Enthusiasm, part 8

God's Eye Examines All and Sundry

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God’s Eye examines all and sundry —

With no exception. ```

God's Heart Examines Only the Chosen Few

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God’s Heart examines only

The chosen few. ```

Every Day Is a Holiday

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Every day is a holiday

For my God-surrender-life.

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I Must Be the Winner

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I must be the winner in the race of life,

I must, must, must, must, must!

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Anger Says, "I Can"

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Anger says,

“I can.”

Peace says,

“I am.” ```

Each Soul Is in Transit

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Each soul is in transit

To the unknowable.

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Both God and I Expect

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Both God and I expect

Attention from each other.

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Realisation — Go for It

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Realisation — go for it!

Leave aside everything else. ```

When I Pray, God Says to Me

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When I pray, God says to me,

“My child, come to Me,

I am waiting for you.” ```

When I Meditate, God Says to Me

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When I meditate, God says to me,

“My child, I am coming to you.”

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My Mind Is a Thought-Factory

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My mind is a thought-factory.

My heart is a God-museum.

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There Is No Such Thing

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There is no such thing

As an off-duty God-lover.

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The Pride of the Earthly Race

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The pride of the earthly race

And the joy of the Heavenly race

Have the same goal: self-transcendence. ```

My Lord, May I Know Who You Are?

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My Lord, may I know who You are?

“My child, I am the breath of your soul.

I am the heart of your life.” ```

Forgiveness Sweetens Our Hearts

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Forgiveness sweetens our hearts

And enlightens our minds.

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The Devotion-Tears of My Gratitude-Heart

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My Supreme, My Supreme, My Supreme!

You are telling me that the devotion tears

Of my gratitude-heart

Are extremely precious to You.

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When I Take My Heart to God

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When I take my heart to God for repairs,

He gives it His immediate Attention.

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The Fragrance of My Master's Love

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The fragrance of my Master’s love

Strengthens my life at every moment. ```

I Give God an Iota of My Love

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I give God an iota of my love.

God gives me His entire Life

And His very Breath. ```

Because You Are Thoughtful (2)

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Because you are thoughtful,

I like you, America.

Because you are powerful,

I admire you, America.

Because you are fruitful,

I congratulate you, America.

Because you are soulful,

I love you, I love you,

And I love you, America. ```

Your Two More Names

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Love the world.

Frustration and renunciation

Shall be your two more names.

Love God.

God’s Grace and God’s Praise

Shall be your two more names.

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I Believe In God's Grace

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I believe in God’s Grace.

Therefore, I own His Face. ```

I Do Not Want a Hot Head

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I do not want a hot head.

I do not want a cold heart.

I do want a cool head.

I do want a warm heart.

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I Find God, I Find

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I find God, I find,

Only to bind Him, bind.

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My God-Surrender-Life Never Dies

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My God-surrender-life never dies,

It only flies, it only flies.

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All the Cosmic Gods

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All the Cosmic Gods shall be found

If you can speak in silence-sound.

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Surrender

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Surrender, surrender, surrender!

I must surrender my life,

My heart and my very breath

To the Will of my Lord Beloved Supreme

At every moment.

If I succeed, only then He will claim me

As His own, very own. ```

God's Gracious Descent

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God’s gracious Descent is manful.

Man’s precious ascent is Godful. ```

Courage to Cure

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Courage to cure

I do not have.

Courage to endure

I have.

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Courage to Love

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Courage to love

I have.

Courage to transform

I do not have.

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God Is Proudly Fond of My Aspiration-Wings

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God is proudly fond

Of my aspiration-wings.

I am sleeplessly fond

Of God’s Compassion-Skies.

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Prediction Fails, Silence Sails

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Prediction fails, silence sails.

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God-Realisation Is Simple

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God-realisation is simple,

But never easy, no, no, no!

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The Captain of My Heart

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Every day, every hour,

I soulfully salute

The Captain of my heart

So that He will make my life

A choice instrument of His.

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I Want to See God's Face-Beauty

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I want to see God’s Face-Beauty.

