Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179

17801

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There was a time

When I was

My mind-volcano.

But now my Lord Supreme

Has turned me into

A oneness-heart-fountain. ```

17802

```

Sweet

Is willingness.

Sweeter

Is obedience.

Sweetest

Is surrender. ```

17803

```

Each pure thought creates

A new heart-song

And a new life-story.

```

17804

```

The mind, and even the heart,

Cannot

But the soul can and does

Answer all our God-questions. ```

17805

```

If you carefully and soulfully count

Your lost God-Blessings,

You can regain your aspiration-height.

```

17806

```

A gratitude-heart

Always takes very long strides

Towards God’s Compassion-Sea.

```

17807

```

The mind either is afraid of or dislikes

God-homework,

But the heart loves

God-homework

And multiplies its inner light.

```

17808

```

Be contemplative first

And then talk.

You will see that God

Will definitely be happy

To become your most attentive listener.

```

17809

```

Do you want to find God?

Then just expand and widen your mind.

Lo and behold,

God is inside your utterly vast mind. ```

17810

```

Nothing can blind

Your illumining soul.

Nothing can bind

Your aspiring heart. ```

17811

```

What you need

Is an aspiration-army

And a realisation-commander

To defeat your mind’s

Ignorance-troops.

```

17812

```

Every day my heart sings

A new peace-song.

Every day my soul dances

A new peace-dance. ```

17813

```

My spirituality-death

Will not take place

Only because of God’s

Constant Forgiveness-Breath. ```

17814

```

Inside my heart’s life-boat

I never keep

Even one doubt-passenger.

```

17815

```

The mind is a tiger,

An ignorance-tiger.

The heart is a fire,

A wisdom-fire,

To conquer the breath

Of the ignorance-tiger. ```

17816

```

You have given chance after chance

To so many human beings

To help you improve your life.

Can you not give God

Just one chance?

```

17817

```

My heart’s aspiration-talks

Need

No mind-interpreter.

```

17818

```

Every morning

My heart most devotedly sings

A new victory-song

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

17819

```

May my mind become

A flood of enthusiasm-energy

And my heart become

A sweetness-happiness-home. ```

17820

```

A God-lover’s heart

Has the capacity

To unite a saint’s heart

And a sinner’s mind

In his soul’s wisdom-sea.

```

17821

```

You may not know

But it is absolutely true

That God secretly counts

Your ego’s giant footsteps. ```

17822

```

If you really care for

Your heart-enlightenment,

Then you must never be late for

Your God-appointments. ```

17823

```

My heart is determined

To please God

The Creator.

My life is determined

To please God

The creation. ```

17824

```

Alas,

Why do I think that

I think better,

Why do I think that

I know better,

Why do I think that

I do better

And why do I think that

I am better

In every way? ```

17825

```

If my goal

Is other than God Himself,

Then that goal

Is no goal for me. ```

17826

```

My soul tells my heart:

“Follow me, I am your leader.”

My mind tells my heart:

“No, no, follow me, I am your leader.”

My poor heart does not know

What to do.

My poor heart is completely lost.

```

17827

```

The dividing mind

Does not even want to know

That there is

A oneness-peace-school. ```

17828

```

Nobody has forced me

And nobody can ever force me

To run on the anxiety-road.

Nobody has forced me

And nobody can ever force me

To swim in the worry-sea. ```

17829

```

My Lord tells me that today

I am His Vision-Investment

And tomorrow I shall be

His Satisfaction-Fulfilment. ```

17830

```

The mind’s negativity-capacity

Is no match

For the heart’s God-receptivity.

```

17831

```

Love God the Silence

Within.

Manifest God the Sound

Without. ```

17832

```

I am so happy

That every morning

My soul, my heart, my mind,

My vital and my body

Enjoy a unity-train ride.

```

17833

```

A soundless prayer

Is an endless

God-Compassion-achievement.

A breathless meditation

Is an ever-transcending

God-Satisfaction-unfoldment.

