Song-Flowers, part 7

My Heart's Sacred Song-Flames

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Where do I live?

I live on the altar of my heart’s

Sacred song-flames.

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Victory over the Mind

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Victory over the mind

Helps you become

The partner of God the Liberator. ```

God-Dreamer, My Soul

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God-dreamer, my soul.

God-lover, my heart.

God-server, my life.

God-fulfiller, I am.

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I Need Perfection-Shore

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I need perfection-shore

And not ignorance-roar.

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I Thank You, My Lord Supreme

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I thank You, my Lord Supreme,

For my willingness-heart.

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Expectation-Deception

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Expectation-deception,

Goodbye, goodbye.

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My Breath of Infinity

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My Lord, Your Compassion-Eye

Is my breath of Infinity.

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I Am Truly Ashamed

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I am truly ashamed of

My self-indulgence-life.

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My Life's Transformation-Boat

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My Lord Supreme,

Where is my life’s transformation-boat? ```

Attachment, You Are So Undivine

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Attachment,

You are so undivine

From head to foot. ```

Doubt-Thief

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Doubt-thief,

You are now under arrest.

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I Am in Between

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I am in between

My soul’s ecstasy-shore

And my body’s lethargy-snore. ```

Prayer Is the Beauty of God in Me (1)

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Prayer is the Beauty of God in me.

Meditation is the Prosperity of God in me.

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Can You Not? (2)

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Can you not give your Master

Your aspiration-snack,

Since he is going to give you

His full realisation-meal?

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A Constant Gratitude-Heart (2)

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A constant gratitude-heart

Is a way of loving God

In His own Way.

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A Seeker's Humility-Heart (3)

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A seeker’s humility-heart

Knows how to become

A smile of God.

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Allow Me, O Lord

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Allow me, O Lord, immediately to stand

For the God-realisation-examination.

I wish to be spared the torment of waiting. ```

My Heart Is a Born God-Seeker

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My heart is a born God-seeker.

My life is a born God-lover.

My soul is a born God-distributor. ```

Be Not Your Master's Sorrowful Sigh

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Be not your Master’s sorrowful sigh.

Be your Master’s powerful pride. ```

My Heart's Expectation

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My heart’s expectation means

My life’s prison-torture. ```

On My Way to God

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On my way to God,

Mother Earth said to me:

“Abandon me not, my child.

Forget me not, my child.”

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I Really Know Not Why

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I really know not

Why God gives me everything

For the asking. ```

I Keep Asking God Only Two Things

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I keep asking God only two things:

Why He loves me and why He needs me.

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Enthusiasm, I Need Your Eager Heart

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Enthusiasm,

I need your eager heart,

I need your eager eyes,

I need your eager hands

And your eager feet. ```

Count God's Blessing-Days

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Count, count, count

God’s Blessing-Days,

And not your complaint-nights.

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Will I Go High Before I Die?

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I am asking God,

My Lord, my Lord,

Will I go high, very high before I die?

God is saying to me:

“My child, My child,

The answer is in your aspiration-heart.”

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Why Do I?

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Why do I love to live

In a howling storm of blunders?

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Mine Is the Aspiration-Sky

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Mine is the aspiration-sky

Which is never overcast.

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Prayer Is the Beauty of God in Me (2)

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Prayer is the Beauty of God in me.

Meditation is the Prosperity of God in me.

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I Pray to God for Protection

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I pray to God for protection.

I meditate on God for perfection.

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I Pray When My Heart Is Thirsty

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I pray when my heart is thirsty.

I meditate when my soul is hungry.

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I Pray to God to Receive His Power

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I pray to God to receive His Power.

I meditate on God to give Him my love.

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Each Time I Pray

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Each time I pray,

I am thrilled.

Each time I meditate,

I am fulfilled.

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With My Prayer-Cry

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With my prayer-cry

I purify my mind.

With my meditation-smile

I beautify my life.

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When I Pray, I See God Looking at Me

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When I pray,

I see God looking at me

From a very high height.

When I meditate,

I see God at my heart-door. ```

When I Pray, I Belong Only to this World

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When I pray,

I belong only to this world.

When I meditate,

I belong to all the worlds.

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My Meditations and My Soul-Smiles

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No difference between

My meditations and

My soul-smiles. ```

No Difference

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No difference between

My prayers and

My heart-cries. ```

I Pray When I Am Helpless

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I pray when I am helpless.

I meditate when I am restless.

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My Everest Heaven-Rest

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O, when can I get,

Where can I get

My Everest Heaven-rest? ```

You Fool

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You fool, you fool, you fool!

You dine with anger-beast.

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I Am a Morning Rose

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I am a morning rose

In God’s Dream-Garden.

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No Inner Noise, No Outer Noise

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No inner noise, no outer noise,

What I need is a lion’s poise.

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Doubt and Fear

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Doubt and fear torture me

When I see a self-made man.

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Alas, My Soul Wants to Live Alone

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Alas, alas,

My soul wants to live alone —

Without my body. ```

My Heart Needs My Lord's Dream-Boat

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My heart needs my Lord’s Dream-Boat.

My mind wants God’s Reality-Shore. ```

My Heart's Blossoming Faith

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My heart’s blossoming faith

Shall never abandon

My searching mind.

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O My Mind, Ride Not My Wild Vital-Chariot

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O my mind, ride not

My wild vital-chariot.

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Beyond the Reach of Peace-Lovers

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Nothing, nothing, nothing,

Is beyond the reach

Of peace-lovers. ```

When Shall I End My War?

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My Lord, my Lord, my Lord!

When shall I end my war

With my doubting mind? ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Song-Flowers, part 7, 1991
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