O my heart,
Your patience for God-Satisfaction,Your love for God-Satisfaction,
Your self-giving for God-Satisfaction,Do you think God is not aware of?
He is!He definitely is!
```The power of divine Love
Can never be perfectly measuredBy any human standard.
```Because of the soul’s
Silence-power within,We can see
Life’s sound-tower without. ```My Lord Supreme,
Can I not have something betterThan the mind-bound desire-life
On earth? ```He who has perseverance-courage-smile
Is bound to receive special blessingsFrom Above
And special gratitudeFrom below.
```Sweeter than the sweetest
Are the gratitude-tearsOf any human heart.
```Consciously or unconsciously
We all pray before God’sCompassion-Forgiveness-Altar.
```God gave him a hero’s welcome
When he bravely said good-byeTo ignorance-night
For good. ```He who unconditionally loves
God the CreatorAnd serves God the creation
Is, indeed, a perfect saviourFor all time.
```It is a question of time.
Everybody will one day be tiredOf living in ignorance-environment.
```An ill-intentioned thought
Can be more damagingThan a boxer’s heavy punches.
```A visionless beginning
Will definitely haveA most dramatic and most painful
Ending. ```A seeker’s true friends
Are those who always tryTo bring to the fore
His pure, good and divine qualities. ```God, I shall fulfil You always
In Your own Way.Indeed, this is humanity’s
Forgotten promise! ```Even the Heaven-sent warriors
Suffer and sufferFrom the ruthless ingratitude-blows
Of mankind. ```O my vital,
Why do you want me to drinkFrustration-poison?
When I dieWill you not die with me
Immediately? ```God tells each human being:
“My child, I shall appreciate and admireOnly one thing of yours:
Your perfection-challenge.” ```The fragrance of a satisfaction-heart
On earthIs at times envied
Even by celestial denizens. ```Each step towards God
Is man’s peace-blossoming promiseTo God.
```A self-enamoured life
Belongs in a circusWith its clowns,
And nowhere else. ```My life’s surrender-plant
And my life’s gratitude-flowerCherish God’s special Compassion
And Affection. ```With your encyclopedic mind
You want to conquerThe heart of the world.
It is impossible!You can conquer
The heart of the worldOnly with your self-giving heart.
```Freedom-cry
Everywhere we hear.Perfection-smile
Nowhere we see. ```My perseverance in self-transcendence
Is a giant stepTowards my Lord Supreme.
```The tides of uncertainty
Every day are washing awayMan’s treasured determination.
```Inspiration-flow,
Aspiration-river,Realisation-shore,
How I love you three!I claim you all as my own,
Very own. ```Only God-dreaming hearts
Have a jasmine fragranceAll around their outer life.
```If you waste precious moments
Thoughtlessly on earth,You will never be allowed to possess
God-climbing aspiration-wings. ```If you say that you will be ready
TomorrowTo start your aspiration-search,
That means you do not actually believe inThe supreme necessity of aspiration
In your life. ```My aspiration-heart feels
That a day without God-SmileIs like one hundred days
With ignorance-frown. ```If you do not care for
Your progress-delight,That is nothing short of returning
To your yesterday’s night. ```A life of ignorance
Is the fastest backward race,With no destination.
```We do not have to know
All the ways of GodAs long as we know
The most essential way:That everything He does
Is only for our swift progress. ```Each peace-step of a human being
Is undoubtedly a progress-marchTowards God’s Satisfaction-Smile.
```The reasoning mind
And a very limited realityAre always found
Sailing in the same boat. ```My Lord,
You have given me a great many things.Please give me one more thing:
An ever-blossoming gratitude-heart. ```Sweetness-fulfilment
Shall dawn on your eyesIf you can empty your mind
Of all complaints. ```Humanity’s hope and divinity’s promise
Have, alas,Become a forgotten story.
```If you love me divinely,
Then you will care for me sleeplessly,And you will do everything for me
The way God wants you to do it. ```I am not a lover
Of God’s Victory-Drum.I am a lover
Of my heart’s aspiration-cry. ```God once and for all is asking me
If I really want to free myselfFrom darkness-torture.
If so, in no time He will grant meHis Illumination-Rapture.
```The mind-philosophy
Was my starting point.The heart-spirituality
Is my presentAnd will be my everlasting goal.
```How can you survive
If there is no happinessIn your heart?
How can you surviveIf there is no cheerfulness
In your mind?How can you survive
If there is no eagernessIn your physical existence?
```O my heart,
I urge you to stop talkingCompassionately
To my negativity-mind.It is of no avail!
```Because of your ingratitude-life,
God has completely lost interestIn your earth-activities.
```What is of paramount importance
Is not how near or how dearYou are to God,
But how sincereIs your God-acceptance
And God-fulfilmentOn earth.
```O my mind,
Leave me aloneWith my own fate.
O my heart,Do take me to the inner
Golden gate. ```God does not want you to suffer
From a guilt-stricken conscience.He wants you to forgive and forget
Your pastOnce and for all
And begin a new lifeWith a new promise-dawn.
```What can one feeble life do?
A feeble life can produceA world-teacher, a world-saviour,
A God-fulfiller. ```O my mind-track,
Can you not see that every dayYou are blindly leading me
Nowhere? ```On the mountaintop of my heart,
This moment I see God’sCompassion-Eye,
Next moment I see God’sForgiveness-Feet.
