Love, compassion, forgiveness

Dedication

Dedication

Lovingly,

Affectionately

And

Gratefully

I am dedicating this book

To the President Gorbachev,

The Himalayan

Peace-Dreamer On earth.

1.

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Long

Is the Love-list of God.

Longer

Is the Compassion-list of God.

Longest

Is the Forgiveness-list of God. ```

2.

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Doubt is a sin

Of the mind.

Faith is a virtue

Of the heart. ```

3.

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I breathe out

Oldness-despair.

I breathe in

Newness-hope. ```

4.

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The mind

Blames the world.

The heart

Claims the world. ```

5.

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Purity's beauty

Knows no bounds.

Purity's smile

Is a direct descendant

Of God.

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6.

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God wants

Me to live

Either inside

My willingness-heart

Or inside

My cheerfulness-mind. ```

7.

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The mind likes

To chase God.

The heart loves

To embrace God. ```

8.

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The mind cries

For God's Sanction.

The heart cries

For God's Direction. ```

9.

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My mind is afraid

Of seeing God the Power.

My heart is afraid

Of failing God the Lover. ```

10.

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Patience

Is heart-born.

Persistence

Is mind-born. ```

11.

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Silence is

Eternity's Choice.

Sound is

Infinity's Voice. ```

12.

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My mind does not

Care to know

What God is doing

At this very moment.

My heart is dying

To know

What God is dreaming of

At this very moment. ```

13.

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Yesterday

I called it

Desire-sweetness.

Today

I call the same thing

Frustration-bitterness. ```

14.

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When I soulfully

Love God,

He asks me to claim

His myriad Dreams

As my own, very own.

```

15.

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The mind

Complains and assails.

The heart

Steers and sails. ```

16.

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Prayer

Expects.

Meditation

Selects. ```

17.

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My mind wants

To challenge the whole world.

My heart longs

To change the whole world. ```

18.

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O my gratitude-heart-garden,

Where are you?

O my ingratitude-mind-jungle,

Where are you not? ```

19.

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My mind is

A world-story-teller.

My heart is

A God-Song-Singer. ```

20.

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I shall not allow myself

To stay in between

My yesterday's failures

And

My tomorrow's anxieties.

```

21.

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My Lord,

Your Nearness is so sweet.

"My child,

Your gratitude-tears

Are sweeter.

Your surrender-smiles

Will be the sweetest."

```

22.

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Yesterday I prayed.

I became

A God-possibility-bud.

Today I shall meditate.

I shall become

A God-reality-flower. ```

23.

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When God sees

My heart's streaming tears,

He tells me, "My child,

I have not come alone.

I have brought with Me

My Forgiveness-Heart." ```

24.

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Enthusiasm

Brings me

To the right path.

Willingness

Leads me.

Eagerness

Quickens my speed.

```

25.

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A God-obedience-mind

Is a most precious

Achievement.

```

26.

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I may not claim God

As my own, very own,

But God's Compassion-Eye

And

His Forgiveness-Heart

Have already claimed me. ```

27.

```

I must not forget

That I have made

Appointments

With Eternity's Silence-Heart

And

With Infinity's Sound-Mind. ```

28.

```

My heart's

Gratitude-smile

Is my life's

Love-devotion-surrender

In action.

```

29.

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God's blessingful Compassion

Is determined to end

Even the last vestige

Of human pride. ```

30.

```

At long last

I am brave enough

To successfully build

A funeral pyre

For my desire-mind.

```

31.

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How can God

Ever be pleased with you,

When you proudly cherish

Your ruthless indifference

To humanity?

```

32.

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I greet the morning

With my heart's

God-gratitude-cries.

I greet the evening

With my life's

God-surrender-smiles. ```

33.

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In the morning

I prayerfully, soulfully

And gratefully need

A Glimpse of God's Eye,

A Smile from God's Heart,

A Song from God's Breath

And

A Whisper from God Himself. ```

34.

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Of all the most beautiful

And most powerful Limbs

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme

I have chosen

His Compassion-flooded

Protection-Feet. ```

35.

```

Greed

Is my mind-thirst.

Need

Is my heart-hunger. ```

36.

```

My Lord,

For me, no old way,

No new way.

For me, there is

Only one way,

Your Heart's Way,

My Lord!

```

37.

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Every day I must renew

My closest friendship

With my sweetest heart

So that I can receive

God's highest Blessings

To fly far beyond

My happiness-horizon.

```

38.

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My Lord Supreme,

No more shall I try

To surprise You

With my stupendous

Aspiration-progress.

```

39.

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My Lord Supreme,

No more shall I try

To shock You

With my most deplorable

Dedication-failures.

```

40.

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My Lord Supreme,

From now on

Every morning I shall

Offer You

My sincere devotion-flooded eyes,

And every evening

I shall offer You

My pure gratitude-flooded heart. ```

41.

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My Lord Supreme,

Your Head was aching

Because

I was not pleasing You

In Your own Way.

```

42.

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My Lord Supreme,

Your Heart is bleeding

Because

I am not pleasing You

In Your own Way.

```

43.

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My Lord Supreme,

Your Life will be dying

Because

I shall not be pleasing You

In Your own Way.

```

44.

```

My Lord Supreme,

What can I do?

What shall I do?

I am so helpless

And

Useless. ```

45.

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"My child, do not worry.

I have already

Forgiven you.

I am now preparing Myself

To help you embark

On a new Journey

And watch your heart's

Blossoming, singing

And

Dancing

Rainbow-sunrise."

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Love, compassion, forgiveness, Davao, the Philippines, 1993
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