Enthusiasm, part 3

Every Day We Must Fulfil

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Every day we must fulfil

Our God-manifestation-responsibilities

With redoubled enthusiasm.

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My Self-Giving Drill

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My self-giving drill

Is God’s Heartbeat-Thrill.

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I Bid Adieu to My Self-Indulgence

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I bid adieu to my self-indulgence.

God gives me back my self-effulgence.

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The Mind-Prayer

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The mind-prayer

A long-distance call to God. ```

The Heart-Meditation

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The heart-meditation

A local call to God. ```

Frustration Is a Useless Zero

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Frustration is a useless zero.

Enthusiasm is a real hero.

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Things That Money-Power Cannot Buy

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Things that money-power cannot buy:

God’s Pride and God’s Satisfaction.

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God-Aspiration-Beauty

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God-aspiration-beauty I was.

God-realisation-fragrance I now am.

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The Ancient Sincerity

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The ancient sincerity

Is needed

For the modern peace. ```

Prayer-Cries Strengthen

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Prayer-cries strengthen.

Meditation-smiles enlighten.

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Prayer-Fulfilment

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Prayer-fulfilment

A future tense. ```

Meditation-Fulfilment

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Meditation-fulfilment is a present tense. ```

Every Mother Is an Angel

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Every mother is an angel.

Every father is a camel.

Every brother is a dog.

Every sister is a frog.

Every grandmother/father is indulgence.

Every child is, indeed, effulgence.

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Stop Not

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Stop not, stop not, stop not!

By ignorance never be caught!

Go forward, go forward!

Fly upward, dive inward!

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Gratitude-Plant

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Gratitude-plant

Does not grow on earth.

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Transformation-Seed

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Transformation-seed

Does not germinate

In Heaven. ```

God-Hunger

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God-hunger is the world’s

Unparalleled victory.

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Peace of Mind

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Peace of mind

Always succeeds.

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Love of God Always Proceeds

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Love of God

Always proceeds.

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I Acquire Peace (2)

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I acquire peace,

Not from solitude,

But from world-servitude.

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It Is Only Through Inner Peace (2)

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It is only through inner peace

That we can have true outer freedom. ```

Trials in the Outer World

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Trials in the outer world

Awaken you.

Trials in the inner world

Illumine you.

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To Silence Enthusiasm

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To silence enthusiasm

At any time

Is absolutely wrong. ```

Serve the Crying Earth

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Serve the crying earth,

You will be happy.

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Patience Is Not Peace

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Patience is not peace,

But patience shows us

The way to peace. ```

Allow Failure to Teach You

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Allow failure to teach you

A supreme lesson:

Each sunset is the beginning

Of a very, very bright and powerful sunrise.

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Tasteless Are the Mind-Frowns

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Tasteless are the mind-frowns. ```

Delicious Are the Heart-Smiles

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Delicious are the heart-smiles. ```

Earth-Knowledge

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Earth-knowledge teaches the mind. ```

Heaven-Wisdom

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Heaven-wisdom

Enriches the heart.

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God the Heart

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God the Heart forgives. ```

God the Eye

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God the Eye erases. ```

God the Mind

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God the Mind forgets. ```

God the Smile

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God the Smile embraces. ```

Old Age Is a New Page

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Old age is a new page

And not a broken cage.

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I Know, Even at the Very Top

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I know, even at the very top

I shall not stop, I shall not stop!

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Every Day, Hours and Hours

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Every day, hours and hours and hours,

I take my Lord’s Blessing-Showers.

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From High Above

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From high above

My fragrance-soul spoke.

From low below

My beauty-heart awoke.

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O Heart of Aspiration

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O heart of aspiration,

No, no, never vacation!

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O, Leave the School of the Mind

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O, leave the school of the mind

If God you want to find.

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No Gloom, No Doom

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No gloom, no doom, no gloom, no doom

In my sleepless God-love-heart-room.

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Ignorance-Night I Dare

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Ignorance-night I dare.

Wisdom-delight I share.

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O My Hopeless Mind

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O my hopeless mind,

Sleep, sleep, sleep.

O my hopeful heart,

Leap, leap, leap!

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When My Lord Is Sadly Missing

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When my Lord is sadly missing,

The whole world starts ruthlessly hissing.

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Mine Is the Breath of Gratitude

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Mine is the breath of gratitude.

Mine is the heart of beatitude.

