Do you want
Free access to GodAny time, anywhere?
Then surrender your heart’s dream-boatAnd your life’s reality-boat —
Surrender to Him immediately! ```Every day
The mind-cure-hospitalInaugurates a new wing.
```Man treasures
God’s Compassion-flooded Eye.God treasures
The tiny, climbing aspiration-hopeIn man’s heart.
```Every day I visit
My mind’s mortality-cageAnd my heart’s Immortality-palace.
```Each morning
Is God’s blessingful beginningTo transform humanity’s face
Into divinity’s heart. ```Earth does not want me,
Because I speak too highlyOf Heaven all the time.
Heaven does not want me,For Heaven feels
That I need more sincerityWhen I speak of Heaven’s love.
```When we feel humility
In the depths of our heart,God asks us to come closer.
When we become devotionIn the depths of our heart,
God does not give us any timeTo come to Him.
He Himself comes rushing towards usTo declare our perfection in life.
```I want the eyes
That move forward.I love the eyes
That fly upward.I need the eyes
That dive inward. ```This morning
A visit from my long-forgotten friend,Faith,
Has given me a new wave of inspirationAnd a new sea of aspiration.
```My soul is fond of planting
A new spirituality-seedEvery day
Inside my beautiful and richHeart-garden.
```We must take nature’s hostility
As an inner blessing,For it lets us see
Our own outer hostilityTowards the unconditional Compassion-Rain
Of our Beloved Supreme. ```My Lord Supreme asks me
Only to be happyIn my inner life of aspiration
And my outer life of dedication.He tells me
That I do not have to striveTo prove to Him
That I love Him and need Him. ```Only a stupid seeker
Will think of rationingHis aspiration-heart
And dedication-life. ```My mind’s new-found willingness
I use all the timeTo befriend my aspiration-heart.
```O tennis ball-surrender,
Can you not be a constant friendOf my heart and life?
```Attachment-hours
Lasted long, very long.But to my extreme joy,
They have finally disappeared. ```If every human being
Runs the same race,And at the same pace,
Then there will be no joyIn the human heart.
```The morning that I do not pray,
Do not meditateAnd do not have a good thought,
Is declared a black morningBy my wisdom-soul.
```O my strangling vital,
My mind does not wantTo wrestle with you any more.
My mind wantsTo be a humble student
Of my aspiration-soul. ```Money-power
Has tremendous disadvantages.It immediately loses
The world-lovingAnd world-conquering
Humility-heart. ```There is only one real evil force,
And this is the force that tells meThat I do not need God
And that God does not love me. ```If I do not depend
On God’s Compassion-Rainfall,Then I will not be able
To come out of my mind-density-jungle. ```He forcefully compelled his ego
To leave the limelightSo that his Lord Supreme
Could bless himWith His Infinity’s Joy.
```O my mind,
Try in a different way,I mean in a loving way,
To please God.Definitely
Your God-satisfaction-failureIs not inevitable.
```Only an explosion
Of self-giving activitiesFrom each individual
Can save this precarious worldFrom threatening destruction-night.
```No God-manifestation-longing
Can ever beOutside the possibility-boundary.
```Be not afraid of spirituality,
O my stupid mind!Spiritual joy is real.
It can be found here on earth.In no way
Is it a fairy-tale-falsehood. ```Ignorance-rope-strength
Came to an endWhen God-realisation-smile
Dawned in his heart’sAspiration-cry.
```If you ever lose your longing
For perfection-thrill,Then that is the final end
Of your spiritual life. ```My heart’s soulful smile
Every day makes a special attemptTo conquer my mind’s
God-rejection-pride. ```Do not forget
To count God’s BlessingsFrequently
Inside your gratitude-heartSo that you can sleeplessly remain happy.
```You fool!
Why do you listenTo your mind’s advice?
Your mind tells youNot to think
Of God’s Compassion-LightBut only to think
Of its own desire-cry. ```God always keeps His Heart-Line open.
