Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 46

4501. My life's only opportunity

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The Smile of my Lord’s

Silence-Eye

Is my life’s only

Opportunity

And my heart’s only

Satisfaction. ```

4502. I am offering

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I am offering

My sleeping body-elephant

To my Lord Supreme.

I am offering

My devouring vital-tiger

To my Lord Supreme.

I am offering

My hesitating mind-horse

To my Lord Supreme.

I am offering

My running heart-deer

To my Lord Supreme.

I am offering

My roaring soul-lion

To my Lord Supreme.

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4503. My heart's soulfulness

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My heart’s

Childlike soulfulness

Is my life’s

Godlike fulness. ```

4504. Do find me a place

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My Lord Supreme,

Do find me a place

Where I can keep my heart’s

Reality-blossoming hopes

In this world of unending despair.

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4505. As soon as I see my life not aspiring

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As soon as I see my life not aspiring,

I shall catch it,

Threaten it,

Punish it,

Purify it,

Illumine it

And, finally, liberate it

So that it can become the choice instrument

Of my Lord Supreme.

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4506. If you can surrender

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If you can surrender to the unknown,

Then only can you derive

Complete satisfaction from the unknowable.

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4507. Never afraid

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The mind is never afraid

To doubt and suffer.

The heart is never afraid

To give and receive.

The soul is never afraid

To watch and enjoy.

God is never afraid

To smile and transcend. ```

4508. Do not waste

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Do not waste

The clarity of your mind.

Do not waste

The purity of your heart.

Do not waste

The beauty of your life.

They are so gracious,

They are so precious. ```

4509. Try to be pleased with yourself

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Try to be pleased with yourself

All the time.

Then you will not be hounded

By worries and anxieties,

Even if they are warranted.

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4510. God sizes my heart

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God sizes

My soulful heart

Before He prices

My fruitful life. ```

4511. To become divinely great

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The only way to become

Divinely great

Is to be ready to meet any danger.

The only way to be

Supremely good

Is to be ready to destroy temptation.

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4512. If you do not look for the results

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If you do not look for the results,

Your heart will definitely

Be purified,

And your life will unmistakably

Be deified.

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4513. Two most special achievements

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A pure heart

And a self-giving life

Are two most special achievements

In a God-loving seeker’s life. ```

4514. Everybody wants to crush

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Everybody wants to crush.

Therefore, everybody is bound to crash.

Everybody wants to mock.

Therefore, everybody is bound to be humiliated. ```

4515. The frown of impossibility

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If you are bold enough

To brave anything,

Then the frown of impossibility

Can never prevail against you. ```

4516. The quintessence of spirituality

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The essence of religion:

Fear God and obey God.

The quintessence of spirituality:

Love God and become another God. ```

4517. Never lose your precious treasure

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Never lose your precious treasure:

Your aspiration-choice.

Never lose your precious victory:

Your dedication-joy. ```

4518. What can oneness do?

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What can oneness do?

It can give me satisfaction-delight.

What can oneness do?

It can bring down God’s

Transcendental Smile.

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4519. Before you can see Infinity's Beauty

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Salvation you need

Before you can see Infinity’s Beauty.

Liberation you need

Before you can become Divinity’s Immortality. ```

4520. What kind of faith is it?

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What kind of faith is it

If it demands constant repair?

What kind of surrender is it

If it demands constant reward?

What kind of perfection is it

If it demands constant satisfaction? ```

4521. Only one friend

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For me there is only one friend,

And that friend is

My heart’s ever-blossoming faith.

I need no second friend. ```

4522. The world of Silence-Peace

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Not here but far away

Is the world of Silence-Peace.

Here and nowhere else

A God-realised soul shall bring

That world of Silence-Peace.

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4523. I am starting over

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Ask me no more

Why I no longer pray to God.

Ask me no more

Why I no longer meditate on God.

The past is all dust.

I am starting over again.

Lo, I have already started!

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4524. A purity-flooded saint

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The will that makes

A purity-flooded saint

Will not remain far away

If you desperately and sleeplessly

Cry for it.

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4525. If you can soulfully smile

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If you can soulfully smile

Within and without,

Then only

Your God will multiply your heart’s love,

Your life’s perfection and

Your soul’s satisfaction. ```

4526. Your mind's unchanging newness

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If you can look at the world

With your mind’s unchanging newness,

Then God will clasp you

With His unending Goodness. ```

4527. Do you know where your mind is?

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Do you know where your mind is?

Your mind is with

Your frustration-night.

Do you know where your heart is?

Your heart is with

Your aspiration-day.

Do you know where your life is?

