Selected Flower Flames by Sri Chinmoy Part 2

21.

The God-Hour Strikes

An unfinished Dream of God

Brought me down:

The God-Hour then struck.

 

An unending Reality of God

Will take me up:

The God-Hour will once again strike.

 

22.

Even My Shadow Avoids Me

Even my shadow avoids me.

Even my body dislikes me

Even my life disappoints me.

Even my God forgets me.

 

23

The Very Last Step

A heart of gratitude

Is the next-to-last step

Before we reach Heaven.

 

A life of surrender

Is the very last step

Before we reach Heaven.

 

24.

Mistaking Earth For Heaven

Mistaking earth for Heaven,

He sighed.

 

Mistaking Heaven for earth,

He died.

 

25.

Can This Be True?

Can this be true?

No desire binds me,

No temptation haunts me,

No imperfection blights me.

Can this be true?

 

26.

Don’t Take A Late Start

Don’t take a late start.

You may lose the race altogether.

Keep your love-devotion-surrender

Always on the alert.

Then you cannot have a late start.

 

27.

O Descending Blue

O descending Blue,

I love you.

 

O ascending Green,

I love you.

 

O divine Gold,

I love you.

 

28.

Aspiration Tells Me

Aspiration tells me

That my God is

Compassion-Mother.

 

Realisation tells me

That my God is

Liberation-Father.

 

God-oneness tells me

That my God is

Perfection-Friend.

 

29.

A Tiny Island

God alone knows

When the Kingdom of Heaven

Will finally descend on earth.

In the meantime,

God is begging His aspiring children

To try to create

At least a tiny island

Which He can call Heaven on earth.

 

30.

What Has God Given Me?

What has God given me?

A beautiful heart.

What shall I give Him?

A soulful face.

 

31

The Twentieth Century

The twentieth century

Is flooded

With self-styled master-rogues

 

The twentieth century

Is flooded

With monster disciple-fools.

 

32.

A Weeping God

A thinking mind

Is a sinking life.

A sinking life

Is a dying promise.

A dying promise

Is a weeping God.

 

33.

An Interesting Question

An interesting question:

Where is God?

An inspiring question:

What is God doing?

An illumining question:

Who is God?

A fulfilling question:

Who else’s love do I need,

If not God’s alone?

 

34.

Whether You Like It Or Not

My Lord Supreme,

Whether You like it or not,

I shall come to You daily.

Whether You like it or not,

I shall tease You smilingly.

Whether You like it or not,

I shall place You on my shoulders surprisingly.

 

35.

A Good Place

A good place to begin:

My soul’s soulful nest

A good place to continue:

My heart’s psychic core.

A good place to transform:

My mind’s mental chamber.

 

36.

Science Is

Indeed,

Science is man’s

Breath-taking advance.

Indeed,

Spirituality is God’s

Breath-immortalising romance.

 

37.

Music Is

Music is entertainment.

Music is enlightenment.

Music is the animal bark

Of man.

Music is the God-Song

And God-Dance for man.

 

38.

Four Elevators

Doubt-elevator never works.

Fear-elevator seldom works.

Confidence-elevator occasionally works.

Aspiration-elevator sleeplessly works.

 

39.

How Could This Be True?

My Lord Supreme,

You rang my alarm clock.

How could this be true?

You prayed for my salvation.

How could this be true?

You concentrated on my illumination.

How could this be true?

You meditated for my realisation.

How could this be true?

You contemplated on my perfection.

How could this be true?

You lived for my satisfaction.

How could this be true?

 

40.

Pray For Me, Please!

Heaven, pray for me, please!

I need the dream

Of oneness-perfection.

Earth, pray for me, please!

I need the reality

Of fulness-satisfaction.

 

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