Somebody has to listen
1.
Somebody has to listen.Why not let me try
To be that fortunate one?
2.
God the inner manGives me the capacity.
God the outer man
Gives me the responsibility.
3.
O my faith-fountain-Existence-light,
Only because of you
God is so close to me.
4.
Be careful!Your body's lethargy
And mind's frustrations
Are your
Most dangerous enemies.
5.
God tells me thatIt is infinitely easier
For Him to respond
To my aspiring heart
Than to answer
My questioning mind.
6.
The beginningMay be a long road
But the satisfaction-end
Is always round.
7.
Give your peace quicklyBefore disquiet
Enters into you secretly.
8.
I may not need GodTo give good advice,
But I do need God
And God's Compassion
To set good examples.
9.
There is no such thingAs
A little temptation.
10.
God acceptsMy heart's tears
To make
My mind peaceful.
11.
How can you sincerelyPray to God
If you do not value
Your own heart-life?
12.
Aspiration mayBe kept secret
But dedication must not
Be kept secret.
13.
I do not believeIn a secret dedication.
I believe only
In a sacred dedication.
14.
I walk with GodTo take me
Where I am supposed to go,
And not
Where He Himself has to go.
15.
Alas, my LordHas so many times told me
That He is really tired
Of my possession-greed.
16.
My renunciation-smileIs the strength
Of my soul's joy.
17.
Anger says:"I can destroy
The whole world."
Peace says:
"Not when I work
Inside you."
18.
God does not expectAnything sublime
From our
Falsehood-infested world.
19.
My heart's gratitudeIs
My life's plenitude.
20.
I may not alwaysPlease God,
But I can and must
Always try.
21.
O my mind,I may not exactly know
What you have,
But I do know
What you truly are:
You are utterly stupid.
22.
There is only one task:To bask
In the Compassion-Sunshine
Of
My Lord Beloved Supreme.
23.
Not only to makeMy Lord Supreme happy,
But also to make myself
Infinitely happier,
I must forgive
My so-called enemies.
24.
The heart lovesBecause to love
Is to become
The heart of goodness.
The mind loves
Because to love
Is to own
The thunder-sound
Of greatness.
25.
When the mindWants to divide,
It realises that
It is an impossible task.
When the heart
Wants to unite the world,
It feels that
God has already done it.
26.
Progress isThe only unmistakable
And laudable evidence
Of the spiritual life.
27.
The aspiring heartContinued to struggle.
The doubting mind did not.
Naturally, the heart
Has won the victory
Which it so rightly
And richly deserves.
28.
Alas,The man who thinks
That he is faultless
Has kept poor God
Unemployed.
29.
The right attitudeIs the winner and owner
Of divine plenitude.
30.
SuccessMakes my vital cheerful.
Progress
Makes my heart peaceful.
31.
Walk with a saint.You are bound to inherit
His peace-saintliness.
32.
The good manLoves self-enlightenment.
The great man
Loves self-enlargement.
33.
Peace is notThe absence of power.
Peace is
The presence of love.
34.
If the heartIs your choice,
Then the proud mouth
Cannot be your voice.
35.
A misunderstood manIs
A bullet-killed man.
36.
ComparisonIs
Progress-prison.
37.
In my inner life,What I need
Is the strength of peace.
In my outer life,
What I need
Is the flower of prayer.
38.
An eagerness-breathAnd a willingness-mind
Must always
Be found together
To bring about perfection.
39.
The heart-illumination-templeHas no
Mind-confusion-room.
40.
FrustrationHas been the mind's
Very old occupation.
41.
The mindMust desire only
What the heart requires.
42.
A new ageWithout a new Saviour
Is so strange.
