Enthusiasm, part 5
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The Day I Do Not Meditate
May my blood pressure rise
The day I do not meditate.
The Day I Do Not Pray
I must eat not
The day I do not pray.
The Day I Doubt My Lord Supreme
I must sleep not
The day I doubt my Lord Supreme.
The Day I Doubt Myself
I must punch my nose
The day I doubt myself.
The Day I Do Not Care for the World
I must pull my ears
The day I do not care for the world.
The Day I Love Not, Serve Not, the World
I must bite my tongue
The day I love not,
Serve not, the world.
The Day I Lose Faith in Myself
I must hide and hide
The day I lose my faith in myself.
The Day I Love Not My Lord Supreme Only
May I get a heart attack
The day I love not my Lord Supreme only.
The Day I Speak Ill of Others
May I have a hell-experience
The day I speak ill of others.
The Day My Mind Is Empty of Thought
May I have a Heaven-experience
The day my mind is empty of thought.
The Day I Can Please My Lord Supreme
I shall sing and dance
The day I can please my Lord Supreme.
May My Love of God
May my love of God and God’s Love of me
Be proud of each other every day.
May I Find Myself Every Day
May I find myself every day
Praying and meditating
Between a peace-mountain
And a bliss-fountain.
My Heart-Beauty and My Soul-Fragrance
May my heart-beauty
And my soul-fragrance
Dine together every day.
The Outer Education
The outer education we complete.
Nobody can ever complete
The inner education.
Each Seeker Is an Unhorizoned Dream (1)
Each seeker is
An unhorizoned dream
Of God’s Vision-Eye.
The Heart of a Real God-Seeker
The heart of a real God-seeker
Is God-obedience.
A True Seeker Spends All His Time
A true seeker spends all his time
On God’s needs
And does not spend even a second
On his own needs.
God Has Opened My Eyes
God has opened my eyes.
I must open my heart.
All My Problems
All my problems are self-imposed, I know.
They all come from my life’s ignorance-flow.
Keep Aside Life-Destruction-Knife
Keep aside life-destruction-knife.
Your deceased heart will spring to life.
My Heart, I Am Watchful
My heart, my heart,
I am watchful.
You remain peaceful,
You remain blissful.
The Oldest Life upon Earth
God’s Love is the oldest life upon earth.
God’s Heart is Infinity’s birth.
Let Me Begin
Let me begin my love of God again.
Joy, joy all-where I shall be, empty of pain.
My Wisdom-Light
My wisdom-light ripens in my heart
To stop the pride of ignorance-dart.
New Year Comes; Old Year Goes
New year comes; old year goes.
Hope-promise-river flows.
Progress-delight certain!
I shall be the bliss-fountain.
Aspiration Wants to Go Up
Aspiration wants to go up
And fly for its fulfilment.
Dedication Wants to Go Around
Dedication wants to go around
And search for its fulfilment.
My Body Sleeps and My Vital Wanders
My body sleeps
And my vital wanders.
My Mind Doubts and My Heart Dreams
My mind doubts
And my heart dreams.
My Soul Flies and Flies
My soul flies and flies.
My God Whispers and Whispers
My God whispers and whispers.
All That Lives (1)
All that lives is my heart’s beauty.
All that dies is my mind’s ugliness.
One Forgiveness-Prayer-Tear (1)
One forgiveness-prayer-tear
Can stand against ten serious blunders.
My Thought Can Be Displeased with God (1)
My thought can be displeased with God,
But my feeling cannot.
When I Talk to God (1)
When I talk to God,
Man becomes jealous.
When I talk to man,
I receive a very powerful Embrace
From my Lord Supreme.
My Hope-Heart Starts (1)
My hope-heart starts.
My promise-breath completes.
My Self-Transcendence Is Blessed
My self-transcendence is blessed by
Eternity’s Silence,
Infinity’s Sound
And Immortality’s Delight.
The Tears of My Heart (1)
The tears of my heart
And the smiles of my soul
Are the footsteps
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
I Love My Soul-Commands (1)
I love my soul-commands,
I really do.
I Love My Heart-Whispers (1)
I love my heart-whispers,
I really do.
My Lord's Feet Beckon (1)
My Lord’s Feet beckon
My prayer-tears.
My Lord's Heart Beckons (1)
My Lord’s Heart beckons
My meditation-silence.
My Hope-Heart-Bloom (1)
My hope-heart-bloom
Takes me to God.
My Promise-Soul-Blossom (1)
My promise-soul-blossom
Brings God to me.
No Streaming Heart-Tears
No streaming heart-tears,
No express God-Arrival.
The Self-Mastery-Education
The self-mastery-education
Nobody can ever complete.
I Always Approach My Lord Beloved Supreme
I always approach
My Lord Beloved Supreme
On my bended knees.
