Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 131

13001

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Since I have started singing

God’s Victory-Songs unconditionally,

God is telling me

That my ignorance-days are numbered. ```

13002

```

Ask your pleasure-life

How far away you are

From God’s company.

It will tell you unmistakably! ```

13003

```

Although your mind fails

To count on God,

God’s Compassion

Does count on you. ```

13004

```

A heart of purity is always

The protection-armour

Of a God-lover.

```

13005

```

If you are looking for gratitude

In the mind,

Unfortunately you are looking

In the wrong place. ```

13006

```

Self-giving

Is the brightest jewel

In the darkest

Ignorance-night-sky. ```

13007

```

O my soul,

Have no vision-rival!

O my heart,

Have no aspiration-rival!

O my life,

Have no realisation-rival! ```

13008

```

O mind,

How long will you remain

Chained to doubt?

O heart,

How long will you remain

Chained to insecurity?

O life,

How long will you remain

Chained to ignorance?

O world,

How long will you remain

Chained to indifference?

```

13009

```

I do not need

A sound-announcer.

I need only

A silence-navigator. ```

13010

```

The moment I sat

At God’s Compassion-Feet,

I was out of failure’s reach.

```

13011

```

My heart’s soulful tears

Have enabled me to make friends

With Infinity’s Smile.

```

13012

```

O my mind,

Today you are a prince of pessimism.

But I assure you,

Tomorrow you will be a perfect swimmer

In the hope-river.

```

13013

```

Do not kill

Your heart of hope

With your stupidity’s failure-sword.

```

13014

```

A heart of purity

And a mind of sincerity

Are indeed the gateways

To gratitude-satisfaction. ```

13015

```

God supplies us

With all the divine things

We desire.

But alas,

We long for perfection the least.

```

13016

```

A heart of ingratitude

Is the darkest part

Of man’s ignorance-cave.

```

13017

```

Every day the human life,

To our wide sorrow,

Is apt to ebb away

Without any satisfactory change. ```

13018

```

I call it

My life’s fragile humility;

God calls it

His Heart’s fruitful Prosperity. ```

13019

```

If you do not use

Your heart’s oneness-muscle,

Then rest assured

That eventually it will atrophy. ```

13020

```

You are bound to succeed

In the battlefield of your life,

For God has blessed you

With infinite surrender-gratitude-stamina. ```

13021

```

My Lord Supreme,

I have come to You

With my heart’s helpless cry

And my life’s hopeless sigh.

Do bless me with

Your Eternity’s Compassion-Eye

And Your Infinity’s Forgiveness-Heart.

```

13022

```

Today I have a new name,

Obedience,

And obedience will be

From now on

My heart’s cheerfulness-voice.

```

13023

```

Every year I observe the day

That gave me the aspiration

To see the birth

Of conscious God-hunger

In myself.

```

13024

```

Without your mind’s humility

And your heart’s purity,

You can never climb up

Your soul’s perfection-mountain. ```

13025

```

When your heart’s surrender-boat sails,

Your God-Destination-Shore

Will not only beckon you,

But also approach you. ```

13026

```

If you want to do something

Great and good —

Great for mankind

And good for God —

Then every morning you must marshal

Your enthusiasm-dedication-forces. ```

13027

```

May my heart’s rainbow-radiance

Serve God-hungry souls every day

Lovingly and unconditionally.

```

13028

```

Every day I deeply enjoy

The death of my mind’s

Giant expectations.

```

13029

```

You tell me that you

Have nothing to do.

I tell you to do

Only one thing:

Offer your satisfaction-smile

To all those who are in your orbit. ```

13030

```

My aspiration-elevator is ascending fast,

Not because I have done something great

But because I have made

A solemn promise to God

That I am ready to make

My unconditional surrender to Him. ```

13031

```

My heart’s every teardrop

Gives birth to

A rainbow-radiance-smile.

