When you pray to God
For God-Satisfaction,When you meditate on God
For God-Satisfaction,When you serve God
For God-Satisfaction,Rest assured that God feels
That His entire creationWill before long
Be in your vastness-oneness-heart. ```Even when everything fails you,
Do not give up hope;For tomorrow’s dawn
May illumine your inner lifeAnd fulfil your outer life.
```Read only
Your heart-aspiration-bookAt the library
Of your soul’s illumination. ```If you do not allow your inner life
To guide you,Then rest assured that your outer life
Will govern you. ```There are countless ways
For man to show his concernFor God’s creation vast.
Alas, most human beingsDo not care for even a single way.
```You can eventually become
A meditation teacherOnly after you have studied
For a long timeIn your own heart-school.
```Each sincere God-lover
Is the beauty of a new dreamIn God’s Vision-Eye.
```You and your purity-heart,
And God and His Compassion-Eye,Need no proof
To convince the worldThat you are unconditionally surrendered
To God’s Will. ```Each purity-heart
At every momentCan enjoy the love and promise
Of an angel-friend. ```Surrender your human will
To God’s omnipotent Will.Automatically you will strengthen
Your own faint hope and promise-life. ```A powerful meditation
Is nothing other thanA mighty sword
That can destroy the mind’sUncomely thoughts.
```Nobody can force you to visit
Your mind’s doubt-roomUnless you yourself are tempted
To make that Himalayan blunder. ```Expectation-fulfilment-fountain
Is reserved for thoseWho live only for the perfect transformation
Of their own aspiration-heartsAnd dedication-lives.
```In the inner world
Try to be the beautyOf a perfection-flower.
In the outer worldTry to be the roar
Of a satisfaction-lion. ```Every day try to climb up
Your faith-Himalayas,So that every moment
God’s Vision-Eye and Satisfaction-HeartCan claim you as their very own.
```Either I may or I may not
Respond to God’s clarion Call,But I do feel and know
That the rest of the worldSooner or later
Will respond to God’s clarion Call. ```If you have a determination-mind
And an aspiration-heart,Your faith will help you climb
God’s sunlit Mountain-Height. ```Each human being who comes into the world
Embodies earth’s hope-seed,Which eventually grows into
Heaven’s promise-tree. ```God’s Compassion-Eye
Is counting your aspiration-mileageAnd granting you
His Heart’s Satisfaction-Prize. ```Insecurity and impurity
Do not warn human beings.They just attack us
Whenever they want to,At their sweet will.
```Not God’s Justice-Light
But His Compassion-HeightEvaluates
Humanity’s aspiration-cry-performance. ```A true God-seeker
Will definitely be spellboundBy the inner beauty
Of a selfless God-lover. ```Once I lost my mind’s doubt-night,
I never found it again.Once I found my heart’s aspiration-day,
I never lost it again. ```If you really know
God the Transcendental,Then you are bound to serve
God the Universal. ```If you play before God
Your ignorance-confession-game,Then God will not only play before you
His Wisdom-Perfection-GameBut will also teach you
How to play it. ```I use my heart-eye
To see the Feet of God.God uses His Soul-Eye
To see His own PerfectionInside my mind.
```My express aspiration-plane
Is flying through the skyTo where ignorance-night
Will never be allowedTo take birth.
```There is only one joy
That is lasting and everlasting,And that joy
Is my oneness-silence-heartWith my Pilot Supreme.
```God’s Compassion-Rain
Will shatterMy mind’s ignorance-chain
Only when I welcomeMy heart’s sovereignty-reign.
```God may not look always the same
For the dividing mind,But God is always the same
For the uniting heart. ```Tomorrow is a stranger to you
Because you have not made friendsWith today’s self-giving heart-host.
```Your prayer-life can protect you
Only when your meditation-heartLives for God
To enjoy His Divinity’s FragranceInside your body-fort.
