Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 32

3101. God's God-Beauty

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Purity is God’s

God-Beauty in man.

Purity is God’s

Ever-transcending

And ever-illumining Smile

In man. ```

3102. Purity in the heart

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Purity in the mind

Shortens the road

To self-discovery.

Purity in the heart

Shows the destination

Is nowhere else

But inside the heart itself. ```

3103. A mind of silence

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Many are the ways

To achieve purity in the vital,

But the easiest and most effective way

Is to have a mind of silence.

This mind of silence

Slowly, steadily and unerringly

Enters into the vital

And transforms the impurity of the vital

Into the dynamic purity of the heart.

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3104. Three peerless gifts

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The simplicity of a child,

The sincerity of a child

And the purity of a child

Are three peerless gifts

That God has granted His creation

Right from its very birth. ```

3105. Oneness

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Love is oneness.

Devotion is the energising strength

And energising power in oneness.

Surrender is the fulfilment

Of the oneness-love of the finite

And the Infinite. ```

3106. God's unconditional Compassion

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Sincerity is absolutely important.

Determination is infinitely

More important.

But God’s unconditional Compassion

Far surpasses the strength of sincerity

And the strength of determination.

Even when both sincerity and determination

Are combined,

They are no match for God’s

Unconditional Compassion. ```

3107. The ultimate step

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We start our journey with sincerity.

This is absolutely the first step.

The immediate next step is determination.

And the ultimate

Beginningless and endless step

Is God’s unconditional Compassion

Which, at the end of our journey’s close,

Grants us success. ```

3108. The delight of sincerity

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When I am in front of God,

His Purity grants me

The delight of sincerity.

And from the delight of sincerity

I shall before long get

The complete satisfaction

Of my oneness-reality with God.

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3109. Give me a pure heart

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O Lord Supreme,

Give me a pure heart

So that my purity-heart

Can always feel

Not only who You are to me,

But also who I am to You. ```

3110. Before I reach You

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My Lord Supreme,

Do grant me a boon:

Before I reach You,

Do allow my gratitude-heart

To precede me.

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3111. The eyes of purity

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In the moon I see

The eyes of purity.

In the sun I see

The heart of purity.

In a flower I see

The entire body of purity. ```

3112. The name of this house

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Sweetness, soulfulness and selflessness

Live in the same house,

And this house remains always

In perfect condition.

The name of this house is purity.

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3113. My sleepless purity-breath

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Purity in giving,

Purity in receiving,

Purity in becoming.

When I give,

I shall give my purity-heart to God.

When I receive anything from God,

I shall receive it

With my purity-mind.

And when I become

A perfect instrument of God,

I shall become so on the strength

Of my sleepless purity-breath. ```

3114. Obedience in a seeker's life

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There was nothing,

There is nothing

And there can be nothing

As important in a seeker’s life

As obedience.

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3115. Obedience is the seed

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Obedience is the seed,

Obedience is the tree,

Obedience is the fruit

In a truth-seeker’s

And a God-lover’s life.

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3116. Humility is the capacity

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Humility is the capacity

That expands.

Humility is the capacity

That dives deep within.

Humility is the capacity

That flies high, higher, highest. ```

3117. Humility achieves everything

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Humility achieves everything

By virtue of its self-awareness,

And this self-awareness

Is nothing short of

God’s Oneness with His own creation.

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3118. My conscious self-glory

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God is always anxious and eager

To forgive me,

But do I care for His Forgiveness?

No!

What do I want from Him?

I want from Him not His Forgiveness

But my conscious self-glory

In a secret way. ```

3119. Appreciation for my prayer

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I ask for forgiveness

And God forgives me.

But then I come to realise

That it was not forgiveness

That I actually wanted from Him.

What I wanted from Him

Was nothing but appreciation

For my soulful prayer. ```

3120. The inner garden of beauty

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Perfection is self-transcendence.

Self-transcendence is the seeker’s

Inner garden of beauty.

Inside that garden of beauty

God is always singing, playing and dancing.

