Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 1

1.

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My heart sleeplessly loves

God's Compassion-Eye.

My life breathlessly needs

God's Forgiveness-Feet. ```

2.

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God keeps His Oneness-Gate open

Twenty-four hours a day

Only for God-dreamers and God-lovers.

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3.

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Earth received perfection,

The Heaven-honoured guest.

Heaven received gratitude,

The earth-rejected guest. ```

4.

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My soul wants to garner

Teeming surprises

Not by giving

But by becoming. ```

5.

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In our spiritual life

A simplicity-mind and a purity-heart

Are two choice instruments of God.

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6.

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Out of the depths

Of my unconsciously cherished ignorance,

An all-illumining light has arisen.

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7.

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To my wide surprise,

An unconditional surrender-breath

Is beckoning me

From the Beyond. ```

8.

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O my mind,

Reach out, reach out

And touch the heart of happiness

For your salvation. ```

9.

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We can neither measure

Nor describe

The beauty of our aspiration-heart.

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10.

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May I be always found

On the pinnacle of my spirituality's

Aspiration-mountain.

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11.

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No argument-mind

Will ever be found

In our heart's oneness-smile.

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12.

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If you make the colossal mistake

Of thinking,

If you make the colossal mistake

Of judging,

If you make the colossal mistake

Of doubting,

Your mind will always be found

In the thick of confusion-forest. ```

13.

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If you are a seeker

Of eternal Life,

Then at every moment

You will care for God-Satisfaction,

And not for the fulfilment

Of your expectations. ```

14.

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Do not repeat,

Do not repeat

The worthlessness and uselessness

Of yesterday's mind. ```

15.

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If you can love and serve God

Unconditionally,

Earth's beauty and Heaven's power

Will immediately be yours. ```

16.

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My mind claims that it knows

Many, many things,

If not everything.

My heart knows only one thing:

That day and night

My Lord's Forgiveness-River

Is flowing.

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17.

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In our aspiration-heart,

Purity is the divinity

Beyond comparison.

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18.

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If you have a purity-mind,

Your aspiration will once more rise up

And fly and fly.

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19.

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I love to live

Not in the body of realities,

But in the heart of dreams.

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20.

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If I have a gratitude-heart,

Then the fragrance of my soul

I shall be able to enjoy.

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21.

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May I be forever lost

In my soul's

Song-dance-smiles.

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22.

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O my mind,

If you do not aspire,

You will never be able

To come out of obscurity's

Darkness and wildness-forest.

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23.

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In the small hours of the morning

I prayerfully move around

Inside my heart's blossoming garden.

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24.

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I know only two things

In my life:

I need God desperately

And

God loves me sleeplessly.

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25.

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My eyes adore

God's Feet.

My heart kisses

God's Footprints. ```

26.

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When I say I do not love God

And I do not need God,

I immediately add two more insults

To the load God has been carrying

Since my mind was born.

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27.

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O my mind,

How can you have freedom

If you do not love my oneness-heart

And fulness-soul? ```

28.

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Who am I?

I am my Eternity's

God-Crown-promise-fulfiller.

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29.

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Today my Lord Supreme,

Out of His infinite Bounty,

Has freed me from my turbulence-mind.

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30.

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If you are a genuine God-lover,

Then God will give you the capacity

To outshine your yesterday's

Brilliance-wisdom-splendour-sun. ```

31.

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If you are a lover of self-pity,

How can you be

A receiver of God-Bounty?

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32.

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God's final words of advice to me:

"On you march,

On you march,

On you march, My child." ```

33.

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This world of ours is collapsing

At the feet of ignorance-giant

Precisely because it does not love

God's ever-blessingful Compassion-Eye. ```

34.

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When I live

In the inmost recesses of my heart,

God's Love and God's Pride

Most powerfully treasure me. ```

35.

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My gratitude-heart

And my surrender-life

Are two most beautiful gifts

Blessingfully offered to me

By Heaven.

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36.

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Be a self-giving life.

You will have an inexhaustible beauty

Within and without.

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37.

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Be not a hesitant heart

If you do not want fears, doubts and anxieties

To swarm around your life.

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38.

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I need a child's heart

To become a perfect stranger

To the sad mistakes of my mind.

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39.

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If you claim to be

A genuine God-seeker,

Then you must be conversant

In oneness-heart-language. ```

40.

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My Lord speaks

From His own personal Experience

When He says

That no human life can forever remain

A total failure.

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41.

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My mind-fog shrouds my life,

I know.

Why?

Precisely because I do not love

The divinity of my heart's

Illumination-sun. ```

42.

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Each time I utter my Lord's

Blessingful Name,

A new beauty-smile

My heart becomes. ```

43.

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An aspiration-heart

And a dedication-life

Can never be accidental or unnatural.

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44.

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If you want to hear

God's Compassion-Language,

Then you must use

Your heart's love-ears. ```

45.

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My mind and my vital

Always think

That they have more wisdom

Than my heart has. ```

46.

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If you live in the unaspiring mind,

Then your life will be

An endless misunderstanding-chain.

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47.

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No matter how hard you try,

You will never be able to escape

God's Compassion-Eye

And God's Forgiveness-Heart. ```

48.

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The breath of a sincere inner cry

Has asked me to leave unhappiness

Far behind me.

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49.

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Before the final curtain goes down

On my life,

I shall say to my Mother-Earth,

"My gratitude-heart is all for you,

All for you."

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50.

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We do not come into the world

To become mind-mathematicians,

But to become heart-physicians.

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51.

