Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 177

17601

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When the loving heart

And the doubting mind

Collide,

The compassionate soul

Immediately comes

To rescue the heart. ```

17602

```

I do not want to be trapped

By my mind’s idea-prison.

I want to be liberated

By my heart’s ideal-sky. ```

17603

```

Only one song to sing:

My heart’s oneness-song.

Only one dance to dance:

My mind’s surrender-dance. ```

17604

```

The beauty of self-giving,

The purity of self-giving

And the divinity of self-giving

Can only be felt

And never expressed.

```

17605

```

Man’s imperfect question:

How far away is God?

God’s perfect answer:

He is Eternity’s Here and Now. ```

17606

```

I am disgusted with my mind,

For it suspects even God’s

Unconditionally self-giving Heart.

```

17607

```

O my vital,

When will you stop

Being hampered

By strangling thoughts? ```

17608

```

Each seeker has to realise

That he is destined

To be a traveller

To the ever-transcending Goal. ```

17609

```

O my stupid mind,

How long will you allow yourself

To live in constant fear

Of tomorrow? ```

17610

```

When a sincere seeker

Does not aspire,

He feels that he is drowning

In his mind’s darkness-oblivion-sea. ```

17611

```

Each time I please myself

In my own way,

I enter into

My life’s frustration-market. ```

17612

```

You are asking me

What I have done

With my mind’s doubts.

To my extreme joy,

I have donated them

To the remote past. ```

17613

```

Each sincere heart-teardrop

Is a remedy

For the deplorable mistakes

Of the past. ```

17614

```

Today, not tomorrow,

I must sing the song

Of my heart’s sky-climbing aspiration.

```

17615

```

When my heart’s gratitude-bud

Blossomed,

Darkness-eyed doubt

Was illumined for good. ```

17616

```

O my ego,

Are you not embarrassed

That you are never invited

To enjoy the oneness-heart-feast? ```

17617

```

There are only two steps —

The self-giving heart-step

And the God-becoming life-step —

To reach the ultimate Goal. ```

17618

```

God-lovers and God-servers

Are the only ones

Who are entitled to become members

Of God’s future-building team. ```

17619

```

Alas, will I ever be able

To fathom the depth

Of my emptiness-fulness-heart?

```

17620

```

Only a God-obedient

Happiness-heart

Changes and fulfils

Our lives. ```

17621

```

To me there is no difference

Between my mind’s philosophy

And my life’s thought-prison.

```

17622

```

Alas, is there nothing better

For me to do

Than waste my God-given life

Riding in world-criticism-train? ```

17623

```

The beauty of a sincerity-prayer

Is always welcomed

By the fragrance of God’s Heart-Door.

```

17624

```

When we sincerely pray and meditate

We come to realise

That God’s unconditional Love

Is proudly stamped

Upon our aspiration-heart

And dedication-life. ```

17625

```

It is through aspiration

That we transform

Earth-bound enemy-time

Into

Heaven-free friend-time.

```

17626

```

We suffer from one foolish malady,

And that malady is

Our God-search without

Instead of within. ```

17627

```

You may not cherish

God’s Compassion-Eye,

But God cherishes each and every

Great gratitude-breath of yours. ```

17628

```

Alas, I do not want

To remain a stark fool.

I shall not allow my life-car

To be stalled any more

By the teeming doubts

Of my mind. ```

17629

```

Because you have become

A genuine self-giver,

God is proudly and openly

Applauding you. ```

17630

```

God not only showed me

His Heart,

But also gave me

His Heart

When He first saw my heart’s

Surrender-smile. ```

17631

```

I gave my Lord

My heart’s self-perfection-flower.

God gave me

His Heart’s Self-Satisfaction-Fragrance. ```

17632

```

My Lord,

Do give me the capacity

To claim You

To feed my heart’s aspiration-flames. ```

17633

```

When God’s Compassion-Love

Descends,

Even my imperfection-life

Gets the capacity

To ascend.

```

17634

```

There can be no gratitude-prayer

Which will remain unanswered

From Above.

```

17635

```

There are many boats

That sail fast, very fast,

But the heart’s surrender-boat

Always sails the fastest. ```

17636

```

Beautiful

Is my heart’s morning cry.

Fruitful

Is my life’s evening smile. ```

17637

```

There was a time,

But not now,

When I was forced to surrender

My very existence

To ignorance-indulgence.

```

17638

```

Infinity’s Power

Is housed

By the God-inspired silence-mind.

```

17639

```

If your life is founded

On faith,

Then God will claim your heart

As His favourite Home. ```

17640

```

Willingness-melodies

Are always haunting

Plus illumining.

```

17641

```

Neither God’s Forgiveness

Nor even God’s Compassion

Needs to ask us

To reciprocate His Love. ```

17642

```

No matter how hard you try,

If it is not God’s Will,

You will not gain God’s

Attention-Affection-Eye. ```

17643

```

Each smile of my soul

Is my Lord Supreme’s

Chosen Homeland.

```

17644

```

The silence of the mind

Can and does

Break all thought-barriers.

```

17645

```

You must consciously and deliberately

Forget your own bondage-nights

To run towards

Your God-ordained destination. ```

17646

```

When self-discipline is lost,

You will lose your soul’s

Illumination-breath.

