1st Anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's Weighlifting
25 June 1986. Sri Chinmoy, Body, heart and soul one-arm lift anniversary, 25-26 June 1986, Agni Press, 1986.
Programme highlights at Sri Chinmoy Library
Photos by Bhashwar.
Sri Chinmoy lifts Reverend Jesse Jackson
Addwitiya Roberta Flack, Rev. Jesse Jackson and Sri Chinmoy. Annam Brahma restuarant, Jamaica, New York.
After a private meeting with Sri Chinmoy, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was lifted in the garden at the back of Annam Brahma as part of the "Lifting Up The World With a Oneness-Heart" programme.
Celebration of the Life of Fred Lebow
On 18 October 1994, a celebration of the life of New York City Marathon founder Fred Lebow, a dear friend of Sri Chinmoy and the Marathon Team, was held at the United Nations. It was co-sponsored by The Peace Meditation at the United Nations and the United Nations Staff Recreation Council Athletics Club.
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Haiku Inspirations
by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 23
1
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Our hearts are carried
By the whisper of God’s Dream —
In our morning prayers.
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Haiku Inspirations
by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
🌸
Volume 22
1
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Our hearts are carried
By the whisper of God’s Dream —
In our morning prayers.
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With Grace, to serve each
Fullness day — and with Joy, to
Play each role our best.
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How many times has
Your Compassion-Heart saved us
From our own self-will!
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When we return to
Our timeless serenity —
God is pleased with us.
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God takes birth each day
In the hopes and the dreams of
All sentient beings.
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At the frontier of
Thought formation — we have the
Choice of what to think.
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A rock, enjoying
Millennial slumber, does
Not squeal when stepped on.
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An elephant carved
In stone-grain strength, bejewlled with
Transcendent glory.
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The last catch before
The storm — we run for shelter —
Indra, please spare us!
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The resplendent tea
Gardens of Darjeeling — the
Mist and mountain green.
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The heart-expanding
Realm of God’s Delight reminds
Us where we belong.
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We empty our minds
Into our fullness-hearts so
Our thoughts can feel Joy!
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A journey that starts
With one doubt,
has so many
Uncertain endings.
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We pray before each
Action, but before we can
Pray, Who prays for
Us!
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God’s surety smiles,
When we have the courage to
Trust our inner light.
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In the nestling of
Twilight resting — in the hour
Of moonlight blessing.
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In the leaves of light
Glistening — in the shadow’s
Quiet listening.
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You are with me in
Our heart depths caring — in tears
Of oneness sharing.
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Your all-perceiving
Eyes cast their view upon each
Aspiration heart.
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We inspire each
Other to reach higher than
We could by ourselves.
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In the presence of
Angels, we dissolve in the
Heart of Heaven Light.
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Let us not submit
To the cruel assessments
Of critical minds.
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In this life, there is
Every chance we will become
What we want to be.
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The architecture
Of heaven — reflected in
A flower petal.
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There is no foregone
Pathway to tomorrow — when
God’s Will intervenes.
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The greatness of an
Idea is not in its earth-
Shattering triumph!
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At times our minds weigh
Far more than our bodies — when
We lose our heart’s joy.
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The olive branch of
Peace, hangs just out of reach — as
Centuries roll by.
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Even an island
Fortress can never protect
Us from our own thoughts.
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How can we be sad
When the music of the soul
Breathes in and through us?
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Prayer does not live in
The world of things and pieces,
Of follies and chance.
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I will gather all
Those precious moments shared — to
My heart’s inner core.
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Who inspires our
Hearts to coalesce, in this
World of fractured thoughts?
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Above world sorrow —
We wing the welkin blue of
Our heavenward way.
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Our souls are resolved
To prove that world oneness is
Not a far-off dream.
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To catch a glimpse of
Beauty amid life’s turmoil,
Feeds the starving soul.
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Protected by God —
Mankind’s highest ideals are
Imperishable.
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Washed by our soul’s prayer-
Currents we are the shores of
Undiscovered peace.
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Stepping through the rush
Of day into a realm of
Unexpected Joy.
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We sprint to the field
Of dreams, to please the One who
Created our Game.
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No matter how much
We share our heart’s gifts, we will
Always have enough.
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We are God’s chosen
Children, tasked to share His Love
With all creation.
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God Himself walked with
Us on earth for a time — still,
We hear His footfalls.