```

17834

```

There should be

No empty room

In a seeker’s

Aspiration-heart-home. ```

17835

```

Death without God

Is as untrue

As life without God.

```

17836

```

You can break

All your life’s attachment-chains

Only when your heart becomes

An unconditional God-obedience-smile. ```

17837

```

Today I am locking

For good

My mind’s ingratitude-door.

```

17838

```

An unaspiring mind

Deliberately enjoys

A ceaseless doubt-downpour.

```

17839

```

O my mind,

Do not descend

Into the chasm

Of ingratitude-frown. ```

17840

```

Your heart-dreams

Will soon without fail

Awaken you

From your age-long mind-sleep. ```

17841

```

A new day

Is a new way

To participate in

God’s new Cosmic Play. ```

17842

```

God’s silent Heart-Wish:

Each human being must have

A transformed mind

Inside a perfect heart. ```

17843

```

From earth

Frustration goes up.

From Heaven

Indifference comes down. ```

17844

```

He is

His God-loving heart

To touch

The God-Love-Breath. ```

17845

```

A man of desire

Either consciously or unconsciously

Cherishes

Possessiveness-hunger. ```

17846

```

If you hesitate

To give yourself completely,

Then you will not be supplied

With new energy,

New light

And new perfection. ```

17847

```

Who says

That all paths are difficult?

Try sincerely

The path of the heart.

To your wide surprise

You will see

That the heart’s road

Is extremely easy. ```

17848

```

I may not allow

God the Justice

To enter into my heart

Any time He wants to,

But I shall always allow

God the Compassion

To claim me.

```

17849

```

The shameless mind

Begs God to grant it

The authority

To perfect the human race. ```

17850

```

The human muscle-power

Will be worse than useless

If God does not come first

In everything. ```

17851

```

The audacity

Of the destruction-mind

Tries to bring to the fore

World-extinction. ```

17852

```

I am looking for a new road

That will lead me

To God’s infinite Compassion-Light.

```

17853

```

I do not know

Who the beggar is

Inside my mind.

But I do know that the emperor

In my heart

Is steering my life-boat

To reach my Destination supreme.

```

17854

```

Who can ever be happy

Under the tyrannical mind’s

Dictatorship?

Who can be unhappy

Under the heart’s self-giving

Friendship? ```

17855

```

What is my heart doing?

My heart is devotedly building

My soul’s

Love-compassion-wisdom-temple. ```

17856

```

The sorrows of the outer life

Cannot touch

The unshakeable poise

Of the inner life. ```

17857

```

How can you desire

An imperishable success?

For desire itself

Has a very short breath. ```

17858

```

God’s selection process

Is indeed

Humanity’s satisfaction-progress.

```

17859

```

My heart is always in favour

Of my life’s

Perfect satisfaction-change.

```

17860

```

God does not choose

My doubtful mind.

God does not choose

My fearful vital.

God chooses only

My cheerful heart. ```

17861

```

O my stupid mind,

When are you going to be wise enough

To offer your most precious

Gratitude-wealth

To our Lord Beloved Supreme?

```

17862

```

True, God likes

My success-achievements,

But He loves and loves and loves

My progress-promise. ```

17863

```

Alas!

I do not know when, how and why

My mind’s doubt-thunderstorms

Have completely ruined

My aspiration-heart-garden.

```

17864

```

My Lord tells me

That He has no time to listen to

My life’s embarrassment-secrets,

But He has all the time to listen to

My heart’s enlightenment-secrets.

```

17865

```

My mind’s earthly knowledge

Is quite often fearful.

But my heart’s Heavenly wisdom

Is always fruitful. ```

17866

```

The isolation-mind

And the progress-life

Are two perfect strangers.

```

17867

```

When God ignores me,

He tortures me.

When God strikes me,

He just inundates me

With His Love, Affection and Fondness.

```

17868

```

If you keep your heart-eye open,

Then you will not sink.

