Purity is matchless in every way.
It lives in God’s Sun-Heart-Day. ```The more my life enjoys the outer sleep,
Helpless, hopeless, in my inner life I weep. ```What is my name, my real name?
My Lord’s Heaven-ascending flame. ```The outer mind has made my life fearful.
The inner heart has made my breath cheerful. ```I pray and pray and pray to see God’s Face,
To free my life from sad failure-disgrace. ```God’s Compassion creates
Happiness-newness.My gratitude creates
Surrender-sweetness. ```Seeker, if you sleep through aspiration-alarm,
Your eyes will be empty of your great soul-beauty’s charm. ```Ah, when my heart lives on God-hunger-cry,
God smiles in my self-transcendence-sky. ```My final farewell to my deception-mind.
No more the poison-breath of ignorance blind! ```Within, without, my wild doubt-drum no more!
I have arrived at my God-faith-blossom-shore. ```When I am in my searching mind,
My Lord Supreme is available.When I am in my crying heart,
My Lord Supreme is attainable. ```O my heart’s sweet fountain-willingness,
You are my Lord’s fondest nearness. ```My morning prayer, if I not miss,
My heart becomes God’s Pride, God’s Bliss. ```My life’s pure service-length
Is my God-oneness-strength. ```Be brave, my heart, be brave!
Your God — not in the cave.Your God is in the mart.
Therefore, world-acceptance start. ```A restive mind divided,
By God will never be guided. ```O God-seeker, keep not mankind behind.
God’s Height, God’s Depth, God’s AllYour heart will find.
```No more my heart shall live
Inside my mind-cage.My heart shall breathe and smile
Inside my soul-sage. ```Sleepless, I long to weep for You,
My Lord, I long to weep.Only You I need.
Do end my shameless ignorance-sleep. ```O Lord, do make my heart receptive
In Your own Way.O Lord, bless me, help me to end
My fruitless mind-play. ```Nothing can magnify God’s Perfection-Glory.
None can nullify God’s Compassion-Story. ```The bitterness of my mind
I must erase.The oneness of my heart
Chase I must, chase. ```My mind is a ruthless heart-attacker.
My soul is a sleepless heart-poise-backer. ```O God's Thunder-Justice, my only hope
To stop me climbing temptation-rope. ```Ah, who am I?
A poor oneness-performer.Ah, who is God?
An indulgent Observer. ```I want my life to live
On God-hunger-cry.I want my breath to fly
In God-Fragrance-Sky. ```Mine is the soul that loves to be
An ignorance-lighter.Mine is the heart that loves to be
An ignorance-fighter. ```Meditation, meditation, my meditation,
You are my soul-life’s happiest vacation. ```My surrender is my Lord’s deepest Love-Pride.
My gratitude is my Lord’s fastest Joy-Ride. ```Now that I am no longer stupid and blind,
My Lord, take me, my forest-density-mind. ```God’s Compassion-Eye is my only Home.
My mind’s wild life no more shall roam. ```When it is a matter of God,
I am consciously forgetful.When it is a matter of man,
I am helplessly frightful. ```The mind that tries and tries
God smilingly needs.The heart that cries and cries
God lovingly feeds. ```Alas, for my poor heart
There is no golden tomorrow.Alas, for God’s poor Heart
There is nothing but helpless sorrow. ```I have resolved never to complain;
Therefore, no more my bondage-chain. ```My complete God-surrender-song I have sung;
My ego-funeral-bell is already rung. ```With God, no God-lover disputes;
With God, they play their oneness-flutes. ```My Lord's Heart and Eye weep and weep and weep,
O, when my life enjoys ignorance-sleep. ```My Lord, bless me to think of You, to think,
So that my earth-life does not fall and sink. ```Since, to the end, my sweet Lord’s Tears
Care for me, care,Ignorance-blows I shall bravely
Ignore and dare. ```I was a willing slave to ignorance-night,
And now I am a messenger of Heaven’s Delight. ```I am a volley of man-complaints, I am.
Yet my heart-door my Lord does not slam. ```Heaven gives my heart-breath
Heavenly instructions.Earth gives my mind-life
Earthly distractions. ```I shall be there where God’s Compassion is found.
