Here and now
1.1
HERE and NOWI must realise
That God's Cosmic Plans
Are neither inexplicable
Nor mysterious.
HN 1-20. 30 May 2000, Canadian Parliament, Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.↩
2.
HERE and NOWI must realise
That God is very simple
And very easy to love —
Like a flower or a child.
3.
HERE and NOWI must realise
That this world
Is not God's Jugglery
And not God's Luxury,
But His Treasury.
4.
HERE and NOWI must prepare my life
To be submerged
In the ocean of bliss,
Like my soul —
The God-representative on earth.
5.
HERE and NOWI must feel that at every moment,
Out of His infinite Bounty,
My Lord Supreme is breathing me
Into His Heart.
6.
I plead with GodTo give me a little more time.
God says, "No, My child, no!
HERE and NOW."
7.
To my greatest delight,HERE and NOW
I unmistakably see
That God is coming towards me,
Unannounced and unescorted.
8.
HERE and NOWI must realise
That every human being
Is endowed with the capacity
To be a towering lighthouse
In the darkness-night
Of the present-day world.
9.
HERE and NOWI must develop the capacity
To see that each human being
Is a bridge-builder
Between the inner aspiration-heart
And the outer dedication-life.
10.
HERE and NOW,And not hereafter —
This must be the code
Of my life.
11.
Not hereafter,But HERE and NOW,
This loftiest realisation
Has dawned on me:
To lose is to gain.
I lost my puny self
Only to find my Universal Self.
12.
HERE and NOWI must realise that love of God
Is my only religion,
My only spirituality
And
My only enlightenment.
13.
HERE and NOWI learn from God
That He has reserved something
Very special
For each and every human being.
Therefore,
I must not covet.
I must not regret.
I must not object.
I must not reject.
14.
HERE and NOWI must take my God-manifestation
And
God-satisfaction-responsibilities
Most seriously.
15.
HERE and NOWI am determined to invoke
God's Blessings
To usher in the blissful dawn
Of world peace.
16.
HERE and NOWI must develop
My inseparable friendship
With sleepless vigilance
And
Dauntless concentration.
17.
If we really want world peaceTo blossom on earth,
Then we needs must value
The supreme necessity
Of spiritual survival.
No delay.
No hereafter.
HERE and NOW.
18.
I know, scores of timesI have broken
My peace-offering-promises
To the world at large.
HERE and NOW
I resume my promise,
And this time
My ceaseless love for humanity
And
My adamantine will-power
Are bound to succeed.
19.
HERE and NOWMy soul urges
All world-peace-dreamers
And world-peace-seekers
To participate in,
And not just watch,
God's Light and Delight-Manifestation
On earth.
20.
HERE and NOWLet each and every human being
Immediately respond to
God's secret and sacred
Beckoning Enthusiasm
And Encouragement-Smile.
21.2
HERE and NOWI must realise
That my unconditional surrender
To God's Will
Is the most indispensable part
Of my pleasing God.
HN 21-35. 15 June 2000, US Capitol Office Building, Washington, DC, USA.↩
22.
HERE and NOWI must realise
That my God-disobedience
Is my
Immediate and immeasurable
Aspiration-heart-failure.
23.
HERE and NOWMy breath must learn
How to breathe
The breath of the world.
24.
HERE and NOWMy heart shall learn
How to love
The heart of the world.
25.
HERE and NOWMy life must learn
How to become
The life of the world.
26.
My God-aspiration-thrill,My God-dedication-thrill
And
My God-manifestation-thrill
Are ever new and never old.
This is what I have come to learn
HERE and NOW.
27.
HERE and NOWMy solemn promise
To myself:
No more desire-slavery.
28.
HERE and NOWI shall live my life
Between my desire-banishment
And my God-attachment.
29.
Not what I wantBut what I must do
For God-satisfaction
Is the wisdom-light
Of HERE and NOW.
30.
We are deeply in loveWith the beauty
Of God the creation.
We must be deeply in love
With the duty
Of God the Creator as well —
Right from today,
HERE and NOW.
31.
HERE and NOWI have decided to offer
Only one prayer:
My Lord, do make me the lover,
Server and devourer
Of the golden dust of Your Feet.
32.
