Nothing is impossible

1. Nowhere

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Nowhere to live?

Try my heart-home.

I think you will like it.

Nowhere to sleep?

Try my soul-room.

I am sure you will love it,

Just love it. ```

2. A beggar

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Yesterday,

I acted like a beggar

By asking God

To give me a smile.

Today,

I am acting like a beggar

By asking God

To give me His Power.

Tomorrow,

I shall be acting like a beggar

By asking God

To make me His only perfect instrument. ```

3. Father, do I have a mission?

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Father, do I have a mission?

“Daughter, you have not one,

But two missions,

Secret and sacred.

Your heart of life is your secret mission.

Your life of heart is your sacred mission.”

```

4. A full and complete truth

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I love God.

Indeed,

This is a stark lie.

I think of God.

Indeed,

This is a quarter truth.

I do not find faults with God.

Indeed,

This is a half truth.

I never doubt God’s existence.

Indeed,

This is a full and complete truth.

```

5. Yesterday, today and tomorrow

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Yesterday

I cried to live in

God’s Dream Boat.

Today

I long to reach

God’s Reality-Shore.

Tomorrow

I shall pine to be

God’s Perfection-Smile.

```

6. My three dreams

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My old dream

Is nothing but a faded flower.

My new dream

Is nothing but a wild animal.

My God-Dream

Is nothing but climbing life. ```

7. My mind-life, my heart-life, my soul-life

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My mind-life

Is a useless thing to ignore.

My heart-life

Is a holy thing to see.

My soul-life

Is a perfect thing to offer.

```

8. I do not know

```

Where is God?

I do not know.

Who is God?

I do not know.

Shall I become

Someday a

Another God?

I do not know.

But

One thing I do know:

He loves me

And

He is all for me. ```

9. God-Power is always within me

```

I have no money-power

Yet

I am unmistakably happy.

I have no earth-power

Yet

I am exceedingly happy.

I have no friend-power.

Yet

I am constantly happy.

How?

Just because God-Power is always within me.

```

10. Are you a seeker?

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Are you a seeker

Of silence-life?

Then come in, please.

Indeed,

This is the right place.

Are you a seeker

Of sound-life?

Then leave this place immediately.

Indeed,

This place can never welcome you.

```

11. Nothing is impossible

```

Nothing is impossible

When

I have an iota of love for God.

Nothing is impossible

When

I have a fragment of sacrifice for man.

Nothing is impossible

When

I realise I am oneness-perfection. ```

12. Why, My daughter, why?

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Father, I love Your Eyes.

“Why, My daughter, why?”

Because they elevate my heart-breath.

Father, I love Your Hands.

“Why, My daughter, why?”

Because they protect my earth-life.

Father, I love Your Heart.

“Why, My daughter, why?”

Because it feeds my Heaven-soul.

```

13. Noise, voice and choice

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What do I like?

a noiseless noise.

What do I love?

A voiceless voice.

What do I admire?

A faultless choice. ```

14. Do you know

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My heart,

Do you know what you are?

You are my daily hope.

My soul,

Do you know what you are?

You are my daily promise.

My God,

Do You know who You are?

You are my daily Saviour.

```

15. Thought, will, surrender

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O face of thought,

You are my abysmal disgrace.

O heart of will,

You are my supernal lustre.

O soul of surrender,

You are my sempiternal pride.

```

16. A new discovery and a new invention

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A new discovery:

I am using my heart

To see the Face of God.

A sublime invention:

God needs me.

He really needs my life of love.

```

17. Don’t hide

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Don’t hide, don’t hide.

If you hide, you can never be

A master-sailor on the flow of Time.

Seek, seek,

Yours will be the experience-sea.

Yours will be the realisation-mountain.

Yours will be the perfection-sun. ```

18. When I think of you

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Heart, my heart,

When I think of you,

I see an aspiring height.

Life, my life,

When I think of you

I hear a thunderous voice.

God, my God,

When I think of You

I make my supreme choice. ```

19. I need you (1)

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O hiding hands of love,

I need you.

O smiling eyes of love,

I need you.

O illumining heart of love,

I need you.

O revealing soul of love,

I need you.

```

20. The Voice of God and the Choice of God

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Love the world.

You will be the Voice of God,

Unmistakably.

Serve the world.

You will be the Choice of God,

Immediately.

```

21. I need you (2)

```

O Heaven-born freedom,

Where are you?

O earth-bound bondage,

Where are you not?

O God-promised land,

I need you

And

I need you.

```

22. Endeavour

```

My life knows

What mad endeavour is.

