Father, I think of You so much,
Do You ever think of me?“Daughter, I do think of you.
But I think of you in My own Way.”Father, I meditate on You so much.
Do You ever meditate on me?“Daughter, I do meditate on you.
But I meditate on you in My own Way.Father, I love You so much.
Do You love me?“Daughter, I do love you.
But I love you in My own Way.”Father, what will happen
If You once please me in my own way?“Daughter, if I please you
In your own way,Your little ‘I’ will be overfed and fall sick
And die before it gets its own Illumination,And
Your divine Self will starve,And remain unmanifested.
Further, this will engenderMy immediate death.”
```Today’s man of Action
Was Yesterday’s Dreamer.Today’s man of Action
Shall be Tomorrow’s Path-finder.Today’s man of Light
Was Yesterday’s Seeker.Today’s man of Light
Shall be Tomorrow’s earth-Transformer. ```Desire is the essence
Of a desiring man.Doubt is the essence
Of a blinding man.Fear is the essence
Of a bound man.Aspiration is the essence
Of an aspiring man.Bliss is the essence
Of a serving man.Surrender is the essence
Of a God-man. ```Difference of ideas is good.
I say thisBecause
Other things are bad.Difference of convictions is better.
I say thisBecause
Other things are worse.Difference of realisations
Is by far the best.I say this
BecauseOther things are absolutely the worst.
```Defeat
Is a bad failure.Despair
Is a worse failure.Not to try again
Is the worst failure.Victory
Is a good success.Progress
Is a better success.Surrender
Is the best success. ```Your promise to God
Is God’s highest Pride.Your promise to man
Is man’s strongest anxiety.Your promise to Heaven
Is Heaven’s nectar-delight.Your promise to earth
Is earth’s frustration-night. ```He hates himself
BecauseHe finds evil in everything.
He hates himself
BecauseHe finds everything evil.
He hates himself
BecauseHe desired to deceive God.
He hates himself
BecauseHe desired to deceive his life.
```The eyes of her Master
Serve faster than his hands.The heart of her Master
Serves faster than his eyes.The trance of her Master
Serves faster than his heart. ```Experience tells me
How foolish I was.Experience tells me
How wise I can be.Experience tells me
How silly all my mistakes were.Experience tells me
How I can easily be perfectNext time.
```He is lost.
He has no choice,He has no voice.
He has lostWhat he had:
Poise, inner poise.He has forgotten
What he knew:Joy, inner joy.
He has smashedWhat he built:
His Palace, his inner Palace. ```Some call it
Cosmic evolution.Others call it
Life’s transformation.I call it
God’s transcending Perfection.Some call it
Bitter frustration.Others call it
Wild destruction.I call it
God’s challenging Revolution. ```Pure overstatement
Lives in the PalaceOf Falsehood.
Gross understatementLives in the Palace
Of Falsehood.Self-discovery
Lives in the PalaceOf Truth.
God-masteryLives in the Palace
Of Truth. ```I unconsciously
Ascended from a monkey.God consciously
Descended from the skies.I unconsciously
Offered GodMy only treasure:
Cry, heart’s cry.God consciously
Offered meHis transcendental Treasure:
Smile, Goal’s Smile. ```Her vital triumphed
Over her heart,But failed
To conquer her heart.Her mind confused
Her heart,But failed
To weaken her heart.Her body forgot to love
Her heart,But failed
To ignore her heart. ```Checked, her vital strives.
Unchecked, her vital fights.Checked, her mind obeys.
Unchecked, her mind doubts.Checked, her heart offers.
Unchecked, her heart rests.But checked or unchecked,
Her body sleeps. ```Poor Equality,
I really feel sorry for you.In the morning
You are mercilesslyAvoided by others’
Clever responsibility.At noon
You are compelledTo dance with others’
Insincerity and futility.In the evening
Absurdity and impossibilityCome into your broken heart
Only to destroyYour entire existence.
```I believe in oneness.
A child adds his achievementsTo his parents’ achievements.
Thus the three become one.Here I hear the song of oneness,
Here I see the dance of oneness,Here I feel the reality of oneness.
But for me to sayA child’s achievements
Equal his father’s achievementsOr
His mother’s achievementsIs sheer stupidity.
