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.