Here and now

1.1

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise

That God's Cosmic Plans

Are neither inexplicable

Nor mysterious.

```

HN 1-20. 30 May 2000, Canadian Parliament, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.↩

2.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise

That God is very simple

And very easy to love —

Like a flower or a child.

```

3.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise

That this world

Is not God's Jugglery

And not God's Luxury,

But His Treasury. ```

4.

```

HERE and NOW

I must prepare my life

To be submerged

In the ocean of bliss,

Like my soul —

The God-representative on earth. ```

5.

```

HERE and NOW

I must feel that at every moment,

Out of His infinite Bounty,

My Lord Supreme is breathing me

Into His Heart.

```

6.

```

I plead with God

To give me a little more time.

God says, "No, My child, no!

HERE and NOW." ```

7.

```

To my greatest delight,

HERE and NOW

I unmistakably see

That God is coming towards me,

Unannounced and unescorted.

```

8.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise

That every human being

Is endowed with the capacity

To be a towering lighthouse

In the darkness-night

Of the present-day world.

```

9.

```

HERE and NOW

I must develop the capacity

To see that each human being

Is a bridge-builder

Between the inner aspiration-heart

And the outer dedication-life. ```

10.

```

HERE and NOW,

And not hereafter —

This must be the code

Of my life. ```

11.

```

Not hereafter,

But HERE and NOW,

This loftiest realisation

Has dawned on me:

To lose is to gain.

I lost my puny self

Only to find my Universal Self.

```

12.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise that love of God

Is my only religion,

My only spirituality

And

My only enlightenment. ```

13.

```

HERE and NOW

I learn from God

That He has reserved something

Very special

For each and every human being.

Therefore,

I must not covet.

I must not regret.

I must not object.

I must not reject. ```

14.

```

HERE and NOW

I must take my God-manifestation

And

God-satisfaction-responsibilities

Most seriously.

```

15.

```

HERE and NOW

I am determined to invoke

God's Blessings

To usher in the blissful dawn

Of world peace.

```

16.

```

HERE and NOW

I must develop

My inseparable friendship

With sleepless vigilance

And

Dauntless concentration. ```

17.

```

If we really want world peace

To blossom on earth,

Then we needs must value

The supreme necessity

Of spiritual survival.

No delay.

No hereafter.

HERE and NOW. ```

18.

```

I know, scores of times

I have broken

My peace-offering-promises

To the world at large.

HERE and NOW

I resume my promise,

And this time

My ceaseless love for humanity

And

My adamantine will-power

Are bound to succeed.

```

19.

```

HERE and NOW

My soul urges

All world-peace-dreamers

And world-peace-seekers

To participate in,

And not just watch,

God's Light and Delight-Manifestation

On earth. ```

20.

```

HERE and NOW

Let each and every human being

Immediately respond to

God's secret and sacred

Beckoning Enthusiasm

And Encouragement-Smile. ```

21.2

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise

That my unconditional surrender

To God's Will

Is the most indispensable part

Of my pleasing God.

```

HN 21-35. 15 June 2000, US Capitol Office Building, Washington, DC, USA.↩

22.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise

That my God-disobedience

Is my

Immediate and immeasurable

Aspiration-heart-failure. ```

23.

```

HERE and NOW

My breath must learn

How to breathe

The breath of the world. ```

24.

```

HERE and NOW

My heart shall learn

How to love

The heart of the world. ```

25.

```

HERE and NOW

My life must learn

How to become

The life of the world. ```

26.

```

My God-aspiration-thrill,

My God-dedication-thrill

And

My God-manifestation-thrill

Are ever new and never old.

This is what I have come to learn

HERE and NOW.

```

27.

```

HERE and NOW

My solemn promise

To myself:

No more desire-slavery. ```

28.

```

HERE and NOW

I shall live my life

Between my desire-banishment

And my God-attachment. ```

29.

```

Not what I want

But what I must do

For God-satisfaction

Is the wisdom-light

Of HERE and NOW.

```

30.

```

We are deeply in love

With the beauty

Of God the creation.

We must be deeply in love

With the duty

Of God the Creator as well —

Right from today,

HERE and NOW. ```

31.

```

HERE and NOW

I have decided to offer

Only one prayer:

My Lord, do make me the lover,

Server and devourer

Of the golden dust of Your Feet. ```

32.

```

HERE and NOW

The miracle of miracles:

A cute smile of my eyes

Has brought God down

From the Ultimate Beyond.

