A true truth-seeker’s life
Every day ascendsWith a rising rainbow
Of supreme delight. ```May my mind’s thought-world
Peacefully restIn my aspiring heart’s
Silence-nest. ```You are your heart’s
Breathless willingness.Therefore, God will grant your life
Abundant fruitfulness. ```My mind is wrapped
In the ever-growing hopeThat I will go beyond the domain
Of insecurity-pain. ```May my heart never stop dreaming
Every nightMy life-transformation-dream.
```Because of my heart’s
Humility-light,I never come near my mind’s
Ego-tree. ```There can be no hurtful conflicts
Between an aspiration-heartAnd a dedication-life.
```If you do not pray
For your heart’s oneness-courage,Then yours will be a life
Of ceaselessly accumulated insecurity. ```O priceless moments
Of unconditional surrender-delight,Do you really exist?
Or is your existence-lightThe product
Of man’s hallucination-mind? ```From my mind’s obedience
My heart receives cheerfulness.From my heart’s cheerfulness
My Lord receives supreme Satisfaction. ```Surprisingly vast
Is my mind’s sound-sea.Astonishingly pure
Is my heart’s silence-sun. ```Although lethargy carries iron weights,
It wants to roamIn the expectation-fulfilment-garden.
```You can neither fly high
Nor dive deepWith your aspiration-hobby.
You can never set your heart-sailsFor your life’s sunrise
With your aspiration-hobby. ```I surprisingly
Found GodRight where I
Deliberately left Him. ```There can be no choice
BetweenMy life’s progress-light
AndMy heart’s satisfaction-delight.
```My heart’s obedience-light
Flies with God.My mind’s disobedience-night
Crawls with man. ```Unless you fight against yourself
And win,You cannot escape
Your doubtful and hurtful mind. ```Every morning God comes to me
To congratulate meOn my cheerfully surrendered
God-acceptance-life. ```You can be another God
The day you bravely challengeThe ceaseless pride
Of your unhappiness. ```Since God owns
My heart’s aspiration-hunger,I must disown
My mind’s frustration-feast. ```Everything that is supremely fruitful
On earthIs on temporary loan
From Heaven. ```Because of your humility-mind
And your purity-heart,You will before long become
In the inner worldAn ultra-distance runner
With striking speed. ```He who enjoys self-doubt
Is indeedAn insecurity collector.
```Awaken
Your heart’s faith-soldiers.It is high time for them
To destroyYour mind’s doubt-demons.
```The seeker’s
Aspiration-heart-cry-hungerAnd God’s
Satisfaction-Smile-MealAre a oneness-pair.
```A Ph.D.
may not understand God,But a kindergarten student
Can at once understandAnd reveal God.
```Desire means
Emptiness-beggar.Aspiration means
Fulness-emperor. ```O my mind,
Why are you such a fool?When are you going to make God
Your very first resort? ```No soulful aspiration-heart-cry
Will ever fail to reachGod’s Compassion-Eye.
```Aspiration-perfection achieved,
Lo, the bondage of self-willLong deceased!
```Your sleepless unwillingness
Is bound to suffer from the feverOf ruthless ego-frustration.
```O faith-deserter,
You have next to nothing,Yet you expect everything,
Including God’s supreme PrideIn you.
```Alas,
Your unused heart-capacitiesAre decaying
Faster than your fastestImagination-flight!
```My aspiration-heart was born
To be daily fedBy God’s Compassion-Height
And not to be ruthlessly tormentedBy negative thoughts.
```Fight off your ego-fever.
Otherwise, you will sufferFrom a dislocated mind.
```I loved my soul’s
Ancient illumination-journey.I love my life’s
Modern perfection-goal. ```My mind,
I have accepted youAs you are.
How stupid you areNot to accept yourself!
```I can never become
A God-pleaserWithout being blessed
By God’s unconditionalCompassion-Sea.
```Yesterday I was
A God-chooser.Today I am
A God-prayer.Tomorrow I shall become
A God-surrenderer. ```Yesterday my heart
Was a God-invoker.Today my heart
Is a God-praiser.Tomorrow my heart
Will be a God-supplier. ```Yesterday my mind
Was a God-adorer.Today my heart
Is a God-follower.Tomorrow my life
Will be a God-lover. ```Yesterday I was
A God-invoker.Today I am
A God-affirmer.Tomorrow I shall be
A God-satisfier. ```Yesterday I was
A God-meditator.Today I am
A God-embracer.Tomorrow I shall become
A God-publiciser. ```Yesterday my soul
Was a God-dreamer.Today my heart
Is a God-beginner.Tomorrow my life
Will be a God-producer. ```It requires the wisdom-light
Of the heartTo enjoy the perfection-delight
Of the soul. ```It requires a giant exercise
Of faithTo manifest the oneness-bond
Of man with God. ```Because you are no longer
Restrained by self-doubt,God’s Satisfaction-Heart-Joy
Is swirling around your life. ```Each day is a new opportunity
For my mind’s fearTo depart
And for my heart’s strengthTo arrive.
```To escape
The great grip of frustration,Every day you and your heart
Must soulfully open new frontiers. ```Disobedience is happy
Only whenIt astronomically multiplies
The ignorance-nightOf each and every human being.
```If you want to reach
Divinity’s summit,Then you must use sleeplessly
The wings of your heart’sAspiration-bird.
```Devotion has the capacity
To purify the vital,Illumine the mind
AndSimplify the life.
```You will be able to come out
Of the sea of insecurityIf you devotedly obey
The whisper-callOf your Inner Pilot.
