Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 70

6901. With My Lord

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My Lord,

Without You I may at most

Try to be good,

But with You

I am perfectly perfect.

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6902. Time's Wild Flood

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Time’s wild flood is rising

Because you have befriended

Your impure mind’s dark doubts.

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6903. Today's Pangs Of Separation

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Today’s keen pangs of separation

May turn into tomorrow’s

Stupendously illumining

Oneness-satisfaction. ```

6904. A Never-Fading Desire

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Each earth-bound

Human breath

Is a never-fading

Desire. ```

6905. I Love You, My Lord

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I love You, my Lord,

Not because of what

You are going to do for me,

But because of what You are

In Your Eternity’s Vision-Delight.

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6906. Make Me Your Slave

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My Lord,

You have made me Your friend.

Can You not make me Your slave instead,

To give me more joy? ```

6907. You May Never Recapture

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Two unimaginably valuable things

You may never recapture:

Your sincerity’s cry

And your humility’s smile. ```

6908. I Am

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I am,

Not because I do.

I am,

Because my heart sleeplessly cries

And my life breathlessly smiles.

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6909. My Life's Chief Concern

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My life’s chief concern

Is to wait soulfully

For God’s choice God-Hour.

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6910. Unbridgeable Misunderstandings

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Alas, there are so many

Unbridgeable misunderstandings

Between man’s binding desire-life

And his liberating aspiration-life. ```

6911. A Satisfaction-Life

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An experience-life

Is beautiful.

A realisation-life

Is fruitful.

A satisfaction-life

Is divinely beautiful,

Supremely fruitful

And absolutely perfect. ```

6912. God Has Taught Me

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God has taught me

How to work.

I am begging Him to teach me

How to continue. ```

6913. Our Inner Communication

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Our outer intelligence-conversation

Is artificial.

Our inner intuition-communication

Is always beautiful. ```

6914. My Good Fortune's Greatest Smile

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My good fortune’s greatest smile

Is the blue depth

Of my heart’s golden sky.

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6915. Compulsion Or Liberation

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The human in me

Helplessly calls it compulsion.

The divine in me

Lovingly calls it liberation. ```

6916. A Deep-Rooted Hatred

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On the whole

I do not hate anybody,

But I do have a deep-rooted hatred

For power-hungry human authority. ```

6917. My Lord Supreme Tells Me

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My Lord Supreme tells me

How I can either receive Him soulfully

Or deceive Him successfully.

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6918. Make Goodness Your Companion

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If you make greatness your companion,

You may suffer.

If you make goodness your companion,

You will not only prosper

But you will also have God

As your Companion. ```

6919. Do Tell Me Once Again

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My Lord Supreme,

Do tell me once again

Why You love my heart

And why You need my life. ```

6920. How Is It Possible?

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Alas, how is it possible for Heaven

To disown my human breath?

Alas, how is it possible for earth

To disown my divine life? ```

6921. Deliberately And Helplessly

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Deliberately

My mind doubts.

Helplessly

My heart suffers. ```

6922. Heaven Is Cruel

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Heaven is cruel.

Therefore, it delays

My God-realisation.

Earth is ignorant.

Therefore, it delays

My God-manifestation.

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6923. When I Was About To Fall

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When I was about to fall down

From the wisdom-tree,

My Lord’s Compassion-Eye caught me

Lovingly and powerfully. ```

6924. My Mind Does Not Want

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My mind does not want to unlearn.

Therefore, I am suffering

From the worst flood

Of ignorance-torture. ```

6925. Your Armour Of Suspicion

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You call it

A mere hesitation.

I call it

Your armour of suspicion. ```

6926. The Enormity Of Truth

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At first the enormity of truth

May bewilder you.

But later the divinity of truth

Will illumine you. ```

6927. His All-Loving Heart

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His all-loving heart

Sincerely dislikes wrestling

With his all-doubting mind.

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6928. You Want Abiding Happiness

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You want abiding happiness,

Yet you do not want to surmount

The mountain-barriers

Of your confusion-enjoying mind. ```

6929. I Cannot Aspire

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Do you know why I cannot aspire?

I cannot aspire because of

Heaven’s sleepless indifference

And

Earth’s shameless interference.

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6930. No Difference

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What is the difference

Between a complicated mind

And contradictory thoughts?

No difference, none! ```

6931. To Please My Lord Supreme

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To please my Lord Supreme

Every day I shall cry

With earth’s heart

And every day I shall smile

With Heaven’s soul.

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6932. The Master Of Fulness

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As the human mind is the master

Of useless swiftness,

Even so, the divine heart is the master

Of useful fulness. ```

6933. Doubtless Confidence

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My mind consciously enjoys

Reckless confidence.

