1.

What is the difference
Between matter and Spirit?

Matter says:
"I have."

Spirit says:
"I am."

2.

Matter
Cries for success-sky.

Spirit
Longs for progress-sun.

3.

Matter challenges death
Only to lose.

Spirit ignores death
Only to conquer.

4.

Matter
Is
Imagination-thought.

Spirit
Is
Aspiration-will.

5.

Matter says to me:
"Look what I have."

Spirit says to me:
"Just feel what I am."

6.

Matter
Is
Humanity's noise.

Spirit
Is
Divinity's Poise.

7.

Matter serves
The divine in me.

Spirit feeds
The human in me.

8.

Matter
Is
Ignorance-monster.

Spirit
Is
Wisdom-mountain.

9.

Man entertains
Matter.

Man ascertains
Spirit.

10.

Matter
Is
Evolution-joy.

Spirit
Is
Involution-peace.

11.

With matter
I grow.

With Spirit
I glow.

12.

Matter
Is
Dormant strength solid.

Spirit
Is
The all-awakening Clarion-Call.

13.

Matter
Is
Capacity unexpressed.

Spirit
Is
Quality revealed.

14.

Matter
Is
A giant house.

Spirit
Is
A fruitful home.

15.

Matter
Is
A very slow walker.

Spirit
Is
The fastest sprinter.

16.

Matter
Needs ambition-push.

Spirit
Needs satisfaction-pull.

17.

Matter
Dampens and flattens
My enthusiasm.

Spirit
Quickens and enlightens
My enthusiasm.

18.

Matter says:
"I can,
But
I don't want to!"

Spirit says:
"I can.
Look!
I have already done."

19.

When I live in matter,
I at once become
My own funeral and burial.

When I live in Spirit,
I at once become
My journey's start
And
My journey's goal.

20.

Matter
Is
Sleeping beauty.

Spirit
Is
Daring responsibility.

21.

Matter tells me:
"Go back.
You have walked
Farther than you needed."

Spirit tells me:
"Go forward,
Go forward.
Indeed, you are meant
For the Call of the Beyond."

22.

Matter
Is
Eternity's patience-exercise.

Spirit
Is
Infinity's radiance-distribution.

23.

Every day
I am forced to listen
To matter's self-doubt-stories.

Every day
I enter into life's battlefield
To watch Spirit's
Self-conquest-power.

24.

Matter and desire-life
Are inseparable.

Spirit and aspiration-breath
Are inseparable.

25.

May my God-prayers
Envelop my matter-desire-life.

May my God-meditations
Satisfy the Spirit
In my aspiration-breath.

26.

Matter is not cognisant
Of fear.

Spirit is cognisant
Of wisdom,
Birthless and deathless.

27.

Matter and frustration
Like to live together.

Spirit and illumination
Love to live together.

28.

Matter and I
Are good talkers.

Spirit and I
Are sleepless doers.

29.

Matter
Is
My energy-stealer.

Spirit
Is
My energy-multiplier.

30.

Matter
Is
My mind's sealed room.

Spirit
Is
My heart's wide-open door.

31.

I am ashamed
Of my matter-life.

I am proud
Of my Spirit-breath.

32.

Matter
Is stubborn.

Spirit
Is ever-born.

33.

I implore matter
To care for me.

I implore Spirit
To share with me.

34.

Matter's hobby:
Evolution-stories.

Spirit's hobby:
Involution-songs.

35.

Matter needs
God-concentration
For matter's fastest progress.

Spirit needs
God-manifestation
For Spirit's fastest progress.

36.

Greatness is sufficient
For matter's satisfaction.

Greatness is not sufficient,
Even goodness
Is not sufficient;
Beyond greatness and goodness,
Only oneness —
Absolute self-transcendence-oneness —
Is sufficient
For Spirit's satisfaction.

37.

Matter
Has tremendous admiration
For the dignity of the mind.

Spirit
Has tremendous love
For the purity of the heart.

38.

Matter's giant body
I admire.

Spirit's immortal heart-breath
I implore.

39.

As I do not listen
To matter's continuous demands,
Even so, alas,
I do not listen
To Spirit's precious requests.

40.

The moment I think
Of matter,
I see my mind's sky overcast.

The moment I think
Of Spirit,
I see rainbow-smiles
Within and without.

41.

Matter
Is
Self-confinement.

Spirit
Is
Self-enlargement.

42.

When I am matter-bound,
I feel that I am
An anxiety-thorn.

When I am Spirit-free,
I feel that I am
The flower-fragrance.

43.

When I am matter-bound,
I feel that I am
A doubt-wolf.

When I am Spirit-free,
I feel that I am
A confidence-lion.

44.

When I am matter-bound,
My world within is chaotic
And
My world without is chaotic.

When I am Spirit-free,
My world within
Is harmony-song
And
My world without
Is harmony-dance.

45.

When matter moves
It really moves.

When Spirit moves
It moves,
yet
It moves not.

46.

Matter is not conscious
Of the existence-reality
Of Eternity's Silence
Or Infinity's Sound.

Eternity's Silence
And
Infinity's Sound
Spirit consciously embodies,
Reveals and manifests.

47.

Matter
Is
Self-unawareness.

Spirit
Is
Self-quest and self-conquest.

48.

Matter
Is
Self-doubt-confusion.

Spirit
Is
Self-faith-illumination.

49.

Matter
Is my mind's
Trouble-preserver.

Spirit
Is my mind's
Trouble-shooter.

50.

Matter
Is
Quantity's giant pride.

Spirit
Is
Quality's loftiest height.