Flower-flames, part 1

An Unfinished Dream of God

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An unfinished Dream of God

Brought me down:

The God-Hour then struck.

An unending Reality of God

Will take me up:

The God-Hour will once again strike.

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A Tree Is the Seeker's Prayer-Cry

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A tree is the seeker’s

Prayer-cry.

A flower is the seeker’s

Meditation-smile.

A fruit is the seeker’s

Realisation-song. ```

Mine Is the Life

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Mine is the life that cries

In man’s binding chains.

Mine is the heart that flies

In God’s liberating reins.

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I Am Dying to See God

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I am dying to see God.

God is seriously planning

To meet me.

What, then, delays our meeting?

Alas, my surrender-smile. ```

Although God Loves Him

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Although God loves him,

He is his heart’s sorrow.

Although God blesses him,

He is his life’s failure.

Why? Why? Why?

Because he has not

Changed his name into

Love-devotion-surrender.

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Finally, Truth Is on the March

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Finally,

Truth is on the march.

Finally,

I can declare God’s Victory.

Finally,

I shall see my Lord Supreme smiling.

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God's Unconditional Pardon (1)

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God’s unconditional Pardon

I do not deserve.

Man’s regular prosecution

I do not deserve, either. ```

Heaven Descends

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Heaven descends

When I consciously

And soulfully serve.

Earth ascends

When I unreservedly

And unconditionally love.

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My Failure-Life

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I took my failure-life

As my secret rehearsal.

I take my success-life

As my open and free performance.

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Life Is Lovely (1)

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Life is lovely.

Therefore, I live.

Prayer is lovely.

Therefore, I pray.

Creation is lovely.

Therefore, I love. ```

Incredible News (1)

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Incredible news:

God still loves me!

Incredible news:

Man still hates me!

Incredible news:

I am still alive!

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A Good Friend to Love

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A good friend to love:

My heart.

A good place to begin:

My heart.

A good pioneer to trust:

My heart.

A good messenger of God’s Victory:

My heart.

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God's Love-Call

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God’s Love-Call

Has transformed my animal past.

God’s Love-Call

Is illumining my human present.

God’s Love-Call

Will immortalise my divine future. ```

How Little I Know (1)

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How little I know

Of man’s gratitude-drop!

How little I know

Of God’s Forgiveness-Sea!

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An Atom of Soulful Effort

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An atom of soulful effort:

God comes down.

A second of self-giving cry:

Look, God is happily watching you!

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America's Special Strength

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America’s special strength

Lies not in frightening the weak

And challenging the strong,

But in strengthening the weak

And

Illumining the strong. ```

My Body Does Not Belong to Me (1)

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My body does not belong to me.

It belongs to God’s Compassion-Light.

My soul does not belong to me.

It belongs to God’s Satisfaction-Delight.

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God Wanted You to Go to Him (1)

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God wanted you

To go to Him untouched.

But what you did,

You know!

You went to God unchanged. ```

Mine Are Shattered Dreams

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Mine are shattered dreams.

Yet

I shall go on.

Mine is a punctured heart.

Yet

I shall carry on.

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Are You, O Lord, Tired of Being Good? (1)

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Are You, O Lord,

Tired of being good?

It seems You are.

Are You, O Lord,

Tired of being divine?

It seems You are.

Are You, O Lord,

Tired of being perfect?

It seems You are.

O my Lord Supreme, then do bless me

With Your Goodness-Heart,

Divinity-Life

And Perfection-Role.

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In the Physical World

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In the physical world

I see a cancerous smile.

In the vital world

I see a dangerous smile.

In the mental world

I see an ungenerous smile.

In the psychic world

I see a precious smile.

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Since Nobody Wants to Play with Me

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Since nobody wants

To play with me,

I play with my shadow.

Since nobody wants

To sing with me,

I sing with my failure.

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O Silver Flames of My Mind

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O silver flames of my mind,

I love you.

Do awaken my life!

O golden flames of my heart,

Do expedite

My Heaven-bound journey!

