The Wings of Light, part 6

251. Nothing lives forever

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Nothing lives forever

Save and except

Man’s inner cry for God.

Nothing lives forever

Save and except

Man’s soul-love for Light.

No one lives forever

Save and except

A man of heart-sacrifice.

No one lives forever

Save and except

A man of constant God-necessity.

```

252. Three travelling companions

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I travelled with a fool.

He advised me:

Break your body of yesterday,

Break your heart of today,

Break your soul of tomorrow.

I travelled with a wise man.

He advised me:

Feed your body of purity,

Feed your heart of love,

Feed your soul of duty.

I travelled with God.

He advised me:

Walk with your body-brother,

Run with your heart-sister,

Fly with your soul-friend.

```

253. He is not of stone

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He is not of stone.

He loves man’s body-temple.

He is not of stone.

He loves man’s heart-shrine.

He is not of stone.

He loves man’s soul-deity.

He is not of stone.

He loves man’s God-Beauty. ```

254. Yet my worries continue

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God thinks of me,

Yet

My worries continue.

Why?

God meditates on me,

Yet

My worries continue.

Why?

God loves me,

Yet

My worries continue.

Why?

Because

I have not given God

My yesterday’s bodiless fears,

My today’s heartless doubts,

My tomorrow’s soulless goal.

```

255. No more

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Light has burst forth.

No more can you sleep!

Truth has burst forth.

No more can you hide!

Peace has burst forth.

No more can you strike!

God has burst forth.

No more can you fail! ```

256. Disgrace, God's grace, God's face

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Disgrace descended on his

Tempting and tempted life.

God’s Grace descends on his

Crying and striving life.

God’s Face shall descend on his

Surrendering and surrendered life. ```

257. A gigantic conspiracy

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A gigantic conspiracy

Inspired by

My body-vital-mind:

They wanted to kill my heart.

But

Success could not crown them

Since

My body did not have enough strength,

My vital enough determination,

My mind enough skill. ```

258. When he went in search

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When he went

In search of his soul,

He helplessly stumbled and stumbled.

When he went

In search of his heart,

He hopelessly fumbled and fumbled.

When he went

In search of his body,

He ceaselessly grumbled and grumbled.

```

259. The body of a God-lover

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The body of a God-lover

Is made of God’s Determination-Vital.

The vital of a God-lover

Is made of God’s Concentration-Mind.

The mind of a God-lover

Is made of God’s Contemplation-Heart.

The heart of a God-lover

Is made of God’s Perfection-Soul.

The soul of a God-lover

Is made of God’s Glorification-Goal. ```

260. The only real life

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Peace:

What is it

If not the only real life of an animal?

Love:

What is it

If not the only real life of man?

Light:

What is it

If not the only real life of God?

```

261. I shall offer

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O earth-bound soul!

I love you,

I love you.

I shall offer

The last drop of my life-blood

To light your consciousness-lamp,

To smash your world’s ignorance-pride,

To accelerate your blue-gold journey’s

Hour of God. ```

262. I teach, I learn

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It is my duty to teach;

Therefore I teach.

What do I teach?

I teach self-examination.

It is my duty to learn;

Therefore I learn.

What do I learn?

I learn self-dedication,

Self-perfection

Plus

God-manifestation.

```

263. All except

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All are saved

Except fear.

All are loved

Except doubt.

All are illumined

Except jealousy.

All are fulfilled

Except insecurity.

All are adored

Except impurity. ```

264. I have accepted their invitation

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I have accepted

The invitation of thought-world.

I have accepted

The invitation of will-sun.

I have accepted

The invitation of Goal-paradise.

Because

Thought-world will see me for the last time,

Will-sun will see me for the first time,

Goal-paradise will claim me for all time. ```

265. All men seek God

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All men seek God

In their own ways.

You seek God

To please God.

He seeks God

To bless his desire-train.

I seek God

To become another God. ```

266. Who is good?

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Who is small?

Who is great?

Who is good?

He is small

Who thinks he is so.

He is great

Who knows he is so.

He is good

Who is nothing but that. ```

267. He is the wisest man

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He is a fool

Because

He has not read any books.

Perhaps so he is.

He is a wise man

Because

He has read ten thousand books.

Perhaps so he is.

