by Animesh

 

 

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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru

— the Peerless Seer-Poet —

Sri Chinmoy

 

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Volume 4

 

 

1

Who can fathom the

Endlessness of ancient light

From the distant stars?

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2

Long before our birth,

Or this world of ours formed — God’s

Promise existed.

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3

There are no benign

Hostile forces — all are at

Ignorance command.

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4

Crossing latitudes,

Through storms and in fair weather — 

Our journey supreme.

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5

We do not turn and

Run away, we stand and face

Ignorance extreme!

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6

New inspiration

Is always eager to come

When we are ready.

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7

This morning I bring

Gifts for you that charm and rhyme

In night’s small hours.

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8

You build a temple

Within a temple, and a

Heart within a heart.

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9

Our faith is progress.

And progress will see the dawn

Of God’s Will on earth.

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10

From where does it come,

The heralding call of your

Inspiration conch?

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11

You guard the entrance

To my life — do not allow

Falsehood to enter.

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12

May I play in your

Heavenly orchestra, on

Earth’s victory drum.

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13

As birds take flight, we

Wing and sweep and spiral, in

A flourish of light.

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14

In each word I write

I try to hide a drop of

Joy, for you to find!

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15

There is an instant

Messenger that carries our

Troubled thoughts to God.

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16

Our hearts lift and sing

When nature’s wonder-beauty

Dances in our eyes.

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17

God’s Heart of Concern

Stays with us and for us, to

Protect us — always.

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18

My Lord, do grant those

Dreams borne of oneness, and not

Just my wishful whims.

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19

A drop expresses

Oneness with the ocean, to

Reveal its vastness.

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20

Though we reel against

The buffets of life, Someone

Is pushing us on.

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21

Like a gentle fall

Of snow, your purity-touch


Descends upon us.

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22

In tempest days and

In nights that hold no hope-light,

Our hearts are tested.

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23

Bring to mind those days

That lifted our hearts higher

Than Heaven itself.

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24

Poetry in its

Myriad colours and forms

Lives in your silence.

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25

My mind hesitates

To speak, and yet my heart leaps

Forward to greet you.

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26

Silence need not be

Broken, for our hearts hear more

Than ever words say.

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27

You are a poet

Who writes in silent whispers

Upon my heart-page. 
 

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28

One glance from God can

Take away all the pain of

Our outer turmoil.
 

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29

If I do not run

To offer you my heart’s joy,

Then where will it go?

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30

Our plans are drawn on

The shifting sands of time — for

A fleeting moment.

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31

The flow of inner

Poise, sweeps all before it, to

The ocean of Peace.

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32

A smile for you, I

Bring today — and a tear drop

Of my gratitude.

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33

Your splendour Palace

Of Light I find at my heart’s

Simplicity shrine.

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34

In solitary

Places, wildflowers grow with

Uncommon beauty.
 

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35

In countries far and

Near, Your face I see in the

Hearts of the faithful.

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36

Time may very well

Be an illusion but it

Endlessly ticks on.

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37

Rainbow — red, orange,

Yellow, green, blue, indigo

Violet — colours!

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38

Each and every

Step, brings me closer to Your

Aspiration-Ground.

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39

I beseech You, O

Seer-poet unparalleled —

Do grant me one word.

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40

At sunset and at

Dawn — Peace descends upon all

In God’s creatIon.

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41

I turn one page and

Then another — Your divine

History revealed.

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42

In the presence of

True humility, we bow

Our heads in prayer.

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43

When God cooks for us

He sprinkles each dish with

Peace, Light and Delight.

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44

Duality, the

Mind’s best friend — with oneness-dawn

Division retreats.
 

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45

Even if I were

A bird with wings, forever

I would remain Yours.

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46

From Himalayan

Peaks to the Bengal delta

Divinity flows.
 

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47

Along the foreshore,

Waves curl and splash and recede —

Look, a sparkling shell!

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48

We take far more than

We need; yet God needs far more

Than we care to give.

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49

Hush, do you hear the

Faint, distant sound of the soul’s

Inner whisperings?

