Flower-flames, part 2

My Dream-Eyes

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My dream-eyes exist

Only for God the Beauty.

My reality-life exists

Only for God the Forgiveness.

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A Quick Death

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I would rather die

A quick death,

Before I am ruthlessly

Forced to suffer

In ignorance-sea. ```

I Am Ready to Weep

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I am ready to weep

A fountain of tears

Until I am completely engulfed

By my Lord’s Forgiveness-Sea.

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If You Can Weather Danger-Clouds

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If you can weather danger-clouds,

Then the supernal mysteries

That lie behind the terrestrial vagaries

Will all be yours.

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If My Doubt Is Mighty

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If my doubt is mighty,

Then my faith is almighty.

If my outer smile is beautiful,

Then my inner cry is all beautiful.

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Alongside My Heart's Secret and Helpless Cry

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Alongside my heart’s

Secret and helpless cry

Shines my soul’s

Sacred and powerful smile. ```

The Inimitable Way to God-Realisation

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At long last

My heart is on the inimitable way

To God-realisation.

No more my poverty-stricken,

Earth-bound human life. ```

I Was Born to Do Something Really Great

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I was born to do something

Really great for God

On this planet.

How can I fail?

Why should I fail? ```

God's Grace-Kingdom

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God’s Grace-Kingdom

Is my only home.

The rest of the world

Is nothing but a stopping place. ```

How Can Fear Torture Me?

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How can fear torture me?

How can doubt frown at me?

Do I not know that God

Has all of me

Inside His Protection-Light? ```

A Breathless Whisper from Afar

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A breathless whisper from afar

Has transformed his poverty-sticken mind

Into an emperor’s measureless

Vastness-treasure.

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Grace, O Divine Grace

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Grace, O divine Grace,

Grace, O supreme Grace,

I am drawing heavily

And constantly upon You.

Without You I am sleeplessly

Bankrupt.

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My Eyes Need Renewed Cheerfulness

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My eyes need renewed cheerfulness.

My mind needs unchanging cheerfulness.

My heart needs sparkling cheerfulness.

My life needs imperturbable cheerfulness.

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Blinding Brightness

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My body does not like

Blinding brightness any more.

My vital does not like

Dazzling brightness any more.

My mind does not like

Artificial brightness any more.

My heart likes

Tranquil brightness ever more.

My life consciously needs

An increasing, rising

And enlivening brightness ever more. ```

A Desire-Life

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A desire-life is nothing better

Than a weather-beaten, frail and sinking boat.

An aspiration-life is nothing other

Than a staunch, racing and winning boat.

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A Self-Giving Smile

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A self-giving smile

And a life-transforming dance

Shall be the perfect revelations

Of my life today.

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I Affirm What God Affirms

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I affirm what God affirms.

What does God affirm?

He affirms that God-realisation

Is my birthright.

I negate what God negates.

What does God negate?

He negates that I am a member

Of ignorance-society.

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Death Is a Daily, Unavoidable Occurrence

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Death is a daily, unavoidable

Occurrence-reality.

Nevertheless, each man thinks

That he is an exception

Who will live forever. ```

Everything Is as Important

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Everything is as important

And indispensable

As everything else in God’s creation.

Try to see the divine

In everything, with everything,

Plus, for everything.

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Do You Want to Succeed Enormously?

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Do you want to succeed enormously?

Then adjust your outer mind.

Do you want to proceed confidently?

Then harmonise your inner life.

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Money-Power Procures Earth-Facilities

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Money-power procures

Earth-facilities.

Aspiration-power assures

Not only Heaven-qualities,

But also Heaven-quantities. ```

Man Is an Imperfect God-Instrument

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Man is an imperfect God-instrument,

Longing intermittently,

Although unconsciously,

For his heart’s unknown cry

And his soul’s unknowable smile. ```

Do Not Indulge

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Do not indulge;

Indulgence is self-interest.

Discipline yourself.

Your discipline is God-interest

For God’s and your mutual satisfaction. ```

Indeed, Today You Are Dining

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Indeed, today you are dining

With all your frailties and foibles.