You are on the top of the life-tree,He is in the middle of the life-tree,
I am at the foot of the life-tree.How can our achievements
Be equal?But we are one,
Undoubtedly one,Because we have established
Our inseparable onenessWith the life-tree.
```He who has stark audacity,
Claims the physical world.He who has dynamic energy,
Claims the vital world.He who has silver dreams,
Claims the mental world.He who has divine love,
Claims the psychic world. ```He is your friend
BecauseHe hides the truth about you.
He is your enemy
BecauseHe tells the truth about you.
My God is your friend
BecauseHe teaches you
Secretly and devotedly.My God is your enemy
BecauseHe examines you
Carefully, strictly, impartially,Openly and publicly.
```There is no little enemy.
A wee fearTortures our whole existence.
A tiny doubtDevours our entire being.
A puny jealousyDestroys our universal oneness.
```There is no little friend.
An iota of faithEnergises my entire being.
A small fraction of love
Elevates my whole existenceTo Heaven.
An insignificant portion of surrender
Makes me one,Inseparably one,
With Infinity. ```Machines
Unconsciously aspireTo become men.
Men
Consciously aspireTo become machines.
In machines,
God declaresHis lofty Pride.
In men,
God declaresHis sad disappointment.
```Is he a saint?
Catch him,Strike him,
Kill him,Since he is not
Adding anythingTo our world’s
Practical and real life.Ah, he is gone!
He is dead!His silent gaze
We miss so deeply.His pure life
We miss so badly.His heart of compassion
We miss so sadly.His soul of illumination
We miss so unmistakably.Alas, he is gone!
No more our saint is with us. ```Father, I confess my insecurity.
Therefore will You not bless me?“Daughter, I am not a priest.
Therefore I am not entitledTo accept your confession.
But I shall bless youFor something else.”
Father, I confess my jealousy.
Therefore will You not bless me?“Daughter, I am not a priest.
Therefore I am not entitledTo accept your confession.
But I shall bless youFor something else.”
Father, what is that thing
That You will bless me for?“Daughter, I shall bless you
BecauseYou are My own
Searching and struggling,Aspiring and evolving Self.”
```He fails
BecauseHe never tries.
I failBecause
I hesitate to try.Faith never fails
BecauseIt always tries.
Love never failsBecause
It constantly does. ```O self-confessed Failure,
Do you know your other name?Your other name is
Deplorable helplessness.O self-confessed Doubt,
Do you know your other name?Your other name is
Deplorable destruction. ```Doubter,
Flatter me not.You
Are a thief in disguise.Doubter,
Inspire me not.You
Are a rogue in disguise.Doubter,
Love me not.You
Are a butcher in disguise. ```I call him a fool
BecauseHe knows not something
Today.Ah, I am so lucky
That God did not call meA fool
Yesterday,Although I myself did not know
That very thing yesterday.The main difference
BetweenGod and me is this:
God illumines His worldThrough loving forgiveness.
I illumine my worldThrough shameless cleverness.
```He is weak.
ThereforeHe cannot afford to forgive.
You are strong.Therefore
You can afford to forgive.I am unwise.
ThereforeI know not how to forgive.
God is wise.Therefore
He is all Forgiveness. ```He is not free,
AlthoughHe is the King.
She is not free,Although
She is the Queen.He is not free
BecauseHe enjoys living
In the world of mental confusion.She is not free
BecauseShe enjoys living
In the world of vital depression. ```Three times
I thought of my futureSeriously.
First time when I thoughtOf my future,
My Lord said to me:“My daughter, do not ignore
My Compassion for you.”Second time when I thought
Of my future,My Lord said to me:
“My daughter, do not underestimateMy Concern for you.”
Third time when I thoughtOf my future,
My Lord said to me:“My daughter, do not forget
My Love for you.” ```She is sincere,
ThereforeShe aspires more
Than she normally can.She is devoted.
ThereforeShe loves more
Than she possibly can. ```He believes in God
Even though his doubtsConstantly speak against God.
He believes in God
Even though his failuresConstantly speak against God.
He believes in God
Even though God’s entire creationConstantly misunderstands him.
```My unconditional surrender
Is the only wealthThat I offer to God.
My devoted service
Is the only wealthThat I offer to man.
