The street beggar

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The final journey,

No, no!

A million times!

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2.

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An ever-blossoming voyage,

Yes, yes!

A billion times!

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3.

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When things go wrong,

God gives us the opportunity

To run towards Him more speedily

And more self-givingly

To have joy in His smiling Heart-Garden.

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4.

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If I find God

Inside a tiny drop,

Then, immediately,

God the Ocean

Becomes mine.

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5.

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Adversity

Purifies the mind

And strengthens the heart.

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6.

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Who is educated?

Not he who has read

Countless books,

But he who is fed

By God’s Compassion-flooded Heart.

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7.

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When we pray on our knees,

God the Tree,

With flower-beauty

And fruit-nourishment,

Bends.

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8.

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We give so much importance

To the blackness of our mind. ```

9.

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We have no time to pay attention

To the whiteness of our heart. ```

10.

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Love Light more.

Night is bound

To disappear.

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11.

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The mind knows

How to dictate me. ```

12.

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The heart knows

How to elevate me. ```

13.

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When we look at life,

It frightens us.

When we look into life,

It surrenders. ```

14.

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The depression-mountain

Blightens the mind. ```

15.

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The humour-fountain

Lightens the mind. ```

16.

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The most important thing in life

Is not possession

But transformation.

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17.

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Slow down, slow down,

If you really need

God’s golden Crown.

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18.

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My eyes love

To see beauty. ```

19.

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My heart loves

To become Beauty,

God-Beauty.

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20.

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Battlefield-victory

Does not last. ```

21.

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Heart-field-victory

Forever lasts. ```

22.

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We are such fools.

We want to know what life has

And not what life is.

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23.

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The human in us

Works to live. ```

24.

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The divine in us

Lives to work,

God’s Work.

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25.

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God will share with us

His almighty Will-Power

If we dare to control

The inhuman in us. ```

26.

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Work-retirement

Must not be

Life-retirement.

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27.

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The doctor knows

How to create fear. ```

28.

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The Master knows

How to blossom cheer. ```

29.

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Life begins

Not when we think of time,

But when we become

The Lord of time. ```

30.

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Faith is the medicine

For the mind-malady. ```

31.

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Love is the vitamin

For the life-comedy. ```

32.

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Leadership sinks.

Friendship sails. ```

33.

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The blunders of the past

Must be kept behind us

And not ahead of us.

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34.

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Do not continue to fret.

Try to forget.

Happiness guaranteed!

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35.

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There are countless exercises.

The most difficult exercise

Is self-giving.

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36.

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Why not say it?

God is all yours. ```

37.

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Why not do it?

Touch and remain

At God’s Feet.

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38.

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The Compassion-Eye

Descends unconditionally. ```

39.

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The aspiration-heart

Ascends swiftly. ```

40.

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The heartiest smile

The strongest power.

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41.

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We strengthen

The difficult people

By thinking of them.

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42.

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We disarm

The difficult people

By placing them

At the Feet of God. ```

43.

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Until God’s unconditional Grace

Descends,

I must be responsible

For my own fate. ```

44.

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A strange request:

God, give me

What You have.

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45.

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A spontaneous request:

God, take me

And my all.

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46.

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The outer loneliness

Needs friends

And acquaintances.

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47.

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The inner loneliness

Needs only God

And nobody else.

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48.

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God wants me to live

Not on borrowed time. ```

49.

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God wants me to live

Inside

His hallowed Eternity.

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50.

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Aspiration says:

“I shall do it.” ```

51.

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Dedication says:

“I am doing it.” ```

52.

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Surrender says:

“I have already done it.” ```

53.

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Happiness is not

An outer fruit. ```

54.

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Happiness is

An inner seed. ```

55.

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The human artist

Paints

The outer world.

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56.

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The divine artist

Dreams

Of the inner world.

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57.

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God sleeplessly tells me

That He wants to be

The prisoner of my love.

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58.

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The God who tells me

To pray

Is the same God who asks me

To take time to play. ```

59.

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Life

Is not a series

Of disappointments.