```

33.

```

I never knew that my heart's

Fleeting tears

Had such tremendous power.

HERE and NOW I clearly see

They have brought down

God Himself

With His everlasting Smiles.

```

34.

```

I love God.

God loves me.

This is not a new realisation,

But HERE and NOW

I unmistakably see

That we two have

No separate existence.

```

35.

```

As I love God,

Even so, He needs me.

As God loves me,

Even so, I need Him.

But HERE and NOW

I see a slight difference:

His Love and Need

Are unconditional.

So far, mine are not!

```

36.3

```

HERE and NOW

I must discover my way

To God's Nectar-flooded Feet

For my God-realisation.

```

HN 36-55. 25 July 2000, Landmark Community Centre, Port Washington, New York, USA.↩

37.

```

HERE and NOW

I must be fully determined

To prayerfully and soulfully accept

All God-given

Challenge-opportunities —

And never run away. ```

38.

```

HERE and NOW

I must dissociate myself

From the destruction-breath

Of ignorance-night. ```

39.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise

That my heart's aspiration-thrill

Is ever new

And never grows old.

```

40.

```

HERE and NOW

An unconditional surrender-life

Is the indispensable part

Of a seeker's life

To please God in His own Way.

```

41.

```

HERE and NOW

My aspiration-heart must hasten

To the beckoning Call

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

42.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That it is the same God

Who plays the role

Of God the Creator-Vision

And

God the creation-manifestation.

```

43.

```

HERE and NOW

I must seek to know

What God's Priorities

Truly are. ```

44.

```

HERE and NOW

My heart must become

The rainbow-beauty

In the vastness-blue

Of enthusiasm-sky.

```

45.

```

HERE and NOW

A seeker has to realise

That nothing can be

More illumining and fulfilling

In his life

Than his sleepless and breathless

God-obedience.

```

46.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me that He does not want

His Power-Feet

To govern my thoughts,

But He wants His Sweetness-Heart

To embrace and lead and guide

My will.

```

47.

```

HERE and NOW

I am challenging

My shameless long-lasting

Self-doubt-waves. ```

48.

```

HERE and NOW

I do not have the doubting mind

That curves and swerves,

But I do have the aspiring heart

That glows and flows.

```

49.

```

HERE and NOW

My Lord Beloved Supreme

Is telling me

That my new beginning

Is my new winning.

```

50.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That no human being

Can ever go beyond

God's Compassion-Eye-Circle.

```

51.

```

HERE and NOW

I must turn my life into

A God-devotion-heart-fragrance.

```

52.

```

HERE and NOW

My Absolute Lord Supreme

Takes away from me my mind-rock

And gives me His Heart-Diamond

In return.

```

53.

```

HERE and NOW

I am resolved to keep

My God-gratitude-heart-door

Open at all hours. ```

54.

```

HERE and NOW

I unmistakably see

That the world-temptation-ocean

Has no shore. ```

55.

```

HERE and NOW

I clearly see

That God has come down

All the way from Heaven

To earth

To receive a cute smile

From my heart.

```

56.4

```

HERE and NOW

I must worship my Lord's Feet

With my streaming heart-tears.

```

HN 56-88. 10 September 2000, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.↩

57.

```

HERE and NOW

I must claim my Lord Supreme

As my own, very own.

```

58.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise that

There is no such thing

As a part-time God-seeker,

God-dreamer and God-lover.

```

59.

```

HERE and NOW

I must realise that my God-love

Without my God-faith

Is no love at all. ```

60.

```

HERE and NOW

I have realised that everything else

Will fail me in the end,

Save and except

My God-devotion-heart.

```

61.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me that my relationship

With Him

Has to be always personal,

Private and confidential.

```

62.

```

HERE and NOW

I am telling God that His Commands

Are my only satisfaction-fulfilments.

```

63.

```

HERE and NOW

I must disappear

From the world's view

To remain only in the Heart

Of my Absolute Supreme.

```

64.

```

HERE and NOW

I must make friends

With the flower-beauty

Of my blossoming heart. ```

65.

```

HERE and NOW

God wants His Heart to be

The Home

Of my aspiration-cries. ```

66.

```

HERE and NOW

May my aspiration-dreams

Make my life a faith-citadel.

```

67.

```

HERE and NOW

I must make my aspiration-heart

My life's most prized possession.

```

68.

```

HERE and NOW

My soul wants to spotlight

All my

Surrender-life-stage-performances. ```

69.

