Every morning
I bring my heart’s gratitude-tearsAnd my life’s sun-smiles
To my soul’s God-fondness-home. ```My Lord Supreme,
May I find myself alwaysIn between
My heart’s aspiration-beautyAnd my life’s dedication-duty.
```When God is left alone,
He starts countingThe number of gratitude-hearts
On earth. ```Now more than ever before,
I am loving God unconditionally,And God is depending on me
Happily and proudly. ```If one is really sincere,
Then he is bound to findMore reasons to love God
Than to doubt Him. ```What I need
Is constant willingnessTo cure my life’s
Unhappiness-headache. ```I never enjoy the collisions
Between my mind’s doubtsAnd my heart’s faith.
```This morning
My soul and my heart met togetherAnd agreed to throw away
My mind’s stupidity-crown. ```If my aspiration is genuine,
Then God is bound to give meThe capacity to triumph
Over all adversities. ```If you yourself do not silence
Your doubt-mind,Then nothing and nobody —
No, not even God’s Compassion —Will do it for you.
```Every morning
God the hope and man the promiseTogether meet
For their mutual satisfaction. ```I do not know, I do not know
Why God should acceptMy desert-dry surrender-life.
```I take each and every pure thought
As the prophetOf an unimaginable miracle-performance.
```My Lord Supreme,
How difficult it isTo pray to You,
To meditate on YouAnd to love You
With a non-expectation-heart! ```I feel I have only
One thing to doEvery morning:
My heart’s gratitude must feedMy soul’s meditation-sunrise.
```I am telling you that soon,
Very soon,Your half-hearted aspiration-life
Will completely die. ```Hopelessness is one worker
That you must never employIn your life-factory.
```What I need is
An unconditionally God-loving,Brave heart
To cross my life’sImpossibility-frontiers.
```The fulfilment-perfection
Of God-manifestationWill always be within the reach
Of sincere peace-lovers. ```If man remains always
Unwillingness-obstruction,How can poor God
Fulfil His golden DreamsHere on earth?
```Gratitude
Is the only admission feeTo God’s universal Love-Land.
```Was there any time in world history
When doubt-disease did not threatenThe whole world?
```God’s Forgiveness-Net
Always catches meBefore I fall and die.
```Man’s insecurity-heart
Is usually heavierThan his aspiration-dedication-world.
```I shall never allow my life
To be capturedEither by unwillingness
Or by ingratitude. ```Today’s aspiration-heart-light
Must conquerTomorrow’s ignorance-mind-night.
```Every morning
You must empty your heartOf endless and useless
Anxieties and worries. ```God comes to you
With His Compassion-SmileLong before your aspiration-heart dies.
```God is always hungry
For my unconditionalSurrender-food.
```My Lord, not one more scolding
But as many scoldingsAs You want to give me!
I shall always take Your scoldingsAs special blessings.
```My heart speaks
To my Lord SupremeOnly in gratitude-tears.
```O my vital,
I shall no longer allow youTo remain crippled
By self-indulgence. ```You are telling me
That you have nothing to do.I am telling you
That you have many things to do.At least do one thing:
Extinguish your mind’s conflict-flames. ```In the small hours of the morning,
Daily my dreaming heartSmilingly blossoms.
```My loving heart
Is my inexhaustible wealthIn my inner world.
```Be not afraid of singing
Eternity’s infiniteVictory-songs.
```Never allow self-doubt
To paralyseYour God-searching mind.
```I am asking my heart
Never to journeyInto the territory
Of my futility-mind. ```A God-inspired heart
Is bound to reachGod’s Summit-Vision-Heights.
```My heart’s most beautiful
And most powerful gift to mankindIs my soulful oneness-smile.
```No more shall I allow my life
To be besmearedWith the ashes of futility-hopes.
```Aspiration-light
Is the satisfaction-delightOf a lifelong God-seeker.
```Loneliness is the self-created
Treasured possessionOf an unconsciously clever mind.
```The pride of impossibility
Can easily be challengedAnd smashed
By the loversOf the peace-loving world.
```If you can cheerfully accept
The unexpected,Then God’s open Heart-Door
Is bound to beckon you. ```O my vagabond mind,
Why do you allow yourselfIn season and out of season
To be terrorised by your ownSavage doubt-creations?
```If you are clothed
In insincerity,You will never receive
An invitation from God. ```If you deliberately escape
Into your fantasy-world,You will never be able to sing
The song of self-discovery. ```My Lord,
To see Your Compassion-EyeIs to see beyond my heart’s
Each and every sorrow. ```Inside
My surrender and gratitude-smileI see my heart’s dreams
And my life’s realityMarching.
