Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 85

8401. My Heart's Adoration-Bird

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As my heart’s adoration-bird

Spreads its wings,

My life swims in the Power-Sea

Of my Lord’s Love. ```

8402. If You Do Not Manifest The Supreme

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If you do not manifest

The Supreme,

You will be buried

By your own hidden capacities. ```

8403. Hard To Escape

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Hard is it to escape

From doubt,

For it wears

A million disguises. ```

8404. Her Insecurity

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Her insecurity has triggered

Her insincerity.

Her insincerity has triggered

Her devastating failure

Within and without.

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8405. Your Mind's Doubt-Fort

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You are fond of living

Inside your mind’s doubt-fort.

No wonder you are so accident-prone

In your inner life. ```

8406. The Cosmic Deities Within You

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Because you always unleash

Your animal anger upon the world,

The cosmic deities within you

Are quite often forced to starve. ```

8407. Out Of Tune

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Every human being can be

Out of tune

With God’s Justice-Light

But not with God’s

Compassion-Height.

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8408. Love Can Enlarge

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As forgiveness can illumine

A human life,

Even so, love can enlarge

A human mind. ```

8409. Compete Only For Compassion-Light

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O my mind,

Do not compete with my heart

For supremacy.

If you want to compete

With anything or anyone,

Then compete only for

God’s constant Compassion-Light.

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8410. A Ceaseless Song Of Newness

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If you can make your heart

A ceaseless song of newness,

Then your life of God-fulness

Cannot remain a far cry. ```

8411. In Case You Have Not Noticed

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In case you have not noticed,

There is an inevitable link

Between the human desire-life

And ceaseless frustration-night. ```

8412. Minor Incidents

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You do not love God.

You do not pray to God.

You do not meditate on God.

Do you think

That these are only minor incidents

In God’s Cosmic Drama? ```

8413. The Life-River

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The human life-river flows.

The divine life-river

Flows and glows.

The Supreme Life-River

Carries everywhere

The Satisfaction-Heart

Of the Absolute Supreme.

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8414. Your Lack Of Faith In God

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Your lack of faith in God

Is nothing short of

A beginningless and endless dark tunnel.

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8415. God's Sleepless Dream-Boat

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When God governs your inner life,

Your outer life becomes

God’s own sleepless Dream-Boat.

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8416. If You Are A Secret Lover Of God

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If you are a secret

Lover of God,

And if you are a sacred

Instrument of God,

Then ignorance has no right

To exist in your life. ```

8417. The Trivia Of The World

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If you are overcome

By the trivia of the ordinary world,

Then your past failures

Will always remain alive

Inside your tightly earth-bound life.

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8418. Every Day You Must Learn Anew

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Every day you must learn anew

How to maintain silence

In your mind-world.

Every day you must learn anew

How to offer peace

To the world at large

From the world of your aspiration-flames.

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8419. Just Look Within!

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To discover the darkness

Of your mind’s night,

You do not have to go anywhere.

Just look within

Carefully!

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8420. God's Victory-Drum

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If you want to become

God’s Victory-Drum,

Then ask your heart

To pray to God

To know His outer

And inner Programme. ```

8421. The Unaspiring Human In Me

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The unaspiring human in me

Not only protests but also cries

When it sees that the divine in me

Wants to be awakened

To illumine the world within and without.

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8422. If You Love Spirituality

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If you love spirituality

Sincerely and generously,

God will undoubtedly

Crusade for your victory. ```

8423. Your Heart's Surrender-Life

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Your heart’s surrender-life

Is not even a single heartbeat away

From God’s Satisfaction-Life.

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8424. Mountain-High Beauty

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Your heart of love

And your life of light

Must always appreciate and admire

The mountain-high beauty of your soul. ```

8425. The Art Of Faith-Fidelity

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God Himself will keep

A good grip on your life’s reality

If you just master the art

Of faith-fidelity. ```

8426. The Swift Opening Of Heaven's Door

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If you know how to surrender

Cheerfully, soulfully and unconditionally,

Then you are bound to see

The swift opening of Heaven’s

Life-illumining and soul-fulfilling door.

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8427. I Shall Not Allow

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I shall not allow

My thronging thoughts

To intrude upon my heart’s

Supremely precious

Oneness-life with God.

