To be lifted
By the Compassion-Forgiveness-HeartOf my Lord Supreme,
I must increaseConsciously, soulfully and sleeplessly
The breath of my gratitude-heart. ```It is so painful
That God,The Author of all Good,
Is still not acknowledgedBy His entire creation!
```To recover from ignorance-night,
Make friends with wisdom-lightConsciously, sleeplessly
And self-givingly. ```Each time we embody
A soulful thought in our mind,We ignite
A beautiful and powerful wisdom-flame. ```The deeper we dive
With our crying heart,The higher we fly
With our smiling eye. ```If you want success
From your life,Then pray and pray
Like a helpless orphan.If you want progress
From your life,Then meditate and meditate
Like a self-purifying saint. ```Thoughts that fight against age,
I need.Thoughts that fight against imperfection,
I need.Thoughts that fight against
God’s Satisfaction-Smile on earth,I do not need,
I do not need! ```Ultimately,
Only God’s Compassion-EyeCan cure us
From our centuries-oldIgnorance-life.
```The absence of inspiration today,
Tomorrow will beThe absence of aspiration,
And the day after, it will beThe absence of dedication.
No sincere seeker’s soulCan do without
Inspiration-mind,Aspiration-heart
And dedication-life. ```If there is no willingness
In your life’sGod-manifestation-responsibility,
Then your life isMeaningless, worthless and useless.
```From a smaller-than-the-smallest
Impure thought,An ignorance-giant can grow
Until it challenges the whole world. ```Each purity-breath
Leads usTo an all-illumining
And all-fulfilling horizon. ```We must soulfully
And gratefully acceptEach aspiration-flame
From the God-realisation-sun. ```The outer action
Without the inner joyWill invariably lack
The life-fulfilling breath. ```The play of ignorance-night
Cannot, will notAnd must not
Run for a long time. ```Who is extending and expanding
Our mind’s ignorance-castle?Not God the Compassion
But our desire-prince. ```Look up soulfully.
Dive deep prayerfully.There is boundless joy,
And you can have itFor the asking.
```There are millions of ways
To satisfy God.But God wants each of us
To choose only one wayTo satisfy Him.
I have chosenThe unconditional life-surrender-way.
```At last
I have turned my mindIn a new direction
Where I can see that there is nothingThat cannot be done
To please God and fulfil God,And thus to please myself
Truly and unmistakably. ```Truth-seekers
And self-giversAre always in short supply.
```My mind,
Since you love to challenge,Can you do me a favour?
Can you challengeYour own ignorance-pride?
How I wish you could challengeYour ignorance-pride
And show me your victory’s crown. ```With my heart’s soulful hopes
I am climbing upEternity’s compassion-flooded
Self-giving-tree. ```Is there any mind-jungle
With no doubt-tiger?No!
There can be no mind-jungleIn any part of the world
Where doubt-tigerIs not found.
```My heart’s happiness-bird
SoarsAs soon as it hears
A word about God. ```God wants you to be proud,
Extremely proud,Of hoisting your God-oneness-banner.
```There is only one way
To conquer your egoAnd that way
Is to serve it aspiration-mealsWith your humility-eyes,
Humility-mind and humility-heart. ```There was a time
When I prayed to GodTo be a universal monarch.
But now I am praying to GodTo be a universal server.
```Each good thought
And each good feelingHelp to decorate
Our heart-haven-room. ```God is extremely pleased
With his heart.Therefore, God has placed on his head
God’s divine Satisfaction-Crown. ```Do not neglect
Your aspiration-heart,And do not neglect
Your dedication-life.God is not going to wait for you
Endlessly!When the God-Hour strikes,
You will find yourselfIn the company
Of most deplorable failures. ```God’s indifference-life-story
Is invented and written by man,And nobody else.
```You have fractured
Your heart’s aspiration-lifeBy making friends with
Your mind’s undying doubt-life. ```An uncertainty-life
Certainly leads usTo a frustration-destination.
```My heart’s gratitude-sunrise
Has cleared awayMy mind’s thunderstorms.
