I go out, I come in, part 2

34.

```

I go out, alas,

Only to realise that I have become

My show-off mind.

I come in

And, lo and behold, to my greatest satisfaction,

I have become my humility-life.

```

35.

```

I go out

And sit beside God the Power

Inside my life-house.

I come in

And sit at the Feet of God the Peace

Inside my heart-home.

```

36.

```

I go out

And come to realise that if I have hope,

I have everything.

I come in

And come to realise that if I have promise,

I belong to everybody

And everybody belongs to me. ```

37.

```

When I go out,

My mind tells me

That even if I do not desire today,

Tomorrow invariably comes.

When I come in,

My heart tells me

That if I do not aspire today,

Tomorrow may never come! ```

38.

```

When I go out,

The barking doubt-dogs frighten me.

When I come in,

The enriching faith-dog enlightens me. ```

39.

```

I go out

And unguardedly multiply

My desire-dreams.

I come in

And very carefully safeguard

My aspiration-dreams.

```

40.

```

I go out

To win humanity’s mind-favours.

I come in

To collect Divinity’s heart-treasures. ```

41.

```

When I go out just a little,

I see my Lord shedding bitter tears.

I ask my Lord the reason.

He says, “My daughter, I am weeping

Because your vital is so insecure.”

When I come in just a little,

I see my Lord shedding bitter tears.

I ask my Lord the reason.

He says, “My son, I am shedding tears

Because your mind is so impure.”

```

42.

```

When I go out,

My Lord looks at my ever-withered mind

Most sympathetically.

When I come in,

My Lord looks at my evergreen heart

Most proudly.

```

43.

```

When I go out,

God’s Patience endures

My ever-unbending mind.

When I come in,

God’s Pride treasures

My ever-surrendering life.

```

44.

```

I go out

To seek happiness in the distance.

I come in

And become the breath of happiness

Right within.

```

45.

```

When I go out,

I watch the dance of self-importance

All around me —

And I invariably participate.

When I come in,

I listen to the song of God-importance

In the inmost recesses of my heart —

And I immediately participate. ```

46.

```

When I go out,

The smiles of my own mind

Confuse me.

When I come in,

The tears of my own heart

Illumine me.

```

47.

```

I go out

And tell the outer world

That God has sent me

To teach His Philosophy.

I come in

And tell the inner world

That God has sent me

To study His Biography. ```

48.

```

I go out

And become my mind’s Voracious desire-hunger-torture.

I come in

And become my heart’s

Veracious aspiration-meal-satisfaction.

```

49.

```

When I go out,

I try to free my mind

From fear-paralysis.

When I come in,

I feed my God-meditation-heart

With tremendous confidence.

```

50.

```

When I go out,

I try to keep my mind

In tune with God’s universal Sound.

When I come in,

I feel and grow into

The Silence-Heart of God’s infinite Love.

```

51.

```

I go out

To find a house for myself.

I come in

And find that God has made a joint home

For both of us to live in.

```

52.

```

I go out

To enjoy my mind’s sound-adventure.

I come in

To enjoy my heart’s peace-pilgrimage. ```

53.

```

When I go out,

I am a stranger to the world-audience.

When I come in,

I immediately try to enter into

My heart’s God-Home.

```

54.

```

When I go out,

My doubting mind masquerades

As an honest truth-seeker and God-lover.

When I come in,

My aspiration-heart brings to the fore

My God-love, my God-devotion

And my God-surrender

In the twinkling of an eye.

```

55.

```

When I go out,

Somehow I manage

To forget God.

When I come in,

I clearly see

That God never leaves me.

```

56.

```

I go out

And look for the happiness-destination.

I come in

And discover that happiness is a journey

And not a destination.

```

57.

```

I go out

In deep necessity

To find God.

I come in

And, in deep amazement,

I see God has been waiting for me

For a very long time. ```

58.

```

I go out

And enjoy my mind’s

Freedom-satisfaction.

I come in

And devotedly align myself

With God’s Will.

```

59.

```

I go out

And enjoy my vacation-land

Of freedom.

I come in

And enjoy my aspiration-country

Of oneness.

```

60.

```

When I go out,

I tell God the creation to look at me

The way I would like to be looked at.

When I come in,

I tell God the Creator to look at me

Whichever way He wants to.

```

61.

```

When I go out,

I become the slave

Of my autocrat-mind.

When I come in,

I become the prince

Of my Absolute King Supreme.

```

62.

```

I go out

Only to be captured

By the narrowness and selfishness

Of the outer world.

I come in

Precisely to be energised

By the eagerness and enthusiasm

Of the inner world. ```

63.

```

I go out,

And the sound-life of the outer world

Practically paralyses me.

I come in,

And the silence-life of the inner world

Whisperingly immortalises me.

```

64.

```

When I go out,

I seek for God-protection.

When I come in,

I get inspiration and determination

To protect me from myself.

```

65.

```

When I go out,

My mind asks me

To take a photograph of God.

When I come in,

I see that God is waiting

To take a photograph of my heart.

```

66.

```

I go out

And my mind becomes all fantasy-curiosity

For man’s visit.

