I am sure

1.

```

I am sure,

You cannot tell me lies

When you allow God

To speak through you. ```

2.

```

I am sure,

Your soul at least knows

Where God is.

I am sure,

Your heart at least knows

Who God is.

```

3.

```

I am sure,

Although you do not have

Much faith in God,

You are eager

To see God

At least once a day. ```

4.

```

I am sure,

God asks you every day

Not to speak ill of

His beloved creation. ```

5.

```

I am sure,

God has repeatedly told you

That I am not as bad

As you think. ```

6.

```

I am sure,

God will not stop asking you

To be my friend,

Real friend,

Once again.

```

7.

```

I am sure,

God has already told you

That you cannot live

Even one single day

Without enjoying

Your ego-feast. ```

8.

```

I am sure,

Like me,

You too do not work hard

To please God. ```

9.

```

I am sure,

Like me,

You too forget to offer

A gratitude-prayer to God

Every day.

```

10.

```

I am sure,

My ingratitude-sword

Is not as destructive

As yours. ```

11.

```

I am sure,

Like me,

Every morning you forget

To say hello to your soul. ```

12.

```

I am sure,

Although you do

Not want to,

Something within you

Forces you to accept me,

Or at least tolerate me. ```

13.

```

I am sure,

What you need

At every moment

Is to breathe the purity

Of your

Heart-blossom-fragrance. ```

14.

```

I am sure,

God never, never has heard

A single word

Of appreciation

From you about me.

```

15.

```

I am sure,

You admire

Your so-called huge mind

Infinitely more

Than it rightly deserves.

```

16.

```

I am sure,

Your fully blown ego

Is not interested in singing

World-oneness-songs. ```

17.

```

I am sure,

You cannot possibly

Please God

More than I do. ```

18.

```

I am sure,

You are not working hard

To break the chain

Of your desire-life.

But I can't blame you.

There are many who are

Sailing in your boat.

Perhaps I am no exception. ```

19.

```

I am sure,

Even your own heart

Laughs and laughs

At your mind's bombastic

God-manifestation-promises.

```

20.

```

I am sure,

God has asked you

Many times

To sing every day

A new aspiration-song.

And you just do not,

Not that you cannot.

```

21.

```

I am sure,

God does not hate you

So much

As to give up on you. ```

22.

```

I am sure,

Your excessive fondness

For your clever mind

Pains your poor heart

Deeply.

```

23.

```

I am sure,

Many people have already

Told you

That your computer-mind

Is soulless.

```

24.

```

I am sure,

There is not a single day

That you do not blame God

For your

Mind-frustration-life.

```

25.

```

I am sure,

God never

Takes you seriously

When you make your life's

Perfection-promises to Him.

```

26.

```

I am sure,

You have never

Looked for God

With your heart's

Soulful obedience-cries.

```

27.

```

I am sure,

When you wake up

In the morning

You do not think of

God the Supreme Lover,

But you think only of

God the Supreme Power.

```

28.

```

I am sure,

By now your soul

Has given up its God-manifestation-dreams

In and through you on earth.

Why?

Because it is an extremely

Difficult task.

```

29.

```

I am sure,

You never want to learn

That it is infinitely better

To love the world

Than to expect anything

From the world. ```

30.

```

I am sure,

What everybody needs

From you

Is affection and nothing else. ```

31.

```

I am sure,

You want the whole world

To understand,

But do you ever care

To understand

The poor world? ```

32.

```

I am sure,

Your loveless heart

Has made your life

Utterly helpless. ```

33.

```

I am sure,

When it comes to offering

Your service to the world

Unconditionally,

Even for a day,

You enjoy

Your precious absence.

```

34.

```

I am sure,

You are suffering

From the universal disease:

Indifference. ```

35.

```

I am sure,

No matter what

The world thinks of you,

God has unmistakably

Chosen you

To be a choice instrument

Of His.

```

36.

```

I am sure,

Every morning

You wake up and wonder

Why nobody loves you

And nobody needs you.

```

37.

```

I am sure,

There shall come a time

When even you

Will be totally transformed

By God's Forgiveness-Heart

And Compassion-Eye.

The question is:

When?

The answer is:

Now,

Right at this very moment.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,I am sure, Agni Press, 1992
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