Peace: God's Heart-Home, part 2

101.

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I get peace

Not when I have the courage

To look at God's Face

But when I have the eagerness

To embrace God's Feet.

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102.

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My heart's burning tears

Give birth

To my life's blossoming peace.

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103.

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God does not want us

To repay Him

For anything that He does for us.

Our peace is all that He needs from us. ```

104.

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If you do not see and feel

God's Blessing-Touch

At every moment,

It is impossible for you

To have peace.

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105.

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Peace

Is the most nourishing fruit

Of my heart's solitude.

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106.

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If we do not have

Peace of mind,

We may lose all our divine qualities

One after another. ```

107.

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O my heart's peace-fragrance,

I shall cherish you

To my life's last breath.

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108.

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Even peace

Is not the final achievement.

The final achievement

Is constant oneness with God's Will. ```

109.

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May my peace-heart

Every day

Have the capacity

To jump over a thousand hurdles. ```

110.

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In the inner life,

Peace

Is God-obedience.

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111.

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In the outer life,

Peace

Is God-surrender.

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112.

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To peace

Even insurmountable obstacles

Surrender.

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113.

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We want everything,

But peace already has

Everything.

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114.

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Peace

Is all affirmation. ```

115.

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Peace

Knows no contradiction. ```

116.

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Peace

Is a life-game-player

Who always wins.

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117.

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A man who has no peace

Often thinks

That the worst is going to happen,

Either in the immediate present

Or in the distant future.

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118.

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A mind of peace

Is a reservoir

Of confidence.

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119.

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A man of peace

Is always

Young at heart.

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120.

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Peace

Invariably ascends

The fastest.

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121.

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God can be displeased

With everything and everybody,

But never with His fondest child:

Peace. ```

122.

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Give God your peace-heart.

Lo, God has already given you

His Bliss-Eye.

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123.

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The peace-dictionary

Does not include the word

'Subordinate.'

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124.

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My mind

Is an attention-hunger.

My heart

Is a peace-meal. ```

125.

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Peace

Is not in madness.

Peace

Is not in sadness.

Peace

Is only in selflessness. ```

126.

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Where is my peace?

Peace is in my hope's

Heart-temple.

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127.

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Peace I feel

Only when

My mind is armed

With God-obedience. ```

128.

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My entire being

Is inundated with peace

Only when my heart sits

At the doorstep of Eternity's Beyond. ```

129.

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If you want peace-abundance,

Never disobey your conscience. ```

130.

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If you want peace-abundance,

Never contradict the wisdom-light

Of your soul.

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131.

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When you have peace of mind,

You will become certain

That God is not only in Heaven

But also on earth. ```

132.

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My heart-cry embodies

Peace.

My soul-smiles reveal

Peace. ```

133.

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If my surrender to God

Does not become

One hundred per cent complete,

How can I, alas, have peace? ```

134.

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O my mind,

How can you ever have peace

If you are always racing

Through barren and fruitless days? ```

135.

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If God wants to bless you

With His Peace,

Then He can easily bring you

Out of the abyss

Of your mind's chaos.

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136.

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God's Eye is misty

With Compassion-Tears

Because I do not value

His Heart's Oneness-Peace. ```

137.

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Peace

Is spirituality's

God-Pride-Crown.

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138.

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The heart of God's Delight-Sky

Every day invites, without fail,

A man of peace.

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139.

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Peace-dream

My earth-bound mind was.

Peace-reality

My Heaven-free heart is. ```

140.

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O my mind,

How can you have peace

When you deliberately betray

Your own inner life? ```

141.

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Every day I get peace

In abundant measure

From the sweetness

Of my heart-dreams. ```

142.

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Tolerance is not peace,

But from tolerance,

In the near or distant future,

Peace may blossom. ```

143.

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Your implicit faith

In your heart's peace

Will definitely save you

From the assaults of doubt-storms. ```

144.

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Fastest is the peace of my soul

At clearing the progress-horizon

Of my mind's doubts

And my heart's fears. ```

145.

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When my heart does not have

An iota of peace,

I feel that I am living

In the wrong place

At the wrong time.

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146.

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Peace

Is my mind's Heaven-beauty.

Peace

Is my heart's earth-fragrance. ```

147.

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Peace

Illumines our

Division-limitation-darkness.

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148.

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Your division-mind

Is the wrong place

For you to search for peace.

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149.

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Your union-heart

Is the right place

Not only to look for

But also to find your Himalayan peace. ```

150.

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Doubt chases peace

In vain. ```

151.

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Peace

Amazes doubt

At every moment.

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152.

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No matter how powerful the hand is,

It cannot hold peace.

But a loving and self-giving heart

Has and is peace. ```

153.

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Peace

Is not to be found

In the mind's pronouncement.

