My Lord,
Do give me the capacityTo sing every day
A few new love, devotion andSurrender-songs
To make You happy. ```O my mind’s
Enthusiasm-child,Wake up!
Sleep not any more!It is already very late
For you to wake up. ```Is there anybody
Who has never sufferedFrom the stupid mind’s
Ruthless inferiority-invasion? ```No!
Not God’s JusticeBut you alone
Have createdYour uselessness-life.
```Every day
God’s CompassionTeaches the seeker
How to discoverHis life’s deeper dimensions.
```O where are you,
My life’s silence-speed?O where are you,
My heart’s gratitude-speed? ```My mind
Is now genuinely ashamedOf its long-standing friendship
With doubt. ```My mind’s strong convictions
Are no matchFor my heart’s pure aspirations.
```Every day
I force my ingratitude-mindTo go and visit
Its graveyard. ```I may not be sweet,
But my heart’s gratitude-tearsAre always sweet,
Measurelessly sweet. ```Where do I live?
I live in my imperfection’sDespair-ridden world.
```A suspicion-mind
Is always a preludeTo a disaster-life.
```My Beloved Supreme,
Do You remember me?Was I not once upon a time
A most favourite childOf Yours?
```O my heart’s peace-dove,
Fly, fly,In Infinity’s oneness-sky.
```My heart’s hope-fragrance
Is the supreme inspirerOf my life’s promise-dreams.
```Today my soul
Has given me the capacityTo burn up my mind’s
Unwillingness-arrogance. ```God’s Satisfaction-Heart
Is the protection supremeFor all heart-travellers.
```Devotion’s intensity
MultipliesThe heart’s aspiration-flames.
```Obedience-heart-flowers
Have noDisobedience-mind-thorns.
```May I find
My days and nightsBetween my soul’s dynamism
And my heart’s eagerness. ```O my life’s empty dreams,
Can you not seeThat you are carrying me
To nothingness-land? ```Indeed,
There is an unbridgeable chasmBetween my mind’s hallucination
And my heart’s illumination. ```O my poor life,
Abandon, abandon immediatelyAll your failure-thoughts
And seeThe first dawn of reality.
```Impossibility-frontiers,
Every dayI shall vehemently
Push you backFarther and farther.
```Self-doubt
Will take youTo the danger-path,
And there you will meetWith stark disaster.
```Liberation you will get
At God’s choice Hour.Rest assured,
It will not come too late! ```A purity-heart can enjoy
A small foretasteOf celestial peace-delight.
```Is there any day
When I am not embarrassedBy the harassment
Of my mind? ```I do not totally abhor darkness,
For there is definitelySome light
Even in darkness. ```My mind,
I am not utterly displeasedWith you,
For you are at leastA curable atheist.
```You are so fortunate that
God Himself has commissioned youTo reveal and manifest Him
In His earth-transformation-Promise. ```God wants
Your undivided attention.Are you ready?
If not, you and your mind’sBumpy road
Can go in your own way. ```A sleeplessly self-giving soul
Is not an excitement-elevatorBut an enlightenment-elevator.
```I am so happy and blessed
That my very first attemptTo go beyond the mind
And enjoy the bliss of silenceWas completely successful.
```My Lord,
Your Justice-Light may not,But Your Compassion-Height can easily
Tell me howTo separate my mind
From the whirlpool of worries. ```O how beautiful
Is desire’s natural death!O how fruitful
Is aspiration’s spontaneous birth! ```Daily
Everybody has to captureAnd tame
His monkey-mind and vital-horse. ```Compassion is the temple
And forgiveness is the shrineOf all truly God-loving souls.
```My Lord,
Will You love me moreIf I escape from my mind-jail?
“My child, infinitely more!” ```From now on,
Silence-peaceWill be my only
Conversation-partner. ```I am sure that
Right behind my life’s teeming cloudsGod’s Compassion-Forgiveness-Sun
Shines. ```My Lord,
Your blessingful Nectar-InvitationEven my unsearching mind
Loves. ```Your insincerity-mind
And your ingratitude-heartEnjoy collusion.
```O my mind, delay not!
Sink, sinkYour doubt-arrogance-submarine!
```Because of your sleepless
Self-giving,God Himself is striking
Your life’s transformation-gong. ```My Lord Supreme,
Once, only once,Will You think of me —
I meanMy poor and hopeless heart?
```You are
Your fountain-gratitude-heart.Therefore,
God has come to youWith His Mountain-Satisfaction-Life.
```No life-surrender-substitute
Is acceptedBy the Absolute Supreme.