```

HERE and NOW

God wants me to approach Him

With the sweetness-innocence

Of a child. ```

70.

```

HERE and NOW

I must never allow my mind

To be plagued

By countless doubts. ```

71.

```

HERE and NOW

God wants me to forget

All my faults.

He wants me to remember only

My God-gratitude-heart.

```

72.

```

God tells me,

"HERE and NOW!"

I tell God,

"Please, please give me

A little more time."

```

73.

```

HERE and NOW

I want my life to be

In between

My aspiration-ascent

And

God's Satisfaction-Descent. ```

74.

```

HERE and NOW

May God's Compassion-Nectar-Eye

Engulf my aspiration-heart-tears.

```

75.

```

HERE and NOW

I clearly see

That God's Compassion-Heart

Accomplishes everything

For me.

```

76.

```

HERE and NOW

My gratitude-heart-tears

And smiles

Are the most exciting things

For God.

```

77.

```

HERE and NOW

I clearly see that God

Does not want anybody to guard

The aspiration-flames

Of my heart-shrine.

He Himself wants to do it. ```

78.

```

HERE and NOW

May the beauty and divinity

Of faith

Surround my life all the time. ```

79.

```

Who will write God's Biography

HERE and NOW?

Not my aspiration-heart,

Not my service-life,

But my gratitude-breath-tears.

```

80.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That my surrender to God's Will

Has no problem left to solve. ```

81.

```

HERE and NOW

I must see that God's Love

Reverberates

In my God-oneness-heart. ```

82.

```

HERE and NOW

I must make a solemn promise

To myself

To listen to God's daily Broadcast. ```

83.

```

HERE and NOW

I must not only enjoy

But become

The nectar-dust of God's Feet. ```

84.

```

HERE and NOW

I must start marching

Towards my own heart-home.

```

85.

```

HERE and NOW

I realise that Eternity

Is too short

For me to please God

In His own Way.

```

86.

```

HERE and NOW

I unmistakably see

That each new peace nation

Is a new

God-satisfaction-blossom.

```

87.

```

HERE and NOW

God embraces my surrender-heart

And commands me

To go forward, to fly upward

And to dive inward.

```

88.

```

HERE and NOW

God and I are saying

The same thing to each other:

"Do not forget me." ```

Note

89.5

```

HERE and NOW

I need only one thing:

God's Absolute Will.

```

HN 89-122. 23 September 2000, Molson Centre, Montreal, Canada.↩

90.

```

HERE and NOW

I must come to realise

That my unconditional God-surrender

Succeeds

When everything else fails.

```

91.

```

HERE and NOW

I want my gratitude-heart

To prayerfully devour

God's Compassion-Eye,

God's Forgiveness-Heart

And His All. ```

92.

```

HERE and NOW

I clearly see that

God may play hide-and-seek

With my love and devotion,

But never

With my complete surrender. ```

93.

```

HERE and NOW

My sole promise to God

Is to fulfil

God's each and every Dream. ```

94.

```

HERE and NOW

My heart must develop

A keen interest in everything

That is of God,

And my life must develop

A keen interest in everything

That is for God.

```

95.

```

HERE and NOW

I must increase, and ever increase,

The beauty

Of my God-sincerity-mind

And the fragrance

Of my God-purity-heart. ```

96.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise that

Surrender means a hungry heart

For the nectar-dust of God's Feet. ```

97.

```

HERE and NOW

I have discovered

My sleepless and breathless

Love-devotion-surrender:

The only way to cure

All God's headaches. ```

98.

```

HERE and NOW

My supreme discovery:

When my heart is all soulfulness,

God is God's Fulness-Embrace. ```

99.

```

HERE and NOW

I must command my mind

To unlearn

All its doubt-suspicion-

Jungle-stories.

```

100.

```

HERE and NOW

I say to my Lord Supreme:

I can establish

My sleepless and breathless

God-oneness.

My Lord Supreme says to me:

"You have already done it,

My child." ```

101.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to learn that

My God-readiness,

God-willingness

And God-eagerness

Are God's immediate neighbours. ```

102.

```

HERE and NOW,

By virtue of my prayer-life

And my meditation-heart,

I shall get the best view

Of my Lord's Feet.

```

103.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me to remember

Only one thing:

He is never too busy for me

Or for anybody on earth.

```

104.

```

HERE and NOW

No, not even an iota

Of God-disobedience

Has any place

In my spiritual life.