HERE and NOWThe miracle of miracles:
A cute smile of my eyes
Has brought God down
From the Ultimate Beyond.
33.
I never knew that my heart'sFleeting tears
Had such tremendous power.
HERE and NOW I clearly see
They have brought down
God Himself
With His everlasting Smiles.
34.
I love God.God loves me.
This is not a new realisation,
But HERE and NOW
I unmistakably see
That we two have
No separate existence.
35.
As I love God,Even so, He needs me.
As God loves me,
Even so, I need Him.
But HERE and NOW
I see a slight difference:
His Love and Need
Are unconditional.
So far, mine are not!
36.3
HERE and NOWI must discover my way
To God's Nectar-flooded Feet
For my God-realisation.
HN 36-55. 25 July 2000, Landmark Community Centre, Port Washington, New York, USA.↩
37.
HERE and NOWI must be fully determined
To prayerfully and soulfully accept
All God-given
Challenge-opportunities —
And never run away.
38.
HERE and NOWI must dissociate myself
From the destruction-breath
Of ignorance-night.
39.
HERE and NOWI must realise
That my heart's aspiration-thrill
Is ever new
And never grows old.
40.
HERE and NOWAn unconditional surrender-life
Is the indispensable part
Of a seeker's life
To please God in His own Way.
41.
HERE and NOWMy aspiration-heart must hasten
To the beckoning Call
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.
42.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That it is the same God
Who plays the role
Of God the Creator-Vision
And
God the creation-manifestation.
43.
HERE and NOWI must seek to know
What God's Priorities
Truly are.
44.
HERE and NOWMy heart must become
The rainbow-beauty
In the vastness-blue
Of enthusiasm-sky.
45.
HERE and NOWA seeker has to realise
That nothing can be
More illumining and fulfilling
In his life
Than his sleepless and breathless
God-obedience.
46.
HERE and NOWGod tells me that He does not want
His Power-Feet
To govern my thoughts,
But He wants His Sweetness-Heart
To embrace and lead and guide
My will.
47.
HERE and NOWI am challenging
My shameless long-lasting
Self-doubt-waves.
48.
HERE and NOWI do not have the doubting mind
That curves and swerves,
But I do have the aspiring heart
That glows and flows.
49.
HERE and NOWMy Lord Beloved Supreme
Is telling me
That my new beginning
Is my new winning.
50.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That no human being
Can ever go beyond
God's Compassion-Eye-Circle.
51.
HERE and NOWI must turn my life into
A God-devotion-heart-fragrance.
52.
HERE and NOWMy Absolute Lord Supreme
Takes away from me my mind-rock
And gives me His Heart-Diamond
In return.
53.
HERE and NOWI am resolved to keep
My God-gratitude-heart-door
Open at all hours.
54.
HERE and NOWI unmistakably see
That the world-temptation-ocean
Has no shore.
55.
HERE and NOWI clearly see
That God has come down
All the way from Heaven
To earth
To receive a cute smile
From my heart.
56.4
HERE and NOWI must worship my Lord's Feet
With my streaming heart-tears.
HN 56-88. 10 September 2000, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.↩
57.
HERE and NOWI must claim my Lord Supreme
As my own, very own.
58.
HERE and NOWI must realise that
There is no such thing
As a part-time God-seeker,
God-dreamer and God-lover.
59.
HERE and NOWI must realise that my God-love
Without my God-faith
Is no love at all.
60.
HERE and NOWI have realised that everything else
Will fail me in the end,
Save and except
My God-devotion-heart.
61.
HERE and NOWGod tells me that my relationship
With Him
Has to be always personal,
Private and confidential.
62.
HERE and NOWI am telling God that His Commands
Are my only satisfaction-fulfilments.
63.
HERE and NOWI must disappear
From the world's view
To remain only in the Heart
Of my Absolute Supreme.
64.
HERE and NOWI must make friends
With the flower-beauty
Of my blossoming heart.
65.
HERE and NOWGod wants His Heart to be
The Home
Of my aspiration-cries.
66.
HERE and NOWMay my aspiration-dreams
Make my life a faith-citadel.
67.
HERE and NOWI must make my aspiration-heart
My life's most prized possession.
68.
HERE and NOWMy soul wants to spotlight
All my
Surrender-life-stage-performances.
