Friendship-birds fly

Part I: Friendship-birds fly

1.

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O my friend,

Let us claim each other first.

Then let us walk together

Towards our destined goal. ```

2.

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Friendship is

No fragile human bond.

Friendship is

A strong oneness-bridge. ```

3.

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I am so proud of my friends,

For all of them are

Genuine peace-prophets.

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4.

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Each and every friend of mine

Rightly deserves

My heart's gratitude-tears.

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5.

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A real friend may be

Far, very far in miles,

But near, very near

In heart-smiles. ```

6.

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Sincerity-bud-beauty

Is my mind's safeguard-friend.

Purity-blossom-fragrance

Is my heart's safeguard-friend. ```

7.

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A new friend is a new hope-sea

Inside my heart.

A new friend is a new hope-sky

Inside my mind. ```

8.

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Friendship openly persuades our minds

To do the right thing

And secretly convinces our hearts

To become the right person. ```

9.

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Friendship-birds

Can fly

Only on the wings of sincerity.

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10.

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Friendship is the mind's readiness,

The heart's willingness

and the life's oneness.

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Part II: I am so happy

1.

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I am so happy

That I have done

The right thing:

I have destroyed

My monarch-ego.

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2.

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I am so happy

That I have done

The right thing:

I have not allowed

My receptivity-heart

To fall asleep. ```

3.

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I am so happy

That I am immersed

In my self-giving service.

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4.

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I am so happy

That I have not allowed science

To inflate my spiritual mind.

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5.

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I am so happy

That I do not have the smile

Of a world-conqueror.

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6.

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I am so happy

That I have the smile

Of a world-lover.

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7.

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I am so happy

That I do not immortalise

My mind's frustrations

And my mind's miseries. ```

8.

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I am so happy

That I gladly accept

All the proposals of my heart

And execute them immediately. ```

9.

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I am so happy

That I never allow my mind

To oppose my heart's

God-inspired and God-initiated proposals. ```

10.

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I am so happy

That my heart and I

Every day sing together

Our unconditional life-songs

To God.

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11.

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I am so happy

That the ideal in me

And the real in me

Have most cheerfully

Become inseparable.

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12.

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I am so happy

That I have fortified

My aspiration-breath

With ever-increasing faith. ```

13.

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I am so happy

That my aspiration-heart

And my dedication-life

Sleeplessly long for the inner grace

And not for the outer space.

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14.

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I am so happy

That at long last I have become

The big man who sympathises,

And that I am no longer

The little man who criticises.

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15.

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I am so happy

That my desire-life

Has been completely

And permanently illumined

By my aspiration-heart.

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16.

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I am so happy

That my heart hears

Enchanting, illumining

And fulfilling God-melodies

Wherever I go.

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17.

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I am so happy

That my mind is no longer a member

Of the doubt-society.

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18.

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I am so happy

That my heart no longer lives

Inside an insecurity-cave.

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19.

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I am so happy

That I have a new name:

Gratitude-fragrance-heart-smile.

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20.

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I am so happy

That at long last

I have the capacity

To claim only my Lord Beloved Supreme

As my own, very own.

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Part III: My mind and my heart

1.

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My mind tells me

That it is too soon

For me to realise God.

My heart tells me

That it is already late

For me to realise God.

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2.

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My mind tells me

That what I need is a finish line.

My heart tells me

That what I need is a progress-run. ```

3.

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My mind wants me

To enjoy pleasure-harvest.

My heart wants me

To enjoy faith-feast. ```

4.

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My mind wants me

To go out

And be part of

The outer world.

My heart wants me

To come home

And remain a member of

The inner family. ```

5.

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Opportunity is the only thing

That my mind craves.

Preparation is the only thing

That my heart longs for. ```

6.

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My mind-teacher tells me

That time is a circle.

My heart-teacher tells me

That time has no birth

And no death.

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7.

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My mind is afraid

Of the aspiration-life.

My heart is afraid

Of the desire-life. ```

8.

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My mind loves

Daring intensity.

My heart loves

Illumining immensity. ```

9.

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My mind wants me

To be a world-shaking warrior.

My heart wants me

To be a world-elevating inspirer. ```

10.

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My mind's supremacy

Wants to change the world.

My heart's ecstasy

Wants to arrange the world. ```

11.

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Hesitation

Precedes my mind.

Satisfaction

Precedes my heart. ```

12.

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My mind loves to take

Confusion-extension exercises.

My heart loves to take

Confusion-extinction plus

Illumination-expansion exercises.

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13.

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My mind asks God,

"God, do You live for me?"

My heart asks God,

"My Lord, will I always

Live only for You?"

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Friendship-birds fly, Agni Press, 1992
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