The Golden Boat, part 10

1. Earth

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It is my joy, my privilege,

To talk to you, earth.

My silver hope

And

My golden faith

Are centred inside the breath

Of your heart.

Heaven is God’s Dream,

Nothing more.

You are God’s Reality.

Something more:

You are God’s own Progress. ```

2. A real Guru

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Who is a real Guru?

A real Guru is he

Who does not call you stupid,

Undivine and useless.

A real Guru is he who says:

“You have knowledge,

But you need more knowledge.

Try, you certainly can!”

A real Guru is he who says:

“You are divine,

But you can be more divine.

Try, you certainly can!”

A real Guru is he who says:

“You are useful,

Infinitely more useful

Than you ever can imagine.

But you can be more useful.

Try, you certainly can!”

A real Guru is he who says:

“You are God’s chosen instrument.

You are useful,

You are fruitful,

You are indispensable

To the divine Vision of God.” ```

3. The builders

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Don’t forget,

You are the builders

Of tomorrow’s world.

What do you have?

Inspiration-flood.

That is enough.

What else do you have?

Aspiration-blood.

That is more than enough.

God has a message for you:

Don’t imitate,

But create something new

That will forever last.

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4. Why do you suffer?

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Why do you suffer?

You suffer

Because

You trust idle rumours.

Why do you suffer?

You suffer

Because

You do a lot of hasty thinking.

Why do you suffer?

You suffer

Because

You do not eschew clever opportunism.

Why do you suffer?

You suffer

Because

You ceaselessly expect popularity. ```

5. Don't you know?

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Don’t you know

That your doubtful mind

Is a big blot

On your soul’s fair smile?

Don’t you know

That your suspicious mind

Is a big blot

On your heart’s deep cry?

Don’t you know

That your argumentative mind

Is a big blot

On your God’s Compassion?

Don’t you know

That there is no difference

Between your doubtful mind

And your militaristic mind?

Don’t you know

That there is no difference

Between your suspicious mind

And your imperialistic mind?

Don’t you know

That there is no difference

Between your argumentative

And your unrealistic mind? ```

6. Because you are great

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Your body loves you

Because

You are a great sleeper.

Your vital loves you

Because

You are a great warrior.

Your mind loves you

Because

You are a great debater.

Your heart loves you

Because

You are a great server.

Your soul loves you

Because

You are a great observer.

Your God loves you

Because

You are a great dreamer.

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7. Don't speak ill of them

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Don’t speak ill of your poor body.

It regularly feeds itself;

You are just not aware of it.

Don’t speak ill of your poor vital.

It regularly widens itself;

You are just not aware of it.

Don’t speak ill of your poor mind.

It regularly empties itself;

You are just not aware of it.

Don’t speak ill of your poor heart.

It regularly fills itself;

You are just not aware of it.

Don’t speak ill of your poor God.

He regularly examines Himself;

You are just not aware of it.

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8. Look!

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You are not blind.

Look at your mind.

Your mind is a rich awakening.

You are not weak.

Look at your heart.

Your heart is a rich resolve.

You are not hopeless.

Look at your soul.

Your soul is a rich harvest.

You are not useless.

Look at your God.

Your God is all for you,

For you alone. ```

9. Remember one more thing

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Ignorance-insincerity

Is the marked feature

Of your unlit mind.

Ignorance-insecurity

Is the marked feature

Of your unaspiring heart.

Remember, God needs your mind.

Remember, God needs your heart.

Remember one thing more:

What you call life-building...

I call that very thing

God-flowering. ```

10. I am sorry

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Why don’t you play,

Sing and dance?

Don’t you believe in

God’s universal Love

Of immortal Oneness?

If you fail to believe

I am sorry.

Your heart-life

Is nothing

But

A progressive poverty.

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11. His happiness

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In his animal life

He was happy

Because

There was no human observer.

In his human life

He is happy

Because

He is always at the Feet

Of God the constant Forgiver.

In his divine life

He will be happy

Because

He will always play

With God the unconditional Lover.

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12. This will really make me happy

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Lord, accept me

As a dreamer

In Your Heaven.

This will really make me happy.

Lord, accept me

As a striver

On Your earth.

This will really make me happy.

Lord, accept me

As a searcher

Outside Your Body.

This will really make me happy.

Lord, accept me

As a lover

Inside Your Heart.

This will really make me happy. ```

13. Why God is so pleased with you

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Do you know

Why God is so pleased with you?

He is pleased with you

Because

You have realised

That there is no stranger

In the kingdom of humanity.

Do you know

Why God is so pleased with you?

He is pleased with you

Because

You have realised

That there is no intruder

In the country of Divinity.

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14. You don't belong to yourself

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You don’t belong to yourself.

You belong to humanity’s hope.

You don’t belong to yourself.

You belong to Divinity’s Dream.

You don’t belong to yourself.

You belong to Infinity’s Progress.

You don’t belong to yourself.