I come in

And my heart becomes all ecstasy-thrill

For God’s Visit.

```

67.

```

I go out

Only to see that the outer world

Is in a desperate hurry.

I come in

And, lo and behold, I become

The poise of the inner world.

```

68.

```

When I go out,

I immediately want to play

My world-supremacy-game.

When I come in,

I soulfully sing

My self-transcendence-song.

```

69.

```

I go out

And immediately shed tears

To amass each and every charming thing I see.

I come in

And shed no tears

For anything other than God.

```

70.

```

When I go out,

I immediately try to enjoy

My all-aptitude-dance.

When I come in,

I unmistakably see

My climbing God-aspiration-flames.

```

71.

```

I go out

And, the nearer I stay to my mind-autocrat,

The farther I am from God.

I come in

And, the nearer I stay to my heart-friend,

The sooner I feel that I am of God

And I am for God. ```

72.

```

I go out

And start building my mind-hut.

I come in

And see that God Himself is building

My heart-temple.

```

73.

```

When I go out,

My Lord tells me,

“I see you are astonishingly brave, My child.

Let Me shake hands with you

And examine your strength.”

When I come in,

My Lord tells me,

“I see, My child, you are absolutely pure.

Come and touch My Feet

And receive My infinite Blessings,

Love and Affection.” ```

74.

```

When I go out,

I see that my doubting mind

Is worse than a third-class student

In God’s Love-Devotion-Surrender-School.

When I come in,

I see that my aspiring heart

Is, indeed, a first-class student

In God’s Love-Devotion-Surrender-University. ```

75.

```

When I go out

With a God-“No”-mind,

The outer world shakes hands with me.

When I come in

With a God-“Yes”-heart,

The inner world embraces me.

```

76.

```

When I go out,

My Lord asks me summarily to go in.

He tells me, “First things first.

You must aspire to realise Me."

When I come in,

My Lord peremptorily commands me to go out

And manifest Him.

He says, "My son, let the world receive

All My Blessings, Love and Compassion

Through you.” ```

77.

```

When I go out,

God helps me to escape

From my mind’s doubt-currents.

When I come in,

God helps me to swim

In my heart’s faith-sea.

```

78.

```

I go out

And, to my extreme sorrow,

I see that God’s Justice-Eye

Is not approachable.

I come in

And, to my greatest joy,

I discover that God’s Forgiveness-Heart

Is at every moment approachable. ```

79.

```

When I go out,

God’s Compassion-Eye

Secretly blesses me.

When I come in,

God’s Oneness-Heart

Openly embraces me.

```

80.

```

When I go out,

Mankind laughs

At my feeble God-service-steps.

When I come in,

God smiles

At my feeble God-aspiration-attempts.

```

81.

```

I go out

And immediately see

That the secret of my success-life

Is to look forward.

I come in

And immediately discover

That the secret of my progress-heart

Is to dive inward. ```

82.

```

When I go out,

I do not know how to cope with

My life’s ups and downs.

When I come in,

I see that my God-aspiration-existence on earth

Is far beyond my life’s ups and downs.

```

83.

```

When I go out,

I am afraid to see God the Power.

When I come in,

I am afraid to disturb God the Silence. ```

84.

```

I go out

And immediately see

That my mind’s endless world-complaints

Are befriending me.

I come in

And immediately see

That my heart's teeming world-compliments

Are befriending me. ```

85.

```

I go out

To protect my mind-temple

From doubt-hurricane.

I come in

And see that God Himself

Is protecting my heart-shrine

From impurity-flood. ```

86.

```

When I go out,

My freedom-mind

Means so much to me.

When I come in,

My surrender-heart

Means so much to God.

```

87.

```

I go out

And, alas, I see my starving mind

Wrestling with its own questions.

I come in

And, to my greatest joy,

I see my heart and its answers

Enjoying a God-manifestation-feast. ```

88.

```

When I go out,

My mind and I together

Try to invent God.

When I come in,

My heart and I together

Try to discover God.

```

89.

```

When I go out,

I see that there is an astronomical distance

Between my mind’s desires and God's Will.

When I come in,

I see that shorter than the shortest

Is the distance between my heart’s aspiration

And God’s Sanction. ```

90.

```

When I go out,

The outer world expects

My salutations.

When I come in,

I prayerfully bow

To the inner world.

```

91.

```

When I go out,

I unmistakably see that there are many realities

That I have not even touched.

When I come in,

I clearly see that God has myriad Dreams

That He has not yet manifested.

```

92.

```

I go out

With the hope of having

A very brief interview with God.

But, alas, God says He has no time.

I come in

With the hope of having

A very brief interview with God.

God smilingly tells me,

“My child, take as long as you want to.

I am not in a hurry.

I am at your perfect disposal.”

```

Editor's note to the first edition

The book ‘I go out, I come in’ was first published on 19 February 1997 and was given the book number 1155. The first printing contained the first 33 poems. This second printing contains 92 poems.

From:Sri Chinmoy,I go out, I come in, part 2, Agni Press, 1997
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/goc_2