My heart's thirty-one sacred secrets

1.

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My heart needs only one freedom:

The freedom to dream. ```

2.

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A depressed heart

Means a confessed failure. ```

3.

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Because you are always depressed,

God has secretly told His choice children

That you are not a member

Of His inner Family. ```

4.

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The Hour of God

Mercilessly threatens the doubting mind

And

Measurelessly enlightens the aspiring heart. ```

5.

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O man of eloquence,

My mind sincerely admires you.

O man of silence,

My heart soulfully loves you. ```

6.

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The farther away I am from my inner hunger,

The greater is my outer insecurity. ```

7.

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Before you declare

That you have realised God,

Can you not tell the whole world

That God has truly and unconditionally

Loved your teeming ignorance?

Try it.

It may not be an easy task.

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8.

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You tell God:

"My Lord, will You accept what I have for You —

My eternity's hunger-cry?"

God tells you:

"My child, will you accept what I have for you —

My Immortality's Feast-Smile?"

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9.

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You live for yourself alone.

How do you then expect God to live with you

And any human being to die for you?

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10.

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Alas,

My mind, the silly talker,

Has taken away all the wisdom-light

That I received from my Lord's

Silence-Eye.

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11.

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Two souls

Meet to promise.

Two hearts

Meet to love.

Two minds

Meet to challenge. ```

12.

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The quicker

I unlearn,

The wiser

I become,

The better

I love

My Beloved Supreme.

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13.

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An aspiring heart

Is the only secret-sharer

Of my sacred soul.

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14.

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My Lord,

I do not want to carry the heavy burden

Of knowledge anymore.

I wish to carry the tiny briefcase

Of wisdom-delight

Which You have given me

As a blessingful gift.

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15.

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Yesterday for the first time

I loved my searching mind.

Today for the first time

I am loving my crying heart.

Tomorrow for the first time

I shall love my smiling soul. ```

16.

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During the night

I stay with my old and mature friends:

Dreams.

During the day

I stay with my young and immature friends:

Realities.

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17.

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A sacred heart-flower

Is a secret treasure-fruit

Of God.

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18.

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A purity-heart

Never allows the waves of life

To become wild.

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19.

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A surrender-heart

Is the safest island

In an unknown life-sea.

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20.

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Secretly

My soul creates purity.

Openly

My heart enjoys it.

Secretly

My heart creates beauty.

Openly

My mind enjoys it. ```

21.

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A surrender-life

Means a continuous illumination.

A gratitude-heart

Means a spontaneous perfection. ```

22.

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The outer world thinks

That I am a devouring tiger.

The inner world knows

That I am a roaring lion. ```

23.

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Man thinks

That I am in no way superior

To any wild animal.

God knows

That I am in no way inferior

To any cosmic god.

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24.

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Self-awareness

And

Conscious oneness with God

Are not

Two different things.

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25.

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My heart's inner examination

Determines

My life's outer perfection.

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26.

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Self-giving

Means a glorious success.

God-becoming

Means a stupendous progress. ```

27.

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My own gratitude-heart

Is all that matters. ```

28.

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Detachment

Is man's never-failing smile. ```

29.

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If you want your soul

To be truly proud of you,

Then every day challenge

The giant pride

Of impossibility.

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30.

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I do not want to know

What has made your mind

Exceptionally great.

But I do want to know

What has made your heart

Soulfully pure. ```

31.

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Look,

The entire world is in favour

Of your becoming another God.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,My heart's thirty-one sacred secrets, Agni Press, 1982
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