If you are ready
To risk all,You are truly worthy
To receive all. ```He is descending
To his spiritual deathBecause every day he bathes
In the river of impure prideAnd dark ingratitude.
```Each morning
Has a special game to playWith my heart’s snow-white hopes
And my soul’s blue-gold promises. ```Your number one earthly disease
Is impurity.Your number one Heavenly disease
Is uncertainty. ```My Lord does not care for
My mountain-capacity,But He does care for
My fountain-availability. ```Attention-light I needed.
Dedication-height I need.Perfection-delight I shall need.
```God’s supreme Secret:
Man will eventually please GodIn His own Way.
```The beauty of your heart
Is your life.The impurity of your life
Is your death. ```Doubt,
You are showing too much!Do you not see
That I have two bigPerfectly functioning eyes?
```Fear, you are torturing me
Too much!Do you not feel that my heart’s
Inseparable oneness with GodWill destroy you before long?
```Even your stark enemies
Feel sorry for youBecause you are wedded
To endless and useless worries. ```Your ignorance-night
Will no longer endure.The express arrival of wisdom-light
Is absolutely sure. ```His indecision-mind
Is fully responsibleFor his life’s repeated
Devastating failures. ```God’s Compassion-Machine
Is eternally powerful.My gratitude-machine
Has recently become soulful. ```Jealousy is not
An incurable disease.But your unwillingness
To surrender your jealousyUnfortunately is.
```Delight, delight!
I have nothing but delight.Why?
Because I have done everythingThat my Lord wanted me to do.
```Each good thought
Experiences freedom-joyFrom all the snares of poison-doubt.
```Do guide my eyes, my Lord,
Into the ways of beauty’s joyAnd purity’s peace.
```My Lord,
I need Your Magnet-Feet.My Lord,
I need Your Protection-Feet more.My Lord,
I need Your Forgiveness-Feet most. ```I know I will not get
The right message from your soulBecause your mind is the interpreter
And not your heart. ```Someone is singing,
Perhaps God.Someone is threatening my ignorance.
Who else can it be,If not my Beloved Lord?
```I do not believe in
My mind,With its eternally hungry
Abysmal abyss. ```Your devotion has to be deeper
Than an ocean.Your surrender has to be higher
Than a mountain.Only then will you feel
What you mean to God. ```My body needs only one thing:
Movement.My vital needs only one thing:
Discipline.My mind needs only one thing:
Obedience.My heart needs only one thing:
Gratitude.My life needs only one thing:
Transcendence. ```If you need faith,
You are good.If you have faith,
You are perfect. ```Your utter stupidity makes you feel
That you do not need God.But never dare to expect
That others are going to follow you. ```I can find myself,
Since my Beloved SupremeIs searching with me.
```God is already
My personal Friend.Now I am trying hard
To make HimMy most intimate Friend.
```Only God can grant you
Spiritual security.No, not even your soul can do that.
```A heart of gratitude
And a life of surrenderNever drink tears.
They drink only nectar-delight. ```Today you are puffed up
With exorbitant pride.Tomorrow you will be bitten ruthlessly
By doubt-snakes. ```Since my prayer to you is sincere,
Can you not also show me sincerelyWhat you are truly made of,
O my puzzling mind? ```Perfection slowly comes
And happily staysIn the same room
With patience. ```Our easy-going ways
Are solely responsibleFor the failure
Of our life’s journey. ```Each unaspiring moment
Will prove to beA frustration-shore
Of nowhere-land. ```“When will God’s Work be done?”
This is the questionThat breaks the hearts
Of true God-lovers. ```God is the vision
Of man.Man is the Satisfaction
Of God. ```Do not undervalue yourself
Unnecessarily,For that work is done by others
Far better than you can ever do it. ```Victory usually means
Temporary peace.But peace is
Eternity’s victory. ```My mind is totally blind.
It cannot seeThe perfection-eye
Of my heart. ```I am anxious to see
Where God is hiding His Compassion.God is anxious to see
Where I am hiding my enthusiasm. ```You want to be your own teacher.
Do you not knowThat this is God’s Task?
```Do not satisfy an undivine person
In his own wayIf you really care for
His future perfection. ```If it is a question about God,
Who can answer with more authorityThan the heart’s blue bird:
The soul? ```The divine love of the heart
Can only be felt.It cannot be revealed,
It cannot be seen. ```Nothing is wrong with me:
So says my vital.Something is wrong,
But it can eventually be corrected:So says my heart.
```Since everything is bound to change
Eventually,My life’s total transformation
Will not always remain a far cry. ```Earth means
Birthless and deathless hopes.Heaven means
Birthless and deathless dreams.God means
Birthless and deathless Realities. ```God asks me to give Him
The things that I myselfDo not at all care for:
My imperfections. ```I am suffering
From myselfBecause I am not desperately looking
For myself. ```Each heart knows
How to cry for God.Each soul knows
How to fly with God. ```In my life’s humility-nest
My Lord has chosen to enjoyHis enduring Rest.
