Enthusiasm, part 6

Your Happiness-Child

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My Lord, make me

Your happiness-child.

— Chinmoy

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My Dear Lord, I Have Forgotten

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My dear Lord, I have forgotten:

Do tell me if You have given me anything

To bring down from Heaven to earth.

“My child, I have given you My Vision-Eye

To bring down from Heaven to earth.” ```

My Dear Lord, What Will You Give Me?

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My dear Lord,

What will You give me to carry

From earth to Heaven?

“My child, I shall give you

My Manifestation-Feet

To carry from earth to Heaven.”

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When I Die

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My Supreme Lord, when I die

Will I be able to go to Heaven?

“My child, if you live in your mind-confusion, no.

But if you live in your heart-devotion,

Then, definitely, yes.”

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My Dear Lord, Please Tell Me

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My dear Lord, please tell me

What is ahead of me?

“My child, the Beauty

Of My Compassion- Eye.”

And what is behind me?

“The Assurance

Of My Forgiveness-Heart.” ```

Dearer Than the Dearest

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Dearer than the dearest

To God’s Heart

Is my heart

Of cheerful self-giving.

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I Pray and Pray and Pray

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I pray and pray and pray

When my life needs God.

I meditate, I meditate, I meditate

When my heart loves God.

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Time Immediately Disappears

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Time immediately disappears

When my Lord Beloved Supreme

Appears before me. ```

My Heart's Only Dream

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My Supreme, my Supreme, my Supreme

Your Victory is my heart’s only dream. ```

Sweet, Sweeter, Sweetest (2)

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Sweet, sweeter, sweetest,

Pure, purer, purest

Are gratitude-tears.

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My Lord, My Only Prayer to You (1)

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My Lord, my only prayer to You

Is this:

Do continue to remain

Fully in charge of my life.

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Forgiveness Is the Only Real Happiness

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Forgiveness is the only real happiness

That lasts.

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"God, Give Me!" (2)

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“God, give me!”

This is a wrong and improper prayer.

“God, take me!”

This is the right and proper prayer. ```

I Love God Because

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I love God because

That is the only thing worth doing.

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God Desires My Life to Be

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God desires my life to be

His Lotus-Heart-home.

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God Loves to Be Chased

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God loves to be chased

By my heart-cries.

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Keep Singing

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Keep singing, keep singing!

God will soon be arriving.

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I Have Only One Mantra

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I have only one mantra:

My Master will never desert me.

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I Want to Worship God

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I want to worship God,

But God wants me to amuse Him.

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Our Comedies and Tragedies

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Our comedies reach

God’s Mind-Door.

Our tragedies reach

God’s Heart-Room. ```

By Entertaining

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By entertaining,

God makes His Heaven-children happy.

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By Enlightening

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By enlightening,

God makes His earth-children happy.

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A Real Joke

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When we tell God that we love Him only,

God, in silence speaks, “A real joke.”

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Humour

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Humour is my life’s

Fear and tear-killer. ```

God's Sense of Humour

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God’s sense of humour

Is my life’s protection-armour. ```

God's Way Is Always Flooded

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God’s Way is always flooded

With good humour. ```

A Sense of Humour

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If you do not have a sense of humour,

Then God will not choose you

To be in His close company.

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The Heart of Every Real God-Seeker

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The heart of every real God-seeker

Is God-obedience.

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Each Seeker Is an Unhorizoned Dream (2)

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Each seeker is

An unhorizoned dream

Of God’s Vision-Eye. ```

My Utter Desire-Failure

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My utter desire-failure

Was the very beginning

Of my aspiration-success. ```

May My Heart Remain Always Hungry

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May my heart remain always hungry

For oneness-happiness.

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My Surrender-Victory-Drum

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God Himself proudly beats

My surrender-victory-drum.

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God's Vision-Eye

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God’s Vision-Eye is the home

Of all my sweet dreams. ```

My Heart Is a God-Made Flute-Melody

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My heart is a God-made

Flute-melody.

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The Heart-Flute Plays Only Angel-Notes

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The heart-flute plays only

Angel-notes.

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The Music of a Drum

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There was a time when my life was

The music of a drum.

Now my life has become

The melody of a flute.