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3121. Oneness with the sound-world

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Oneness with the sound-world

Tells me that I have the capacity

To become the glorious conqueror

Of the world.

Oneness with the silence-reality

Tells me that I am the capacity

To be the inseparable lover

Of the entire universe. ```

3122. A sea of ecstasy

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When a seeker is blessed

To receive divine Love,

He knows that at every moment

His life is nothing but a sea of ecstasy. ```

3123. A self-revealing reality

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Love is not something

That descends from Above

Or that ascends from below.

No, it is something

That grows and glows

Inside the very depths of my heart —

A self-revealing reality

That has neither beginning nor end. ```

3124. Two perfect strangers

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Cheerfulness and loneliness

Are man’s possessions.

But a life of cheerfulness

And a heart of loneliness

Are two perfect strangers.

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3125. Since his soul is hungry

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A child has to obey his mother

Since he is fond of a toy.

He has to obey his father

Since he wants money-power.

He has to obey his Master

Since his soul is always hungry

For his Master’s satisfaction.

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3126. A new dawn will appear

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If you see your mistakes,

Do not think that is enough

To change your life.

You have to know for certain

That each mistake is harmful and hurtful.

Only then will you look

For a new dawn in your consciousness,

And a new dawn, without fail,

Will appear before you.

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3127. Your heart's ingratitude-rope

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Since everything in life has the capacity

To strangle you,

How, then, do you trust

Your heart’s strong ingratitude-rope? ```

3128. Roles

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Once you have played

Your role,

God will, without fail,

Play His Role in you and for you.

He will give you

His transcendental Beatitude

And

His universal Feast. ```

3129. Gratitude is the food of faith

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Gratitude is the food of faith.

Faith is the food of love.

Love is the food of peace.

Peace is the food of God. ```

3130. If you want to cry

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If you want to live a spiritual life,

Then you must ascend.

If you want to ascend,

Then you must cry.

If you want to cry,

Then you must have

A pure gratitude-heart.

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3131. You are weak

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You are weak.

That I can easily see.

But why do you want to be stupid, too?

Why are you failing to ask God

To make you strong

Before stupidity plays

Its deplorable role in you?

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3132. I fear God

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I fear God because

He is infinitely stronger than I am.

I love God because

His is the only Love

That is always unconditional.

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3133. Trust Heaven

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Trust earth.

You will lose nothing important.

Trust Heaven.

You will gain everything

Otherwise unattainable.

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3134. My supreme secret

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This morning I told God

My supreme secret:

From today I shall start,

Without fail,

Loving Him unconditionally.

First He smiled,

Then He cried.

Finally He smiled and cried

At the same time.

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3135. God sees what we see

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God not only sees what we see,

But He also sees infinitely more clearly.

Cleverly, if not shamelessly,

We want God to see

Only what we want Him to see.

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3136. Two intruders

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A doubting mind and a strangling vital

Are two intruders.

Be careful!

They are trying to pour

Their teeming troubles

Into your smiling and dancing heart. ```

3137. The situation-cloud

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When you are in love

With yourself,

The situation-cloud takes charge

Of you.

When you are in love

With God’s Compassion-Sea,

You take charge

Of the situation-cloud. ```

3138. God has made you great

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You do not have to be

Somebody else.

God has already made you great,

Very great, exceptionally great:

Has He not made you

His direct and choice representative

On earth?

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3139. Only two necessities

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There are only two necessities

If you want to make

The fastest progress in the inner life:

The heart’s constant willingness

To learn

And the mind’s constant willingness

To unlearn.

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3140. When insecurity comes

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When insecurity comes,

Contempt also comes.

When contempt comes,

Division also comes.

When division comes,

Destruction also comes. ```

3141. Please only your heart

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If you are not afraid of being unable

To please unpleasant people,

Then why are you afraid of being unable

To please your unpleasant mind?

From now on,

Please only your pleasant heart. ```

3142. Your faith-power is stronger

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You can easily prove to the world

That your faith-power

Is infinitely stronger

Than all your anxiety-chains

Put together.