69.
HERE and NOWGod wants me to approach Him
With the sweetness-innocence
Of a child.
70.
HERE and NOWI must never allow my mind
To be plagued
By countless doubts.
71.
HERE and NOWGod wants me to forget
All my faults.
He wants me to remember only
My God-gratitude-heart.
72.
God tells me,"HERE and NOW!"
I tell God,
"Please, please give me
A little more time."
73.
HERE and NOWI want my life to be
In between
My aspiration-ascent
And
God's Satisfaction-Descent.
74.
HERE and NOWMay God's Compassion-Nectar-Eye
Engulf my aspiration-heart-tears.
75.
HERE and NOWI clearly see
That God's Compassion-Heart
Accomplishes everything
For me.
76.
HERE and NOWMy gratitude-heart-tears
And smiles
Are the most exciting things
For God.
77.
HERE and NOWI clearly see that God
Does not want anybody to guard
The aspiration-flames
Of my heart-shrine.
He Himself wants to do it.
78.
HERE and NOWMay the beauty and divinity
Of faith
Surround my life all the time.
79.
Who will write God's BiographyHERE and NOW?
Not my aspiration-heart,
Not my service-life,
But my gratitude-breath-tears.
80.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That my surrender to God's Will
Has no problem left to solve.
81.
HERE and NOWI must see that God's Love
Reverberates
In my God-oneness-heart.
82.
HERE and NOWI must make a solemn promise
To myself
To listen to God's daily Broadcast.
83.
HERE and NOWI must not only enjoy
But become
The nectar-dust of God's Feet.
84.
HERE and NOWI must start marching
Towards my own heart-home.
85.
HERE and NOWI realise that Eternity
Is too short
For me to please God
In His own Way.
86.
HERE and NOWI unmistakably see
That each new peace nation
Is a new
God-satisfaction-blossom.
87.
HERE and NOWGod embraces my surrender-heart
And commands me
To go forward, to fly upward
And to dive inward.
88.
HERE and NOWGod and I are saying
The same thing to each other:
"Do not forget me."
Note
89.5
HERE and NOWI need only one thing:
God's Absolute Will.
HN 89-122. 23 September 2000, Molson Centre, Montreal, Canada.↩
90.
HERE and NOWI must come to realise
That my unconditional God-surrender
Succeeds
When everything else fails.
91.
HERE and NOWI want my gratitude-heart
To prayerfully devour
God's Compassion-Eye,
God's Forgiveness-Heart
And His All.
92.
HERE and NOWI clearly see that
God may play hide-and-seek
With my love and devotion,
But never
With my complete surrender.
93.
HERE and NOWMy sole promise to God
Is to fulfil
God's each and every Dream.
94.
HERE and NOWMy heart must develop
A keen interest in everything
That is of God,
And my life must develop
A keen interest in everything
That is for God.
95.
HERE and NOWI must increase, and ever increase,
The beauty
Of my God-sincerity-mind
And the fragrance
Of my God-purity-heart.
96.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise that
Surrender means a hungry heart
For the nectar-dust of God's Feet.
97.
HERE and NOWI have discovered
My sleepless and breathless
Love-devotion-surrender:
The only way to cure
All God's headaches.
98.
HERE and NOWMy supreme discovery:
When my heart is all soulfulness,
God is God's Fulness-Embrace.
99.
HERE and NOWI must command my mind
To unlearn
All its doubt-suspicion-
Jungle-stories.
100.
HERE and NOWI say to my Lord Supreme:
I can establish
My sleepless and breathless
God-oneness.
My Lord Supreme says to me:
"You have already done it,
My child."
101.
HERE and NOWI have come to learn that
My God-readiness,
God-willingness
And God-eagerness
Are God's immediate neighbours.
102.
HERE and NOW,By virtue of my prayer-life
And my meditation-heart,
I shall get the best view
Of my Lord's Feet.
103.
HERE and NOWGod tells me to remember
Only one thing:
He is never too busy for me
Or for anybody on earth.
104.
HERE and NOWNo, not even an iota
Of God-disobedience
Has any place
In my spiritual life.
105.
HERE and NOWGod tells me that
The heart-gardens
Of the God-seekers
Are His most favourite places
To vacation.
106.