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50

Thank You — for your heart

Of love and oneness that has

Embraced my life’s dream.

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51

Let angels approach

With gifts divine to bless you

Each and everyday.

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52

God’s peace harbinger —

Ancient India — awoke

As the world still slept.

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53

Before the divine

Play began, we had to pass

Heaven’s audition.

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54

In the light of the

Crescent moon I see your smile

Of benevolence.

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55

Music can quell the

Storms of the mind and calm the

Reckless gales of thought. 

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56

To forget the day’s

Demands, to reflect for a 

Moment — ah, haiku!

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57

You entered our lives,

You played and you sang for us,

And gave us Your Dream.

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58

Our grateful hearts leap

As opportunity turns

And smiles to greet us.
 

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59

Your pure heart can still

Give a smile of sweetness to

Life’s adversities.

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60

Betwixt and between,

The trickling waters and

Raging torrents flow.

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61

Deep within my heart,

I hear your voice of silence

In each gentle breath.

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62

We fly to the peaks,

Winging and darting along

Flower-lined passes.

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63

We gather poems

From the great formless beyond

And call them our own. 

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64

Streams — meandering

This way and that — in search of

A dream-filled ocean.

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65

Let me lay petals

Upon the ground to cushion

Your gentle footfalls.

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66

The caterpillar

And the butterfly — dazzling

Transformation life!

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67

One sugar or two?

None, thank you, just tea with a

Dash of milk. Perfect!

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68

Hello self-pity,

Please stop talking to yourself.

You will go crazy!

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69

The calm night air falls

Upon the land to bless our

Faithful hearts with Peace.

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70

Like an open book,

Our open hearts reveal the

Eternal story.

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71

Deep inside my heart,

Your soul’s smile has found its home.

To brighten my life.

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72

Myriad waters

Offer their purity smiles

To life’s ocean vast.

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73

 

We rely on the

Barricades of the mind, even

Though God protects us.

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74

When once you turned, and

Turned again — with divine Grace,

You captured my heart.

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75

We hover above

Our body’s pain with the self-rising

Power of the soul.

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76

A beam of sunlight,

An open window — silent

Dawn epiphany.

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77

Good hearts of the world,

Unite — we have much to do

And little time left!

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78

A day like this may

Not come again — so precious

Is our time on earth.

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79

Enchanted by the

Elephants’ passing parade,

The mouse squeals with joy!

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80

Born from the formless,

Life is the miracle dream

Of our Creator.

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81

Beyond the earthly

Spectrum of light, in deep trance,

Glow colours divine.

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82

Heaven will recount

Your heroic deeds on earth

As the gods exclaim!

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83

A priceless treasure

Is buried on an island

In a sea of Peace.

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84

You tell us of grand 

Spiritual tales, and we

Crowd nearer to hear.

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85

You have given us 

Gratitude, we could never

Offer by ourselves.

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86

In my haste to bring

You the ocean, I have spilt

A few precious drops.

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87

When God’s rainbow smiles

From the mountains to the sea,

Our hearts come alive!

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88

You delighted us

With magic and juggling and

Cosmic spinning tops!

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89

We listened closely

As you spoke with words of pure

Enchanting beauty.

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90

You offered our hearts

Your sacred smile, and placed a

Flower in our hands.

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91

You ran the mystic

Trails, that crisscross the age-long

Chittagong Delta.

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92

Shadows at sunset,

Rickshaw wallahs pass along

The Bay of Bengal.

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93

Your Indian heart

And your universal love —

O world saviour!

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94

We try to balance

Upon this world of constant

Change, that spins and turns.

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95

Just for a moment

I dwelt inside the Grace of

Your Eternal smile.

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96

You set in motion

The winds and tides and the hopes

Of man, to run free.

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97

In holy places

Where God once walked among us,

Ever we bow our heads.

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98

In the shade of the

Ancient banyan tree, friends and

Strangers take their rest.

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99

The same hands that serve

Are those that pray, in one form,

To give and receive.

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100

Down through the ages

We have looked upon the stars

In search of ourselves.

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