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8428. To See The Face

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My gratitude-heart breathes

Only to see the face

Of my perfection-life.

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8429. A Specialist In God's Love

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You have cast aside

Your disbelief-life.

Therefore, you have become

A specialist in God’s Love. ```

8430. Teach Me How To Fly

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My dear soul-bird,

If you do not want to teach me

How to fly for you,

Then at least teach me

How to fly with you.

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8431. Peace In My Outer Life

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Peace in my outer life

Is my perfection-smile.

Dynamism in my inner life

Is my satisfaction-dance. ```

8432. His Inner Actions

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His inner actions

Have made his heart

Divinely beautiful.

His outer silence

Has made his life

Supremely powerful.

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8433. God Will Be On Your Side

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Cheer up

And give up your failure-life!

Look at your heart’s gratitude-flames.

This time God will definitely

Be on your side.

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8434. His Heart's Ceaseless Silence

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Because he is his heart’s

Ceaseless silence,

He is also his life’s

Endless joy. ```

8435. My Secret Prayers

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My secret prayers

Deal with my mind’s

Undivine thoughts.

My sacred meditations

Deal with my heart’s

Soulful feelings.

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8436. Your Heart's New Name

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Now that purity

Is your heart’s new name,

You can live inside the garden

Of your soul’s illumination-sky. ```

8437. My Mind's Disbelief-Door

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When I shut my mind’s

Disbelief-door,

Peace unfolds its brightest bloom

For me. ```

8438. Cheerful Self-Giving

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Cheerful self-giving

Is the master key

To the mystic door

Of God-discovery. ```

8439. Very Special Ways

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There are so many ways

To please our Beloved Supreme,

But the ways of patience, surrender

And gratitude

Are very special.

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8440. An Atom Of Your Light

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My Lord Supreme,

An atom of Your Light

Liberates my bondage-mind;

An atom of Your Delight

Immortalises my aspiration-heart.

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8441. I Own Many Things

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In my outer life

I own nothing but my feeble hopes.

In my inner life

I own many things,

Even God’s Vision-Eye.

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8442. Yesterday's Fear

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Yesterday’s fear

Has captured me.

Tomorrow’s doubt

Is capturing me.

And today’s utter helplessness

Is about to capture me. ```

8443. My Confidence In My Heart

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My confidence in my heart

Is my only joy.

My soul’s confidence in me

Is my only peace. ```

8444. No Margin For Error

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O my heart,

You are meant for perfect perfection.

God will not grant you

Even a small margin for error. ```

8445. The Silence Of Humility

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The silence of humility

Cheerfully follows

And successfully replaces

The sound of stupidity. ```

8446. The Final Smile

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Mine is a completely new effort

To start smiling

The final smile.

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8447. Inside A Tiny Moment-Drop

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Inside a tiny moment-drop

I do hope to see the Presence

Of my Lord Supreme.

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8448. I Phoned God

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I phoned God

And asked Him

To do something about my impurity-life.

He told me that He knows all about it

And that He is definitely

Going to take care of it. ```

8449. The Prison Of Wasted Thoughts

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Smile!

It will bring you out of the prison

Of wasted thoughts.

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8450. Your Life's Dedication-Light

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Your life’s dedication-light

Is your free passport

To freedom’s delight.

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8451. God Loves The Lover

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Man loves the winner,

But God loves the lover

Of experience-light.

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8452. I Wish To Be An Eternal Slave

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I wish to be an eternal slave

To serve my Lord’s Lotus Feet.

I wish to be an eternal dreamer

To adore my Lord’s Vision-Eye.

I wish to be an eternal lover

To manifest my Lord’s Oneness-Heart. ```

8453. A Very Close Friend

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O my mind,

My soul is a very close friend

Of Immortality’s diamond dreams,

And my heart is a very close friend

Of Infinity’s golden dreams.

Can you not be even an ordinary friend

Of Eternity’s silver dreams?

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8454. Heaven's Ecstasy-Sky

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His heart of patience

And his life of perseverance

Have at long last granted him

Heaven’s ever-increasing ecstasy-sky. ```

8455. Two Divine Existence-Realities

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Between my self-inquiry

And my self-discovery

Two divine existence-realities abide:

My heart’s soulful cry

And my life’s powerful smile.

