My Lord Beloved Supreme,
May I be one of thoseWho pray to You
To have an infinite Compassion-HeartLike Yours.
```There is no darkness,
There cannot be any darknessThat cannot be illumined
By the power of a oneness-heart. ```Progress-towers
Are founded uponThe meditations
Of Eternity’s silence-souls. ```Each soulful seeker
Will someday regainHis heart’s lost dream-worlds.
```A God-realised person
Is he who bringsThe aspiration-dedication-earth
Back to God’s God-Heights. ```Even in our heart’s suffering-garden
Divinity’s flower-fragrance-joyWill eventually blossom.
```A heart of confidence
Lovingly makes friendsWith divinity’s inevitabilities.
```A oneness-friend is he
Who cheerfully gives usWhat he sleeplessly is.
```Divinity’s Smiles and humanity’s tears
Perfectly mingleIn Infinity’s silence-light.
```My heart needs new friends:
Aspiration-cries,Dedication-smiles
And gratitude-breaths. ```Every day I must climb up
My soul’s patience-treeTo erase the consciousness
Of disturbing and disturbed humanity. ```When your mind frowns
At humanity,Your heart pitifully cries
In its silence-nest. ```God deliberately deletes
Countless experiencesFrom His Heart-Record
So that He can forgiveAnd expedite
The evolution of mankind. ```No matter how compassionate you are
To the sleeping universe,You are mercilessly misunderstood.
```Man loves
A fleeting moment of greatness,And not
An abiding day of goodness. ```Step by step
We must conquerThe long distance
Of doubt and disbelief. ```The supreme gift of Mother Earth
To each human beingIs her measureless patience.
```To alter the course of history
Every day you must devotedly feedYour heart’s soulful dream-hunger.
```Impatience-fire
ConsumesThe aspiration-cries
Of mankind. ```If you do not aspire,
You are bound to have a barren heart.Inside your barren heart
How can you expect to haveLove-oneness-peace-blossoms?
```When the mind enjoys
The confusion-hurricane,The flower-beauty of the heart
Immediately fades away. ```My mind-tenant lives
In the house of doubts.My heart-tenant lives
In the house of prayerfulAnd soulful tears.
```Do not surrender,
O seeker-friend,To the shameless tyranny
Of ignorance-night! ```Only a man of transcendental faith
Can eventually becomeA man of universal forgiveness.
```Alas, alas,
Self-styled hero-leadersAre misleading
Ignorant and helpless humanity. ```Alas, I do not know why
I pursue instead of chasing awayThe life of unreality.
```Each good thought
Is, indeed, a pioneer-lightOf a peaceful world.
```Man’s unending ingratitude-life,
Ingratitude-heart and ingratitude-breathGod is accustomed to experiencing
Every day. ```Alas, when shall we see the beauty
And feel the purityOf our heart’s surrender-flames?
```Never claim
Your mind’s world-informationAs wisdom-truth from God!
```Alas, my mind-road
Is always full of imperfection,And my heart-road
Is always under construction. ```God has no faith
In your mind-promises.He has faith only
In your heart-hopes. ```You have all along
Given ignorance-nightA chance to make you happy.
Can you not give God’sVision-promise
A chance to make you happy? ```No matter how many times a day
God telephones my mind,He never receives an answer.
```God and God’s sunlit Road
Are waiting for you.How long do you want them to wait,
O ignorant humanity? ```Life is, indeed, a two-way street.
Man’s aspiration goes outTo welcome
God’s Satisfaction-Smile. ```O my mind,
When will you be awakenedFrom your ignorance-hallucination-dreams?
```My Lord, may I sing every day
The most melodiousOneness-heart-song
To please and fulfil YouIn Your own Way.
```A heart of magnanimity
Every day receivesThe world-transforming message-light
From God Himself. ```Eagerness and enthusiasm
Are the two fastestSelf-transcendence-climbers
In God’s Satisfaction-Sky. ```A tiny prayer
Can invoke Heaven’sBrighter-than-the-brightest
Satisfaction-Smile. ```Each individual, alas,
Gives a very slow responseTo God’s blessingful Requests.
```He whose heart
Is a purity-smileMakes faster-than-the-fastest progress
In the inner life. ```Self-giving
In aspiration-lifeIs an obvious sign
Of satisfying God. ```Each unaspiring individual
Carries generations of insecurity,Stupidity, plus impurity.
```Alas, I do not know
When and how I shall stopMy undying preoccupation
With my little mind. ```No, God never approves
Of humanity’s stupidSelf-pity-sufferings.
```Each dedication-life
Will eventuallyBe brightened powerfully
By inner happiness. ```O seeker,
Every day try to developA sincere longing
For God-pleasing, soulful spontaneity. ```Indeed, each individual
Has inherited imperfection-night.Again, each individual
Can eventually achieve perfection-delight. ```My Lord Supreme,
I soulfully pray to YouTo liberate me and my mind
From dark doubt-dominated existence. ```My heart’s soulful smile
Will definitely illumineMy mind’s present clouded reality-sky.