```You love your inner life.
That means God hasA very special Concern for you.
```When I am inside my mind,
I look for God the Doctor.When I am inside my heart,
I look for God the Singer. ```Fear ends only when I realise
That fear is nothingBut punishment unsought.
```Since your confidence has failed you,
Try God’s Compassion-Light.It will definitely work!
```I do not depend on others’ faith
In me.I depend only on my faith
In God. ```Sincerity gives my mind
Indomitable strength.Purity gives my heart
Unfathomable joy. ```My heart’s sleepless gratitude
Is the only fitting tributeTo my Lord Supreme.
```The tears of an orphan-heart
Enter straight intoThe Compassion-Heart of God.
```The soulful oneness of the universe
With a seeker’s aspiration-heartIs the bond inevitable.
```He has unlearnt all the lessons
That he received from his ignorance-teacher.Therefore he has all the marks
Of a great and genuine seeker. ```Before it is too late,
My heart must start growingAnd my mind must start glowing.
```The envelope of light
Contains my beautiful Immortality.The envelope of darkness
Contains my immediate death. ```Must I curb my quest?
Yes, if it is an earth-conquering quest.Must I curb my quest?
No, if it is a surrender-blossoming quest,Never!
```How can it be possible
For a small mind with weak thoughtsTo long for liberation?
```My Lord’s Compassion-Touch
Immediately mends my mindAnd heals my heart.
```O my sick mind,
Because of youI am unable to strengthen
My heart’s aspiration-life. ```Aspiration and dedication
Are two friendsWho affectionately teach us
How to approach perfection. ```My Lord
Will You not reconsider my case?I really would like to have
A taste of Nectar-Delight. ```You must command your thoughts,
Not vice versa,If happiness is something
That you are looking for. ```If you want to stand
God-revealed,Then first stand
Self-concealed. ```Concentration means
Success immediate.Meditation means
Progress ultimate.Surrender means
Satisfaction within,Satisfaction without.
```Do not trust your mind
Unless it is soulfullySearching for God.
```God loves my entire being.
Can I not at least try to loveOnly one part of my being:
My heart? ```I shall always remember
What God once told me:I am a dream of His
Inside His Eternity’s Dream-Boat. ```Humility is the best song
Sung by a God-seekerIn his outer life.
Purity is the best music
Played by a God-seekerIn his inner life.
```At the assembly of hearts and souls
Certain greedy minds come to talkAbout the perfection-satisfaction
Of democracy. ```So often my heart cannot persuade
My mind, vital and bodyTo meditate.
They are so obstinate! ```What my heart needs
Is an indefinite vacationFrom my unaspiring mind
And my demanding vital. ```Are you a great fighter?
If so, use your fighting capacityAgainst your doubting mind.
Are you a great lover?
If so, offer your love to GodOnly for Him to use.
```Enlarge your dedication-circle
To make yourself happy.Enlarge your surrender-circle
To make God happy. ```A doubting mind in itself
Is an affront to our inner divinity,Our universal oneness.
```My love
Of universal onenessIs God’s
Unparalleled Dream. ```Heaven’s Himalayan encouragement
And earth’s Atlantic encouragementSimultaneously echo and re-echo
In his soft, tender and flower-like heart. ```His heart has only
One inner resolve:To restore everyone’s
Freedom-right. ```I soulfully smile
When I want to please myself.I powerfully cry
When I wish to please God. ```The mind thinks
That it knows God.The heart feels
That God knows it. ```What is necessary
Man does not know.What is unnecessary
God does not know. ```You must be careful
Of what you say.You must be careful
Of what you do.But you do not have to be careful
Of what you think of God. ```My mind is happy
Because it is intelligent.My heart is happy
Because God is compassionate. ```I may not know myself,
But I do know my Father:My Forgiveness-Lord.
```Real spirituality
Can easily be describedIn one word:
Delight. ```He holds perfection.
You behold perfection in him.That means you yourself
Are on the road to perfection. ```May my mind’s vastness
And my heart’s onenessBe translated into immediate acts.
```God always wants
The powerful mind to surrenderTo the soulful heart.
```“My joy is for me.”
This is the division-manSpeaking in me for himself.
“My Joy is for all.”
This is the Oneness-GodSpeaking in me for everyone.
```Say what
Makes the world happy.Do what
Makes God happy. ```Your misfortune teaches me
How to be perfect.Therefore, I wish to share with you
My unconditional gratitude. ```The first thing in life
Is soulful self-giving.The last thing in life
Is unconditional self-giving. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 72, Agni Press, 1983
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