HERE and NOWI clearly see that God's
Compassion-Forgiveness-Days
Have Eternity's Life.
107.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise that
God-manifestation
Is not a one-mile run,
But Eternity's ever-increasing miles.
108.
HERE and NOWIf I make my heart
An ever-transcending flame
For God-realisation,
Then God alone will wipe the tears
Of my long, very long,
Unaspiring years.
109.
HERE and NOWI must become
A sleepless God-adoration-mind,
God-devotion-heart
And God-dedication-life.
110.
HERE and NOWI have discovered
That my life is in between
My weeping heart
And
God's forgiving Heart.
111.
HERE and NOWI have warned the desire-worlds
To stop running
After me.
112.
HERE and NOWI have made a solemn promise
To myself,
That although it is
An endlessly long voyage
From my puny self
To God's boundless Self,
I shall, without fail, complete it.
113.
HERE and NOWI am all determination
To bravely tear asunder
The iron curtain
Of ignorance-night.
114.
HERE and NOWGod tells me that
He loves my aspiration-cries
And devotion-throbs
Infinitely more
Than I can ever imagine.
115.
HERE and NOWI have taken a solemn oath
That I shall not jump into
The God-disobedience-
Calamity-whirlpool,
Never!
116.
HERE and NOWI am being cradled
By God's unconditional Grace
And His omnipotent Will.
117.
HERE and NOWI want to become
The ever-blossoming beauty
Of a silence-sea-heart.
118.
HERE and NOWI promise to become
A ceaseless
God-victory
Messenger-boy.
119.
HERE and NOWGod wants me to strike
My life's transformation-gong
And play
My heart's nectar-flute.
120.
HERE and NOWMy latest discovery:
When I do not soulfully pray
And do not self-givingly meditate,
I helplessly find myself
In a crowded, noisy
And utterly godless mind-subway.
121.
HERE and NOWMy new discovery:
Sweet is my Lord's Eye,
Sweeter is my Lord's Heart,
Sweetest is the dust
Of my Lord's Feet.
122.
Every dayGod blesses me
With His own Motto:
"HERE and NOW."
123.6
HERE and NOWI have just cancelled
My desire-land-journey.
HN 123-132. 7 October 2000, Old Pine Street Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.↩
124.
HERE and NOWI must conquer my mind's
Frustration-exasperations.
125.
HERE and NOWI have made a solemn promise:
I shall never, never enter
Into my mind's
God-disobedience-country.
126.
HERE and NOWI must love and serve
God the Supreme Guest
Devotedly, soulfully, self-givingly
And sleeplessly.
127.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That from God's Compassion-Eye
Every human being has
His own infallible origin.
128.
HERE and NOWI unmistakably feel
That God's Desire-Heart
To please mankind
Is infinitely stronger
Than mankind's desire-heart
To please God.
129.
HERE and NOWMy God-worshipping heart-tears
Must reach God's Golden Shore
Of the ever-transcending Beyond.
130.
HERE and NOWI must offer
All my heart's aspiration-tears
And
All my life's gratitude-smiles
To my Absolute Lord Supreme.
131.
HERE and NOWI must keep
A soulful and prayerful eye
On all God's
World-transformation-actions.
132.
HERE and NOWWith my God-devotion-tears
I must row my life-boat
To God's Nectar-Heart-Harbour.
Note
133.7
HERE and NOWI have come to learn
That God's Compassion
Is my only heart-compass.
HN 133-162. 21 October 2000, Xcel Energy Centre, St, Paul, Minnesota, USA.↩
134.
HERE and NOWI ask God:
My Lord,
Where can I find You?
"My child,
Inside My Blessing-Eye-Smiles."
135.
HERE and NOWGod asks me:
"My child,
Where can I find you?"
My Lord,
Inside my gratitude-heart-tears.
136.
HERE and NOWGod asks me
To come out of my mind's
Insecurity-cave
And show Him my heart's
Most powerful
Light-delight sea-waves.
137.
HERE and NOWI have come to learn that
Only at God's choice Hour
The mind retires for good
And the heart aspires
Throughout Eternity.
138.
HERE and NOWMy soul wants me
To put an end to humanity's
Widespread inner peace-starvation.
139.