```

13032

```

God always remains

His Compassion-Eye.

Man remains quite often

An ungrateful heart. ```

13033

```

If you really want

Your own perfection

And the perfection

Of the whole world,

Then how can you even dream

Of living on

An island of isolation?

```

13034

```

What I need

And what I shall always need

Is an undying surrender-smile

To God’s Will. ```

13035

```

What does the mind do?

It cleverly separates

The satisfaction-breath

From my aspiration-heart. ```

13036

```

Every day you must carefully cross

The willingness-bridge

Between your God-hunger-heart

And your God-fulfilment-life. ```

13037

```

Victory is destined, but when?

Not until you have become

The breath of doubt-defying faith.

```

13038

```

Everything in life needs

Exercise and practice,

Practice and exercise,

Save and except the human ego.

What it needs and deserves

Is starvation-death! ```

13039

```

Two divine realities in me

Do not need appointments to see God:

My gratitude-heart

And my surrender-life. ```

13040

```

May every aspiration-morning

Of my life

Be my soul’s

God-fulfilment-fragrance-joy. ```

13041

```

Now that you have demolished

Your self-importance-tower,

You will be speedily approaching

Your God-realisation-border. ```

13042

```

Alas!

The disobedience of my vital

Appoints the arrogance-giant

To disappoint God. ```

13043

```

I need to treasure only one thing

Forever and forever,

And that is my Lord’s Forgiveness-Gift.

```

13044

```

A neglected aspiration-tree,

A neglected dedication-flower

And a neglected manifestation-fruit

Will all decay.

Therefore, O seeker,

Be wise, be wise, be wise! ```

13045

```

Quickly I came to God

With what I have:

Depression.

Quietly God gave to me

What He is:

Joy. ```

13046

```

Each time a desire-problem fades,

I see the beauty

Of my Lord’s Fulfilment-Dream

Inside my heart. ```

13047

```

You can say farewell

To each and everyone

And each and everything,

But never, never say farewell

To your heart’s mounting cries.

```

13048

```

My faith,

My determination

And my aspiration

Have formed a doubt-demolition-team. ```

13049

```

Self-giving

Is the only supreme secret

That can help you write

A thick book of God-Victories. ```

13050

```

Long-term determination

Is not enough.

Continuous and eternal determination

Is needed

To brave the crosscurrents

Of teeming misfortunes. ```

13051

```

If you can stand

On the platform of sincerity,

Then your heart will enjoy

The prosperity of security. ```

13052

```

If you live only for fame,

Then rest assured

You will die for something

That will not make you really happy. ```

13053

```

Pray, pray

For God’s Victory in your life

Long before your heart-flame

Flickers and dies. ```

13054

```

The inner pangs

Of the unbelievers and disbelievers

Can only be felt

By the God-believers and God-lovers,

But can never be described.

```

13055

```

My first and worst mistake

Is this:

I want to know

Neither my source

Nor my destination.

```

13056

```

Is there any human being

Who has not suffered

From forgiveness-famine

In his entire life? ```

13057

```

Every day you must have

A high calibre concentration-meditation

If you want to keep at a distance

From temptation-trouble-maker. ```

13058

```

Prayer and meditation

Will help you live

In today’s rainbow-beauty-joy

And liberate you from

The thick mist of your deplorable past.

```

13059

```

God’s Happiness knows no bounds

When He blesses us

With self-offering-awards.

```

13060

```

My Lord,

If You have a minute,

Then do save me

From indifference-isolation. ```

13061

```

My heart’s purity

Is just across the street

From my soul’s divinity.

```

13062

```

A soulful gratitude-heart

Perfectly fulfils

The Vision-Eye of God.

```

13063

```

Aspiration, aspiration, aspiration

You need

If you do not want your life to be

Paralysed by frustration. ```

13064

```

A purity-heart

Can easily enjoy

Immunity from self-doubt.

```

13065

```

There is only one reason

Why God is silent.

He is silent because

You have turned a deaf ear to Him. ```

13066

```

God comes to us

With a Compassion-Suitcase

And not a suggestion-box.

```

13067

```

My soul is my Heaven’s

Laughing roar.

My heart is my earth’s

Crying core.