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God Loves Me More Than I Love Him

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God loves me more than I love Him.

More than my heart, He treasures my dream.

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Never Say No to Your God-Oneness-Heart

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Never say no to your God-oneness-heart

If you want to smash asunder ignorance-dart.

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Sweet Is Devotion

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Sweet is devotion, pure is devotion, sure is devotion.

Cry, cry, cry, cry day in, day out, for illumination.

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Blue Sky, Red Sun

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Blue sky, red sun, I love you both.

Your smile-blossoms, my solemn oath.

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A Vastness-Sky and a Vastness-Ocean

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A vastness-sky and a vastness-ocean my mind is.

Therefore, my heart is all peace and all bliss.

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For God's Nectar-Feet

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For God’s Nectar-Feet I cry, I cry, I cry.

He instead gives me His Heart-Wings

To fly and fly and fly.

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I Sing for God

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I sing for God, God sings for me.

My tears, His Smiles, a fulness-tree.

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When God Is In

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When God is in, all peace, no din.

When God is out, I cry, I shout.

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O World-Peace-Nations

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O world-peace-nations,

You are my heart-destinations.

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Old Age Is a New Soul

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Old age is a new soul

With a self-transcendence-goal.

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O, There Shall Come a Time

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O, there shall come a time when I shall fly

In my Supreme Beloved’s golden Heart-Sky.

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When I Feel Forsaken

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When I feel forsaken,

I am all mistaken.

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No, My Heart Is Not Blind

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No, my heart is not blind, not blind.

Soon my Lord’s Feet my heart shall find.

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One with God-Thought

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Stop not, stop not, stop not, stop not

Until you are one with God-thought.

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Do Not Worry

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Do not worry, do not worry,

Yours will be poison-curry.

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My Ruthless Mind

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My ruthless mind, give me a break.

I want to swim in my heart-lake.

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I Heed My Lord

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I heed my Lord, I heed my Lord, I heed.

This is, indeed, in my life my only need.

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Humanity

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Humanity, humanity,

O come and clasp divinity.

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We Achieve Nothing by Lying

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We achieve nothing by lying.

We receive everything by striving.

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To Give My Lord the Utmost Joy

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To give my Lord the utmost joy

I must become His choicest toy.

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With the Beauty of My Outer Running

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With the beauty of my outer running

And with the fragrance of my inner running

I shall make my God-manifestation a must. ```

My Heart Is a God-Gratitude-Song

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My heart is a God-gratitude-song. ```

My Life Is a God-Beatitude-Flute

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My life is a God-beatitude-flute.

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My Soul Is a God-Plenitude-Dream

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My soul is a God-plenitude-dream. ```

I Adore God's Protection-Arms

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I adore God’s Protection-Arms.

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I Love God's Compassion-Eye

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I love God’s Compassion-Eye.

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I Worship God's Forgiveness-Feet

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I worship God’s Forgiveness-Feet.

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My Lord's Grace Begins

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My Lord’s Grace begins;

My helpless life ends. ```

I Give God a Piece of Good News

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I give God a piece of good news.

God gives me His Emperor-Smiles.

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I Give God My Proud Views

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I give God my proud views.

God gives me His Orphan-Tears.

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The Outer Run

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The outer run inspires me

To go and see God.

The inner run inspires me

To come and sit at God’s Feet.

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My Esraj

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No joke, no fun, no joke, no fun, no joke, no fun!

My esraj has made me a famed musician.

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My Piano's Madness-Surprise

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No joke, no fun, no joke, no fun!

My piano’s madness-surprise

Tells my inner world,

“Quick, quick, quick, quick!

Arise, arise, arise!”

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I Tell My Lord to Wait for a While

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I tell my Lord to wait for a while

To watch my life’s perfection-smile.

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All My Desires

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All my desires have only one name:

Shame, shame,

A birthless, deathless shame. ```

My Lord Beloved Heaves a Long Sigh

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My Lord Beloved heaves a long sigh

When my God-doubting mind comes nigh.

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To Love Running in the Morning

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To love running in the morning

Is the beginning of my God-pleasing life.

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I Know God Through My Poems (2)

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I know God through my poems.

I claim God in my songs. ```

My Smiles Are God in Action (2)

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My smiles are God in action,

And so are my tears. ```

I Love to Speak to God (2)

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I love to speak to God

In my sound-armoury.

