You say your mistakes
Are all unintentional.Should God then grant you
Pardon unconditional? ```You alone have made
The desire-choice.Now you alone have to
Silence its noise. ```Delight you will feel
Only in self-mastery.Oneness-song you will sing
Only with God-discovery. ```About yourself care
Only for God's Opinion:You are His loving
And faithful companion. ```Do not doubt yourself,
Do not, I say!Go and join once more
God's Oneness-Play. ```Your climbing heart-cry,
O never neglect,If your life-smile
You long to perfect. ```Impossible today,
Inevitable tomorrow.This is how man's
God-dream-seeds grow. ```When your mind becomes one
With your heart's obedience-light,Yours will be the fastest
Heavenward journey's flight. ```Self-doubt is poison-night.
Self-doubt is destruction-gun.Therefore, do not take part in
Your mind's long self-doubt-run. ```Confess your blunders
Cheerfully.God will reach out
Powerfully. ```God does not want to,
But He does withdrawWhen your sad earth-life
Becomes a giant flaw. ```Inspiration-bird flies
With beauty's wings.Aspiration-flames mount,
Progress-bell rings. ```What the future holds
I do not know,But my heart foresees
God-oneness-glow. ```Opportunity-flowers
Are blossoming at every moment.Pick them at once!
Delay not your heart's enlightenment. ```You are carrying your life's
Heavy lethargy-load.Yet you want to walk
On God's Perfection-Road. ```If your mind dreams always
Of human desire,How can your life expect
Liberation-fire? ```If you are a lover
Of innocence-light,How can you travel
In ignorance-night? ```Live by your inmost
Soul-sincerityTo become your Lord's
Sun-Reality. ```He enjoys his life's
Self-giving marathon.Therefore, God gives him
His Satisfaction-Dawn. ```When his life becomes
All luminosity,The seeker becomes
God's Heart-profundity. ```Your inner faith, the Blessing-Grace
Of the Lord SupremeTo help you quickly grow into
His Self-Transcendence-Dream. ```Your wasted years are running out
Of aspiration-time.Are you content to never see
God's Satisfaction-Clime? ```If you read every day
Your mind's guilt-record,How will you ever think
Of pleasing your Lord? ```Patience and tolerance —
Two lessons in lifeWhich save human souls
From destruction-knife. ```A prayer-life
Is a Heavenly passage.A silence-heart
Is God's Oneness-Message. ```O sail your God-hunger-boat,
Every day sail,Until God's own Hand lifts your
Ignorance-veil. ```Alas, you are your clever mind's
Mere aspiration-act.Therefore, you will ever miss
God's Sweetness-Smile-Contact. ```Your silence-heart
Will grant you peace of mind.Your oneness-soul
Will conquer turmoil blind. ```When my mind sees the world,
It sees only God's Face.When my heart feels the world,
It feels His quick Embrace. ```A prayer-heart
Is a divine opportunity.A meditation-life
Is God's Silence-Continuity. ```What humility is
If you truly know,Then your life and deeds
Are bound to glow. ```God smilingly loves
Even sad failures.His powerful Smile
With them endures. ```I know, I know,
I am alive todayBecause my heart
Enjoys devotion-play. ```O my mind's wild
Desire-fire,Today at last
You must expire. ```Your Lord Supreme
Created your soulTo be a partner of His Dream.
Your heart must please HimIn His own Way
To satisfy His soulful Scheme. ```My Lord Supreme
Is His Compassion-Tower.My life shall be
His choice Heart-Garden flower. ```Be a beautiful, soulful
Surrender-infant.God will grant your prayers
His Answers instant. ```God has forgiven
Your shameless meanness.Can you not give Him
Your whole life's oneness? ```God's Heart of Oneness-Love
You have refused.Therefore, you and your life
Are all confused. ```The human life is short.
The human mind is insecure.The divine life is eternal.
The divine mind is pure and sure. ```Think not of your days of success
Nor of your failure-nights.Just meditate and meditate
On your progress-delights. ```Each and every sweet dream-smile
Increases fast our true God-loveAnd makes us better God-servers
Within, without, below, above. ```Do not give up, do not give up!
Fight until the last.You and your soul will triumph
Even in the dust! ```The mind attacks others
And then tries to defend itself.The heart surrenders to God
And becomes the Universal Self. ```With God you found
A precious oneness-moment.The world will build
Your perfection-monument. ```If you want to serve
The life of humanity,First feel the heart
Of Compassion-Divinity. ```If you do not climb up
The aspiration-tree,How can you enjoy
Your heart-life's ecstasy? ```You want to know where
Is my Beloved Supreme?He is living inside
My heart's innocence-dream. ```With your mind's dauntless strength
The outer world face.With your heart's oneness-love
The inner world embrace. ```My Lord's Compassion-Eye
Patrols my life's heart-door.Therefore, I never hear
The world's ignorance-roar. ```If you keep your dreams pure
Both by night and by day,You will soon be invited
With Divinity to play. ```To please your soul,
Day and night pray.To please your Lord,
Avoid ignorance-clay. ```To feel His Grace
In you, you mustIn God keep always
A determined trust. ```I tell you, my friend,
You are inwardly blind.Therefore, God's Love-Light
You never will find. ```Alas, you have neglected
The Lord for man.Your ignorance has ruined
His Vision-Plan. ```If you follow your mind's
Dark and unclean thought-road,You will have to carry
Futility's great load. ```God knows your capacity's
Ultimate length.You must learn for yourself
Your present strength. ```The right time to enjoy
Aspiration-fast: never!The right time to enjoy
Surrender-feast: ever! ```O my pure and powerful
Morning meditation,You are my entire day's
Perfect salvation. ```Your true longing for
Purity's newnessIs the first step toward
Your Lord's Forgiveness. ```Every night God empties
Your darkness-mind.To His Compassion-Light
Be not so blind! ```Confidence has to be
Strong and sure.Surrender has to be
Sweet and pure. ```The mind's long road
Leads to God's Justice-Light.The heart's short road
Leads to God's Oneness-Height. ```Before you and God
Meet face to face,Your dark ego-life
You must erase. ```A man of compromise
Is a real fool!Impossible for him
To attend God-School. ```What you wanted:
An expectation-road.What you now have:
A frustration-load. ```All out of proportion
Is your dark ego-life.Soon you will be stabbed
By self-destruction-knife. ```The strength of harmony
Is admirable.The power of peace
Is unfathomable. ```You will someday escape from
Your taut bondage-chainIf you soulfully welcome
Enthusiasm-reign. ```From world-competition
If you bravely refrain,You can ride constantly
The self-transcendence-train. ```Now that you have put God
In full command of your life,You cannot be threatened
By the world's destruction-knife. ```Who can fulfil God's
Compassion-MessagesIf he has not studied
God's Love-Book-pages? ```Do not follow
The desire-man.He belongs to
The peril-clan. ```God the Compassion
Is always adorable.God the Forgiveness
Is always approachable. ```Only one thing, O seeker,
Worth proving:That you are constantly
Improving! ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Silence speaks, part 8, Agni Press, 1994
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