My soulful gratitude
Is the only wealthThat I offer
To both God and man. ```Doubt is self-punishment,
Faith is self-enfoldment.Fear is self-punishment,
Courage is self-refreshment.Division is self-punishment,
Unity is self-enlightenment.Hate is self-punishment,
Love is self-fulfilment. ```You follow;
Let me command.God is there to watch.
You command;
Let me follow.God is there to watch.
You shall follow;
God will command.I shall be there to watch.
I shall follow;
God will command.You shall be there to watch.
This is the only way
To become the seeker,The Master,
The Supreme. ```Look at the folly of his heart!
His heart feels that all men areHelpless.
Look at the folly of his mind!
His mind thinks that all men areSenseless.
Look at the folly of his vital!
His vital declares that all men areUseless.
Look at the folly of his body!
His body knows that all men areHomeless.
```An injured lover
Lives in hell.A doubtful seeker
Lives in hell.A misunderstood Master
Lives in hell.A demanding beginner
Lives in hell.An unsought adviser
Lives in hell.Let you and me
Live in Heaven.Where is Heaven?
Heaven is justBeside hell.
```He is the great winner
Who wins.He is the greater winner
Who is the cheerful loser.He is the greatest winner
Who gives equal valueTo victory and defeat.
He alone is the real loser
Who separatesDefeat from victory.
```Heart offers its love,
It cannot be bought.Soul offers its joy.
It cannot be caught.Truth reveals itself.
It cannot be demanded.Peace spreads itself.
It cannot be commanded. ```He is.
He is a reasoning animal.He is not.
He is not a reasonable animal.He has.
He has the false capacityTo admire all.
He does not have.He does not have the admirable capacity
To aspire at all. ```He who inspires you
Is your real teacher.He who loves you
Is your real teacher.He who forces you
Is your real teacher.He who perfects you
Is your real teacher.He who treasures you
Is your real teacher. ```Defects of the heart
Love can cure.Defects of the vital
Power can cure.Defects of the body
Compassion can cure.Defects of the mind
Nothing can cure,None can cure,
Only God can cure.And
He does it cheerfully,He does it unconditionally.
```If I
Do not change my doubting mindImmediately,
Then there is a safe placeFor me:
A grand mental asylum.If I
Cannot change my doubting mindDecisively,
Then there is a safer placeFor me:
An enormous coffin.If I
Cherish my doubting mindDeliberately,
Then there is the safest placeFor me:
A vast burial ground. ```When he lives
In his heart,He descends
Into the natureOf a lamb.
When he lives
In his mind,He descends
Into the natureOf a monkey.
When he lives
In his vital,He descends
Into the natureOf a wolf.
When he lives
In his body,He descends
Into the natureOf a snake.
```A man
With a bad reputationIs already
Half-hanged.A man
With a good reputationIs already
HalfwayTo Heaven.
A man
With no reputationIs already
Half-lostTo the world
AndTo Heaven.
```What is God’s Call?
God’s Call is the beginningOf a supernal Vision.
What is a Vision?A Vision is something
That leads usTo an immortal Decision.
What is a Decision?A Decision is today’s Kite
Of AspirationAnd
Tomorrow’s SkyOf Realisation.
```Inner obedience, inner obedience:
What is it,If not a divine opportunity?
Outer obedience, outer obedience:What is it,
If not a glowing beauty?My inner obedience
Carries me to my Lord SupremeSooner than at once.
My outer obedienceBrings me to my Lord Supreme
Slowly, steadily and unerringly. ```One man can save the world.
Who is that man?That man is the man of Compassion.
One woman can save the world.Who is that woman?
That woman is the woman of Perfection.Where does the man
Of Compassion live?He lives in the Abode
Of God’s Transcendental Pride.Where does the woman
Of Perfection live?She lives in the Abode
Of God’s Eternal Gratitude. ```Father, how can I
Make You always happy?“Daughter,
Think of Me more.Think of the world more.
Think of yourself more.”Father, please tell me how.
“Daughter,Think from today
That I am your only Thinker.Think from today
That the world is your only thought.Think from today
That you are of My Heart-DreamAnd
You are for My Life-Reality.” ```From:Sri Chinmoy,The Dance of Life, part 19, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973
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