Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 2

101.

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A self-giving thought

Beautifies our heart immensely,

Plus immediately.

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102.

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The aspiring heart's

Silence-sea

Can easily calm

The mind's turbulence. ```

103.

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Infinity's Delight sprouts from

Sleepless and breathless

Gratitude-heart-seeds.

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104.

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When my mind's willingness

And my heart's eagerness

Converse together,

I swim in the sea of ecstasy. ```

105.

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I love observing

My Lord's and my soul's

Morning colloquies

Infinitely more than I love

Anything else.

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106.

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Our insincerity-minds

And our impurity-hearts

Are the world's age-long,

Ever-thickening,

Ever-increasing

Darkness. ```

107.

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A true hero-champion

Is not he who says,

"I can do it,"

But he who says,

"I have already done it.

I have already sat

At the Feet of my Lord Supreme."

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108.

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Your mind may offer

An endless stream of excuses to God,

But God will never accept

Even one excuse from you

For not loving and needing Him.

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109.

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What I need

Is a God-hunger-torn heart

To sleeplessly weep for God.

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110.

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Every time I tell God

That I love Him only

And need Him only,

He blesses me

With His Pride-Satisfaction-Sun-Smile.

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111.

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Run, run, with your soul's

Dynamism-river-flow.

You are bound to succeed

In everything

That you want to do

And everything

That you want to become.

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112.

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I went to life's market

To buy beauty and happiness.

Alas, I bought unhappiness

And ugliness instead. ```

113.

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Cry like a child;

Smile like a child.

You will be able to arrive

At perfection's pinnacle

Speedily and unmistakably.

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114.

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If you play

Your mind-disobedience-game,

Happiness will always remain

A far cry for you. ```

115.

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You reveal your heart,

But conceal your mind.

This is not the way

To arrive at your destination.

Reveal your mind

The way you reveal your heart.

Lo, this is the safest and bravest way

To arrive at your destination. ```

116.

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Without concentration and commitment

There can be

No permanent and real victory

In life. ```

117.

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If you are a real God-seeker,

Then you must have

A sense of humour,

For God is the Supreme Humorist. ```

118.

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I have at last revived

My old belief,

That I can love God

For God's sake. ```

119.

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When I offer my Lord

My purity-heart,

He surrounds my life

With His Divinity's

And Immortality's halo.

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120.

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God and I believe in each other

Completely

When we say we shall fulfil

Each other. ```

121.

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My mind itself is not appalling,

But my mind's greedy desires

Are always appalling.

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122.

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There was a time when I loved

My story-teller-mind,

But now I love and need

Only my God-singer-heart. ```

123.

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Nothing perfect,

Nothing permanent

Can ever be accomplished

By sheer luck. ```

124.

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My soul wants me to need

Only one thing:

God's constant Nectar-Affection.

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125.

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Your belief in the manifestation

Of the Light of the Beyond

Has taken you a very long distance

In your spiritual life. ```

126.

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O my mind,

If you do not start

Loving God unconditionally,

You are bound to remain

Enslaved, tortured

And humiliated. ```

127.

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Only courage

Born of faith

Can save this world.

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128.

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I thought God's Justice

Would do all the talking

In my life,

But to my wide surprise,

God's Compassion and Forgiveness

Have done all the talking. ```

129.

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A self-giving life

Is indeed

The gateway to Heaven.

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130.

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We can be shattered in body,

But we can never be shattered

In spirit

While loving God. ```

131.

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The doubt-monster

Does not want to share

Its sovereignty

With anybody else. ```

132.

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In order to keep

Failure at a distance,

Live an obedience-life

All the time. ```

133.

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Breathe the fragrance

Of your aspiration-gratitude-heart,

And you will always be

Spiritually triumphant. ```

134.

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The mind chooses

Its own path.

God chooses the path

For the heart. ```

135.

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With whom does God

Lovingly commune?

No, never with my mind,

But ever with my heart. ```

136.

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Every day

A seeker must marshal

Sufficient enthusiasm

To achieve victory for God

Here on earth.

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137.

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If you want to become

A choice instrument of God,

A sleepless God-surrender

Is at once invaluable

And indispensable.

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138.

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You can at times be independent

Of the outer sun,

But you cannot be independent,

Even for a fleeting second,

Of your all-illumining

Inner sun. ```

139.

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Let us go forward

Into the heart of the future

Bravely and self-givingly.

Lo, the Golden Destination-Shore

Is beckoning us.

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140.

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We can never be happy

If we close our eyes

To life's difficulties.

We can only be happy

By challenging and conquering

The pride of difficulties. ```

141.

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Who said that we do not know

What precious blessings we possess?

We do know that our God-hunger

Is the most precious blessing

In our life.

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142.

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No matter how strong

Our weaknesses are,

We must conquer them,

Or we shall never be able to arrive

At our God-Destination.

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143.

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When we live in the cruelty-mind,

We definitely live

In a state of deplorable barbarism.

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144.

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Not because God is indifferent to us,

But because He is dreaming

A very special dream

In and through us,

We frequently meet with

Calamities and misfortunes. ```

145.

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My heart begs God for news.

God's Heart begs me

Not just for news,

But for good news. ```

146.

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When next God and I meet together,

I shall tell God

That I am all ready to become

A God-Dream-server-heart. ```

147.

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My soul is God's assistant.

It spends all its time

Opening and locking God-Gate

For humanity's upward and inward progress. ```

148.

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There is not a single day

When God does not visit

My ignorance-mind-prison

With His Compassion-Heart-Eye. ```

149.