My heart smilingly enjoys

Doubtless confidence. ```

6934. Permanently Employed

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His mind is permanently employed

By the owner of doubt-factory:

Ignorance-king.

```

6935. I Do Not Need Anything More

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O earth, from you

I do not need anything more

Than a few comforting words.

O Heaven, from you

I do not need anything more

Than an illumining message.

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6936. Live In Your Silence-Heart

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What will you do

With your random flood of words?

Live instead in your silence-heart,

For your Silence-Lover: God. ```

6937. What Has Betrayed Me?

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What has betrayed me?

No, not my teeming doubts,

Not my Himalayan pride,

But my eyeless unwillingness. ```

6938. God Is All Ready

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Alas, I am not ready

With my receptivity,

But God is all ready

With His Infinity. ```

6939. A Starving Heart

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Alas, what I have

Is a greedy mind

And what I am

Is a starving heart. ```

6940. Long Before I Wished

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My Lord granted me

His Compassion-Smile

Long before I even wished

To deserve it. ```

6941. I Can At Least Try

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If God can be

His own Goodness,

I can at least try to be

My own soulfulness. ```

6942. What I Need

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What I need

Is a desert of thought

And a mountain of will-power.

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6943. Only One Question

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My Lord,

My heart has only one question

To ask You:

Will it have the capacity

To satisfy You eventually?

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6944. The Moment I Touch

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The moment I touch

My Lord’s Protection-Feet,

My Lord’s Compassion-Eye gives chase

To my roaming thoughts. ```

6945. The Beauty Of Human Perfection

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The beauty of human perfection

Is the unparalleled necessity

Of human aspiration.

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6946. Defy Or Deny

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Either defy or deny

Your sombre past

If you wish God to certify

Your heart’s present smile. ```

6947. One Thing To Learn

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Every day there is only

One thing to learn:

How to be honestly happy.

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6948. A Special Love

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God’s Heart has a special love

For him

Because he has unconditionally placed

His heart at God’s Feet. ```

6949. God Wants To Celebrate

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Two things God wants

To do for you cheerfully:

He wants to celebrate

Your mind’s self-mastery,

And He wants to celebrate

Your heart’s God-discovery. ```

6950. My Heart's Only Unfailing Desire

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My heart’s only unfailing desire

Is to remain perpetually a God-lover,

A perfect stranger

To the world of fame. ```

6951. My Mind Never Dares

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My mind never dares

To wander

Inside my heart’s

Will-power-garden. ```

6952. Always Hopeful

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I may not be helpful to you,

But I shall always be hopeful

For your success-life

And progress-heart. ```

6953. I Shall Not Give Up

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Although my mind is useless,

Although my heart is worthless,

Although my life is soulless,

I shall not give up,

Never!

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6954. My Two Questions

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Let me see who can and will

Answer my two questions:

Why do I still love man

When he secretly thinks so poorly of me?

Why do I not think of God

When He openly speaks so highly of me? ```

6955. Defy And Enjoy

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Your mind’s bondage-night

You must defy

If you want to enjoy

Your heart’s freedom-sky. ```

6956. My Heart Shall Defend

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You may offend my mind’s pride,

But my heart shall always

Defend your right to do so.

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6957. I Carry Only One Thing

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I carry only one thing:

My Lord’s sleepless Smile.

My Lord carries only one thing:

My shadowless satisfaction. ```

6958. My Heart's Sacred Flame

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My heart’s sacred flame

Sings only one song:

Earth’s self-transcendence-song.

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6959. In Collusion

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When my teeming doubts

And my tormenting fears

Are in collusion,

Frustration becomes my outer name

And destruction becomes my inner name.

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6960. Between Two Shores

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Your mind-boat is plying

Between criticism-shore

And cynicism-shore.

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6961. I Bow

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I bow to the light

That never dims.

I bow to the delight

That never fades. ```

6962. If You Wage War

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If you wage war against fear,

You are divinely great.

If you wage war against doubt,

You are supremely good. ```

6963. Your Mind's Imperfection-Impurity

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You do not have to seek

Your mind’s imperfection-impurity.

Your mind’s imperfection-impurity

Will inevitably find you. ```

6964. Another Opportunity-Smile

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Another opportunity-smile

God has granted me today

To meditate on Him unconditionally.

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6965. If Your Heartbeats Cling

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If your heartbeats cling

To God’s Golden Boat,

Then your life will never sink.

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6966. All My Achievements

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May all my achievements,

Good and bad,

Die of inattention.

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6967. His Mind's Inner Poverty

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He is his mind’s inner poverty.

No wonder his outer life

Is a barren desert.

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6968. Now I Am Going Back

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I have already gone

To the very end

Of the world’s doubt-voyage.

Now I am going back

To the very beginning

Of my faith-voyage.

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6969. Two Unnecessary Questions

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Two unnecessary questions:

Does God love me?

Do I need God?

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6970. I Am Crying Inside

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I am crying inside

My sincerity-heart

To humble the pride

Of my haughty intellect. ```

6971. Not Used To Deception

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Since your heart

Is not used to deception,

Your life will before long

Be granted perfection. ```

6972. Your Simplicity-Mind-Tree

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Your simplicity-mind-tree

Must not bend.

Your sincerity-heart-tree

Must not break. ```

6973. His Heart's Silence-Smile