My life is my dream’s

Vanishing shore. ```

13068

```

My Lord,

Do make my mind grateful

For what You have given me,

And my heart grateful

For what You have not given me.

```

13069

```

Dear Divinity, do tell me,

Is there any time

When you do not love my heart?

Is there any time

When you do not cry for my life?

```

13070

```

A real seeker has to be

A perpetual stranger

In desire-land.

```

13071

```

God wants me to tell you

That soon He is going to increase

Your love and surrender-power.

And also He asks me to tell you

To go and see Him

For further details. ```

13072

```

Once in a lifetime

You get an appointment to see God.

Therefore, be fully prepared

And be very punctual! ```

13073

```

Farewell, farewell,

My young and old ambition-friends!

Now I have Eternity

As my aspiration-friend. ```

13074

```

I know, I know, my Lord,

That what You have given me

Is beautiful.

I know, I know, I know, my Lord,

That what You have not given me

Is fruitful. ```

13075

```

True, God cannot expect you

To think of Him all the time,

But He does expect you

To think of Him

At least in your free time.

```

13076

```

We long to liberate ourselves

From ignorance-night.

God wants to imprison Himself

In our love-devotion-surrender-heart. ```

13077

```

Day in and day out

His eyes hold nothing

But an expression

Of impatience-destruction. ```

13078

```

God grants me His Harvest of Smiles

When I tell Him

That I love Him only

And I need Him only. ```

13079

```

God is going to give us

Aspiration-opportunity

Again and again,

But are we ever going to use it

Devotedly, soulfully and self-givingly?

```

13080

```

Man’s failure-life begins

Only when his mind wanders

With scattered thoughts.

```

13081

```

If you are not devoted

To your soulful dreams,

Then how are you going to blossom

Into a fulfilling reality? ```

13082

```

To be a choice instrument of God,

I must also learn the art

Of constant self-giving.

```

13083

```

There will always be a war

Inside your mind

Unless and until your mind surrenders

To your heart’s sea of peace. ```

13084

```

Perfection-dawn will appear

When God is satisfied

With your heart’s surrender-songs.

```

13085

```

There can never be

A sunlit, straight road

For a doubtful and fearful

Aspiration-runner. ```

13086

```

O Lord,

How long will my heart remain

Inside the useless nothingness of fear?

Where is my sleepless love

For You?

```

13087

```

If you do not master

The art of listening,

How can God grant you

His boundless Wisdom-Light? ```

13088

```

He who sleeplessly aspires

Can never be frightened

By man’s suspicion-lightning.

```

13089

```

In the inner aspiration-world

A doubting mind

Is a short-lived cloud.

```

13090

```

God wants you to enjoy

The total rejection of your self-doubt.

Then He will give you

His Satisfaction-Delight

In infinite measure to enjoy.

```

13091

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do give me a heart

That will never stop whispering soulfully:

“Gratitude!” ```

13092

```

I thought expectation meant

Sweet satisfaction.

But now I realise

That expectation means

Utter frustration.

```

13093

```

O failure-life,

You do not have to sing

Frustration-songs.

You just have to learn

Patience-songs.

```

13094

```

Not a quick renunciation,

But a steady acceptance of life

Is the example to follow.

```

13095

```

If you want to be

A future success,

Then do not allow your mind

To dwell on the present defeat. ```

13096

```

How can perfection

Remain a far cry

If your close associate

Is aspiration? ```

13097

```

Do not say

You cannot achieve perfection.

Just say

You do not need it

And you do not want it.

```

13098

```

You want to know

How fast your aspiration can run?

I tell you,

There is no speed limit.

You want to know

How high your aspiration can fly?

I tell you,

There is no height limit. ```

13099

```

I do not allow my heart

To forget God

Even for a fleeting moment,

For I know if I forget God

My heart will be on disaster-road.

```

13100

```

O my heart’s gratitude-tears,

How sweet you are,

How pure you are,

How illumining you are

And

How fulfilling you are! ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 131, Agni Press, 1990
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