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Even My Shadow Avoids Me

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Even my shadow avoids me.

Even my body dislikes me.

Even my life disappoints me.

Even my God forgets me.

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Dear Heaven

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Dear Heaven,

I need your kind advice

In a serious matter.

Dear Earth,

I need your practical help

In a serious matter.

Dear God,

I need Your immediate Forgiveness

In a serious matter. ```

A Disciplined Life

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A disciplined life

Is a favourite instrument

Of God. ```

Each Experience

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Each experience

Is an improvement.

Each improvement

Is an inspiring, aspiring and encouraging

Stride towards God. ```

God Receives My Poor Life

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God receives my poor life

Because my rich heart

Believes in Him. ```

Too Good

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If you are too good,

Then why do you need God’s Love?

If you are too bad,

Then how do you expect God’s Love?

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If It Is True

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If it is true

That Jesus is coming again,

Then it is also true

That I shall go to meet him

And welcome him

At the halfway point.

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God's Compassion Reads Our Weak Hearts

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God’s Compassion

Reads our weak hearts.

God’s Forgiveness

Registers our clever thoughts. ```

God Tells Us to Love Him

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God tells us to love Him

With the same thing that loves us.

And what is that thing?

Ignorance-night.

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A God-Seeker Prays to God

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A God-seeker prays to God

For himself.

A God-lover prays to God

For humanity.

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Obedience Is Blessing-Light

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Obedience is blessing-light.

My heart feels it.

Disobedience is penalty-night.

My mind knows it.

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God's Favourites

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God’s favourites are those

Who have kept their heart-books

Wide open

For God to read at His sweet Will. ```

If You Are a True Disciple

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If you are a true disciple,

Then the code of your life

Should be

“Renounce”.

If you are a true Master,

Then the code of your life

Should be

“Accept”.

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God Is Never Interested

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God is never interested

In my competence.

He is only interested

In my constant willingness.

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God Compassionately Asks Me

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God compassionately asks me,

“Will you be available?”

He never asks me,

“Will you be able?”

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Everybody Can Begin

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Everybody can begin.

Only the chosen

Can continue and succeed. ```

Since You Are a Liberated Smile

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Since you are

A liberated smile,

You can definitely give me

A liberating cry.

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The Tears of Mother Earth

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The tears of Mother Earth

Make my life pure.

The smiles of Father Heaven

Make my heart sure.

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What You Need Is

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What you need is another moon

To reveal you.

What you need is another sun

To fulfil you.

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The Miracle of My Sound-Life (1)

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The miracle of my sound-life:

It can chase God.

The miracle of my silence-life:

It can embrace God.

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True, Today You Are an Infant

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True, today you are

An infant and inferior God.

But tomorrow

You can and you will

Be a mature and superior God. ```

You Have Lost

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You have lost

Your beloved Satisfaction-God

Because

You have overfed

Your insistent ambition-horse. ```

Because You Have a Sunlit Mind

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Because you have

A sunlit mind

You are destined to become

A moonlit heart.

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Prayers Are Made of Tears

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Prayers

Are made of tears.

Meditations

Are made of smiles.

Realisation

Is made of surrender-perfections.

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Too Poor for God

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Too poor for God:

Your mountain-pride.

Too poor for man:

Your fountain-surrender.

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The Best in Man

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The best in man

Is his gratitude-flame.

The worst in man

Is his insurmountable

Ingratitude-mountain. ```

The Call of America

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The call of America

Turned the timid cat

Into a roaring lion.

The love-blessing of America

Has turned the lion

Into a choice and fond lamb.

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The Stories Told by My Soul's Delight

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The stories told by my soul’s delight

Are difficult to believe.

The stories told by my heart’s pangs

Are impossible to believe. ```

My Mind Is Tired of Its Supremacy

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My mind

Is tired of its supremacy.

My heart

Can never be tired of its intimacy.

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The Pure Hour of Prayer

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The pure hour of prayer

Awakens the sleeping man in me.

The sure Hour of God

Feeds the starving God in me.

