The Golden Boat, part 3

1. Are you starving for love?

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Are you starving for love?

My blue eyes shall feed you

Without fail.

Just wait a second,

I need permission

From my Lord Supreme.

Are you starving for love?

My white heart shall feed you

Without fail.

Just wait a second,

I need permission

From my Lord Supreme.

Are you starving for love?

My golden soul shall feed you

Without fail.

Just wait a second,

I need permission

From my Lord Supreme. ```

2. Four realisations

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My body-cage has realised

Freedom’s quick fame

Does not and cannot last.

My mind-cave has realised

Freedom’s quick promise

Does not and cannot last.

My heart-flame has realised

Freedom’s quick transformation

Does not and cannot last.

My soul-flower has realised

Freedom’s quick perfection

Does not and cannot last.

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3. Thank you

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My Lord,

I saw You sailing

In my dream.

How beautiful You looked!

I must say,

You are more beautiful than I am.

“Thank you, My child.”

My Lord,

I saw You as the only

Golden Shore.

How fulfilling You proved!

I must say,

You are more fulfilling than I am.

“Thank you, My child.”

```

4. Your God

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Good stars met.

Therefore

Horoscope became your God.

Who can forgive your foolish discovery?

No, not even God;

I mean the real God.

Good lines were born

In your palm.

Therefore

Palmistry became your God.

Who can forgive your foolish discovery?

No, not even God;

I mean the real God.

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5. If you do not believe

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I see God.

If you do not believe it,

That is your serious fault

And not mine.

God loves me most.

If you do not believe it,

That is your deplorable fault

And not mine.

God is going to make me

Another God.

If you do not believe it,

That is your unpardonable fault

And not mine.

```

6. Freedom

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Earth-freedom:

Disastrous madness.

Heaven-freedom:

Harmonious oneness.

God-freedom:

Prosperous surrender. ```

7. O self-complacency

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O self-complacency,

Be not unconscious

Of your stark inferiority.

Lo, the phantom-hour

Is mocking you.

Terminate your groundless

Satisfaction.

Stop, stop your prolonged

Clever navigation.

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8. When I thought of God

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Fear obeyed me

When I thought of God.

Doubt surrendered to me

When I meditated on God.

Failure gave me joy

When I loved God.

Ignorance left me

When I spoke to God. ```

9. One necessity

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Believe it or not,

Heaven’s blue smile

Is my soul’s beauty.

Believe it or not,

Earth’s green cry

Is my body’s duty.

Believe it or not,

God’s golden Promise

Has one necessity:

My surrender-reality. ```

10. If I love God

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If I pray to God

Daily,

My life shall grow

Soulfully.

If I meditate on God

Daily,

My life shall run

Indefinitely.

If I love God

Daily,

My life shall be fulfilled

Eternally. ```

11. I challenge

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Trance of the sky,

I challenge your beauty.

Trance of the night,

I challenge your ignorance.

Trance of God,

I challenge your Duty.

Trance of man,

I challenge your unreality. ```

12. Exiled

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When I danced with doubt,

I was exiled

From God’s Kingdom-Light.

When I sang with fear,

I was exiled

From God’s Kingdom-Bliss.

When I spoke with jealousy,

I was exiled

From God’s Kingdom-Love.

```

13. I climbed up

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I climbed up

The ladder of ambition

Only to be caught

By the frustration-giant.

I climbed up

The ladder of aspiration

Only to be embraced

By my Realisation-Father.

I climbed up

The ladder of surrender

Only to be immortalised

By my Perfection-Mother. ```

14. I live only for those

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There was a time

When I lived

Only for those

Who told me

That they loved me only.

There was a time

When I lived

Only for those

Who told me

That they loved God and me equally.

But now I live

Only for those,

I repeat,

Only for those,

Who love God only.

```

15. They know not

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Reason and passion

Know not how to converse.

Therefore,

Each other they hate.

Reason and faith

Know not how to love.

Therefore,

Each other they hate.

Reason and doubt

Know not how to look.

Therefore,

Each other they hate. ```

16. I do not need you!

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O black wings of death,

I do not need you!

Therefore

Don’t touch my body-temple.

O red wings of hell,

I do not need you!

Therefore

Don’t touch my heart-shrine.

O grey wings of ignorance,

I do not need you!

Therefore

Don’t touch my soul-child. ```

17. Celebrations

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Yesterday I celebrated

My mind’s immortal extinction.

Satan was the witness.

Today I celebrate

My heart’s immortal cry.

God is the witness.

