Selected Flower Flames 121-140
by: Sri Chinmoy
121
God Has The Sincerity
God has the sincerity
To tell me
That He loves me.
Alas, I do not have the sincerity
To tell Him
That I badly need His love.
122
Before I Reach You
My Lord Supreme,
Do grant me a boon:
Before I reach You,
Do allow my gratitude-heart
To precede me.
123
I Affirm What God Affirms
I affirm what God affirms.
What does God affirm?
He affirms that God-realisation
Is my birthright.
I negate what God negates.
What does God negate?
He negates that I am a member
Of ignorance-society.
124
Silence and Fulfil
Silence
Your endless earth-necessity
Secretly.
Fulfill
Your breathless Heaven-necessity
Immediately.
125
Man Crawls Toward God
The difference between
Man and God is this:
Man unknowingly
Crawls toward God;
God compassionately
Runs toward man.
Man thinks that he has God;
God knows that man is God.
126
I Bow
I sleeplessly bow to the Light
That never dims.
I breathlessly bow to the Delight
That never fades
127.
My Beloved Supreme is Searching
My Beloved Supreme is searching
For my willingness
And not for my capacity.
My Beloved Supreme is searching
For my readiness
And not for my perfection
128.
Remember What You Said
Remember what you said to God:
“My Lord, I shall always
Fulfil You unconditionally.”
Remember what you said to man:
“My friend, I shall always
Help you unreservedly.”
129
You Are Lonely Because
You want to know why you are lonely?
You are lonely because
You never want to hear
Your heart’s oneness-song.
130
The Saviour Teaches Me
The Scriptures teach me
How to love the Saviour
The Saviour teaches me
How to love the Real in me,
The future God.
140.
God the Young and God the Old
I love
Both God the young
And God the old.
From God the young I learn
How to run, jump, fly and dive.
From God the old I learn
How to cry and smile
And how to smile and cry.
132.
You Come To Realise
When you pray,
You come to realise
That you have a room high above.
When you meditate,
You come to realise
That you have a home deep inside.
133
An Unconditional Life
In the beginning
An unconditional life
Is a battleground.
But eventually
An unconditional life
Becomes a playground.
134
A True and Sleepless Love of God
If you have a true and sleepless
Love of God,
Then nobody will be able to snatch you away
From the Embrace of God.
135
A God-Lover Knows
A God-seeker thinks
That he can be free.
A God-server feels
That he will be free.
A God-lover knows
That he is free.
136.
I Shall Forgive and Forget
I shall forgive and I shall forget.
I shall forgive my past unwillingness
To meditate on God.
I shall totally forget
My very, very old friend:
Ignorance.
137
Do You Not Remember?
Do you not remember
That only the other day
You loved God unconditionally?
Do you not remember
That only the other day
You claimed God as your own, very own?
138.
Every Day My Heart Turns
Every day my mind turns
Toward the miracle-working God.
Every day my heart turns
Toward the life-illumining God.
139
I Shall Obey You Unconditionally
My Lord,
I shall obey You unconditionally
Provided You tell me
That I am Your best student.
“My child,
I shall tell the world
You are My best student
Provided I am your only Teacher
And you completely give up your other teacher:
Ignorance.”
140
God Came Down
I went up
To see God’s beautiful Feet.
God came down
To give me His bountiful Heart.