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I Live for You Alone (1)

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I live for You alone,

My Lord of Compassion Supreme.

I live in You alone,

My Lord of Satisfaction Supreme. ```

Who Lives Above Me?

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Who lives above me?

Certainly not my Beloved Supreme.

Who lives below me?

Certainly not my Beloved Supreme.

Who lives inside me?

Who else if not my Beloved Supreme!

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To Frighten the Animal in Me

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To frighten the animal in me

My God is all Justice.

To enlighten the human in me

My God is all Compassion.

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Yours Is the Inimitable Way

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Yours

Is the inimitable way.

Mine

Is the imponderable way.

God’s

Is the inseparable way.

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Yesterday I Desired to Be

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Yesterday, I desired to be

God’s Lion-Power.

Today, I desire to be

God’s Deer-Speed.

Tomorrow, I shall desire to be

God’s Lamb-Fondness.

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Tempt Me No More, O Earth

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Tempt me no more,

O earth,

With your astounding perfection-promise.

Tempt me no more,

O Heaven,

With your fascinating satisfaction-promise.

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Beautiful Is My Smiling God (1)

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Beautiful is

My smiling God.

Powerful is

My illumining God.

Fruitful is

My loving God.

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Realisation: Non-Stop Magic

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Realisation:

Non-stop magic

Between

Man’s aspiration-door

And

God’s Satisfaction-Shore.

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The Outer Conquerors

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The outer conquerors:

A doubting mind,

A strangling vital.

The inner conquerors:

A self-giving life,

A oneness-heart.

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What Is Silence?

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What is silence?

God’s natural Beauty.

What is silence?

Man’s hard-earned perfection.

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What My Mind Needs Most

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What my mind needs most

Is a satisfaction-smile.

What my heart needs most

Is a satisfaction-cry.

What I need most

Is a satisfaction-surrender.

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Realisation-Sun

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Realisation-sun is given

By God to man.

It cannot be earned. ```

I Implore God

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I implore God

Not for His Miracle-Forgiveness

But for His Miracle-Power

So that I can conquer

All my human weaknesses. ```

You Do Not Need

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You do not need a new start;

What you need is a new heart.

You do not need a new heart;

What you need is a new God.

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You Can Be Always Happy

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You can be always happy

If you believe like a child

And behave like a gentleman.

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Because I Fear God

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Because I fear God,

I do not have to fear any man.

Because I love God,

I have to love all human beings.

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My Prayer Is My Endless Hope

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My prayer

Is my endless hope.

My meditation

Is my birthless and deathless joy.

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You Must Choose

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You must choose, you must!

The deliverer within you

The destroyer before you.

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Before God-Realisation

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Before God-realisation

If you die,

It will be a demotion.

After God-realisation

If you die,

It will be a promotion.

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Now Is the Time

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Now is the time

To make good use of time.

Today is the day

To begin a perfect day.

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You Do Not Have to Prove

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You do not have to prove

God’s Love for you.

Just feel that you live

Only for God’s Love.

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Where Are You Standing?

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Where are you standing?

If you are standing on a lower ground,

Then think of God.

If you are standing on a higher ground,

Then think of man. ```

My Lord, I Pray

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My Lord,

I pray that

I never start a day

Without

Aspiration-leaves,

Dedication-flowers

And

Surrender-fruits.

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My Gratitude-Heart

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My gratitude-heart

Always knows

The way.

My oneness-perfection

Always is

The way.

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You Can Forget Everything

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You can forget everything

If you want to.

But don’t forget one thing:

You are God’s child,

God’s very, very own. ```

Yesterday I Failed

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Yesterday I failed.

Today I have failed.

But tomorrow I shall definitely

Reclaim my divine life.

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O My Supreme Lord

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O my Supreme Lord,

I have only one desire:

Do give me the thing

That pleases me for a fleeting day.

O my Supreme Lord,

I have only one aspiration:

Do give me the thing

That pleases You forever and forever.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Flower-flames, part 1, 1987
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