My Early Morning Prayer-Journeys, part 1

1.

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My Lord,

Early in the morning

I love and worship

Your beautiful Eye

And beautiful Feet.

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2.

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My Lord,

During the day

I love and worship

Your powerful Eye

And powerful Feet.

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3.

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My Lord,

In the evening

I love and worship

Your peaceful Eye

And peaceful Feet.

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4.1

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My Lord,

At night

I love and worship

Your merciful, Godful

And good-bye Eye

And Feet.

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EMP 1-4. Sanya, China, 5 December 2004↩

5.

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My Lord loves

To whisper

All His Answers.

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6.

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Forgivers

Are immediate and everlasting

Happiness-enjoyers.

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7.

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The heart-givers

Are the life-transformers

Of the world.

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8.2

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God does not want me

To count His Miracles.

He wants me to count

Only my God-love-heart-tears.

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EMP 5-8. Sanya, China, 6 December 2004↩

9.

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When I sing,

My Lord smiles at me

Lovingly.

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10.

When I sing soulfully,

My Lord blesses me

Powerfully.

11.

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When I sing soulfully,

Devotedly and self-givingly,

My Lord embraces me

Immediately. ```

12.

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The lower I bend my head

To my Lord Supreme,

The deeper joy I receive

From Him. ```

13.3

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The quicker I touch

The Lotus-Feet

Of my Lord Supreme,

The stronger I feel Him,

Physically and spiritually.

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EMP 9-13. Sanya, China, 7 December 2004↩

14.

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I have

An eternal companion:

My heart’s inner poise.

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15.

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Every morning

I need

A newborn God-hunger.

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16.

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My earthly music

Is

My Heavenward journey.

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17.4

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My Heavenly music

Is the beauty

Of my universal life.

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EMP 14-17. Xiamen, China, 8 December 2004↩

18.

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I sleeplessly adore

My highest height. ```

19.

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I breathlessly love

My deepest depth. ```

20.

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God,

With His Power,

Comes down.

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21.

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God,

With His Compassion,

Lives on earth.

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22.5

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God,

With His Delight,

Returns.

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EMP 18-22. Xiamen, China, 9 December 2004↩

23.

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I must live

In my heart-home

At every moment.

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24.

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My prayers must reach

The four corners

Of the globe.

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25.

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My meditations must intensify

The God-hunger

Of every seeker.

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26.6

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I must offer my heart-tears,

Soul-smiles and life-gratitude

To my Lord Beloved Supreme

Unreservedly and unconditionally,

Every morning and every evening.

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EMP 23-26. Xiamen, China, 10 December 2004↩

27.

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I do not pray to God

To make me a great man —

No, no, no!

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28.

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I do not pray to God

To make me a good man —

No, no, no!

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29.

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I pray to God

To be His, only His,

All His.

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30.7

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I tell my Lord Beloved Supreme

That in every aspect of my life,

It is for Him to make

The decision,

And I will take His Decision

As final, absolutely final.

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EMP 27-30. Xiamen, China, 11 December 2004↩

31.

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This morning

I am a prayerful, soulful

And grateful

God-obedience-heart. ```

32.

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The mind desires

Constant God-Attention. ```

33.

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The heart desires

Sleepless God-Affection. ```

34.8

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My Lord Beloved Supreme

And I

Thrive on our mutual fondness.

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EMP 31-34. Xiamen, China, 12 December 2004↩

35.

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Every day

I am learning more and more

The divine art

Of unconditional surrender

To God’s Will.

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36.

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Even for a fleeting moment,

The pangs of

My God-separation-heart

Are unbearable. ```

37.

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With an inner thrill

I wait to receive

My Lord Supreme.

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38.9

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My heart-lotus

Blossoms only

At the Lotus-Feet

Of my Lord Supreme.

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EMP 35-38. Xiamen, China, 13 December 2004↩

39.

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This morning

My Lord said to me,

“My child,

Doers accomplish;

Talkers perish.

I want you

To be a doer.”

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40.

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I happily welcome

My sweet days.

I bravely welcome

My bitter days. ```

41.10

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God says to all the seekers

Of the world,

“Discipline your lives,

My children,

Discipline your lives!

