Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 135

13401

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My Lord,

I need only one thing from You.

I need to be soulfully, lovingly

And perpetually

The willing prisoner

Of Your Heart’s Oneness-Love. ```

13402

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Alas, every day we waste so much

Of our soul’s precious time.

Every day we delay our soul’s

God-fulfilment-message

On earth.

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13403

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The flames of inner faith

Are so beautiful to look at

And so lovely to play with,

They always make us feel

That we belong to a higher world

And a deeper world. ```

13404

```

May each day be

My God-expectation-day

And

My ignorance-cancellation-day. ```

13405

```

Nobody wants me to drink deep

Of tomorrow’s measureless sorrow-ocean.

Therefore, my aspiration-heart and I

Can swim in the sea of delight. ```

13406

```

Friendship lovingly begins

And oneness fruitfully completes

The game divine.

```

13407

```

My mind’s long-standing doubts

Were finally dissolved.

How?

By my heart’s ecstasy-tears. ```

13408

```

We don’t need an earthly

Incandescence-mind.

What we need is a Heavenly

Renaissance-heart. ```

13409

```

God wants our satisfaction-heart

To enter into partnership with

His Perfection-Manifestation-Dream.

```

13410

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Now that you are a sincere seeker,

You are willing to tell

The whole world

That truth is not your sole monopoly. ```

13411

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To obey the mind blindly

Is to be in a helpless state

Of perpetual crisis.

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13412

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God will open the flood-gate

Of His Divinity

If you just open

Your heart’s humility-window. ```

13413

```

If you have to loosen,

Then loosen your tight heart-muscles.

If you have to tighten,

Then tighten your loose vital-muscles. ```

13414

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Do you know why

God has not been speaking to you

Of late?

He has not been speaking to you

Not because

You are a lost cause,

But because

You have completely given up

Your faith-nourishing life.

```

13415

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Vehemently challenge the pride

Of doubt!

Your long-lost life of faith

Will reappear

To energise you

And fulfil the Divine in you. ```

13416

```

God’s Compassion-Eye

Every day comes down

To feed my aspiration-heart’s

Morning dreams. ```

13417

```

If we are satisfied

With our mind’s imperfection-night,

Why should God

Take the trouble

To show us our heart’s perfection-day?

```

13418

```

When I left God’s Heart,

God said to me,

“My child, your heart can leave Me,

But My Heart has no choice

But to follow you

Blessingfully, lovingly and cheerfully.” ```

13419

```

Only one question God likes

To hear from me:

“When am I going to realise You?

When?” ```

13420

```

Each human being has the freedom

Either to ascend

The zenith-aspiration-mountain

Or to descend

Into the nadir-frustration-sea.

```

13421

```

When I live in my mind,

I become my mind-addiction-expectation.

When I live in my heart,

I become my heart-surrender-satisfaction. ```

13422

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Self-giving means

A secret and sacred way

Of God-living.

```

13423

```

God tells me that

If I require an explanation

For everything that He does

In me and for me,

Then my aspiration-flames

He will never have time to kindle. ```

13424

```

Unfortunately, for a very long time

The human mind has been

In the same unsatisfying profession:

Frustration. ```

13425

```

My Lord, there is only one way

You can hasten my transformation-life:

By chastening my unruly mind!

```

13426

```

What does anger need?

Evaporation!

What does doubt need?

Explosion!

What does joy need?

Perfection, oneness-perfection! ```

13427

```

There are two ways

To reach our lofty goal:

Either by appreciating

Our heart’s gratitude-flowers

Or by eating

Our soul’s surrender-fruits. ```

13428

```

If you enjoy riding

Your merry-go-round of hesitation,

How can God sing

His Satisfaction-Song for you? ```

13429

```

To deal with the darkness within,

We must establish our oneness-connection

With God’s Compassion-flooded

Eyes of Light. ```

13430

```

God lends His listening Ear to us

Happily and unconditionally,

But our fear of His Omnipotence

Prevents us from speaking to Him. ```

13431

```

God tells us not to read the story

Of humanity’s bondage,

But to sing the song

Of humanity’s freedom. ```

13432

```

Humility’s flower-fragrance

Will definitely stop

Your mind’s resentment-performance.

```

13433

```

God’s Heart can tolerate anything

Except the breathless tears

Of His seeker-children.