God wants to see my life-duty. ```

To See the Soul

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To see the soul and speak to the soul

Is the first step to the Summit-Goal.

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Devotion

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Devotion, devotion, sleepless, breathless

God-devotion.

No devotion, no highest, no higher, no high

God-realisation. ```

While I Fly on God-Devotion-Wings

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While I fly on God-devotion-wings

God’s Victory-Song my soul sings.

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My God-Hunger

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I do not want my God-hunger

Only to be a childish hobby.

I want my God-hunger

To win God’s Satisfaction-Trophy. ```

No Pushing, No Pulling

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No, no, no!

No pushing, no pulling,

Only loving and self-giving. ```

My Lord, I Have Seen

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My Lord, I have seen

The Beauty of Your Eye.

But I have not felt

The Power of Your Heart

And I have not become

The dust of Your Feet.

Alas, alas, alas! ```

God — I Love to Please

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God — I love to please.

Me — God loves to tease.

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The Mind Knows How to Sneer

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The mind knows how to sneer.

The heart knows how to cheer.

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The Mind Human

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The mind human

Constantly loves to compete.

The heart divine

Sleeplessly loves to complete. ```

The Mind Human Loves to Read

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The mind human

Loves to read great stories.

The heart divine

Loves to sing God-Glories.

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The Mind Human Loves to Be

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The mind human

Loves to be the supreme lord.

The heart divine

Loves to have the God-oneness-chord.

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Each Life Is a Unique Contribution

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Each life is a unique contribution

From the Lord Supreme

To our world-transformation. ```

My Aspiration-Flame

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My aspiration-flame

Ascends and descends.

My Lord of the Beyond

Descends and descends.

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A God-Gratitude-Heart

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A God-gratitude-heart never fails, never fails.

Even upon stormy waters it smoothly sails.

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No Good Reason

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No good reason why I should not

Surrender to God’s Will.

No good reason why I should not

Enjoy my God-thrill.

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Each Life Is an Eternal Pilgrimage

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Each life is an eternal pilgrimage

To grow into a perfection-God-Image.

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I Have Come to Realise

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I have come to realise that God loves

His gregarious and mischievous children

More than His serious and gracious children. ```

Angels Fly Far

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Angels fly far

To meet a self-giving heart

And give love and power

To smash ignorance-dart.

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My Sleepy Eyes

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My sleepy eyes,

How will you feel God’s Love,

Alas, within, without,

Below, above?

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O Disobedience

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O disobedience, blatant and constant,

Measurelessly my Lord shall remain distant.

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He Who Is a God-Dedication-Breath

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He who is a God-dedication-breath,

No death, no death for him, no death.

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God Comes Running

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God comes running when we all smile.

O, let us smile, even for a while.

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God Comes Sprinting

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God comes sprinting when we all cry.

Let us cry, cry until we die.

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My Proud Vital and My Mind Kneel

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My proud vital and my mind kneel.

My Lord Supreme in ecstasy-thrill.

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Forgiveness-Might

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Forgiveness, forgiveness-might —

My heart’s only delight.

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My Heart Hungers

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My heart hungers

For my Lord’s infinite Beauty.

My Lord hungers

For my life’s surrender-duty.

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My Mind-Oblivion

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I want my mind-oblivion

To enjoy God-Companion. ```

Forgiveness-Strides

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My Lord has lengthened

His Forgiveness-Strides.

I am no more in ignorance-tides. ```

God Never Loses Track

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God never loses track of my needs.

I ever lose track of God’s Deeds.

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My Heart-Tears

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My heart-tears lengthen and strengthen

My Lord’s Compassion-Eye-Smiles. ```

My Heart's Heaven-Pilgrimage

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My heart’s Heaven-pilgrimage has finally begun.

To my earth-bound mind I shall never return. ```

My Heart Is Swimming and Swimming

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My heart is swimming and swimming

In the beauty-flood-dawn.

God’s Compassion-Eye is beckoning me

From the farthest horizon.

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Because I Ignore God

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Because I ignore God, I ignore,

God is not fond of me any more.

