The Golden Boat, part 8

1. The perfect ones

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His life is the perfect general

Of reality’s empty dreams.

His soul is the perfect soldier

Of dream’s empty reality.

His goal is the perfect voice

Of Eternity’s empty choice.

His God is the perfect slave

Of Immortality’s empty role. ```

2. What God has made me

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My body desired to be

A great runner.

But God has made me

A God-lover.

My vital desired to be

A great warrior.

But God has made me

A God-lover.

My mind desired to be

A great thinker.

But God has made me

A God-lover.

My heart desired to be

A God-lover.

But God has made me

Another God. ```

3. No difference

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No difference

Between

His earth-life

And

His arrows of dark desire-night.

No difference

Between

His Heaven-life

And

His stars of blue Perfection-Light.

No difference

Between

His God-life

And

His love-flames of Oneness-Delight.

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4. Slow trains

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The world’s slow train:

My love-cry.

Alas, what can I do?

The world’s slower train:

My sacrifice-smile.

Alas, what have I done?

The world’s slowest train:

My oneness-embrace.

Alas, what shall I do?

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5. Time

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O seeker,

You are the user of Time.

O meditator,

You are the seer of Time.

O lover,

You are the fulfiller of Time.

O God,

You are the Player of time. ```

6. When I think

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When I think of myself

I know

What an invading pleasure is.

When I think of God

I know

What a perishing pleasure is.

When I think not,

I know not

Where pleasure-treasure is,

And

When I judge not

I know

Where perfection-satisfaction is.

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7. He and imperfection

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He and his imperfect life

Feel that they can perfect the world.

He and his imperfect heart

Feel that God’s arrival is overdue.

He and his imperfect dream

Feel that Reality-sun purposely delays. ```

8. O suffering Christ

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O suffering Christ,

My heart of love

Suffers with you and for you.

O forgiving Christ,

My love of life

Enjoys with you and for you.

O illumining Christ,

My life of love

Is for you, only for you.

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9. Perfection-touch, imperfection-key

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God has given me

His Perfection-touch;

Therefore,

Satisfaction is within my easy reach.

Man has given me

His imperfection-key;

Therefore,

I fail to open God’s Compassion-door

And my own aspiration-door.

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10. My two lovers

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Death loves me;

Therefore,

He has bandaged

My heart of bleeding experience.

Immortality loves me;

Therefore,

She has engaged

My incapacity

To blossom in her divinity.

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11. Not for them

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Not for the complaining stream

The Silence-sea.

Not for the complaining lamp

The Illumination-sun.

Not for the complaining mind

The Liberation-God.

But for the complaining soul

The Compassion-Lord. ```

12. The reason is obvious

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My brave day sinks

In my darkening night.

My confident heart sinks

In my trembling fear.

Do you know why?

The reason is obvious.

When I was wearing my victory-crown

And

When I was sitting on the victory-throne

I consciously forgot

To place at God’s Feet

My garland of surrender-gratitude. ```

13. Perfection-moon, Satisfaction-sun

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O Darkness-night,

Don’t spread your jealous wings.

O Effulgence-day,

Heighten your zealous heart.

O Perfection-moon,

Quicken my life-boat.

O Satisfaction-sun,

Brighten my Reality-shore. ```

14. She

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He speaks,

Yet he says nothing.

She speaks not,

Yet she says everything:

The depth of God-realisation

And

The height of man-perfection.

Man adores her

Because

She is his voice.

God loves her

Because

She is His peerless Choice.

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15. Only from afar

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He is brave

From a safe distance.

She is beautiful

From a far distance.

His aspiration works

Only in distant skies.

Her realisation works

Only on foreign shores. ```

16. Even they know it

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Man is my kingdom.

I know it.

Even my stupidity knows it.

Truth is my palace.

I know it.

Even my insincerity knows it.

Love is my home.

I know it.

Even my insecurity knows it.

God is my nest.

I know it.

Even my ambiguity knows it.

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17. Your Presence and absence

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Lord, since You know

That Your Presence is my

Himalayan delight,

Why don’t You come to me

More often?

Lord, since You know

That Your absence

Is my oceanic sorrow,

Why don’t You tell me

Why You are quite often,

In season and out of season,

Absent?

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18. Justifications

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When you live

In the vital world

You justify slavery.

When you live

In the psychic world

You justify freedom.

When you live

In the physical world

You justify ignorance-frown.