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When I do not pray and meditate

Beautifully and soulfully,

I see my entire life

Wrapped in a haze of uncertainty. ```

150.

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My Lord Beloved Supreme

Is sure that I will not object

To His early Arrival on earth.

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151.

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Alas, why do I meddle

In God's Affairs,

Since I do not have the capacity

To create a perfect solution? ```

152.

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Not only the light of your future,

But also the light of your present

Will shine all-where

If you have a God-surrendered heart. ```

153.

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I am so proud of my heart

That it is always eagerly willing

To offer what it has and what it is

To my Beloved Supreme. ```

154.

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The mistakes of yesterday

Make us feel we are useless,

Although we are not.

The perfection of tomorrow

Is beckoning us at this very moment.

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155.

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Do not lose faith,

Either in God or in yourself,

If you want to succeed in life

With absolute certainty. ```

156.

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The lower you look,

The farther backward

You go.

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157.

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The spiritual inheritance

That we have received from the past

Is never and can never be adequate

For our God-realisation. ```

158.

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A true God-lover's life

Is a constant

God-Victory-Song.

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159.

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Just by ceaselessly repeating,

"I am of God and I am for God,"

I am marching fast, very fast

Towards my golden future. ```

160.

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I fail

Each and every time,

When I allow myself to be guided

Only by my mind's stupid logic. ```

161.

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An unconditionally surrendered heart

Is the most precious gift

That God can bequeath

To a God-lover. ```

162.

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My heart's gratitude-smile

Occupies the centre

Of my Lord's Attention.

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163.

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A life with no aspiration

Is indeed

A life of constant and ruthless

Frustration. ```

164.

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Not humanity's desire-life,

But humanity's aspiration-heart

Is bravely and successfully

Leading humanity to a higher goal. ```

165.

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What I need

Is an insatiable hunger

Only for my Lord Beloved Supreme.

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166.

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I always give God the very best

Of my heart's love,

And that very best is gratitude.

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167.

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I always tell my heart

That it must challenge

My mind's doubts

And defeat them once and for all. ```

168.

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In the heart of each flower

There is only one thing I notice:

God's Beauty-Fragrance.

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169.

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O my heart,

Even for a fleeting second,

Do not allow disobedience

To immobilise you,

For you know that God

Sleeplessly loves you. ```

170.

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To deny

God's unconditional Compassion

Is to deny

God Himself. ```

171.

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Although we do not care for peace,

Peace is desperately trying to enter

Into our heart-home.

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172.

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O Lord, O Lord,

Do ask Your Peace

To penetrate

My mind's thick forest. ```

173.

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O my mind,

Love God sincerely

While there is yet time.

O my heart,

Love God unconditionally

While there is yet time. ```

174.

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God's unconditional Compassion

Cares abundantly more

For man's satisfaction

Than for his perfection. ```

175.

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My mind's hope

And my heart's promise,

Alas,

Have become unaspiring

World-travellers.

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176.

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My Lord and His ever-descending

Torrent of Forgiveness

Are inseparable.

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177.

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At every moment

Our hope turns its eyes

Prayerfully and soulfully

To Heaven. ```

178.

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Peace

Is God's only Ambassador

To instruct the human mind.

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179.

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May my heart's

Sleeplessly eager willingness

To love and serve my Lord Supreme

Speed like the wind. ```

180.

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God has not yet made up His Mind

Whether He will give my mind

Another chance

To pass the examination

Of doubt-liberation.

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181.

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The mind's negativity

Is destined to vanish

When the heart's purity and divinity

Together shine. ```

182.

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The mind will never be able to offer

An adequate answer to God

As to why it does not need God.

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183.

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God measures and treasures

Not what I have said about Him,

But what I have done for His creation.

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184.

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God has uttered

One more surprising prophecy:

I shall be an unconditional God-lover.

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185.

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Only when we have purity in our mind

Can we enjoy our heart-excursions

Into the depth of peace.

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186.

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Our mind's hope-flower

And our heart's promise-fruit

Will always remain

Our common yet unique ancestors. ```

187.

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Cheerfulness and oneness

Are not only religious

In the pure sense of the term,

But also contagious to the extreme. ```

188.

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Every morning

I bathe in the stream of hope

To become an unconditional

God-lover and server. ```

189.

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To touch the peace-shore I need

A new God-searching mind,

A new God-loving heart

And a new God-offering life. ```

190.

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No negativity of my mind

Will ever be able

To drown my heart

In ignorance-sea. ```

191.

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My gratitude is always ready

To light the lamp

Of my God-realisation-hope.

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192.

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As God walks along my life-shore,

I become at once

My heart's beauty

And my soul's fragrance. ```

193.

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Do not seek to embrace

The outer world

Unless you are graced

By the inner world. ```

194.

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God tastes my gratitude-heart

And my surrender-life

And finds them extremely good.

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195.

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God's Heart has been aching

For such a long time.

Alas,

How is it that my mind

Is still fast asleep?

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196.

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To ease a little of God's excruciating pangs,

I have decided to increase

My aspiration-hours and dedication-hours.

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197.

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What is self-offering?

It is something that

The more you give,

The sweeter you become. ```

198.

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Man's hope-birds are crying.

God's Promise-Birds

Are not only consoling

But also illumining. ```

199.

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Like God,

God's Forgiveness

Also never goes to sleep.

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200.

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Every evening

God garlands my gratitude-heart

With boundless Delight.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Two God-Amusement-Rivals: my Heart-Song-Beauty and my Life-Dance-Fragrance, part 2, Agni Press, 1996
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