But alas, we forget the numbers:Surrender, gratitude and satisfaction.
```The hope of the mind
Is as poor as a street beggarAnd as fragile as a rope of sand.
```Every morning God wants me
To feed His Compassion-EyeWith good news.
And I am so happyThat I can do it
With no difficulty at all. ```My heart was the first
To see the sudden appearanceOf God the Compassion-Height.
My mind was the firstTo see the sudden disappearance
Of God the Justice-Light. ```If your mind is vague
And your heart is unprepared,Then how do you expect God
To come and lead youTo your destined goal?
```My aspiration-heart
And my dedication-lifeToday are staging a revolution
Against my mind’s ignorance-tyranny. ```O hope of my mind,
O love of my heart,Never give way
Either to fear or to doubt. ```When we worship false gods,
The real God does not mind.He enjoys rest,
Which He so richly deserves. ```Only when our heart
Prays and meditatesSoulfully and self-givingly
Can we see God’s FootprintsIn our awakened life.
```The human mind enjoys
The fault-finding recordsOf the world.
The divine heart enjoys
The fault-hiding recordsOf the world.
```If you are not a divine acrobat,
God will not be ableTo shape you and mould you
In His choice Way. ```O selfless service-escapist,
Rest assured,God’s infinite Joy
Will be denied you. ```My Lord’s Compassion-Eye
Is teaching me how to speakThe language of world-satisfaction.
```O ruthless unwillingness,
Do you not seeThat deliberately you have become
My mind’s absurdity-protector? ```Only an inspiring mind
And an aspiring heartAre permitted to inhabit
My soul-realm. ```If you do not want to go
Beyond your life’s pleasure-zone,You will never be able to see
AndYou will never be able to claim
Your own Infinity’s immortal treasure. ```Is there anything
From which my aspiration-heartCannot protect my undisciplined vital?
Inviting temptation-intruder! ```My Lord Supreme,
A fleeting smile from Your EyeFeeds my hungry heart
Most convincingly and most perfectly. ```O my mind,
Do not cherish the ideaThat the spiritual life,
In your case,Is out of the question.
No, no!Make a solemn attempt.
You will seeThat you will also be able
To equal my heartIn leading a spiritual life.
```Frankness I never expect
From the world-mind.Fairness I never expect
From the world-eye.But I do expect sweetness
From the world-heart. ```When I became a close friend
Of my doubting mind,I was expelled
From God’s Heart-Paradise. ```God does read
Our confidential letters,But He feels
That His Silence-AnswersAre infinitely more effective
Than any outer answer. ```When I listen
To my Lord’s Silence-Sermons,I sing and dance
With my heart’s multipliedAspiration-flames.
```Who says that ignorance never quits?
Ignorance does quitWhen we study in the school
Of our all-illumining soul. ```God soulfully and peacefully dances
When two human heartsSpeak in His Silence-Light-Language.
```The road that leads to God’s Heart
Can easily be shortenedIf we dare to challenge
All temptation-attacks. ```Why waste your time
By reasoningWith your darkness-mind?
Can you not spend your timeIn a most effective way
By loving and utilising your heartMore, ever more?
```A concentration-arrow,
A meditation-smileAnd a contemplation-dance
Pave the wayTo our perpetual progress-delight.
```The centuries of your mind’s
Accumulated ignorance-nightCan be illumined only by increasing
Your heart’s God-Compassion-receptivity. ```I never thought
That I would not shedEven one teardrop
When I participated in the processionAt my mind’s doubt-funeral.
```A self-giving aspirant
Spreads his good thoughtsSleeplessly
All over the world. ```Your gratitude-heart’s fragrance-dream
Will one day illumineThe length and breadth of the world.
```If you never do
Your life’s spiritual workout,How can God make your heart ready
For His Satisfaction-Smile? ```If you are an early riser,
Then God will teach youHow to remove
Your aspiration-flamesFrom your desire-smoke.