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Our hearts constantly
Remind us to remember
The word — gratitude.
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Our souls continue
Day after day to offer
Our gratitude smiles.
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We are born of the
Transcendent — to express the
Unknowable truth.
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I bookmark your page
With love, so I can read it
Again and again.
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Who am I and what
Do I know — so much more and
Far less than I think.
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How the children play —
Before they are shaped by a
World set in its ways!
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With Grace, we come to
Know that for each dead end there
Is a way forward.
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Each God-devoted
Heart is at the vanguard of
World transformation.
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We cling to so-called
Certainty while in the swing
Of impermanence.
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May the vast blue sky
Of dreams always be home to
The bird of my heart.
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At each and every
Moment, we must be ready
To be uplifted!
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While religions are
Debating, the Peace of our
Souls is feeding us.
🌸
When we are kinder
To ourselves, our kindness spreads
To one and all.
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To act in good faith,
Despite the outcome, is a
Noble victory.
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Though our hearts may be
Besieged by life‘s losses — let
Gratitude remain.
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Politics is a
Man-made compromise — God is
Not political.
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Heaven-made oneness
Is spirituality —
We are spiritual.
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Nineteen thirty one —
The year God played upon His
Special kettledrum.
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Nineteen sixty four —
The year God walked upon His
Chosen Western shore.
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All the trees have come
Together to discuss the
Future of mankind.
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In one divine brush
Stroke, the artist captures the
Essence of the soul!
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We are a danger
To ourselves, when we believe
That we have free will.
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In the hush and pause
Of silence — from a whisper —
There, a word is born.
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In our lives of haste —
Either we want the clock turned
Backward or forward.
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My Lord Supreme, do
Allow me one more moment
On earth to serve you.
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My Lord Beloved
Supreme, wherever you lead,
Let me follow You.
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O my guardian,
O protector of my life,
O silent witness!
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At the tipping point
Between heaven and earth — our
Soul’s transcendence dance.
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Let us not put our
Spiritual lives on hold for
Meaningless pursuits.
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Thank You for my heart
That loves You, and thank you for
My life that serves You.
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God’s presence within
The world is the only gift
We can all cherish.
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O my Lord, do let
Me always remain a child,
Playing at your Feet.
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I know when I pray,
I am in the comforting
Lap of God Himself.
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A simple problem —
Becomes trapped in the mind’s maze
Of complexity.
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From the possessor
Of the Sun, we are given
The Llight of reason.
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In the depths of our
Heart is God’s assurance that —
He will not fail us.
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My Lord do protect
Our subtle nerves — so we can
Feel your subtle form.
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Into life we came
With boundless joy and hope — let
Us not spill a drop!
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Impenetrable
To the casual gaze — the
Mysteries of life.
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Haiku Inspirations
by Animesh
🌸
Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
🌸
Volume 21
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Over and over
Again, our hearts repeat the
Same word — Gratitude!
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Only one raindrop
Need fall from heaven, for the
Whole forrest to smile.
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The Eternal Flame —
Long ago lit by Your Soul’s
Illumination.
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You chose for us the
High path — not oft-trodden — one,
That always rises.
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God is smiling through
Our tears as we remember
His surrender life.
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We do our best each
Day to serve the world soul — not
For our own reward.
🌸
No earthly thought can
Contain its form in silent
Stratospheric heights.
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Peace is not only
An option, it is in fact —
The only option!
🌼
The real tragedy
Of life is when we ignore
Opportunity.
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Of myriad thoughts,
So very few can turn life
Into poetry.
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The gentle lap of
Waves along night’s surrender
Shore — as peace descends . . .
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When all hope seems lost,
Even then our hearts hold to
Hope unlimited!
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A message in a
Bottle sighs — undiscovered
On a lonely beach!
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When we carry our
Oneness-heart within us, we
Are never alone.
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Time is not ours — we
Borrow our fleeting lives from
The eternal now.
🌸
Faces in a crowd —
Those with hope, glow, while those with
None, seem not to care!
🌸
Your come to visit
My dreams, to soothe my soul with
Your sweet melodies.
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Remember me, when
The cherry blossoms rise — and
Fall upon your heart.
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In perfect silence
We hear prayers of centuries
Past-present-future.
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To the stars and back —
We sail on the inspired
Wings of poetry.
