Come, my non-English friends! Let us together climb up the English Himalayas

Anathema

```

(curses)

I do not understand

How a saintly man like you

Can heap anathema

Upon those who fail

To agree with you all the time.

```

Arid

```

(dry)

You want to know

Why nobody likes you.

Nobody likes you

Because nobody wants to be

Affected by your arid mind

And impure vital. ```

Assailed

```

(violently attacked)

It is quite natural

That you will be assailed

By doubt

If you do not aspire. ```

Benignant

```

(gracious)

It is the benignant qualities

Of our heart

That endear others

And, at the same time,

Make us divinely beautiful

And supremely lovable. ```

Bias

```

(preference)

Naturally you will be an object

Of ruthless ridicule

If you show a definite bias

Towards a particular individual. ```

Chastise

```

(punish)

You think that you can do

Anything you want to.

I may not be able to chastise you,

But God can chastise you

Easily,

And He definitely will. ```

Chide

```

(scold)

I chide my mind

When it steals

My heart's happiness.

```

Circumscribe

```

(limit)

I am the last person to ask you

To circumscribe your meditation-hours.

On the contrary,

I want you to meditate more,

But always cheerfully

And devotedly. ```

Concomitant

```

(that which accompanies)

Failure is always

A concomitant

Of doubt.

```

Condone

```

(forgive)

The very nature of

A purity-heart

Is to condone

An unruly mind. ```

Contentious

```

(quarrelsome)

The cheerless mind

And the fearless vital

Frequently enjoy

Loud and contentious noises. ```

Cowered

```

(cringed)

His frightened heart

Cowered in the darkness-room

Of his wild vital.

```

Demean

```

(humiliate)

I do not want to demean myself

By associating with

My doubtful mind.

```

Disgruntled

```

(discontented)

Remain always cheerful.

Do not be disgruntled

In your climbing

Heavenward journey. ```

Disparage

```

(belittle)

Do not disparage anybody,

For it does not

Become you.

```

Effrontery

```

(shameless boldness)

Because you have the effrontery

To disobey your Master,

I take you as a useless

Human being.

Everybody hates him

Because he has the effrontery

To mistreat singularly kind

And honest people. ```

Enthralled

```

(fascinated)

There shall come a time

When the impurity-mind

Will be enthralled

By the purity-heart. ```

Equanimity

```

(composure)

My heart's sleepless hunger

For equanimity

Has silenced my turbulent mind.

```

Exonerate

```

(acquit)

To tell the truth

Is to exonerate oneself

From the impure

Falsehood-crime. ```

Extricate

```

(disentangle)

If you really want to be

A genuine God-lover,

Then you must extricate yourself

From the imaginary temptation-life. ```

Fealty

```

(faithfulness)

No fealty,

No progress

In the inner life.

```

Fulminate

```

(thunder)

Because of its own

Ocean-vast stupidity,

The mind fulminates against

The God-fondness-innocence

Of the heart.

```

Gainsay

```

(deny)

O my mind,

Why do you gainsay the fact

That you have stolen

My heart's childlike joy? ```

Gnome

```

(fairytale dwarf)

How can you be

Other than a gnome

In the world of spirituality

If you do not pray and meditate

Regularly plus soulfully?

```

Harbinger

```

(pioneer, presager)

Only your soul,

The God-representative on earth,

Can be the harbinger of your mind's

Full illumination. ```

Hedonism

```

(theory that pleasure is the highest good)

Hedonism means

World-pleasure-life-enjoyment.

Asceticism means

Self-torture-life-enforcement. ```

Henchmen

```

(devoted followers)

Quite often henchmen

Do undivine things

Just to please their superiors

And keep their names free of crimes. ```

Iconoclast

```

(one who attacks cherished beliefs)

He thinks he is endowed

With an inner vision.

Therefore he dares

To be an iconoclast. ```

Indolent

```

(idle)

With his indolent aspiration-life

He wants to satisfy God.

Indeed, this is the height

Of his stupidity! ```

Ingrate

```

(ungrateful person)

To me, an ingrate

Is the worst possible failure

In humanity's upward journey.

```

Innuendoes

```

(hints)

Since I am not a fool,

I can easily see through

Your secret and clever

Innuendoes. ```

Insipid

```

(tasteless, dull)

If you do not have

An inspiration-mind

And an aspiration-heart,

Then you are bound to have

An insipid life.

O my mind,

I am sick of your

Constant, insipid doubt-talk.

```

Intrepid

```

(brave)

You have to be truly intrepid

In your spiritual life.

Otherwise, the doubt-monster

Will devour not only your mind

But also your entire being.

```

Magnate

```

(man of prominence)

No doubt you are a magnate,

But because you do not

Believe in God,

I have nothing to do with you. ```

Mendicant

```

(beggar)

Be a sincere mendicant-seeker.

