The beauty of the start
Gives me much more joyThan the bounty of the end.
```Nobody can reach
The perfection-pinnacleWithout studying at the
Oneness-heart-university. ```The mind-professors
Are not qualifiedTo teach
The heart-students. ```God’s proud heart
Broadcasts my humbleAspiration-dedication-progress.
```A man of peace
Is destined to playA most significant role
In theWorld-transformation-drama.
```A seeker must realise
That eachEarth-bound desire of his
Is a giant destructive animal. ```There is no real choice
Between a self-giving heartAnd a God-becoming life.
```No more depressing news.
There is plenty of hopeFor each and every
Human being on earth. ```False alarm!
God and God’sJustice-Anger-Eye
Are not coming. ```The outer man
Cries to increaseHis earthly power.
The inner man
Cries to increaseThe world’s happiness.
```Yesterday
My mind greedily desiredOnly power.
Today
My mind is wisely desiringOnly love.
Tomorrow
My mind will beSelf-givingly desiring
Only God-satisfaction. ```Everybody needs a friend.
Therefore, I have decidedTo have
My Lord’s Compassion-EyeAs my friend,
Only friend. ```My illumination-soul
Is teachingMy aspiration-heart
How to liveIn the Eternal Now.
```Jealousy is destined
To die eventuallyUnder the heavy weight
Of insecurity. ```Self-challenge:
The first glorious attemptAt perfection-excellence-
Achievement. ```O my mind,
Aspire, aspire!Otherwise,
You will never be ableTo come out of
The darkness-forest-thought. ```From each and every
Wrong deedWe are forced to wake up
One dayAnd complete our
One-way tripTo the God-realisation-land.
```Alas!
Will the negativity-mindOf the world
Ever be transformed intoA God-receptivity-heart?
```How do you expect God
To bless and appreciateOur lip-deep prayers
For world peace? ```At long last
I was able to say good-byeTo my
Confusion-professor-mind. ```Alas!
I kept my mind’s desire-doorWide open.
And what do I see?My heart’s aspiration-bird
Has flown away. ```A God-unwillingness-mind
Is not only ruthlessBut also useless.
```Each day I love
More and more dearlyAnd
More and more powerfullyThe God-created
God-Hunger in me. ```May
The morning of everythingBe beautiful,
Divinely beautifulAnd supremely beautiful.
May
The evening of everythingBe peaceful,
Divinely peacefulAnd supremely peaceful.
```What I need
Is a progressive heartAnd not a possessive mind.
```Anger blasts.
Poise outlasts. ```Acceptance can freely
Go everywhere;Rejection, nowhere.
```Two creators:
God and I.God created
A togetherness-heart,And I am creating
A separateness-mind. ```The mind knows how
To ask,The heart knows how
To urge,And the soul knows how
To whisper. ```The ordinary man
Is a self-binder.The extraordinary man
Is a self-revealer. ```Darkness
Is a self-admirer.Light
Is a God-adorer. ```God arrives
Because ofMy purity-heart.
God departs
Because ofMy haughty mind.
```God needs
My heart’s eagernessAnd not
My mind’s cleverness. ```The mind’s hostility
Ultimately surrendersTo the heart’s humility.
```My mind is a
Thunder-drummer-boy.My heart is an
Aspiration-perfection-flutist. ```A dry mind finds
No house anywhere.A soft heart finds
Home everywhere. ```“Am I constantly
Self-giving?”Is the question
That torments my heart. ```My heart’s silence-smiles
Are every day blessedBy God’s Ecstasies.
```A soulful meditation
IsA powerful heart-castle.
```A doubting mind
Is doomed to haveA wasted life.
```The birth of
Aspiration-hungerLiberates
The desire-possession. ```The Compassion-God
Never allows anybodyTo work overtime for Him.
```God tells me that
He never wants meTo vegetate.
He wants me onlyTo navigate.
```God and I are sailing
In the same boat.We have too many critics.
```My Lord Supreme,
Were You looking for me?“My child,
Were you thinking of Me?” ```Each willingness-thought
Is a branch ofGod-Fulfilment-Tree.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,The Oneness-Heart-University, Agni Press, 1992
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