by Animesh

 

 

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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru

— the Peerless Seer-Poet —

Sri Chinmoy

 

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Volume 3

 

 

1

I can never stop

The gratitude-flow you gave

Me, so long ago.

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2

Every tear of yours

Is caught by God’s heart, to be

Transformed into smiles.

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3

There is a secret

Heaven-palace here on earth

Where only saints tread.

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4

We spread our wings, and

In one miracle moment

We fly like soul-birds.

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5

I believe in you,

Because God believes in you,

And everything divine.

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6

How can I leave your

Inspired words unwritten

And poems unread?

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7

If a tree can grow

Ever skyward to reach light,

Surely, I can try.

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8

Remember when we 

Had no doubt — we can always

Bring that feeling back.

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9

My heart’s tears and joys

Fill an ever-expanding

Gratitude ocean.

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10

We listen to our

Innermost silence life — the

Language of prayer.

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11

In search of your heart

I take the less-trodden way

Where wildflowers grow.

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12

Far above, I look.

A flight of soul-birds are sketched

In the welkin blue.

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13

I pray to You, but

Who gave me the words to pray,

If it was not You?

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14

Heaven’s music touch

Only exists, when we hear

Its very silence core.

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15

Only our oneness

Escapes the reach of time, at

Each division step.

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16

Your divine waters

Fall on the high Everest slopes

To refresh the world.

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17

My heart-flower gifts

I offer to you, blossom

In your heart-garden.

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18

Humility is

An essential attribute

Of true leadership.
 

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19

We dare to trust our

Divine inspiration-song

Of world harmony.

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20

On the edge of time

We stand, surveying the vast

Unknown before us.

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21

Precious beyond all

Measure is your devotion

To our Beloved.

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22

On the rippling breeze

Your kindness gifts are carried

Far, to my heart-home.

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23

Meditations on

Silence and poetry in

Spirit and in verse.

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24

Words alone cannot

Make poetry, without the

Ocean of silence.

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25

If you love silence

Then you will hear its song in

Each heart-breath of yours.

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26

I look at the moon

And write haiku, as did the

Ancient samurai.

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27

We ascend the high

Mountain peaks in search of the

Inner summit life.

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28

A devoted heart

Holds heaven’s eternal thread,

That connects earth’s hope. 

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29

They break and form — all

Opposites collide in you —

Transformed by your Love.

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30

Your soul’s light glows in

Every part of your being —

God’s Glory revealed.

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31

The God within and

The God without, in You, spin

In Oneness-Delight.

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32

In gentle moments

I think of you, and you come

To speak to my heart.

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33

Do we listen when

God speaks or merely hear our

Mind’s constant chatter.

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34

The notes from your flute

Still linger long, long after

You have left the room.

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35

I wake in the deep

Of night to write a poem

For morning to keep.

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36

God cannot save each

Blossom in a storm, yet we


Are caught by His Grace.

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37

Never allow our

Life’s tears to cover our hearts

And forget God cares.

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38

Your joys are my joys,

Your sorrows are my sorrows,

Within and without.

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39

The mind’s gulf between

Our hope and reality is

But a heart-hyphen.

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40

Why do our heart’s smile?

It is because our minds have

No freedom to choose.

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41

Where are you, O my

Unmanifest life divine?

Please do appear!

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42

We ascend new heights

To breathe in the vastness of

Infinity’s Peace.

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43

Beauty and the eye

Of the beholder share a

Oneness-dream journey.

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44

In your pinnacle

Silence height my heart takes rest.

In you I find Peace.

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45

My heart flower-poems

From my soul’s wanderings are

For you to cherish.

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46

An ever-fresh spring

Of inspiration appears

Within me, from you.

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47

With a gentle hand

You write your words at night

Upon my heart pages.

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48

In the wee hours

When guardian angels change

Their shifts, my heart dreams.

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49

The inner voice is

Enchanting — far beyond the

Sound of outer din.

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50

The same vast JOY that


Created the universe

Dwells within our hearts.

