Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 94

9301. The Song He Enjoys Most

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Your Beloved Supreme is inviting you

To walk with Him

And learn from Him the Song

That He eternally enjoys most:

His Eternity’s Oneness-Song

With your heart,

In your life

And for your breath. ```

9302. Get Used To Saying No

```

Since I wish to become

An excellent God-seeker,

I must get used to saying no

To the debris of the past,

And I must get used to saying yes

To the edifice of the future. ```

9303. An Invaluable Achievement

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Purity without sincerity

Is an unusual achievement.

Purity with sincerity

Is an invaluable achievement. ```

9304. Since You Are For God

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Since you are for God

And for God only,

My Eternity’s aspiration-heart

Is all yours

And my Infinity’s dedication-life

Is all yours. ```

9305. His Master's Heart-University

```

An obedient disciple

Is a permanent student

At his Master’s heart-university.

```

9306. A Free Access

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Only an obedient disciple

Has a free access

To his Master’s heart

Of infinite Peace

And his Master’s soul

Of infinite Bliss. ```

9307. What God's Compassion Is

```

I do not know who God is,

But I do know what God’s Compassion is:

The eternal beginning

And immortal continuation

Of my soul’s Godward journey.

```

9308. My Ego Talks

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My ego talks,

My humility acts. ```

9309. I Cannot Please You

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God, I cannot please You

Because I am not always pure.

“Man, I cannot please you

Because you and your pride

Are always cocksure.”

```

9310. What I Am Supposed To Tell God

```

Yesterday I did not know

What I was supposed to tell God.

Today also I do not know

What I am supposed to tell God.

Tomorrow I sincerely hope

That God will tell me

What I am supposed to tell Him.

```

9311. Greatness And Glory

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Greatness and glory

Live together.

Goodness and satisfaction

Live together. ```

9312. What You Are Doing Right Now

```

My Lord,

Since I am not always conscious

Of what I do,

Right now I may not know

What I am doing.

But I do know

What You are doing right now.

You are thinking of me

And forgiving me.

```

9313. When I Entered The Spiritual Life

```

My sweet Lord,

When I entered the spiritual life,

I thought I would realise You

Sooner than at once.

I have been praying

And meditating for years.

How is it that the Goal

Still remains a far cry? ```

9314. God Can Give You His Consolation

```

God can give you His Consolation,

But consolation cannot give you illumination.

If you do not get illumination,

Then you will not get realisation-satisfaction. ```

9315. Ask Yourself Three Questions

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Every day ask yourself three questions:

Do you think of God only?

Do you need God only?

Do you love God only?

If the answers are all in the affirmative,

Then prove your answers

In your aspiration and in your dedication.

```

9316. If God Can See

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If God can see the perfect manifestation

Of your aspiration

In your everyday existence,

Then He will give you

The realisation of His highest Height

And His deepest Depth. ```

9317. Dive Deep Within For The Answers

```

Dive deep within for the answers

To your life’s questions.

Once you have the answers,

Then manifest them in and through

Your heart’s ceaseless cries

And your soul’s ceaseless smiles. ```

9318. God Is Inside My Doubtful Mind

```

Where is God?

He is inside my doubtful mind.

What is He doing there?

He is desperately trying

To transform my doubtful mind

Into His own faithful Heart. ```

9319. If You Are Truly Pleased With God

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If you are truly pleased with God,

With what He is doing

With you, in you and for you,

Then you will not have any interest

In your desire-life, comfort-life,

Pleasure-life and achievement-life. ```

9320. Revolting Against God

```

In the outer world

Fear may prevent you

From revolting against God.

But in the inner world is there any day

That your mind does not argue with God,

Your vital does not rebel against God

And your physical does not find fault with God?

```

9321. His Way Is Not God's Way

```

God has not been able

To please him,

And God will never be able

To please him,

For his way is not God’s Way.

```

9322. If Your Lord Supreme Pleases You

```

If your Lord Supreme pleases you

In your own way,

Immediately you will embrace destruction.

