Where do I live?
I live on the altar of my heart’sSacred song-flames.
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Victory over the mindHelps you become
The partner of God the Liberator. ``````
God-dreamer, my soul.God-lover, my heart.
God-server, my life.God-fulfiller, I am.
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I need perfection-shoreAnd not ignorance-roar.
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I thank You, my Lord Supreme,For my willingness-heart.
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Expectation-deception,Goodbye, goodbye.
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My Lord, Your Compassion-EyeIs my breath of Infinity.
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I am truly ashamed ofMy self-indulgence-life.
```My Lord Supreme,
Where is my life’s transformation-boat? ``````
Attachment,You are so undivine
From head to foot. ``````
Doubt-thief,You are now under arrest.
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I am in betweenMy soul’s ecstasy-shore
And my body’s lethargy-snore. ``````
Prayer is the Beauty of God in me.Meditation is the Prosperity of God in me.
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Can you not give your MasterYour aspiration-snack,
Since he is going to give youHis full realisation-meal?
```A constant gratitude-heart
Is a way of loving GodIn His own Way.
```A seeker’s humility-heart
Knows how to becomeA smile of God.
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Allow me, O Lord, immediately to standFor the God-realisation-examination.
I wish to be spared the torment of waiting. ``````
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.
Be your Master’s powerful pride. ```My heart’s expectation means
My life’s prison-torture. ``````
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 notWhy God gives me everything
For the asking. ``````
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,
I need your eager eyes,I need your eager hands
And your eager feet. ```Count, count, count
God’s Blessing-Days,And not your complaint-nights.
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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 love to liveIn a howling storm of blunders?
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Mine is the aspiration-skyWhich is never overcast.
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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.I meditate on God for perfection.
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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.I meditate on God to give Him my love.
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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-cryI purify my mind.
With my meditation-smileI beautify my life.
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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.
When I meditate,I belong to all the worlds.
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No difference betweenMy meditations and
My soul-smiles. ``````
No difference betweenMy prayers and
My heart-cries. ``````
I pray when I am helpless.I meditate when I am restless.
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O, when can I get,Where can I get
My Everest Heaven-rest? ``````
You fool, you fool, you fool!You dine with anger-beast.
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I am a morning roseIn God’s Dream-Garden.
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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 torture meWhen I see a self-made man.
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Alas, alas,My soul wants to live alone —
Without my body. ```My heart needs my Lord’s Dream-Boat.
My mind wants God’s Reality-Shore. ```My heart’s blossoming faith
Shall never abandonMy searching mind.
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O my mind, ride notMy wild vital-chariot.
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Nothing, nothing, nothing,Is beyond the reach
Of peace-lovers. ``````
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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