Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 137

13601

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Each chosen seeker

Has the miracle will-power

To manifest God’s all-illumining Light

On earth. ```

13602

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If you do not have faith

In your aspiration-life,

Then all your golden dreams

Will wither away. ```

13603

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If you do not want to make

A clean break

With your deplorable past,

Then your present and future

Will be not only helpless

But also useless. ```

13604

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Willingness:

This is what God wants

From your self-giving soul,

And this is what God needs

From your mind-illumining heart.

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13605

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No seeker will ever be truly happy

Unless and until he has cheerfully stood

On the surrender-summit.

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13606

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How far can you go?

Not very far with your elephant-ego!

How deep can you go?

Not very deep with your elephant-ego!

How high can you go?

Not very high with your elephant-ego! ```

13607

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You do not have an iota of confidence.

Therefore, you are forced to watch

The devastation of your dedication.

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13608

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If your heart

Is genuinely seeking,

Then your life

Will never be able to enjoy

Aspiration-inertia.

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13609

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Is there any human being

Who has never gone through

A confidence-crisis?

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13610

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He who has placed his entire being

At the Feet of the Lord Supreme,

Will not be forced to ride

The waves of self-doubt. ```

13611

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In his aspiration-heart and dedication-life

The seeker needs only one thing:

Perfection-promotion in God’s own Way.

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13612

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If your surrender never dies,

Then you become a choice member

Of God’s immediate Family.

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13613

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A life of sleepless self-giving

Is the surest way

To God-discovery.

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13614

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Every morning I do two things:

With my prayer-wings

I fly.

With my meditation-boat

I sail.

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13615

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When the world

Deliberately and ruthlessly

Attacks your aspiration-heart,

God’s Compassion-Eye

Will, without fail, defend you.

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13616

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A self-giving heart

Will never be mistaken

For a life-deceiving mind.

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13617

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A sleepless protection-prayer

Always expedites

Our Heavenward journey.

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13618

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You are so obstinate

In your insecurity-life.

How can God ever

Be happy with you? ```

13619

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When God comes first

In everything that we say and do,

Then our minds cannot be paralysed

By self-doubt. ```

13620

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God’s Compassion

Has a fond grip on me.

Therefore, I will not and cannot fail

In my God-manifestation on earth. ```

13621

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A seeker without humility

Can, at best, become

A flower without fragrance.

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13622

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How can God invite you to study

At His Perfection-Satisfaction-School,

If you treasure your Master’s Degree

In failure and sadness? ```

13623

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God tells me that He will be homeless

If I do not invite Him

To come and stay with me

In my heart-room. ```

13624

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I know, I know

How fast I could have run

In my inner life

If only insecurity and doubt

Had left me alone!

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13625

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When self-doubt is in full command,

Neither the inner world

Nor the outer world

Needs the seeker. ```

13626

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Every day you must

Prepare yourself to be

A better citizen of the world.

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13627

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No, not an outer enemy

But your inner enemy, fear,

Has blinded you completely.

Therefore, you see no light

In your heart-garden.

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13628

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As our life-book

Does not start with frustration,

Even so,

It does not end with frustration.

As our life-book

Starts with aspiration,

Even so,

It will continue with aspiration. ```

13629

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Alas, I am completely lost

Between my heart’s foggy morning

And my life’s frosty evening.

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13630

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If God-obedience

Is unappealing to you,

Then how can you expect God

To claim your life as His own? ```

13631

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God does not ask you

To think of the results

Of your work,

But He wants you

To think of the power

Of His Compassion-Light. ```

13632

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Man’s aspiration

Means God’s unfinished Task.

But Man’s perfection

Means God’s finished Task. ```

13633

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God’s Forgiveness-Heart

Is man’s only

All-weather friend.

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13634

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Three God-degrees:

Aspiration-degree

We get from God’s High School,

Realisation-degree

We get from God’s College,

Perfection-degree

We get from God’s University.

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13635

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God, may I borrow Your Heart?

“No, you can’t borrow My Heart.

But if you can claim My Heart

As your own,

I shall immediately give it to you

for good.” ```

13636

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If you do not need

Expectation-milk,

Then soon you will be able to drink

Satisfaction-nectar. ```

13637

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I do not know

Where my yesterday’s dreams

Have gone,

But I do see

That my tomorrow’s realities

Are beckoning me. ```

13638

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Free yourself as soon as possible

From the torture of endless regret

If you want to receive unfettered joy

From your illumination-soul. ```

13639

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A moment of self-giving life

Can conquer the sorrows

Of many long years.

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13640

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When your aspiration-heart

Takes root in surrender-soil,

God will appoint you

As His manifestation-assistant. ```

13641

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To live all day a prayer-life

Is something

Only a supremely chosen few

Can do. ```

13642

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Why do I try to force God

To do everything in my own way?

Am I an autocrat?

When did God ask me

To be His boss supreme?

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13643

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Since impatience has a strong hold

On you,

A peaceful mind

Will remain a far cry. ```

13644

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I have made it a point

Every morning

To bow to the rising sun

Of universal dedication. ```

13645

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If your love of God is genuine,

You will be willing to cover

The length and breadth of the world

To manifest God in His own Way. ```

13646

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Do not complain,

Do not complain!

Do not expect,

Do not expect!

Accept the world

And perfect yourself.

You will eventually be rewarded.

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13647

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Do not allow yourself

To be ruled by dark doubts.

Make friends with bright hopes

At every moment,

To change your own world

And the world around you. ```

13648

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The God-manifestation-boat

Will definitely capsize

If sincerity-dedication is missing.