Tomorrow I shall celebrate

My life’s immortal surrender.

Mother Earth shall be the witness.

```

18. He played

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He played with

His ignorance-neighbour.

Therefore,

His name died

Before his body’s death.

He played with

His knowledge-brother.

Therefore,

His name lived

Long after his body’s death.

He played with

His Compassion-Mother.

Therefore,

Mother Earth claimed

His unparalleled beauty.

He played with

His Silence-Father.

Therefore,

Father Heaven claimed

His soul’s fulfilled duty.

```

19. God taught me

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Before the first hour

Of my sleep,

God taught me

How to sleep.

During the second hour

Of my sleep,

God taught me

How to wake up.

In the last hour

Of my sleep,

God taught me

How to capture Him,

How to possess Him,

How to treasure Him. ```

20. Doubt

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Three defects of doubt:

Doubt does not see

The beauty of Truth.

Doubt does not declare

The reality of Truth.

Doubt is afraid

Of the immortality of Truth.

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21. My Mother

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My ancient Father

Told me:

My Mother was Compassion.

My present Father

Tells me:

My Mother is Love.

My future Father

Will tell me:

My Mother is

The Universal Choice

And

The Transcendental Voice. ```

22. My Father

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My ancient Mother

Told me:

My Father was Silence.

My present Mother

Tells me:

My Father is Sound.

My future Mother

Will tell me:

My Father is

Realisation-Height

And

Perfection-Light. ```

23. Cry, love, win

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Although

Hell loves me,

I shall cry for Heaven.

Although

Hell tortures me,

I shall love God.

Although

Hell claims me,

I shall win God.

```

24. Myself

```

I saw myself

As nothing,

And beyond that nothing

There was really nothing.

I was proud of my self-discovery.

I see myself

As everything,

And beyond that everything

There is really everything.

I am proud of my God-discovery.

```

25. God-bird

```

O time-bird,

I want you

And

I need you.

O success-bird,

I need you

And

I need you.

O progress-bird,

Others may need you

But

I never need you.

O God-bird,

Where are you?

Do you not need me?

```

26. O my hungry aspiring heart

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O my hungry aspiring heart,

For you no jaws of death,

No mouth of hell.

In you is the silence

Of the hoary past.

In you is the forgiveness

For the world’s blind greed.

In you is the whirlwind

Of the world’s transformation-life.

```

27. O lustre

```

O nebulous lustre,

O pastime of Infinity,

When will you shine

In the heart of Eternity?

O Heaven-born lustre,

You can change

The inevitable yoke

Of human life.

O God-illumined lustre,

Yours is the life

That shines through the muddy impurity

Of the world’s burning insanity. ```

28. They clutch him

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Fear clutches him

When he thinks of man.

Doubt clutches him

When he thinks of God.

Insecurity clutches him

When he thinks of God-love.

Frustration clutches him

When he thinks of his self-transcendence. ```

29. When I saw, when I touched

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When I saw

A flame of living love,

My life of dole

Became Divinity’s Smile.

When I touched

The breathing Shrine of God,

My heart of delight

Became Immortality’s Pride. ```

30. Effort

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With maximum effort

I loved God

And

Realised God.

With minimum effort

I revealed God

And

Manifested God.

With no effort

I shall glorify God

And

Distribute God. ```

31. Surrender-life

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He aimed at Peace.

Peace came not.

He aimed at Joy.

Joy came not.

He aimed at Power.

Power came not.

He aimed at Surrender-life.

Lo and behold,

Peace came in unreservedly,

Joy came in ceaselessly,

Power came in measurelessly.

And who followed?

No human being,

No cosmic god,

But God Himself,

The Absolute Supreme. ```

32. Power you need, power you get

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Action-power

Is needed.

Grace-power

Is more needed.

Surrender-power

Is most needed.

How to get action-power?

Cry within.

How to get grace-power?

Stay within.

How to get surrender-power?

Fly within. ```

33. No one is without imperfection

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No one is without imperfection.

No, not even God.

Am I not

An imperfect manifestation of God?

No one is without perfection.

No, not even my worst enemy.

Who is my enemy

If not God’s Manifestation-music

of Soul-Perfection?

```

34. My thoughts tell me

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My mind’s ready-made thoughts

Tell me

God is a far cry.

My heart’s love-blossomed thoughts

Tell me

God is nearer than my eyes.