But if you please your Lord Supreme

In His own Way,

Yours will be a life

Of continuous delight.

```

9323. God As Your Only Interest

```

The day you close your door

To myriad interests

And have God as your only interest,

You and God will be able to celebrate

Both your victory and His Victory.

```

9324. A Blind Disciple

```

A blind disciple is he

Who thinks he can do everything

All by himself,

Although he has a spiritual Master.

A blind disciple is he

Who thinks his Master

Will do everything for him,

Even if he does not pray or meditate

Or do anything to please his Master.

```

9325. Without God's Help

```

A seeker can do nothing,

Absolutely nothing,

Without God’s help.

Again, God can do little,

Next to nothing,

Without the seeker’s conscious awareness

And conscious co-operation.

```

9326. An Added Advantage

```

Even though your aspiration is tremendous,

Do not ignore purity.

I tell you a supreme secret:

Purity is an added advantage,

Ever unimaginable.

Even though your dedication is continuous,

Do not ignore humility.

I tell you a supreme secret:

Humility is an added advantage,

Ever unimaginable.

```

9327. Each Gift Offered To God

```

Each outer gift soulfully offered to God

Increases the seeker’s sweet and strong

Oneness-capacity with God

And gives God a unique opportunity

To express His blessingful

And powerful Gratitude

To the seeker.

```

9328. God Has Only Two Demands

```

God has only two Demands:

The perfection of oneness

In your inner life

And the satisfaction of perfection

In your outer life.

You can fulfil His Demands easily

If you can all the time have

One sleeplessly crying heart

And two sleeplessly smiling eyes.

```

9329. You May Surprisingly Succeed

```

Do not give up!

There is every possibility

That you may surprisingly succeed

In the battlefield of your self-giving

And God-becoming life.

```

9330. We Shall Not Ultimately Fail You

```

O Lord Supreme,

We, Your children,

May unimaginably delay You,

But we shall not ultimately fail You

In Your God-Manifestation-Promise.

```

9331. God Wants You To Know

```

God wants you to know

What you can eventually become

And what you eternally are.

You can eventually become

His choicest instrument.

You eternally are

His Oneness-Heart.

```

9332. My Heart's God-Hour

```

Money-power will not last.

Personality-tower will crumble.

Popularity-flower will fade away.

Only my heart’s God-Hour

With my Beloved Supreme

Will forever and forever last. ```

9333. Why Have You Lost Your Inner Joy?

```

O truth-seeker,

Why have you lost your inner joy?

You have lost your inner joy

Because you did not value it.

You mistakenly cherished the idea

That you could have inner joy for the asking.

Therefore, you began

Secretly drinking pleasure-soup

With your body, vital and mind.

```

9334. An Unthinkable Opportunist

```

Your cleverness and meanness

Have turned you into

An unthinkable opportunist.

You want joy, appreciation, love, concern

And even gratitude from God.

But you do not want God Himself

For His own sake.

```

9335. God Uses His Justice-Light

```

God uses His Justice-Light

When it is the only way

To awaken you

And make you see and feel

The importance of the inner life.

```

9336. Once You Lose Your Inner Wealth

```

Once you lose your inner wealth,

You have to start over

Right from the very beginning,

Where sincerity, humility, purity

And self-offering are waiting

To run with you, in you

And through you once more.

Do not disappoint them,

Or yours will again be the life

Of immediate failure. ```

9337. God's Blessing-Opportunities

```

For years and years God will lavish

His invaluable Blessing-Opportunities upon you.

But if He is seriously displeased with you,

He not only can but also does

Withdraw these Blessing-Opportunities.

```

9338. I Must Avail Myself

```

In my life of aspiration and dedication,

Either I must avail myself

Of God’s inner and outer Gifts,

Or I shall be forced to accept

A life of unimaginable failure

And a heart of total disappointment. ```

9339. Mortal Death Knocks

```

Each time a birthday comes,

Mortal death knocks at our body’s door.

But the immortal soul inside the body-room

Calls out,

“You are knocking at the wrong door.

Go away, go away!” ```

9340. When I Am The Body

```

When I am the body,

Which is limitation in every sense,

I see death at every moment

Here, there and everywhere.

