The Silence-Song

1. From Heaven he came

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From Heaven

He came into the world

With an unconscious headache.

From earth

He will return to Heaven

With a conscious fever.

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2. Devotion

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My devotion is sweet

When I touch your beauty's feet.

My devotion is sweeter

When I feel your beauty's eyes.

My devotion is sweetest

When I clasp your beauty's heart. ```

3. Grace

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I do not know what God's Grace looks like.

I do not know what God's Face looks like.

But I do know that my God's Grace

Is all for me,

That my God's Face

Is all within me. ```

4. Sincerity

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God told me that it was my insincerity

That spoke when I said that

I had not seen the Face of God

And had not felt the Love of God.

God told me that it was my sincerity

That spoke when I said that

God-realisation I have,

God-revelation I am working on,

God-manifestation I badly need.

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5. Consciousness

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Concentrate

To lengthen your consciousness-realm.

Meditate

To heighten your consciousness-sky.

Contemplate

To deepen your consciousness-sea. ```

6. Light

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"Light,

Where are you?

What are you?

Who are you?"

Where am I?

I am in your revelation-smile.

What am I?

I am your earth-teacher and Heaven-friend.

Who am I?

I am your Eternity's soul

And

I am your Infinity's goal. ```

7. Beauty and lustre

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God's Beauty tells me that my outer world

Is pure.

God's Lustre tells me that my inner world

Is sweet.

My outer world's beauty tells God

That it is all for Him.

My inner world's lustre tells God

That it is all of Him. ```

8. Power

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Physical power I used

To see how indispensable I was.

Vital power I used

To see how great I was.

Mental power I used

To see how vast I was.

Psychic power I used

To see how kind I was.

My own power I used

To see how unconditional I was.

God-Power I used

To cry with earth's heart

And

Smile with Heaven's soul. ```

9. Love

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In the outer world

Love is duty's might.

In the inner world

Love is duty's height.

In God's world

Love is God's unhorizoned Vision,

God's growing and glowing Reality.

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10. Inner poise

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God gave him inner poise

But now he has replaced it

By outer voice.

In the future,

God will replace his outer voice

By His yet unknown Choice. ```

11. Revelation

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When you are in the body-life

You conceal and conceal.

When you are in the soul-life

You reveal and reveal,

You fulfil and transcend

And transcend and fulfil. ```

12. Inner surety

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Inner surety

God's fulfilling Promise in me,

God's glowing Reality in me,

My own inner Immortality for God. ```

13. Progress

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"My Lord, have I made any progress in my

Inner life and my outer life?"

Yes, My child, you have made progress

in both

Your inner life and your outer life.

I see the progress of your inner life

In the increasing depth

Of your silence-life.

I see the progress of your outer life

In the expanding smile

Of your sound-revelation.

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14. Swift progress

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Swift is your progress

When you discover your soul's colour.

Swifter is your progress

When you discover your soul's mission

on earth.

Swiftest is your progress

When you discover that your soul

Is your earth-child and Heaven-Father. ```

15. Satisfaction

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My mind was satisfied

When it saw the satisfaction-seed.

My heart was satisfied

When it became the satisfaction-tree.

My soul was satisfied

When it ate the satisfaction-fruit.

I was satisfied

When I became the surrender-flower

For God-satisfaction.

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16. What is life?

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What is life?

Body's life is possession-smile.

Vital's life is destruction-frown.

Mind's life is suspicion-might.

Heart's life is dedication-light.

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17. Illumination

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I had my God-illumination

In yesterday's ignorance-night.

I have my psychic illumination

In today's ignorance-pride.

I shall have my mental illumination

In tomorrow's ignorance-failure. ```

18. Trials

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Trials and tribulations are for those

Who have forgotten

the might of surrender divine.

Success and progress are for those

Who claim and treasure God's Love-experience on earth

And God's Light-experience in Heaven

As their own, very own.

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19. Growth

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Cry if you want to see your inner growth.

Smile if you want to see your outer growth.

Dance before your failure-night

And your success day;

You will see the growth

Of the Absolute Supreme. ```

20. God-Perfection

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Involution is God-Perfection

In inconscience-night.

Evolution is God-Perfection

In man's Heaven-bound flight. ```

21. Insecurity

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Insecurity is not

My helplessness-beauty.

Insecurity is

My stupidity-sterility.

Insecurity is

My God's undying sigh. ```

22. Each birthday

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Each birthday

Of an unaspiring man

Is the destruction-dance of death.

Each birthday

Of an aspiring man

Is the ever-increasing Satisfaction-Smile of God

In His Vision's self-transcendence height. ```

23. Sanctity

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Sanctity, sanctity,

You are my darkening body's necessity.

Sanctity, sanctity,

You are my blossoming soul's divinity.

You are my perfecting God's Reality.

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24. Death, will you come to me?

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Death, if I don't speak to God

Will you come to me?

"No!"

Death, if I don't love God

Will you come to me?

"No!"

Death, if I feel a sincere need for you

Will you come to me?

"No!"

Then when will you come to me?

"I shall come to you

Only when God asks me to feed you,

Embrace you and immortalise you." ```

25. Him I worship

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Him I worship

Because he told me

That I need God-Love.

Him I worship

Because he told me

That God does need me

Sleeplessly,

Compassionately

And

Unconditionally. ```

26. I am afraid of beauty

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I am afraid of earth-beauty.

It is nothing but ugliness.

I am afraid of Heaven-beauty

It seems it is all-devouring power.

I am afraid of God-Beauty.

It tells me that it will eclipse

My long-treasured individuality.