```Every day you must ask
Your realisation-MasterAbout the results
Of your aspiration-examination. ```Two supremely great competitors:
My surrender-life and my gratitude-heart.Even God finds it difficult
To declare who the winner is. ```You do not have to discover
A new opportunity-road.Every morning God comes to you
With at least ten differentOpportunity-roads.
What you have to doIs to choose the one that you like best
And speedily run along that roadTo reach your light-flooded destination.
```God for God’s sake:
This is the only thoughtThat can give you satisfaction
Right from your first breathTo your last breath.
```If your heart is
An unceasing prayer-cry,Then God will allow you
To fly in His Ecstasy-Sky. ```How each human being cherishes
Ignorance-night!I take it as the mystery
Of millennia. ```In the very near future
God’s Peace-PredictionIs unmistakably going to come true.
Just wait and seeWith a prayerful heart
And a soulful life. ```God will perfect
Your life-imperfectionsIf you can cheerfully sit at
God’s Compassion-floodedForgiveness-Feet.
```When the outer life
Enjoys its madness-freedom too much,The inner life goes to sleep
And enjoys the beauty of silence unknown. ```No true inspiration can ever remain
Unexpressed,Unrevealed
And unmanifestedIn God’s vast creation.
```If you want to enjoy
A life-blossoming smile,Then you must have a death-defying faith
Deep inside your heart. ```If your mind can have
A row of pure thoughts,Then your heart will enjoy
God-ascendence-flight. ```I am still alive
Because my Lord Supreme has given meHis Eternity-deep Forgiveness-Sea.
```When is God’s Birthday?
God’s Birthday is whenMan completely becomes his surrender-life
And soulfully becomes his gratitude-heart. ```A world without man,
God does not want.A world without God,
A truth-seeker can never imagine. ```It seems to me
That my aspiration-daysAre now nothing other than
My buried treasure. ```Do you want to increase
Your aspiration-capacity?If so, then tirelessly look
At God’s Compassion-Eye. ```First you have to become
Your heart’s purity.Then only will you be able to see
Your soul’s summit-divinity. ```If your heart does not want to work
On God’s Manifestation,Then how can you expect God to work
On your aspiration? ```There is only one way to increase
Your heart’s love for God,And that is to perform every day
Your life’s dedication-service. ```All selfish thoughts
And all anxiety-stricken frustrationsDisappear in God-Beauty’s Oneness-Garden.
```Slowly but effectively
God’s Justice demolishesMan’s vital demand-walls.
```When your searching mind
Has replaced your doubting mind,Then God will appear before you
With His Heart’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```Surrender to God’s Perfection-Will
Is the only inevitable wayTo abiding happiness.
```You will always be attacked
By ruthless insecurityIf your heart fails to dream
Of a universal oneness-reality. ```Who is your enemy?
Not he who speaks ill of you,But he who disturbs your heart’s purity-joy
And your life’s oneness-breath. ```How do you dare to enjoy
Your vital adventures?Are you not aware of
Their all-destructive, imminent dangers? ```Do not look back!
Do not think of the past!Do not waste your precious time!
If you are all for the past,Then all the misfortunes of the past
Will chase you towards the all-devouring tigerOf ignorance-night.
```Your aspiration-life
Has come to an abrupt haltBecause you are enjoying the indulgence
Of your over-valued self-image. ```How can you ever approach God
If you ignore the reproach of your soulWhen you make Himalayan blunders?
```Ask your heart to run
Towards tomorrow’s dawn.Joy abides in the fulness of newness
And not in the study of old chaptersOf your old life-book.
```Your depression-vital is already strong.
The more you cherish it,The more you strengthen it
And the sooner you digYour own aspiration-grave.
```Every morning and every evening
My heart longs for only a few glimpsesOf my Lord’s perfection-revealed
Satisfaction-Face. ```Only a God-oneness-heart
Does not roamFrom destruction to satisfaction.