When I am the soul,

Which is unlimited freedom in every sense,

There is no death,

But only endless Immortality. ```

9341. The Greatest Inner Crime

```

If your ignorance

Does not torture you,

I do not mind.

But if your ignorance

Pleases and satisfies you,

Then I accuse you of committing

The greatest inner crime.

```

9342. Think Of The Soul

```

O body, my body,

Think of the soul.

For with the help of the soul

You will grow into

Eternity’s Poise, Peace, Light and Bliss.

O soul, my soul,

Think of the body.

For it is in and through the body

That you will have to manifest your divinity. ```

9343. The Body And Fleeting Time

```

The body and fleeting time

Are synonymous.

Each fleeting second

Is a fleeting life-breath.

Therefore, do everything as soon as possible

In and through the body. ```

9344. On My Upward Path

```

My Lord Supreme is not asking me

To see if others are accompanying me

On my upward path.

He is only asking me

To sleeplessly march

On my upward path. ```

9345. A New Name

```

If you deliberately hide something

From your Lord Supreme,

He will give your mind a new name:

Destruction;

Your heart a new name:

Frustration;

Your vital a new name:

Futility;

Your soul a new name:

Failure;

And Himself a new name:

Indifference. ```

9346. My Bounden Duty

```

I am under no obligation

To explain myself to others,

But it is my bounden duty

To see their God

In them,

As I see my own God

In myself.

```

9347. My Real Vision

```

I exceed in order to become.

I exceed my usual reality

In order to become my real vision,

Which is the perfection of man

For the Satisfaction of God.

```

9348. Each Act Is A Work Of Art

```

Each act is a work of art.

The Supreme Artist, my Beloved Supreme,

Has already completed

The Supreme Work of Art.

But alas, I have not yet started

My own artwork,

And I do not know

When I shall start. ```

9349. How Can It Be Possible?

```

How can it be possible?

You love God,

But you do not love

The chosen children of God.

How can it be possible?

```

9350. If You Say

```

If you say there are no

Infallible God-seekers

And God-lovers on earth,

Then why don’t you try yourself

To prove to the world

That it is possible? ```

9351. Do Not Care For Those

```

O truth-seeker,

Do not care for those

Who scoff at your devoted meditation

And doubt your fruitful sincerity. ```

9352. Mine Is The Way

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do You think I can bind You?

“My child,

You will not be able to bind Me,

Never!”

My Lord Supreme,

Do You think You can bind me?

“My child, I can bind you,

But I shall not.

Mine is not the Way

To bind My creation.

Mine is the Way

To grant freedom to My creation.” ```

9353. God Appears Before You

```

In the morning

God appears before you

As divine Opportunity.

At noon

God appears before you

As supreme Capacity.

In the evening

God appears before you

As immortal Reality.

```

9354. Try To Grow In Freedom-Light

```

Try to grow in freedom-light

Inside your Lord’s Oneness-Heart,

Where Nectar-Delight is there for you

To drink to your heart’s content. ```

9355. Man's Rare Gratitude-Heart

```

The unparalleled height

Of man’s rare gratitude-heart

Still remains unmatched.

```

9356. A Moment's Inner Strength

```

A moment’s vast inner strength

Can easily nullify

A year’s stupendous outer ignorance-life.

```

9357. There Will Be At Least A Few

```

I know, I know,

There will be at least a few

Supremely chosen instruments

Of our Beloved Supreme

Who will remain absolutely faithful

To the Boatman

And who will remain soulfully seated

In the Boat

Until the Golden Shore

Is unquestionably reached. ```

9358. An Obedient Seeker-Disciple

```

An obedient seeker-disciple

Is his Master’s invaluable possession

In the outer world

And his Master’s incomparable promise

In the inner world.

```

9359. Always Found Together

```

A heart of gratitude

And God’s lightning Smile

Are always found together.

```

9360. Each Soulful Seeker Must Surrender

```

Each soulful seeker must surrender

Money-power to heart-power

To illumine his mind

And save his life. ```

9361. The Heartbeat Of The Supreme

```

I can hear the Heartbeat of the Supreme

Only when I feel the Compassion-Power

Of His Lotus Feet.

