Here and Now

Prayers by Sri Chinmoy
at the Peace Concert in the Landmark Community Centre, Port Washington, New York

 

36.

HERE and NOW
I must discover my way
To God's Nectar-flooded Feet
For my God-realisation.

 

37.

HERE and NOW
I must be fully determined
To prayerfully and soulfully accept
All God-given
Challenge-opportunities —
And never run away.

 

38.

HERE and NOW
I must dissociate myself
From the destruction-breath
Of ignorance-night.

 

39.

HERE and NOW
I must realise
That my heart's aspiration-thrill
Is ever new
And never grows old.

 

40.

HERE and NOW
An unconditional surrender-life
Is the indispensable part
Of a seeker's life
To please God in His own Way.

 

41.

HERE and NOW
My aspiration-heart must hasten
To the beckoning Call
Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

 

42.

HERE and NOW
I have come to realise
That it is the same God
Who plays the role
Of God the Creator-Vision
And
God the creation-manifestation.

 

43.

HERE and NOW
I must seek to know
What God's Priorities
Truly are.

 

44.

HERE and NOW
My heart must become
The rainbow-beauty
In the vastness-blue
Of enthusiasm-sky.

 

45.

HERE and NOW
A seeker has to realise
That nothing can be
More illumining and fulfilling
In his life
Than his sleepless and breathless
God-obedience.

 

46.

HERE and NOW
God tells me that He does not want
His Power-Feet
To govern my thoughts,
But He wants His Sweetness-Heart
To embrace and lead and guide
My will.

 

47.

HERE and NOW
I am challenging
My shameless long-lasting
Self-doubt-waves.

 

48.

HERE and NOW
I do not have the doubting mind
That curves and swerves,
But I do have the aspiring heart
That glows and flows.

 

49.

HERE and NOW
My Lord Beloved Supreme
Is telling me
That my new beginning
Is my new winning.

 

50.

HERE and NOW
I have come to realise
That no human being
Can ever go beyond
God's Compassion-Eye-Circle.

 

51.

HERE and NOW
I must turn my life into
A God-devotion-heart-fragrance.

 

52.

HERE and NOW
My Absolute Lord Supreme
Takes away from me my mind-rock
And gives me His Heart-Diamond
In return.

 

53.

HERE and NOW
I am resolved to keep
My God-gratitude-heart-door
Open at all hours.

 

54.

HERE and NOW
I unmistakably see
That the world-temptation-ocean
Has no shore.

 

55.

HERE and NOW
I clearly see
That God has come down
All the way from Heaven
To earth
To receive a cute smile
From my heart.

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