You belong to Immortality’s Life. ```

15. If you really want to see

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Don’t separate,

Don’t divide;

Do unite,

Do reconcile

If you really want to see

God in man.

Don’t hate,

Don’t destroy;

Do love,

Do build

If you really want to see

Man in God. ```

16. Believe it or not!

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Believe it or not...

The Kingdom of Heaven

Is not in paper-resolutions.

The Kingdom of Heaven

Is not in mind-solutions.

The Kingdom of Heaven

Is in heart-aspiration.

The Kingdom of Heaven

Is in life-dedication.

Believe it or not...

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17. World-mission

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Krishna’s perfection for humanity

Was responsible for his world-mission.

Buddha’s compassion for humanity

Was responsible for his world-mission.

Christ’s dedication to humanity

Was responsible for his world-mission.

Your aspiration for humanity

Is responsible for your world-mission.

My resignation before humanity

Is responsible for my world-mission. ```

18. We can be eternally happy

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I can be eternally happy

Only when

My silence-heart is filled

With God-cries.

God can be eternally happy

Only when

His Dream-Boat is filled

With man-smiles. ```

19. After he is sought

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Love is not becoming,

Love is being.

Life is not hallucination,

Life is aspiration.

God is not taught,

God is caught.

Of course,

After He is sought. ```

20. I feel so sorry for you

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O my unsafe life,

You suffer so much

From

The hurtful invasions of the vital.

I feel so sorry for you.

O my weak life,

You suffer so much

From

The doubtful invasions of the mind.

I feel so sorry for you.

O my poor life,

You suffer so much

From

The meaningful invasions of the soul.

I feel so sorry for you.

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21. A new breath

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When I think

Of my body,

I breathe a new breath

Of frustration.

When I think

Of my vital,

I breathe a new breath

Of destruction.

When I think

Of my mind,

I breathe a new breath

Of hallucination.

When I think

Of my heart,

I breathe a new breath

Of consolation. ```

22. I know not, I know

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I do not know;

Therefore

Immortality-seed is for me,

Eternity-tree is for me,

Infinity-flower is for me,

Divinity-fruit is for me.

I know;

Therefore

Temptation-seed is not in me,

Depression-tree is not in me,

Frustration-flower is not in me

Destruction-fruit is not in me. ```

23. Before I act

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Before I give

I think of God’s Depth;

Therefore

My life is meaningful.

Before I receive

I think of God’s Height;

Therefore

My life is fruitful.

Before I achieve

I think of God’s Smile;

Therefore

My life is beautiful. ```

24. Present name, future name

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Your aspiration’s present name is

Uncertainty;

Its future name is

Realisation.

Your realisation’s present name is

Uncertainty;

Its future name is

Revelation.

Your revelation’s present name is

Uncertainty;

Its future name is

Manifestation.

Manifestation has two more names:

Perfection and Satisfaction. ```

25. Life is a quest

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Life is a quest

And

Not a conquest.

Love is a conquest

And

Not a quest.

Earth is aspiration

And

Not illumination.

Heaven is illumination

And

Not aspiration.

God is a smile

And

Not a cry.

Man is a cry

And

Not a smile.

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26. I keep sentinel

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I keep sentinel

Over my loveless words;

Therefore

My heart is nearing

My Lord’s Perfection-Door.

I keep sentinel

Over my black thoughts;

Therefore

My mind is nearing

My Lord’s Perfection-Door.

I keep sentinel

Over my teeming desires;

Therefore

My vital is nearing

My Lord’s Perfection-Door.

I keep sentinel

Over my Godless deeds;

Therefore

My body is nearing

My Lord’s Perfection-Door.

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27. God needs you

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God needs you.

Why?

Because you have conquered

The sluggishness of your blind body.

God needs you.

Why?

Because you have perfected

The selfishness of your narrow vital.

God needs you.

Why?

Because you have silenced

The clamour of your unruly mind.

God needs you.

Why?

Because you have offered

The ignorance of your unaspiring heart. ```

28. You have freed yourself

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You have freed yourself

From the din and roar

Of the exterior world;

Therefore

God is offering you

His Beauty’s Height.

You have freed yourself

From the ruthless desire-invasion

Of the interior world;

Therefore

God is offering you

His Duty’s Pride. ```

29. Every reason to rejoice

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Because I do not live

In the unlit chamber of the mind,

I have every reason to rejoice;

And I constantly do so.

Because I do not breathe

In the unwidening cave of the heart,

I have every reason to rejoice;

And I constantly do so. ```

30. Two boons

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No more hurdles

Between me and my Lord Supreme!

He has given me two supreme boons:

His lotus Feet belong to my heart;

The tyranny of my ego-life

From now on is His concern,

And not mine.

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31. What he gave up

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He gave up

The path of popularity

To follow the path of spirituality.

He is really great and sublime.

He gave up

Considering himself a spiritual orphan

To become the bridge between God and man.

He is really wise and divine. ```

32. Repeating God's Name

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You repeated God’s Name

With the clever tongue

Of your mind.

