The time to become perfect
Is all the time.The time to please God
In His own WayIs all the time.
```My Lord Supreme,
Please do not allow meTo surrender
To my loneliness-mind.Please allow me
To be wonBy my world-oneness-heart.
```If there is even an iota of doubt
Inside your mind,God will not take the trouble
Of answeringA single one of your mind-questions.
```I tell myself
That the ignorance-lifeIs not meant for me.
My life and IMust speed up our progress-process
To reach our destined Goal. ```A single, short, wrong step
Is enough to make us miserableFor a long time
In our God-quest-journey. ```Always knock at opportunity-door
With your aspiration-heart.Whom will you see coming out?
God the Fulfilment! ```My heart’s faith-power
Can destroy my mind’sHuge disbelief-tree.
```Divine ecstasy’s height
Is not possibleFor a human mind to scale.
```God compassionately blesses
A soulful God-worshipper’sBody, vital, mind and heart
With sacredness.Everything that he has
Is made sacredBy God’s Compassion-Touch.
```I am sure someday, somehow
My illumination-soul will winOver the breath
Of my darkness-ignorance-life. ```O my mind’s huge ego-tree,
It is high time for youTo be uprooted.
Can you not seeThat I am now
My soul’s adamantine will? ```O peace-seeking heart
Of humanity,You have pleased God’s Heart
Far beyond your imagination-flight. ```A seeker’s streaming tears
Will eventually becomeVery intimately associated
With God’s Heart. ```O my mind,
There is no evidenceThat you ever loved God.
O my heart,
There is full evidenceThat you and God
Secretly and openly love each other. ```God’s unconditional Compassion-Eye
Is the only forceBehind my speedy progress-life.
```Only an ingratitude-heart
Can dare to pruneGod’s Compassion-Tree.
```What a life you have!
Yesterday you thunderedWith haughtiness.
Today you are diningWith utter helplessness.
```You must learn how to laugh
At your untold miseriesIf you want to be brave enough
To welcome eventuallyYour ecstasy-flooded soul.
```This morning
My soul invited me to enjoyIts Eternity’s rainbow-radiance.
```Do not forget
Your real name.Your real name
Is God-Compassion-Devourer.Do not forget
Your real home.Your real home
Is God-Silence-Mountain. ```Look forward smilingly.
Look upward lovingly.Look inward bravely.
Lo, you have been liberatedFrom the ignorance-shackles
Of the past. ```My mind,
Yesterday you were heartless.God the Justice-Light
Has forced you to be helpless today.And tomorrow
You are destined to be hopeless. ```When I ask my heart
To give me the inner report,It always tells me
Things that are inspiringAnd encouraging.
```Your heart’s gratitude-tears
Make God feelThat He has something
In His creationTo be proud of.
```In your oneness-fulness-heart-garden
There is no roomFor discouragement-weeds.
```You are allowed
To feed your mindWith exciting information.
But you must alsoFeed your heart
With illumining Messages from God. ```Sometimes I wonder
What will happen to meIf God ever becomes tired
Of my worthless and uselessEarth-performances.
```One day
Man will definitely become tiredOf writing his success-story
And will start writingHis sweet progress-song.
```God does not mind
If I am not awareOf His endless Blessings.
But He does mindWhen I say that God is for others
And not for me. ```Smile at the world.
Smile at yourself.Just smile, within and without!
Your fate could have beenInfinitely worse.
```God, in His infinite Compassion,
Is warning me to be careful:“My child,
Your destruction-suspicion-mindIs right in front of you.”
```My mind,
You have no rightTo meddle with my heart’s
Sterling faith.My heart
Has done nothing wrongTo you.
```My life has been completely transformed
Just by acceptingGod’s Compassion-flooded Invitation.
```Under no circumstances
Should you desertYour hope-boat
Or allow it to sinkIn the confusion-mind-sea.
```What do I want
To govern my life?I want my heart’s
Life-perfection-dreamsTo govern my life.
```O my mind’s sadness-sunset,
Do not give up hope!For tomorrow God may give you
Another chanceTo transform yourself
Into my heart’s eternal sunrise. ```Time will tell you
What I have doneFor your perfection,
O my mind.Time will tell you
What I have doneFor your satisfaction,
O my heart. ```God is the Compassion-Fountain.
He wants His children to beThe acceptance-delight.
```O my soul,
Do help my heart to reviveIts long-forgotten promise to God
For His complete manifestationOn earth.
```Somehow, a desire-cry
And a destruction-smileAre perversely attracted
To each other. ```O my sincerity-heart,
You have to outlast everythingBefore God uses you
To manifest His LightHere on earth.
```If you see God’s immortal Heart,
Then you are bound to seeHis infinite Peace inside it.
They are inseparable. ```When the mind is sincerely open
To the loving heart,Then both the mind and the heart
Can achieve the impossible. ```In my daily morning meeting
With God,I learn only one thing:
The Beauty-SmileOf the Infinite
Inside the purity-cryOf the finite.
```Every morning
My soul-priestCollects my heart-blossoms
Lovingly and proudly,And places them on the altar
Of my Lord Supreme. ```Like my heart,
If my body, vital and mindAlso cry for progress-delight,
Then the world will be floodedWith God-Beauty and God-Prosperity.
```Two meals I take daily:
My unconditional life-surrenderAnd
My unconditional heart-gratitude. ```God, do You not need
A short vacation?“I do not need a vacation.
What I badly needIs your life’s
Immediate perfection!” ```God will help you
Command your mind-thoughtsIf you offer Him
Your heart’s surrender-gift. ```Only one enthusiasm-step
Shortens my destination-distance,Quickens my speed
And enlightens my life. ```Unless you are eagerly ready
To approach God on His own terms,You will remain a complete failure
Both in your inner lifeAnd in your outer life.