Peace

Is found only

In the heart's enlightenment. ```

154.

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Peace

Does not command.

Peace

Does not demand.

Peace

Does not reject.

Peace

Does not expect.

Peace

Only injects God-Wisdom. ```

155.

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A heart of peace

Can never be marred

By the mind's

Continuous inconsistencies. ```

156.

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O world of division,

Once peace is victorious,

It will not only outlive everything

But also eternally live. ```

157.

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Peace may not be

In today's crying life,

But peace will definitely be

In tomorrow's smiling heart. ```

158.

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Peace

Opens up the first door

To every human hope.

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159.

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The reasoning mind

In vain tries to oust

The aspiring heart

From the peace-temple. ```

160.

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Everybody has at least one question

For God,

But peace neither has one

Nor needs one. ```

161.

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God

Sleeplessly values peace.

Peace

Breathlessly treasures God. ```

162.

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Peace

Silences the nightmares of the mind.

Peace

Feeds the dreams of the heart. ```

163.

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A man of peace

Is constantly ready

To go to all corners of the globe

For God-manifestation. ```

164.

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A man with no peace

Is, indeed,

A self-contradiction-champion.

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165.

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O my peace-empty mind,

What are you doing?

"Can you not see

What I am doing?

I am just rushing headlong

Into the arms

Of my own self-destruction!"

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166.

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The peace-boat of the heart

Never fails.

It only sails and sails

Towards our own divinity's

Immortality-flooded destination.

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167.

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Intellectual competitors

Do not win

Peace-trophies.

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168.

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Neither pull down

Nor pull up.

Peace will claim you.

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169.

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God the Smiler

Gives me peace.

God the Sufferer

Takes away my peace. ```

170.

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Do not think of

Past blunders.

Do not imagine

Unlit future roads.

You are bound to have peace.

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171.

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Peace

Is at once

The shortest road

And the longest stride

To arrive at

Our God-destination. ```

172.

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I received peace

Infinitely more than I expected

From my God-surrender-studies.

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173.

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God has many intimate assistants,

But peace is by far

His most intimate assistant.

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174.

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My heart becomes

Completely peaceful

When I see my Lord Supreme

Preparing to sail His Boat. ```

175.

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God cannot believe

That man has no real hunger

For peace.

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176.

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I am peaceful

When God gives me

What I want.

God is peaceful

When He gives me

What I need. ```

177.

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A cave

Has no peace.

Even a grave

Has no peace.

But God-surrender-courage

Has and is peace. ```

178.

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The division-mind

Is responsible for

The heart's peace-bankruptcy.

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179.

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I derive no peace

From a mountain-height-dream,

But I do derive peace

From a fountain-spontaneity-reality. ```

180.

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Peace you want?

Then pray to God

Not for escape

But for shelter. ```

181.

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Twice I am most sublimely peaceful:

Once when God is

My heart-home-guest,

Once when I find myself

In God's Compassion-Smile-Nest.

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182.

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Peace of mind

Expands

Our heart's God-Dream-horizons.

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183.

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Because of my peace of mind,

Every day I bow to God

With my heart's gratitude-tears.

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184.

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I have peace of mind

Exactly because

I have said a final farewell

To the life I used to live. ```

185.

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God-surrender is the soil

Where the bumper crop of peace

Grows.

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186.

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When I have peace of mind,

My Lord shares with me

His secret and sacred

Sorrows and Joys. ```

187.

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My peace

Is my rare expedition

To God's Paradise-Smile.

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188.

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My Lord,

How can I have an iota of peace,

Since I am not ready

To accept the world as it is? ```

189.

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He who has peace

Pacifies others. ```

190.

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Nothing astonishes God

As much as my lack of hunger

For peace.

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191.

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Peace

Has always been

A plant of slowest growth.

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192.

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I belong

To God's Smile,

And God belongs

To my peace. ```

193.

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My soul's peace

Can easily transform

My mind's commotion and emotion

Into

My heart's devotion and perfection.

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194.

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When I was empty of peace,

I thought God was ignoring me.

But now, I do not.

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195.

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Once we capture

And give a life-long sentence to

Our ego-thief,

We enjoy peace in abundance. ```

196.

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No matter how high

My mind's imperfection-hurdles,

My heart's peace

Can easily jump over. ```

197.

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My heart's peace

And my life's freedom

Are divinely and supremely

Inseparable. ```

198.

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When I have peace,

What I enjoy most

Is my heart's

God-devotion-sweetness. ```

199.

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From the heart's peace-garden

Supremacy is always excluded. ```

200.

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God Himself

Rings His Peace-Bell

Inside my heart's

God-surrender-temple. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Peace: God's Heart-Home, part 2, Agni Press, 1995
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