```With breathless willingness
Every morningI offer my aspiration-flame-songs
To my Lord Supreme. ```I love and treasure
The rainbow-smileOf my God-obedience-heart.
```Lethargy-blanket,
No more are you my bodyguard,No more!
```O my frustration-mind-bank,
I am indomitably determinedTo empty you completely.
```O my aggression-vital-fighter,
Prepare yourselfTo receive my spirit’s
Death-blow! ```When my peace-heart
Dreams,My bliss-life
Sings. ```My heart’s silver river-hope
Is fast approachingIts fulfilment-satisfaction-destination.
```Cast off, cast off
Your doubt-shackles!You are, without fail,
A chosen instrument of God Himself. ```This ignorance-incarnation of mine
Will soon respondTo God’s Life-Transformation-Hour.
```O my complacency-pillow,
I am really happyTo say good-bye to you.
```God’s Love-Compassion
Will not remain invisibleIf our faith remains invincible.
```Your letters will not reach God
If you do not mail themWith your heart’s aspiration
And your life’s dedication-stamps. ```If you most soulfully beg God
To play on your heart-flute,I am sure His Melodies
Will multiply your aspiration-light. ```If you do not want to enjoy
Your doubting mind’s funeral,Then rest assured,
There will be nobody on earthTo attend it.
```Although it is meant for all,
Very few people dare to takeThe truth-examination.
```My sacred heart
Secretly works.My clever mind
Openly takes the salary. ```Relax, relax!
God wants you to relaxOn His own Compassion-Satisfaction-Chair.
```I know what I am not:
I am not my heart’sIngratitude-life!
```God wants to see your
Aspiration-heart and dedication-lifeFrom His Compassion and Satisfaction-Mountaintop.
```Because love is not available
In your heart-garden,The world-orchestra of destruction-night
Is playingInside your mind-forest.
```If you want to be
A divine celebrity on earth,Then never pay any attention
To the unaspiring earth-throngs. ```Faster than the speed of light
Is my surrendering heart’sGratitude-breath.
```Your outer world
Of deathless restlessnessMust be replaced
By your soul’s peace-resources. ```If you want to be perfect,
Then offer God your heart’s purity,Your mind’s clarity,
Your vital’s dynamismAnd your body’s alertness.
```My heart’s aspiration-heroes
Have powerfully plantedGod’s eternal Victory-Banner.
```If you have
A fear of newness-dawn,How can you have
The delight of fulness-day? ```Each seeker
Must have silence-peaceBefore he can enter
Into the palace of truth. ```God’s Compassion-Eye
Plays the role of a Oneness-HeartBetween two individuals or two nations.
```When your life becomes
A running river of God’s Compassion-Heart,God will allow you
To make collect calls to HimAny time you want.
```An abundance of purity
In the spiritual lifeIs the fulfilment of God’s Vision-Light
Here on earth. ```The starvation of oneness-heart
Gives birthTo loneliness-destruction.
```I never allow my mind
To be a victimTo the world’s tormenting complications.
```Ungratefulness
Is the incurable diseaseOf millennia.
```To underestimate
The divine in usIs the usual and common thing.
```From insecurity-cave
To security-palaceIs the heart’s very, very long journey.
```Each human life
Is nothing but the breathOf a flickering dream.
```I am ashamed of so many things.
Alas, how is it that I am not ashamedOf my confusion-producing mind-factory?
```Unless you become
An unconditional God-lover,You are bound to suffer
From the sorrows of a goalless man. ```A great man
Is he whose mindIs no longer a sleeping lion.
A good man
Is he whose heartIs no longer a division-life.
```You must give up
Your fragile earth-possession-ornamentsIf you want to enjoy
A life of paradise here on earth. ```God enjoys
His earthly holidayOnly in humanity’s
Complete heart-surrender-country. ```The God of the human mind
Has a very shortExistence-life.
```When I meditate soulfully,
I see only two things:The slow ascent
Of my heart-hopeAnd the quick descent
Of my Lord’s Compassion-Eye. ```There can be no desire-man
Who has never been a victimTo frustration-sighs.
```What I need is a soulful
Peace-promotion-heartAnd not a powerful
Sound-declaration-mind. ```Man’s soulful smile
Is indeed a perfect expressionOf his inner peace.
```What we all want
Is an outer expressionOf God’s inner Recognition.
```An aspiring man
Is he who is trying to disentangleThe chains of untold centuries.
```If you exercise daily
Your own iron self-control,Then everybody is bound to see
The aura of your confidence-light. ```If your mind is made of
Inspiration-dreamsAnd your heart is made of
Aspiration-realities,Then God the Pilot will grant you
A special placeIn His Compassion-Satisfaction-Boat.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 132, Agni Press, 1990
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