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13434

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Wake up, my mind, wake up!

It does not become you

To remain fast asleep

In the ancient arms of modern ignorance. ```

13435

```

God forced me only once.

He forced me to cancel my return trip

To the devouring ignorance-tiger-life.

```

13436

```

I never cut jokes

About my aspiration-heart

And my dedication-life.

But I do not know why

I often cut jokes

About my God-manifestation

On earth.

```

13437

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No matter how hard a human being tries,

Without help from Above

He cannot escape his vanity-vital.

No matter how hard a human being tries,

Without help from Above

He cannot escape his insanity-mind.

```

13438

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As the human mind is not tired of losing,

Even so, the divine heart

Is not afraid of winning.

```

13439

```

If you can remain unspoiled

By your success-life,

God will definitely multiply

Your progress-life. ```

13440

```

If you do not care to be under

God’s Shelter-Canopy,

How can God ever grant you

The opportunity to become

A truth-lover and God-server?

```

13441

```

In my spiritual life

I have two indispensable

Travelling companions —

My faithful life

And my soulful heart.

```

13442

```

Your heart’s happiness-flowers

Are bound to wilt away

If you are not compelling your mind

Forcefully

To run along the road

Of aspiration-perfection. ```

13443

```

Not only the mind-clock

And the mind-time,

But everything the mind says and does

Abounds with imperfection-mistakes. ```

13444

```

How can you abandon

Your aspiration-heart-child

If you want to be

A realisation-emperor? ```

13445

```

God does not have to convince you

Of His Existence.

You just convince yourself

That you came into the world

To do something great

And be something good. ```

13446

```

Smile beautifully,

Smile powerfully,

Smile!

You will be cured

Of your mind’s doubt-disease.

```

13447

```

God is extremely proud of my soul

For my soul’s promise-resurrection.

God is extremely proud of my heart

For my heart’s aspiration-resurrection.

God is extremely proud of my life

For my life’s hope-resurrection. ```

13448

```

What we call our heart’s

Gratitude-flower,

God calls His Perfection-Manifestation.

```

13449

```

Never mind if you are a latecomer

To the spiritual life.

God will supply you

With the same nectar-delight

That the early arrivals have received.

```

13450

```

God enjoys your conversations with Him

Not because He learns

Something new from you

But because He gets the opportunity

To help you empty your ignorance-mind

And unlearn your pride-lessons. ```

13451

```

Early every morning

You must push aside

Your doubt, suspicion, anxiety

And worry-curtains. ```

13452

```

Be practical!

If you are attracted

Only by theories,

Nobody will appreciate you,

And needless to say,

Nobody will need you. ```

13453

```

You can at least every day

Secretly whisper your shortcomings

To your Lord Supreme.

```

13454

```

If you can part company

With self-indulgence,

In the inner world

Yours will be

God’s Satisfaction-Effulgence.

```

13455

```

To make friends with anger and pride

Is the beginning

Of destruction-disaster.

```

13456

```

O God-seeker,

Be not afraid of jumping

Into the abysmal abyss of your mind

To illumine it,

So that you can be

A choice instrument of God

In every part of your entire being.

```

13457

```

Your heart’s unwillingness

Thinks you are going

Away from God’s Compassion

Fast, faster, fastest. ```

13458

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God wants you to be pleased

With yourself.

Therefore, do not allow

The dark shadows of unworthiness

To engulf you.

```

13459

```

Alas, it is so difficult

To overcome the heart’s

Insecurity-attacks.

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13460

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I assure you that

You will be able to run the fastest

In the inner world

With your newborn

God-Satisfaction-Promise.

```

13461

```

Do not think of tomorrow’s

Hope-bud.

Meditate on tomorrow’s

Promise-flower. ```

13462

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I am so fortunate

That every day

I am sheltered

By God’s own Protection-Eye. ```

13463

```

No matter what you do

And no matter what you are,

God’s Justice-Light

Will only illumine you

And not punish you.

```

13464

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My joy abides not

In my mind’s imagination-flight.