My soul’s life-fulfilled thoughts

Tell me

God is my own illumined higher Self.

```

35. God and I love

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God and I love

The white simplicity

Of the soul.

God and I love

The green purity

Of the heart.

God and I love

The blue immensity

Of the eyes.

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36. In themselves

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Desire in itself is

Hurtful.

Aspiration in itself is

Fruitful.

Grace in itself is

Success-might.

Surrender in itself is

Progress-light.

God in Himself is

Perfection-Height. ```

37. Beyond the sky

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Beyond the sky

Of the puny, narrow life

Fear-kite flies not,

Doubt-dart flies not,

Opportunity-door leads not,

Man-dream breathes not,

God-Reality ceases not.

```

38. Attractions

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Yesterday

The nothingness of things

Attracted me, my puzzled mind.

Today

The earth-beauty of things

Attracts me, my helpless heart.

Tomorrow

The Heaven-delight of things

Shall attract me, my illumined life.

```

39. A rare aspiration

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A rare Indian aspiration:

Power-manifestation.

A rare American aspiration:

Peace-manifestation.

A rare earth-aspiration:

Perfection-sun.

A rare Heaven-aspiration:

Concern-sea. ```

40. You tolerated me

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My Lord, You tolerated me

Before I aspired.

Therefore

My vital-horse is all gratitude to You.

My Lord, You tolerated me

Before I realised You.

Therefore

My heart-deer is all gratitude to You.

My Lord, You tolerated me

Before I manifested You.

Therefore

My soul-lion is all gratitude to You. ```

41. They led the way

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My faith led the way

With its universal acceptance.

My aspiration led the way

With its transcendental appearance.

My surrender led the way

With its absolute assurance. ```

42. Come to me

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O morning of Infinity,

Come to me

With your Infinity’s cry.

My heart shall cry with you.

O morning of Eternity,

Come to me

With your Eternity’s smile.

My soul shall smile with you.

O morning of Immortality,

Come to me

With your Immortality’s love.

My Goal shall be in love with you. ```

43. They can never be mine

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No coward soul

Can ever be mine.

No foolish heart

Can ever be mine.

No proud mind

Can ever be mine.

No wild vital

Can ever be mine.

No lazy body

Can ever be mine.

No unmanifested God-life

Can ever be mine. ```

44. Real and unreal

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My desire-life

Made my earth-life

Unreal.

My aspiration-life

Is making my Heaven-life

Divinely and supremely

Real.

My realisation-life

Will make my death-life

Unreal.

```

45. Then and now

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There was a time

When I was the sadness

Of a saddening thought.

There was a time

When I was the madness

Of a maddening thought.

But now

I am the vastness

Of an unhorizoned thought,

I am the brightness

Of the solar thought.

```

46. Easy to achieve

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God-realisation

Is actually easy to achieve.

You just cry

Like a three-year-old child.

God-revelation

Is actually easy to achieve.

You just run

Like a young athlete.

God-manifestation

Is actually easy to achieve.

You just love and become

The divine Reality Supreme within you. ```

47. Love-flower, ingratitude-soul, depression-life

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All things eventually fade

Save and except

A love-flower.

All things ultimately live

Save and except

An ingratitude-soul.

All things ultimately win

Save and except

A depression-life.

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48. Where do you exist?

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O Fountain of constant Love,

Where do you exist?

Do you really exist?

“I exist

In the body of your heart.”

O Fountain of constant Peace,

Where do you exist?

Do you really exist?

“I exist, I exist

In the heart of your mind.”

O Fountain of constant Delight,

Where do you exist?

Do you really exist?

“I exist, I exist, I exist

In the life of your soul.”

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49. The inheritors

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Believe it or not,

Doubt is the inheritor

Of the body-mind’s

Unfulfilled dream.

Believe it or not,

Fear is the inheritor

Of the body-vital’s

Unfulfilled dream.

Believe it or not,

Anxiety is the inheritor

Of the body-heart’s

Unfulfilled dream. ```

50. O heavy weight of today's hours

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O heavy weight of today’s hours,

Tomorrow I shall meditate

And away I shall fly.

O heavy weight of today’s hours,

Tomorrow I shall meditate

And make God my heart.

O heavy weight of today’s hours,

Tomorrow I shall meditate

And Eternity’s bird will offer me

Its wings

To fly in the soul-sky

Of Infinity’s Immortality. ```

Editor's preface to the first edition

This book of 50 poems is part of a four-part series written by Sri Chinmoy in the 22-hour period between 12:01 a.m. and 10:01 p.m. on 2 February 1974. It was also printed on the same day by the group pictured in the photograph above the preface.

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 3, Vishma Press, New York, 1974
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