My heart knows

What sad endeavour is.

My surrender knows

What God-endeavour is.

```

23. Dawn

```

O arms of dawn,

I love your power of beauty.

O eyes of dawn,

I love your light of purity.

O head of dawn,

I love your height of duty. ```

24. They are fond of

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Body is fond of

The snoring hour.

Vital is fond of

The roaring hour.

Mind is fond of

The doubting hour.

Heart is fond of

The loving hour.

Soul is fond of

The dreaming hour.

God is fond of

The promising hour.

```

25. Beautiful, soulful and fruitful

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Beautiful

Is your aspiration-heart.

Therefore,

You are great.

Soulful

Is your realisation-heart.

Therefore,

You are good.

Fruitful

Is your perfection-heart.

Therefore,

You are immortal. ```

26. We enjoy recognition

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Heaven and I enjoy

Simultaneous recognition.

Earth and I enjoy

Spontaneous recognition.

God and I enjoy

Constant recognition. ```

27. When

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O earth-body,

When

Will you be receptive?

O earth-vital,

When

Will you be perceptive?

O earth-mind,

When

Will you be concentrative?

O earth-heart,

When

Will you be contemplative?

```

28. O unconfined bird

```

O unconfined bird,

I love your beauty.

O unconfined wings,

I love your duty.

O unconfined flight,

I love your necessity. ```

29. Your life-story

```

Your life-story

Is liked by God.

What else do you want?

Your soul-song

Is loved by God.

What else do you need?

```

30. Three believers

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My heart is a good believer,

Therefore,

My soul loves my heart.

My soul is a better believer,

Therefore,

My God loves my soul.

My God is the best believer,

Therefore,

I always love God.

```

31. Three boats

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The boat of the past sailed

To reach the Golden Shore.

The boat of the present sails

To see the Face of God.

The boat of the future shall sail

To become the Heart of God.

```

32. Pyramids

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A pyramid of beauty

My heart enjoys.

A pyramid of height

My mind enjoys.

A pyramid of fire

My vital enjoys.

A pyramid of slumber

My body enjoys.

A pyramid of light

My soul enjoys. ```

33. Where are they?

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I see an empty church.

Where is the Christ?

Where has he gone?

I see an empty temple.

Where is Sri Krishna?

Where has he gone?

I see an empty heart.

Where is God?

Where has He gone?

```

34. Thought-songs

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A white thought tells me:

God loves my pure heart.

A blue thought tells me:

God loves my clear mind.

A green thought tells me:

God loves my hero-vital.

A red thought tells me:

God loves my surrender-body.

A black thought tells me:

God never likes me

And

He has no need for me. ```

35. Iron gates and diamond gates

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The iron gates of earth

Threaten me, frighten me

And compel me to be earth-slave.

The diamond gates of Heaven

Invite me, embrace me

And request me to be

The Prince of Heaven-Kingdom. ```

36. What do I need?

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What do I need from God?

An everlasting Smile.

What do I need from earth?

An everlasting oneness.

What do I need from Heaven?

An everlasting concern. ```

37. All are tired

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My mind is tired of living

On earth.

My heart is tired of loving

Human beings.

My soul is tired of promising

To God.

My God is tired of advising

My ignorance.

```

38. You want to know

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You want to know

Where I have been.

I have been with God the Dreamer

In Heaven.

You want to know

Where I have been.

I have been with God the Lover

On earth.

You want to know

Where I have been.

I have been with God the Liberator

In death. ```

39. Unfamiliar, familiar and eternal God

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To me,

God the Justice

Is an unfamiliar God.

To me,

God the Compassion

Is a familiar God.

To me,

God the Love

Is the eternal God. ```

40. Yet

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Lord, I have done my best.

Yet

Earth-progress is a far cry.

Lord, I have loved my best.

Yet,

Heaven-success is a far cry.

```

41. Revive

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O my heart,

Revive your old devotion.

O my life,

Revive your old determination.

O my world,

Revive your old satisfaction.

O my God,

Revive Your old Compassion.

```

42. God-Compassion

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God-Compassion

Has crowned my prayer.

God-Perfection

Has crowned my meditation.

God-Satisfaction

Has crowned my surrender.

```

43. You think, you live, you love

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You think like a God,

Although

You do not live like a God.

You live like a God,

Although

You do not love like a God.

You love like a God,

Although

You are a false God.

```

44. Four things

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Four things of my life

I sincerely admire:

My angel-smile,

My angel-infancy,

My angel-flight,

My angel-dependence.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Nothing is impossible, 1984
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