```If you do not revive
Your interest in God once more,Your life’s failure-cry
Will be helpless,Hopeless and incurable.
```My Lord,
Please do me a big favour.I need you in my life-illumining dreams
More than anywhere else in my life. ```To expedite your God-realisation-journey
You must take full advantageOf every opportunity
That knocks at your heart-door. ```A sincerity-cry
Is the resultOf my year-round determination.
```To be
A world-class inner player,Be a cheerful self-giver.
```God wants me
To keep Him up-to-dateWith my sorrowful stories
Of the outer worldAnd my cheerful stories
Of the inner world. ```If you see a genuine peace-lover,
Then you are bound to seeA world-illumining face.
```His new-found shelter
Is inside his aspiration-heartAnd no longer
In his division-mind. ```Each sincere confession
Feeds and strengthens our inner urgeTo pray for our nature’s transformation
And our life’s satisfaction. ```The fragile mind-doubt
Is bound to be shatteredWhen the abiding peace-eye
Looks at it. ```An obscure mind
And murky thoughts:These are the real impediments
On our way to the Golden Shore. ```The love of God
Is not and cannot beMy choice.
It is undoubtedlyHis Choice
Operating in and through me. ```Every day
My Lord descendsInto my gratitude-heart
To purify and intensify it. ```You can forget
All other prayersIf you want to,
But do not forgetYour God-Forgiveness-prayer.
```This morning
God came to see you.To His extreme sorrow,
He saw your world-devouring mindAnd not your self-giving heart.
```Even God cries loudly
When He sees that humanity’s desire-hungerIs increasing enormously
Every day. ```God may forgive
My undivine deeds.Even my soul may forgive
My misdeeds,But I don’t think I shall be able
To forgive them,When my aspiration-hunger-eagerness
Is intensified. ```Remember the real reason
Why God’s Compassion-Eye has left you.His Compassion-Eye has left you
Only becauseYou have allowed your mind
To desert your gratitude-heart. ```Hope-flowers
Do descend from Above.But unfortunately,
We do not treasure them.Alas, we do not even value them.
```What I badly need
Is my ancient heartOf aspiration-flames
To see the divine beautyOf my God-oneness-life.
```My soul sang most powerfully
When my mind was fully awakenedTo receive God’s Light.
```The truth,
As I heard it then,Was different from now.
God was supposed to come to me, then;Now, I am supposed to go to Him.
```If you want to see
The beauty of Heaven,Then use God’s Eye.
If you want to seeThe patience of earth,
Then use God’s Heart. ```What your heart needs
Is a gentle, mild and delicate TouchFrom the Compassion-Eye of God
To revive its sleepless aspiration-hunger. ```O God, save me!
Save me from the strangling ropeOf my own insecurity,
Anxiety and impurity. ```O my Lord Supreme,
May my mind becomeAnother obedience-angel,
Like my heart-angel. ```My fond memories
Of my Lord Supreme in HeavenAre still vivid.
And it is these memoriesThat are sources of inspiration,
Aspiration and dedication-progress. ```If there is no devotion
In your meditation,Then your meditation
Will not be able to reachThe perfection-height.
```Be a good inner runner.
You will be able to run awayFrom temptation-attacks
Easily, effectively and bravely. ```When God saw
My aspiration-sunset,He cried and cried
Like a helpless child. ```It is not an uncommon reality.
God-representatives and Heaven-messengersAre quite often badly misunderstood
By humanity’s unlit mind. ```When my soul
Does something great for meAnd I want to reward my soul,
My soul smilingly says,“I don’t need it!”
When my heart
Does something great for meAnd I want to reward my heart,
My heart says,“I don’t expect it!”
When my mind
Does something great for meAnd I want to reward my mind,
My mind takes the rewardAnd immediately demands something more.
```Alas!
