My twenty-seven Hungry Prayer-Tears

1.

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God, I need

Your Eye.

It is so beautiful.

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2.

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Lord, I need

Your Heart.

It is so blissful.

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3.

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My Lord, I need

Your Feet.

They are so powerful.

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4.

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My dear God, I need

Your Hands.

They are so bountiful.

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5.

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My sweet Lord, I need

Your Life.

It is so peaceful.

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6.

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My Sovereign Lord, I need

Your Breath.

It is so merciful.

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7.

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Supreme, I am praying

For a willingness-heart.

I am praying.

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8.

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My dear Supreme, I am praying

For a readiness-mind.

I am praying.

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9.

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My sweet Supreme, I am praying

For a fulness-life.

I am praying.

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10.

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My Lord Supreme,

Do bless my mind to unlearn.

Do bless.

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11.

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My Beloved Supreme,

Do bless my heart to learn.

Do bless.

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12.

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My only Beloved Supreme,

Do bless my breath

To be Your permanent heart-student.

Do bless. ```

13.

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My only, only Beloved Supreme,

Do make me Your sleeplessly unconditional

Seeker-lover-server.

Do make me. ```

14.

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God, save my mind

From self-doubt, self-criticism

And self-torture.

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15.

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Lord, save my heart

From insecurity, impurity

And disloyalty-attacks.

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16.

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My Lord, save me

From superiority, inferiority

And partiality-absurdities.

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17.

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My dear God, I do not want

To judge any human being.

Please fulfil

My heart's desire-cry. ```

18.

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My sweet Lord, I do not want

To interrogate any human being.

Please, please fulfil

My heart's desire-cry. ```

19.

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My Sovereign Lord, I do not want

To defeat any human being

In anything.

Please, please, please fulfil

My heart's desire-cry.

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20.

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Supreme,

Do make my mind see

How good You are.

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21.

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My dear Supreme,

Do make my heart feel

How unconditional You are.

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22.

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My sweet Supreme,

Do make me realise

How absolutely perfect You are.

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23.

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My Lord Supreme,

May the purity of my dynamic vital

Satisfy You.

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24.

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My Beloved Supreme,

May the duty of my serving body

Satisfy You.

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25.

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My only Beloved Supreme,

May I stop drinking greatness-poison

For good.

May I drink only

Goodness-nectar.

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26.

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My God the Lord,

May I grow into a prayerful heart

To quench Your Vision-Eye-Thirst.

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27.

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My Lord the God,

May I grow into a peaceful life

To feed Your Oneness-Heart-Hunger.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,My twenty-seven Hungry Prayer-Tears, Agni Press, 1991
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