When you live

In the God-world

You justify

Everything within,

Everything without.

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19. Two perfect strangers

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Human birth

And

Divine freedom

Have no liking

For each other.

Human goal

And

Divine soul

Act from dawn to dusk

Like two perfect strangers.

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20. I measure not

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I measure not

My realisation-height.

It is too discouraging.

I measure not

My perfection-light.

It is too disheartening.

I measure not

My satisfaction-sun.

It is too frightening.

I measure

Only one thing:

God’s Compassion-ocean.

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21. What we are

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Eternity

Is my soul-splendour.

Infinity

Is my soul-measure.

Immortality

Is my soul-treasure.

And I am

My world’s morning pleasure

And

Evening pressure. ```

22. Dreams

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Silence-light

Is the dream

Of my earth-aspiration.

Sound-power

Is the dream

Of my Heaven-vision.

God-delight

Is the dream

Of my life-perfection.

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23. The hopeful universe

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He is crying;

Therefore,

Divinity is hopeful.

He is smiling;

Therefore,

Humanity is hopeful.

He is loving;

Therefore,

God is hopeful.

He is becoming;

Therefore

The entire universe is hopeful.

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24. Real God, false God

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Who has made God?

He Himself.

Who has made the small gods?

Man has made them.

Who is a real God?

A silence-lover

And

A sound-performer.

Who is a false God?

A builder of temptation-palace

And

A destroyer of love-nest. ```

25. What else can poor God do?

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His dark insincerity

Is as deep as man’s weakness.

Yet God loves him.

What else can poor God do?

His fleeting sincerity

Is as shallow as man’s goodness.

Yet God loves him.

What else can poor God do?

His dreaming perfection

Is as impossible as man’s immortality.

Yet God loves him.

What else can poor God do? ```

26. Gifts of the true God

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Love-smile

Is a gift of the true God.

Don’t lose it.

If you lose it,

You are undone.

Truth-cry

Is a gift of the true God.

Don’t lose it.

If you lose it,

Your life will be totally destroyed.

Surrender-perfection

Is a gift of the true God.

Don’t lose it.

If you lose it,

Your God-realisation will be indefinitely delayed.

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27. It has already been given

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If you need Love in your heart,

It has already been given by God.

Just feel it.

If you need Peace in your mind,

It has already been given by God.

Just believe it.

If you need Power in your vital,

It has already been given by God.

Just distribute it.

If you need Perfection in your body,

It has already been given by God.

Just offer it.

```

28. Showers

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My thought-life

Is a shower of blind folly.

My will-life

Is a shower of bright glory.

My surrender-life

Is a shower of perfect beauty. ```

29. The distance between

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My heart-cave

Is the distance

Between

My hope and my despair.

My life-hole

Is the distance

Between

My victory and my defeat.

My love-drop

Is the distance

Between

My animal destruction

And

My divine perfection. ```

30. Just breathe a prayer

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Just breathe a prayer.

God shall be

Your Impurity-chaser.

Just breathe a prayer.

God shall be

Your Duty-performer.

Just breathe a prayer.

God shall be

Your eternal Partner.

Just breathe a prayer.

God shall be

Your unconditional Lover.

```

31. My experience

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To enjoy

Is to obey:

Indeed, this is

My earth-experience.

To obey

Is to enjoy:

Indeed, this is

My Heaven-experience.

To obey

And obey:

Indeed, this is

My body-experience.

To enjoy

And enjoy:

Indeed, this is

My soul-experience. ```

32. My life-road

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At one end of my life-road

Is man

With his darkening night.

At the other end of my life-road

Is God

With His illumining Light.

My life began

With Eternity’s hush.

My life shall end

With Infinity’s rush. ```

33. I cry

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I cry in the City of God

To be as perfect as God.

I cry in the village of man

To be as sincere as a villager.

I cry in the core of my soul

To be as beautiful as my soul. ```

34. Three points of view

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God sees me

Through His beams of Love;

Therefore, He calls me

His perfection-representative.

Man sees me

Through his whims of hatred;

Therefore, he calls me

His arch adversary.

I see myself

Through my heart’s uncertainty-door;

Therefore, I call myself

A totally lost soul. ```

35. Flying

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My Lord flies in me

With His wings of Beauty

When I cry and cry.

I fly in my Lord

With my wings of purity

When He smiles and smiles.

To my Lord,

Flying is His world-perfecting Choice.

