by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 17
1
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A caring heart is
Constantly trying to heal
A divided world.
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Time is too precious
To waste, for it is witness
To each progress-step.
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It is gratitude
That elevates our lives from
Self-imposition.
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Blessed are those who
Bravely embark upon the
Spiritual quest.
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By willowed streams, where
Ancient waters run — the call
Of tranquillity!
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Days like these, that have
Never before dawned — full of
Opportunities!
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My Lord Beloved,
My Lord Beloved, my Lord
Beloved Supreme.
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In this world of tears,
Your compassion smiles upon
Us with each heart-breath.
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O Father Supreme,
O Mother Supreme, You care
For each orphan child.
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Though we may not know
God, we are able to see
God, within Your eyes.
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How many in this
World are blessed to have a life
Of divine purpose!
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Whether we succeed
Or not, we will pray for Your
Will to guide our lives.
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Please do not allow
Us to differentiate
Oneness-existence.
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You speak directly
To the God within us from
The God within You.
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You are the ageless,
Ever-young friend of my soul,
O my Beloved.
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He who brought forth sound
From the vast primordial
Silence — spoke to us.
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Hidden deep within
Our hearts, are sweet and secret
Dreamings of the soul.
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We gather all our
Sad moments to place them at
Your compassion feet.
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We are called to play —
Not to be mere spectators
In the game of life.
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If we smile and smile,
We can all become clowns in
A divine circus!
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A broad sweep of blue
Sky beckons the soul’s dreams to
Wing the infinite.
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We do not need the
World’s applause — deep in our hearts
Someone is cheering!
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By the time the words
Have reached their end, I finally
Will know what they mean.
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The mind that wants to
Control our happiness, can
Not control itself.
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Sometimes the treasure
We seek is not the treasure
That we hope to find.
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You are the Trumpet-
Triumph of unstoppable
Enthusiasm!
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Strange — that we always
Expect so much from a world
Of uncertainty.
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Strange — the rigid mind
Leaves no room for change, until
Change comes unannounced.
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If only our thoughts
Could fly unencumbered by
The weight of the past.
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O my soul, please do
Remind me if ever I
Forget your blessings.
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Long ago, ships of
Light set sail on voyages of
Self-discovery.
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What can I offer
That You do not have — only,
A chatterbox mind!
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The prayerful rise
Of the ancient moon — as the
Rain of peace descends.
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Our memories are
Jokers — time travellers, face
Changers, place movers!
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Divine Light alone
Illumines and liberates
Each human weakness.
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Let us not exploit
Your promise of help, when we
Can take one step more.
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When time runs out on
Equanimity and poise —
Righteous thunder strikes!
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I need to swim in
Silence — not drown in a sea
Of mindless chatter.
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To wait until it
Is too late — far more lost than
Opportunities.
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Our souls are full-time
Divine envoys — alas, our
Minds are just part-time.
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We do not need one
Hundred ears to hear the truth
Our hearts have long known.
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The world is not black
And white, or shades of grey, it
Is full of colour!
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Poised at the starting
Line — the elusive flight of
Time is ours to catch.
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It is not our mind’s
Brilliance that will perfect earth —
It is the Soul’s Light.
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Mind supremacist
Stop! — your grand ideas will not
Alter our hearts’ course.
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God the Eternal
Dwells beyond — and within each
Brief, flickering life.
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I come to offer
You a petal that dropped from
Your own rose garden.
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How is it that one
Sweet smile can span the oceans
To unite our hearts!
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You are a special
Spark from God’s Eye that came to
Illumine our lives.
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Place yourself within
The silent heart of nature —
Just for a moment!
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A sacred garden,
A oneness-shelter, guarded
By an unseen hand.
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A world, untrammelled
By the human mind — nature
Creates its own peace.
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Simplicity — a
Special heart-awakening
Realisation.
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We are younger than
We think and older than we
Know — what then, is age?
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To be always at
Your feet my Lord, is my first,
Last and only choice.
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The power of a
Soulful dream transforms the night
Into a new dawn.
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Some things last for a
Moment, others for years, or
Perhaps a lifetime.
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Our gratitude hearts,
Born aeons ago, will last
For Eternity.
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The mind-heart divide
Has split inner and outer
Continents apart.
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Lifetimes of seeking,
And one sacred truth remains —
Let Thy Will be done.
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Happiness — the heart’s
Participation in the
Soul’s celebration.
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Happiness — the heart’s
Jubilant reunion with
The soul’s communion.
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Try to catch racing
Thoughts mid-flight, or chase the tails
Of midnight comets!
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Our spiritual
Lives are forever present,
Yet we still forget.
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What truly troubles
Our minds — worldly disturbance,
Or inner turmoil?
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With every step, let
Us pray we follow the same
Road our Lord once trod.
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Throughout the winter
Of world indifference, Your
Heart’s smile kept me safe.
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Ever so subtle,
The sweet interchange of our
Souls’ conversation.
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That which separates
Us from ourselves, separates
Us from each other.
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We write one new day
Into our lives — starting with
Our prayer-poems.
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To gaze upon the
Heavens, frees our minds from the
World’s grip and tangle.
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Today, the children
Are all rejoicing, for their
Father is coming!
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Beloved Father,
Silence sustains us but O,
Just to hear Your voice!
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A spiritual
Father gives his children far
More than they will know.
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When the Father and
The children sing together,
Earth becomes Heaven!
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Our Father taught us
To never, ever lose sight
Of the inner child.
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How much can children
Give, that the Father has not
Already bestowed?
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We observe Your day
With our soulful reverence —
O Father Supreme.
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You have no need to
Knock, since I have given to
You, my own heart-key.
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My Lord, if you are
Tempted to criticise me —
Please, just love me more.
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When you come to me
With your silent grace, all time stops
And my heart is yours.
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My Lord, when you call,
I will be there — no matter
What I am doing!
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There — among dappling
Leaves and branchlets — a bird of
Light, swift and singing.
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In the heart, not in
The mind, is where miracles
Happen every day.
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Like migrating birds,
We cross the globe, returning
Each year to our source.
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Happiness is the
Courage to follow our heart,
When all else says no!
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One divine smile can
Open the very heart-home
Of the universe.
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There is a special
Place where rising prayers and
Descending Grace meet.
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Heaven and earth are
At their perigee, in the
Silent pre-dawn hours.
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There is a time when
Each heart-flower will open,
With the touch of Grace.
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When all hearts are One,
A new and all-embracing
Wave of love descends.
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Wherever you are,
Wherever I am, I will
Offer you my songs.
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Has the last train left?
I wait, I wonder — and the
Empty platform sighs.
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Beyond all hope, the
Tracks begin to sing and the
Platform wakes in joy!
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When words fall short of
The ineffable, we need
The language of Light.
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You are the ancient
Wisdom of the past and the
Future of mankind.
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The roaring, rolling
Thunder of the mountain gods —
There, wild horses run.
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A flower offers
God’s divine love directly
To each weeping heart.
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To sail with safe, shore
Winds, or cross the great oceans
Of discovery!
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I look for you —
I know, my heart is the one
Place you will return.
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