You will only swim and swim and swim.

```

17869

```

Just one smile

From my gratitude-heart

Immensely increases

The beauty of the universe. ```

17870

```

My Lord,

What is the sweetest thing

On earth?

“Obedience, My child, obedience,

Your obedience-mind

And your obedience-life.” ```

17871

```

My Lord,

What is the most important thing

In the world?

“Aspiration, My child, aspiration,

Your heart’s aspiration-cry.”

```

17872

```

My mind’s faith,

My heart’s willingness

And my life’s obedience

Are three inseparable friends. ```

17873

```

Yesterday I had

An unappreciated mind.

Today I have

An ungrateful mind.

Alas!

Who knows,

Tomorrow I may have

An unforgivable mind. ```

17874

```

Each wrong thought

Is a trespasser

In the land of oneness-perfection.

```

17875

```

An unaspiring human being thinks

That God lives only in Heaven.

An aspiring human being thinks,

Feels and knows

That God is everywhere.

This definitely includes hell. ```

17876

```

I thank God

When He gives me

Something powerful.

God thanks me

When He sees in me

Something beautiful. ```

17877

```

It is not our prayers

That move God’s Heart.

It is our prayer-tears

That move God’s Heart

Plus feed God’s Breath.

```

17878

```

God’s universal Eye

Not only watches me

But also teaches me

To be a perfect citizen

Of the world.

```

17879

```

If we do not end

Our desire-party,

Then how can we be invited

By God’s Illumination-Paradise? ```

17880

```

Be careful

If you do not want to walk

Side by side

With your lethargy’s gigantic pride! ```

17881

```

If your life is devoid of resolve,

You will not be able to solve

Any problem that you encounter.

```

17882

```

If you are not afraid of seeing

The ashes of your mind,

Then you are bound to succeed

In your inner aspiration-life. ```

17883

```

I am happy

Only because I am a seeker

Of sacred silence-light.

```

17884

```

The division-mind

Either today or tomorrow

Has to surrender

To the heart’s oneness-reality. ```

17885

```

I must illumine my mind!

How long am I willing to suffer

From my mind’s tyranny?

```

17886

```

As long as man cherishes

His mind’s division-capacities

And qualities,

He will have endless quarrels

With God

In the inner world. ```

17887

```

My aspiration-heart

Is my passport

To visit God’s dream-filled

Reality-worlds. ```

17888

```

During our brief sojourn on earth,

We must prayerfully and soulfully

Reserve our hearts

For God alone. ```

17889

```

The songs of our hearts

Are so sweet and pure

That they can reach

Heaven-Delight-Heights. ```

17890

```

Is there any mind

That will never remain

Full of useless, unanswered questions?

```

17891

```

If you are wise,

Divinely wise,

Then you will give top priority

To remaining always

Happy and peaceful.

```

17892

```

Only divine thoughts

Have the capacity

To transcend all the doubts

In our minds. ```

17893

```

You are a fool.

You are pleased to be caught

In a storm of self-criticism.

Self-criticism is not the answer.

Self-examination is the answer

Of answers. ```

17894

```

If you are hospitable to mankind,

Then God’s Heart of Joy and Pride

Shall be yours.

```

17895

```

You can thrive

In the face of adversity

If you have ceaseless faith in yourself

And if you are ready to play the role

Of the hero-warrior

At every moment of your life. ```

17896

```

If you can wait

With the patience of the wise,

Then there is nothing

That you will not be able to achieve

In this lifetime.

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17897

```

On my own

I have no capacity at all,

And I do not need any capacity

Save and except one:

My sincere cry

To love and serve God

In His own Way.

```

17898

```

God does not want me to declare,

But only to treasure

My instant readiness

To obey His Will supreme. ```

17899

```

You can be immune

To desire-disease

If you can get your Master’s degree

In constant self-offering to God,

The Beloved Supreme.

```

17900

```

I bow and sit down

At my Lord’s Compassion-Feet.

When the hour strikes,

My Lord will steer my life-boat

To His Golden Shore.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 179, Agni Press, 1993
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