I have only one need²

I have only one need: oneness, oneness, oneness. Oneness with the animal consciousness do I need? No, never. Oneness with the human consciousness do I need? No, never. Oneness with the divine Consciousness do I need? Yes, forever.

Why do I not want to have oneness with the animal consciousness? I do not want it because the animal consciousness is all destruction. Why do I not want to have oneness with the human consciousness? I do not want it because the human consciousness is all division. Why do I want to have oneness with the divine Consciousness? I want it because the divine Consciousness is all satisfaction.

Oneness, oneness, oneness. Oneness with the temptation-life I do not want, precisely because temptation is frustration. Oneness with the earth-bound life I do not want, for earth-bound life is nothing short of limitation. Oneness with the heaven-free life I want, for the heaven-free life is Eternity’s Peace, Infinity’s Bliss and Immortality’s Life.

Oneness, oneness, oneness. O my Beloved Supreme, I have only one need: oneness. I shall be happy if my oneness-need is fulfilled. I shall be equally happy if my oneness-need is not fulfilled. I shall be happy even if it is not fulfilled, for the very quest, the very longing for oneness with You, with my Source, gives me abundant joy, boundless joy, infinite joy. Let me have this quenchless thirst, a thirst for conscious and constant oneness with you. O my Beloved Supreme, even if You do not fulfil my oneness-quest, no harm. Just allow the flame of longing for oneness with You to burn in me forever and forever.

In the inner world all I have is You. In the outer world all I need is You. May my inner world and my outer world become one, for in their oneness I shall achieve satisfaction, which is perfection itself. Oneness, oneness, oneness.

From:Sri Chinmoy,AUM — Vol.II-5, No. 9,10, September-October 1978, Vishma Press, 1978
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