If you do not, I shall force you, I shall force you.”

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EMP 39-41. Xiamen, China, 15 December 2004↩

42.

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My heart

Is made of

My Lord’s sweet Dreams.

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43.

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Every day

I dive deeper and deeper

Into my Lord’s

Compassion-Ocean-Eye. ```

44.

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On Eternity’s Road,

One by one all may leave me,

But not my Lord’s

Compassion-Eye. ```

45.11

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My Lord,

Not Power, not Light —

What I need from You

Is Peace,

Your Infinity’s Peace.

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EMP 42-45. Xiamen, China, 16 December 2004↩

46.

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I pray

In the temple of devotion

To receive Joy

From my Lord. ```

47.

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I meditate

In the temple of surrender

To receive Peace

From my Lord. ```

48.

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I love

My soaring heart-bird

And not

My roaring mind-lion. ```

49.12

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My mind sees

The tearful God.

My heart sees

The blissful God.

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EMP 46-49. Xiamen, China, 17 December 2004↩

50.

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My love, my devotion

And my surrender

Have God-Blood-relations.

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51.

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My Lord has been searching

For only one happy heart

In His vast Creation.

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52.

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A kind life

Is

A God-chosen life.

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53.13

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A kind heart

Is

A God-given heart.

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EMP 50-53. Xiamen, China, 18 December 2004↩

54.

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May my heart

Be a fountain

Of God-gratitude-tears.

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55.

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May my life

Be a sky

Of God-plenitude-smiles.

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56.

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My Lord is already

Inside my heart

With His Compassion-Eye

To grant me God-realisation. ```

57.14

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The Master sees his disciples

First inside his heart

And then in front of his eyes.

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EMP 54-57. Xiamen, China, 19 December 2004↩

58.

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I pray to God

With my aspiration-eyes. ```

59.

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I meditate on God

With my aspiration-heart. ```

60.

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I walk and run

Towards God

With my aspiration-legs.

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61.15

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God has appointed

My aspiration

To take me to Him

As soon as possible.

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EMP 58-61. Xiamen, China, 20 December 2004↩

62.

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God wants me

To be the promoter

Of all the inspiring things

That are taking place

Here on earth.

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63.

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Quite often

The courage of the mind

Plays the role of an absentee.

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64.

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My Lord gets

A shocking experience from me

When I do not adequately care for His Creation.

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65.16

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God always keeps me

Inside His Heart-Home

No matter how badly I fare

In my aspiration-life.

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EMP 62-65. Qingdao, China, 25 December 2004↩

66.

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Beautiful

Is

My heart-awakening.

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67.

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Blissful

Is

My God-remembrance.

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68.

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Painful

Is

My God-forgetfulness.

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69.17

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Our divine qualities

Brighten and gladden

The Eye

Of our Lord Supreme.

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EMP 66-69. Qingdao, China, 26 December 2004↩

70.

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My love, my devotion

And my surrender

Will remain my unfailing friends

Right to the very end. ```

71.

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What I badly need

Is a peace-flooded

Silence-heart.

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72.

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World-harmony

And world-union

Remain the unrealised dreams

Of our age. ```

73.18

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I prayerfully welcome

Every morning

The silence-arrival

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme

At my heart-door.

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EMP 70-73. Qingdao, China, 28 December 2004↩

74.

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My heart’s capacity

To feel God’s Compassion-Rain

Is far beyond the imagination

Of my mind. ```

75.

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My Lord,

How is it that every time

I want to give You

Everything that I have

And everything that I am,

I sadly fail?

“My child,

Develop more intensity

In your devotion to Me.”

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76.

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O where can I get a passport

To enter into my Lord’s

Heart-Home-Land?

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77.19

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God tells me

That if I can silence my mind,

Then He will give me

A free entry

Into all the countries

In His Creation.

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EMP 74-77. Qingdao, China, 29 December 2004↩

Editor's preface to the first edition

During his trip to China from November 2004 to February 2005, Sri Chinmoy was inspired to offer a number of prayers very early in the morning, when he came down from his hotel room to go out walking. These 160 prayers are published in two volumes.

From:Sri Chinmoy,My Early Morning Prayer-Journeys, part 1, Agni Press, 2005
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