Mine is the life-train my Lord’s Forgiveness-bound. ```My heart of love God remembers
And not my doubting mind.My face of smile God remembers
And not my torturing blind. ```My instant peace is God’s Silence-Delight.
My instant bliss is my heart-cry-flight. ```My discipline-life is not self-torture.
My discipline-life is my God-rapture. ```A truth-seeker is a God-thinker.
A God-thinker is a bliss-drinker. ```I shall not permit myself to be abandoned by hope.
Hope is my only stength, my only God-climbing rope. ```A sleepless, breathless faith-follower
Can never be pleasure-wallower. ```No more self-confidence-crisis!
I am now a God-dependence-oasis. ```My faith-success-story
I enjoy sleeplessly.My surrender-progress-song
I love breathlessly. ```Expect not! You will win the God-Race.
You and your eyes shall see God face-to-face. ```Humility, humility, humility!
My receptivity’s multiplicity. ```My Lord is proud of my heart’s delight
And not of my mind’s highest flight. ```A mind of failure, a heart of success
No more can shackle me.My Lord’s Compassion-Eye has made
My life utterly free. ```My mind betrays my Lord time and again,
Yet He desires my freedom from bondage-chain. ```The path of doubt leads me
To blind nothingness;The path of faith
To constant God-oneness. ```God is making my life a sweet peace-song.
My gratitude-heart shall strike His Victory-Gong. ```Oh, I want not my mind’s foolish fantasy!
I long only for my heart-ecstasy. ```My dream-awakened life,
You I breathlessly love.You are my heart’s only
Sweet fondness-oneness-dove. ```Be heart-wise and not mind-clever;
Obedience-road never fails, never. ```Oh, keep your mind mountain high, holy;
Your life will be punctured by no folly. ```My heart-room is all made of hope;
No sad failure therein can grope. ```Oh, how can my life ever thrive
If my heart was not born to strive? ```O, try and try and try, O, try!
Your mind will be a freedom-sky. ```O doubting mind, I tell you once and for all:
Fast approaching your inevitable downfall! ```My God-dreaming heart is the voice of my soul.
My God-pleasing soul leads my life to my Goal. ```The courage of my heart’s God-conviction
Shall bless my life with God-perfection. ```To shatter ignorance-grip
Cancel your pleasure-trip! ```My heart's aspiration-train,
Fear no more obstruction-chain. ```Satisfaction is neither here nor there;
Madly we are hurrying towards nowhere. ```Oh, nothing can be marred by man;
Perfection-delight is all God’s Plan. ```No one can change the world — no one!
All are needed for transformation-crown. ```God is speaking to my heart directly;
My gratitude-heart is blossoming devotedly. ```Smash not God's Heart any day
By devouring ignorance-clay. ```My soul and my Master are one, I know.
They enjoy deep pride in my wisdom-glow. ```Quickly empty your ignorance-mind-night.
God is arriving with His Ecstasy’s Height. ```My mind was Eternity’s darkest night;
My mind now Infinity’s brightest Light. ```Victory to God’s Compassion-Flood, victory!
Today begins my life’s God-Smile-story. ```My success-life brings me
Nothing but pride.My progress-life gives me
A longer God-ride. ```I love my Lord only,
This is not my mere pronouncement.Indeed, this is my life’s
God-Satisfaction-Fulfilment. ```You had a mental fight with God the Light.
You had a vital fight with God the Power.You had a psychic fight with God the Delight.
You had a physical fight with God the Compassion. ```Death has a message for you:
“Do not try. Just cry.”Life has a message for you:
“Do not give up. Continue.”God has a message for you:
“Smile, smile, always smile.” ```Duly and daily my heart loves God.
Duly and daily my life needs God.Duly and daily my soul reveals God.
Duly and daily my surrender becomes God. ```Who is Heaven’s mother?
Light-sea.Who is Heaven’s father?
Consciousness-sky.Who is earth’s mother?
Patience-moon.Who is earth’s father?
Knowledge-sun. ```Not once but thrice I danced with death:
When I fell in love with self-doubt;When I touched the tail of jealousy-snake;
When I swam in the anxiety-river. ```O dreaming Heaven,
How I admire your Dream-Boat,I admire.
O bleeding earth,I love your reality-shore,
I love. ```Human life is endless limitation.
Divine life is endless illumination.Earth life is endless caution.