HERE and NOWGod tells me never to enjoy
Prayer and meditation-holidays
If I want to remain
A choice soldier of His
For His full manifestation
On earth.
140.
HERE and NOWGod kindles in me
Limitless aspiration-heart-flames
To clasp His Divinity's Feet.
141.
HERE and NOWWhen I give God my possessions:
Devotion-tears,
God gives me His Possessions:
Nectar-Embraces.
142.
HERE and NOWI have thrown my open heart
Into God's
Compassion-flooded Eye.
143.
HERE and NOWMy sleepless God-obedience
Has conquered
All my inner enemies.
To name a few —
Pride, insecurity, fear and doubt.
144.
HERE and NOWGod tells me that it is quite easy
To satisfy and please Him.
He advises me to take every day
Just a few aspiration-steps,
Dedication-steps
And devotion-steps
Towards my ultimate Goal:
His universal Fulfilment.
145.
HERE and NOWGod tells me:
"Cry not like a beggar
For your own liberation.
Smile and strive,
And strive and smile
Like a hero supreme
For My complete manifestation
Here on earth."
146.
HERE and NOWI must terminate
My long-standing friendship
With ignorance-night.
147.
HERE and NOWI must become
A fathomless
God-faith-reservoir.
148.
HERE and NOWI must resolve
To take each and every day
As a God-service-day.
149.
HERE and NOWMy crying breath
And streaming tears
Must enter into
God's Heart-Room.
150.
HERE and NOWI must totally break
My ego-horn
Into millions of pieces.
151.
HERE and NOWI must push myself
Most powerfully
To reach a new
God-satisfaction-height.
152.
HERE and NOWI must dauntlessly stop
Impossibility
From blocking my Godward way.
153.
HERE and NOWI must offer
My gratitude-heart-present
To God.
154.
HERE and NOWI must end all my
Desire-tiger-attacks.
155.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That only when I end
My pride-exhibit
God will begin
His Pride-Parade.
What for?
Just to bless and crown me.
156.
HERE and NOWI give God what I have:
My weeping heart.
And God gives me what He is:
His Smiling Eye.
157.
HERE and NOWGod tells me
That I can turn my head
Away from Him
If I want to.
But He will never allow me
To turn my heart
Away from Him.
158.
HERE and NOWAll the desire-worlds
Have ceased
Running after me.
159.
HERE and NOWI have come to learn
That everything of mine
God loves,
But He loves
My devotion-heart-throbs
Infinitely more.
160.
HERE and NOWI must cast aside
The tears
Of my unaspiring days.
161.
HERE and NOWGod tells me
That He can never be too busy
For His Heart-bound children.
162.
HERE and NOWGod makes my God-realisation-hope
Stronger
And my God-manifestation-promise
Clearer.
163.8
HERE and NOWI must claim God's ambrosial Feet
As my own,
Very own.
HN 163-202. 30 October 2000, Reykjavik University Theatre, Reykjavik, Iceland.↩
164.
HERE and NOWGod is telling me
That He will before long
Visit my heart-temple.
I must keep it
Absolutely immaculate.
165.
HERE and NOWMy heart's aspiration-surge
Is carrying me
To God's Heart-Garden.
166.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That my surrender to God's Will
Is the only one-way street
To perpetual happiness.
167.
HERE and NOWI must develop
A sky-blue vastness-heart
To embrace all humanity
To manifest God's Will
On earth.
168.
HERE and NOWThe human in me
Must bathe every day
In God's Forgiveness-Heart-Sea.
169.
HERE and NOWMy human life must take shelter
Under God's Forgiveness-Tree.
170.
HERE and NOWGod is blessing me
With thunderous applause
For my self-doubt-conquest.
171.
HERE and NOWI must start obeying
The dictates
Of my Pilot Supreme.
172.
HERE and NOWI must become
A concentration-mind-seeker.
173.
HERE and NOWI must become
A meditation-heart-builder.
174.
HERE and NOWI must become
A dedication-life-enjoyer.
175.
HERE and NOWI myself must become
A problem-solution-warrior.
176.
HERE and NOWI must develop the eagerness
To feel desperate urgency
To fulfil God's Will
Every single day.
177.
HERE and NOWI must develop
The eagerness-capacity
To faithfully follow God's Will
All-where, always.
178.
