Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 133

13201

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My Lord Supreme,

Do give my heart the capacity

To mean what it says,

Especially when it says

It loves You only

And it needs You only. ```

13202

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Nobody can pass his life-examination

If he accepts his mind’s

Countless hesitation-excuses.

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13203

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Ignorance-night hounds the mind

Because the mind shows its fondness

For the barking thought-dogs.

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13204

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No true heart-aspiration-sun

Can be indefinitely blocked

By desire-mind-clouds.

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13205

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A sleepless aspiration-heart

Can definitely tame

Man’s earthquake-emotions.

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13206

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Never compromise with the world

That does not appreciate

Your soul’s God-dreams.

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13207

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Is there any mind

That does not suffer

From frustration?

Again, is there any mind

That does not enjoy

Frustration-jokes unconsciously? ```

13208

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If you are a genuine seeker,

Then even in your dreams

You must not count

Your ever-mounting desire-bills. ```

13209

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Never give up,

Never give up

Your self-transcendence

And God-satisfaction-goal! ```

13210

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How I envy You, My Lord,

Because You have everything.

“How I love you, My child,

Because you have nothing.” ```

13211

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Because I do not listen

To God’s Compassion-Whispers,

He forces me to listen

To His Justice-Lectures. ```

13212

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Who says that the transformation of nature

Is only God’s responsibility?

No, it is the responsibility

Of each and every individual

As well.

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13213

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When I cry to God

To please God in God’s own Way,

He gives me His universal Peace.

When I smile at God

To please God in God’s own Way,

He gives me His immortal Freedom. ```

13214

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Alas, long ago

My eyes stopped crying for God,

But my heart will never stop.

It will forever continue crying for God. ```

13215

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Two constant trouble-makers:

A mind of suspicion

And a vital of aggression.

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13216

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My Lord, if You do not want

To send me a Forgiveness-telegram,

Please send me at least

A Compassion-letter. ```

13217

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My faith in God

And my need for God

Were my aspiration-dedication-ancestors.

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13218

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God the Power may not

But God the Lover will definitely

Help me to weather

All my desire-storms. ```

13219

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The Compassion-Eye of my Lord Supreme

Is my heart-maker,

And the indifference-mind of humanity

Is my heart-breaker. ```

13220

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God appreciates me

When I say I shall do.

God admires me

When I say I am doing.

God loves me

When I say I have already done. ```

13221

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If you do not aspire,

Then God will compel you

To come back again and again

Into the earth-arena. ```

13222

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Each divine thought

Is infinitely more important

Than the likes and dislikes

Of the human mind. ```

13223

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You do not have to discipline

The divine child within,

But you do have to discipline

The human animal without. ```

13224

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Finally, my soul-police officer

Has arrested

My mind-ego-thief.

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13225

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The lost mind-traveller

Wants to show the heart-pilgrim

How to reach the Golden Palace

Of the Lord Supreme.

What a stupid and costly joke!

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13226

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If aspiration is your choice,

Then God will definitely grant you

His Satisfaction-Voice.

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13227

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If you do not cry for God-protection,

How do you expect God

To run to your rescue?

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13228

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The mind commands the heart

To surrender.

The heart begs the mind

Not to wander. ```

13229

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I want myself to be

My heart’s God-hunger.

I do not want myself to be

My mind’s animal-anger. ```

13230

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O my mind,

No matter how many times

I think of you,

No matter from which direction

I look at you,

I never see you as a divine hero.

I always see you as a human zero.

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13231

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Do not waste your time

Asking yourself

Why you have not closed

Your desire-door.

Only ask yourself

Why you have not opened wide

Your aspiration-gate.

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13232

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I do not want my empty yesterdays

To come and stand in front of me

Now that I am completely filled

With my tomorrow’s dreams. ```

13233

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Although nobody’s life

Is indispensable,

God wants and needs

Each and every human being

To manifest His Light on earth.

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13234

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Faith embraces

My loving heart.

Doubt attacks

My hesitating mind. ```

13235

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Children’s best inheritance

Is their parents’

Affection-flooded hearts.

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13236

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God is glorified

Not by our helpless fear

Of Him

But by our sleepless love

For Him.

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13237

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Alas, the earth is full of

Sleeping bodies,

Attacking vitals,

Doubting minds

And unloving hearts.

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13238

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God does not expect me

To understand

His Infinity’s Greatness-Mind.

But He does expect me

To love

His Immortality’s Goodness-Heart. ```

13239

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Even when I do not pray

For the right thing,

I reach the right Person —

God.

And the right Person

Does the right thing for me:

He does the needful.

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13240

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The human in me is not pleasing God,

But the divine in me is pleasing God.

Therefore,

God is compassionately forgiving

The human in me,

And God is definitely proud of

The divine in me.

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13241

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The animal vital invites battle.

The human mind wants victory.

The divine heart cries for

Neither battle nor victory,

But peace, oneness-peace.

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13242

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Happiness comes from the feeling

That this world needs

Absolutely nothing from me.

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13243

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Only one thing to learn in life:

You must think of yourself

The way God thinks of you —

As another God. ```

13244

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My mind thinks of

My future.

God’s Heart thinks of

And cares for

My present.

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13245

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Anger,

You are nothing but

Your own destruction-hunger.

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13246

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I am telling God

That I am getting ready

To begin my spiritual life.

God is telling me

That I am already more than ready

To begin my spiritual life. ```

13247

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I need earth’s cry and Heaven’s Smile

To fight against ignorance-night.