```My soul-bird is proudly flying
In my heart-skyWith tremendous love and appreciation
For my heart’s progress-march. ```Humanity’s heavy weight
Is insincerity.Humanity’s heavier weight
Is impurity.Humanity’s heaviest weight
Is ingratitude. ```O my mind’s forest
Of ignorance-dreams,I shall no more help you
In your desire-fulfilment. ```Poor God is totally lost
BetweenMan’s bitterness-mind
And man’s sweetness-heart. ```God Himself came
And gave me a handWhen I was about to dust
The attic of my mind. ```The unseen may not be
Within our sight,But it can be
On our side. ```A simplicity-mind,
A purity-heart,A divinity-soul:
These are the three powerful alliesOf God.
```If we are good seekers,
We shall try to minimiseGod’s Cries
And maximiseGod’s Smiles.
```One question lingers
And remains unanswered:How can God ever think
Of my perfection-life? ```The world is not dying for
Great leaders.The world is only dying for
World-lovers. ```My heart’s inner cry is telling me
That God is fast approaching.My mind’s outer smile is asking me
Not to waste time in useless God-search. ```Fortunately,
God keeps His Heart-Door unlockedTwenty-four hours a day.
```You can make your longest journey
Very shortIf you cheerfully sail
In your heart-boat. ```If you deliberately keep teeming problems
Locked inside your mind,What can your poor soul
And your poor heartDo for you?
```Each self-giving thought of man
Is a God-made weapon,Stronger than the strongest,
To pierce the veil of ignorance-night. ```O moon,
Can you not carry meOn your silver wings to the sky,
So I can have a soulful talkWith the twinkling stars?
```Do not keep
Your outer life-door locked,If you want God to come and join
Your heart’s secret and sacredFamily-party.
```You may think that there is still time
For you to love God,But how do you know that God
Has still time to think of you? ```You play your role.
You intensify your heart’s aspiration-cry.God will play His Role.
He will amplify your heart’s aspiration-cryFor the whole world to hear.
```When I am in a divine consciousness,
I feel that my God-satisfaction-taskIs something simply simple,
Hardly hard. ```God places a sweetness-smile
From your heartAnd His own Sunburst-Smile
On the same footing. ```For such a long time
You have been closing your mind-doorWith your uncomely thoughts.
Can you not from now onKeep your mind-door wide open
With your soul’s fire-pure will? ```I have always known
That my nights without God-dreamsAre the precursors
Of sorrowful days. ```Give God your happy heart.
God will give youHis Breath immortal.
```If your humility-mind
Is empty of noise,Then God will grant you
An illumining mountain-voice. ```O my heart’s sunlight-smile,
May my outer life joinThe galaxy of your company.
```How close
Can your determination-mindTake you to God
If you do not haveA dedication-life?
```O my seeker-friend,
Do not allow yourselfTo suffer from attachment-vital
And indifference-mind. ```How is it possible
For you and your mindTo have forgotten the song
That your heart so soulfullyAnd so devotedly sang
For God? ```I know what happens to me
When God delaysIn fulfilling my wishes.
I suffer and suffer torture-pangs.Let me ask God what happens to Him
When I indefinitely delayIn thinking of Him.
```Love is never alone.
Divinity’s blessingsAnd humanity’s gratitude
Always stay with love. ```My Lord,
I am happy that You have finally arrived.But I know that I would have been
Infinitely happierIf I could have gone to You.
```My Lord,
Out of Your infinite Compassion,Do give me the capacity
To ride my heart’s gratitude-waveEvery day.
```God the Landlord
Never asks for rentWhen we live inside His Heart-House.
He says:“Stay here soulfully and confidently,
Eternally.” ```If you are
Your child-heart,Then God becomes
Your Compassion-Sovereign-Father. ```Clear your mind-jungle.
You will immediately become happy.Clear your heart-temple.
You will become surprisingly perfect. ```Just one thought-insect-bite
Can destroy our peace of mindFor the entire day.
```Our heart-cry-flames
Always climb upwardTo reach the highest
Summit-destination. ```God’s Compassion-Vision-Eye descends
Only to brightenOur heart-satisfaction-smile.
```Hope-march,
You and my aspiration-heartWill never halt!
```Yesterday
Inspiration-garden-beautyWas my friend.
TodayAspiration-mountain-majesty
Is my friend.Tomorrow
Realisation-sun-divinityWill be my friend.
```O my mind and vital,
Our Lord God has been waitingFor you
For such a long time.Hurry up!
```Be sensible!
Just because the mindHas impurity-thorns,
You cannot, must not, ignoreThe mind’s purity-flowers.
```If you sleeplessly think
Of your heart’s aspiration-cries,God will breathlessly think
Of your God-oneness-smiles. ```When we want to study
At God’s Heart-School,He teaches us only one subject:
Perfection-Satisfaction. ```Many people know what to do,
But few care how to do,And fewer still dare to do.
```My heart’s aspiration
Is my morning meal.My mind’s determination
Is my afternoon meal.My life’s surrender
Is my evening meal. ```Each day the sunrise
Of aspiration-heartsTells us that we can eventually be
Infinity’s perfection-children. ```May my life grow into
A God-lover’s beautyAnd a God-server’s purity
To see the Face of GodAnd be the Smile of God.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 151, Agni Press, 1991
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