```

Alas,

His heart’s silence-smile

Has been chased away

By his mind’s reckless thoughts. ```

6974. Inside His Searching Mind

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The thoughts that nestle

Inside his searching mind

Are pure, man-loving

And God-serving. ```

6975. Celestial Compassion-Moon

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Celestial compassion-moon

My aspiration-heart today

Again and again implores.

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6976. Revelation Itself

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His searching mind

May be obscure,

But his aspiring heart

Is revelation itself. ```

6977. My Wisdom-Filled Need

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I think of God

Because I know I need Him.

God thinks of me

Because of my wisdom-filled need. ```

6978. A Cynic

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A cynic does not walk alone.

He walks with his monstrous eye

And murderous tongue.

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6979. Straight Ahead

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Keep on steering straight ahead.

The Golden Shore will not

Be denied you.

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6980. Destined To Become

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My mind is destined to become

The morning’s deep glow.

My heart is destined to become

The sun’s golden lustre. ```

6981. Each Heavy Thought

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To me,

Each heavy thought

Is an unanswerable

Plus unpardonable question. ```

6982. Each Beautiful Thought

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Each beautiful thought

Comes from a far-off land,

Cradled by God’s compassionate

Vision-Eye. ```

6983. My Heart Is The Place

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My heart is exactly the place

Where yesterday I saw my Lord,

The Satisfaction-Giver.

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6984. If You Are Brave Enough

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If you are brave enough

To sing through darkness,

Then light will sing through you

And for you. ```

6985. A Loving Answer

```

Each human mind

Is a demanding question.

Each divine heart

Is a loving answer. ```

6986. Newly-Invented God

```

On earth I expected to see

The same God I knew in Heaven,

My soul’s God.

But instead what I see here

Is my mind’s newly-invented God,

The Science-God. ```

6987. Your Heart's Silvery Beams

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How can you expect to see

Your heart’s silvery beams

Under your mind’s gathering shadow?

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6988. Tomorrow's Distance-Light

```

My heart is gazing into

Tomorrow’s distance-light.

It is empty of even

A speck of fear. ```

6989. Astonishment And Enlightenment

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My mind wants to be satisfied

With astonishment.

My heart wants to be satisfied

With enlightenment. ```

6990. Crippling Diseases

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Your mind’s

Lack of enthusiasm

And your heart’s

Lack of determination

Will, before long,

Cripple your spiritual life. ```

6991. No Greater Purpose

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Is there no greater purpose

For your existence

Than mere thinking and brooding?

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6992. The Hallucination-Foundation

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The hallucination-foundation

Of his outer life-tower cracked

When he saw that his grandiose achievements

Were nothing short of painful imperfections. ```

6993. With Me, Against Me

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If your heart is not

With me,

That means your mind

Is against me. ```

6994. Haven Of My Hopes

```

Each beautiful and soulful morning

Is the haven

Of my thirsty and hungry hopes.

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6995. From Nothingness-Fulness

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From Nothingness-Fulness

We came.

To Fulness-Nothingness

We shall retire. ```

6996. Not For Them

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The desire-bound world

Is not for my aspiring heart.

The aspiration-free world

Is not for my desiring vital. ```

6997. The Swiftness Of His Thoughts

```

The swiftness of his own uncomely thoughts

Not only puzzles his mind

But also weakens his heart.

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6998. The Moment Of Certainty

```

My heart does love God

And my mind does need God:

Now is the moment of certainty.

```

6999. His Aspiration-Heart Cries

```

His aspiration-heart bitterly cries

When his mind is engulfed

By endless thoughts.

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7000. My Heart Tells Me

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My heart tells me

That I have not offered anything

To my Lord’s Heart

Unless and until

I have placed everything

At my Lord’s Feet. ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the seventieth 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

Artist Paul Jenkins engages Sri Chinmoy in a discussion about art and spirituality at an opening of one of the Master’s Jharna-Kala art exhibits in New York on 31 March 1975. Commenting on Sri Chinmoy’s paintings, he said, “What’s here is an abundance of colour, abundance of images, abundance of things that come through your mind when you meditate ....”

Editor's note

Some poems in this first edition were later selected by the author for a special collection of 207 Flower-Flames (FFP). The author also chose to revise some of his original poems for this anthology: FF-6961: FFP 126 (revised version).

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 70, Agni Press, 1983
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