God loves to speak to me

In His Silence-Room. ```

I Do My Job: I Preach (2)

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I do my job:

I preach.

God does His Job:

He practises. ```

In God's Spare Time He Asks My Heart (2)

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In God’s spare time,

He asks my heart

To clasp His Eye.

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My Lord, I Have Won Your Victory-Face

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My Lord, I have won, Your Victory-Face

By running every day Your morning race.

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My Heart Needs Only One Freedom (2)

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My heart needs

Only one freedom:

The freedom to dream.

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A Depressed Heart (2)

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A depressed heart means

A confessed failure. ```

The Farther Away I Am (1)

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The farther away I am

From my inner hunger,

The greater is my outer insecurity. ```

Two Souls Meet to Promise

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Two souls meet to promise.

Two hearts meet to love.

Two minds meet to challenge. ```

Detachment

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Detachment is man’s

Never-failing smile. ```

Faith Cures My Sorrows (2)

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Faith cures my sorrows.

Love feeds my morrows.

Peace fulfils my life.

Bliss cancels death-knife. ```

My Inner Hunger Cries (1)

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My inner hunger cries,

My life of beauty flies.

My dream-boat-heart sails.

It never, never, fails.

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Arise! Awake! Arise! Awake!

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Arise! Awake! Arise! Awake!

To swim in your silver heart-lake.

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Awake! Arise! Awake! Arise!

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Awake! Arise! Awake! Arise!

To win your Lord’s Smile-flooded prize.

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My Heart and I Must Never Fail

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My heart and I must never fail

To blaze a newness-oneness-trail.

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I Am All Joy

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I am all joy, I am all joy:

God has made me His choicest toy.

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My World Is Joy

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My world is joy, my heart is love.

Each thought of mine comes from Above.

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The Peaceful Home of My Soul

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I live in the peaceful home of my soul;

Therefore, I am beckoned by Goal.

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I Praise My Lord

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I praise my Lord; He does the same.

This is the way we play our game.

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I Sail My Tiny Life-Boat

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I sail my tiny life-boat,

I sail and sail and sail,

All day and night in detail. ```

Never I Think of My Past

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Never I think of my past —

Worthless and useless dust.

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My Past Was a God-Unsung Song

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My past was a God-unsung song.

My present is a God-realised gong.

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For Her (Him) My Morning Call

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For her (him) my morning call

Who is my Lord’s choicest doll.

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I Was Born to Succeed

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I was born to succeed;

Never, never to fail.

And mine is the life-boat

That shall sleeplessly sail.

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Only Tears Succeed

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Only tears succeed.

All else fails.

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Change

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Change favours

The awakened hearts.

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I Can Be the Master of My Thoughts

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I can be the master of my thoughts,

I can be.

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I Know My Limits

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I know my limits,

But I must exceed them.

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One Dream, Million Dreamers

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One dream, million dreamers.

One goal, billion seekers.

One life, trillion livers. ```

Never Give Up

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Never give up, never give up,

Never give up!

Never admit your failure! ```

The Invisible Can Be Perceived

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The invisible can be perceived.

The impossible can be achieved.

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My Heart, My Heart

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My heart, my heart, open your door.

Ignorance-night no more, no more!

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My Mind Enjoys the Hour of Night

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My mind enjoys the hour of night.

My heart enjoys the day of light.

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Face Darkness, Face

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Face darkness, face,

To win the race.

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I Am at Home

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I am at home only when

I, with my Master, roam.

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God's Heart Cradles My Crying Heart

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God’s Heart cradles my crying heart.

God’s Eye cradles my serving life. ```

We All Enjoy Earth-Pleasure

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We all enjoy earth-pleasure,

Denying God’s Heaven-Treasure.

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No Atom Is Empty of God's Will

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No atom is empty of God’s Will.

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My Heart Lives in Aspiration-Days

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My heart lives in aspiration-days.

My mind lives in desire-ages.

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Desire Monopolises

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Desire monopolises.

Aspiration harmonises.

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Halfway to Heaven

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A self-giving life

Halfway to Heaven. ```

God-Advisers Are All-Where

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God-advisers are all-where.

God-listeners are nowhere.

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You Cannot Be God's Dove

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You cannot be God’s dove

If you are your ego-love. ```

I Wish to Hear from God

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I wish to hear from God

His Life-Stories.

God wishes to hear from me

My heart-songs.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Enthusiasm, part 3, 2002
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