by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 14
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Each grateful heart, each
Joyful tear, each soulful smile,
Each devoted life.
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Who cannot hear the
Heart-whispering melody
Of nature’s beauty?
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You are with me in
Rushed and rattled days, and in
The twilight’s calming.
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Far from the crowded
Mind of the world, I seek a
Place of simpler truth.
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God gave us the hands
To serve our Master Lord, and
The heart to love Him.
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You place your foot on
The starting line and, in an
Instant — disappear!
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When our mind asks — why?
We stop in our tracks, until
Our heart says — why not!
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The heart is quicker
Than the mind to calculate —
With no division!
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The Creator of
All worlds, vast and unmeasured —
Taking eons in
Their making — gives us this brief
And mortal moment to rise.
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The climber’s final
Ascent of will, stretched beyond
The dizzying heights.
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The unbreakable
Rhythm of the relentless
Long-distance swimmer.
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O, to sprint the length
Of the unforgiving line
In one single breath!
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Into the presence,
The God-adoring presence,
Of heart-belonging.
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In the still of the
Evening, when all else retreats
Your heart-glow remains.
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Strange are the forces
That propel our dreams to flight,
Yet hold us earthbound.
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Nothing else really
Matters, as long as I know
I am coming home.
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With the carry and
Flow of a stream, poetry
Enters the ocean.
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You are far more than
You know — O dreaming Light of
Eternity’s dawn.
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Along the windswept way
Albatross dip and glide in
Endless freedom flight.
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Is the world shrinking,
Or is it that our hearts are
Becoming larger?
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Soul-birds appear from
The artist’s blessing hand, in
Arcs of perfect form.
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Your young life was saved
When you saw your mother’s face
In the tiger’s eyes.
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In the Court of the
Supreme, my soul makes its case
In perfect silence.
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The only witness
Called for the defence is my
Own gratitude heart.
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Each moment of our
Avatar’s life is written
In letters of gold.
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When thoughts — tired and
Embattled — go astray, then
We kneel at God’s Feet.
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To every country
You came, bringing Peace to the
Faithful — and the faithless.
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From mountains to the
Sea and all between — touched by
God-contemplation.
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Because hope is not
Of the mind, we dare to hope
Beyond all reason.
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Souls in gentle flight,
Weightless as a feather, glide
With heaven-free grace.
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Like revisiting
A place of sweet memories —
So, I think of You.
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Not only are our
Lives full of meaning, they are
Deeply meaningful.
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In our Bill of Rights,
One article we need is —
Let Thy Will be done.
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Flowers of the field
Chase the morning sun in search
Of colours unseen.
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The strength of our heart’s
Oneness, forever keeps us
Safe within its hold.
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With a touch of Grace,
Even the unchangeable
Can suddenly change.
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Let us try to play
The most meaningful part in
Our own life story.
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On a winter’s day,
I seek shelter — a place of
Heart-warming delight.
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Without Grace, how to
Reach the Infinite, with our
Finite, feeble steps?
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God forbid that the
Voice of reason is drowned by
The noise of non-sense.
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Unthinkable — to
Conflate the highest Truth with
Shameless fallacies!
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Who can track the stars
As they ferry the night sky
With their hearts ablaze!
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No matter how well
We are anchored, sad news sends
Our whole world spinning.
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Of all the prayers
Placed at Your Feet, is there one
You could not answer!
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Melodies seem to
Be lingering in the air,
Patiently waiting
For Your golden flute to call
Each note into existence.
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Waiting out the stark,
Winter-bleak hours of the
Soul in hopes of spring.
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We invoke neither
Cosmic gods, nor hallowed saints —
We need only You.
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In night’s reckless storms
And in days of fair weather,
Hold fast our mainsail.
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The unbroken line
Of an eternal promise —
And God is smiling!
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I follow the path
Down to the deep forest glade,
Praying to find You.
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You inspired me
To reach for knowing, beyond
The knowable world.
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Let our hearts not lose
Their oneness, like drops that splash
From the river’s flow.
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We receive gifts of
Unexpected beauty — when
Our hearts open wide.
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A myriad of
Souls come spreading Light throughout
The vast universe.
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There was never a
Need to define commonsense —
Somehow, it just was!
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We take a peek at
Our bright future, each time we
Smile in the mirror.
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Whisper-soft, the lake,
In morning meanders, when
A swan takes to flight.
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Life’s uncertainty
Abruptly reminds us that
We are not in charge!
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We are regular
Commuters between inner
And outer worlds.
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To give selflessly
Like the rising sun with no
Thought of a reward.
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Within tragedy
There is humour — smiles within
Tears — tears within smiles.
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When we return to
This holy place, all our joys
Will come to greet us.
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Our souls will travel
Onward — forever one and
Inseparable.
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Even in Heaven
Your Soul’s luminosity
Shines the brightest.
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Dear Lord, there seems no
End to war — still, we pray for
Your transforming Peace.
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From the perfect touch
Of silence blessed, comes the first
Sound of creation.
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Our hearts are fountains
Of hope, filled by the cascade
Of divine promise.
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A single flower
Embodies the blessing of
Heaven, here on earth.
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Sometimes we plan too
Much, only to find God has
Already done it.
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You gave me a heart
To believe, therefore I will
Believe in my heart.
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We swing between the
Highs and lows along the arc
Of expectation.
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Not the pen, or the
Page; not the word, or the phrase —
But the One who Is.
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To express beauty
Never before beheld — the
Dreaming poet weeps.
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Throughout life’s teeming
Disappointments, just knowing
You care makes us smile.
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By listening to
Our inner being, we learn
The language of Light.
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Those were the days when
Music rang in the air and
Wonder filled our hearts!
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Our prayers for peace,
Are carried on the wind to
Hearts in distant lands.
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How long before the
Monsoons return, blessing all
With compassion rain!
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To our wonderment,
You plumbed Pacific depths and
Scaled Everest heights.
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For millennia,
Sages have sought Your blessing —
And, the earth still sings.
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We breathe with one breath,
We feel with one heart, we live
With one touch of Grace.
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Who needs a life of
Complication, when God just
Needs simplicity?
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In the gathering
Of unrushed moments, we know
Your approach is near.
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What heart does not know
The pain of separation
Or hopes unfulfilled?
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Our thoughts turn on whims
And follies, in the clamour
For life’s illusions.
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My heart is singing
Spontaneously today —
Your heaven-blessed songs.
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So sad — mankind still
Believes it is in charge of
Its own destiny.
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Even a lion’s
Roar is no match for the sound
Of God’s thunder clap.
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When the day repairs
To take its rest, my heart writes
Night letters to You.
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Our Pilot Supreme
Keeps eternal watch over
Wild, tenebrous seas.
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You fared the seven
Higher worlds — to stay with us
For a time on earth.
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I must meditate —
Someone is sweetly calling
My heart to silence.
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We need not pray to
God in the sky — for God prays
Deep within our hearts.
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Every note of Your
God-songs contains a world of
Heavenly delight.
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Easy to accept
World-worn ideas than strive for
The ephemeral.
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A world divided
By fray and fear, longing to
See the Peace Torch flame.
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Your heart is always
Wide open to those who seek
Shelter from the storm.
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God gathers flowers
For our heart-shrine so we may
Feel closer to Him.
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O, God-warrior!
O, world Saviour! You returned,
As Heaven’s Hero.
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When hearts are at one
No obstacle to peace is
Insurmountable.
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