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My Lord Supreme,My gratitude-heart
Is truly fond ofYour Compassion-Eye.
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Many have come and many have gone.Many will come and many will go.
But I shall stay inside the Boat SupremeTo crown my sky-vast and sun-high dream.
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When the power of love replaces the loveof power, man will have a new name: God.
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First, call Him your Lord.Then only you can have
Union with God. ```God has taught me
How to swim with Him.I have taught God
How to drown for me. ```
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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God has taught meHow to swim with Him.
I have taught GodHow to drown for me.
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Even before I knewWho God was,
God started painting my lifeWith His Compassion-Forgiveness-Colours.
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Even before I knewWho God was,
God started painting my lifeWith His Compassion-Forgiveness-Colours.
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Even before I knewWho God was,
God started painting my lifeWith His Compassion-Forgiveness-Colours.
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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```
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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```
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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```
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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```
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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```
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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```
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Meditation, meditation, meditation. ```Divinity’s Compassion
ExpectsHumanity’s perfection.
```I may not be or cannot be a member of
God’s Vision-Manifestation-Team on earth,But I dearly love the Team’s God-oneness-heart,
And profoudly admire its God-fulness-hands.But I do know and I do feel that
God will eventually make me a member ofHis Vision-Manifestation-Team.
```Every aspiration-day begins
With new possibilities.Every aspiration-day ends
With new achievements. ```
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Morning is the timeTo accept God’s Love-Light.
Noon is the timeTo become God’s Love-Height.
Evening is the timeTo reveal God’s Love-Delight.
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No path can be too hard for youIf you have one God-Gift:
Faith in yourself. ```
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With my human songsI wash my Lord’s
Compassion-Forgiveness-Feet. ```
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They came only to go,But I came to stay,
Forever to stay,Inside the Golden Boat
Of my Beloved Lord Supreme. ```
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God, if You break my head for me,I shall break my heart for You.
God, since I shall not disappoint You,I cannot expect disappointment from You, either.
God, You start the game and I shall end it. ```
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Many, many lives ago,God taught me
How to love HimAnd how to serve Him
Unconditionally. ```What can equal God’s Ecstasy?
Man’s bold promise to HimTo become another God.
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Let my yesterday peacefully sleep.Let my today brilliantly dream.
Let my tomorrow powerfully awake. ```
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Madal the child,Sleeplessly wild.
Chinmoy the teenager,An uncertain wager.
Sri Chinmoy the man,A sad failure-plan.
Guru Chinmoy, Guru Chinmoy,God and man’s broken toy.
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Madal the child,All cute and wild.
Chinmoy the teenager,An earth-climbing wager.
Sri Chinmoy the man,God’s own Rainbow-Plan.
Guru Chinmoy, Guru Chinmoy,God and man’s fondness-toy.
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Happy are my eyesTo see You, my Lord.
Happy is my heartTo feel You, my Lord.
Happy is my lifeTo claim You, my Lord,
As my own, very own. ```
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Be not afraid of God,Be not afraid.
Your sweet reunionNeed not be delayed.
```Enthusiasm is
God’s God-BeautyIn His seeker-children.
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My Lord, break me.My vital is ready.
My Lord, melt me.My heart is ready.
My Lord, mould me.My mind is ready.
My Lord, make me.I am fully ready.
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My Lord, kick me.That is the only way
I can move forward. ```
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My Lord Supreme,Before I die
I shall leave only one legacy:My devoted life’s gratitude-heart.
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My Lord Supreme,Do make my life three dimensional:
“Try, cry, fly!” ```
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My Lord Supreme, now is the timeFor me to give You
My inner life of gratitude. ```
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My Lord Supreme,Success-day I like.
Progress-sun I love. ```
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My Lord Supreme,Yesterday I gave up
One thing: desire-mind.Today I am giving up
Another thing: expectation-life. ```
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My Lord Supreme,Your Encouragement I love.
Your Punishment I treasure. ```
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My Lord Supreme,Your Universal Push
Awakens me.Your Transcendental Pull
Liberates me. ```
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O my Pilot Supreme,Your outer Name is Concern-Sky.
Your inner Name is Forgiveness-Sun. ```
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What I wanted was a flicker of hope,But my Lord came and stood before me
To give me His Infinity’s All. ```
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My hero God-loving,God-serving soul,
You have won todayThe supreme Goal of Goals.
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Rich God knowsHow to forgive,
How to forget.Poor human beings
Know neither. ```
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O my heart, your fondest dreamIs constant God-satisfaction.
And my bravest promise isGod-manifestation,
Here and now. ```
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Concentration-power I had,And I still have.
Meditation-light I had,And I still have.
Contemplation-delight I had,And I still have.
But God-Manifestation-Smile I never had,And I still do not have.
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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```
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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```
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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```
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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```
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My self-transcendence-dream-reality-shore. ```
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Be Thou my all.Be Thou my body
That I may wake.Be Thou my vital
That I may run.Be Thou my mind
That I may fly.Be Thou my heart
That I may dive.Be Thou my soul
That I may reveal.Be Thou my Goal
That I may fulfil.Be Thou my all
That I may be only Yours. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Song-Flowers, part 8, 1992
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