But tomorrow you can taste and devour

God’s immortal Nectar-Delight.

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Sing the Self-Offering Song

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Sing the self-offering song, sing!

Heaven on earth and earth in Heaven

Cannot and will not remain a far cry. ```

Just Transcend Your Mind

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Just transcend your mind.

New horizons, new frontiers

Will appear before you

With the perfection-splendour

Of vision-realities. ```

Every Human Being

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Every human being

In his soul’s progress-march

Will ultimately discover

The roots of delight-tree

That weave and unweave

Through the earth-bound life.

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God's Choice Hour

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At God’s choice Hour

The cosmos concealed itself in you.

At God’s choice Hour

The cosmos will reveal itself through you.

Lo, God’s choice Hour

Is fast approaching! ```

Do Not Try to Terminate

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Do not try to terminate

Your earth-pilgrimage.

Your soul-bird’s plumage

Will, without fail,

Decorate your life. ```

Explore the Beauty of God

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Explore the Beauty of God, explore!

Celebrate the Smile of God, celebrate!

Try, you certainly can. ```

One Kind Thought of Mine

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One kind thought of mine

Has the capacity to push aside easily

Ninety-nine unkind thoughts

Of unfortunate human souls.

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My Earthly Quest for God-Realisation

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My earthly quest

For God-realisation

And my Heavenly quest

For God-manifestation

Started right from the morning of my life. ```

Aspiration Means Self-Development

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Aspiration means self-development.

Dedication means self-improvement.

Realisation means God-ascendance in man.

Manifestation means God-transcendence with man.

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If the Entire World Is Challenging Me

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If the entire world

Is challenging me,

Then I shall use its challenge

To intensify my God-hunger.

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In the Beginning There Was Nothing

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In the beginning there was Nothing.

What was that Nothing?

God’s Perfection-Vision

Of His own tomorrow’s Dawn.

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Someday Perhaps

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My Lord, someday perhaps

I shall be able to express

Your Compassion-Light,

But Your Forgiveness-Sun

Will always remain

Far beyond my expression.

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The Smile of My Eyes

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The smile of my eyes

Has a beautiful soul.

The cry of my heart

Is a fruitful soul.

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When I Was a Purity-Heart

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When I was a purity-heart,

My Lord taught me how to feel

Another’s joy.

When I was a certainty-life,

My Lord taught me how to feel

Another’s woe.

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Because You Are a Money-Minded Seeker

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Because you are

A money-minded seeker,

Even God Himself is suffocating

Inside your totally false aspiration-life.

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Today I Am Realising You

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Today I am realising you

As an adversary-threat.

Tomorrow I shall realise you

As an advantage-smile.

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I Have Buried My Past

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I have buried my past.

Therefore,

My Lord is extremely happy.

My Lord is blessing my mind

And beckoning my heart.

Therefore,

I am extremely happy, plus grateful. ```

My Heart Is an Eternal Cry

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My heart is an eternal cry.

God’s Heart is an eternal Smile.

They live together and grow together

Inside a concern-cave

And inside a Concern-Palace. ```

My Heart Is an Unknown Smile

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My heart is an unknown smile,

My life is an unknown cry,

And I am an unknown query.

Why, why, why?

Because we have come all the way

From a Source unknowable.

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Beauty Is Beauty

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Beauty is beauty

Only when it is sanctioned

And guaranteed

By God’s Eye.

Purity is purity

Only when it is sanctioned

And guaranteed

By God’s Heart.

Divinity is divinity

Only when it is sanctioned

And guaranteed

By God’s Feet.

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The Full Weight of My Ignorance-Night

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The full weight of my ignorance-night

Shall rest inside God’s Forgiveness-Sun

And not upon my trembling shoulders,

If not every day, at least for today.

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O My Doubting Mind

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O my doubting mind,

You were my hasty and mistaken choice.

O my self-giving heart,

You are my ideal, unmistakable

And inevitable choice. ```

My Lord Has No Time

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My Lord has no time to hear

My timid complaints

Against my superiors.