He is a wiser man

Because

He has read fifteen thousand books.

Perhaps so he is.

He is the wisest man,

By far

The wisest man,

Who has read only two special books:

Aspiration-height

And

Surrender-light.

```

268. Three dreams

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Last night

I dreamt of an ape

And

A banana.

Tonight

I shall dream of a deer

And

A fence.

Tomorrow night

I shall dream of a love-soul

And

The God-Goal. ```

269. They arrest me

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Fear arrests me

Quickly.

Courage arrests me

Unconsciously.

Doubt arrests me

Abruptly.

Faith arrests me

Timidly.

Love arrests me

Slowly.

Devotion arrests me

Steadily.

Surrender arrests me

Unerringly.

God arrests me

Compassionately,

Carefully

And

Completely.

```

270. I wish to return home

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O Lord,

Follow me,

Love me,

Serve me.

I wish to leave Home.

O Lord,

Guide me,

Lead me,

Carry me.

I wish to return Home.

```

271. Don't be a fool

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Don’t be a fool.

You need aspiration

In your animal life.

Don’t be a fool.

You need perfection

In your human life.

Don’t be a fool.

You see frustration

In your divine life.

```

272. Your Master

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Your Master observes

More than he admits.

Your Master loves

More than he reveals.

Your Master cries

More than you see.

Your Master gives

More than you need. ```

273. Partiality

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My God is partial;

Therefore

He always thinks of me.

My God is partial;

Therefore

He always meditates on me.

My God is partial;

Therefore

He always loves me.

“My child is partial;

Therefore

She thinks of Me only.”

“My child is partial;

Therefore

She meditates on Me only.”

“My child is partial;

Therefore

She loves Me only.”

```

274. Never do I think

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I love God,

But

Never do I think of His Goodness-Beauty.

I speak to God,

But

Never do I think of His Greatness-Duty.

I fight with God,

But

Never do I think of our Oneness-Reality.

```

275. What do you think I am?

```

What do you think I am?

Am I the prince of ignorance-night?

No, I am not.

Never!

What do you think I am?

Am I the frown of destruction-night?

No, I am not.

Never!

What do you think I am?

Am I not the lord of my senses?

Certainly I am!

What do you think I am?

Am I not the future God?

Certainly I am!

```

276. Merchant of psychic secrets

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O merchant of vital secrets,

I love you;

Therefore

Do grant me your gracious absence!

O merchant of psychic secrets,

I think of you alone,

I love you alone,

I need you alone;

Therefore

Do grant me your benign presence! ```

277. The cost

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The cost of compassion

Is negligible.

The cost of forgiveness

Is negligible.

The cost of transformation

Is a bit high.

The cost of perfection

Is exorbitant. ```

278. What are we doing?

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What are my parents doing

In Heaven today?

Ah, they are thinking

Of inviting me for dinner.

What am I doing

On earth today?

Ah, since I have no food

In my refrigerator,

I am thinking of flying

To my parents now

To enjoy my breakfast

And luncheon as well. ```

279. Progress you want?

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Progress you want?

Remember then,

Your black doubt

Is your first and last limit.

Progress you want?

Remember then,

Your courage

Is your last limit.

Progress you want?

Remember then,

Your faith

Is your endless limit.

Progress you want?

Remember then,

Your love of Light

Is your birthless start

And your deathless limit.

```

280. Since believing is seeing

```

Since believing

Is seeing,

Then seeing

Is doing.

Since doing

Is becoming,

Then becoming

Is transcending. ```

281. Nothing assists him

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More faith assists

The believer.

More courage assists

The brave.

More love assists

The lover.

But

Nothing assists

The stupid doubter.

```

282. If you want to advise me

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O asserter of truth,

If you want to advise me,

Then stay fifty miles away

From me, please.

O preacher of truth,

If you want to advise me,

Then stay forty miles away

From me, please.

O lover of truth,

If you want to advise me,

Then stay twenty miles away

From me, please.

O follower of truth,

If you want to advise me,

Then do knock at

My heart’s door. ```

283. His insecurity, his curiosity

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His insecurity

Is stingy in teaching.

His curiosity

Is generous in learning.

His insecurity, what is it?

His tremendous attachment to dust.

His curiosity, what is it?

His storehouse of information. ```

284. Two days more

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Two days more

Until I go to Heaven.

Therefore

Today I shall buy

The aspiration-ticket and

Tomorrow I shall board

The Realisation-plane

To reach my sun-vast

Destination: Heaven.

