When I remember God’s Smiles

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When I remember

God’s Smiles,

He gives me His Heart

And His All. ```

2.

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My heart-awakening

Entirely depends on

God’s Compassion-Beckoning.

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3.

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God the Silence-Heart

Has no substitute. ```

4.

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There is nothing

That can be

Beyond the reach

Of our aspiration-heart. ```

5.

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Patience-wisdom

Has no equal. ```

6.

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The moment I think of

God’s Feet,

My heart becomes all joy

And all gratitude. ```

7.

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God’s Compassion-Eye

Tells me to buy

Only a non-stop, one-way ticket

To God’s Heart-Home. ```

8.

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God’s Compassion-Eye

And my aspiration-heart —

May these two be inseparable.

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9.

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Quite often,

Opportunities

Are short-lived.

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10.

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Unfortunately,

Each opportunity

Has an expiration date.

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11.

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Regain, regain,

O my mind,

Your long-lost faith

In God. ```

12.

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My heart-cries

Humanity can ignore,

But not

My Beloved Lord Supreme. ```

13.

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My heart’s climbing flames

Can never be described

Adequately.

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14.

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My heart always

Worships God,

But my mind shamelessly

Disregards God. ```

15.

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The human mind

Is unpredictable —

Nay, unreliable.

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16.

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A Godward heart

Knows

No backward glance.

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17.

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God the Compassion

We always see. ```

18.

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God the Satisfaction

Is still a very far cry. ```

19.

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God-obedience

Is not frightening

But fulfilling

And enlightening. ```

20.

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Spirituality is not my claim.

My claim is self-giving. ```

21.

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To please the Supreme

Daily,

I must serve His Creation

Untiringly. ```

22.

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Wherever I go,

God’s Compassion-Eye

Precedes me.

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23.

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Wherever I go,

God’s Forgiveness-Heart

Follows me.

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24.

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True, I aim at perfection,

But I aim at the perfection

That is ever-transcending.

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25.

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I want freedom,

A spiritual kind of freedom:

The freedom to enjoy

God’s Heart-Kicks

Sleeplessly.

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26.

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Be fortified

Within.

Instantly glorified

You will be

Without.

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27.

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Darkness fights light.

Light illumines darkness. ```

28.

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My slowness

God does not mind,

But my unwillingness

God does mind. ```

29.

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The mind browses.

The heart chooses. ```

30.

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The mind loves to

Disregard.

The heart loves to

Regard. ```

31.

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The old mind

Without fail

Needs a new heart.

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32.

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God’s Compassion

I love. ```

33.

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God’s Justice

I need. ```

34.

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Every day

God helps me rewrite

His Life-Stories.

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35.

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Alas, my life is in between

The heartless world

And the heedless Heaven.

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36.

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Who is the luckiest?

Not necessarily

The nearest.

Needless to say,

Not the farthest.

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37.

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Who is the luckiest, then?

He who lives on earth

Only for God-Interest.

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38.

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The human in me

Loves reconciliation

With God.

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39.

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The divine in me

Loves union

With God.

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40.

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I am proud of my mind

When it does not doubt God. ```

41.

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I am proud of my heart

When it does not fear God. ```

42.

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I am proud of myself

When I do not delay God. ```

43.

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My Lord,

Do make me ready

To pray to You.

“No, My child,

I want to make you ready

To play with Me.”

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44.

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The unknown God

Is the Safekeeper

Of my golden dreams.

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45.

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The unknowable God

Is the Fulfiller

Of my golden dreams.

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46.

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Quantity-possession-lover

I was. ```

47.

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Quality-selection-lover

I now am. ```

48.

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Newness-lover

The mind is. ```

49.

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Oneness-lover

The heart is. ```

50.

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When God comes to visit

My mind-home,

I am terrified.

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51.

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When God comes to visit

My heart-home,

I am electrified —

I dance ecstasy-dance. ```

52.

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The more my hands

Please God,

The more God

Pleases my heart. ```

53.

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Four miracles:

My mind does not find

Anything wrong with God.

My mind is

Befriending God.

My mind is fully prepared

To fight for God.

My mind wants to live

Only for God,

Only for God alone. ```

54.

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I blame

God’s big World. ```

55.

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God claims

My tiny world. ```

56.

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I torture God’s World

In season and out of season. ```

57.