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8456. A Mind Flooded With Doubts

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A mind flooded with doubts

Is at once Eternity’s sadness

And

Infinity’s madness. ```

8457. Unless You Carefully Watch

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Unless you carefully watch

Your inner treasures,

Your faith, love and gratitude,

How can you expect God

To sleeplessly watch

Your doubt, hatred and ingratitude? ```

8458. Where Is The Difference?

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Where is the difference between

Your heart’s adamantine will-power

And your life’s unparalleled God-Hour?

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8459. My Inner Electricity

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Purity’s love

Is my inner electricity.

Beauty’s concern

Is my outer electricity.

Divinity’s satisfaction

Is my supreme electricity. ```

8460. My Heart's Senior Partner

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My heart’s junior partner

Is my earth-born mind.

My heart’s senior partner

Is my Immortality’s soul. ```

8461. A Whisper Of Inspiration

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A whisper of inspiration

Has totally changed his face.

A whisper of aspiration

Has completely changed his life. ```

8462. To Challenge The Invisible

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If your life is ready

To challenge the invisible,

Then your heart will definitely

Be embraced by the unknowable. ```

8463. A Shameless Self-Lover

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You are denied the satisfaction

Of God’s Presence

Not because you do not need God,

Not because you speak ill of God,

But because you have become

An absurd and shameless self-lover. ```

8464. The Elementary Lessons

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Each negative thought

Is a positive intruder.

Each negative feeling

Is a positive destroyer.

These are the elementary lessons

The seeker receives

When he enters into the spiritual life.

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8465. The Supreme Lesson

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No man-acquired achievements

Can forever last,

But all God-granted achievements

Will forever and forever last.

This is the supreme lesson

That all human beings must learn. ```

8466. The Nectar-Delight

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Inspiration is the nectar-delight

Of my searching mind.

Aspiration is the nectar-delight

Of my crying heart.

Realisation is the nectar-delight

Of my self-giving life. ```

8467. This World Definitely Needs

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This world may not need

A great spiritual Master.

This world may not need

A great saint.

But this world definitely needs

A perfect gentleman. ```

8468. The Human Mind

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The human mind

Does not want to know

Where God is.

The human heart

Does not know

What God looks like.

The human life

Does not understand

Why God delays.

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8469. Offer Your Mind To God

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Do you want to transcend your mind?

If so,

Then either sell your mind to humanity

For good

At a very high price,

Or offer your mind to God

Unconditionally and permanently.

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8470. God's "Why?" And "How?"

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I came from God

To learn the meaning

Of His “Why?”

I shall go back to God

After I have learnt the meaning

Of His “How?”

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8471. If You Are A Beginner-Seeker

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If you are a beginner-seeker,

Then yours can be

God’s Compassion-Sea.

If you are an advanced seeker,

Then yours should be

God’s Justice-Sky.

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8472. God Does Not Care To Know

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God does not care to know

Whether or not you are satisfied

With Him,

But God does want to know

How you can be satisfied

With your ignorance-self. ```

8473. Before You Think Of God

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Before you think of God,

Think of yourself

As a sleepless seeker.

This will definitely help you.

Before you meditate on God,

Think of yourself

As an unconditional God-lover.

This will definitely help you. ```

8474. Two Messages

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In Heaven my soul and I

Received the message

Of God-Manifestation.

On earth my heart and I

Received the message

Of God-Perfection-Satisfaction.

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8475. If You Want To Argue

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If you want to argue with someone,

Why don’t you argue

With your doubting mind?

If you want to hate someone,

Why don’t you hate

Your devouring vital?

If you want to awaken someone,

Why don’t you awaken

Your sleeping body?

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8476. When I Live Inside My Mind

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When I live inside my mind,

I long for quantity’s Infinity.

When I live inside my heart,

I long for quality’s Immortality.

When I live inside my soul,

I long for neither quality nor quantity.

I long only for the supreme Satisfaction

Of my Beloved Supreme

In His own transcendental Way.

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8477. A Free Permit

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Doubt has a free permit

To exercise inner tyranny

In a careless seeker’s aspiration-life.