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51

May our spiritual

Bonds, forged here on earth, last for

Ever and ever.

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52

In one hundred years,

Your Peace statues will still shine,

For all to marvel.

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53

Blessed are those who

Have heard your name just one time

In this precious life.

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54

We escape the pull

Of gravity by shunning

Our cumbersome thoughts.

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55

Peace touches many

Hearts, yet it always remains

Indivisible.

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56

When you speak one word,

All the corner gossip is

Mute and meaningless.

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57

You once walked upon

The ground we now tread.

Here, your Light lives on.

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58

It is easier

For the sun not to shine, than

To deny your Grace.

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59

When our lives are touched

By the descending silence

Of Peace — all hearts smile.

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60

Soon, each bird is called

Once more to the sky, to lift

Our hope-dreams in flight.

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61

In mountain stillness

The faint echo of your flute

Draws my heart to calm.

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62

We hope and we pray

With smiles and with tears —

Since God dreams in us.

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63

Deep inside my heart

You sport and play — there I feel

The thrill of your joy.

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64

I bend to gather

A wisp of colour from the

Valley of flowers.

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65

A heavenward gaze

Perchance to catch a hallowed

Starburst in the night.

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66

Lost in reverie,

We touch the snow-capped mountains

With hearts of silence.

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67

When God is whistling

His favourite melodies,

Who cannot be thrilled?

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68

God whispers softly

In a world of constant noise,

So that we may hear.

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69

Once upon a time,

We sat at your feet, to swim

In your blessing Light.

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70

When you sang, the moon

And stars would come to listen,

Till dawn called them home.

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71

Your heart-smile charmed us.

Such were the sweet and sacred

Yesterdays we lived.

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72

When the inner storm

Has passed, like the sun you bring

Our hopes back to life.

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73

 

In each sweet moment

Eternity breathes, to keep

Our divine lives safe.

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74

Why did God send you

To earth, when Heaven is your

True inheritance?

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75

You came to this world

From that celestial realm

To serve your Lord’s dream!

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76

Each flower petal

That falls at your feet is blessed

By your precious Grace.

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77

The ancient sages

Of yore, never beheld your

Vision-eye’s splendour.

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78

Slowly, evening streams

Carry their sunset prayers

To a sea of Peace.

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79

I dissolve in your

Smile, to become one with your

Heart’s existence life.

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80

A single moment

Of Grace reminds us that all

Life is a Blessing.

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81

You paint the inner

Landscapes with the fine hand of

A master artist.

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82

Life should not be left

Swinging between our inner

And outer choices.

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83

Our gratitude hearts

Can never be contained by

Realms terrestrial.

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84

All celestial

Realms, can not contain my heart’s

Gratitude to you.

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85

Like water in the

Desert, you bring Grace to our

Spiritual lives.

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86

Our peace prayers rise

As God’s Protection Haven-

Canopy descends.

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87

When a flower blooms

Our hearts tell us that Heaven

Can exist on earth.

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88

To become your Smile

We swim in your Heart-Ocean

To lose our hearts’ tears.

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89

Our Creator’s Heart

Knows no bounds — as suffering

Feels the touch of Grace.

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90

Let us not allow

Our hearts to be broken

By ruthless intent. 

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91

In the midst of a

World in turmoil and in pain

A hope-flower grows.

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92

The battle is near.

My Lord, I pray, do

Offer the world your blessings

Yet uncreated.

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93

In the twilight calm

Between Heaven and earth, breathes

Your translucent smile.

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94

Of course I will play

With you, from the sound of day

To the silent night.

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95

The forest green calls

While we wait in the concrete

City of the mind.

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96

In the face of war,

They rise and sing canticles

From their ancient faith.

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97

We complete the race,

Not just to finish but to

Challenge our own minds.

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98

You always visit

In the night’s fragile hours.

Then, where do you go?

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99

How are you today?

With my heart-flowers, I bring

You my soul’s smile.

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100

How inspiration

Can conquer our tired minds

Is a miracle!

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