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Deep within my heart
You are playing — I know well
Your footfalls of light.
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Not focused on the
Here and now, the benign gaze —
From the summit blessed.
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The pinnacle race —
The victory gong, the oneness
And transcendence-song.
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To look upon earth
From inner heights, to breathe in
The beauty-vast dawn.
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I like to do laps
In an open pool, where light
Ripples with each stroke.
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The miser of thought —
The mind — will not relinquish
Its prize processions.
🌼
Yours is the life that
Needs no expression, yet you
Willingly share it.
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One by one they land
On terra firma — safe, from
Their midnight crossing.
🌸
Your peace poems will
One day be the headline on
Prime time evening news!
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To leave the past as
It was — with no regrets — and
Not a backward glance.
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To claim the present
And each opportunity
As a special gift.
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To look the future
In the eye — and see all that
We are meant to be.
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Like a tulip, our
Long winter journey ends — with
A burst of glory!
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A heavy heart needs
To be taken lightly — if
We want to survive.
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The storm passes by,
Yet the house of bamboo and
Rice paper still stands.
🌼
Who am I to teach,
When every answer I give
Begs more questions?
🌼
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The Enlightened One
Gave up his princely wealth — and
Became the Buddha!
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Even as time is
Running out, we feel we have
An eternity.
🌸
In every country
We can find those who speak the
Language of the heart.
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An ice-clear morning —
The temple ground echoes in
The sound of prayer.
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O heaven-close
Smile — you are the inner light
Of the formless form.
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There will never be
A last prayer-poem — for God
Is still creating.
🌸
It is not magic
That changes reality
But our perceptions.
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From a distance, I
Glimpse you waving — and my heart
Runs towards your heart.
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All space and time are
Contained in the expanse of
Your heart’s universe.
🌼
On the beat of a wing,
The butterfly is gone — such
Exquisite beauty!
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There could never be
A heart so rare, that Heaven
Itself has not claimed.
🌸
Somethings we are not
Permitted to say — those, we
Should leave to others.
🌸
The play of light from
Another world — there at the
Dappled water’s edge.
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🌼
The high breeze carries
Your soul-flute melodies through
The forest treetops.
🌼
It is easy to
Forget — there is no fun in
Being unhappy.
🌼
At the appointed
Hour, long ago, we set sail
On our heart-journey.
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God’s oneness-heart prays
In and through us — for our
Dear and precious ones.
🌸
God brings our prayer-hearts
Close to Him, so our lives can
Feel His oneness-touch.
🌸
We are not only
Part of God’s oneness-life — we
Are — His oneness-life.
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In the morning, I
Sing your songs — at night, my soul
Sings them back to me.
🌼
We are the ageless,
Trying to inspire the
Ageing — here and now!
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I seek a place where
The wild lotus grows, where peace
Itself is breathing.
🌼
Teardrops fall softly
From the artist’s brush upon
The canvas of time.
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We meditate on
The Moon god until our hearts
Are brimming with Peace.
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We meditate on
The Sun god until our hearts
Are ablaze with Truth.
🌸
When I hear your name,
Immediately my heart
Responds with pure Joy.
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So close yet so far,
For the hands that reach — yet not
For the heart that waits.
🌼
We focus on the
Light within — where life’s cruel
Waves cannot touch us!
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Today my heart is
Leaving — leaving its deepest
Gratitude with You!
🌸
My heart is flying,
With the divine vision of
Your soul-sparkling eyes.
🌸
I will carry home
All the Love, Kindness and Joy
You have given me.
🌸
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One day, there will be
No words — till then, I shall send
You my heart-poems.
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As the morning light
Stretches to infinity
It warms every heart.
🌸
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Even when the wind
Blows cold across wintry skies,
Please remember me.
🌼
We may not be our
Best everyday, yet we put
Our best foot
forward.
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My heart loves to roam
The heaven-free skies, to wing
The vastness dreaming.
🌸
When we speak before
Thinking, life seems to throw our
Words straight back at us.
🌸
The world is at my
Window — looking in, looking
Out — it sees me not!
🌸
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On mountain heights, a
Pot of water boils quickly,
Yet is still lukewarm.
🌼
Perhaps gods came down
From realms on high, in search of
A good cup of tea!
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We are on a quest,
You and I, to see how far
Our hearts can expand.