Your life is in between

God’s Compassion-Eye

And

God’s Illumination-Heart.

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4528. Let us not waste time

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Let us not waste time.

If we waste time,

Time will not only waste us

But also destroy us. ```

4529. Your determination-arrow

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Today you may use

Your imagination-blanket

To cover your teeming weaknesses.

But tomorrow you must use

Your determination-arrow

To pierce your teeming weaknesses. ```

4530. To conquer others' minds

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To conquer my mind

I need a climbing aspiration-flame.

To conquer others’ minds

I need an abiding dedication-sun. ```

4531. God-Realisation at a discount

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God will never allow

A real spiritual Master

To grant his disciples

God-realisation at a discount. ```

4532. God knows I am His son

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I think I am a beggar.

Therefore, I feel always

My unlimited incapacities.

God knows I am His son.

Therefore, He uses His Vision-Eye

To play all the time

With my unlimited capacities. ```

4533. My Lord uses His Silence

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My Lord uses His Silence

To bring to the fore

My divine capacities,

And not to take note of

My human incapacities.

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4534. An increase of suffering

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When the mind dreams of darkness,

The heart immediately sees

A tremendous increase

In its burden of suffering. ```

4535. If your life is blessed

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If your life is blessed

With the vision of your Inner Pilot,

Then yours will be a heart

That can never be sad

Or despondent.

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4536. Chasten your impure life

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Chasten your impure life.

Your heart will automatically hasten

Towards the Light of the Beyond.

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4537. Check each thought

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Check each and every thought.

A divine voice will chase away

Your doubting mind

And will race with

Your aspiring heart

To encourage it and increase its speed. ```

4538. Go beyond yourself

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Dive deep within.

You will see where God

Sleeplessly is.

Go beyond yourself.

You will know who you

Truly are.

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4539. Until you have achieved perfection

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Until you have achieved perfection

In your self-giving and God-becoming,

You will not be able to escape

The whips and scorns of time. ```

4540. A saga of selfless service

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Illumination you want?

God will grant you.

Liberation you want?

God will grant you.

Realisation you want?

God will grant you.

Do you know when?

Only when your life of aspiration

Becomes a saga of selfless service.

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4541. An encircling gloom

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This moment your mind

Is an encircling gloom.

Next moment your mind

Is a maddening confusion.

What else can you expect from

Your absolutely useless mind? ```

4542. Do you remember?

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Do you remember

That once upon a time

You sang with God

In His own Heart-Garden?

Do you remember

That once upon a time

You played with God

In His own Life-Playground?

Do you remember

That once upon a time

God shared with you

His own Transcendental Throne

In His Universal Empire?

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4543. No alternative

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There is no alternative for faith.

My mind knows it.

There is no alternative for love.

My heart knows it.

There is no alternative for satisfaction.

My Lord and I know it. ```

4544. Rich in hope

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If you cannot become rich in hope,

You can never be rich

In your soulful aspiration

And

In your fruitful perfection.

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4545. Your heart of aspiration

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Your heart of aspiration

Has a powerful music.

Your heart of oneness

Has a soulful song.

I do not think

You need anything more

To realise God.

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4546. Self-styled sense of responsibility

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Anxiety is my self-styled

Sense of responsibility.

Pride is my self-proclaimed

Sense of divinity. ```

4547. Pain-giving ailments

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Impurity is a strong

Pain-giving ailment.

Insincerity is a stronger

Pain-giving ailment.

Ingratitude is the strongest

Pain-giving ailment. ```

4548. Pain-killing drugs

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Sincerity is a strong

Pain-killing drug.

Humility is a stronger

Pain-killing drug.

Self-offering is the strongest

Pain-killing drug. ```

4549. Prosperities of the unknown world

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Your mind is unbounded sincerity.

Your heart is unbounded purity.

Therefore, the prosperities

Of the unknown world

Are unfolding themselves before you.

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4550. His silent words

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His spoken words have transported me

To the unknown worlds of my aspiration.

His written words are transporting me

To the unknown worlds of my liberation.

His silent words shall transport me

To the unknown worlds of my perfection. ```

4551. A hidden life

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Soulfully and breathlessly

I wish to live a hidden life

Inside the Heart

Of my lovingly hidden Lord. ```

4552. I surrender only to necessity

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I do not surrender

To the power of the inevitable.

I surrender only

To the supreme necessity

Of the inevitable.