All your longings

Are bound to be fulfilled.

```

Momentous

```

(very important)

This is, indeed,

A momentous occasion.

We must all be

Sincere and alert. ```

Nettle

```

(annoy)

O useless thoughts,

I beg of you not to come

And nettle my mind

When my mind desires to enjoy

The unparalleled beauty

Of tranquility. ```

Nonplussed

```

(baffled)

I was quite nonplussed

When I felt that even his heart

Had stopped praying and meditating

Regularly. ```

Obeisance

```

(homage)

I made my obeisance

Most devotedly

To your compassionate heart.

```

Onus

```

(responsibility)

To take care of others

Is not an onus

But a golden opportunity

To become a perfect citizen

Of the world.

```

Optimum

```

(best)

Every hour is supremely divine.

Therefore, you do not have to wait

For an optimum moment

To meditate on God. ```

Oscillation ...

```

(a swinging back and forth)

Either accept the truth

Or become the falsehood.

Your oscillation between the two

Is ridiculous. ```

Ostracise

```

(cast off connection with)

At long last

His pure heart is ready

To ostracise his wild vital.

```

Parlous

```

(difficult)

A suspicious mind

Is no less parlous

Than a naked sword.

```

Peregrination

```

(pilgrimage)

Be not afraid

Of the inner peregrination;

Your Inner Pilot will definitely

Inspire you, encourage you

And guide you.

```

Perforce

```

(of necessity)

I must perforce be happy

To become a nicer

World citizen.

```

Perspicacity

```

(ability to penetrate and correctly judge)

His amazing perspicacity

Solved all our serious problems. ```

Pinnacle

```

(highest place)

Only an unconditional self-giver

Will unmistakably reach

The pinnacle-height

Of God's Satisfaction-Delight. ```

Platonic

```

(spiritual, not sensual, relationship)

Does platonic love exist?

Yes, it does, and it will,

Forever.

```

Pragmatic

```

(practical)

If you think that the spiritual life

Can never be pragmatic,

Then you simply do not know

What a really spiritual life is. ```

Preponderance

```

(superiority in importance)

The preponderance of the human mind

Can never be accepted

By the aspiration

Of a God-lover. ```

Presage

```

(foretell)

I cannot presage

The perfection

Of anything.

```

Proximity

```

(nearness)

A doubtful mind

Vehemently avoids

The proximity of

A faithful heart. ```

Purblind

```

(short-sighted, stupid)

Because you are purblind,

You are unable to see

The soulful purity

In the true seeker-hearts. ```

Recherche

```

(rare)

God will definitely grant you

His recherché Blessings

If you unconditionally offer Him

Your aspiration-heart. ```

Repercussions

```

(after-effects)

The repercussions

Of your deliberate lies

Will be most hurtful.

```

Reproving

```

(rebuking)

By reproving the unaspiring seekers

You cannot augment

Their hearts’ aspiration-flames.

```

Retrograde

```

(degenerate)

If your heart has a soulful cry

To dive within every day

During your meditation,

Then you can never retrograde

In your spiritual life.

```

Roseate

```

(optimistic)

Only a genuine truth-seeker

Is entitled to dream

Of a roseate future.

```

Ruction

```

(serious quarrel)

Just a little altercation

Eventually ended

In a most deplorable ruction.

```

Saga

```

(heroic story)

I want to be as successful

As you are in life.

Will you tell me the saga

Of your life

To inspire me?

```

Sanctimonious

```

(pretending to be holy)

He was openly ridiculed

By his fellow seekers

For his sanctimonious behaviour.

```

Satraps

```

(viceroys)

Suspicion and its satraps —

Doubt and jealousy —

Are responsible for

The deplorable condition

Of the human mind.

```

Sleight Of Hand

```

(clever deception)

With the soulfulness of your heart,

And not with your sleight of hand,

You will be able to win

The heart of humanity. ```

Sobriquet

```

(nickname)

In spite of his being

A big celebrity.

I deeply enjoy calling him

By his sobriquet. ```

Sophomoric

```

(immature)

He is not an advanced seeker.

Therefore anything that he says

About spirituality

Is sophomoric. ```

Stalwart

```

(reliable)

If you are a stalwart seeker,

I do not see how you can ever fail

In your spiritual life.

```

Stilted

```

(stiff and pompous)

To increase the aspiration

Of a seeker's heart

Stilted utterances are of

No avail. ```

Sub rosa

```

(secretly)

I tell you sub rosa —

God will make you

Another God.

I have heard sub rosa

Of your present lack of faith

In your spiritual life.