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When My Mind Salutes God

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When my mind salutes God,

He immediately plays

His Rhapsody-Flute. ```

O My Life-Flute

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O my life-flute, dream.

O my heart-flute, sing.

O my soul-flute, smile. ```

God's Loud Organ-Waves

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In the morning, I love

God’s loud organ-waves.

In the evening, I love

God’s sweet flute-sea. ```

It Is Your Fault

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It is your fault, and not God’s,

That your life-flute is totally mute.

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While He Plays on His Flute

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While He plays on His Flute,

My Lord Krishna brings down

His own Divinity’s Summit-Peace

And Summit-Bliss.

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Play Your Eagerness-Flute

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Play your eagerness-flute

On your way to God’s Palace.

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May My Heart-Flute Play

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May my heart-flute play

The melody of my gratitude-breath.

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My Piano Says to My Flute

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My piano says to my flute,

“I am God’s unhorizoned promise.”

My flute says to my piano,

“I am God’s secret breath.”

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God Drinks and Drinks

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God drinks and drinks and drinks

His Ecstasy-Flute-Melody.

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My Cello and My Flute

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My cello is my blazing

Sun-mind-pride.

My flute is my sailing

Moon-heart-ride.

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My Esraj and My Flute

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My esraj is my soul’s

Zenith-message-height.

My flute is my life-journey’s

Light-delight. ```

The Journey Within

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The journey within

Begins with flute-sweetness.

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Your Childlike Heart

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Your childlike heart has made you

God’s sweetness-flute.

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My Heart-Flute

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My heart-flute

My morning prayer. ```

The God-Arrival-Flute

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Only the aspiring heart

Plays the God-Arrival-flute. ```

My Lord, You Have Tried

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My Lord, You have tried

To wake me up

With Your magic Flute.

Alas, You have failed.

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The Golden Flute Is Beckoning You

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The golden Flute is beckoning you.

Do not remain attached to the past.

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My Lord's Compassion-Fount (2)

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My life is my Lord’s Compassion-fount.

I must arrive at His Summit-Mount. ```

My Heart Is Brave (1)

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My heart is brave, supremely brave.

No more I am my mind’s bond-slave.

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Keep Crying

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Keep crying, keep crying,

God will soon be descending.

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Keep Striving

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Keep striving, keep striving,

Your life will soon be thriving.

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No More My Mind Boss

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No more, no more my mind boss.

It is all gain, it is all gain, no loss.

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God Is Ready With You to Play (1)

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God is ready with you to play.

Do not delay, do not delay, do not delay. ```

I Am a Heart-Musician

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I am a heart-musician.

My only goal: God-union.

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Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

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Surprise, surprise, surprise!

I have won my Lord’s Pride-Prize.

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I Love My Lord, I Love My Lord

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I love my Lord, I love my Lord.

Therefore, I cry and cry.

I need my Lord, I need my Lord.

Therefore, I try and try.

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Run Away from the Mind's Confines

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Run, run, run away

From the mind’s confines. ```

My Lord Beloved Invites My Heart

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My Lord Beloved invites my heart

To ride on Heaven-high aspiration-waves.

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My Heart's Only One Dilemma

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My heart’s only one dilemma:

Justice-Light or Forgiveness-Delight? ```

My Lord's Compassion-Eye Appears

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My Lord’s Compassion-Eye appears.

My wild desire-hunger-life disappears. ```

My Self-Doubt Blizzard

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My self-doubt-blizzard, no more!

I am at the Golden Shore.

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I Love Freedom

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I love freedom, I need freedom,

My life is all freedom-delight.

I live in my Lord’s Heart-Kingdom.

No more darkness, no bondage-night.

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When I Am in My Heart

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When I am in my heart,

I sing Heaven-songs.

When I am in my soul,

I write earth-stories.

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My Heart Thrives

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My heart thrives

On my God-love-reminiscences.

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My Self-Giving Life

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My self-giving life

Is my Lord’s most favourite story.

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God Eagerly Waits

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God eagerly waits

For my heart-book-publication.

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Each Divinely Inspired Thought

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Each divinely inspired thought

My life’s masterpiece. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Enthusiasm, part 6, 2004
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