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4553. The heart of humanity

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Unless every fibre of your being

Throbs with God’s Faith in you,

You cannot permanently heal

The sorrowing heart of humanity. ```

4554. To realise my Lord Supreme

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To realise my Lord Supreme

My mind does not need a mountain-cave,

My heart does not need a forest-grove

And I do not need a solitude-silence. ```

4555. His desire-life has dropped

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He is fully alive

And supremely radiant

Because his desire-life has dropped

At the feet of his heart’s

Aspiration-flames.

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4556. You are divinely brave

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You are divinely brave

If you have the courage

To dauntlessly contradict

Your ego-utterances. ```

4557. The mantra of self-transformation

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You want to be ahead of the world.

Who can prevent you?

Just constantly repeat the mantra

“Self-transformation.” ```

4558. My dauntless determination

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My dauntless determination

Is my final decision,

And that final decision itself

Is the most inspiring beginning

Of my God-realisation.

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4559. Determination-smiles

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My heart’s aspiration-plant

Needs seven determination-smiles

Every day

So that it can grow soulfully,

Confidently and triumphantly.

And these smiles must come from

My heart’s blue bird:

My soul. ```

4560. My Supreme is not finished

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O my stupid mind,

Why are you so critical of me?

Why can’t you be critical of yourself?

Furthermore, can’t you see

That my Beloved Supreme

Is not finished with me? ```

4561. A supremely chosen instrument

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O my mind,

Why do I have to tell you again and again?

No matter what I do,

No matter what I say,

No matter what I seem,

I was, I am and I shall forever remain

A supremely chosen instrument

Of my Beloved Supreme. ```

4562. I have started blossoming

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O my mind,

Now you are in the world

Of confusion and delusion,

And I am in my Lord’s Heart-World.

My Lord Supreme has granted me

An inner life inside His own Heart.

I have started blossoming

In His own immortal and inimitable Way

Only to please Him,

His own Life of Hunger,

His own Life of Feast,

In His own inscrutable Way. ```

4563. If you can free yourself

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If you can free yourself

From your worst master, lethargy,

Then you can free yourself

From many other insane masters. ```

4564. Prayer is the cry

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Prayer is the cry

Of a sorrowful heart.

Meditation is the smile

Of a soulful life. ```

4565. Man-illumination

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You fool,

How can machine-civilisation

Grant you satisfaction?

It is only man-illumination

That can and will satisfy you

Beyond your expectation. ```

4566. God is always just

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God is always just.

He knows that our stay on earth

Is very short.

Therefore, He wants us also

To have very few needs.

But we want to change

His Vision-Plan

And thus implement our own misery. ```

4567. I shall discover truth and beauty

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Although truth is a rarity,

Although beauty is a rarity,

I shall without fail discover

Truth and beauty

Inside my Heaven-free necessity.

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4568. Unless you shun the noise

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Unless you shun the noise

Of the stupid world,

The invisible Lord will remain always invisible

To your mortal sight. ```

4569. A cheerful heart

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A cheerful heart

Is a faithful supporter

Of God’s Will.

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4570. Your appreciation-power

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Think nicely of others.

It does not hurt you.

Appreciate others.

It cannot lower you.

On the contrary,

Your appreciation-power

Is nothing short of

Your elevation-tower. ```

4571. Whenever a special day dawns

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Whenever a special day dawns,

A new opportunity

Dawns along with it.

Every day I strive for cheerful surrender,

But when a special day dawns,

My cheerful surrender has to be

A living reality

And not a sweet dream.

On special days I shall consciously work

Towards my complete and constant surrender

To God’s Will,

For I know that when I do not

Fulfil God’s Will

Even for a minute,

I unconsciously work towards

Tremendous confusion and total disaster

In my precious spiritual life.

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4572. My Lord is ready

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My Lord is ready

With His Compassion-Eye

And His Satisfaction-Heart.

It is I who have to be ready

With my heart’s aspiration-cry

And my life’s dedication-smile. ```

4573. A revolutionary pioneer

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If you want to make something happen

In your life,

Then your vital must play the role

Of a revolutionary pioneer. ```

4574. Eagerness in your search for God

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What I want to see

From morn to eve

Is eagerness in your search for God,

And not the train of curiosity. ```

4575. A perpetual paradise-tree

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I am sure I shall be able to see

A perpetual paradise-tree

Inside my heart,

For I have already planted

A climbing faith-plant

Inside my faithless mind. ```

4576. Love is not pleasure

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Love is not pleasure.

Love is self-giving.

Pleasure is my self-deceiving

Freedom of choice.

Love is God’s Dream-fulfilled

Reality in me. ```

4577. Create a new world

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Destroy violence

With your soul’s smile.

You will be happy.

Create a new world

With your heart’s sympathy.

