Be brave within! Be brave without!¹¹

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Captain, my Captain,

My dear, sweet and compassionate Captain,

Fifty-six years ago, out of Your infinite Bounty,

You sent this soul into the world

To unconditionally love You, serve You

And please You in Your own Way.

You alone know how far I have succeeded.

Captain, my heart’s Captain, my life’s Captain,

Today, on this most auspicious occasion

In my life,

I am begging You to grant me

A very special Boon.

Do grant me the capacity

To please everybody on earth.

“My stupid child,

I have created this world.

Since I do not have the capacity

To please each and every human being on earth,

How can I grant you this Boon?

To please each and every human being

Is an impossible task.

I try to please each human being as far as I can.

Then I leave it up to their fate.

“Again, there are human beings

Who are pleasing Me even far beyond

Their own imagination.

For them is My Vision-Eye,

For them is My Compassion-Heart,

For them is My Satisfaction-Divinity.

From today on I am asking you

To please only those who think and feel

That to please Me in you

Is their only duty, earthly and Heavenly.

Do not waste even one moment

Of your precious time on earth

On those whom you have to please,

Whose feet you have to touch at every moment

To catch a glimpse of satisfaction-smile

In their eyes.

“Be brave within!

Be brave without!

This pilgrimage is only for the brave,

Only for the few

Who are supremely chosen instruments of Mine.

Unfortunately, there are many

Who want from you and from Me

Nothing but attention.

But what they need from you and Me

Is the hunger for aspiration

And the thirst for perfection.

“My child, My Eternity’s child,

Your boat is sailing fast, very fast.

Many, many, many more will join your boat

On the way.

And again, on the way,

All those who become tired

Will jump out of the boat on their own.

You have no time to look into ignorance-sea

To watch who is drowning.

Your boat will never come empty.

It will come at its full capacity

And reach the Golden Shore,

My Immortality's Heart-Abode."

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Captain, my Captain, Agni Press, 1994
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