```

105.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me that

The heart-gardens

Of the God-seekers

Are His most favourite places

To vacation. ```

106.

```

HERE and NOW

I clearly see that God's

Compassion-Forgiveness-Days

Have Eternity's Life. ```

107.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise that

God-manifestation

Is not a one-mile run,

But Eternity's ever-increasing miles.

```

108.

```

HERE and NOW

If I make my heart

An ever-transcending flame

For God-realisation,

Then God alone will wipe the tears

Of my long, very long,

Unaspiring years.

```

109.

```

HERE and NOW

I must become

A sleepless God-adoration-mind,

God-devotion-heart

And God-dedication-life.

```

110.

```

HERE and NOW

I have discovered

That my life is in between

My weeping heart

And

God's forgiving Heart. ```

111.

```

HERE and NOW

I have warned the desire-worlds

To stop running

After me. ```

112.

```

HERE and NOW

I have made a solemn promise

To myself,

That although it is

An endlessly long voyage

From my puny self

To God's boundless Self,

I shall, without fail, complete it. ```

113.

```

HERE and NOW

I am all determination

To bravely tear asunder

The iron curtain

Of ignorance-night.

```

114.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me that

He loves my aspiration-cries

And devotion-throbs

Infinitely more

Than I can ever imagine. ```

115.

```

HERE and NOW

I have taken a solemn oath

That I shall not jump into

The God-disobedience-

Calamity-whirlpool,

Never! ```

116.

```

HERE and NOW

I am being cradled

By God's unconditional Grace

And His omnipotent Will. ```

117.

```

HERE and NOW

I want to become

The ever-blossoming beauty

Of a silence-sea-heart. ```

118.

```

HERE and NOW

I promise to become

A ceaseless

God-victory

Messenger-boy.

```

119.

```

HERE and NOW

God wants me to strike

My life's transformation-gong

And play

My heart's nectar-flute.

```

120.

```

HERE and NOW

My latest discovery:

When I do not soulfully pray

And do not self-givingly meditate,

I helplessly find myself

In a crowded, noisy

And utterly godless mind-subway.

```

121.

```

HERE and NOW

My new discovery:

Sweet is my Lord's Eye,

Sweeter is my Lord's Heart,

Sweetest is the dust

Of my Lord's Feet. ```

122.

```

Every day

God blesses me

With His own Motto:

"HERE and NOW." ```

123.6

```

HERE and NOW

I have just cancelled

My desire-land-journey.

```

HN 123-132. 7 October 2000, Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.↩

124.

```

HERE and NOW

I must conquer my mind's

Frustration-exasperations.

```

125.

```

HERE and NOW

I have made a solemn promise:

I shall never, never enter

Into my mind's

God-disobedience-country.

```

126.

```

HERE and NOW

I must love and serve

God the Supreme Guest

Devotedly, soulfully, self-givingly

And sleeplessly.

```

127.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That from God's Compassion-Eye

Every human being has

His own infallible origin.

```

128.

```

HERE and NOW

I unmistakably feel

That God's Desire-Heart

To please mankind

Is infinitely stronger

Than mankind's desire-heart

To please God.

```

129.

```

HERE and NOW

My God-worshipping heart-tears

Must reach God's Golden Shore

Of the ever-transcending Beyond. ```

130.

```

HERE and NOW

I must offer

All my heart's aspiration-tears

And

All my life's gratitude-smiles

To my Absolute Lord Supreme. ```

131.

```

HERE and NOW

I must keep

A soulful and prayerful eye

On all God's

World-transformation-actions.

```

132.

```

HERE and NOW

With my God-devotion-tears

I must row my life-boat

To God's Nectar-Heart-Harbour. ```

Note

133.7

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to learn

That God's Compassion

Is my only heart-compass.

```

HN 133-162. 21 October 2000, Xcel Energy Centre, St, Paul, Minnesota, USA.↩

134.

```

HERE and NOW

I ask God:

My Lord,

Where can I find You?

"My child,

Inside My Blessing-Eye-Smiles." ```

135.

```

HERE and NOW

God asks me:

"My child,

Where can I find you?"

My Lord,

Inside my gratitude-heart-tears. ```

136.

```

HERE and NOW

God asks me

To come out of my mind's

Insecurity-cave

And show Him my heart's

Most powerful

Light-delight sea-waves.

```

137.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to learn that

Only at God's choice Hour

The mind retires for good

And the heart aspires

Throughout Eternity. ```

138.

```

HERE and NOW

My soul wants me

To put an end to humanity's

Widespread inner peace-starvation. ```

139.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me never to enjoy

Prayer and meditation-holidays

If I want to remain

A choice soldier of His

For His full manifestation

On earth.

```

140.