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3143. The reward of faith and humility

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The reward of faith and humility

Is always glory,

Founded upon the seeker’s soulful oneness

With God. ```

3144. God needs your life

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If you have an appetite,

That means you have a hunger.

If you have a hunger,

That means God loves your heart

And needs your life.

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3145. Do not talk, act!

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Do not talk, act!

The more you talk,

The sooner poverty

Will devour you.

The more you act,

The sooner prosperity

Will embrace you.

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3146. No whisper

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No whisper:

That means no contention.

No contention:

That means perfection.

Perfection:

That means peace.

Peace:

That means satisfaction. ```

3147. How to achieve more

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How to give more,

Infinitely more:

Never close your mind’s door.

How to achieve more,

Infinitely more:

Always keep your heart’s door

Wide open. ```

3148. If you want God

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If you want inspiration,

Then choose beauty.

If you want aspiration,

Then choose truth.

If you want realisation,

Then choose devotion.

If you want God,

Then choose surrender. ```

3149. Inseparable friends

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As sincerity and inner poise

Are inseparable friends,

Even so,

Purity and inner perfection

Are inseparable friends.

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3150. Your deplorable involvements

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If you are a true pilgrim-seeker

Walking along the inner road,

Then there shall come a time

When your deplorable outer involvements

Will fall away of their own accord.

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3151. Your real personality

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Your artificial personality

Tortures you mercilessly.

Your real personality

Inspires you constantly.

What is your artificial personality?

Your artificial personality is

Your excessive love for your little “I.”

What is your real personality?

Your real personality is

Your selfless love for God. ```

3152. Each helpful experience

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Each shocking incident in life

I take as a helpful experience.

Each helpful experience in life

I shall take as God’s Satisfaction-Tower

In my humility-life.

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3153. We do not know what to become

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We know what to say,

We know what to do,

But we do not know what to become.

What are we to become?

God’s constant Satisfaction-Pride.

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3154. The company of anxiety

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Anxiety comes

Because you do not look within.

Anxiety remains

Because you do not look forward.

Anxiety will always last

Because you secretly enjoy

The company of anxiety.

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3155. In spite of everything

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In spite of everything,

Keep smiling

In your aspiration-life

And your dedication-life.

In spite of everything,

Keep a burning faith

That God-discovery is your birthright.

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3156. If you have the right aim

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If you have the right aim,

Then you will definitely reach

The perfect goal.

If you reach the perfect goal,

Then you will realise

That the real God has always been

Yours and only yours. ```

3157. When Truth invites you

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When Truth invites you,

Consciously you reject its invitation.

When God invites you,

Unconsciously you reject His Invitation.

How, then, do you expect

To see the face of Truth,

And feel the Heart of God?

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3158. Silence teaches me

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In the morning

Silence teaches me.

At noon

Silence corrects me and perfects me.

In the evening

Silence glorifies me.

At night

Silence immortalises me. ```

3159. Your heart's reality-cry

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When you accept the inner life,

Your heart’s reality-cry

Must replace your mind’s imagination-smile.

What is your heart’s reality-cry?

Your heart’s reality-cry

Is nothing other than

God’s own Transcendental Vision-Smile.

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3160. If you are sincerely ashamed

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If you are sincerely ashamed

Of your greedy desires,

God will smilingly grant you

A ceaseless and powerful

Climbing aspiration-flame.

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3161. The greatest fool

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He is a fool.

Therefore, he is totally lost

And completely defeated

In the battlefield of life.

You are not only a greater fool

But the greatest fool,

Because he has convinced you

That he can help you attain

Victory’s crown.

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3162. The path of disproportionate pride

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If you walk on the path

Of disproportionate pride,

Nobody on earth or in Heaven

Will give you a ride

To beauty’s moon and prosperity’s sun.

