by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 15
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We belong to the
Birthless and deathless love of
The eternal dream.
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2
To cross oceans of
Time and space — I set my heart
A’sail to find You!
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3
We acquire and
Retire — to a life filled
With accessories.
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4
When you call from deep
Within, all my attention
Turns to listen near.
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5
I keep your portrait
Inside my heart — another
Time, another place.
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6
We dip our feet in
The ocean, at the shore of
Our own destiny.
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7
O our India!
You gave us your sovereign son —
The world Avatar!
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8
My heart is weightless
In Your presence — defying
Earthbound gravity.
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9
Humanity is
One, not only in success,
But in its failures.
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10
Real beauty comes from
The unobscured radiance
Of the Light divine.
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11
A paper boat caught —
By the quickening tide of
Popularity.
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12
Here, at the foot of
The Great Daibutsu, you spoke
With the Lord Buddha.
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13
Today’s special, just
For you — something light, joyful
And non-fattening!
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14
To believe for one
Moment, we are not alone
In our suffering.
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15
To believe again,
We are not even the ones
Who are suffering.
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16
Sooner or later,
God’s love takes our so-called right
To suffer, from us.
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17
If goodness is not
At the heart of everything,
The flower will cry.
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18
To offer even
One ounce of hope to the world,
Lightens our being.
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19
Those innocent days —
When we climbed to the highest
Branch, to touch our dreams.
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20
Like gentle spring rain,
Your tears fall upon my heart —
And sorrows are gone.
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21
Many years from now,
Earth may finally accept
Your timeless message.
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22
A tale of fiction? —
To scale uncharted heights of
Life’s summit crossings.
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23
It is the same path
We walk each day, yet never
Exactly the same.
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24
Favour’s fleeting touch
That moves to and fro with the
Tide of opinion.
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25
We choose to live in
The light or in the shadow
Of our own sainthood.
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26
What nature gives us
Is a mere portion of its
Limitless treasure.
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27
In the darkest night,
There is Light — even in the
Ink-black depths of time.
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28
Has there ever been
A more faithful servant of
Our Lord Beloved!
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29
The poetry of
Silence — not bound by form or
Meter, verse or rhyme.
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30
Our world will see a
New sun rising over the
Empire of Your dreams.
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31
A Magna Carta
Sealed with divine decree, shall
Liberate mankind.
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32
We hear the sound of
Distant waves — ah, but to see
The ocean itself!
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33
From where to where? — In
An instant the mind leaps to
Chase this thought, and that!
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34
Caught by your touch — a
Leaf on a gossamer breeze —
And my heart follows.
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35
Each self-giving act —
Brings heaven and earth closer,
One heart at a time.
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36
To follow the Silk
Road — from Samarkand to the Ind —
Your ancestral lore.🌸
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Our prayers rise when
God Himself is praying in
The depths of our hearts.
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38
Like boats in a storm
Seeking safe haven, we find
Our refuge in You.
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39
There is no Truth
That can satisfy a mind
That already knows!
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40
The inner world calls
Our hearts to sail on the wings
Of Your songs Supreme.
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41
When You blessed us, our
Hearts shone brighter than all the
Stars in the heavens.
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42
They said it could not
Be done, but You did it — Your
Heart lifted the world!
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43
In life’s tug-of-war
There is, and can only be,
One winner — God’s Will.
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44
A precious soul — a
Rare flower — once fell softly
Upon earth’s pure heart.
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45
Gathered around you,
Your dear friends bless you with their
Hearts of Fondness-Joy!
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46
To offer, each day,
A petal of gratitude,
And to feel God’s smile.
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47
To hear the whisper
Past — and behold the future
In a moonlit pond.
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48
There is a special
World given to us
To love and cherish.
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49
We try our very
Best — then — place our all at Your
Feet of compassion.
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50
When the restless storm
Abates, the quietude of
Nature stills our minds.