```

HERE and NOW

God kindles in me

Limitless aspiration-heart-flames

To clasp His Divinity's Feet. ```

141.

```

HERE and NOW

When I give God my possessions:

Devotion-tears,

God gives me His Possessions:

Nectar-Embraces.

```

142.

```

HERE and NOW

I have thrown my open heart

Into God's

Compassion-flooded Eye. ```

143.

```

HERE and NOW

My sleepless God-obedience

Has conquered

All my inner enemies.

To name a few —

Pride, insecurity, fear and doubt. ```

144.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me that it is quite easy

To satisfy and please Him.

He advises me to take every day

Just a few aspiration-steps,

Dedication-steps

And devotion-steps

Towards my ultimate Goal:

His universal Fulfilment.

```

145.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me:

"Cry not like a beggar

For your own liberation.

Smile and strive,

And strive and smile

Like a hero supreme

For My complete manifestation

Here on earth."

```

146.

```

HERE and NOW

I must terminate

My long-standing friendship

With ignorance-night. ```

147.

```

HERE and NOW

I must become

A fathomless

God-faith-reservoir. ```

148.

```

HERE and NOW

I must resolve

To take each and every day

As a God-service-day. ```

149.

```

HERE and NOW

My crying breath

And streaming tears

Must enter into

God's Heart-Room.

```

150.

```

HERE and NOW

I must totally break

My ego-horn

Into millions of pieces. ```

151.

```

HERE and NOW

I must push myself

Most powerfully

To reach a new

God-satisfaction-height.

```

152.

```

HERE and NOW

I must dauntlessly stop

Impossibility

From blocking my Godward way. ```

153.

```

HERE and NOW

I must offer

My gratitude-heart-present

To God. ```

154.

```

HERE and NOW

I must end all my

Desire-tiger-attacks.

```

155.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That only when I end

My pride-exhibit

God will begin

His Pride-Parade.

What for?

Just to bless and crown me. ```

156.

```

HERE and NOW

I give God what I have:

My weeping heart.

And God gives me what He is:

His Smiling Eye.

```

157.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me

That I can turn my head

Away from Him

If I want to.

But He will never allow me

To turn my heart

Away from Him. ```

158.

```

HERE and NOW

All the desire-worlds

Have ceased

Running after me. ```

159.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to learn

That everything of mine

God loves,

But He loves

My devotion-heart-throbs

Infinitely more.

```

160.

```

HERE and NOW

I must cast aside

The tears

Of my unaspiring days. ```

161.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me

That He can never be too busy

For His Heart-bound children. ```

162.

```

HERE and NOW

God makes my God-realisation-hope

Stronger

And my God-manifestation-promise

Clearer.

```

163.8

```

HERE and NOW

I must claim God's ambrosial Feet

As my own,

Very own.

```

HN 163-202. 30 October 2000, Reykjavik University Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland.↩

164.

```

HERE and NOW

God is telling me

That He will before long

Visit my heart-temple.

I must keep it

Absolutely immaculate. ```

165.

```

HERE and NOW

My heart's aspiration-surge

Is carrying me

To God's Heart-Garden. ```

166.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That my surrender to God's Will

Is the only one-way street

To perpetual happiness.

```

167.

```

HERE and NOW

I must develop

A sky-blue vastness-heart

To embrace all humanity

To manifest God's Will

On earth. ```

168.

```

HERE and NOW

The human in me

Must bathe every day

In God's Forgiveness-Heart-Sea. ```

169.

```

HERE and NOW

My human life must take shelter

Under God's Forgiveness-Tree.

```

170.

```

HERE and NOW

God is blessing me

With thunderous applause

For my self-doubt-conquest. ```

171.

```

HERE and NOW

I must start obeying

The dictates

Of my Pilot Supreme. ```

172.

```

HERE and NOW

I must become

A concentration-mind-seeker.

```

173.

```

HERE and NOW

I must become

A meditation-heart-builder.

```

174.

```

HERE and NOW

I must become

A dedication-life-enjoyer.

```

175.

```

HERE and NOW

I myself must become

A problem-solution-warrior.

```

176.

```

HERE and NOW

I must develop the eagerness

To feel desperate urgency

To fulfil God's Will

Every single day.

```

177.

```

HERE and NOW

I must develop

The eagerness-capacity

To faithfully follow God's Will

All-where, always.