```If we surrender
When doubt attacks our mind ruthlessly,There is no way to avoid
Living in the dark shadowOf excruciating pangs.
```Irregularity, insincerity and uncertainty:
These are definitely clumsy attemptsTo please our Lord Beloved Supreme.
```A clarity-mind and a purity-heart
Can definitely put any seekerOnce again on the right track
Of spirituality. ```O my mind,
You have been teaching me all alongSelf-deception-game.
But now you have to learn from meSelf-illumination-game.
```My Lord,
May my divinely inspired thoughtsBe the creators
Of Your fulfilled Hopes. ```Is there any day,
My Lord Supreme,When I do not trespass
On Your Kindness and Compassion-Heart? ```A soulful aspiration
Will always help usTo remain distant
From desire’s powerful attacks. ```O ruthless ignorance-tyrant,
I am determinedTo part company with you!
```Each person should feel
In the depths of his heartHis sleepless need for
A God-loving and God-serving life. ```When you do not live in the heart,
There is every possibilityThat you will be forced to live
A disaster-prone doubt-life. ```My Lord,
May I pray to You every dayFor a surrender-dawn
And a gratitude-eve. ```The heart knows
What to choose.The body, vital and mind know
How to lose. ```The human in us
Hopes to exist.The divine in us
Dares to live. ```To change
Is to make friendsWith the unknown beyond,
Which is the sourceOf constant opportunity.
```A man of belief
Compels the impossibility-tigerTo sit at his feet.
```Circumstances
Cannot change man’s life.His attitude
Can and does. ```A sincere and powerful smile
Is undoubtedlyA problem-solving capacity.
```True happiness is achieved
Only when the body, vital, mind and heartHave completely surrendered
To the express will of the soul. ```To increase our inner progress
What we needIs constructive encouragement
And not destructive criticism. ```Confidence
Is success-strength.Oneness
Is progress-length. ```The physical in us
Touches the moon-land.Indeed, this is man’s greatness.
The spiritual in usLoves the moon-consciousness.
Indeed, this is man’s goodness. ```Self-acceptance
Is the dawn of satisfaction.Self-confidence
Is the noon of perfection. ```Human imagination
Will eventually fail,But divine aspiration
Can easily sail —Sail to the Golden Shore.
```Unconditionally meditate
On God’s infinite Compassion.God will ask you to wait
For His choice Hour.His choice Hour will, without fail
Liberate you fromYour age-old weaknesses.
```An iota of gratitude
Can keep a seekerOn the right path
In his aspiration-life. ```Out of His infinite Bounty
My Beloved Lord Supreme has transformedMy mind’s anthill-frustration
Into my heart’s star-high aspiration. ```Not before me,
O my mind,But before my Lord Supreme,
You must be able to sayThat you have all along
Been quite sincere with my heart. ```May a sleepless
Gratitude-heartBe my life’s
Chief attribute. ```My aspiring heart’s astute observation
Is that my doubting mindHas ruthlessly deceived me
Limitless times. ```Where were you
When God told your mindThat His creation
Is full of suffering?Where were you
When God told youThat His Heart alone
Is the real sufferer? ```God is not surprised
By your undeserved deceit.But He is surprised
By your unwillingnessTo change your mind’s loyalty
To the command of ignorance. ```Just imagine
How much more effectiveYour dedication could have been
In the worldWithout your insecurity, jealousy
And pride! ```Truth
Is the heart’sAbsolutely strongest conviction.
```God the Eye is Reality.
God the Heart is RealityPlus necessity,
My only necessity. ```Truth-beauty
AndHappiness-fragrance
Are inseparable. ```It is simply impossible for me
To live on earthWithout having God the Witness
And God the AdvisorOn my side.
```God’s Affection-Garland
He has received from GodBecause he makes
His enemies happy. ```My Lord Supreme
Most proudly enjoysMy heart-garden-songs.
```My Lord Supreme has decided
My aspiration-flight will never descend.It will only ascend higher and higher
Every day. ```My soul’s master plan for us
Is to makeMy Lord Supreme
Happy in His own Way. ```My Lord,
Do expose my secretly cherishedImperfection-life
So that I can awakenTo Your Light supreme.
```The aspiration-heart
Is bound to win eventually,Even against all odds.
```My soul is miserable
When it sees thatMy desire-possession-mind
Is overloaded. ```My Lord,
Do make me a permanentPeace-mission-server of Yours
On earth. ```Each soulful seeker
Is a member of God’sOneness-Heart-Choir.
```O my mind,
It is high time for youTo start aspiring.
If you continue this way,You will become a hostage
To your animal vital. ```Heaven’s customs inspection
Demands our mind’sSincerity-declaration.
```My Lord,
May I live every dayIn between
Your unconditional CompassionAnd Your unconditional Protection.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 168, Agni Press, 1992
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