May my aspiration-heart
And the music of my soul’s God-lifeAlways abide together.
```You do not have to restore
Your mind’s lost glory.The mind’s glory will not help you
Approach your ultimate destination.What you need is your heart’s
Self-giving delightTo arrive at your transcendental Goal.
```Simplicity, sincerity and purity:
These are the most precious resourcesOf your heart.
You sleeplessly need them.Therefore, value them
And admire their worth. ```He who does not surrender
To impossibilityInherits the prosperity
Of divinity. ```You do not have to count
Your mind’s mountain-worries.Just count your heart’s
Climbing faith-stairs. ```If you are a truly surrendered soul,
Then how can you have any timeTo harbour your life’s giant sorrows?
```The doubting mind and the aggressive vital
Are doomed to remainWrongdoers and failures.
```If God ever asked me
What I would like to doTo be the happiest man on earth,
I would just tell HimThat I would like to do
Only one thing:Run errands for Him
Day in and day out. ```To pick up speed
On his aspiration-heart-journey,What the seeker needs
Is to make his lifeA growing gratitude-plant.
```Your God-realisation-hope
Will never be fulfilledIf you live in your mind’s doubt-forest.
```How can God’s Satisfaction-Smile
Flower in your heartIf your mind leads a parade
Of uncomely thoughts? ```God does not want you
To be a flammable frustration-mind,But He wants you to be
An available self-giving heart. ```Instead of asking your mind
To be a doubt-distributor,You must ask your heart
To be a oneness-collector. ```I am sure that there is a better place
For you to liveThan your mind’s impurity-jungle.
```Now that you have severed
Your long-standing tiesWith temptation-night,
Your life’s full illumination-dayIs fast approaching.
```What can destroy
Your heart’s faith-treeIf not your mind’s
Giant axe? ```If you want to have peace of mind,
Then every morning and every eveningYou must enter into
Your fragrance-heart-garden. ```Do not allow your mind to foil
Your life’s dedication-plansIf you want to be a choice instrument
Of both God and man. ```All my hopes are badly damaged
By my life’sAspiration-bankruptcy.
```Alas, will there ever be a day
When I will be able to free myselfFrom expectation-burden?
```Nobody on earth can prevent me
From doing one particular thing:Celebrating my lofty dreams.
```Surrender, surrender,
Constantly surrenderTo God’s Will.
You will then haveZooming self-confidence.
```Why do I need a heart
That is always absentFrom God’s Compassion-School?
```Because of his oneness-love for God,
A genuine seeker knowsThat there is no such thing as overtime work
In God’s Love-Manifestation-Office. ```Your heart’s promise-light will be able
To scale God-HeightsAnd here on earth you will be able
To enjoy a Heavenly harvest. ```Do not allow the insecurity-serpent
To bite you.It carries slow but deadly poison.
```God immensely enjoys
Reading my aspiration-heart’sDream-diary.
```You have been banished
From God’s Pinnacle-Dream-CastleBecause you have completely lost
Your heart’s sweetness-innocence. ```If you do not revive
Your heart’s aspiration-life,Then your life will become before long
A sad and withered death-flower. ```Just because you have escaped
The expectation-net,God is inviting you to come and live
In His Heart’s Satisfaction-Palace. ```Your heart’s mounting aspiration-flames
Mark the glorious beginningOf your fruitful surrender
To God’s Vision-Light. ```Beautiful
Is the prayer-riverOf man’s mind.
FruitfulIs the aspiration-ocean
Of man’s heart. ```May my aspiration-heart
Eventually grow intoMy divinity’s angel-song.
```When I pray most devotedly
And meditate unconditionally,I hear instantly
A chorus of cheers in Heaven. ```God has no time to convince you
That your doubtful mind will beThe cause of your utter failure,
But He has endless time to help youKeep your heart’s aspiration-flames burning.
```Do not say
That you do not like human beings.Do not say
That all human beings are rogues.Do not say
That human beings are not meant forSpiritual life.
God does not want to hear it! ```Every day I pray to God
For His Compassion-Message-LightTo echo and re-echo
In my aspiration-heart-room. ```My heart’s aspiration-cry
And my Lord’s Satisfaction-SmileAre always extremely fond of each other.
```In the morning
I place my aspiration-heartAt my Lord’s Compassion-Feet.
In the eveningI place my aspiration-heart
Inside my Lord’s Protection-Heart. ```My Lord tells me
That His Eyes are glowingPrecisely because
My heart is growing. ```There is no such thing
As an unforgivingGod-Heart.
```What actually challenges
The pride of ignorance-night?Faith, our implicit faith in God!
```His heart’s manifestation-flute
Has too many holes in it —Abundantly more than usual!
Therefore, it fails to produceAny soulful melody.
```God wants your mind to aspire
Daily and faithfully.If your mind fails to do that,
Then it will be found insideIts own doubt-volcano.
```Cry and cry within!
God will removeThe bondage-ignorance-wall
Between you and Him. ```My Lord Supreme,
Is there anything that YouDo not want to know?
“Yes, My child, only one thing:I do not want to know
That you do not love Me.” ```Patience, patience!
This is what I need for my mindFrom God.
Patience, patience!
This is what God wants me to haveFrom Him.
```Selflessness purifies my mind.
Oneness strengthens my heart.Fulness satisfies both me
And God in me. ```My mind, are you not tired
Of living inside a tinyAnd unhealthy thought-room?