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8478. The Pressure Of Inner Weaknesses

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Has there ever been a time

In God’s creation

When human beings have not suffered

From the pressure of inner weaknesses? ```

8479. A Heart Of Constant Self-Giving

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A heart of constant

And cheerful self-giving

Will not be dogged

By despair. ```

8480. His Self-Imposed Task

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He is not happy

Because he has imposed upon himself

The task of reassessing each day

His own life. ```

8481. A Faithful And Meticulous Observer

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True, you are not a God-lover.

True, you are not even a truth-seeker.

But you can easily be

A faithful and meticulous observer. ```

8482. If You Cherish A Doubt-Life

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If you deliberately cherish

A doubt-life,

Sooner or later you will fall

Into life’s deepest chasm. ```

8483. A Golden God-Necessity-Chain

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Each soulful seeker

Has only one necessity.

What is that necessity?

A golden God-necessity-chain. ```

8484. The Trap Of Self-Deception

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If you fall again and again

Into the trap of self-deception,

How can you dance inside your heart

With your soul’s sunbeams? ```

8485. A Mind Of Blossom-Poise

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You do not need

A vast kingdom.

You do not need

A deep solitude.

What you need is

A mind of blossom-poise. ```

8486. A World Far From Ours

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There is a world far from ours

Where beauty’s heart, purity’s life

And divinity’s soul

Grow and glow

To reveal God the Eternal Dreamer

And manifest God the Immortal Lover. ```

8487. How Can You Expect To Sing?

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If your human mind

Is overpowered by the sound-life,

How can you expect

To sing soul-stirring songs

In your silence-heart?

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8488. Hope Gropes In The Darkness

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Once upon a time

Inside my heart

Hope was shining bright.

Alas, now my heart is the place

Where hope gropes in the darkness

Of frustration-night. ```

8489. The Dew Of Earth-Delight

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Because you know how to scatter

The dew of earth-delight,

God has granted you

His own Eternity’s immortal Height. ```

8490. A Sacred Corner Of My Heart-Room

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I long to remain

In a sacred corner of my heart-room

Where my self-giving life-music

Can please the Satisfaction-Ear

Of my Beloved Supreme.

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8491. The Presence Of Teeming Doubts

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The presence of teeming doubts

Not only weakens the seeker’s heart

But also lengthens the seeker’s failure-life.

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8492. The Right Approach

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He made the wrong approach:

He wanted to conquer the world

With words of hate.

He is now making the right approach:

He is conquering the world

With acts of love. ```

8493. He Does Not Want To Hear

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Outwardly he does not want to hear

What the world says,

But inwardly he is always eager to know

What the world feels. ```

8494. A Dead Leaf

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He is now ready to achieve

The life of perfection-delight

Because his human life has become

A dead leaf on the desire-tree. ```

8495. Unless He Invites His Inner King

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He does not know

Why his faith has left him.

How can he know

Unless he invites his heart’s inner King

To return to the throne

Inside his earth-bound and Heaven-free life? ```

8496. There Is No Difference

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There is no difference

Between a desire-breath

And a disgrace-life.

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8497. Each Beautiful Life

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Each beautiful life

Is indeed a satisfaction-child

Of Divinity’s God-Hour.

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8498. The Only Place

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An impurity-breath

Is the only place

Where Heaven’s God-Flowers

Never want to grow. ```

8499. His Mind Is A Shattered Hope

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His mind is a shattered hope.

His heart is a battered promise.

Alas, this is the kind of life he has.

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8500. My Life's Devoted Receptivity

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My life’s devoted receptivity

Has and is the capacity

To make my heart feel

That it is not only close

To my Lord Supreme,

But closer than the closest. ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the eighty-fifth 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 poses with New York’s Mayor Edward I. Koch on the steps of City Hall, where the Mayor presented Sri Chinmoy with a special “Certificate of Appreciation” on 16 August 1978. Citing from the Certificate, the Mayor said, “To Sri Chinmoy, whose contributions as spiritual leader, meditation teacher, musician, artist and poet have been an inspiration to thousands of New Yorkers ... I commend this fine humanitarian on behalf of all our citizens.”

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 85, Agni Press, 1983
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