```

285. Except one thing

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Everything is in the hands of destiny

Except one thing:

My bosom’s will.

Everything is in the hands of destiny

Except one thing:

My hour of God.

Everything is in the hands of destiny

Except one thing:

My imminent Perfection-dawn.

```

286. Announce, pronounce, renounce

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Announce!

Announce your pride.

You will feel miserable.

Pronounce!

Pronounce God’s name.

You will be happy.

Renounce!

Renounce ignorance.

You will be fulfilled.

```

287. The apparent and the real

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The Apparent feels that

It is self-sufficient.

Lo, our ignorance is self-sufficient.

The Real knows that

It is God-sufficient.

Lo, our love of God is God-sufficient.

```

288. Three most significant things

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Just go to sleep

And don’t complain.

God will think of you.

Just go to sleep

And don’t complain.

God will meditate on you.

Just go to sleep

And don’t complain.

God will do everything for you.

He has already done

Three most

Significant things for you:

He calls you “son”.

He has given you

The message of Liberation.

He has given you the key

To unlock the Palace of Perfection. ```

289. Some inside information

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True, I could not get into

God’s Palace;

But I have got

Some inside information.

God will retire soon.

He has already chosen

His successor.

Do you want to know who he is?

He is your bosom friend.

I mean the first personal pronoun.

That means I,

And none else. ```

290. Will you talk?

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Master, will you talk?

“Certainly I shall.

I shall talk on

God’s Perfection-sky.”

Son, will you talk?

“Certainly I shall.

I shall talk on

Your Compassion-sea.” ```

291. The evening alcoholics

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The morning hippies prayed to God

For purity’s flood.

God found it difficult

To believe His ears.

The noon drug-addicts prayed to God

For the heights of Delight.

God found it difficult

To believe His eyes.

The evening alcoholics prayed to God

For the life of Transformation-light.

God found that impossibility’s

Measureless capacities

Had surrendered

To a facile God-possibility. ```

292. The door

```

I saw the Door.

Therefore

God loved me.

I am at the Door.

Therefore

God embraces me.

I shall be the Door.

Therefore

God and I shall claim

Each other

As our very own.

```

293. Let my fanciful mind roam

```

Let my fanciful mind roam.

I shall stay with You, my Lord.

Let my fanciful mind roam.

I shall love You only, my Lord.

Let my fanciful mind roam.

I shall offer You my heart, my all. ```

294. His God, your God

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Can a scientist believe in God?

Yes, he can and he does.

His God is Matter.

Can a seeker believe in God?

Yes, you can and you do.

Your God is Spirit.

His God spreads before He flies.

Your God flies before He spreads. ```

295. My body hates to be filmed

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My vital films

My mind’s insincerity.

My mind films

My vital’s vanity.

My heart films

My soul’s beauty.

My soul films

My heart’s purity.

My body hates

To be filmed.

Therefore nobody

Dares to film my body. ```

296. Better wait!

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Better wait!

God may come down.

Better wait!

God may ask you your name and address.

Better wait!

God may give you another chance to equal Him.

Better wait!

Don’t hurry.

He who hurries

Buries his soul in a goalless shore. ```

297. Two guests

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God is an uninvited guest;

Yet

He always comes.

Immortality is always an invited guest;

Yet

She never comes.

Our heart-flower loves the uninvited guest.

Our soul-bud loves the invited guest. ```

298. I shall be with God

```

Let my world sink.

I shall think of God.

Let my world die.

I shall fly with God.

Let my world achieve.

I shall stay with God.

Let my world become.

I shall be with God. ```

299. No point in resisting

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No point in resisting.

God is bound to come in.

No point in insisting.

Your pride will leave you someday

Without fail.

No point in doubting.

God is unmistakably yours.

Yours is the birthright,

Perfection-light. ```

300. He who woke up

```

He who woke up

Saw the blue face of God.

He who saw the blue face of God

Became the gold heart of God.

He who became the gold heart of God

Is Eternity’s cry and Infinity’s smile. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,The Wings of Light, part 6, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1974
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