My dark attachment-lifeHas entangled my purity-longing
And world-oneness-longing heart. ```True, my past life
Did not surrender to GodAnd my present life
Is reluctant to surrender to God.But my future life
Will not only surrender to GodBut also promote God-Peace, God-Light
And God-Delight on earth. ```Your heart’s gratitude-songs
Are so faintThat, sadly,
God fails to hear them. ```When my mind enjoys
Doubt-fiction,My Lord Supreme gets irritated
And quickly disappears. ```If there is no enthusiasm
In your mind’s God-search,If there is no intensity
In your heart’s surrender-life to God,Then God-realisation will definitely remain
A far cry. ```When God sees my life of love
And my heart of gratitude,He feels that His Manifestation-Dream
Is worth continuing. ```If your mind forgets to value God’s Love,
Then you are bound to lose it, someday,Perhaps forever.
```God’s Compassion
Comes to inspectMy aspiration-start.
God’s Compassion and God’s Pride
Come to inspectMy realisation-goal.
```Only the willingness-mind
And the soulfulness-heartAre considered to be God’s great warriors
To fight against ignorance-titanOn earth.
```Your doubtful mind
And fearful heartAre taking you away
From God’s Compassion-Heart-Nest. ```I need my heart’s streaming tears
To see the full BeautyAnd full Divinity
Of my Lord Supreme. ```It is said
That everything is possible.Today I have got
Firsthand proof of it.My doubting mind
Has completely surrenderedTo my God-loving and God-adoring heart.
```With a positive mind
And a positive heartWe are all expected
To play the gameOf world-harmony.
```When I place my head
At God’s Compassion-Forgiveness-Feet,He immediately gives me back
My heart’s rainbow-smile. ```Humanity
And humanity’s stupendousStupidity-mind
Have made it impossible for God to seeIn this world
His Vision’s hope-plants. ```My soul every day
Breathes in the secret breathOf my heart’s sacred
God-manifestation-promise. ```God-realisation-secrets
Are not secrets at all.God-realisation is an open book,
Open study, open course and open school.And God the Teacher
Is also sleeplessly openTo the students’ requirements.
```Every day
My mind is on the lookoutFor satisfaction.
But my mind does not realiseThat this satisfaction comes
Only when it is emptyOf world-criticism.
```My selfless devotion
And God’s Perfection-Manifestation:These two things
Are Eternity’s invaluable treasures. ```With my Heavenly friends
I walk, march and runAlong Eternity’s Road
To manifest my Lord’sTranscendental Vision-Smiles
Here on earth. ```The only thing you need
Is a heart that expands,So God can move in
Happily and proudly.Everything else is of no consequence.
```May my daily aspiration-life
Become friends withMy soul’s simple delight-waves.
```If you want to become a passenger
In God’s Vision-Speedboat,Then you must become a peace-dreamer,
Peace-receiver and peace-server. ```My Lord, my Lord,
You do not have to save meFrom anything else
Or from anybody else,If only You will free me
From my mind-prison! ```The invasion of doubt
Into our mind:Does it ever end?
No!It never ends,
It never does! ```God-lovers are loved and adored
By our God-searchingAnd God-invoking mind.
```You can establish your bond
With the rest of the worldBy feeling its heart,
And not by examining its mind. ```Can you not see
That you have lost yourselfIn your mind’s illusion and delusion-sky?
```It is simply an impossible task
To escape from the mind’sSuspicion-downpour.
```God’s Presence
In my mind-cave,In my heart-room,
In my life-streetI see, I clearly see!
Therefore, I feel thatMy God-realisation-days
Are fast approaching. ```God offers you
What He has and what He is.He has infinite Love for you
And He is infinite ConcernFor you.
Can you not give HimWhat you have and what you are?
You have stupidityAnd you are your present unwillingness.
```The heart of faith disappears
When the mind of doubtStarts dancing.
```God is expecting every day
A break in my foul mind-weather.He expects better weather —
Alas, all in vain! ```O my heart, do help me.
I want you to be the creatorOf my purity-mind.
O my mind, do help me.
I want you to be the preserverOf my sincerity-heart.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 156, Agni Press, 1991
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