```

17647

```

There is not a single soul on earth

Who can dare to say

That he has never been overwhelmed

By desire-illusion-frustrations. ```

17648

```

Our heart’s oneness

Is indeed

A peace-bridge-builder.

```

17649

```

We must love

Not only beyond what we see,

But also beyond what we feel,

To sing the song

Of our own self-transcendence.

```

17650

```

The moment my heart

Appreciates a thing,

My mind immediately wants

To appropriate it. ```

17651

```

Alas, a most devastating shortage

Of faith

Is the order of the day.

```

17652

```

Alas, desire-dust

Has completely blinded

Your God-aspiration-eye.

```

17653

```

How can you succeed

If you allow doubt to brood

While offering your prayer-heart

To God? ```

17654

```

As every day

My life grows shorter,

Even so, every day

My gratitude-heart becomes longer. ```

17655

```

Today’s ego-emperor-smiles

Are tomorrow’s

Ego-beggar-tears.

```

17656

```

The life of ego

And the breath of death

Are inseparable.

```

17657

```

Yours is a mind

Of countless contradictions

Because you do not

Daily feed your mind

With simplicity, sincerity

And purity. ```

17658

```

I do not think

There has been any time

In his life

When he has not suffered from

A tragic aspiration-shortage.

```

17659

```

Our minds suffer

Because our minds

Never take advice from

Our age-old wisdom-light-souls. ```

17660

```

May my heart’s aspiration-cry

Always remain

A one-way sunlit road

Without any U-turn. ```

17661

```

I simply do not know

How my mind ever dares

To ask God

What He thinks about my mind. ```

17662

```

God will never stop carrying

Sweet hopes

In His Rainbow-Heart.

```

17663

```

God can bless me

With His Divinity’s Smile

Only when I remain far beyond

My ego-confines. ```

17664

```

To be truly happy

I must live

Either inside my soul’s silence-dreams

Or inside my heart’s

God-fulfilling aspiration-reality.

```

17665

```

God, strike me hard!

If not,

I shall never try

To correct myself. ```

17666

```

An eagerness-heart

Can never be hostile

To changing and perfecting

Its life. ```

17667

```

Confront your doubting mind.

It is bound

To surrender to you.

```

17668

```

I do not allow my mind

To study

At loneliness-school.

```

17669

```

For a human being

The most important thing

Is to try every day

To gravitate towards

The Ultimate Truth.

```

17670

```

The small-minded

Are noisy

In the outer life

And clumsy

In the inner life.

```

17671

```

A divine promise

Is the pioneer

Of earth’s newness-life.

```

17672

```

Fear hates.

Love forgives.

Wisdom forgets.

```

17673

```

His soul is unhappy

That it has employed

The unwilling mind

To manifest God. ```

17674

```

A heart-pilgrimage

Without devotion

Will definitely end

In utter frustration. ```

17675

```

My heart’s surrender

Is the one-way bridge

To my golden tomorrow.

```

17676

```

Only a God-yearning cry

Can remove loneliness

From our minds

And insecurity from our hearts. ```

17677

```

You can travel

With sweet newness-fragrance

If you do not carry with you

Your thought-loaded mind. ```

17678

```

O my aspiration-heart,

Never surrender to your vital’s

Unjust screams and shouts.

```

17679

```

The true message

Of all the spiritual Masters:

“Love only the Real in all:

God the Love.” ```

17680

```

It is you and nobody else

Who can build

The funeral pyre

For your desire-life. ```

17681

```

There is no difference

Between my desire-capacity

And my smile-incapacity.

```

17682

```

Along the way

If you delay,

You may lose

Your God-desire-cry. ```

17683

```

In the morning

I reserve my heart

Only for God’s Compassion.

And in the evening

I reserve my heart

Only for God’s Forgiveness. ```

17684

```

God’s Transcendental Eye

Is for my admiration.

God’s Universal Heart

Is for my love. ```

17685

```

Your insecurity-heart

You can conquer

Only by being hospitable

To positive thoughts. ```

17686

```

God is always ready

To accept me.

But am I

Or will I ever be ready

To receive Him?

```

17687

```

God’s Compassion-Feet

Are for only one thing:

To forgive me

And my life. ```

17688

```

God has a confidential message

For you:

He needs you,

He desperately needs you,

He always needs you.

```

17689

```

A God-seeker

Without devotion

Is on a fruitless God-search.

```

17690

```

Only a cheerful heart

Is entitled to receive

God’s Compassion

In abundance. ```

17691

```

How can God fulfil you,

When your faith in Him

Is so fragile?

```

17692

```

Alas, my own mind’s doubts

And my own mind’s fears

Have rendered me completely helpless.

```

17693

```

My Lord,

Let me surprise You

By placing my frustration-mind

At Your Feet. ```

17694

```

The disappearance

Of the heart’s happiness

Makes us feel how ruthless

The unhappiness of the mind

Can be.

```

17695

```

My Lord,

I may be able to live

Without Your Compassion-Eye,

But I shall never be able to live

Without Your Forgiveness-Heart.

```

17696

```

When God wants to give me something,

He just gives.

He does not care

Whether I deserve it or not. ```

17697

```

I love a really sincere

Atheist

More than a constantly false

Theist. ```

17698

```

May my aspiration-heart

See nothing but perfection

In everybody and in everything.

```

17699

```

There was a time

When my heart was crippled

By teeming fears.

But now my heart is singing

And dancing

With divinity’s freedom-courage

To love and manifest my Absolute Lord.

```

17700

```

What I need is a heart

That embodies all hearts.

What I need is a soul

That reveals all souls.

What I need is a God

Who alone is everybody’s All. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 177, Agni Press, 1993
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