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God treasures my world

In all seasons. ```

58.

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Each error is a stepping stone,

Not a breaking leg. ```

59.

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To dream of God

Is to fly in the sky

Of Infinity.

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60.

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I want to be self-giving

And not self-enraptured. ```

61.

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The God-captured seekers

Can never be

Self-enraptured.

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62.

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Each smile of my heart

Is a God-Heart-Kingdom

Entry visa.

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63.

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It is not God’s Justice-Light

But His Compassion-Height

That halts our life-breath.

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64.

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When my Lord comes to see me,

He loves only one thing:

My heart’s silence-room.

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65.

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I do not want to be

Bodiless;

I want to be

Timeless. ```

66.

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Each vision

Is the beauty

Of God’s Cosmic Dance.

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67.

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I came into the world

Not only to realise

The Unimaginable

But also to become

The Unimaginable.

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68.

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The mind

Loves the power

Of “No.”

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69.

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The heart

Loves the bliss

Of “Yes.”

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70.

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Abnormality and spirituality

Are two perfect strangers. ```

71.

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Unlike the great,

The good can meet the great

At any time.

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72.

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The mind can dictate,

But its authority is limited. ```

73.

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The evolving man has yet

Considerable animal in him. ```

74.

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Each uplifting thought

Is a fast,

God-approaching force.

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75.

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Our divinity is beyond time,

Yet it takes birth again and again

In the heart of time.

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76.

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Our God-crying hearts

Connect us with the highest reality

Deep within.

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77.

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My ignorance-teacher

Commands. ```

78.

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My knowledge-teacher

Directs. ```

79.

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My wisdom-teacher

Whispers. ```

80.

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God’s secret and sacred Joy

Is His Silence. ```

81.

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Perfection is needed

Long before

The Hour of God

Strikes. ```

82.

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God does not expect me

To be a paragon of virtue.

He wants me only

To drive His willingness-wagon. ```

83.

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The human life entangles.

The divine life disentangles

And also carries us to God

For a God-Embrace. ```

84.

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When I aspire

For God-union,

God wants me to claim

His Dominion

As my own.

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85.

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God wants me to be

A fount of peace

And not

A mount of power. ```

86.

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God’s Eye-Beauty

I drink. ```

87.

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God’s Heart-Fragrance

I devour. ```

88.

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The visible God

Plays with us. ```

89.

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The invisible God

Directs us. ```

90.

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The visible God

Is made of Power. ```

91.

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The invisible God

Is made of Bliss. ```

92.

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We adore

The visible God. ```

93.

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We love

The invisible God. ```

94.

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The visible God

Is near and far. ```

95.

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The invisible God

Is sweet and intimate. ```

96.

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The visible God

Quite often thunders. ```

97.

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The invisible God

Always whispers. ```

98.¹

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A rising cry is needed

To see the invisible God.

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WRGS 98. Note: possibly, this verse was meant to be "A rising cry is needed to see the visible God."↩

99.

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An increasing silence is needed

To imagine the invisible God. ```

100.

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The visible God

Examines me. ```

101.

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The invisible God

Passes me. ```

102.

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The visible God tells me,

“Wake up!” ```

103.

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The invisible God tells me,

“Climb up.” ```

104.

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The visible God tells me,

“Speed up.” ```

105.

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The invisible God tells me,

“Shape up.” ```

106.

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The questioning mind

Is usually afraid

Of the visible God.

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107.

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The questioning mind

Is totally unaware

Of the invisible God.

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108.

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Two most favourite photos

That I dearly cherish:

One is of God

Kicking my mind,

And the other is of God

Embracing my heart. ```

109.

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My eye-weeping exercise

And my heart-crying exercise:

These are the two special exercises

That in the small hours of the morning

I take.

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110.

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A brother of the heart

Knows no stranger. ```

111.

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We must breathe in

Sincerity

And breathe out

Intensity. ```

112.

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Poise within,

Courage without. ```

113.

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Choice within,

Voice without. ```

114.

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Only God’s infinite Grace

Can help you escape

Your past.

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115.

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There shall definitely come a time

When we will stop failing

The Message

Of God’s Compassion-Eye. ```

116.

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Every day I compose

A new gratitude-heart-song

For my Lord Beloved Supreme.

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117.