🌸
In every order —
Beyond the magnitude of
Longing — I miss you.
🌸
Night river flows, out
To the sea, carrying dreams
Of the day gone by.
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The divine forces —
With their rescue-blazing Light —
Are fast approaching.
🌼
We will not close our
God-gilded heart-doors, even
In times of trouble.
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To the one who chose
Us — to the one who sustains
Us — we will remain.
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To the One who chose
Us, we shall remain; to the
One who sustains us,
We shall remain; to the One
Who claims us, we shall remain.
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How much will time tell;
And how long will it take — these
Are open questions.
🌸
Aspiration-Ground —
The gentle silence — and the
Crickets’ evening song.
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🌼
‘Now’ and ‘then’ — have their
Perfect resolution in
A heart of oneness.
🌼
We find suffering
Nothing new, when we think of
Those who went before.
🌼
We can always find
New Joy — when we follow our
Heart’s call to oneness.
🌼
🌸
In teardrop morning
Meadows we gather God’s Heart-
Flowers for our shrines.
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If we see not the
Subtle ways that crisscross our
Human lives — then why!
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The emptiness of
An island continent — the
Vast, ancient spirit.
🌼
There is no option —
We have to surprise ourselves
With our resilience!
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From the roof of the
World, a raindrop falls — saved by
God’s vast safety net.
🌸
We maybe made of
Atoms — but even atoms
Are made of pure Grace.
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Each time a divine
Thought takes flight, it makes its way
To inspired hearts.
🌼
Beyond the prince’s
View, the mendicant makes his
Palace everywhere.
🌼
I have not read this
Book — merely held it in hand —
Yet, poetry sings!
🌼
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Theologians may
Describe — but who will claim — the
Indescribable!
🌸
The moon is rising
And with it, it brings a new
Hope for peace on earth.
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In whom can we trust
To hold our gaze when the
Tiger is prowling?
🌼
The brightly tipped wings
Of Heaven’s newness, charm earth’s
Upper atmosphere.
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God knows why our minds
Are conveniently not
Aware when He calls!
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Haiku Inspirations
by Animesh
🌸
Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
🌸
Volume 20
1
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In all that we are,
And in all that we do, we
Are your promise-drop.
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If we leave this world
Just one thing, let it be our
Breath of gratitude.
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Where the winds run high —
The air, clear, crisp and clean — there,
The pinnacle play!
🌸
My Lord, rescue me
From ingratitude island —
If you can find it?
🌸
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I feel the presence
Of your heart’s smile in the soft
Morning air — I feel.
🌼
I see your face in
The sky-blue vast; in cloud-white
Brushstrokes fine — I see.
🌼
I hear you running
Through the green and the dense groves;
Your footfalls — I hear.
🌼
I catch your sweet and
Gentle fragrance as it plays
On the breeze — I catch.
🌼
I taste the nectar
Bliss of your ambrosial
Heaven-height — I taste.
🌼
I touch the edge of
The finite when your soul comes
To bless me — I touch.
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Who says God is a
Non-interventionist — when
HOPE lives in our hearts.
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Hokusai’s Great Wave
Never breaks — beyond time, it
Remains immortal.
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Your gentle heart-waves
Wash over my heart — with all-
Embracing oneness.
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In you, I see the
Unattainable beauty
Of heavenly heights.
🌼
In the core of my
Heart, I hear your sweet whispers —
In their joyful play.
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Remember to pray —
Forgiveness alone will cure
Our forgetfulness.
🌸
The pre-requisites
For a happy heart — hands that
Pray and feet that run.
🌸
🌸
You are coming home
And my heart is thrilled — I can
Not wait to see you!
🌸
🌼
In the City of
Hearts — no stop and go signs,
Just signs of progress.
🌼
We are the life breath
Of our soul on earth — here to
Manifest one Dream.
🌼
Do illumine me,
Lord of the effulgent Light
With your divine gaze.
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A starry night sky —
All the cosmos gathers for
One finite moment.
🌸
We have searched and searched,
For centuries — an endless
Journey — still, we try.
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If oneness cannot
Find a home on earth
Then where will it go!
🌼
If dissent is the
Example we set now — then
What of the future!
🌼
Our role is not to
Correct a confused world — but
Pray that Light descends.
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We are drops of Peace
Come to fill the ocean vast
With dreams of oneness.