HERE and NOWI must capsize
My world-conquering
Ambition-boat.
179.
HERE and NOWI have come to learn
That God wants me
To transform my limitations
Into God-satisfaction-perfections
And not demolish them altogether.
180.
HERE and NOWWith my soul's indomitable will
I shall flood my heart
With inner sunshine.
181.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
The difference between
My mind and my heart:
My mind delights in ignoring God;
My heart delights in seeking God.
182.
HERE and NOWI must develop
An intense eagerness
To feel my God-realisation
As a pressing necessity.
183.
HERE and NOWI must devour
The nectar-harvest
Of my God-realisation-soul.
184.
HERE and NOWMy mind must bloom
And
My heart must blossom
In the depths of soundless silence.
185.
HERE and NOWTo my greatest joy
I see the Power-Sun
Of the Beyond
Shining upon me.
186.
HERE and NOWI must become
The perfect satisfaction
Of God's
Full manifestation-examination
On earth.
187.
HERE and NOWMy soul is commanding me
To climb up
My soul's ever-transcending pole.
188.
HERE and NOWMy Lord's solemn Promise:
Before long He will carry me over
All the anxiety-worry-seas.
189.
HERE and NOWGod is telling me
That He will always reserve
A sunny place
For my cheerful face.
190.
HERE and NOWFinally I have realised
That my heart needs
Only one power to realise God:
Gratitude,
Abundant gratitude,
Gratitude infinite.
191.
HERE and NOWI clearly see
That there are many roads
To arrive at the Goal,
But the absolutely shortest road
Is the heart-road.
192.
HERE and NOWGod tells me
That He never fails to perform
His special Task every day:
He watches me
And He catches me
Just before I fall.
193.
HERE and NOWGod tells me that I must believe
In His Sincerity
When He tells me that He has
Implicit Faith in my ability.
194.
HERE and NOWI must inspire
The hero-warrior-souls
On earth
Not to retire.
195.
HERE and NOWMy tears must cry and cry
So that I can fly
In my Beloved Lord's Heart-Sky.
196.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That there is only
One safe addiction:
My God-devotion-addiction.
197.
HERE and NOWI clearly see the difference
Between me and my God:
I love flattery
From the beginning to the end.
God loves mastery
From the beginning to the end.
198.
HERE and NOWOn the strength
Of my heart's climbing cries,
I shall enjoy
The Beauty and Fragrance
Of Heaven.
199.
HERE and NOWGod tells me
To ignore my mind
When it belittles
My heart-capacity.
200.
HERE and NOWGod tells me
To embrace my heart,
For my heart self-givingly
Worships God.
201.
HERE and NOWGod wants only one thing:
Reconciliation between
My doubting mind
And
My strangling vital.
202.
HERE and NOWGod tells my body: "Get up!"
My vital: "Stand up!"
My mind: "Grow up!"
My heart: "Look up!"
And my life: "Cheer up!"
203.9
HERE and NOWI must go forward,
Pleasing God
With every sure step.
HN 203-211. 1 November 2000, King's College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.↩
204.
HERE and NOWI must silence
My ego-mind-boxer
And
My ego-vital-wrestler.
205.
HERE and NOWI must end the length and breadth
Of my
Ignorance-stupidity-capacities.
206.
HERE and NOWI want to be
A God-listening ear
And
A God-pleasing heart.
207.
HERE and NOWGod tells me
That if I want to proclaim
His supreme Victory,
Then I must make my friendship
With patience solid.
208.
HERE and NOWI must start feeding myself
With God's
Compassion-Eye-Beauty
And with God's
Forgiveness-Heart-Fragrance.
209.
HERE and NOWNo more
The mind-fantasy-world.
More, ever more,
The God-intimacy-world.
210.
HERE and NOWI have come to realise
That each divine thought
Is an earth-awakening
And a God-Victory-ringing bell.
211.
HERE and NOWI am enjoying two things —
Secret and sacred God-whispers
And
Open and unreserved God-cheers.
Editor's note
The following poems on the theme "Here and Now" were written by Sri Chinmoy during the six-month period from 29 May to 1 November 2000. He recited many of them at various Peace Concerts in America and abroad during this time. The date and location of each Peace Concert is mentioned before each group of poems.
