Lord, I thank You for Your Smile

Lord, I Thank You for Your Smile

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Lord, I thank You for Your Smile.

I thank You for my heart’s cry.

I thank You for all that You have done for me

And all that You have not done for me. ```

Awake, Awake You Lazy Sleepers!

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Awake, awake, you lazy sleepers!

Sing a song to the morning sun.

Appreciate, admire and adore the inner flame,

The flame that is known as the sweet land of liberty. ```

Here I Cry for God

```

Here I cry for God in desert-heart.

There God cries for me in Perfection-Palace. ```

You Are So Near

```

You are so near to me.

I shall fulfil You.

I shall and I can.

I can and I shall. ```

One Who Truly Loves God

```

One who truly loves God

Need not ask God for any favour,

For God knows what is best for him.

```

I Live in God's Forgiveness-Sun

```

I live in God’s Forgiveness-Sun.

God lives in my fulness-sky. ```

How to Start?

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How to start?

Devotedly.

When to start?

Immediately.

Why to start?

To see the Face of Truth

Here and now,

To be the Grace of God

Now, always now.

```

If You Take Aspiration-Vitamins

```

If you take aspiration-vitamins,

Your heart will reach, infinitely sooner,

God’s Satisfaction-Heart-Home.

```

A Life of Surrender-Perfection

```

A life of surrender-perfection

Is a daily full-time job. ```

A Constant Gratitude-Heart (1)

```

A constant gratitude-heart

Is a way of loving God

In God’s own Way.

```

Can You Not? (1)

```

Can you not give your Master

Your aspiration-snack,

Since he is going to give you

His full realisation-meal? ```

What Can Poor God Do?

```

What can poor God do?

You never listen to Him!

Therefore, God has deliberately moved

Out of your neighbourhood. ```

I Have Never Calculated My Loss and Gain

```

I have never calculated my loss and gain.

Therefore, my Lord Supreme

Has made me the manager

Of His own spiritual shopping centre. ```

I Cry Because I Am So Imperfect

```

I cry because I am so imperfect.

I smile because my Lord tells me

That I am not a hopeless case.

```

God's Expanding Forgiveness-Garden

```

Where do I live? I live in God’s

Expanding Forgiveness-Garden.

Where does God live?

He lives in my thickening mind-forest. ```

God-Doubters Do Not Know

```

God-doubters do not know

Where God is.

God-lovers do not know

Where God is not. ```

Each Thought Is an Atomic Power

```

Since each thought

Is an atomic power,

You can give each thought

A diplomatic death. ```

Wherever Your Compassion Takes Me

```

My Lord,

Wherever Your Compassion takes me,

I shall go.

My Lord,

Wherever I go,

Do allow Your Forgiveness

To follow me.

```

I Have Seen Two Things (2)

```

I have seen two things:

God’s Compassion and God’s Forgiveness.

But I have become only one thing:

A gratitude-life. ```

Your Heart's Morning God-Hunger

```

Your heart’s morning God-hunger

And its evening God-thirst

Are the perfect Satisfaction-Smiles

Of your Beloved Supreme. ```

The Only Way to Surprise God

```

The only way to surprise God

Is to tell Him,

“Beloved Lord, I love You only

And need You only.

Not for my sake,

But for Your sake only.” ```

One Solemn Oath

```

One solemn oath:

I shall go far beyond

The domain of expectation!

```

God's Vision and His Compassion

```

God’s Vision and His Compassion

Are His Eternity’s two Wings. ```

Do You Remember?

```

Do you remember

That once upon a time

You used to listen to God

Sleeplessly and breathlessly? ```

I Still Think That God Loves Me

```

I still think

That God loves me.

God still thinks

That I need Him. ```

O True God Lovers

```

O true God-lovers,

Come and join together

And build a road

For God’s Peace-Descent. ```

You Have Forgotten

```

You have forgotten to love God,

But God has not forgotten to forgive you. ```

Advance, Advance!

```

Advance, advance,

To the inmost core

Of your soul’s radiance!

```

Cry Within and Smile Without

```

Cry within and smile without:

This is the only message

That God gives to human beings.

```

My Mind Likes Long Journeys

```

My mind likes

Long journeys.

My heart loves

Uncharted shores. ```

May My Heart-Garden Grow

```

May my heart-garden grow

Beauty’s rose-hopes. ```

Oneness-Delight

```

Oneness-delight

Builds its nest

Only for God-dreamers.

```

Sincerity Is My Heart's Silver Dawn

```

Sincerity is my heart’s silver dawn.

Purity is my soul’s golden sunrise. ```

I Pray to God for His Absolute Vision

```

I pray to God for His Absolute Vision

And not for His Possession-Universe. ```

Because You Are a Childlike Believer (2)

```

Because you are a childlike believer,

Your God is a constant Giver. ```

Each Aspiring Life

```

Each aspiring life

Is a prolonged and

Extensive Dream

Of God. ```

Success Is an Incident

```

Success is an incident.

Progress is an experience. ```

God-Seekers Feast

```

God-seekers feast

On God’s great Silence. ```

Although There Is Nobody in the Audience

```

Although there is nobody

In the audience,

God the Lecturer

Every day delivers a lecture

On peace.

```

I Do Know Who You Are

```

I do know who You are,

But will I ever know who I am? ```

Greatness-God I Adore

```

Greatmess-God I adore.

Goodness-God I love.

Fulness-God I need.

```

My Life Is Stationed In Between

```

My life is stationed in between

My tearful heart and my cheerful soul. ```

I Shall Not Mind

```

I shall not mind if I am behind everyone

And below everyone,

As long as in life’s battlefield

I do not lose. ```

Aspiration Begins

```

Aspiration begins.

Surrender continues.

Gratitude concludes.

```

Because You Are a Childlike Believer (1)

```

Because you are a child-like believer,

You are God’s constant giver. ```

Editor's note

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Lord, I thank You for Your Smile, 1995
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