```

9362. Sweetness And Brilliance

```

Sweetness purifies our heart.

Brilliance strengthens our mind.

When sweetness enters into brilliance,

The victory of brilliance is soulful.

When brilliance enters into sweetness,

The victory of sweetness is powerful. ```

9363. God Plays My Victory-Drum

```

Here on earth when I surrender

To God’s Will unconditionally,

There in Heaven God plays

My victory-drum breathlessly. ```

9364. God Feels Sorry

```

God feels sorry that you have no time

To watch the victory-flag

That He has unfurled on the wings

Of your gratitude-soul. ```

9365. The Supreme Victory In Life

```

There are only two ways

To achieve and declare

The supreme Victory in life.

One way is to feel

That you are nothing, absolutely nothing,

On the strength of your sincere humility.

The other way is to feel

That you are everything, absolutely everything,

On the strength of your perfect oneness

With God’s Love, Peace and Power. ```

9366. God Uses His Destructive Power

```

God uses His destructive Power

For the transformation of human ignorance

And the illumination of human life.

```

9367. Flooded With Divine Consciousness

```

When one is flooded

With divine consciousness,

One becomes a perfect representative

Of God on earth. ```

9368. An Imaginary Disobedience

```

Sometimes in the inner world

What you have

Is an imaginary disobedience

And what you are

Is an imaginary arrogance.

Detect them and dismiss them,

For God loves you as His own, very own.

```

9369. Negative And Positive Thoughts

```

When negative thoughts

Assail your mind

And assault your life

Of aspiration and dedication,

You have to convince yourself

That they can never be permanent,

Never!

When positive thoughts

Inspire and encourage you,

You have to convince yourself

That they not only can but also will be

Unquestionably permanent.

```

9370. The Two Worst Negative Thoughts

```

The two worst negative thoughts:

I am not of God;

God does not care for me.

The two best positive thoughts:

I am eternally of God;

I am unconditionally for God

And God alone.

```

9371. Give Up And Accept

```

Give up, give up, give up

What you usually are.

Accept, accept, accept

What you really are.

What you usually are

Is a friend of ignorance-night.

What you really are

Is an inseparable friend of wisdom-delight.

Ignorance-night is nothing but

Slow, steady and unerring death.

Wisdom-delight is nothing but

God’s God-Satisfaction

In man’s perfect Perfection.

```

9372. The Best Thing You Can Give

```

To a friend,

The best thing you can give

Is your heart’s sweetness.

To an enemy,

The best thing you can give

Is your soul’s forgiveness.

```

9373. He Is Dearer To God

```

He may not have high inner experiences,

But he does obey God inwardly and outwardly.

You do have high experiences,

But you do not listen to God.

Therefore, he is far dearer to God than you.

```

9374. Reality-Freedom-Sky

```

Although the soul-bird has allowed itself

To be caught inside the tiny body-cage,

It still carries the message

Of the boundless Reality-Freedom-Sky. ```

9375. His Soul Is Now Coming Forward

```

Finally his body is getting up,

His vital wants to manifest God

And his mind has stopped its doubt-train.

Therefore, his soul is now coming forward

Very powerfully.

```

9376. The Message Of The Supreme

```

The Message of the Supreme

For aspiring humanity:

“If you have,

Then be happy;

If you don’t have,

Then be equally happy.” ```

9377. Happy And Unhappy

```

On his birthday

He was both happy and unhappy.

He was happy because

His friends were congratulating him.

He was unhappy because

He had accomplished so little

During so many years on earth.

```

9378. Human Music, Divine Music

```

Human music

Feeds the vital of mankind.

Divine music

Serves the heart of mankind. ```

9379. The World-Tree

```

Enamoured of the beauty

Of the world-tree,

He appreciated not only

The root and boughs,

But each and every one

Of its countless leaves. ```

9380. To Expedite Your Progress

```

How to expedite your progress,

Inner and outer?