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60.

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Life

Is a daily

God-appointment.

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61.

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Future

Is not darkness. ```

62.

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Future

Is God-oneness. ```

63.

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I do not want

My life

To go my way.

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64.

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I am choosing,

Once and for all,

One way:

God’s Way. ```

65.

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There is only one race:

The masked God-Face. ```

66.

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For me,

Nothing can be sweeter

And purer

Than my God-starvation-heart. ```

67.

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Success is

Dollar-power. ```

68.

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Progress is

God-Shower. ```

69.

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God frequently comes

To my heart-emptiness. ```

70.

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God never comes

To my mind-loneliness. ```

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The mind’s constant question:

Why? ```

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The heart’s immediate answer:

Why not? ```

73.

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Yesterday

God cried for me.

He cried for my perfection.

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74.

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Today

I am crying for God.

I am crying for God’s Satisfaction.

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75.

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From tomorrow,

Smilingly,

God and I will live

Only for each other. ```

76.

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When I keep my eyes closed

And pray,

I feel that God is for me.

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77.

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When I keep my eyes half-open

And meditate,

I am absolutely certain

That I am all for God. ```

78.

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Prayer

Is the life-seed. ```

79.

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Meditation

Is the life-plant. ```

80.

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Contemplation is the life-tree

That produces

Flower-beauty-enjoyment

And

Fruit-nourishment-satisfaction.

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Final earth-departure

Has no extension. ```

82.

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God wants me

To count His Smiles first.

Only then

Will He count my tears. ```

83.

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Gratitude-virtue

Is yet

An unborn reality.

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84.

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Disobedience

Is not the humiliation

Of the Master.

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85.

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Disobedience

Is the self-annihilation

Of the disciple.

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God’s immediate Choice

Is the heart that bleeds

For humanity’s smiles.

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87.

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The mind

Is the usual

Cloud-lover.

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88.

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The heart

Is the spontaneous

Star-enjoyer.

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89.

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Perfection

Is the sleepless

Self-examination.

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90.

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Satisfaction

Is the breathless

God-invocation.

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91.

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God pleads with me:

“My child,

Be true to yourself!”

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92.

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We must pay attention

To our imperfections —

If not, sooner than at once

They will multiply. ```

93.

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A thought-minus mind

A soul-plus will.

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94.

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When I love God,

I let things happen

In God’s Way.

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95.

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When I love myself,

I make things happen

In my way.

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96.

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The mind-thorn

Extremely dangerous.

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97.

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The heart-rose

Supremely precious.

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98.

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God tells me

That my half world-dedication

Equals

My full God-aspiration. ```

99.

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God tells me repeatedly

Not to take His Work away.

His Work is to change the world,

And my work

Is to love the world.

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100.

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Each smile

Is the beauty

Of a new heart.

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101.

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Each tear

Is the fragrance

Of a new life.

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102.

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God wants me

To complete

My illumination-task.

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103.

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God does not want me

To compete

With the rest of the world

In the battlefield of life. ```

104.

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With each hope

I walk

Towards God’s Palace.

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105.

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With each promise

God runs

Towards my heart-temple.

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Patience, patience, patience!

Patience

Is the ultimate victory.

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107.

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Everybody hates darkness,

But how many are willing

To invoke Light?

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108.

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If you are great,

That means

You know how to talk.

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109.

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If you are good,

That means

You know how to listen.

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110.

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If you are perfect,

That means your silence-sound

Is the answer.

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111.

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The life that has no tears

Cannot near God. ```

112.

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You say that the world

Is full of wrong forces.

Unfortunately,

Your own mighty contribution

Cannot remain unnoticed.

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113.

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The eyes can see the world,

But the heart alone

Can become the world.

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114.

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Do not stop

Being an all-lover.

Do not stoop

To being a supremacy-hunger. ```

115.

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Man’s mind

Builds houses.

God’s Heart

Makes homes. ```

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Today’s street beggar

Shall become tomorrow

The keeper

Of God’s Heart-Door. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The street beggar, Agni Press, 2003
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