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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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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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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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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