My Lord has no time to hear

My loud complaints

Against my inferiors.

My Lord has no time to hear

My well-modulated complaints

Against my equals.

But my Lord will cheerfully

Give His whole Eternity

To hear my marathon appreciation

Of everyone. ```

To Develop Beauty

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To develop beauty

I meditate inside a moonlit cave.

To develop humility

I meditate inside a tiny cave.

To develop purity

I meditate inside a sun-bathed cave.

To develop power

I meditate inside a spacious cave.

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A Battered Bridge

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O my mind,

You are a battered bridge

Between God and me.

O my heart,

You are not only

A picturesque, but also

A well-constructed bridge

Between God and me.

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A Noisy and Hollow Boast

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My outer life is a noisy

And hollow boast.

My inner life is a vain

And intoxicated boast.

My Lord, do give me the capacity

To cease altogether my boasting-life.

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My Lord, You Are Mercifully Blind

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My Lord, You are mercifully blind

To my ignorance-life,

And I am willfully blind

To my aspiration-hunger.

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O My Vital, You Enjoy Dramatic Bliss

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O my vital,

You enjoy dramatic bliss.

Therefore, I dislike you.

O my mind,

You enjoy unclouded bliss.

Therefore, I like you.

O my heart,

You enjoy only perennial bliss.

Therefore, I love you. ```

Sorrow I Share

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Sorrow I share

To be soulful.

Joy I share

To be powerful.

Oneness I share

To be fruitful.

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I Love Everything

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I love everything.

Therefore, I can use everything.

I use everything.

Therefore, everything is

Not only of me but also for me. ```

A Candidate

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My mind has always been a candidate

For the highest Truth.

My heart has always been a candidate

For the deepest Delight.

Nothing less than the highest,

Nothing less than the deepest,

Can ever satisfy me. ```

I Have Started Running

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I have started running

For Eternity.

Infinity and Immortality

Are my witnesses.

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My Heart Receives Satisfaction-Seed

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My heart receives satisfaction-seed

With one smile

And gives satisfaction-fruit

With another smile.

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The World Has Its Teeming Snares

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The world has its teeming snares,

But the seeker can escape them

By virtue of his

Sleepless inner confidence

And deathless outer vigilance. ```

The Flight of Your Purity's Gratitude-Heart

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The flight of your purity’s

Gratitude-heart

Is from time to Eternity,

And from the known to the Unknowable. ```

When I Do Something Wrong

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When I do something wrong,

My conscience starts bleeding,

My consciousness starts descending

And I start destroying myself.

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My Heart Knows How to Receive

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I know that my heart

Knows how to receive.

Therefore, my life

Cannot and will not be empty.

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My Goodwill

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My goodwill is itself

The height of my victory,

Even if I cannot or do not

See any satisfactory result from it.

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My Ignorance-Load

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My ignorance-load on my own head

Is a serious problem,

But in God’s Hands

It is the beginning of my transformation.

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I Grow with My Heart-River

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I grow with my heart-river,

I wane with my mind-river.

Beyond these two rivers

Is my soul-river,

Whispering into my ears

The songs of the Eternal Now.

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When I Pray to God

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When I pray to God,

He powerfully protects me.

When I meditate on God,

He lovingly promotes me.

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Purity Can Be a Daily Experience

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Purity can be a daily experience —

No age limit to it,

No place limit to it.

The earth-bound, impure body

Can easily grow into

A Heaven-free pure soul.

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I Shall Deposit

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I shall deposit a very large amount

In the bank of human joy.

Indeed, this is a safe investment. ```

To Practise a Pure Life

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To practise a pure life

Is imperative.

An impure life is its own

Horrifying curse.

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Because He Has

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Because he has

An unswerving devotion

To the highest heights,

His will be the life

That will rise and rise

To supreme excellence.

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The Wild Hunger of Possessiveness

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The wild hunger of possessiveness

Knows no newness-dawn,

Oneness-sky

Or fulness-sun.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Flower-flames, part 2, 1988
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