Life Has No Dead End
Life has no dead end.
Life carries the promise
Of endless progress-delight.
My Lord's Compassion-Concern-Heart-Door
My Lord's Compassion-Concern-Heart-Door
Never has any lock.
God's Desire and My Desire
God’s Desire and my desire
Have the same goal: love.
Nothingness and Infinity
Nothingness and Infinity
Are the two shores
Of God’s Life Universal.
To My Greatest Surprise
To my greatest surprise,
I seek freedom
And yet I love captivity.
Alas, We All Are in Love
Alas, we all are in love
With the real stranger-thief:
Ignorance.
Death the Finite
In vain, death the finite
Tries to hide Life the Infinite.
One Forgiveness-Prayer-Tear (2)
One forgiveness-prayer-tear
Can stand against ten serious blunders.
My Thought Can Be Displeased with God (2)
My thought can be
Displeased with God,
But my feeling cannot.
When I Talk to God (2)
When I talk to God,
Man becomes jealous.
When I talk to man,
I receive a very powerful Embrace
From my Lord Supreme.
All That Lives (2)
All that lives is my heart’s beauty.
All that dies is my mind’s ugliness.
My Hope-Heart Starts (2)
My hope-heart starts.
My promise-breath completes.
The Tears of My Heart (2)
The tears of my heart
And the smiles of my soul
Are the Footsteps
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
My Lord's Feet Beckon (2)
My Lord’s Feet beckon
My prayer-tears.
My Lord's Heart Beckons (2)
My Lord’s Heart beckons
My meditation-silence.
My Hope-Heart-Bloom (2)
My hope-heart-bloom
Takes me to God.
My Promise-Soul-Blossom (2)
My promise-soul-blossom
Brings God to me.
I Love My Soul-Commands (2)
I love my soul-commands,
I really do.
I love My Heart-Whispers (2)
I love my heart-whispers,
I really do.
My Heart-Tears for God
I know, I know,
My heart-tears for God
Will never be lost
In the dust of the earth.
O My Mind-Doubts
O my mind-doubts,
I shall not cherish you any more.
You must leave me alone.
O My Heart-Fears
O my heart-fears,
I shall not shelter you any more.
You must leave me alone.
O My Life-Weaknesses
O my life-weaknesses,
I shall not carry you any more.
You must leave me alone.
My Lord, Your Flute Has Stolen
My Lord, Your Flute has stolen
The tears of my heart.
My Child, Your Songs Have Stolen
My child, your songs have stolen
The Smiles of My Eye.
God's Choice Hour Has Struck
God’s choice Hour has struck.
His Hunger-Heart has devoured
My devotion-life.
This Morning My Lord Said to Me
This morning my Lord said to me,
“My child, if you once more weep
At your unworthiness,
Never shall I visit you.
As I claim you to be My all,
Even so, you must claim Me
To be your All.”
Morning Begins
Morning begins.
I begin to pray.
God begins to give.
In silence supreme,
He gives me His All.
When My Mind Thinks of God
When my mind thinks of God,
God lightens my life-burdens.
When My Heart Prays to God
When my heart prays to God,
God removes all my life-burdens.
All Your Burdens
When I meditate on God,
God says to me,
“My child, all your burdens
Were self-imposed.”
In the Morning I Sing
In the morning I sing
With the blissfully ascending waves
Of my heart-sea.
In the Evening I Sing
In the evening I sing
With the peacefully descending waves
Of my heart-sea.
The Unaspiring Mind-Land
The unaspiring mind-land
Is a dangerous place.
Unconditional God-Surrender-Seekers
Only the unconditional
God-surrender-seekers
Receive very special lessons
From their Beloved Supreme.
Nobody Can Ever Dare
Nobody can ever dare
To take away from me
My God-Touch-thrill.
My Outer Journey Feeds My Eyes
My outer journey feeds my eyes.
My inner journey feeds my heart.
My Lord Begs Me
My Lord begs me
To harmonise my life.
I beg my Lord
To monopolise my life.
I Fear Nothing
I fear nothing.
I fear nothing save and except
My Lord’s streaming Heart-Tears.
Man Is Man's God-Forgetfulness
Man is man’s God-forgetfulness.
God is God’s man-wakefulness.
My Lord Is Asking Me
My Lord is asking me
To stop fooling myself.
He wants me to discover
My true self.
May My Lord's Eye Awaken Me
May my Lord’s Eye awaken me.
May my Lord’s Heart enlighten me.
God Appoints My Life
God appoints my life.
I disappoint His Heart.
Destroy I Must
Destroy I must
My old mind-cage.
Destroy I must
My strong earth-bondage.
I Shall Not Retire
I shall not retire, I shall not retire,
I shall not retire,
Until I expire, until I expire,
Until I expire.