Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 125

12401

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Truth compassionately knocks

At the searching mind’s door.

Truth proudly knocks

At the aspiring heart’s door. ```

12402

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Many are the follies of the mind.

But when it cherishes

Its own ignorance-reflection,

That is the beginning

Of its spiritual extinction.

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12403

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Keep away

From anxiety-horizons.

Then you will never see

Thick worry-clouds. ```

12404

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Because you are a stark fool

You never leave your heart-treasure

In your Lord Supreme’s

Safe-deposit box. ```

12405

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I need

Only one thing:

My ego’s

Ruthless embarrassment. ```

12406

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If you are a genuine God-lover,

Then you must realise

That now is the only perfect time

To check out of ignorance-hotel. ```

12407

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Every morning,

Without fail,

I must renew

My God-surrender-permit. ```

12408

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Give, give,

As long as you live!

And what should you give?

Your world-dedication-smile. ```

12409

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The Compassion-Lord

Never wants any human being

To suffer from

Aspiration-starvation. ```

12410

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When I look in the mind-mirror,

I just bitterly weep

For the countless stupid mistakes

I have made. ```

12411

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It is already too late

For you to bid good-bye

To your mind-dictator,

Because you have allowed your heart

To be imprisoned by doubt.

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12412

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My heart brilliantly sparkles

The moment I sit

At my Lord’s Compassion-Feet.

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12413

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O my heart,

Do you not know

That your soul is all compassion?

Do you not know

That its daily

Aspiration-wake-up call

Is totally free?

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12414

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The aspiration-tree

In every heart-garden

Is cheerfully

And dynamically green. ```

12415

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If you are not spontaneously

Kind to yourself,

Then all your God-satisfaction-attempts

Will badly fail. ```

12416

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A self-giving purity-heart

Is the satisfaction-delight

Of the Lord Supreme.

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12417

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Two monumental tasks:

To have a sleepless

Aspiration-heart-cry

And an unconditional

Service-soul-smile.

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12418

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My gratitude-heart

Is the perfect yardstick

To measure

My aspiration-height. ```

12419

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If you do not sleeplessly

And breathlessly cry,

How will you see your heart’s

Blue aspiration-bird

In full flight?

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12420

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Alas, how can I be perfect,

How can I be happy,

Since there is so much

Aspiration-neglect in my life? ```

12421

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May each moment

Of my life

Be a heart-awakening song!

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12422

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Alas, in vain

I have been trying hard

To recover from

Frustration-intoxication. ```

12423

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An ungrateful heart

And an impure mind

Are always in collusion

To dethrone God. ```

12424

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A doubting mind

Thrives on misquoting

God the Compassion.

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12425

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Sleepless dynamism

Is God’s greatest Boon

To the human body.

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12426

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A self-giving heart

Knows how to make friends

With world-forgiveness.

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12427

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Every day a secret

And sacred conversation

Takes place between Heaven’s smile

And earth’s cry. ```

12428

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To arrive

At the wisdom-light-shore

Is almost an impossible task

For the weak human mind. ```

12429

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If you want to see

Your heart’s aspiration-beauty,

Then you must first set off

Your inspiration-fireworks. ```

12430

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Who wants to hear

The endless debate

Of the aggression-vital

And the suspicion-mind? ```

12431

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Who loves God most?

He who never expects

Anything from God —

No, not even in his dreams! ```

12432

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To me you are

A failure incarnate

If you do not even attempt

To please God

In God’s own Way.

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12433

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Don’t be disappointed.

God will grant you

Another God-Hour

To love and serve Him. ```

12434

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Today’s happiness-drop

Is undoubtedly the promise

Of tomorrow’s happiness-sea.

Just keep on praying and meditating. ```

12435

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God has infinitely

More important things to do

Than be tired of humanity’s

Sleeping heart. ```

12436

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Doubt, insecurity

And impurity

Are the three prime

Spiritual death symptoms. ```

12437

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I am extremely worried

Because my heart has not

Heard from God lately.

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12438

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My Lord is always tired

Of hearing my mind’s sad news,

But He is never tired

Of hearing my heart’s good news. ```

12439

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A gratitude-heart

Immediately knows

How to multiply

Life’s satisfactions. ```

12440

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Smilingly to forgive

And blessingfully to forget

Is a typical day

In the life of our Lord Supreme. ```

12441

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My aspiration-heart

Takes me

To the Giver of Love,

And my dedication-life

Brings me

To the Taker of pain. ```

12442

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Nobody can always escape

The teachings of

Ignorance-tyrant.

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12443

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The mind sees the opening

Of frustration-gates.

The heart sees the death

Of an insecurity-seeker. ```

12444

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Sincerity and purity

Can definitely reach

The highest oneness-height.

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12445

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If you have

A surrender-gratitude-heart,

Then God Himself will adorn you

With His Fragrance-Heart-Flowers. ```

12446

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Never breathe “Why?”

If you wish to fly

In God’s Heart-Sky.

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12447

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Procrastination

Is a fruitless production

Of unlit minds.

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12448

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A spiritual king is he

Who is the possessor

Of an empty mind

And a full heart. ```

12449

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Because of your unused heart,

Today you have become

A total failure

In your spiritual life. ```

12450

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Morning is the time

For me to offer

My gratitude-heart.