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3163. The burden of power

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To bear the burden of power justly

Is an almost impossible task,

But he who knows this fact

Eventually escapes from the shackles

Of power-temptation.

```

3164. There comes a time

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If a sincere seeker

Does not pray and meditate regularly,

There comes a time

When the throbs of his inner pain

Pulse in very rapid succession

In the depths of his soulful heart. ```

3165. My unsung song

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The stars are singing the song

Of infinite Light.

The moon is singing the song

Of eternal Delight.

What remains unsung is my song

Of immortal Height. ```

3166. Beautiful is my mind

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Beautiful is my mind

When it rushes to death

For its self-extinction.

Beautiful is my mind

When it rushes to dawn

For its self-purification.

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3167. A lightning-laughter

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If you can take your life

As a fleeting lightning-laughter,

Then no black evils

Can stop the flow

Of your heart-river.

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3168. Into the chasm of despair

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When I sink into the chasm of despair,

I unconsciously invite two things:

A huge frustration-python

And

A ferocious destruction-tiger.

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3169. I go to You

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I go to You, my Lord,

To seek earthly pleasure

Even in Your infinite inner Wealth.

You come to me, my Lord,

To seek Satisfaction

In my inner and outer poverty.

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3170. With a wailing cry

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With a wailing cry

My trembling eyes entered the world.

With a winning smile

My heart shall leave the world. ```

3171. The difference between our songs

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The difference between

Your songs, my Lord,

And my songs is this:

The poverty of my songs

Puts You to sleep, disheartened;

The richness of Your songs

Sends me into promising dreams.

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3172. The delight of oneness-satisfaction

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The pain of division-separation,

My Lord, I can bear.

Now give me the strength to bear

The delight of oneness-satisfaction. ```

3173. Your unconditional surrender

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I love You,

And I can continue loving You.

I serve You,

And I can continue serving You.

Why, my Lord?

Because You have perfectly fulfilled

Your unconditional surrender

To all my earthly whims. ```

3174. A mind of newness-hope

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My Lord Supreme,

Do give me a mind

Of newness-hope;

Do give me a heart

Of fulness-peace.

```

3175. My mind cries

```

My Lord,

My mind cries

For Your Voice.

My heart cries

For Your Touch.

My life cries

For Your Smile.

And I cry

For Your lasting Satisfaction in me —

If possible, for me, too. ```

3176. A lengthening stretch

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I call it a lengthening stretch

Of helpless loneliness.

My Lord calls it

My self-styled torturing stretch

Of sinking fruitlessness.

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3177. Your aspiring patience-heart

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Patience, patience, patience!

Your aspiring patience-heart

Will, without fail,

Take you to see the Eye and Face

Of the authentic God.

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3178. Do not forget one thing

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You can easily dive

As deep as you want to dive.

You can easily fly

As high as you want to fly.

You can easily go forward

As far as you want to go.

But do not forget one thing:

God’s Compassion and your gratitude

Are constantly preceding you,

Plus leading you. ```

3179. Do not glorify your stupidity

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Do not glorify your stupidity

To draw sympathy from the rest of the world.

Do not glorify your impurity

To draw sympathy from the rest of the world.

Do not glorify your suffering

To draw sympathy from the rest of the world.

If you do not glorify them,

I assure you,

These faults will astonishingly disappear

Sooner than at once. ```

3180. Unless you give up

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Unless you give up playing

With the earthly toys,

How will you be able to receive

The Heavenly diamonds?

Unless you reject

Your mind’s stupidity,

How will you be able to claim

Your heart’s purity as your own,

Very own?

```

3181. I am determined

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I am determined to see something

Behind me.

What is it?

My failure-life.

I am determined to see something

Before me.

What is it?

My purity-heart.

I am determined to see something

Beyond me.

What is it?

My perfect perfection-soul. ```

3182. What you actually value

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What you actually value

In your outer life

Is a tiny leaf inside your mind.

What you actually value

In your inner life

Is a huge banyan tree

Inside your ever-aspiring heart. ```

3183. Your willingness

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Your willingness to transform your own life

Is fast transforming the world around you.

Something more:

Your willingness is the fruit

Of God’s fondest Concern

For your life’s climbing journey. ```

3184. There is only one miracle

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Self-mastery is not a miracle.

