Peace: God's Fragrance-Heart, part 2

1.

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In Heaven

I do not know what

I shall precisely need.

But on earth

I do know what

I desperately need:

Peace, an iota of peace.

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2.

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Your heart's oneness-peace

Is not real

If it cannot fly

Across the vastness-ocean. ```

3.

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I call it

My heart's peace.

My Lord calls it

My perfection-life. ```

4.

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My peace is

My heart's unconditional

Self-offering.

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5.

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The divine in me tells me

That peace is infinitely

More powerful

Than anything else.

The human in me

Asks the divine in me:

"But, brother,

Tell me where it is." ```

6.

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Peace in stone statues

Has inspired and helped the world

Infinitely more

Than the present-day

Self-acclaimed peace-possessors.

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7.

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My peace is my heart's

Highest education-diploma

From my Lord Beloved Supreme.

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8.

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My satisfaction-peace

Is not the success

Of my outer smile

But the progress

Of my inner cry.

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9.

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How can you have

A wisdom-mind

If you do not have

A peace-heart? ```

10.

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Great human beings may not be

Always wise,

But a heart of peace

Is unmistakably

And perpetually wise.

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11.

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My Lord does not visit

My heart-garden.

Do you know why?

Alas, it is because

My heart-garden does not have

A single peace-plant. ```

12.

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I call it

My peace-heart.

But my Beloved Supreme calls it

His Treasure-Kingdom. ```

13.

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A real man of peace

Is he who works sleeplessly

With God the creation

And eats hungrily

With God the Creator.

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14.

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First believe

That there is something called peace,

And then try to feel it.

Indeed, this is the proper way,

The only way.

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15.

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Mine is the heart

That cannot conceal peace.

Mine is the mind

That cannot reveal peace. ```

16.

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A heart of peace

Has the supreme authority

To predict the immortal birth of peace

In the outer life. ```

17.

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Peace is not

Property-prosperity-achievement.

Peace is

Self-enlightenment-attainment. ```

18.

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A life of peace

Is the perfect perfection

Of the heart.

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19.

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God has not forgotten

To give us peace.

He is just waiting for us

To ask for it. ```

20.

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Peace is

My heart's sacred book.

Oneness is

My life's devoted reader. ```

21.

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Peace has no imperfection.

It never prompts us

To do anything wrong.

On the contrary, it only helps us

To do everything

Soulfully, unconditionally

And perfectly.

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22.

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God has always been extremely proud

Of the human beings

Who have peace,

And He always will be. ```

23.

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Poor is he

Who does not have peace.

Poorer is he

Who does not need peace.

Poorest is he

Who does not want to hear

People talking about peace.

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24.

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Nothing is as high as peace.

Nothing is as deep as peace.

Nothing is as God-pleasing as peace.

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25.

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Peace is the only silence-power

That I need

To live happily with mankind

Without any fear. ```

26.

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Peace is

The only divine wisdom-light

That successfully operates

In human affairs. ```

27.

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I love you

Not because you have tremendous power,

But because

You are all peace. ```

28.

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Because you have peace,

You are divinely great.

Because you want to share your peace

Lovingly and cheerfully with me,

You are supremely great, plus perfect.

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29.

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Power is the most difficult thing

To work with.

Peace is the easiest thing

To work with

And also the most rewarding.

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30.

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The wings of peace

Carry my heart

High, very high.

The shoulders of peace

Carry my mind

Far, very far. ```

31.

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When we pray for peace,

God tells us

That we rightly deserve to be heard.

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32.

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Patience and sacrifice

Are my life's newly discovered

Peace-allies.

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33.

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Defy the existence of fear.

You will have peace.

Deny the existence of doubt.

You will have more peace.

Embrace the existence of oneness.

You will have Infinity's Peace. ```

34.

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O my ingratitude-mind-sovereign,

You and my peace-heart

Will remain perfect strangers

To each other. ```

35.

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A man of boundless inner peace

Is indeed

A self-discoverer.

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36.

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When you kneel

To a higher authority,

You unmistakably receive

Needed peace. ```

37.

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At every moment

Celebrate the Hour of God

Inside your gratitude-heart.

Then you are bound to feel peace. ```

38.

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There are many different approaches

You can make to God

For peace in your mind.

If you fail in one,

Then keep making new approaches.

Sooner or later fulfilment-peace

Will inundate your entire being.

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39.

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Do not allow the past

To impose itself on you.

Do not allow the future

To come to you unduly fast.

Just try to live

In your today's peace-world. ```

40.

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Responsibility-evading human beings

Will never be blessed with

God's Joy-Peace-Satisfaction.

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41.

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Do not allow your mind-fort

To be invaded by doubt-suspicion-devils.

You will be blessed

With faith-blossomed peace. ```

42.

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An iota of peace-satisfaction-result

Is infinitely better

Than thousands of imaginary expectations.

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43.

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Name-fame-hunger-fascination

Cannot have even a glimpse

Of satisfaction-peace-sea.

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44.

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With a serenity-mind

And a purity-heart

If you can look in the God-mirror,

God will give you

What you need most:

Peace. ```

45.

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Never entertain your insecurity, jealousy

And impurity-acquaintances.

They will definitely destroy

Your peace-cottage-mind. ```

46.

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The heart definitely wants

To make a peace-deal,

But the mind

Vehemently refuses. ```

47.

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My aspiration-heart's

Oneness-responsibility

Is my dedication-life's

Fulness-peace. ```

48.

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If I want peace,

Then there should be no space

Between

My unconditional surrender-heart

And God's Compassion-Satisfaction-Eye.

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49.

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I feel tremendous peace

Inside my heart

Not when I answer the question

"Who am I?"

But when I answer the question

"Whose am I?" ```

50.

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I can have immediate peace

If I allow others

To be the rulers of their lives

The way I like to rule

My own life.

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51.

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Do not try to experience others

In your own way.

Just try to experience yourself

In your own way

And, if possible, in God's Way.

Then you will have real peace,

God-created peace.

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52.

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I gave God

My gratitude-heart.

God gave me

His Plenitude-Peace. ```

53.

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A continuously blossoming peace

Is the fragrance-heart

Of my silence-mind.

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54.

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God blessingfully visits

My heart's meditation-peace-garden

Every day.

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55.

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No peace in austerity-cave.

Peace is in temptation-grave. ```

56.

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If not today,

Then in the distant future,

The voice of peace will conquer

Insurmountable disharmony-obstacles. ```

57.

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Aspiration-exercises strengthen

Our peace-loving heart-muscles. ```

58.

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Doubt says to peace,

"Peace, I can easily erase you."

Peace says to doubt,

"No, you cannot erase me.

Can you not see that I am embracing you

To transform you totally?" ```

59.

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God does not allow

My peace-heart

To hear anything

About my doubt-mind. ```

60.

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My heart's

Enlightenment-peace-progress

Is my life's

Detachment-revelation-success. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Peace: God's Fragrance-Heart, part 2, Agni Press, 1992
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