```Is there any seeker
Who has not becomePart and parcel
Of the rising and fallingOf aspiration-river?
```Alas!
How many yearsDo I have to live
On the fruitless shoreOf my God-forgotten dreams?
```Willingness, cheerfulness
And soulfulnessAre three inseparable
And unparalleled God-lovers. ```No human life
Can liberate itselfFrom responsibility’s claims.
```Because
You are a true God-lover,You are able to enjoy
Your heart’s beautifulAspiration-flower
And your life’s ripeDedication-fruits.
```A self-giving life
Does eventually reapA huge happiness-harvest.
```Each promise-moment
Is the beginningOf a new creation.
```O my mind,
When are you going to completeYour higher purity-course?
```Today I shall strengthen
My heart’sAspiration-cry-flames
And I shall weakenMy mind’s
Unwillingness-resistance-frowns. ```Breathe, breathe,
Breathlessly breatheGod’s Compassion-Heart-Fragrance.
```An unconditional life
Is the living storyOf God.
```My sleepless gratitude-heart
Is a first-class passengerOn God’s Satisfaction-Boat.
```Each human mind
Is full ofUnreality-questions.
Each divine heart
Is full ofReality-answers.
```I have commanded my mind
To change,And it has devotedly
Obeyed me. ```My Lord, do tell me,
Where is Your hiding place?“My child,
My hiding place is insideYour unlit mind’s thought-cave.”
```How can anybody
Make any progressIf he lives in the land
Of mere chance? ```To live in thought-squalor
Is not an uncommon experienceFor the human mind.
```O my doubting mind,
Do not misunderstandMy all-loving heart!
```If you yourself
Do not give serious thoughtTo your own spiritual life,
Why should anybody elseDo it for you?
```O my heart’s aspiration-cry,
You are my onlyTrustworthy friend.
```My heart
Lovingly and compassionatelyTeaches my mind
How to readThe God-manifestation-map.
```Temptation-maker
Is caught.Temptation-shooter
Is sought. ```A purity-heart
Is indeedOne of the supreme trophies
Of life. ```No matter how useless
A human life is,It cannot exhaust
God’s infinite Compassion. ```Of all my soulful gifts,
My heart’s gratitude-garlandGod likes most.
```There is no life
Without a sigh.There is no heart
Without a cry. ```His eyes never forget
To show his heart’s smileTo humanity.
```What is making me
So happy?I am clearly seeing
My fading doubt’s failure. ```A supremely
Peace-flooded oneness-heartKnows no limits.
```If you are unrealistic,
Then the frustration-trainWill arrive at your mind-station
Much sooner. ```Each human being
Has to runA compulsory ultramarathon
To arrive at perfection-truth. ```Alas,
How is it thatWe human beings
Are not tiredOf a non-stop
Circus-life-performance? ```God’s deadline:
Either today or any day!Man’s deadline:
Now or never! ```O my mind,
How and why do you enjoyThe same old failure-stories?
```Two things
I need at every moment:A sleepless aspiration-life
And a breathless meditation-heart. ```O my mind,
When will you learnThat each good thought
Is a delight-spreadingRainbow?
```Today I have liberated
My mindFrom the world’s
Comparison-prison. ```Good news
For all God-lovers:God’s Compassion-Fountain-Eye
Is fast approaching us. ```Weakness,
Why do you appear and reappearSo frequently
In my aspiration-life? ```Ignorance,
You have offended meIn so many ways!
But I shall offend youIn a special way.
I shall completelyTransform you.
```At last
Everybody in my family —Soul, heart, mind,
Vital and body —Has become a hero-climber
Of aspiration-mountain. ```How can I have
Admiration for you,When you are just
A spiritual tourist? ```If you insist
On your own way,Then God’s Eye will sit
On the Judgement-Seat. ```If you breathe world-sympathy,
Then God will breatheHis own Heart-Pride
In you. ```A soft, sweet whisper
From withinStirs my entire outer being.
```Nobody can fell
And nobody will ruinMy life’s huge hope-tree.
```My seeker-friend,
Since when have youStopped drinking
Your life’s darkness-poison? ```Your God-realisation-
Plane ticketCan be purchased only by
Your sleepless surrender-guide. ```God wants me to run
On His Heart-Pride-RoadAnd not
On His Compassion-Eye-Road. ```God’s Justice-Light-Bank
Never gives loansTo anybody.
```Alas,
It is so difficultTo escape from
Insecurity-mosquito bites! ```I ask God for many favours.
But God asks meFor only one favour:
“Claim Me, My child,Just claim Me!”
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 165, Agni Press, 1992
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