It always breathes in satisfaction-Delight. ```If you do not claim God
As your own, very own,God is not going to perfect your life
So you can enjoy satisfaction-delight. ```May my heart’s devotion-intensity
Open my heart-doorThe moment God knocks.
```Once more God is asking you
To make an immediate choiceBetween your mind’s imperfection-night
And your heart’s perfection-sun. ```God cries
When I tell Him a lie.God smiles and smiles
When I deliberately tryTo fool Him.
```Because you have left
God’s Protection-Feet,You now have become
Your mind’s destruction-debris. ```Peace at all costs!
Indeed,This is my soul’s sacred promise
And my heart’s secret promise. ```God’s Forgiveness-Task
God has already performed.My gratitude-task
I have not even started.Alas, will I ever begin?
```My Lord tells me to feed Him
Not with my heart’s false promise-criesBut with my soul’s true promise-dreams.
```May my heart grow into
An endless aspiration-flightSo that I can battle against
All earth-temptation-Imperfection-disaster-problems.
```You are thousands of miles short
Of your surrender-life.How, then, can you expect God’s
Infinite Ocean-Delight? ```If you are a student
In the aspiration-school,Then you cannot be found playing
In the self-interest-playground. ```Your incurable stupidity
Will be responsible forYour fruitless future frustration-life.
```A life of uncertainty
Is bound to collideWith tomorrow’s God-blossoming hour.
```All his possibilities are locked up
Inside his hesitation-mindBecause his vital is a spiral
Of dark chaos. ```Unless I give my Lord Supreme
Complete freedom to mould my lifeIn His own Way,
How can I dare to expectA perfection-life for myself?
```The mind’s huge division-walls
Can be torn downOnly with the heart’s soulful cries
And the life’s powerful smiles. ```I shall never walk
Along the road of ingratitude,For that is the road
From which I will not be able to returnTo my heart’s satisfaction-home.
```Is there any desire-life
That has not been stolenFrom ignorance-king?
Again, is there any aspiration-lifeThat has not dethroned
Ignorance-king? ```Because you have
Vast patience-reserves,Your inner pilot is happy with you
And fulfilled in you. ```Your soulful gratitude-days
Are long ago gone.That means God has powerfully withdrawn
His Satisfaction-SunFrom your heart-cave.
```Do you want to have
An interview with God?If so, send your cheerful love-valentines
To God’s Heaven-Home. ```You can utilise your Heaven-opportunities
Only by cultivatingOne supreme necessity:
Your sleepless hunger-cry for God. ```Why have you allowed
Your dedication-life-lightTo grow dim?
Is it becauseYou cannot separate yourself
From binding expectation-shackles? ```God wants us to see Him
As frequently as possible —Even if it is not possible
During the day,Then at least during
Our sleep-flooded dreams. ```When I become my heart-gratitude,
My Lord Supreme immediately becomesHis Forgiveness-Smile.
```There shall come a time
When my mind’s doubtWill walk along the beautiful road
Of my aspiration-heart.There shall definitely come a time.
```Every day I am praying
For a heart that will have poise-dynamoTo shatter my anxiety-mind.
```My heart’s sweetness
Is bound to conquerMy mind’s age-old bitterness.
```God’s Oneness-Love
You can neither buy nor sell,You can only achieve.
```God asks you for
Your sleepless co-operation.He does not demand
Your immediate perfection. ```First show God
Your mind’s peace-pond.Only then will God grant you
His Heart-Ocean. ```Develop every day
Your endurance-capacity.Then God will bless you
With His Assurance-Quality. ```No human mind is a stranger
To anxiety-calamity.No divine heart is a stranger
To silence-profundity. ```My Lord, I am asking You
The hardest question:When will I realise You?
“My child, I am giving youThe immediate answer:
The day your outer life becomesA sky-vast surrender
And your inner life becomesA sea-deep gratitude.”
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 116, Agni Press, 1988
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