```

178.

```

HERE and NOW

I must capsize

My world-conquering

Ambition-boat. ```

179.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to learn

That God wants me

To transform my limitations

Into God-satisfaction-perfections

And not demolish them altogether. ```

180.

```

HERE and NOW

With my soul's indomitable will

I shall flood my heart

With inner sunshine. ```

181.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

The difference between

My mind and my heart:

My mind delights in ignoring God;

My heart delights in seeking God. ```

182.

```

HERE and NOW

I must develop

An intense eagerness

To feel my God-realisation

As a pressing necessity.

```

183.

```

HERE and NOW

I must devour

The nectar-harvest

Of my God-realisation-soul. ```

184.

```

HERE and NOW

My mind must bloom

And

My heart must blossom

In the depths of soundless silence.

```

185.

```

HERE and NOW

To my greatest joy

I see the Power-Sun

Of the Beyond

Shining upon me.

```

186.

```

HERE and NOW

I must become

The perfect satisfaction

Of God's

Full manifestation-examination

On earth. ```

187.

```

HERE and NOW

My soul is commanding me

To climb up

My soul's ever-transcending pole. ```

188.

```

HERE and NOW

My Lord's solemn Promise:

Before long He will carry me over

All the anxiety-worry-seas. ```

189.

```

HERE and NOW

God is telling me

That He will always reserve

A sunny place

For my cheerful face.

```

190.

```

HERE and NOW

Finally I have realised

That my heart needs

Only one power to realise God:

Gratitude,

Abundant gratitude,

Gratitude infinite.

```

191.

```

HERE and NOW

I clearly see

That there are many roads

To arrive at the Goal,

But the absolutely shortest road

Is the heart-road. ```

192.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me

That He never fails to perform

His special Task every day:

He watches me

And He catches me

Just before I fall.

```

193.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me that I must believe

In His Sincerity

When He tells me that He has

Implicit Faith in my ability.

```

194.

```

HERE and NOW

I must inspire

The hero-warrior-souls

On earth

Not to retire.

```

195.

```

HERE and NOW

My tears must cry and cry

So that I can fly

In my Beloved Lord's Heart-Sky. ```

196.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That there is only

One safe addiction:

My God-devotion-addiction.

```

197.

```

HERE and NOW

I clearly see the difference

Between me and my God:

I love flattery

From the beginning to the end.

God loves mastery

From the beginning to the end.

```

198.

```

HERE and NOW

On the strength

Of my heart's climbing cries,

I shall enjoy

The Beauty and Fragrance

Of Heaven. ```

199.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me

To ignore my mind

When it belittles

My heart-capacity.

```

200.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me

To embrace my heart,

For my heart self-givingly

Worships God.

```

201.

```

HERE and NOW

God wants only one thing:

Reconciliation between

My doubting mind

And

My strangling vital. ```

202.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells my body: "Get up!"

My vital: "Stand up!"

My mind: "Grow up!"

My heart: "Look up!"

And my life: "Cheer up!" ```

203.9

```

HERE and NOW

I must go forward,

Pleasing God

With every sure step.

```

HN 203-211. 1 November 2000, King's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.↩

204.

```

HERE and NOW

I must silence

My ego-mind-boxer

And

My ego-vital-wrestler.

```

205.

```

HERE and NOW

I must end the length and breadth

Of my

Ignorance-stupidity-capacities. ```

206.

```

HERE and NOW

I want to be

A God-listening ear

And

A God-pleasing heart.

```

207.

```

HERE and NOW

God tells me

That if I want to proclaim

His supreme Victory,

Then I must make my friendship

With patience solid. ```

208.

```

HERE and NOW

I must start feeding myself

With God's

Compassion-Eye-Beauty

And with God's

Forgiveness-Heart-Fragrance. ```

209.

```

HERE and NOW

No more

The mind-fantasy-world.

More, ever more,

The God-intimacy-world.

```

210.

```

HERE and NOW

I have come to realise

That each divine thought

Is an earth-awakening

And a God-Victory-ringing bell.

```

211.

```

HERE and NOW

I am enjoying two things —

Secret and sacred God-whispers

And

Open and unreserved God-cheers.

```

Editor's note

The following poems on the theme "Here and Now" were written by Sri Chinmoy during the six-month period from 29 May to 1 November 2000. He recited many of them at various Peace Concerts in America and abroad during this time. The date and location of each Peace Concert is mentioned before each group of poems.

From:Sri Chinmoy,Here and now, Agni Press, 2001
Sourced from https://srichinmoylibrary.com/hn