```How can your life’s manifestation-tree
Have leavesIf your heart’s inner cry
Is not genuine? ```Water your heart’s faith-garden
Faithfully every dayIf you do not want to develop
Doubt-blightIn your unaspiring mind.
```If you want
Your aspiration and expectationTo go together,
Then you must be preparedTo fight constantly
Against the attack of frustration-wolf. ```The inner life teaches us
How to be detachedFrom the desire-life
And how to be attachedOnly to God,
The Compassion Supreme. ```Before you pray and meditate,
Try to seeThat there is no failure-thought
In your mind’s silence-room. ```I call it
My aspiration-heart.God calls it
His Dream-Fulfilment-Smile. ```Since you are so attached
To your self-doubts,Your soul withdraws its promise
To your heartless life. ```No seeker-soul
Will communicate with youUnless you change your ego-address
To a oneness-address. ```Your mind’s doubts
Create all problems for you,But your heart’s faith
Can offer you most adequate solutions. ```Daily
Use your heart’s forgiveness-flamesTo burn away
The jealousy-insecurityOf the blind world.
```My Lord Supreme asks me
To smile powerfully every daySo that I do not remain any longer
His failure-child. ```The strange methods that fear offers
To save usAre more useless than
A grain of sand. ```Each unhealthy thought
Can easily blow outYour heart’s purity-candle.
```Ask your mind every day
To go to your heart-school.Ask your heart every day
To sit at your soul-shrine. ```No good thought can ever be homeless,
For God Himself treasuresThe beauty, purity and divinity
Of each and every good thought. ```Before your lower self betrays you,
Use your higher selfTo expedite your
God-manifestation-promise. ```Each time I think of my mental pain,
I think of myself as a good seeker.Each time I think of my psychic gain,
I feel that I am a chosen instrumentOf God Himself.
```If you do not swim against
Your life’s imperfection-current,Then you will always find yourself
In life’s inferiority-corner. ```His mind-room every day welcomes
The Compassion-Sun from AboveAnd aspiration-flames
From the entire world. ```In the sacred chambers
Of my heart,I see only God
And the Grace of His Smile. ```Do you not think
That God does not appreciateYour heart’s sleepless
Insecurity-stories?Alas, the soulful heart
Is quite often a captiveOf our ego-mind.
```No other place
But my heart-garden,No other time
But God’s choice Hour —Here and now.
```How can the tides of desire
DisappearIf you do not invoke God
To bathe youIn His Compassion-Wisdom-Light?
```I have one constant friend
And one constant enemy:My morning hope
AndMy evening frustration.
```You may not know where
Your heart’s purity is,You may not know what
Your soul’s divinity is,But I see your heart’s purity
And your soul’s divinityRight on your soulful and powerful face.
```Each life has to be a surrender-tree
So that God’sLove-Manifestation-Fruits
Can gladden the human life. ```Alas, when my mind does not
Accept the invitation from God,It is my poor heart that suffers miserably,
And not my stupid mind. ```You have to keep
Your surrendered oneness-heartAlways pure
If you want to exploreThe beauty and the divinity
Of the truth-world. ```God will make you
His Eternity’s partnerOnly when your human life
And your divine breathLive for God alone.
```As soon as you see the doubt-thief
Entering your mind-room,Sound your heart-alarm!
You will be able to catch the thiefWith no difficulty.
```Long before my heart-flames
Flicker and die,I must do something supremely significant,
Supremely fruitful,For the affection-heart of Mother Earth.
```God does not want to know
What you have doneWith His Forgiveness-Delight.
God only wants to knowWhat you have done
With His Compassion-Height. ```The first and worst mistake
Of your lifeIs that you have become
A self-ordained teacherOf world-transformation.
```How can you have satisfaction-delight
If you allow yourselfEven unconsciously
To be held up by hesitation-hooligan? ```Do not remain standing all the time
On possibility-platform.Come down and shake hands
With the aspiration-fulfilment-seekers. ```If you do not believe
In God’s unconditional Compassion-Light,Then in the inner world
You are undoubtedly an ownerOf useless nothingness.
```I want to monopolise
God’s Life.God wants to monopolise
My heart.Who knows who is going to win?
```Can God keep track
Of all His children?Yes, He can.
He keeps track of all His childrenExactly the same way I keep track
Of all my countless desires! ```The hesitation-heart says to God:
“If I enter into You,Your Vastness infinite may frighten me.
Therefore, I am hesitating.”The reluctance-mind says to God:
“You may be supremely great,But I can live without You.”
```Your mind is digging up
Its desire-ruins.Therefore, your soul-beauty’s
Heart-flower is fading. ```Develop powerful oneness-light
To burst through the giantIgnorance-night.
Try, you can do it!Lo, you have done it!
```Nobody can
And nobody will ever be able toEnter into God’s Heart-Door
Without his own heart’s purity-pass. ```If you have no devotion,
That means you do not haveSweetness in your heart.
If you have no surrender,That means you do not have
Fulness in your life. ```A single doubtful thought-wind
Is strong enough to capsizeYour heart’s cheerfulness-boat.
```If you have your heart’s
Hope-light,Then God will give you His Eye’s
Promise-Light,Without fail.
```I do not think
There is any human soulWho has not suffered
From expectation-ailments. ```My Lord Supreme,
Even if You do not allow meTo claim You as my own,
Very own,Do at least allow me
To place every dayMy heart’s gratitude-blossoms
At Your Feet. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 123, Agni Press, 1989
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