You will become perfect.

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4578. Leave behind your gratitude-heart

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When the final hour strikes,

You will leave this earth.

But don’t forget to leave behind

A portion of your gratitude-heart. ```

4579. The dance of desires

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The dance of desires never ends.

The dancers become breathless

And completely exhausted,

But the dance continues.

Here a mistake knows not

How to rectify itself. ```

4580. If you have inspiration

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If you have inspiration,

Then you can avoid endless toil.

If you have aspiration,

Then you can avoid aimless frustration. ```

4581. Sufficient in yourself

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Are you a fool?

Why do you expect anything

From the world?

Don’t you know that this world

Is more stupid than you?

Are you not sufficient?

Don’t you know that this world

Is more than empty?

Be wise!

Know that you are

Sufficient in yourself. ```

4582. The golden city of your heart

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Free yourself from temptation-snares.

You will be able to climb

The fruitful steps of light and delight

If you stay in the glorious

Golden city of your heart.

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4583. If you fear no change

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If you fear no change in your life,

Then your heart will easily

Be able to endear itself

To God’s Compassion-Satisfaction-Smile. ```

4584. Treasure a flash of hope

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Just treasure a flash of hope.

You will soon be able

To become the channel

Of your God-fulfilling promise. ```

4585. Constant expectation

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Constant expectation

In one’s own way

Is an infallible way of losing

One’s present joy. ```

4586. I am poor

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I am poor

Not because I do not have money-power

But because my vision-eye

Is unable to reach

My soul’s tower.

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4587. My wise heart is following

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My wise heart

Is sleeplessly following

Its divine leader.

My stupid mind

Is desperately trying to mislead

Its innocent followers.

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4588. If you are impressed by impressions

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If you are impressed by impressions,

Then you are bound to be

Enchained by curiosity-chains.

Therefore, allow not impressions

To fascinate you.

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4589. A seeker's aching heart

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As a child’s streaming tears

Are dried by his earthly mother,

Even so, a seeker’s aching heart

Is soothed by his Heavenly Father. ```

4590. Two things you do not know

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Two things you simply do not know.

Do you know how old

Your doubting mind is?

No, you do not!

Do you know how young

Your loving heart is?

No, you do not!

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4591. You want something from God

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God wants something from you

Which you never want to give:

Your deathless ignorance-night.

You want something from God

Which God hesitates to give:

Immediate Realisation-Light. ```

4592. Unless you have walked with God

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Unless you have faithfully

Walked with God

For a long time,

Covering hundreds of inner miles,

Why should He be interested in you

And inspired to talk to you

Even for a fleeting second?

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4593. Go forward to see God's Face

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Go forward to see God’s Face.

Don’t stand still!

If you stand still, who knows,

There is every possibility

That you will be tempted to go backward

To feel and be satisfied with

Your long-lost animal hunger.

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4594. To make God happy

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I think that my tearful sorrows

Will someday make God happy.

God knows that only my soulful smiles

Can and will make Him happy. ```

4595. Three ways to happiness

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Three ways to happiness:

Starve your doubting mind,

Feed your aspiring heart,

Admire your serving life. ```

4596. The only answer

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Self-denial is not and cannot be

The cure for selfishness,

For self-denial in itself

Is unconscious, if not pretentious,

Selfishness.

Self-denial is not life’s satisfaction.

Self-acceptance for self-transcendence

Is the answer,

The only answer.

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4597. A true God-seeker

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A true God-seeker

Is above drawing a dividing line

Between himself and his fellow seekers.

What he is for them is love

And what he is to them is oneness.

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4598. Who can dominate your mind?

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Who can dominate your mind

Without your consent?

Nobody!

Who can liberate your life

Without your consent?

Nobody!

Who can destroy your supreme oneness

With the Absolute Supreme

Without your consent?

Nobody! ```

4599. What you actually need is shelter

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What you actually need is shelter.

A new thought can grant you shelter.

An old promise can give you shelter.

A modern life can offer you shelter. ```

4600. My Lord's transcendental Height

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My Lord Supreme,

True, Your transcendental Height

Will always remain beyond my reach.

But Your transcendental Height

Will never be able to remain

Beyond my soulful hope. ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the forty-sixth 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 welcomes H.E. Mr T.T.B. Koh, Ambassador of Singapore to the United Nations, to an observance of the 51st anniversary of the birth of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. Ambassador Koh, a long-time admirer of the slain civil rights leader, spoke on that occasion of the profound effect that Dr King’s philosophy of non-violence has had in shaping his own moral and ethical values.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 46, Agni Press, 1982
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