by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 19
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For those who treasure
The heart, God is constantly
Creating beauty.
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A heart of beauty
Is constantly creating
Newness in the world.
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The world that treasures
The heart’s beauty, reveals God’s
Ever-smiling face.
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A second, when filled
With gratitude, can contain
An eternity.
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So little room left
For God the Infinite in
Man-made religion.
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Blessed were we who walked
In the prayerful footsteps
Of our Master Lord.
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Our inspired thoughts
Have a direct line of sight
To the heart of Truth.
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We do not need to
Import uninspired thoughts
From a heartless world.
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We return again
And again to the time our
Hearts first saw your face.
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You gathered sweet songs
On your gentle descent from
Those heavenly realms.
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You embody the
Soft light of dawn and brilliance
Of the midday sun.
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O songbird divine,
Each day you bring to the world
Your heaven-free songs.
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We have all we need
When our hearts become the sea
Of humility.
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In my life‘s songbook
The gratitude songs you wrote,
Are my favourites.
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A chain reaction
Of joy, starts when God’s Grace and
Our willingness meet.
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The vain pursuit of
Material happiness
Leaves the world bankrupt!
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We live not just to
Be; we come not just to live —
We live, to become.
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We are envoys of
The divine — with a very
Special peace mission.
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My mind is at rest
When I remember that I
Am not the doer.
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In the shimmering
Twilight — in the transition
Between heaven and earth.
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Hearts that carry the
Inspiration of the soul,
Can carry the world!
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It is the message
Divine — carried on the four
Winds and seven seas.
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No matter — to be
Judged right or wrong by the world —
If God is smiling.
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In the distant sky —
In the vast blueness dreaming —
There, I see your face.
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Were we to sight the
Elusive deer, we would need
Be the forest deep.
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Everything on earth —
From empires to a grain
Of sand — rise and fall.
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Subtle records of
The past remain — until God
Rewrites history!
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God is constantly
Creating new beginnings
For all those who pray
Devotedly — for His Will
Alone rewrites history.
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When the hour strikes —
Lifelong promises we made
Will all be fulfilled.
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A moonlit night, and
The charm of the sky gathers
Our hearts together.
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God’s tears turn to Joy
As they fall gently upon
The world-heart ocean.
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The sum of all our
Yesterdays — but a moment
In our endless quest.
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Down to the river
Valleys where waters run deep —
Purity abounds.
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Three soul-birds, perched on
A branch — each one is singing
The happiness song.
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No matter how hard
It may be, we still dare to
Catch the rainbow’s end.
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I am dreaming of
My heart home, where I am wrapped
In smiles of delight.
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We set sail on the
Morrow’s dawn — jettison now
All that impedes us!
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To dip a brush in
Colours never seen; to paint
A line with no end.
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We follow the Light
Of our Beloved, spreading
Joy all-where we go.
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Songs you once taught me,
Are now singing by themselves
Deep inside my heart.
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God can walk on earth
With absolute poise — since it
Is His creation.
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False economy
To invest in doubt — with no
Positive returns!
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Each need is met — there
Are oases even In
Shifting desert sands.
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The vicissitudes
Of this mortal life are not
For the faint hearted.
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We come carrying
The divine banner to the
Battlefield of life.
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How blessed are we to
Have spiritual sisters
And brothers who care!
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In our limitless
Imaginings, who could see
This divine outcome.
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We have within us
The force that created the
Universe — always!
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Critics do not know the
Depth of inner commitment —
And many never will.
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For those who run the
Inside track — now the sprint to
The finish begins!
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With your heart came the
Golden touch to my haiku
Inspirations book.
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God is praying that
We never once depart from
His oneness-life dream.
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The most important
Gift in all of creation
Is our oneness-life.
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At the peace table
Of the future, the heart first
Reads the soul’s message.
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Those who have helped us
Once, have helped us again — to
Express gratitude.
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Oneness alchemy
Turns each drop of sadness to
Immutable Joy.
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O universal
Mother, the earth is badly
In need of your Light.
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Of all the divine
Qualities, it is Light that
God chose to speak with.
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O dispeller of
Darkness, we need your divine
Light more than ever.
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Today I wonder,
From where will inspiration
Come — only God knows.
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We may meet for a
Second, yet in that second —
Lives Eternity.
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Such rare and precious
Beauty deep inside your heart —
Unfathomable!
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The summer evening’s
Rhythm and tide — the gentle
Lap of night’s shore waves.
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Suddenly, a door
Has opened and I enter
A new world of hope.
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My Lord, please do not
Remain on the mountain top —
Do come and visit.
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Left or right, right or
Left — is not important when
Oneness is preserved.
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We need not shoulder
The problems of the whole world —
Not even our own!
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Tonight’s temple ground —
The air, redolent with the
Scent of heart-flowers.
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In the temple of
Devotion — in the silence-
Heart of dawn worship.
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Always reserved for
You, is endless time and space
Deep within my heart.
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Where time cannot be
Measured and space is not bound,
There I wait for You.
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The whisper-air that
Brushes by, leaves your sweet and
Soulful messages.
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What worries you, is
Worrying us all — in tears
We are not alone.
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If we allow them —
Faith and intuition will
Write our life stories.
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One teardrop of your
Concern, ripples across our
Heart’s oneness expanse.
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O inspiration
You have come again — do stay
As long as you can.
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I wish to live in
The fragrance-song heights of your
Infinite blessings.
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Intangible Joy —
The petal-fall touch of your
Smile upon my heart.
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It is our job — to
Approach the world with
Our sincere goodwill.
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Beauty born of light,
That has travelled with the stars,
Shall remain ageless.
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At sunset, when the
Heavens are lit with gold — then,
I know you are near.
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Mind borders, built of
Brittle ideas, will fall to
God’s oneness ideal.
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Inconceivable,
Conceived; unachievable,
Achieved — by Your Grace.
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Half a century
Ago, you called me back
home —
O my Beloved.
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Today my heart is
Singing a sweet, familiar
Bengali refrain.
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With Your Absolute
Love of God, You became the
World transformation.
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We gladly hold the
Peace Torch, not just for ourselves
But to pass it on.
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The committee of
The inner world must please the
Will of the Supreme.
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You peek around the
Corner when I least expect
It – O delight smile!
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I an tired, yet
I follow a guiding star —
The road is endless.
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It is not by our
Love of God that we are here
But God’s love for us.
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For our voices to
Be one, it takes no more than
For us to listen.
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There are no fish to
Be found in a dry lake bed —
Only empty boats!
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Your soul-stirring words
Echo the foreverness
Of the cosmos vast!
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Each time you appear,
A cascade of heart-delight
Falls from heaven skies.
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The Department of
Circumstantial gods, takes care
Of unforeseen things.
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Humility sweeps
The ground where gods and mortals
Alike will soon tread.
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Cannonball boy screams
By — watch this! — oblivious
To God’s compassion.
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The silent mountain
Knows that success-height does not
Come from our efforts.
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O where are you my
Friend so dear — come, play with me
In our heart’s garden.
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