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If You Do Not Love God

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If you do not love God,

Then come to me for good advice.

If you love God, then I am coming to you

For my God-love-rise.

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My Heart's God-Tear-Fragrance

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Oh, when I am my heart’s God-tear-fragrance

Nowhere I see even an iota of ignorance. ```

Devotion-Songs

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Devotion-songs shorten the distance

Between the Lord and man.

Indeed, this is all true, all true

In our Lord Supreme’s Cosmic Plan.

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My Life Lives with Secret Hopes

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My life lives with secret hopes.

My heart lives in sacred realities.

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Mine Is the Heart

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Mine is the heart that never needs

The whispers from back-seat drivers.

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God-Remembrance

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God-remembrance

Means life is

A oneness-performance. ```

I Am a Constant Mistake-Maker

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I am a constant mistake-maker.

God’s Heart is a constant eraser.

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God Counts My Pleading Heart-Tears

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God counts my pleading heart-tears.

I count God’s beaming Eye-Cheers.

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Let Me No More Roam

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Let me no more roam.

Peace, please, take me Home.

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My Life Has Lost Its God-Oneness-Soul

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My life has lost its God-oneness-soul.

No goal, no goal, alas, for me no goal.

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What Do I Have?

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What do I have?

An imposter-mind.

Oh, who am I?

A joy-beggar blind.

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God Speaks

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God speaks.

My prayerful heart

Soulfully treasures.

God speaks.

My doubtful mind

Falsely measures.

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Earth-Popularity

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Earth-popularity,

No Heaven-proximity!

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When My Home Is My Heart

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When my home is my heart,

I smash the division-dart.

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Disobedience-Deeds

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Disobedience-deeds

Kill our inner joys.

Obedience-actions

Are God’s proudest toys.

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My Days Are for God's Bountiful Grace

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My days are for

God’s bountiful Grace.

My nights are for

God’s beautiful Face. ```

My Mind-Machine

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My Lord Beloved Supreme,

Please do not stop

Until my mind-machine

Is completely off.

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I Am Not Afraid

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I am not afraid

Of God’s Power-Eye.

But I am afraid

Of God’s Heart-Sigh.

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Eat and Drink

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Eat and drink

And drink and eat

Before you touch

The Lord’s Feet.

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O My God-Reaching Heart

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O my God-reaching heart, speed up.

You look strong and smart.

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Oh, Where Is Death?

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Oh, where is death?

No death, no death.

All-where I see

God’s Nectar-Breath.

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Alas, I Blame God

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Alas, I blame God, I blame God, I blame,

For my life, no transformation-game.

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Expectation

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Expectation is frustration-poison-drinking.

A constant self-giving is nectar-delight-drinking.

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Happy New Year

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Happy New Year, happy New Year,

Happy, happy, happy New Year!

My heart and I shall know

No, no, no, no, no tear.

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Oh, Make My Life a Ceaseless Flood

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Oh, make my life

A ceaseless flood of gratitude.

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My Lord, My Only Prayer to You (2)

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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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The Master Knows How to Tease

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The Master knows how to tease.

The disciple knows how to please.

The Master knows how to tease.

The disciple knows how to sneeze!

Hachoo! Hachoo! Hachoo! ```

I Have the Tears to Love the World

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I have the tears to love the world,

But not the power to cure the world.

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I Must Do the Right Thing

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I must do the right thing,

But not be a slave to results.

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If I Am a True Disciple

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If I am a true disciple,

Then I must dauntlessly proclaim

My only deathless loyalty to my Master. ```

I Am a Lamb

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I am a lamb, I am a lamb,

God's fondness-darling.

All-where my Lord's Victory-Bell

My heart and I ring. ```

I Am Dying for Enlightenment

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I am dying for enlightenment.

God is dying for amusement.

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I Have Come to Complete (3)

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I have come to complete

And never, never to compete. ```

Any Moment Is the Right Moment (2)

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Any moment is the right moment

To please God. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Enthusiasm, part 8, 2005
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