🌸
At evening’s close, my
Tired heart is crying for
Your smiles of love-light.
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To know nothing, is
By far better than to know
The gossiper’s tale.
🌼
O river of hope
Take our hearts with you to your
Vision’s destiny.
🌼
We hold desire
Tight in hand while time slips like
Sand through our fingers.
🌼
🌸
As the disparate
Sounds of day fade to night, our
Hearts claim the silence.
🌸
Life should not be the
Sum of shattered fragments, but
One unbroken whole.
🌸
Peace — so simple — yet
Difficult for a complex
World to understand.
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🌼
For those who live in
The heart, the chains of the mind
Can never bind them.
🌼
We pray for God’s Grace —
Rather than wait forever
Until all else fails.
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Where is the heart that
Never stops loving, and the
Smile that never ends?
🌸
For you, we care — there
Is not a minute in the
Day we do not care.
🌸
God’s concern is the
Golden thread, woven into
The fabric of life.
🌸
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Each unenlightened
Opinion is complicit
In truth division.
🌼
A Oneness Band will
Be playing God Songs in our
Heart Palace tonight.
🌼
You are such a soulful inspired and appreciator
🌸
All in a moment,
Your smile caught my heart in
Its skyward embrace.
🌸
The sleeping lion
Is purring, perhaps dreaming —
Of his own heaven!
🌸
🌼
O inner pilot
Of my life’s journey, how can
I ever thank you!
🌼
The world says and does
Anything — must we react
To everything!
🌼
Our souls are singing
And dancing on the highest
Branch of our life-tree.
🌼
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Each and every day,
A new poem wings its way
Home — to your heart’s nest.
🌸
Our sense of oneness
Knows instantly, of that which
The mind makes no sense.
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When heaven and earth
Meet, worlds merge and emerge in
Glorious newness.
🌼
In toss and tarry,
In the swirling currents of
Life — we learn to swim.
🌼
New world leaders should
Have an age limit — none more
Then seven years old!
🌼
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On the mountain crests —
Home to ethereal heights —
There, gods meditate.
🌸
World transformation,
May not come in our time — but
At God’s destined hour.
🌸
🌼
Our philosophy
Of life, must be consistent
With reality.
🌼
Your philosophy
Of life, transcends the limits
Of reality.
🌼
God’s philosophy
Of life is perfection of
All realities.
🌼
🌸
Let us dive into
The endless beauty of a
Luminescent sea.
🌸
Out of your silence-
Heart was born all that has been
And all that will be.
🌸
Our hearts are longing
For ever-higher worlds — those
Blessed by God’s own Hand.
🌸
🌼
The piano — your
Field of Kurukshetra — where
Plays the battle high!
🌼
Sweet memories of
You still spread far across the
Vast inner heartscape.
🌼
I sail upon a
Sea of peace, because I have
Your smile in my heart.
🌼
🌸
Worldly thoughts only
Give us headaches — never mind
Illumination.
🌸
We are given to
Earth by the stars, to spread the
Light of the heavens.
🌸
No ordinary
Mind can contain all the heart’s
Possibilities.
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In the seeking, in
The finding, in the becoming —
Our hearts are complete.
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One glance from you, and
In a twinkling, the world goes
From darkness to light.
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Let us pray, mankind’s
Actions today preserve a
World for tomorrow.
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Let us pray, mankind’s
Actions today deserve a
World of tomorrow.
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When tomorrow comes
And the world falls silent — God’s
New promise will dawn!
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You touched our hearts with
Ageless grace — a child who jumped
Each hurdle of life!
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Irrepressible
Joy you gave; inner beauty
You gave — smiles you gave.
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The monsoon winds come
With the blessingful gift of
Transformation-rain.
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To tally life’s worth
In wins and losses — yet to
Ignore inner peace!
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The paradox of
Life — to find our true selves, we
Must first lose ourselves.
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Love, devotion and
Surrender — the solution
To all life’s problems.
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God loves happy hearts —
Just to be happy can make
Miracles happen.
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Only in heaven,
Could such a soul exist, yet
You walked among us.
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As the snowline of
Mount Fuji begins to melt —
Haiku waters flow.
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I write heart poems
On the wind, and bid them take
Sweet tidings to you.
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May gratitude tears
Fall like gentle rain upon
Your forgiveness heart.