```Have everything in readiness!
Your heart’s purity,Your mind’s clarity,
Your life’s willingness:Have them in readiness!
Your Lord SupremeMay at any moment arrive.
```My Lord’s Sweetness-Fondness-Presence
Has saved my lifeMany, many times
Quite unexpectedly. ```He was killed
By nobody else,But by the impure mind-thoughts
In his own spiritual life. ```Each detail of your self-giving life
Is most pleasingTo your Beloved Lord Supreme.
```There should always be
A strong partitionBetween the aspiration-life
And the desire-lifeUnless and until
The desire-life surrendersTo the beauty, purity and divinity
Of the aspiration-life. ```The grandiose dream
Of your mindIs composed of
False and discouraging courage. ```O my God-manifestation-mind,
You have not yet started your journey.How is it that you are telling me
That you are extremely tiredAnd that you need immediate rest?
```A God-Forgiveness-Smile
Is enough to help me stand againstMy past teeming mistakes.
```I have secured my future
With my heart’s surrender-lightAnd my life’s gratitude-height.
```O my mind,
Never let doubtDominate you.
O my heart,
Never let impatienceDominate you.
O my life,
Never let ingratitudeDominate you.
```The doubtful mind
Is always afraidOf being welcomed by anybody.
```A loving heart
Every day receives an invitationFrom the entire world
To participateIn its joys and sorrows.
```If we study
At our heart’s school,Then our future
Is not a sealedBut an open book.
```I assure you, my seeker-friend,
That your willingness-heartWill never be the loser
In any divine adventure you undertake. ```From imagination to inspiration
Is a very short step.From inspiration to aspiration
Is a long step.From aspiration to realisation
Is a larger-than-the-largest step.From realisation to God-manifestation
Is a birthless and deathless step. ```You are supposed
To be aware of everything,But not to be involved in everything,
That you encounter in your life. ```When you separate
The lower self of a human beingFrom his higher self,
The lower selfRemains untransformed,
And the higher selfIs not totally satisfied,
For it does not have anyoneTo play with at its own level.
```If you practise the art
Of compassion-light-distribution,God will teach you the art
Of His Perfection-Satisfaction-distribution. ```My Lord Supreme,
I need only two Boons from You:The illumination of my division-mind
And the expansion of my oneness-heart. ```Every day I send
My encouragement-champion-heartTo my despondency-failure-mind.
```After a deep soul-searching,
He has come to realiseThat today’s self-discovery
And tomorrow’s world-masteryAre both well-planned
By God’s Compassion-flooded Vision-Eye. ```The human mind is, by nature,
Afraid of ridingThe fast transformation-train.
```A surrender-heart
Gets everything free of chargeFrom God’s world-satisfaction-market.
```For a searching mind,
For a crying heartAnd for a smiling life,
There is no dead end. ```My seeker-friends,
If you really wantMost satisfactory progress
In your spiritual life,Then you badly need
A very long vacationFrom your doubting mind.
```When I hide something that I know
From God,God cries —
Not because I am a clever man,But because I do not love Him enough.
```God’s Compassion-Eye-School
Teaches us only one subject:Forgiveness-delight.
```God allows me to read
His personal, confidential DiaryOnly inside my heart-temple.
```God will not dispense with your services
If you do not please Him.But neither will He give you
The highest salary —His Satisfaction-Smile.
```It was too late
When I longed for perfection.It was too soon
When I longed for satisfaction. ```In God’s Oneness-Hotel,
His Heart-RoomsCan always
Take more guests. ```My seeker-friend,
You must never forgetTo transform your mental clouds
Into your psychic radiance. ```God does not mind
If I am worthy or unworthyBefore my heart reaches out
For the illumination-stars. ```To me,
A watcher is great,A doer is good,
But a oneness-loverIs by far the greatest
And by far the best. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 153, Agni Press, 1991
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