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13649

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At last my life’s transformation-road

Is under construction,

Supervised by

My Beloved Lord Supreme Himself. ```

13650

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If you allow yourself

To be battered by insecurity,

You can never become

A choice instrument of God. ```

13651

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God’s sudden Compassion-Downpour

Has created in me

A powerful hunger divine.

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13652

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What each human being needs

Is a doubt-devouring confidence

To bring about a world of peace.

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13653

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As my heart

Is a soulful giver,

Even so, my mind

Is a thankful receiver. ```

13654

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I feel that my mind’s

Endless desire-stories

Can be challenged by my heart’s

Eternal aspiration-song. ```

13655

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When I make unconditional surrender

To God’s Will,

God Himself blows my triumph-trumpet.

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13656

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The more selflessly

One gives himself,

The more powerful becomes

God’s Appreciation-Applause. ```

13657

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Each human life

Either consciously or unconsciously

Suffers from giant misunderstanding-blows.

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13658

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When you ask for nothing

Either from God or from man,

God blesses you

With His Satisfaction-Crown. ```

13659

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He who has obedience

Will always have God

The ever-increasing Satisfaction.

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13660

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Is there any human being

Who will not ultimately respond

To the Message-Light of the Beyond?

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13661

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God’s Compassion-Feet

And God’s Forgiveness-Heart

Are not meant to accept

Any permanent defeat. ```

13662

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Just try to love

Your today’s heart-purity.

God will take care of

Your divine tomorrows. ```

13663

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An unaspiring man’s life

Is nothing but

The attempt to conquer unrest.

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13664

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When I hear my soul-bird sing,

I see the transformation

Of my mind’s clarity

Into my heart’s purity. ```

13665

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When you make an outer mistake,

You may suffer a little,

But when you make an inner mistake,

You are compelled to pay

A severe penalty.

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13666

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Simplicity, sincerity and purity:

These three are God’s

Supremely chosen children on earth.

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13667

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Don’t be a fool!

Don’t try to invent a new path.

Be wise!

Take the path

Trodden by the illumined souls

Of the hoary past. ```

13668

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In each human life

There comes a time

When self-assertion surrenders

To self-illumination. ```

13669

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He has wronged you!

Alas, this is what he can do.

Can you not forgive him?

I am sure this is something

You can easily do.

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13670

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Great he became

To please his mind.

Good he will become

To satisfy God’s Heart. ```

13671

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The heart of every human being

Can leave behind a legacy

Of world-illumining compassion.

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13672

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A gratitude-heart

Will, without fail,

One day reach

Infinity’s Fulfilment-Shore. ```

13673

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Self-doubt and self-pity

Are two common things.

Self-perfection is always

A rare thing. ```

13674

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There can be no ultimate failure.

At God’s choice Hour

Every individual

Will reach the Destination. ```

13675

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I am always afraid

Of walking along

My mind-road

Without my heart-guide. ```

13676

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God’s Compassion-Height

Illumines my mind.

God’s Justice-Light

Perfects my life. ```

13677

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Birthdays inspire us

To dive deep within

Soulfully and unconditionally

To collect our fabulous inner fortune. ```

13678

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A heart of self-giving

Will not leave any room

For mind-confusion.

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13679

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In my life

There has never been

Any outer hurdle.

All my difficulties

Have been inner hurdles!

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13680

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God neither ignores

Nor forgets us,

Even when we jump

At dark desire’s command. ```

13681

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Life is for

Self-giving.

Self-giving is for

God-becoming. ```

13682

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Search, search desperately

For truth!

You will discover

Your mind’s vastness-sky

And your heart’s oneness-ocean.

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13683

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Every morning

Make it a point to say hello

To your soul’s rainbow-eye.

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13684

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To delay your aspiration-duty

Is to forget

That you have the capacity

To arrive at your heart’s dream-shore. ```

13685

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Self-indulgence

Is the starvation

Of Divinity’s

God-manifestation-hunger. ```

13686

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If you are a seer-poet,

Then you will not use

The world-destruction-sword

But the world-perfection-poetry. ```

13687

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My Lord does not believe in

My mind-calculation.

My Lord believes only in

My life-illumination. ```

13688

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If you love

The flower of life-perfection,

Then you must touch and remove

Life’s imperfection-thorn. ```

13689

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Each individual seeker,

According to God’s Compassion-Heart,

Is a truly exceptional child of His.

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13690

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How can you look through

Your mind’s happiness-window

Unless you have already entered

Your heart’s oneness-room? ```

13691

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Each self-giving moment

Is undoubtedly

A nectar-delight-feast.

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13692

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I dare to imagine

Everything except

God’s Displeasure-Eye.

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13693

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You say you have nothing to do.

Tell me, have you ever thought

Of uprooting your mind’s doubt-tree?

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13694

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Insecurity is man’s ancient

Imperfection-night,

Which challenges man’s blossoming

Perfection-light. ```

13695

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This is not the time

For you to disappoint God.

Can you not see Him

Running towards you

With your Himalayan future joy?

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13696

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There is no pleasure

That can ever equal

A human being’s self-giving-joy.

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13697

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Do not run away from

Unsolved problems

If you ever care to realise

Your soul’s unhorizoned and fantastic dreams. ```

13698

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Do not seek truth

In the mind’s confusion-market,

Even after you have inundated your heart

With light. ```

13699

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Be not a victim

Of your heart’s self-denial

And your mind’s self-betrayal.

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13700

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My Lord,

May I eternally live

As a soulful gratitude-life-plant.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 137, Agni Press, 1990
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