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As birds fly south on
Ancient wings, so there is a
Season for each soul.
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We are twice blessed — once
When we know, then when we
Know — what to forget.
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Let centuries pass —
Time is of no consequence
When you are with me.
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We are not finite,
We play not finity’s game.
We are — infinite!
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Those were the years of
Wonder, when seconds contained
Eternity, and
We ran with light speed to catch
Infinity in our hands.
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One gratitude thought
Is all it takes to open
Your forgiveness heart.
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We swim in the peace
Of a meditation sea —
Absorbed in silence.
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In ways unforeseen,
Your divine countenance draws
Our hearts close to you.
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Poet of the heart,
You need no words to express
Your innermost dreams.
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Why crowd our minds with
More thoughts — when we have far too
Many of our own!
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Inspired thoughts have
A line of sight directly
To the heart of Truth.
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An inner door will
Open — just patiently
wait
And quietly pray.
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Even when you are
Not here, you are here — because
Your heart is with me.
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We are pilgrim souls
Following our gratitude
Path — to our heart home.
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This much, I do not
Know — when, where, what, how and why,
Yet, I do know — Who!
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Each gift I receive,
I offer to your heart from
Mine — without a thought.
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You came into my
Life at just the right time — of
Your divine choosing.
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The innocent eyes
Of a child see most clearly —
Goodness in this world.
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Let us please our Lord
Supreme for at least one day
In this fleeting life.
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Haiku Inspirations
by Animesh
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Dedicated to my Beloved Guru
— the Peerless Seer-Poet —
Sri Chinmoy
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Volume 19
1
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For those who treasure
The heart, God is constantly
Creating beauty.
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A heart of beauty
Is constantly creating
Newness in the world.
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The world that treasures
The heart’s beauty, reveals God’s
Ever-smiling face.
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A second, when filled
With gratitude, can contain
An eternity.
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So little room left
For God the Infinite in
Man-made religion.
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Blessed were we who walked
In the prayerful footsteps
Of our Master Lord.
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Our inspired thoughts
Have a direct line of sight
To the heart of Truth.
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We do not need to
Import uninspired thoughts
From a heartless world.
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We return again
And again to the time our
Hearts first saw your face.
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You gathered sweet songs
On your gentle descent from
Those heavenly realms.
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You embody the
Soft light of dawn and brilliance
Of the midday sun.
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O songbird divine,
Each day you bring to the world
Your heaven-free songs.
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We have all we need
When our hearts become the sea
Of humility.
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In my life‘s songbook
The gratitude songs you wrote,
Are my favourites.
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A chain reaction
Of joy, starts when God’s Grace and
Our willingness meet.
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The vain pursuit of
Material happiness
Leaves the world bankrupt!
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We live not just to
Be; we come not just to live —
We live, to become.
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We are envoys of
The divine — with a very
Special peace mission.
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My mind is at rest
When I remember that I
Am not the doer.
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In the shimmering
Twilight — in the transition
Between heaven and earth.
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Hearts that carry the
Inspiration of the soul,
Can carry the world!
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It is the message
Divine — carried on the four
Winds and seven seas.
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No matter — to be
Judged right or wrong by the world —
If God is smiling.
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In the distant sky —
In the vast blueness dreaming —
There, I see your face.
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Were we to sight the
Elusive deer, we would need
Be the forest deep.
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Everything on earth —
From empires to a grain
Of sand — rise and fall.
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Subtle records of
The past remain — until God
Rewrites history!
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God is constantly
Creating new beginnings
For all those who pray
Devotedly — for His Will
Alone rewrites history.
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When the hour strikes —
Lifelong promises we made
Will all be fulfilled.
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A moonlit night, and
The charm of the sky gathers
Our hearts together.
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God’s tears turn to Joy
As they fall gently upon
The world-heart ocean.
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The sum of all our
Yesterdays — but a moment
In our endless quest.
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Down to the river
Valleys where waters run deep —
Purity abounds.
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Three soul-birds, perched on
A branch — each one is singing
The happiness song.
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No matter how hard
It may be, we still dare to
Catch the rainbow’s end.
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I am dreaming of
My heart home, where I am wrapped
In smiles of delight.
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We set sail on the
Morrow’s dawn — jettison now
All that impedes us!
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To dip a brush in
Colours never seen; to paint
A line with no end.