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51
As birds lift to the
Heights on a morning breeze, so
Our hearts need Joy to soar.
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52
There is Someone who
Has counted every tear since
This world first began.
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53
O sentinels of peace
Of ancient forests deep, where
Holy pilgrims pray.
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54
A gentle wave of
Your hand, and all the world
Is hushed to silence.
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Your radiant smile —
Closer than a breath away —
Breathes within my heart.
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56
A shooting star of
Incandescent beauty, You
Blazed across our skies.
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To sketch a line of
Inner secrets; and paint the
Essence of the soul.
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To hear the sound of
The unspoken word; and bridge
The unmeasured gap.
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59
To hold a vision
In one’s hands; and fill the air
With notes cascading.
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60
Unbelievable
Yet Believable! — Your World
Record Compassion!
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61
What does it mean to
Become someone — if we lose
Ourselves in the chase?
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I know this very
Ground is safe, for Your feet have
Trodden upon it.
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In the hurry, I
Run to my heart’s door — it is
A letter from home!
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64
The time between our
Greeting smiles and the parting
Glass, is all too brief.
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65
An enchanted stream
Of divine Love from God’s own Heart
Fills the world ocean.
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O, for the sprint and
Splendour, the spray and shimmer
Of the timeless sea!
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67
No time to count the
Hours in wistful dreaming when
The race has begun!
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68
When e’er I rise to
Glimpse a vision, I raise my
Eyes and think of You.
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God gave us our own
Responsibilities — let
Us fulfil them first.
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One divine thought can
Lift our hearts weightless into
The realms of delight!
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71
Never wanting for
Power, the humble acorn
Lifts the mighty oak
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72
There are some moments
We wish would last forever,
And some — to be lost!
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73
Let us be immersed
In silence, rather than drowned
In conversation.
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74
We walk familiar
Places — places of the heart —
And time itself stops.
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There they go — all but
For the knowing — worries gone,
On the first spring tide!
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76
In the forests of
Brindaban — there — we first heard
Your enchanting flute.
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77
We all are windows
On the world — each one, having
Their own unique view.
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78
What a marvel is
Our world — a splash of blue in
A cosmic parade.
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79
We have three eyes — one
Sees a man; one sees a saint;
The other sees God!
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80
Constant gratitude,
Constant gratitude, constant
Gratitude, constant . . .
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81
Wisdom does not come
Free with the robes of office —
It is a God-gift.
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82
One by one, as our
Senses begin to fade, we
Find ourselves anew.
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83
Each new day there is
One more song to sing — one more
Smile to remember.
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84
Each new day there is
One more blessing — one more chance
To please our Supreme.
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85
The splash of name and
Fame lasts for but a moment —
And, not even that!
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86
Guru! — It is not
Humanly possible to
Do what you have done!
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87
There is a deeper
Truth — beyond the layers of
Our own perception.
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88
Eternity’s road
Is long; the goal is far — yet
We are almost there!
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89
By Grace alone are
We able to live inside
God’s self-giving dream.
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90
There is no legal
Contract that compels our heart
To feel its oneness.
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91
A play of forces
Are hiding behind each thought
And every action.
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92
The low has moved on —
Up the coast I hear — causing
The same old havoc!
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93
If each day, we give
A little of ourselves — world
Gratitude expands.
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94
In a reversal
Of fortune — the heart reveals
And the mind retreats.
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95
The universe is
Murmuring — waking from a
Deep imposing sleep.
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96
Time itself stops by
To lend a hand, when we are
Truly inspired.
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Thrilled by Your Prayer-
Songs, cherishing every word
And note — we were there!
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98
There is the track, where
Your lion-heart roared, and the
Earth shook as you ran.
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99
Here is the court, where
Your eyes scanned the ball — squealing,
As it rose and fell.
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100
And there are the stands,
Full of laughter, prayer and
Silence . . . ah, the Joy!
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