The Golden Boat, part 7

1. For your transformation

```

O intruding thoughts,

I know where you come from.

You come from fear-night,

You come from doubt-forest,

You come from anxiety-river.

Do you know where you will go?

You will go to courage-day.

What for?

For your unmistakable transformation.

You will go to certainty-mountain.

What for?

For your immediate transformation.

You will go to assurance-sea.

What for?

For your supreme transformation. ```

2. Four worlds

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In my heart-world,

Everything is a liberal doing

And

Everything is a happy happening.

In my mind-world,

Everything is an intentional doing

And

Everything is an unthinkable happening.

In my vital-world,

Everything is a sensational doing

And

Everything is a short-lived happening.

In my body-world,

Everything is a mechanical doing

And

Everything is a lifeless happening. ```

3. How to acquire them

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Happiness:

How do you acquire it?

Just give and give.

Peace:

How do you acquire it?

Just think you are an insignificant creature.

Power:

How do you acquire it?

Just believe God loves you.

Perfection:

How do you acquire it?

Just feel you are of God.

```

4. Pathways to perfection

```

Doubt-conquering

Is the pathway to pure perfection.

I knew it.

Love-manifesting

Is the pathway to sure perfection.

I know it.

Life-giving

Is the pathway to divine perfection.

I shall know it.

God-becoming

Is the pathway to supreme Perfection.

I have just learnt it from God.

```

5. Nothing is aimless

```

Nothing walks

With aimless feet.

No, not even my stupid doubt.

Nothing sleeps

With an aimless body.

No, not even my beggar-insecurity.

Nothing sings

With an aimless soul.

No, not even my dying life.

```

6. Our natures

```

God has been

Kind and compassionate.

He has always been so.

Man is

Jealous and dangerous.

He is always so.

I will be

God-loving and man-fearing.

I will always be so.

```

7. The two witnesses

```

O invading night,

I am not ready.

Tomorrow invade me

Right after I have dined

With God-light.

I tell you,

God will unconditionally be our witness.

O devouring night,

I am not ready.

Tomorrow devour me

Right after I have perfected

My life-reality.

I tell you,

My soul will happily be our witness.

```

8. The universal question

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The universal question:

Who is God?

Who else is God

If not I?

The universal question:

Who is God?

Definitely you are not!

Positively he is not, either!

Why?

You are not God

Because

You do not dare.

He is not God

Because

He does not care. ```

9. I appreciate

```

O seed of time,

I appreciate

Your God-Necessity.

O tree of time,

I appreciate

Your God-Duty.

O fruit of time,

I appreciate

Your God-Beauty.

```

10. Truth and I are friends

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A sleeping flower

Is my heart.

Believe it or not,

I tell only the truth.

Truth and I

Are indispensable friends.

A sleeping leaf

Is my mind.

Believe it or not,

I tell only the truth.

Truth and I

Are inseparable friends.

A sleeping lion

Is my vital.

Believe it or not,

I tell only the truth.

Truth and I

Are eternal friends.

A sleeping dog

Is my body.

Believe it or not,

I tell only the truth.

Truth and I

Are transcendental friends. ```

11. What do you want?

```

What do you want?

God?

Just look at my soulful eyes.

What do you want?

Man?

Just look at my helpless eyes.

What do you want?

Heaven?

Just look at my self-giving heart.

What do you want?

Hell?

Just look at my truth-binding mind.

```

12. Three declarations

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God-existence

Is indispensable:

Thus declares his crying heart.

God-existence

Is unnecessary:

Thus declares his unaspiring mind.

God-existence

Is uncertain:

Thus declares his sleeping life.

```

13. Why God loves us

```

I love you;

Therefore

God loves you:

Thus declares my self-styled, gracious vital.

You love God;

Therefore

God loves me:

Thus declares my precious oneness-heart. ```

14. Next time

```

God, I shall be back again.

Next time when I come

I shall give You my all:

My surrender.

Son, I shall be back again.

Next time when I come

I shall give you My All:

My Smile. ```

15. Broken bridges

```

My hope was the bridge

Between

My earth-cry and my Heaven-smile.

Alas, the bridge broke down

Because

I forgot to pray

This morning.

My promise was the bridge

Between

My earth-necessity and my Heaven-immortality.