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Loneliness I feel

Only when I miss

The Nearness of God.

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118.

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May humanity’s love for God

Be absolutely genuine

And certain.

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119.

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We baffle the mind

When we look to a new adviser:

The heart.

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120.

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A purity-flooded mind:

Not only possible,

But inevitable!

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121.

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May my heart’s

Devotion-tears for God

Grow and glow every day.

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122.

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The aspiration-flames

Awaken and illumine

The human in us.

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123.

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The desire-fire

Ruthlessly burns us

From all directions.

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124.

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God loves

My God-eagerness-breath

More than anything else.

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125.

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Yesterday my life

Was a God-prayer-start.

Today my life

Is a God-lover-heart. ```

126.

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Disobedience

Is a God-Smile-lost experience. ```

127.

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A gratitude-heart

Is flooded with God-Ecstasy

Within and without.

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128.

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Compassion

Is God’s twenty-four-hour

Man-illumination-service.

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129.

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God’s first and last Request

To humanity:

“Never give up!”

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130.

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Today I am

A man-plant-dream-experience.

Tomorrow I shall become

A God-Tree-Reality-realisation. ```

131.

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When I look at a green field,

I feel very young and sure. ```

132.

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When I look at a beautiful garden,

I feel very soulful and pure. ```

133.

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When I look at the blue sky,

I feel very close to God,

My Lord Beloved Supreme.

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134.

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In the morning

I deeply enjoy

Nature’s beauty.

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135.

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During the entire day

I proudly enjoy

My life’s divine duty.

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136.

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At night I become

The joy of God’s Heart

And the pride of God’s Breath.

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137.

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My life is my constant

God-fulfilment-promise. ```

138.

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Time steals away

Our outer possessions. ```

139.

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Time brings us

The inner wealth. ```

140.

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God lives

On my aspiration-tears

And my gratitude-smiles.

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141.

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God’s unconditional

Compassion-River-Eye

Carries away all the tears

Of my heart. ```

142.

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God deeply treasures

Even our belated gratitude. ```

143.

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Who is truly free?

Only a oneness-heart-God-lover. ```

144.

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As no goal is insignificant,

Even so, no effort is negligible. ```

145.

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Finally

I have surrendered to God

The heavy burden

Of my pride-choice. ```

146.

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My mind can be quite often

Anti-God,

But my heart is always

Pro-God. ```

147.

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The old way was to build.

The new way is to break.

The God-Way is a oneness-embrace.

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148.

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My Lord,

I shall always sing

Your supreme Glories

No matter what my fate

Brings me.

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149.

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My God-surrender

Is my only

Insecurity-conqueror.

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150.

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Be silent!

God the Compassion-Height

Is fast approaching us.

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151.

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Be careful!

God the Justice-Light

Is not going to forgive us

This time. ```

152.

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A God-surrendered life

Lives all the time

In sunny days.

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153.

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We please both God and man

By walking, marching and running,

Not by idling and not by talking.

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154.

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God’s Love lives

In all human beings,

But His Love thrives

Only in a few. ```

155.

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Disobedience

Is at once

Heartless and goalless.

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156.

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God the Eternal Dreamer and Lover

Lives between a tiny cradle

And a huge grave

Before He carries humanity

To His Golden Shore.

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157.

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At long last

I was able to escape

My doubt-prison.

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158.

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God-doubters

Will have to change

One day.

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159.

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God-lovers

Can be perfect

Any day.

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160.

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When I am in my mind,

Stupidity lives with me. ```

161.

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When I am in my heart,

God Himself breathes

In and through me.

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162.

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Only an unwavering God-faith

Can shatter the clutter

Of a doubting mind.

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163.

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The bridge between

My God-realisation-hope

And my God-fulfilment-promise

Is very short. ```

164.

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God’s heart-Garden

And my life’s mind-jungle

Beckon me at the same time.

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165.

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Not my earth-friendship

But my Heaven-friendship

Is a huge shelter-tree.

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166.

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My heart-friend

Helps me to enjoy

The beauty of life.

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167.

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My life-enemies

Help me to climb up

The perfection-tree.

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168.

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Fear can never see

The face of joy. ```

169.

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Fear can never feel

The heart of satisfaction. ```

170.

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A tidal wave of grace

Can easily take away

Our mind’s impurity

In the twinkling of an eye. ```

171.