```Ask yourself only one question,
The question of questions:Do you belong to God’s Heart
Or do you belong to your own mind? ```Each temptation-thought
Is finally forcedTo join life’s extinction-parade.
```When you keep your eyes turned inward,
You are blessed withA sweetness-satisfaction-surge.
```Your wisdom-soul-teacher
Does not mindTeaching you the same lesson
Again and again,Provided you want to learn it.
What is that lesson of life?God-manifestation on earth!
```Who has ever seen
Satisfaction-famineInside his unconditional
Surrender-life? ```I tell you, O my mind,
Your encyclopedia-memoryHas nothing to do with
God-remembrance-ecstasy.You are permitted only to remember
Earth-bound facts,Not Heaven-free realities.
```God has a Heart of sympathy
Even if He doesn’t haveAnything else.
The spirituality shortageIn today’s world
Is causing severe pangsIn His Heart.
```O my heart, offer to God
Your oneness-flame.He will immediately grant you
His Fulness-Sun. ```My heart’s open invitation
Is for all.There are no intruders —
No, not even unwantedOr undesirable visitor-guests.
```Gradually
Perfection will come to the foreIf you continue offering
Your heart’s life-breathTo the world.
```Every day
Good and evil thoughtsAre increasing in the world.
Therefore, the mind-hotelNever enjoys vacancy.
```What you need
Is a silence-mind.What you need
Is a sacrifice-heart.What you need
Is a willingness-life. ```If you are even a little negative
Towards God’s unconditionalCompassion-Light,
The skies of Heaven will never allow youTo enjoy peace of mind.
```If you do not disobey
Your ignorance-leader,The inner progress-summit
Will always be denied to you. ```As soon as God opens His Eyes,
My life runs towards HimFor perfection.
As soon as God closes His Eyes,My mind runs towards Him
For forgiveness. ```You will be equal to the task
Of manifesting God on earthIf your life is a constant
Willingness-eagerness. ```Because the smile of my soul
Is strong,God asks my soul’s smile
To come and stand beside Him.Because the tears of my heart
Are weak,God tells my heart’s tears
To come and hide inside His Heart. ```No matter how much complexity
Your mind cherishesEither consciously or unconsciously,
God will bless your mind one dayWith a childlike simplicity,
For that is the only wayYour mind will be able to enjoy
Delight infinite. ```O hungry impatience-mind,
How I wish that you could enterInto Eternity’s patience-sky
To recognise your divinity’sTranscendental form.
```You cannot live
In the outer worldDivinely and supremely
If you are trying to liveBeyond your heart’s surrender-income.
```God-Compassion-flooded human beings
Have a very special wayOf receiving
God’s inner Glory supreme. ```God’s Sweetness-Whisper
Is my climbing heart’sAspiration-breath.
```Every morning
My heart’s fondness-faith feeds meSo that I am not devoured
By the wild doubt-tiger. ```Every morning my enthusiasm-soul
Takes me into the aspiration-elevator,Which goes straight to the highest floor
Of Consciousness-Bliss. ```When God comes to me,
He does not come alone.He brings with Him
The blessingful MessageOf my nature’s perfection-possibility.
```No genuine aspiration-life
Should ever be afraidOf disaster-intrusion.
```Do not worry, my seeker-friend!
The Lord of infinite CompassionWill never allow your aspiration-heart
To go astray. ```Humanity’s life
Has taken a new direction.It wants a heart
Flooded with oneness-peace. ```My Lord,
May my life-boat be anchoredIn Your sleepless
Compassion-Earth-Harbour. ```Every day
The abundant beautyOf the morning
Heralds the great promiseOf God-Divinity on earth.
```A beautiful, soulful and fruitful
Gratitude-smileIs the smile of a very rare
Perfection-life. ```Not God the Ruler
But God the LoverIs my foremost Companion
Among my countless acquaintances. ```I am absolutely certain
That no soulful questionFrom my aspiration-heart
Will remain unanswered by God. ```You can avoid God’s Presence
As long as you want to,But God will definitely give you
As much inner treasureAs you can receive.
```My heart-pain can easily annul
My mind’sLong-lived pleasure-life.
```Only an unconditional
Surrender-lifeIs entitled to inherit
God’s nectar-floodedPromise-Land.
```My heart’s sincerity-cry
Is slowly blossomingInto the radiance-smile
Of my purity-dawn-eyes. ```Ignorance-frown is too weak
To come near my heart’sEver-blossoming soul-smile.
```When desire captures your mind,
You can fight itAnd become supremely victorious.
You are under no obligation to surrenderAnd obey desire’s express commands.
```Only a breathless willingness-heart
Knows and feels how close God isTo His Fondness-Creation.
```God’s Compassion-Eye
Not only forgivesBut also forgets
All our very darkIgnorance-misdeeds.
```O my mind,
It is high timeFor you to enter into
A living, loving and illuminingLife of spirituality.
```God is extremely happy
When we admireThe silent, self-giving heart
Of a God-lover. ```My soul is inviting my heart
To be a passengerOn its moon-sailboat
To Heaven-port. ```God does not ask you
To meditateTwenty-four hours a day.
He just asks youTo pray and meditate
Twenty-four minutes a day,But quietly and self-givingly.
```Your surrender-prayer
Must be completely emptyOf despair-sighs.
```In the world of silence-heart,
There are no problems,Not even the so-called
World-prosperity-problem. ```In the perfection-progress-race,
God does not want anybodyTo be the loser.
He wants everybody equallyTo win the race.
```My Lord is telling me
That at the endOf my dedication-life
He will bless meWith His Heart’s
Perfect Satisfaction-Smile. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 154, Agni Press, 1991
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