Our heart’s streaming tears
Know the secret entranceTo the world of Infinity’s Delight.
```Are you so stupid
That you have to stir upYour mind’s confusion-dust
Every day? ```How can you say that you aspire,
My seeker-friend?Can you not see
That your heart-doorIs completely sealed?
```Look at the rising sun.
Look at the setting sun.Your mind’s inspiration
And your heart’s aspirationWill immediately increase.
```My faith-flooded heart
Has accepted the challengeOf curing my doubt-addicted mind.
```Plant gratitude-seeds
Inside your heart-garden.Your life will be beautiful
And fruitfulWith glowing deeds.
```You are spending all your time
Thinking of others’ successesAnd failures.
When will you have timeTo do something for yourself,
Or even for God? ```Step out
Of stark ignorance-shadow,O my ill-fated mind,
If you want progress-satisfaction. ```The illumination-compass
Of my soulInvariably points
Towards God-manifestation. ```Deep inside my heart’s
Ecstasy-lake,My Lord Supreme sings
His Immortality’s Songs. ```If your inner weather report
Is good,Then you are bound to make
Long progress-strides. ```A sleepless gratitude-heart
Knows the shortest and safestPassageway
To God’s Satisfaction-Heart. ```Fortunate are those
Who have the capacityTo stay off
Their mind’s doubt-infested path. ```God needs from you
A thirsty mindAnd
A hungry heart,And
Nothing more! ```The life of spirituality
Not only invites possibilityBut also transforms possibility
Into manifested reality. ```Your sweet Heaven-memories
Will enter into your mindIf you can awaken and preserve
The beauty of your purity-heart. ```Shatter, shatter
Your impossibility-fearAnd your impossibility-challenges
Both in your inner lifeAnd in your outer life!
```God is so sad
That your aspiration-candlesHave been extinguished
By your world-desire-life. ```If you can nurture
Your devotion-bud,Your realisation-blossoms
Will be seen before long. ```Even God’s Compassion-Eye
Does not care to readYour ceaseless
Daily ignorance-multiplying reports. ```My Lord,
Do give me the capacityTo turn my heart’s wish-power
Into my life’s will-power. ```Because you have lost
Your enthusiasm-heart,Your life’s progress-tide
Is ebbing. ```A seeker has to start
His spiritual journeyWith a ceaselessly dreaming
Oneness-heart. ```A self-giver
Does not have to pay anythingWhen he shops at God’s
Heart-Mart. ```Use your hungry God-hunger-heart.
You will easily be able to rescueAll your long-lost
God-manifestation-dreams. ```I am breathing today
New, soulful and powerful hopesInto my old, decayed and fading dreams.
```Once you find yourself
In the mind’s worry-boat,It is extremely difficult
To jump out of it. ```God does not care for you.
He cares for your heart,Although it is as dry as dust.
```Just one pure celestial thought
Of your mindCan satisfy God’s great Hunger.
```Only God’s unconditional Grace
Can completely turn downYour mind’s doubt-volume
For good. ```Although your mind is coming
On a delayed doubt-flight,It will definitely reach
Its frustration-airport. ```Our heart’s inner silence
At any momentCan quiet the chattering mind’s
Stupidity-utterances. ```I am sick of enjoying
The fleeting flight of fameIn my life.
```Cancel as soon as possible
All your mind-appointmentsWith ignorance-students:
Anxiety,Insecurity
And jealousy. ```Your purity-heart only
Can improve your life’sPerfection-grade.
```God’s great fan
Is your heart.God’s greater fan
Is your heart’s sleepless gratitude.God’s greatest fan
Is your heart’s unconditional surrender. ```O my old and tired thoughts,
I must say farewell to you,I must!
```My Lord Supreme,
Do once more make meYour choice aspiration-athlete!
```Wisdom has dawned upon me.
I have completely withdrawn my supportFor the doubt-cherishing mind-party.
```Self-conscious and pompous devotion
Is defective,And it is almost incurable.
```God does not want you to understand
Your heart-language.He wants you only to feel
And be proud ofYour heart-language.
```Today I am enjoying
New, illumining and fulfilling sweetnessInside my silence-peace-heart.
```Although the beginning
Of my spiritual lifeWas uncertain and precarious,
The ending of my spiritual lifeIs supremely glorious.
```God is asking me
What keeps me from boardingMy life’s transformation-perfection-train.
```Your mind’s limitation-hallucinations
Are speedily and foolishlyMoving away from
Your heart’s illumination-satisfaction. ```A soulful smile
Is the new remedyFor humanity’s old ailment:
Doubt. ```Alas, what am I going to do
With my poor mind,Which is afraid of light?
Alas, what am I going to doWith my poor heart,
Which is afraid of darkness? ```My mind’s teeming defects
Are unending.Yet I shall never give up
My life’s perfection-dream. ```Because of your
Unconditional surrender-heart,Your life’s delight-journey
Is dawning fast. ```With our aspiration-passport
We do not need any visaTo enter into
Humanity’s inner countries. ```Slowly and steadily,
Your heart-life will climb upDivinity’s satisfaction-peak.