I would very much love

To assist you

To regain your faith. ```

Subjugate

```

(conquer)

The fear of death

We must subjugate.

The aspiration-heart

Does not want to subjugate

The suspicion-mind;

It only wants to awaken the mind

From its dark ignorance-sleep.

```

Sunder

```

(separate)

Do you know what the mind knows?

It knows how to blunder;

It knows how to plunder;

It knows how to sunder;

It knows how to thunder.

A searching mind

And an aspiring heart

Must not be sundered.

They needs must sing

The oneness-song

To please God the Supreme Singer. ```

Supernal

```

(supreme)

No, not even an iota

Of the supernal peace and joy

For a sceptical mind!

```

Tenebrous

```

(gloomy)

Aspire regularly, aspire devotedly.

If not, you will be forced to remain

Inside the tenebrous abyss of your vital.

```

Thaumaturgist

```

(miracle-worker)

The Supreme Thaumaturgist

Has the incredible capacity

To transform Heaven's

Indifference-mind-frown

Into its concern-heart-smile.

```

Timorous

```

(fearful)

No timorous heart

Can ever succeed

Either in the world

Of aspiration-purity

Or in the world

Of dedication-beauty. ```

Troglodyte

```

(cave-dweller)

To be a sleepless

Truth-seeker and God-lover

And not a mere troglodyte

Is the divine purpose

Of my life.

```

Tyro

```

(beginner)

In spite of being a tyro

In weightlifting,

He has surprised

The weightlifting world

By lifting up exceptionally

Heavy weights. ```

Ultimatum

```

(last demand)

O my doubting mind,

My final ultimatum:

Either surrender to my faith-life

Or I shall leave you for good. ```

Uncouth

```

(lacking in good manners)

Although he appears

To be uncouth,

He has a heart

Vaster than the vastest. ```

Unfeigned

```

(genuine)

Your love of God

And surrender to God

Must be unfeigned

At every moment.

I am glad to notice that,

Like me,

You, too, have an unfeigned love

For nature's beauty. ```

Untoward

```

(regrettable)

Alas,

Untoward circumstances prevent me

From praying in the morning

And from meditating in the evening. ```

Valedictory

```

(farewell)

In his valedictory address to earth

He said, "Mother-Earth,

My soul is carrying me

To its celestial abode,

But I am leaving behind with you

My soulful gratitude-heart."

My soul's valedictory message:

"Smile to Heaven was too short."

My heart's valedictory message:

"Cry to earth will be too long." ```

Valetudinarian

```

(person in poor health)

True, I am a valetudinarian,

But that does not mean

That I shall not be able to invoke

God's Compassion-Eye to cure me,

My ignorance-illness.

```

Venerable

```

(worthy of respect)

He is venerable

Both for his wisdom-light

And for his sacrifice-heart.

```

Vicarious

```

(to feel as one's own experience)

My dear friend,

I experience a vicarious joy

In your tennis success-glory.

```

Villify

```

(slander)

A oneness-heart will never villify

Others' name and fame

And mountain-achievements.

```

Volition

```

(choice)

My present

Self-surrender-light

Is of my own volition.

```

Vying

```

(contending)

I am not vying

With any God-seeker

For God's

Extra Compassion-Light. ```

Wane

```

(fade)

Have a purity-breath.

If not, your aspiration-heart

Will wane.

```

Wary

```

(cautious)

Be wary!

Your doubting mind

Can blight your loving faith.

```

Welkin

```

(sky)

I am dauntlessly determined

To make my inner welkin ring

With my heart's sleepless

Aspiration-cry.

Live in your heart-welkin

To be ever happy. ```

Welter

```

(wallow)

How long will you welter

In ignorance-mire?

Although his mind welters

In the pleasures of ignorance-life,

His aspiration-heart has made

Its unconditional surrender

To God's Will.

```

Whit

```

(smallest fragment)

You do not have

A whit of love.

How can God cherish you?

```

Winsome

```

(agreeable)

Because you are winsome,

The world within

And the world without

Are all for you

```

Wizen

```

(wither)

Doubt-heat wizens

Devotion-plants. ```

Wont

```

(regular habit)

As is my wont,

I sing God-songs

Every morning and every evening.

```

Wreak

```

(inflict)

I am a purity-heart.

Wreak not your wild anger

On me.

```

Xenophile

```

(one who is fond of the foreign life)

I love all climes

As my very own;

I am more than

A xenophile. ```

Zenith

```

(highest point)

When my heart-sun

Is at its zenith,

My Lord tells me

I am another God. ```

Zephyr

```

(gentle breeze)

Zephyrs are blowing.

My heart is all inspiration.

My boat is reaching

The Golden Shore. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Come, my non-English friends! Let us together climb up the English Himalayas, Agni Press, 1988
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