Alas, the bridge collapsed

Because

I forgot to meditate

Last evening.

```

16. You are and God is

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You think,

Therefore

You cry.

You cry,

Therefore

You fly.

You fly,

Therefore

You love.

You love,

Therefore

You live.

You live,

Therefore

You are

And

God is.

You are of God’s Promise;

God is for your love.

```

17. The child

```

True, I do not know

Where God came from,

But I do know

Where God’s love came from.

It came from His Sound-necessity.

And what is His Sound-necessity?

His Sound-necessity

Is the child

Of His Silence-reality.

```

18. Revelations

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The life of love

And

The love of life

Reveal

Perpetual mutual sacrifice-height.

The life of God

And

The God of life

Reveal

Perpetual reciprocal oneness-light.

```

19. Because he believes

```

He lives in a dream-boat

But

He breathes in frustration-flames.

Why does he live?

He lives because

He believes in God’s future Smile.

Why does he breathe?

He breathes because

He believes in the immortality

Of his earth-life. ```

20. To live separated

```

I want to live

Separated from humanity

Because

Its heart-cave is too small.

I want to live

Separated from Divinity

Because

Its soul is now empty

Of Compassion-Reality.

```

21. God's creation-Life blossoms

```

I neglect God,

Therefore

My soul-life

Remains unfinished.

God loves me,

Therefore

God’s creation-Life

Blossoms satisfaction-goal. ```

22. Possessors and servers

```

The doubter cries

With his possessor:

Doubt.

The hater dies

With his possessor:

Hate.

The lover awakens

With his server:

Love.

The beloved fulfils

With his server:

Surrender-oneness.

```

23. No difference

```

From my own experience

I tell you:

No difference

Between

Possession-sea

And

Frustration-sky.

From my own experience

I tell you:

No difference

Between

Surrender-life

And

God-oneness.

```

24. I need your heart

```

O God,

I need Your Forgiveness-Heart.

O man,

I need your surrender-heart.

O Heaven,

I need your fragrance-heart.

O earth,

I need your sacrifice-heart. ```

25. He has lost his charm

```

Because

Of his teeming doubts,

He has lost all his mental charm.

Because

Of his brooding fears,

He has lost all his psychic charm.

Because

Of his undying insecurity,

He has lost all his divine charm.

```

26. Different worlds

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Limitation is

In the low world.

Imitation is

In the lower world.

Frustration is

In the lowest world.

Transformation is

In the high world.

Perfection is

In the higher world.

Satisfaction is

In the highest world. ```

27. I use

```

I use my heart

To scale the summit of excellence.

I use my soul

To transcend the acme of excellence.

I use my God

To be His ever-transcending Transcendence. ```

28. False heart

```

Show me your heart.

I shall immediately tell you

If it is a false heart

A true heart.

Ah, I see your heart is false,

Totally false,

Because

You deliberately forgot

To include me, my great contribution,

In your God-realisation

And

Your Perfection-manifestation. ```

29. Two visions

```

I have a vision,

And I assure you

My vision is not

A mental hallucination.

It is all God’s future revelation.

You have a vision,

And I assure you

Your vision is what

We all truthfully call

A vital fabrication.

It is all this world’s present realisation. ```

30. Four voices

```

My imagination tells me

I can easily surpass God.

My inspiration tells me

I can easily equal God.

My aspiration tells me

I shall eventually see God’s Feet.

My realisation tells me

I shall eternally serve God. ```

31. You deserve

```

Do you doubt?

Then you deserve the eternal Death.

Do you believe?

Then you deserve the eternal Life.

Do you know?

Then you deserve the eternal Sun.

Do you not know?

Then you deserve the eternal Compassion. ```

32. I see

```

I see the hand that leads me.

Its name is duty.

I see the heart that feeds me.

Its name is purity.

I see the soul that frees me.

Its name is beauty.

I see the God who wields me.

His name is Necessity. ```

33. The right place

```

Heaven is the right place

For my tired soul.

Earth is the right place

For my fired soul.

Hell is the right place

For my escaping soul.

Consciousness-sun is the right place

For my aspiring soul. ```

34. The student

```

Earth examines

The student in my mind.

Heaven illumines

The student in my heart.

Truth loves

The student in my soul.

Love fulfils

The student in my Goal. ```

35. His continuous occupation

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From morning to evening

He prays.

He makes God feel

Really great.

From night to morn

He meditates.