Without their constant help,

I shall never be of any use to the world. ```

13248

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If you do not need God

In the morning,

God may not need you

For the entire day. ```

13249

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God does not mind

If I do not remember

What He gives me.

But He does want me to remember

What I give Him,

For this is the only way

I can keep myself proudly happy.

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13250

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My faith brings God

To visit my heart-cottage.

God takes my faith

To visit and claim

His Illumination-Palace.

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13251

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Silence

Gratefully receives.

Sound

Proudly gives. ```

13252

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My Lord,

My hope breathes

In Your Forgiveness-Heart;

My promise smiles

In Your Compassion-Eye.

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13253

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Two can do anything

If one is perfection

And the other is satisfaction.

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13254

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“Early to bed”

Is to make one’s mind happy.

“Early to rise”

Is to make God’s Heart happy. ```

13255

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My Compassion-Lord

Is the Adviser.

My aspiration-heart

Is the listener. ```

13256

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Be wise!

Pray to God to choose for you.

He will gladly listen

To your prayer. ```

13257

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God is a perfect gentleman.

He never interrupts me

When I speak endlessly,

Plus foolishly. ```

13258

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My Lord,

May I borrow from You

Your Silence-Heart

And Your Sound-Mouth

For a minute

To be at once the Cosmic Observer

And the Cosmic Doer?

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13259

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If you are sleeplessly

God-hungry,

Then when will you have the time

To be angry? ```

13260

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If you give full credit to God,

Then your achievements

Will far surpass your imagination’s flight.

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13261

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Your achievement is

Your greatness.

Your satisfaction is

God’s achievement

In and through you.

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13262

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Hope is the divinity

Of faith.

Faith is the reality

Of hope. ```

13263

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Keep God at least

Inside your confusion-mind

If you cannot keep Him

Inside your satisfaction-heart. ```

13264

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Have faith in your soul’s

Adamantine will.

No inner opposition party of yours

Can last for long. ```

13265

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Although I highly appreciate

Your patience,

I am afraid I shall fail

To follow in your footsteps. ```

13266

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God’s Greatness I adore

In Heaven.

God’s Goodness I love

On earth. ```

13267

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You can pray better

Not by praying more.

Only by becoming more soulful

Can you offer better prayers. ```

13268

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Anger can destroy you

Even long before

You recognise it.

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13269

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He who gives happiness

Is great.

He who endures suffering

Is equally good.

But he who grows into perfection

Becomes the Heart of God. ```

13270

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If you do not want to bother God,

Your Father,

With your problems,

Then why do you bother

His weak and poor children

With them? ```

13271

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You must never forget

That greatness

Does not guarantee happiness,

But goodness always does. ```

13272

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Believe

Before you receive.

Surrender

Before you achieve. ```

13273

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Hope is the beauty

Of my heart.

Faith is the power

Of my life. ```

13274

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Give and give and give!

Soon you will realise

That self-giving is not

A most difficult task. ```

13275

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I love God

So that I can become great.

God loves me

So that I can become perfect. ```

13276

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Man the desire-eye

Asks.

God the Compassion-Heart

Answers. ```

13277

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Simplicity

Is an advanced course. ```

13278

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My Lord, how long will You

Tolerate me?

“My child, how long will you

Ignore Me?” ```

13279

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God comes to embrace me

Only when I serve

The crying man’s surrendering heart.

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13280

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In the outer life

Simplicity is beautiful.

In the inner life

Simplicity is invincible. ```

13281

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God does not want

To embarrass us

By coming to visit us

When we are not ready

To receive Him.

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13282

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My heart encourages me

To look upward.

My soul encourages me

To dive inward. ```

13283

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No matter how stupid I am,

God the Eye still teaches me.

No matter how bad I am,

God the Heart still loves me. ```

13284

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God,

When will You smile at me?

“Son,

When will you cry for Me?” ```

13285

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To brighten your life

You must

Widen your heart.

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13286

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God is proud of me

Only when I am pleased

With each and every human being.

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13287

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My imperfections

Do not make God miserable.

But my unwillingness to change

Makes Him more miserable

Than I can ever imagine.

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13288

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Just because my mind

Is too heavy with depression-burden,

My prayers cannot carry it

To God. ```

13289

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Love God

To please yourself.

Serve God

To please Him. ```

13290

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Answer immediately

When opportunity knocks

At your heart’s door.

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13291

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Mind, my mind,

When are you going to be

As vast as the sky?

Heart, my heart,

When are you going to be

As pure as the dawn? ```

13292

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I call it my forgiveness,

But God calls it

His manifested Oneness.

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13293

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Heaven and Heaven’s beauty

Are beautiful.

Earth and earth’s duty

Are fruitful. ```

13294

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Love God soulfully.

He will bless your earth-pilgrimage

Richly and proudly.

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13295

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God may remain good to you

Even if you misuse His Compassion-Sea,

But your true satisfaction

Will remain a far cry. ```

13296

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God’s Compassion is useless

Only when

I close my heart.

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13297

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God,

I love Your Mouth,

But I both love and need

Your Heart. ```

13298

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Forgive the world

If you want to prove

That you really love the world.

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13299

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Selfishness-knife

Is extremely dangerous.

Do not play with it!

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13300

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My Lord,

I shall always please You

In Your own Way

No matter how difficult

This task may be.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 133, Agni Press, 1990
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