Evening is the time

For me to offer

My peace-life. ```

12451

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For aspiration-flames,

Every day I force my mind

To go to my heart’s

Aspiration-faith-garden. ```

12452

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At last I have thrown away

All my mind’s impurity-presents

And all my heart’s

Insecurity-presents. ```

12453

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To lead a spiritual life

Means to enjoy

The beauty and purity

Of one’s own heart-garden. ```

12454

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I have many homes

To live in,

But my heart’s gratitude-home

Is by far the best. ```

12455

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My heart-troops have to conquer

My mind-territory

So that I can have a fruitful

Satisfaction-life. ```

12456

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A humility-heart

Is bound to win

In humanity’s

Perfection-search-life. ```

12457

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The Master tells the unaspiring seeker

That the Hour of God

He will not be able to escape.

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12458

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Practise, practise every day

Your life’s aspiration-dedication-songs

If you want to be

A God-fulfilling dreamer. ```

12459

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No fame can buy

Any lasting happiness.

True happiness is in

Sleepless self-giving. ```

12460

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If you want to accelerate

Your self-transcendence-pace,

Then do not be afraid

Of your life’s adversity-surges. ```

12461

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If you want to run

Faster than the fastest

In the inner world,

Then what you need

Is a non-stop self-giving smile.

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12462

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Cast off immediately

The painful memories of yore,

And try to be inseparably one

With your heart’s

Life-awakening and

God-fulfilling dreams. ```

12463

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What is detachment?

It is our aspiring heart’s

Wisdom-perfection-delight.

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12464

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Unless and until you make your heart

Your instructor,

You will not be able to become

God’s satisfaction-builder

On earth.

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12465

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Ancient God-discovery-eagerness

Will inevitably illumine

The confusing and confused mind

Of modern human beings. ```

12466

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O my God-Doctor,

I entirely depend on

Your Compassion-Medicine

To protect my heart’s aspiration-life. ```

12467

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Both man and God

Are apt to tell the stories

Of their victory-flooded lives.

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12468

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We can easily tame

Our wild doubt-tiger

If we long to be

A mild oneness-lamb. ```

12469

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Nobody has compelled you

To follow the confusion-path.

You have made

This unconscious temptation-choice

Yourself.

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Doubt has infected

Your mind.

Fear has invaded

Your vital.

But you must challenge

Both doubt and fear

So theirs is a short life.

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My heart’s obedience

Is my life’s

Spontaneous love for God

In action. ```

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The sadness of my lost faith

I can neither describe

Nor even imagine.

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12473

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Obedience is the cheerfulness

Of the outer life.

Gratitude is the fulness

Of the inner life. ```

12474

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Alas, who could even imagine

That my heart’s willingness-obedience

Would be mercilessly attacked

By my mind’s unwillingness-disobedience? ```

12475

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Your determination is crippled

Precisely because

You have not kept your inner faith.

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12476

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Even the bravest

Of human souls

Find it almost impossible

To survive the attachment-avalanche. ```

12477

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If you are always unaware

Of your heart’s inner shrine,

You will indefinitely have to appreciate

Your mind’s empty hunger-temple. ```

12478

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You can never go beyond

The bondage of thought

If your heart does not enjoy

God’s omnipresent and omnipotent

Faith-Garden.

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12479

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Come out of your mind’s

Doubt-tent!

God is ready to bless you

With His Heart-Nest. ```

12480

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God-manifestation is beauty’s

Fully blossomed flower.

Man-transformation is duty’s

Fully ripened fruit. ```

12481

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Just love God and serve God

And please God in His own Way.

When the choice Hour strikes,

God Himself will book your passage

To His highest Heaven.

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12482

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What my life needs

Is the strongest faith-root.

What my heart needs

Is a sleepless self-giving-tree. ```

12483

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As the sun rises

Always in the east,

Even so, willingness rises

Always in the heart. ```

12484

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I am absolutely sure

That my forgiveness-Master

Is infinitely stronger than

My disobedience-disaster. ```

12485

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My life on earth is indeed

Unmistakable proof

That God is at once proud and fond of

Earth-hero-warriors. ```

12486

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To transform human love

Into divine love

A humility-heart

Is of paramount importance. ```

12487

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I assure you

That your mind’s attachment-arrows

Will never be able to penetrate

Your heart’s detachment-shield. ```

12488

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My Lord,

I am bound to You

With the double tie

Of my heart’s love

And my life’s need.

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12489

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Anything that is given by man,

Handle with care.

Anything that is given by God,

Universally share. ```

12490

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Because of your artificial education,

Today you are forced

To worship ignorance-idol.

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12491

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God sees no difference

Between my outer life’s pride

And my inner life’s poverty.

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12492

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Self-giving applies to everyone.

This most precious secret

Originated with God.

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12493

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You do not have to worry

About your ego’s existence.

Just evict it

From your life-house!

God can and will take care of it

In God’s own Way. ```

12494

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God always blesses us

With a round-trip ticket

The moment He sends us

From Heaven

To work for Him on earth.

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12495

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Man is worse than an animal

When his heart grows into

The darkest ingratitude-night.

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12496

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Be wise!

At every moment run

Fast, faster, fastest.

Otherwise,

Ignorance-tiger is bound

To overtake you. ```

12497

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Alas, when will my

Self-styled importance

Come to an end?

God definitely does not need

Another God.

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12498

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A life of success

Comes and goes.

A heart of progress

Grows and glows. ```

12499

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He who foolishly carries

His excess desire-weight

Is nothing other than

An unaspiring human being. ```

12500

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When morning dawns,

I tell God:

“My Lord, I love

Your Beauty’s soulful Dream.”

When evening sets in,