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A tidal wave of grace

Can bring God’s Affection,

Sweetness and Fondness for us

Sooner than at once. ```

172.

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There are so many ways

To pray to God!

There are so many ways

To please God!

Each seeker must receive the Message

From deep within —

Which way to choose.

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173.

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Joy is another name

For progress. ```

174.

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The outer light

Chases darkness. ```

175.

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The inner light

Illumines darkness. ```

176.

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Each gratitude-breath

Of our heart

Gives God tremendous joy.

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177.

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Aspiration

Is a climbing cry

Of our God-loving heart.

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178.

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For a real God-seeker

And God-lover,

There is only one victory,

And this victory is to claim

God’s entire Creation

As one’s own,

Very own.

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179.

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Soulfulness, newness, oneness and fullness:

These are the most significant branches

Of our life’s God-aspiration

And God-dedication-tree. ```

180.

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Devotion intensifies

Our love of God

Much faster than anything else.

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181.

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To surrender to God’s Will

At every moment

Is the only thing

That a seeker must practise

To please God

In His own Way. ```

182.

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Every day, every hour,

Every minute, every second,

A sincere seeker

Must try to increase

His love of God.

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183.

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If we wish to enter into

God’s Heart-Room,

Then sincerity

Is of paramount importance. ```

184.

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Enthusiasm in the mind

Has a very short breath,

But enthusiasm in the heart

Lasts long, very, very long.

Enthusiasm is success and progress

At every moment. ```

185.

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If there is abundant purity

In the mind, in the vital

And in the body,

Then the seeker can easily make

The fastest progress

In the spiritual life. ```

186.

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We can claim God

To be our All

Only if we can remain

All the time

In our heart.

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187.

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We can have peace

Only after we have placed

Everything

That we claim to be ours

At God’s Feet.

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188.

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If we have a constant

Spirituality-hunger,

Then we can enjoy

Divinity-meal. ```

189.

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Self-giving seekers

Are God’s

Most favourite children.

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190.

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If we have adamantine determination,

Then we can realise God

Much faster then otherwise.

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191.

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Eagerness

Shortens the road

To our destination.

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192.

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A soulfulness-heart

Receives from God

His Heart’s Fulness-Smile.

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193.

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The more humility

We have in our life,

The sooner God knocks

At our heart-door. ```

194.

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Our faith in God

Is not to help us become

Another Alexander the Great.

Our faith in God

Is to help us become

God’s fondest child.

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195.

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God becomes extremely proud of us

Only when we pray to Him

To bless us

With His infinite Compassion

So that we can live a life

Of absolute perfection

And please Him

In His own Way. ```

196.

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We must not allow the mind

To tell us

What the truth is.

We must ask only our heart

To tell us

What the truth is,

Because only our heart lives

In the Heart of God’s own Truth. ```

197.

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A forgiveness-heart

Is surrounded by

All the happiness

Of the world. ```

198.

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Doubt

Is a most ruthless

Destroyer.

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199.

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For the mind

To doubt the heart

Is an act of inner treachery.

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200.

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An inner movement

Is a higher achievement. ```

201.

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An inner cry

Is a brighter smile. ```

202.

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Each desireless action

Is a peerless satisfaction. ```

203.

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The mind’s unfoldment

Is the heart’s fulfilment. ```

204.

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Each divine song

Is a soulful love-fruit. ```

205.

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A seeker’s surrender-smile

Is his life’s fastest run. ```

206.

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Hope

Is at once

My sleepless

And guileless friend. ```

207.

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Anguish and ecstasy

Are two immediate neighbours. ```

208.

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Conflict and despair

Are two immediate friends. ```

209.

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Dream nourishes us.

Vision satisfies us. ```

210.

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An unreceptive mind

Means a defective life. ```

211.

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Flattery will always remain

Cleverly illusory. ```

212.

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The beginning of the Real

Is at every second. ```

213.

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God enjoys equality.

Let me at least

Enjoy quality.

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214.

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A heart of God-surrender

Is not only very deep

But also sweet,

Very sweet. ```

215.

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God’s Compassion-Glance

Lasts

In the joy

Of my heart-home. ```

216.

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God’s Golden Boat

Carries

My gratitude-heart

With tremendous joy and pride. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,When I remember God’s Smiles, Agni Press, 2011
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