```Man’s outer world
And his mind’s fame-fantasiesLove to live together.
```Unless we break down
Our barriers of suspicion and mistrust,A mind of peace will always remain
A far cry for us. ```Confidence, and not overconfidence,
We need!Overconfidence is the beginning
Of our speedy doom. ```God tells each and every human being
That He will not acceptTheir earth-rejection-letters
Unless and until they have finishedTheir earth-transformation-tasks.
```Our insecurity-heart, alas,
Fails to seeGod’s powerful Satisfaction-Eye.
```No matter how many times I tell myself
That I am a complete failure,My Lord just laughs and laughs
At my utter stupidity. ```Each time I climb up
My mind-mountainGod fills my heart
With His Heart’s Fountain-Delight. ```Each undivine thought
Is nothing other than a storm-cloudThat threatens and frightens
Our aspiration-heart. ```My Lord Supreme,
I am making a solemn promise to YouThat You will never see
My life’s footprintsIn my mind’s desire-desert.
```May my life be found in between
My self-searching mindAnd my self-discovering heart.
```Smile, smile,
Soulfully smile and powerfully smile!You are bound to get back
Your long-lost freedom-days. ```Unless you desperately need God,
Your old frustration-lifeYou will never be able to reverse.
```God wants me to be always happy.
Therefore, He always shelters my heartWith His own Rainbow-Dreams.
```God definitely wants you to have
A confidence-startSo that your life’s insecurity-shadow
Cannot chase you. ```Your God-loving heart’s
Streaming tearsWill grant you a soulfulness-journey
To a fulness-goal. ```The God-seekers’ dedication-lives
Are God’sJoy-blossomed Dreams.
```God will not allow you to sit
For your life’s perfection-examinationUntil you have crossed far beyond
Your mind’s thought-boundaries. ```I keep my aspiration-heart
Teachable.Therefore, my Lord keeps
His Satisfaction-HeartReachable.
```A desiring mind
Is very rich.Every day it dons
A new frustration-garment. ```God never forgets to perform
His daily earth-Concern-DutyTo make human beings happy
In His own divine Way. ```My Lord, I need a new heart
Which will be filledWith nothing but gratitude-tears.
```How can you be happy
When you have allowed yourselfTo be mesmerised
By your suspicion-mind? ```If you want to make progress
To your satisfaction,Then never allow yourself
To be at the mercyOf your demanding vital.
```Where is the difference between
An unfulfilled desire-life-blunderAnd an earth-shaking thunderbolt?
```O my aspiration-heart,
Your most amazing ability isYour constant sincerity-availability.
```Only an unconditionally surrendered seeker
Can place a person-to-person callTo God the Absolute Supreme.
```Nobody will help you
And nobody can help youIf you want to live and enjoy
Your self-doubt-prison-life. ```My Lord tells me
That I do absolutely the right thingOnly when I pay all attention
To the little inner voice within. ```All evil thoughts unmistakably,
Unceremoniously, plus unavoidablyCome back to the ill-fated sender.
```Each human life has two neighbours:
An ego-mind to humiliate the worldAnd a humility-heart to illumine the world.
```In the morning
My friend unparalleledIs the sunrise-love-sky.
In the eveningMy friend unparalleled
Is the sunset-peace-sky. ```Alas, where am I?
I am lost in betweenMy heart’s battered hopes
And my life’s shattered dreams. ```A lethargy-body-cart
Is not allowed to travelOn the heart-speed-road.
```A hesitation-mind
And a determination-heartAre perfect strangers
To each other. ```My Lord, I do not know
If my life is changingFor better or worse,
But I do knowThat my heart of love for You
Will forever remain changeless. ```If you are a true seeker,
Then every day you mustIncrease your aspiration-strides
And decrease your frustration-strides. ```How can I ever be happy
Unless I grow into a lovely mindAnd a lively heart?
```My Lord Supreme cries and cries
When I allow myself to be enslavedBy self-doubt.
```Alas, will I ever know
How hard my Beloved Supreme worksTo see a soulful smile in my eyes?
```We human beings do not have to worry
As long as God’s Compassion-HeightIs stronger than His Justice-Light.
```My Lord Supreme,
I feel that the dayYou do not scold me,
You do not care to mould my lifeInto perfect perfection.
```The nearest and dearest is he
Who has pleased God in God’s own Way.The farthest is
And will forever remain heWho wants God to please him,
Especially his vital. ```It came to me in a flash
That God and God’s Compassion-EyeHave been waiting for
My transformation-lifeSince long before I consciously
Cared for transformation. ```When earth is ready
To introduce me to God,God will ask Heaven to receive me
And accept my aspiration, dedicationAnd gratitude-flames.
```A neutral friend
Is not only a useless friendBut can easily be
The worst foe in disguise. ```Before my life-watch permanently stops
I must do something greatFor Mother Earth
And something goodFor Father Heaven.
```God does not mind
When you dare to defy Him,But He does mind
When you do not care to edify yourself,For you are part and parcel
Of His Oneness-Heart. ```God forgives me
Not because I am repentantBut because He wants me
To be competentIn the near future.
```My Lord Supreme,
Do not waste Your precious timeTrying to make me happy.
You have many thingsInfinitely more important to do.
```I thank God that I have only
A stupid mindAnd not an impure heart.
```My Lord, what kind of oneness
Do we actually enjoy?“We share each others’
Life-breath and heartbeat.” ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 134, Agni Press, 1990
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