can ever be too short.

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21207

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The first thing that I do

Every morning

Is synchronise

My aspiration-heartbeat

With God’s Compassion-Heartbeat.

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21208

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O seeker,

If you want to hide,

Then hide your mind’s wants,

But never hide your heart’s needs. ```

21209

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God the Forgiveness

Forgave you long ago.

But will you ever dare

To forgive yourself

For your God-unfulfilling life?

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21210

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Although your life

Is based on desires,

God’s Compassion-Eye

Can change your present-day world. ```

21211

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I pray for Heaven’s blessings

Before I embark

On any God-manifestation-adventure.

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21212

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God is always anxious

And eager

To hear my heart’s

Tear-songs. ```

21213

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On principle,

Spirituality does not show interest

In championing the cause

Of individuality. ```

21214

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Eradicate

Your mind’s doubt-weeds.

Every day

Sow new faith-seeds

Inside your heart-garden.

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21215

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My soul

Of God-oneness-ecstasy

Orbits around

God’s Satisfaction-Pride. ```

21216

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We make

A monumental blunder

When we deliberately delay

In our God-fulfilment-task. ```

21217

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If your heart constantly throbs

With aspiration,

Then your God-realisation-day

Cannot remain a far cry. ```

21218

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O my mind,

You will be able to awaken

To the supernal light

Only after you have been struck

By intense remorse.

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21219

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Without hope in the heart,

Without faith in the mind,

No human being

Can ever make substantial progress. ```

21220

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In our desire-life, alas,

We have so many hopes!

Sooner or later

They get splintered to pieces. ```

21221

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A cheerful, self-giving heart

To God

Is indeed a great architect

Of world-peace. ```

21222

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You can be

God’s choicest instrument

Only if you please God

Long before God pleases you. ```

21223

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During our meditation

The deeper we go,

The louder we hear

God’s Satisfaction-Applause. ```

21224

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When we pray

With a purity-mind,

Our hopeful life soars

Into God’s boundless Promise-Sky. ```

21225

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When lethargy attacks you,

Scolding is not enough.

Give lethargy your thunder-kick!

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21226

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Soulfulness

Is always apt to resonate

Inside a heart of self-offering.

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21227

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A heart of unconditional surrender

Is blessed every day

By newness-sweetness-dreams.

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21228

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What we all need

Is a God-reliance-heart-home

And not

A self-confidence-mind-mansion. ```

21229

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I prayerfully ask God

To descend

With a new heart.

God blessingfully asks me

To ascend

With a new mind.

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21230

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The indulgence-pleasure of the mind

Always carries

Superiority-pride with it.

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21231

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You want to know

What insecurity can do.

Insecurity can eclipse

Even our heart’s inner sun. ```

21232

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The meditation of the heart

Cheerfully leads the mind

Out of doubt-forest.

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21233

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Each soul is entrusted

With a supreme God-secret.

At God’s choice Hour

God reveals the secret

For God-manifestation.

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21234

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God is available

When I look forward

And not backward.

God is attainable

When I look within

And not without. ```

21235

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O aspiration-famine-world,

Do not spurn,

Even for a fleeting second,

God’s Compassion-Reign. ```

21236

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No matter how deliberately

We keep ourselves away

From God’s Compassion,

God’s Compassion-Sea will never dry. ```

21237

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My fearful mind

Is for Compassion-God.

My cheerful heart

Is for Justice-God. ```

21238

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A mind of belief

Can at times be

A life of bondage.

But a heart of faith

Is always

A life of freedom. ```

21239

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My heart-aspiration

Lives in Heaven.

My life-dedication

Lives on earth. ```

21240

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How did our ancestors succeed?

They succeeded

On the strength of their hearts’

Sleepless God-mounting cries. ```

21241

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Only the things that I learn

In silence and from silence

Illumine and satisfy my life.

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21242

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Consciously and deliberately

When I do not obey my soul-bird,

Sleepless sorrows torture my heart.

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21243

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Alas, why do I every day

Waste my time

Hiding in vain

From my Lord’s Compassion-Eye? ```

21244

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Even your dearest

May not understand your mind

Or feel your heart’s sufferings.

Therefore, take shelter

In your heart’s illumination-meditation.

Yours will be

The all-fulfilling satisfaction.

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21245

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O my heart’s forgotten hope-river,

I do not know how

I can once more swim in you

To arrive at

My God-satisfaction-destination.

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21246

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Only an aspiration-heart

Can and does sing

God’s Universal Heart-Songs.

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21247

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You do not have to die

To be indifferent to world-criticism.

You just have to climb up

High, higher, highest,

Along with your heart’s

Heaven-climbing aspiration-flames. ```

21248

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Since there is nothing useless,

Nothing meaningless

In God’s creation, O seeker,

How can you allow yourself to ignore

Any God-manifested vision?

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21249

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Be not free with

Your God-fulfilment-promises.

Be free with

Your man-service-life. ```

21250

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Each time

I surrender myself cheerfully

To God’s Will,

I see right in front of me

A free and fair highway

Leading to the Home

Of my Beloved Supreme.

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21251

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Unconditional surrender

Is the greatest contribution

Made by a sleepless aspiration-heart.

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21252

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Attach yourself

To the blossoming beauty within,

And detach yourself

From the brooding desire-mind. ```

21253

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Unlike the human mind,

The divine heart knows

That we can never overestimate

God’s Compassion and Forgiveness. ```

21254

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O seeker,

Smile and smile

To lessen the strength

Of your inner struggle. ```

21255

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God’s unhorizoned Grace

Enters into our hearts

Not to surprise us,

But to awaken us. ```

21256

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The inner voice

Always warns us

Long before

It reprimands us. ```

21257

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My Lord Supreme,

May I be blessed every morning

By the magnet

Of Your Compassion-flooded Feet. ```

21258

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Alas,

I do not know why and how

My mind ruthlessly attacks

Everything that my heart does

Or even decides to do.