God was afraid of your dangerous deception;

Therefore

He did not dare to near you,

Let alone bless you.

But now

You repeat God’s Name

With the loving adoration

Of your heart.

Look, God is not only embracing you,

But also claiming you,

You alone, as His very own. ```

33. Compassion lifts me up

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My feet have slipped

And

I have not held out my arms;

Yet

The Compassion of my Lord Supreme

Lifts me up.

My life of aspiration

Has been lost in the world

Of hallucination and temptation

And

My heart is empty of cries and sorrow;

Yet

The Compassion of my Lord Supreme

Lifts me up. ```

34. My Lord says

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I have just begun my long journey

With my first step.

Look,

My Lord says that

I have far advanced on the path.

I have just begun to meditate

In the early hours of the morning.

Look,

My Lord says that

My Goal no longer remains

A far cry. ```

35. Don't you worry!

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True, your mind is a rebel.

But don’t you worry!

God is determined

To convert your unruly mind

Into a perfectly disciplined child.

True, your life is ignorance-reality.

But don’t you worry!

God is determined

To teach you to swim

Across the sea of Perfection-reality.

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36. The indispensables

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Silence is indispensable,

For silence is concentrated power.

Joy is indispensable,

For joy is meditative light.

Love is indispensable,

For love is contemplative oneness. ```

37. Perhaps they need it

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Who needs a disciplined life?

Perhaps my body needs it.

Who needs a purified life?

Perhaps my vital needs it.

Who needs an expanded life?

Perhaps my mind needs it.

Who needs a surrendered life?

Perhaps my heart needs it. ```

38. Emotion

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In the body

Emotion is self-indulgence.

In the vital

Emotion is self-temptation.

In the mind

Emotion is self-mortification.

In the heart

Emotion is self-expansion. ```

39. No happiness there

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Don’t be in love with machinery.

There is no happiness there.

Don’t be in love with money.

There is no happiness there.

Be in love with your heart-life.

There, only there,

Is the flood of happiness.

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40. You feel, you hear, you see

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You feel.

What do you feel?

You feel God’s Presence.

You hear.

What do you hear?

You hear God’s Voice.

You see.

What do you see?

You see God’s Face.

When you feel,

God is pleased with you.

When you hear,

God is proud of you.

When you see,

God is ready to garland you. ```

41. Who?

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Who applauds you?

He who longs to imitate you.

Who stones you?

He who knows

That you are far beyond his imitation.

Who loves you?

He who wants to know you.

Who hates you?

He who wants you

To be ignorant of him.

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42. Spirituality

```

Who told you

That spirituality

Is a compartment

Totally cut off

From the activity-flow?

Who told you

That spirituality

Is not life-blossoming?

I tell you

Once and for all:

Spirituality is activity-flow,

Spirituality is life-blossoming,

Plus

Spirituality is God-becoming. ```

43. Guru and disciple

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What is a Guru?

A Guru is he who devours

The ignorance-sea of his disciple.

What is a disciple?

A disciple is he who swims

In the wisdom-sea of his Guru.

What is a Guru?

A Guru is he who finds himself

In the soul of his disciple.

What is a disciple?

A disciple is he who loses himself

In the heart of his Guru.

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44. Arise in faith!

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Arise in faith!

Earth will give you

All its love.

Arise in faith!

Heaven will give you

All its joy.

Arise in faith!

God will give you

All His Freedom.

Arise in faith!

You will realise

That you are not only in all,

Of all and for all,

But also

You are ALL. ```

45. You will be stronger

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Fight injustice.

Your soul will be stronger.

Combat wrong.

Your heart will be stronger.

Oppose doubt.

Your mind will be stronger.

Abjure domination.

Your vital will be stronger.

Serve truth.

Your body will be stronger. ```

46. Your main obstacle

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What was your main obstacle?

Your animal hunger.

What is your main obstacle?

Your human pride.

What will be your main obstacle?

Your fear of total surrender. ```

47. Your peerless treasure

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What was your peerless treasure?

Your silver faith.

What is your peerless treasure?

Your golden love.

What will be your peerless treasure?

Your diamond oneness. ```

48. A man of principle

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I was a man of ideas,

But my ideas were

Uncertain and vague.

I was a man of ideals,

But my ideals were

Blind and selfish.

Now that I have become

A man of principle,

My ideas faithfully serve me

And

My ideals soulfully elevate me.

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49. God needs only you

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Transform your desire-night

Into aspiration-light.

Do not desert your good God.

Remember, God needs only you,

And nobody else.

Transform your aspiration-light

Into Perfection-height.

Do not disappoint your good God.

Remember, God needs only you

And nobody else.

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50. Perhaps we both are right

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You say

He has a sharpened mind.

I say

He has a darkened mind.

Perhaps we both are right.

You say

His heart is all love for humanity.

I say

His heart is all love for Divinity.

Perhaps we both are right.

You say

His soul is of God.

I say

His soul is for God.

This time no “perhaps”;

We both are unmistakably right. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 10, Agni Press, 1974
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