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27. Do you want to bind your consciousness?

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Do you want to bind your consciousness?

Easy, just feed your jealousy-sister.

Do you want to blind your consciousness?

Easy, just feed your impurity-brother.

Do you want to liberate

your consciousness?

Easy, just feed your Compassion-mother.

Do you want to immortalise

your consciousness?

Easy, just feed your Salvation-father. ```

28. Compassion

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Compassion, compassion.

My earth-compassion

Feeds my sacrifice-flames.

Compassion, compassion.

My Heaven-compassion

Feeds my satisfaction-sun.

Compassion, compassion.

My God-Compassion

Feeds my perfection-goal.

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29. The silence-song of self-transcendence

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I love you

Not because you are exceptionally great.

I love you

Not because you are exceptionally good.

I love you

Because you constantly sing

The silence-song of self-transcendence.

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30. You gave me only one heart

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Lord, You gave me only one heart.

I use it constantly

Only for You.

How then can You ask me

To use it for Your creation as well?

Lord, either give me one more heart,

One totally separate heart

To love Your creation with,

Allow me to do

what I have always been doing

Cheerfully and devotedly,

Although You are so nasty to me at times.

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31. A big perhaps

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"I really do not know

Why I love you still.

I really do not know

Why I need you still."

My child, I do not know either.

A big perhaps:

In the inner world

We love each other unreservedly.

A bigger perhaps:

In the outer world

We need each other constantly.

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32. A deliberate lie

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At last I have realised

That I am telling a deliberate lie

When I say that I really and truly love God.

If I really and truly loved God,

I could not have blamed

His vast body, creation,

Constantly and bluntly.

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33. Why am I so fond of you?

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"Lord, is it because You are great

That I am so fond of You?

Lord, is it because You are good

That I am so fond of You?"

No, your reasons are incorrect.

You are fond of Me for another reason.

You are fond of Me

Because in Me you see I

Your own fulfilled capacity.

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34. Lord, open your Eyes

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"Lord, You always ask me

To keep my eyes open.

How is it that You never

Keep Your Eyes open?

Just open Your Eyes and see

How I am suffering.

I really want to die.

Your world does not want me,

Your world does not need me.

It only knows how to torture me

Mercilessly and constantly."

My child, world-despair has possessed you,

But I always claim you

As my Eternity's own. ```

35. My body tells You

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My body tells You, Lord

Not to scold me.

My body feels that I need

A little more rest.

I tell You, Lord,

That if I am allowed

To get up at my own time

I shall love You,

I shall serve You,

I shall even glorify You. ```

36. Scolding is not a healthy experience

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My mind tells You, Lord,

To scold me in private

If You really have to.

I need not tell You, Lord,

That scolding is not a healthy experience

For the one who scolds

Nor for the one who is being scolded.

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37. Scolding does no good

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My vital tells You, Lord,

Not to scold me.

I know I always do something wrong,

But when You scold me

It does me no good.

After all, who has changed his life

By being scolded?

No one!

Therefore, love me, Lord,

Love me even more,

Especially when You are tempted

to scold me. ```

38. My heart tells You to scold me

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My heart tells You, Lord,

To scold me when I do anything wrong.

What both of us want from my life

Is perfection-delight;

Therefore, Lord, scold me.

I deserve it; I need it.

My sense of perfection

Badly needs it. ```

39. His envy-life

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His envy-life never dies!

There was a time

When he envied the world-champion athletes.

There was a time

When he envied the world-philosophers

and saints.

And now whom does he envy?

He envies his soul in its purest beauty.

He envies his God in His absolute Perfection.

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40. Reminders

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Each flower reminds me

Of what I can eventually become.

Each fruit reminds me

Of what I eternally am. ```

41. Friend

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Yesterday I desired

To be earth's friend.

I knew I deserved it.

Today I am desiring

To be Heaven's friend.

I think I deserve it.

Tomorrow I shall prove

To be my own friend,

My real friend.

I hope I deserve it. ```

42. Unneeded

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Despair, I do not need you.

You are too weak.

Sadness, I do not need you.

You are long-dead. ```

43. Earth-necessity, Heaven-reality

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Achieve and become:

Indeed, this is the earth-necessity.

Become and achieve:

Indeed, this is the Heaven-reality. ```

44. Sinners

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Earth, you have sinned

By hiding my God-realisation.

Heaven, you have sinned

By ignoring my God-realisation.

God, you have sinned

By not allowing me

To equal You.

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45. Two pure eyes

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Two pure eyes:

One eye silently tells me

I am of God's Eternity.

Another eye loudly tells me

I am for God's Infinity.

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46. Offerings

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A sunless day offers me

Heaven's helpless tears.

A lifeless night offers me

Earth's hopeless hopes. ```

47. Enjoying God-love

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He enjoyed God-love

To ascend and transcend.

He enjoys God-love

To build and shelter.

He shall enjoy God-love

To serve humanity's

Heart-pangs

And Divinity's

Soul-smile.

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48. When I judged

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When I judged God,

God smiled at me.

When I judged Heaven,

Heaven warned me.

When I judged earth,

Earth devoured me. ```

49. Silence I need

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Earth-silence I need

To see the inner man in me.

Heaven-silence I need

To love the inner man in me.

God-silence I need

To become the inner man in me. ```

50. For my sake

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Earth, for God's sake, ascend.

Heaven, for God's sake, descend.

God, for my sake, condescend

To give earth the needed capacity

And Heaven the needed responsibility.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,The Silence-Song, Agni Press, 1975
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