God-discovery is not a miracle.

There is only one miracle,

And that miracle is your unbelievable fear

Of self-mastery and God-discovery.

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3185. Self-reliance

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Self-reliance is not a miraculous power.

Self-reliance is a natural power.

Something more:

Self-reliance is God’s Confidence-Tower

Inside the seeker’s heart-garden.

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3186. When your mind is fearful

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Life is fearful

When your thoughts are fearful.

Thoughts are fearful

When your mind is fearful. ```

3187. If you make a perfect choice

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If you make a perfect choice,

You will be given a perfect voice.

If you are given a perfect voice,

You will far transcend the world

Of ever-increasing noise.

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3188. The only remedy

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In the mental world

There is only one disease:

“I know everything.”

In the psychic world

Lies the only remedy:

“God knows everything in me and for me.”

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3189. My peculiar way

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What tortures me,

My heart and my life-breath, daily,

If not my peculiar way

Of stubborn likes and dislikes? ```

3190. A stupid thought

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A stupid thought

Creates a stupid action.

A stupid action

Creates a stupid man.

A stupid man

Creates a world of his own

Which God’s Vision-Light has no plan to visit.

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3191. You have every right

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You have every right

To criticise your mind,

For it is your bounden duty

To perfect the mind

And transform it

Into a beautiful God-worshipping flower. ```

3192. If you want to like yourself

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If you want to like yourself,

Then love God first.

If you love God first,

You will not only like yourself,

But also help others to like you

In a soulful and powerful way. ```

3193. Its prediction is perfect

```

Your doubting mind

Cannot predict your future.

Your crying heart

Cannot predict your future.

But your smiling soul

Can predict your future,

And it always does.

What is more,

Its prediction is absolutely perfect.

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3194. Three life-crowning thoughts

```

I shall share with the world

Three life-crowning thoughts:

I shall never speak ill of mankind,

I shall transform my inspiration-flames

Into my aspiration-sun,

I shall never fail God

In my God-manifestation.

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3195. I am smiling

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I am smiling

Because I am God’s son.

I am singing

Because I am God’s servant.

I am dancing

Because I am God’s slave. ```

3196. A tragically dying passenger

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If you have

A ceaselessly thinking mind,

You will have

An unmistakably sinking boat,

And you will discover before long

A tragically dying passenger. ```

3197. Each problem is an opportunity

```

You are perfectly right when you feel

That each problem is an opportunity

To strengthen your mind,

Widen your heart

And

Enlighten your life. ```

3198. The self-improvement-boat

```

If you are constantly sailing

In the self-improvement-boat,

Then the God-attainment-Shore

Cannot long remain a far cry. ```

3199. Can you not play your role?

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Your mind has played its role.

It has changed you for the worse.

Can you not play your role?

Can you not change your mind for the better?

Lo, your changed mind has presented you

With an unfettered life! ```

3200. If you are not pure

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If you are not pure,

How can you love?

If you do not love,

How can you be happy?

If you are not happy,

How can you succeed

In the desire-world

And how can you proceed

In the aspiration-world?

```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the thirty-second volume in a series of ten thousand “flaming flower-poems” which Sri Chinmoy is placing devotedly, unreservedly and unconditionally at the Compassion-Feet of God, our Beloved Supreme. They stand as a supreme offering from the unfolding beauty of his flower-heart and the flaming heights of his realisation-sun. Indeed, a treasure-tower which will at once be claimed by humanity’s self-ascending cry and Divinity’s God-descending Smile.

Editor's note to cover photo

Sri Chinmoy thanks Dr Carlos Romulo, Foreign Minister of the Philippines, for his participation in a programme held in November 1977 by the Meditation Group at the United Nations, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Meditation Room at U.N. Headquarters. On that occasion Dr Romulo, who has been active in the United Nations since its inception, said, “All too often passion and conflict rule the day. It is in such moments that we need meditation to look into ourselves and to encounter our God so we may cleanse our spirit and gain needed strength.”

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 32, Agni Press, 1982
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