I pray to become my heart-flower

It Only Takes a Moment

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It only takes a moment

To love God dearly

And claim God fully. ```

Mind, My Mind

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Mind, mind, my mind,

Be not nourished by tomorrow’s

Faulty tower-fantasies. ```

Who Says Mine Is a Futile Search?

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Who says mine is a futile search?

Who says mine is an indifferent God?

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Without a Flicker of Hope

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Not God, not God, not God,

But it is you who wants to live

Without a flicker of hope. ```

O My Mind, When I Live in You

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O my mind, when I live in you

It is nothing but unceasing turbulence.

```

I Have Broken My Ties

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I have broken my ties

With the temptation-night.

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Happiness You Want?

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Happiness you want?

Then pocket your tallest pride.

```

I Love When I Run Errands

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I love, I love, I love

When I run errands

For my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

What I Every Day Need

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What I every day need

Is a treadmill-disciplined life.

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The Road of God-Worshipping Hearts

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I love to walk along the road

Of God-worshipping hearts.

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My Life and I Must Climb Up

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My life and I must climb up

The purity-mountain-peak supreme.

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I Love to Dream God-Dreams

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I love to dream God-dreams

In God-Fragrance-night.

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Humility's Service-Breath

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Humility’s service-breath

Conquers humanity’s heart. ```

Alas, Mankind's Ignorance-Mind

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Alas, mankind’s ignorance-mind

Loves to feast on material life. ```

Willingness Is the First Step

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Willingness is the first step

Towards surrender-gratitude-life.

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An Expectation-Journey

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An expectation-journey

Never arrives at its destination.

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A God-Surrender-Life

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A God-surrender-life

Smilingly silences

The sound-turmoil-life. ```

Liberation Within, Liberation Without

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Liberation within,

Liberation without,

From the expectation-cave. ```

All My Desire-Wings I Shall Clip

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All my desire-wings I shall clip

And place at my Lord’s Feet.

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Surrender-Sweetness

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Surrender-sweetness,

Gratitude-fulness,

Every day I need. ```

I See the Feet of My Lord Supreme

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I see the Feet of my Lord Supreme

Through the eyes of my hope-flooded heart.

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I Pray to Sit at God's Feet

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I pray to sit at God’s Feet.

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I Meditate to Feel God in My Heart

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I meditate to feel God

In my heart.

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I Pray to Become a Great Man

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I pray to become a great man. ```

I Meditate to Become a Perfect Child

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I meditate to become

A perfect child of God.

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I Pray to God to Make Me Happy

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I pray to God

To make me happy.

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I Meditate to Make God Happy

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I meditate

To make God happy.

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I Pray to Become My Heart-Flower

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I pray to become my heart-flower. ```

I Meditate to Become My Soul-Fragrance

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I meditate to become

My soul-fragrance.

```

I Need an Aspiration-Heart-Sun

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I need, I need, I need

An aspiration-heart-sun

That will never set. ```

O Aspiration-Trooper

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O aspiration-trooper,

Do destroy my desire-forest.

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My Hope-Plant

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May my hope-plant grow

Into a promise-tree,

Quickly and beautifully. ```

Soulfully I Cry, Sweetly I Smile

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Soulfully I cry, sweetly I smile,

With my life’s flower-fragrance-songs.

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I Have Thrown My Doubting Mind

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I have thrown my doubting mind

Into a murmuring and devouring river.

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My Lord, Do Teach Me

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My Lord, my Lord, my Lord,

Do teach me how to renounce

My false world’s false possessions. ```

No End to My Absurd Demands

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My Lord, my Lord, my Lord,

No end to my absurd demands.

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Goodbye My Ancient Insecurities

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Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye,

My ancient insecurities.

```

My Self-Doubt Buries Me

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My self-doubt buries me

In an abysmal and dismal tomb.

```

Alas, God's Compassion-Eye

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Alas, alas, alas,

God’s Compassion-Eye

And God’s Forgiveness-Heart,

My life has misused blatantly. ```

Lament Your Long-Lost Faith-Life

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Lament your long-lost faith-life.

God will blessingfully give you

A new faith-life. ```

When My Mind Selects My Soul

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When my mind selects my soul

To be its coach,

Easily and speedily I swim

Across ignorance-sea.

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An Ingratitude-Heart

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An ingratitude-heart

Is the farthest point

From God’s Satisfaction-Heart. ```

Alas, Teeming Desire Clouds

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Alas, alas, alas,

Teeming desire-clouds

Are eclipsing my aspiration-sun. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,I pray to become my heart-flower, 1995
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