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If you have genuine aspiration-flames,

Then you will never be vanquished

By desire-storms.

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52.

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Just a slight God-Touch

Can awaken

Humanity's slumbering life.

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53.

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God has lauded

The breath of my surrender

To the skies.

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54.

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You can cut jokes with God

Only when

You are dying to be a partner

Of His self-giving Life. ```

55.

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The mind does not care

Even about God's final resignation.

But the heart sheds endless tears

When God mentions

That He is going to resign.

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56.

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When I do not live inside the heart

Of my life's gratitude-blossoms,

God fastens His Attention elsewhere.

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57.

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A doubtful mind

Will always be refused entrance

By the cosmic gods

At the gate of God's Palace. ```

58.

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God's Forgiveness-Eye

Never complains

When I go to God's School late

And leave early, very early. ```

59.

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I do not have to convince God

That I do not know anything.

I do not have to convince God

That I know everything.

I have only to convince myself

That I love God and I need God alone. ```

60.

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Ignorance tells me that

It is not at all a serious crime

To waste time,

For time is eternal. ```

61.

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My Lord,

Do bless me with cheerfulness,

Do bless me with self-givingness

Twenty-four hours a day. ```

62.

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When you cry like a child,

God will definitely give you a glimpse

Of His Heart's Peace-Garden.

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63.

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God has made

My oneness-heart

A citadel-outpost

Of His own Heart. ```

64.

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Each time I win a victory

In my inner life,

I see a new Himalaya in front of me

To climb. ```

65.

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God's final Triumph in my life

Will be my sleepless aspiration-cry

And breathless dedication-smile.

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66.

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God has given us a surrender-heart

To turn our incapacity

Into capacity,

And to turn our failures

Into successes.

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67.

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God tells me

That He does expect

A miraculous transformation

Of my mind. ```

68.

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You can have an interesting mind

And you can have an inspiring heart,

If you can be a sacrificing life.

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69.

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No doubt the moment has come for me

To love God's Eye unconditionally

And sit at God's Feet unconditionally.

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70.

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My mind

Is always anxious and eager

To kidnap my heart.

But my soul

Always protects my heart.

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71.

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Aspiration is the only currency

That the inner worlds

And the higher worlds

All demand. ```

72.

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God's infinite Compassion

God will shower upon you

If you can look at God

With the eyes of your gratitude-heart. ```

73.

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Every morning

God comes and helps me

To cruise down my heart-river

And arrive at

My Golden Destination-Shore.

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74.

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Real spiritual life

Is not devastating

But fascinating,

Around the clock. ```

75.

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What does the mind do?

It talks and talks and talks to God

To enumerate its countless good qualities.

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76.

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The mind's hypocrisy-roar

Confuses

The aspiration-heart-traveller.

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77.

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O my Lord,

I cannot see Your Feet,

But do help me to trace

Your sacred Footprints. ```

78.

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Every day my heart makes devotion-garlands

To place at my Lord's

Compassion-Forgiveness-flooded Feet.

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79.

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You do not need holy company.

What you need is a pure heart

That takes delight in the spiritual journey.

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80.

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If you respect others' faith

The way you respect your faith,

You are bound to accelerate

Your Godward journey. ```

81.

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When I am in my God-surrender-heart,

God not only smiles at me

But also teaches me how to smile

With Him. ```

82.

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When my heart smiles,

God gives my heart the capacity

To be in touch

With the abundance of happiness. ```

83.

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The highest quest of man

Is his self-conquest,

And nothing else.

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84.

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O world,

Call me by my true names:

Gratitude-heart and surrender-life.

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85.

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In your spiritual life

If you want to live happily,

Successfully and proudly,

Then breathe in peace, peace, peace —

Universal peace.

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86.

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Each aspiration-life

Is indeed

A work of God's

Fountain-Art. ```

87.

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No blaming mind

Will ever help you.

No loving heart

Can ever fail you. ```

88.

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God dearly loves

The mind that hosts simplicity,

The heart that hosts purity

And the life that hosts divinity. ```

89.

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True, it is extremely difficult

To leave ignorance

After enjoying a long intimacy with it,

But try and try.

You are bound to succeed.

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90.

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Just because you cannot recognise

Your Inner Pilot,

Never, even for a moment,

Think that the Inner Pilot

Does not exist.

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91.

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In my aspiration-life

I have many, many books,

But I love my heart's

Devotion-dictionary most. ```

92.

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Only those who are fluent

In the language of love, devotion

And surrender

Are the supremely chosen

Instruments of God.

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93.

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Each time I pray soulfully

And meditate self-givingly,

I see myself smiling

In my soul's infinite delight-sky. ```

94.

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Each time you allow a desire

To increase,

You are entangling yourself

More and more

In a strong, fruitless attachment-net.

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95.

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My mind needs many things,

But my heart needs only one thing:

A glimpse of God.

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96.

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Nobody forces us.

It is we who allow ourselves

To be assailed

By voracious ignorance-hunger. ```

97.

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Cry like a helpless child.

God Himself will give you the capacity

To leave desire-forest

And enter into aspiration-garden. ```

98.

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There is only one reason

Why the world is not spiritually progressive:

The world wants to cherish material successes

More than anything else. ```

99.

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May I have a new name,

My Lord?

I want my name to be:

My soul's infinite and eternal

Silence-peace.

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100.

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What does indifference do?

Indifference takes us

To the mind's abysmal abyss.

What does detachment do?

Detachment takes us

To our soul's infinite light and delight.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 1, Agni Press, 1996
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