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We follow the Light
Of our Beloved, spreading
Joy all-where we go.
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Songs you once taught me,
Are now singing by themselves
Deep inside my heart.
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God can walk on earth
With absolute poise — since it
Is His creation.
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False economy
To invest in doubt — with no
Positive returns!
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Each need is met — there
Are oases even In
Shifting desert sands.
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The vicissitudes
Of this mortal life are not
For the faint hearted.
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We come carrying
The divine banner to the
Battlefield of life.
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How blessed are we to
Have spiritual sisters
And brothers who care!
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In our limitless
Imaginings, who could see
This divine outcome.
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We have within us
The force that created the
Universe — always!
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Critics do not know the
Depth of inner commitment —
And many never will.
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For those who run the
Inside track — now the sprint to
The finish begins!
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With your heart came the
Golden touch to my haiku
Inspirations book.
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God is praying that
We never once depart from
His oneness-life dream.
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The most important
Gift in all of creation
Is our oneness-life.
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At the peace table
Of the future, the heart first
Reads the soul’s message.
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Those who have helped us
Once, have helped us again — to
Express gratitude.
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Oneness alchemy
Turns each drop of sadness to
Immutable Joy.
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O universal
Mother, the earth is badly
In need of your Light.
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Of all the divine
Qualities, it is Light that
God chose to speak with.
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O dispeller of
Darkness, we need your divine
Light more than ever.
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Today I wonder,
From where will inspiration
Come — only God knows.
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We may meet for a
Second, yet in that second —
Lives Eternity.
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Such rare and precious
Beauty deep inside your heart —
Unfathomable!
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The summer evening’s
Rhythm and tide — the gentle
Lap of night’s shore waves.
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Suddenly, a door
Has opened and I enter
A new world of hope.
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My Lord, please do not
Remain on the mountain top —
Do come and visit.
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Left or right, right or
Left — is not important when
Oneness is preserved.
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We need not shoulder
The problems of the whole world —
Not even our own!
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Tonight’s temple ground —
The air, redolent with the
Scent of heart-flowers.
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In the temple of
Devotion — in the silence-
Heart of dawn worship.
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Always reserved for
You, is endless time and space
Deep within my heart.
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Where time cannot be
Measured and space is not bound,
There I wait for You.
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The whisper-air that
Brushes by, leaves your sweet and
Soulful messages.
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What worries you, is
Worrying us all — in tears
We are not alone.
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If we allow them —
Faith and intuition will
Write our life stories.
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One teardrop of your
Concern, ripples across our
Heart’s oneness expanse.
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O inspiration
You have come again — do stay
As long as you can.
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I wish to live in
The fragrance-song heights of your
Infinite blessings.
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Intangible Joy —
The petal-fall touch of your
Smile upon my heart.
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It is our job — to
Approach the world with
Our sincere goodwill.
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Beauty born of light,
That has travelled with the stars,
Shall remain ageless.
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At sunset, when the
Heavens are lit with gold — then,
I know you are near.
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Mind borders, built of
Brittle ideas, will fall to
God’s oneness ideal.
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Inconceivable,
Conceived; unachievable,
Achieved — by Your Grace.
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Half a century
Ago, you called me back
home —
O my Beloved.
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Today my heart is
Singing a sweet, familiar
Bengali refrain.
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With Your Absolute
Love of God, You became the
World transformation.
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We gladly hold the
Peace Torch, not just for ourselves
But to pass it on.
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The committee of
The inner world must please the
Will of the Supreme.
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You peek around the
Corner when I least expect
It – O delight smile!
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I an tired, yet
I follow a guiding star —
The road is endless.
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It is not by our
Love of God that we are here
But God’s love for us.
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For our voices to
Be one, it takes no more than
For us to listen.
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There are no fish to
Be found in a dry lake bed —
Only empty boats!
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Your soul-stirring words
Echo the foreverness
Of the cosmos vast!
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Each time you appear,
A cascade of heart-delight
Falls from heaven skies.
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The Department of
Circumstantial gods, takes care
Of unforeseen things.
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Humility sweeps
The ground where gods and mortals
Alike will soon tread.
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Cannonball boy screams
By — watch this! — oblivious
To God’s compassion.
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The silent mountain
Knows that success-height does not
Come from our efforts.
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O where are you my
Friend so dear — come, play with me
In our heart’s garden.
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