I Go Out, I Come In

When I go out,
I am nowhere.
When I come in,
I am all-where.


I go out
To school my mind.
I come in
To school my heart.


I go out
To buy what I leave behind
Foolishly.
I come in
To reclaim what I am
Eternally.


I go out
To feed my curosity-mind
And curosity-eyes.
I come in
To feed my divinity-soul
And purity-heart.


I go out
To measure Nature's divinity.
I come in
To treasure Divinity's nature.


When I go out,
Mine is a sound-bound journey.
When I come in,
Mine is a silence-bound destination.


When I go out,
I need what I find.
When I come in,
I find what I need.


Proudly I go out,
Only to say what I can.
Peacefully I come in,
Only to feel what I am.


Be a brave mind
When you go out.
Be a pure heart
When you come in.


When I go out,
I dine with the known.
When I come in,
I pine for the Unknown.


I go out
To see the Face of God.
I come in
To become the Heart of God.


When I go out,
I see the flow.
When I come in,
I become the glow.


To see God the Power,
I go out.
To feel the Peace,
I come in.


I go out
To get what I want.
I come in
To feel what I need.


I go out
To hear what the world
Has to say.
I come in
Only to see that God is waiting
To hear from me.


I go out
And decrease my money-power.
I come in
And increase my heart-power.


I go out
To see the vastness of the world.
I come in
To see the Infinity of the universe.


I go out
To see the power of greatness.
I come in
To feel the love of goodness.


I go out hurriedly
To learn.
I come in wisely
To unlearn.


When I go out,
My mind provokes.
When I come in,
My heart invokes.

~ Sri Chinmoy