God’s Magnet-Eye
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AspirationThe fragrance of God’s Heart.<html></div></html>
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AttachmentThe forest-thorn-mind.<html></div></html>
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BeautyGod’s magnet-Eye.<html></div></html>
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BlissBeyond within.<html></div></html>
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ConcentrationThe sad failure Of the present mind-power-plant.<html></div></html>
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ConsciousnessGod’s fondest doll.<html></div></html>
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ContemplationA reality not easily attained, But not ultimately unattainable.<html></div></html>
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DeathA frequent challenger of life.<html></div></html>
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DedicationGod started to play a Game. He wants His children to join Him.<html></div></html>
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DestinationMan’s transformation-smile; God’s Satisfaction-Dance.<html></div></html>
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DetachmentThe garden-flower-soul.<html></div></html>
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DevotionA book of no interest To humanity.<html></div></html>
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DreamSomething that keeps God Sleeplessly and breathlessly occupied.<html></div></html>
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FreedomMan’s God-dependence-hunger.<html></div></html>
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FriendshipA dream that eludes reality.<html></div></html>
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GoalGod’s Heart-Eye-Lustre-Flood.<html></div></html>
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GodMan’s mind-hallucination-exit; Man’s life-illumination-entrance.<html></div></html>
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GratitudeThe slow, slower and slowest Century-production.<html></div></html>
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HarmonyThe complete transformation Of heart-agony.<html></div></html>
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HeartGod’s Arrival-preparation-room.<html></div></html>
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IgnoranceMan’s self-hypnotism-practice.<html></div></html>
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ImaginationTomorrow’s life-tree In today’s mind-seed.<html></div></html>
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ImmortalityThe proper use of a moment.<html></div></html>
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ImpurityAn incurable mind-disease.<html></div></html>
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IngratitudeSomething that we unconsciously enjoy And consciously deny.<html></div></html>
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InsecurityThe undying breath Of all world citizens.<html></div></html>
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IntuitionThe fastest will-power-plane To the Destination.<html></div></html>
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KnowledgeA half-hearted competitor With ignorance.<html></div></html>
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LifeThe ultimate winner Over death.<html></div></html>
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LoveGod’s Heart-Dance-Ecstasy.<html></div></html>
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ManToday’s imperfection-story; Tomorrow’s perfection-song.<html></div></html>
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ManifestationThe bridge that invariably unites God’s exasperation And man’s frustration.<html></div></html>
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MindThe ignorance-cancer-patient.<html></div></html>
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ObedienceMan’s only divine and supreme Gift to God That satisfies God in His own Way.<html></div></html>
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OnenessA dream that is a reality-beggar.<html></div></html>
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PatienceThe real failure-conqueror.<html></div></html>
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PeaceGod’s next Act.<html></div></html>
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PerfectionA cry from man’s Heart-cottage-home; A Smile from God’s Heart-Palace-Kingdom.<html></div></html>
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PurityThe gasping breath of the heart.<html></div></html>
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RealisationGod’s vacation-pleasure In a seeker’s heart-country.<html></div></html>
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SatisfactionThe only real hide-and-seek game On earth.<html></div></html>
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SimplicityGod’s Originality-Mind.<html></div></html>
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SincerityThe most difficult foreign language That mankind studies.<html></div></html>
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SoulGod’s Dream-Blossom-Promise.<html></div></html>
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SpiritualitySelf-embarrassment, So says my mind; Self-enlightenment, So feels my heart.<html></div></html>
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SummitThe depth-reversal.<html></div></html>
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SurrenderPast, present, future Invincibility.<html></div></html>
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TemptationThe link between Today’s flood-rapture And Tomorrow’s volcano-torture.<html></div></html>
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VisionGod’s Self-Transcendence-Song.<html></div></html>
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WisdomThe adviser and transformer Of ignorance-night.<html></div></html>
Editor's note
On 19 October 1995, Sri Chinmoy offered these definitions or ‘mappings’ of fifty qualities, attributes and states of consciousness. Some are positive, while others are negative. These definitions express Sri Chinmoy’s philosophy in a highly condensed and intrinsically poetic form.