My joy breathes ever

In God’s sleepless Light. ```

13465

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Over the years I have had

Many bosses.

Needless to say, my mind

Was by far the worst. ```

13466

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My heart and my life were born

Only for one thing:

God-Satisfaction.

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13467

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Very often we are not compelled,

But we are addicted to

The pleasures of ignorance-night.

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13468

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To have implicit faith

In God’s Compassion

Is the beginning

Of a faultless journey

Along the spiritual path.

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13469

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My poor heart!

It has to plead sleeplessly

With my mind

To get on the right track:

Self-offering.

```

13470

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The world sees my public joys,

But my heart and I feel

Our private sorrows.

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13471

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Many times I have fallen,

But I will never allow myself

To be broken.

This is my solemn promise

To my Inner Pilot Supreme.

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13472

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God wants us to change

Our sad desire-possession

Into aspiration-satisfaction.

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13473

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If you do not have

The imagination-courage of a hero,

You will not be able to succeed

In any worthwhile field. ```

13474

```

God’s Justice-Mind

Asks me to give and give.

God’s Compassion-Heart

Asks me to receive and receive. ```

13475

```

Your constant self-sacrifice

Will make you

An impossibility-achievement-victor.

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13476

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Man without God’s Satisfaction

I have seen many times.

But God without man’s complaints

I have never seen. ```

13477

```

My every soulful smile

Is a beautiful plant

In God’s Heart-Garden.

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13478

```

I do not want

A satisfaction-mind-life,

But a perfection-aspiration-heart.

```

13479

```

Man consciously or unconsciously

Forgets to offer

His heart’s gratitude-gift

To God the constant Giver. ```

13480

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You will be a failure

Only if you allow your heart’s joy

To be eclipsed

By your mind’s clouds. ```

13481

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Now that I have become

An aspiration-mendicant,

The desire-prince has left me

For good. ```

13482

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Make up your mind!

What do you want —

Ego-mastery or ego-slavery?

Choose the right thing! ```

13483

```

At God’s Heart-Restaurant

Your devotion can enjoy a divine meal

Free of charge.

```

13484

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The impurity of your mind

Does not allow your heart

To be in the company of God.

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13485

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Give what you have

Cheerfully.

Give what you are

Constantly.

Then you will hear God’s Footsteps

Approaching you fast,

Very fast.

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13486

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My poor mind!

Every day you are forced

To climb up

Endless confusion-staircases. ```

13487

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Is there any human being

Who has not misused

God’s Compassion-Light?

Is there any human being

Who will not eventually be illumined

By God’s unconditional Compassion-Light? ```

13488

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A fully satisfied life

Is indeed a rare creation

Of God the Dreamer.

```

13489

```

Your aspiration

Is nothing other than

Your heart’s pilgrimage

Along Divinity’s God-flooded Road. ```

13490

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Remember, O seeker, remember

That even the strongest temptation

Can never be omnipotent.

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13491

```

Because of God’s

Compassion-prompting

I see my life’s

Aspiration blossoming. ```

13492

```

Your life’s insecurity-insects

Will run away

When they see the flood

Of your heart’s gratitude-tears. ```

13493

```

Success-crown

May be a fragile thing,

But never progress-throne!

```

13494

```

If God’s Compassion-Light

Is not visible

In your success-pride,

Then your victory

Will be of no avail.

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13495

```

Every day an unaspiring mind

Not only welcomes

But also treasures

Impure and clouded thoughts. ```

13496

```

Because of your purity-heart,

God will exempt you from studying

In ignorance-night-school.

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13497

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Is there any seeker

Who has not suffered

During his aspiration-adventure on earth

From untold despair-pangs? ```

13498

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Bring to the fore

Your soul’s purity-power.

Then you will not suffer

From insecurity-suffocation. ```

13499

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Whenever I do not feel

My gratitude-heart,

I see myself clearly

At the farthest point

From my Lord’s Satisfaction-Heart.

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13500

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If you are truly dedicated,

Then your aspiration

Can never be complicated.

It has to be as bright as a star

And as direct as a sunlit road.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 135, Agni Press, 1990
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