God makes him feel

Really good. ```

36. The burial ground

```

Earth

Is the burial ground of hope.

I knew it,

I know it,

I shall always know it.

Yet I cannot escape

And enter into the Reality-land.

Heaven

Is the burial ground of promise.

I knew it,

I know it,

I shall always know it.

Yet I cannot escape

And enter into the Fulfilment-God.

```

37. Visions

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Passion is the vision

Of the lower vital world.

Your vital-tiger knew it.

Salvation is the vision

Of the higher vital world.

Your vital-horse knows it.

Frustration is the vision

Of the lower physical world.

Your body-bull knew it.

Illumination is the vision

Of the higher physical world.

Your body-deer knows it.

```

38. Who can conquer it?

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The whisper of temptation:

Who can conquer it?

No, not the vital man!

The torture of frustration:

Who can conquer it?

No, not the mental man!

The rapture of destruction:

Who can conquer it?

No, not the physical man!

The power of compassion:

Who can conquer it?

No, not even the psychic man!

```

39. His life

```

His body-life

Is the life of immortal chaos.

His vital-life

Is the life of immortal destruction.

His mind-life

Is the life of immortal dissatisfaction.

His heart-life

Is the life of immortal surrender.

His soul-life

Is the life of immortal vision. ```

40. All these things

```

All this finite nonsense!

Who wants it?

Who needs it?

No, not even my ignorance-night.

All this infinite Truth!

Who has it?

Who claims it?

No, not even the cosmic gods. ```

41. He desires his life to be

```

He desires his life

To be the fruit of selected fictions.

Therefore

Happiness is compelled

To deny him its illumining presence.

He desires his life

To be the tree of imperfection-forest.

Therefore

Perfection is compelled

To deny him its nectar-presence.

```

42. When I lived

```

When I lived in the sleeping body

My life was a million vacant cries.

When I lived in the unaspiring heart

My life was a million heavy sighs.

When I lived in the non-giving life

My life was a million imperfection-souls. ```

43. Hers

```

Hers is the heart

Of unplumbed beauty’s core.

Hers is the soul

Of beauty’s measureless shore.

Hers is the life

Of beauty’s sleepless door. ```

44. Earth's power and Heaven's power

```

A single earth-cry

Can bring down

God’s transcendental Height.

A single Heaven-smile

Can illumine

Earth’s ignorance-life of millennia.

A single earth-cry

Can empty

Eternity’s Infinity.

A single Heaven-smile

Can spread

Divinity’s Immortality.

```

45. I see, feel and become

```

In my repeated failures

I see God’s perfecting Face.

In my repeated triumphs

I feel God’s ever-increasing Hunger.

In my unlimited progress

I become Heaven’s Dream-reality

And

Earth’s Reality-perfection. ```

46. Command and obey

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I have commanded;

Therefore I have also obeyed.

Who has commanded?

The I-God in me.

Who has obeyed?

The I-man in me.

I have obeyed;

Therefore I shall also command.

I shall command

My Eternity’s perfection

Of dedication-life.

```

47. When I play

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When I play with God

Nobody loses,

For God’s Heart

And my surrender

Are equally formidable.

When I play with man

I always lose,

For my lack of attention

And man’s abundance of temptation

Are equally harmful.

When I play with Heaven

We do not compete,

But complete the Game.

When I play with earth

Neither of us wins,

For we know not how to play the Game.

```

48. They shall listen to you

```

The world shall listen to you.

Just give the world

A little more of your time.

Don’t lose hope.

Hope shall reach God-Height

And God-Crown.

God shall listen to you.

Just give God

A little more of your heart’s love-life.

Don’t lose patience.

Patience accelerates the Goal-reality

In the immediacy of your today’s life. ```

49. The hour

```

The hour came

But I forgot to invoke God.

Therefore bondage remained my life.

The hour comes

But I forget to love life.

Therefore helplessness is my other name.

The hour shall come

But I shall forget to become God’s Silence-seed.

Therefore I shall fail to measure

God’s Sound-birth. ```

50. Two worlds

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In the world of the cosmic gods

I act like an all-conquering lion,

For God has told me who I eternally am.

In the world of feeble mankind

I act like a lost child

In the brooding forest of time,

For I know not my incapacity-boat

And my capacity-shore.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 7, Vishma Press, 1974
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