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21259

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Close your mind-book

Completely,

And then open your heart-book

Slowly, lovingly and devotedly. ```

21260

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God never causes

Our embarrassment.

He only leads us

To our enlightenment,

Which He has given us

As our birthright. ```

21261

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After becoming a seeker,

If I do not do the right thing

And become the right person,

God tells me that He Himself

Will be the real loser.

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21262

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Every day

My aspiration-heart embarks

Cheerfully and proudly

On God-pleasing adventures. ```

21263

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My God-manifestation-possibility

Is indeed an express and perfect

Silent Message

From God Himself. ```

21264

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Each sincere prayer

Has the wings to fly

Not only from

Hope to hope-skies,

But also from

Fulfilment to fulfilment-stars. ```

21265

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No human being can live

Without heart-hope.

No human being can live

Without God-Compassion.

No God can be satisfied

Without man-perfection. ```

21266

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When I look at my unaspiring mind,

I am simply shocked to see

Its dangerous overweight!

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21267

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My compassionate Lord

Blessingfully respects me

When I devotedly expect less.

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21268

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An ingratitude-soul

Gets a send-off from Heaven

With no welcome from earth.

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21269

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God exposed me publicly

Only to perfect me and claim me

Inwardly and permanently.

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21270

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If you do not discipline

Your earth-bound desire-mind,

You will never be able to have

A trouble-torture-free life. ```

21271

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I have two prayers every day:

I pray to God for the early death

Of my doubting mind

And for the everlasting life

Of my aspiring heart.

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21272

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A heart of divine love

Will always go far beyond

Earth-bound limits.

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21273

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God always wants His heart-children

To study at

His simplicity-purity-school.

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21274

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O my heart,

Just bring to the fore

Your divinity’s light

And put one fearless foot

In front of the other

While you are walking

Inside your darkest mind-forest.

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21275

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Do not wrestle with

Your restless mind.

Meditate on

Your soul’s delight

To silence and illumine

The pride of your ignorance-mind. ```

21276

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I have come to realise

That my aspiration-revival

Is my only heart-survival.

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21277

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If we do not pray and meditate,

Then there will be no way for us

To protect ourselves

From complacency-decay. ```

21278

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My Lord,

Your Will is my way.

My Lord,

Your Way is my only goal. ```

21279

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When I remain inside my heart,

God becomes quite familiar.

But when I am inside my mind,

God is not only unknown

But also unknowable.

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21280

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I feel sad

When I do not see my soul.

I feel extremely sad

When I do not feel my soul’s presence

Inside my heart.

I am doomed to disappointment

When I do not hear anything about my soul

From my Lord Supreme. ```

21281

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The silence of my heart

Has finally silenced and illumined

My endless mind-sermons.

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21282

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God immediately and incessantly applauds

When His earth-transformation-team

Succeeds in manifesting Him

Even in a small measure. ```

21283

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How much is God-realisation these days?

The price of God-realisation

Will forever remain

Unimaginably high. ```

21284

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Alas,

Every day I spend my time

Inside my deplorable mind

And not

Inside my adorable heart.

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21285

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Every day I depend on

My sincerity and determination

To renew

My God-fulfilment-contract. ```

21286

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When the human mind

Is left to itself,

Our God-fulfilment-promise

Will forever remain a far cry. ```

21287

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God’s Compassion is at work

When He appreciates us.

Our sincerity is at work

When we adore God. ```

21288

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When a seeker realises God,

God tells him to make a choice:

Either to enjoy His infinite Bliss

Or to throw his heart and soul

Into God-manifestation on earth.

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21289

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God depends on me

Only when my life becomes

A ceaselessly unconditional breath.

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21290

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I do not want to know

What God plans to do with my life.

I just want to know

If I can remain eternally inside

His Heart-Garden.

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21291

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My soul’s brilliance

Will eternally outshine

My life’s achievement-splendours.

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21292

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I thought that I had done so much

For God-manifestation,

But God took one look

At my God-manifestation-progress-report

And burst into roaring laughter.

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21293

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As there is no difference

Between the mind of the intellect

And the voice of the intellect,

Even so, there is no difference

Between the heart of the seeker

And the life of the seeker. ```

21294

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God keeps His Heart’s Oneness-Door

Always open

Not only for my dear friends

But also for my stark adversaries. ```

21295

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When I look at my mind,

I see nothing but a life

Of lost opportunities.

When I look at my heart,

I see nothing but a life

Of blossoming opportunities. ```

21296

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Why am I crying?

I am crying because

My Beloved Supreme

Has come to see me,

The human in me.

Why am I smiling?

I am smiling because

My Beloved Supreme

Has come to take me,

Both the divine in me

And the undivine in me.

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21297

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If we do not give God

The exact thing He wants from us,

He will never be satisfied

With a compromise. ```

21298

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Our enlightenment-progress

Depends on how seriously we have taken

Our life-detachment-process.

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21299

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What is faith and what is doubt?

Faith is something

That God’s Heart plays with.

Doubt is something

That my mind plays with.

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21300

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How have I made my life secure?

I have done absolutely the right thing.

What is the right thing?

At every moment I listen

To God’s Command,

Seated at His Compassion-Feet. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 213, Agni Press, 1994
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