Heaven life is endless Compassion. ```Truth, my truth,
You are still unemployed.Heaven, my Heaven,
You are still ignored.God, my God,
You are still unsought. ```I play not alone.
When I play, the sun and the moon join me.I sing not alone.
When I sing, light and delight join me.I dance not alone.
When I dance, the sky and the sea join me. ```Sacrifice: the utmost force of earth.
Smile: the utmost force of Heaven.Sorrow: the utmost force of humanity.
Assurance: the utmost force of Divinity. ```The traveller in me
Dreams of God’s limitless Beauty.The seeker in me
Dreams of God’s fathomless Light.The lover in me
Dreams of God’s Victory-GarlandAdorning His universal Necessity.
```Sincerity is an inspiring beauty.
Humility is an illumining beauty.Purity is a feeding beauty.
Generosity is a bleeding beauty.Divinity is an immortalising beauty.
```O body, I am tired of your constant lingering.
O vital, I am tired of your constant boasting.O mind, I am tired of your constant whispering.
O heart, I am tired of your constant delaying.O soul, I am tired of your constant dreaming.
```Lord, I enjoy Your juggling Eyes.
Lord, I love Your climbing Eyes.Lord, I adore Your glowing Eyes.
Lord, I worship Your forgiving Eyes.Lord, I need Your life-transforming Eyes.
```Each prayer heralds
A new day of hope.Each meditation heralds
A new day of promise.Each realisation heralds
A new life of the Supreme. ```I thought about God only to satisfy me.
I spoke about God only to glorify me.I wrote about God only to justify me.
```There is something that can never be old,
And that is my heart’s inner cry. ```My Lord’s Name is Forgiveness.
My name is hope. ```A purity-heart
Is never empty. ```To choose the Real
Is to fulfil the idealOf humanity.
```A Yogi’s mind is the waveless sea
And his heart is the cloudless sky. ```Time is motion.
Life is action.Love is perfection.
```A desiring man
IsHis own future failure.
```The mind of reason fails.
The heart of faith sails. ```When we are sincere, we love to live.
When we are pure, we live to love. ```Soul is preparation.
Life is determination.Time is perfection.
```Doubt binds us.
Faith finds us.Grace liberates us.
```Oneness-heart-children
Have their homes everywhere. ```May my heart never study
Life’s indifference-book. ```When I think, I sink.
When I choose, I lose.When I cry, I fly.
```When love fails,
Compassion speaksAnd succeeds.
```I look beautiful
When I play with my silence-mind. ```I am challenging
My ingratitude-mind. ```No more shall I ignore
My heart’s peace-hunger. ```Each and every friend of mine
Rightly deservesMy heart’s gratitude-tears.
```I am so happy that I have a new name:
Gratitude-fragrance-heart-smile. ```Confidence
Is not in doingOr becoming,
But in being. ```Man’s human glory begins
When his animal story ends. ```Silence not only has,
But is, the fastest speed. ```Somebody has to listen.
Why not let me tryTo be that fortunate one?
```Comparison
IsProgress-prison.
```The mind must desire only
What the heart requires. ```Silence is beyond
Both the knower and the known. ```My life swims every day
In the sweet sea of hope. ```My unconditional surrender
Is the topmost branchOf my life-beauty’s tree.
```Each desire is
A bottomless nothingness-abyss. ```Goodbye, ego, goodbye!
Hello, surrender, hello! ```Nothing can be more powerful
Than eagerness. ```Nothing can be more fruitful
Than surrender. ```Nothing can be more beautiful
Than forgiveness. ```Pleasure perishes.
Joy lasts.Delight forever lasts.
```Gratitude and surrender-flights
Know no turbulence in the sunlit sky. ```Prayer is a hope-pilgrim.
Meditation is a promise-traveller. ```At long last I was able to say goodbye
To my confusion-professor-mind. ```Anger blasts.
Poise outlasts. ```My mind is a thunder-drummer-boy.
My heart is an aspiration-perfection-flutist. ```The outer world demands.
The inner world commands.I am totally lost in between.
```Immediately start unlearning
Your old division-mind stories. ```Immediately start learning
Your new oneness-heart-songs. ```Only a purity-heart
Is permitted to prayIn the soul’s silence-temple.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,My complete God-surrender-song, 1995
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