```Today my Lord Supreme
Has passed a lawAgainst humanity’s
Doubt-enjoyment. ```Use your heart’s cry!
You will feel God at any time.Use your life’s surrender!
You will see God in any place. ```God’s Justice-Light
Is only an inch awayFrom God’s Compassion-Height.
Therefore, you can easily expectAlmost anything you want
From God’s Justice-Light. ```Step forward,
No matter how slowly,How carefully.
But do not step backward,Even unconsciously!
```True,
The heart-purification-processIs slow.
But do not give upIf you want to be the owner
Of your Lord’s Victory-Smile. ```If your dedication is not nourished
By faith every day,Doubt may at any moment
Derail your dedication-train. ```Your heart’s gratitude-fragrance
Has the capacityTo respond immediately
To God’s clarion Call. ```God-loving hearts
Are both completely calmAnd unmistakably certain.
```A soulful meditation
Can easily lengthenThe mind’s compassion,
Tolerance and sympathy-limits. ```My life is a little boat;
It is a feeble cry.But my soul is a representative
Of the omnipotent,Omnipresent and omniscient God.
```Humanity’s orphan-cry
Will definitelyOne day be transformed
Into Divinity’s Infinity-Smile. ```My early morning peace
I receive fromMy aspiration-heart-flames
And my dedication-life-plants. ```May every human being
Be blessed withA celestial angel-music-dawn.
```God Himself garlands and crowns
His hero-serverWhen he arrives
At God’s Golden Shore. ```It is not enough to decrease —
You have to totally diminishYour contact with
Your mind-doubt-agent. ```Gratitude is a divine gift
That we get from the inner world.Alas, it is undoubtedly
An under-used gift. ```When we summarise
Humanity’s deplorable situation,We realise that humanity
Does not really knowWhat it actually wants.
```The difference between
A doer and a watcherIs that the doer is on
His safe and certain highwayTo God’s Infinity,
Whereas the watcher can beEither tomorrow’s starter
Or tomorrow’s sleeper. ```A first-class God-lover
And God-serverSays to God at every moment:
“My Lord, do tell meWhat else I can do for You
To please You in Your own Way.” ```Ambition-body-mind
I am.Aspiration-heart-soul
I long to be. ```God feels extremely sad
That you feed your self-doubt-mind,Even while your heart
Is conversing with God. ```Humanity’s dissatisfaction-disease
Is not only widespreadBut also impossibly incurable.
```An ingratitude-heart
Is bound to enterEventually
Into an unknown territoryOf self-peril.
```Alas, alas, I still do not know
When my nonsense-mindWill be replaced by
My aspiration-heart. ```The human mind enjoys
Great export-success.The divine heart enjoys
Good import-progress. ```A freedom-cry
Is not a product of the finiteBut a blessingful boon
From Above. ```O my Lord Supreme,
What I need isA heart-willingness-cottage
And neverA mind-unwillingness-edifice.
```A purity-dream and
A certainty-realityAre connected by
Divinity’s golden Dream. ```Rich God knows
How to forgiveAnd how to forget.
Poor human beingsKnow neither.
```Aspiration must be
Our very first choice,And never an afterthought.
```The intellectual giants
Cannot open the heart’sSweetness-fondness-room.
```My present name is
Man-frustration.My future name will be
God-satisfaction. ```The human mind
Cleverly looks forDivinity-exit-door.
The divine heartWisely looks for
Divinity-entrance-door. ```Your mind’s master plans
Will eventually die unnourishedAnd unsupported.
```God says to God-realised souls:
“You can claim Me now,But I shall claim you
Only after you have manifested Me.” ```God’s Heart-Palace
Is the place for truth-seekersAnd God-lovers
To play, sing and dance. ```No seeker
Can permanently stay on the pathIf God withdraws
His Compassion-Protection-Eye. ```My life’s austerity
Is forced to live insideMy mind’s godless captivity.
```If you do anything soulfully
And do not succeed,Do not feel sad.
Rest assured,God will take the blame.
```To lighten God’s heavy burden,
Think of God ceaselessly.To enlighten your mind,
Pray to God breathlessly. ```God smilingly and proudly
Breathes inOur heart’s flower-fragrance.
```God tells me that He loves
My soulfulness-mind.God tells me that He needs
My fulness-heart. ```Before my God-realisation,
I loved GodFor His Greatness and Goodness.
After my God-realisation,I have been loving God
For His Sweetness and Fondness. ```Each surrender-prayer
Of my heartWill be garlanded and crowned
By my inner divinity’s Lord Supreme. ```Expand, expand
Your willingness-heartSleeplessly and breathlessly
Into the vastness-universe. ```With my prayerful heart
I start my Eternity’s journey.With my soulful life
I continue. ```An unwillingness-vital
And a hesitation-mindCan destroy the beauty and purity
Of an aspiration-heart. ```When I sing before God
My heart’s love-song,His blessingful Comment is:
“Excellent, My child!”When I sing before God
My heart’s devotion-song,His powerful Comment is:
“Perfect, My child!” ```When I multiply
My devotion-heart-flames,My Lord Supreme tells me:
“My child, I have arrived!” ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 145, Agni Press, 1991
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