Be cheerful, be dynamic

And always do the needful,

Inwardly and outwardly.

```

9381. Serious Inner Damage

```

If you do not take

Your spiritual life seriously,

No outer calamity may take place,

But you will definitely incur

Serious inner damage.

```

9382. Wait Patiently For God's Hour

```

Meditate, serve

And wait patiently for God’s choice Hour.

Your journey to God

Is bound to be successful and fruitful. ```

9383. Dive Deep Within

```

Dive deep within and you will discover

That inside your body is your heart,

Inside your heart is your soul,

And inside your soul is God. ```

9384. Difficult To Remember

```

It is very easy to surrender

What we have:

Ignorance.

But it is very difficult to remember

Who we are:

God’s chosen children. ```

9385. A Perfection-Life I Badly Need

```

An intelligence-mind I needed,

And I achieved it.

A wisdom-heart I need,

And I amply have it.

A perfection-life I badly need,

And God’s Compassion-Smile

Is descending with it.

```

9386. Peace Means Perfection

```

Peace does not mean

Seclusion.

Peace means the perfection

Of oneness-life. ```

9387. His Mind Is Flooded

```

His mind is flooded

With teeming queries.

His heart is flooded

With beaming reveries. ```

9388. You Want To Climb Up

```

You want to climb up to Heaven,

Yet your mind enjoys living

In the abysmal abyss

Of darkness-night. ```

9389. What My Mind Needs

```

What my mind needs

Is a new inspiration

To please God’s Eye.

What my heart needs

Is a new aspiration

To please God’s Heart.

```

9390. I Must Reawaken My Heart

```

With astonishing swiftness

I must reawaken my heart

For the clear and complete manifestation

Of my Beloved Supreme. ```

9391. Because Of His Angelic Speed

```

Because of his angelic speed,

His heart enjoys

The beauty and purity

Of the higher worlds. ```

9392. Two Lives I Must Love

```

Two lives I must sincerely love:

My heart’s crying life

And

My soul’s dreaming life. ```

9393. If You Want To Give

```

If the world wants to give you

In small measure,

Don’t be a fool.

Just take it.

If you want to give to the world

Without measure,

Don’t be a fool.

Just do it. ```

9394. If You Always Borrow

```

If you always borrow

From others’ thoughts,

Then naturally someday,

Sooner or later,

Sorrow will sleeplessly

Follow your steps. ```

9395. Its Blue-Gold Wings

```

Your heart-bird cannot use

Its blue-gold wings

Unless your diamond faith has attained

Total sufficiency. ```

9396. Aspiration Discovers Doubts

```

Aspiration discovers doubts.

Dedication challenges doubts.

Revelation cheerfully, powerfully

And unmistakably disperses doubts. ```

9397. His Mind Is Not Satisfied

```

His mind is not satisfied

With newness.

His heart is not satisfied

With fulness.

His life is not satisfied

With richness.

But he is satisfied with his Lord’s

Constant Fondness. ```

9398. It Looks So Simple

```

When others pray to God soulfully,

It looks so simple,

It sounds so simple.

Yet how is it that I cannot sail

In the same devotion-boat

With the same aspiration-boatman? ```

9399. To Please God

```

To please God

All you have to do

Is offer your soul’s smile.

To please man

All you have to do

Is offer your heart’s cry.

```

9400. Work-Story And Success-Glory

```

There was a time

When God wrote the work-story

And I took the success-glory.

But now we work together

And write our success-story together.

There shall come a time

When together we will compose

A progress-song

And we will continue singing it

Forever and forever. ```

Editor's introduction to the first edition

This is the ninety-fourth 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

Representative Joseph P. Addabbo of New York presents Sri Chinmoy with a Certificate of Achievement on behalf of the United States Congress, during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol marking the inauguration of the Sri Chinmoy Cross-Country Bicycle Trail on 5 June 1980.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 94, Agni Press, 1983
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