To me,

Flying is my world-conquering noise. ```

36. Don't tell me a lie!

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Don’t tell me a lie!

There is no man

Who has never stumbled.

Don’t tell me a lie!

There is no man

Who remains always on the ground.

Don’t tell me a lie!

There is no man

Who will not realise God.

Don’t tell me a lie!

There is no man

Who will not become a future God.

```

37. I support them

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I support God personally

Because

He is all love for me.

I support myself wholeheartedly

Because

I do everything perfectly.

I support man immediately

Because

His weakness pains me deeply.

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38. Purchases

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I buy God

With a throbbing cry.

God buys me

With a winning Smile.

I buy Heaven

With my aspiration-heart.

Heaven buys me

With its Vision-soul. ```

39. O sunshine

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O sunshine of Beauty,

My heart invokes

Your light.

O sunshine of Duty,

My life invokes

Your soul.

O sunshine of Love,

My soul is all

Concern for you.

O sunshine of Perfection,

In you I feel the perfect presence

Of the perfect God.

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40. Pulse of the past

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O pulse of the past,

I do not need you

To found my reality on earth.

O pulse of the past,

My future dreams

Are growing fast

In my today’s reality.

O pulse of the past,

My animal past

Was my destruction-night;

My human past

Was my future dream;

My divine past

Has become one with the immediacy of today.

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41. Who will be my partner?

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Who will be the partner of my sorrow?

No, not even my Lord, the Compassion-peak.

Who will be the partner of my joy?

No, not even my Illumination-sky.

Who will be the partner of my perfection?

Long have I searched for him,

Much have I offered to him.

My life of surrender-light

Is only for him, only for him.

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42. He is the fountain

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He is the fountain

Of thinking.

Let him think and sink.

He is the fountain

Of feeling.

Let him feel and expand.

He is the fountain

Of love.

He spreads his wings and becomes.

He is the fountain

Of light.

His outer life grows

And his inner life sows. ```

43. His God

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He is a mountain of sin;

Therefore,

The Saviour has to take care of him.

He is the sea of service;

Therefore,

The Liberator employs him.

He is the sky of error and perfection;

Therefore,

His God is Progress

And

His God is Supreme.

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44. She shines

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Her glory shines

In the world of her silence-light.

Her progress shines

In the world of her heavenward-sight.

Her perfection shines

In the world of her surrender-might.

Her manifestation shines

In the world of God’s choice Hour-delight. ```

45. When he plays truant

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When he plays truant from earth,

He fails to learn

The wisdom of sacrifice-light.

When he plays truant from Heaven,

He fails to learn

The vision of God’s Silence-height.

When he plays truant from his inner home,

His life becomes

A forest of ignorance-night.

When he plays truant from his outer life,

His life becomes

The dance of destruction-fight.

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46. In the universe of life

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In the room of life

My Lord sleeps and sleeps.

In the apartment of life

My Lord dreams and dreams.

In the house of life

My Lord struggles and struggles.

In the palace of life

My Lord dares and dares.

In the city of life

My Lord smiles and smiles.

In the country of life

My Lord sings and sings.

In the world of life

My Lord becomes and becomes.

In the universe of life

My Lord eternally is. ```

47. Only for you

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Walk up to her;

She will bless you.

March up to her;

She will love you.

Run up to her;

She will claim you.

Sit at her feet;

She will proclaim you.

Bow to her;

She will garland you.

Meditate on her;

She will crown you.

Surrender your all to her;

Her life within,

Her life without,

Will be all for you,

Only for you.

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48. The heart of an orphan-tear

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He hates his tired body.

He hates his fired vital.

He hates his doubting mind.

He hates his unloving heart.

He hates his dreamless soul.

He hates his useless God.

When?

When?

When he feels that his life

Is the heart of an orphan-tear. ```

49. Touch your God

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Touch your God,

Touch your God.

He enjoys your touch.

Strike your God,

Strike your God.

He enjoys your torture wild.

Love your God,

Love your God.

He will feed the heights of your inner cry.

Serve your God,

Serve your God.

He will offer you

His Eternity’s Crown

And

Immortality’s Throne. ```

50. The deserter

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His mother guided him and moulded him.

His father blessed him and protected him.

His God divinised him and immortalised him.

But alas,

He deserted his inner life of dream

And

Negated his outer life of reality.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Golden Boat, part 8, Vishma Press, New York, 1974
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