Selected Flower Flames Part 61-80 by Sri Chinmoy |

Selected Flower Flames Part 61-80

61

Do Not Waste Time

Do not waste time.

Time is precious.

Do not exploit God.

God is gracious.

Do not mix with ignorance.

Ignorance is ferocious.

Do not play with doubt.

Doubt is injurious.

Do not cherish insecurity.

Insecurity is infectious.

Do not harbour impurity.

Impurity is dangerous.

 

62.

If I Can See God’s Face

If I can see God’s Face

Even once.

I am sure He will make

Some room for me

To stay in His Heart

As long as I want to.

 

63.

Self-Imprisonment Begins

Self-imprisonment begins

The day we start playing

With expectation-snare

And not before.

 

64.

My Heart Represents

My heart represents

God the Duty

On earth.

 

My soul represents

God the Beauty

In Heaven.

 

65.

Peace Needs no Interpretation

Peace needs no interpretation.

Love needs no explanation.

Oneness needs no expression.

 

66.

Three Ultimate Absurdities

Three ultimate absurdities:

I shall fail my Lord.

I am not meant for God-realisation.

My Lord is not pleased with me.

 

67.

God’s Troubles

God’s troubles are these:

The animal in man

Has forgotten Him totally.

The divine in man

Is not manifesting Him satisfactorily.

 

68.

We Are Mistaken

You are mistaken.

God does think of you constantly.

I am mistaken.

God does love us both equally.

 

69.

A Dreamer of God-Dreams

Unless I become a sleepless dreamer

Of God-Dreams,

My heart shall remain a fount

Of orphan-tears.

 

70.

I Know Whose I Am

True,

I do not know

Who I am,

But I do know

Whose I am.

 

71.

Miracles Worth Seeing

Only two miracles are worth seeing:

The miracle of loving

And

The miracle of forgiving.

 

72.

Heaven Knows How to Liberate

Darkness knows how to thicken.

Light knows how to brighten.

Earth knows how to bind

The divine in man.

Heaven knows how to liberate

The human from the animal.

 

73.

Centuries Have Rolled Away

Centuries have rolled away,

And still the outer man does not know

Where the inner man

Unmistakeably is,

And the inner man does not know

What the outer man

Actually wants.

 

74.

A God-Dreamer And A God-Lover

The difference

Between a God-dreamer

And a God-lover

Is this:

A God-dreamer wants to live

In God’s birthless and deathless Infinity;

A God-lover longs to live

In God’s Heart-Cave.

 

75.

Many Ways

No way

To persuade God.

No way

To deceive God.

But many ways

Not only to realise God

But also to become God

 

76.

When I Pray

When I pray,

I pray for the right thing:

Peace.

 

When I meditate,

I meditate on the right Person:

God.

 

77.

My Heart’s Constant Guest

My heart’s constant guest:

God the Many.

My life’s constant host:

God the One.

 

78.

I Measured My Success

Yesterday

I measured my success

By competing with others.

 

Today

I measure my success

By competing with myself.

 

Tomorrow

I shall measure my success

By expanding my heart

To encompass others.

 

79.

Two Lines To Heaven

The soulful meditation-line to Heaven

Is never busy

Because

Very few seekers can afford

To use that line.

 

The wild frustration-line to Heaven

Is always busy

Because

Everybody has the capacity

To use that line.

 

 

80.

Intention and Capacity

Hope has no real intention

Of deceiving us

Alas, it has no adequate capacity

To please us.

 

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