Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 185

18401

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There is nothing more valuable

On earth or in Heaven

Than peace,

And this peace we get only

In our heart’s oneness-delight.

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18402

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Pray and meditate

And lead a divine life.

If that is too difficult,

At least lead a human life.

The other category,

Animal life,

Is out of the question.

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18403

```

If we run only inwardly,

Then we are meant for

The Himalayan caves.

We have to run both inwardly

And outwardly

For balance-harmony-satisfaction

In our spiritual lives.

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18404

```

At every moment

You have someone as your master,

Whether it is your soul or heart,

Mind, vital or even your body.

Therefore, why not make

The divine choice? ```

18405

```

On your spiritually historical journey,

Carry with you all the time

Your unconditional surrender

To the Will of your Beloved Supreme,

To sing your perfection-song

Inside your own heart-garden. ```

18406

```

My opportunity

Is nothing short of

An unconditional Boon

From my Beloved Supreme. ```

18407

```

Use your imagination-bird to fly

Higher than the highest,

Farther than the farthest.

You will be able to feel

God’s Pride in you

And Gratitude to you

Far beyond your imagination’s flight.

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18408

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What we have done for the Supreme

Is more than an achievement.

It is something that we eternally are:

Our birthless promise

And our deathless progress.

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18409

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God tells us,

“My sweet children,

A birthless promise you are,

A deathless progress you are.

Now this birthless promise

And deathless progress

You must offer to the world at large.”

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18410

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Only oneness-song

Will grant us

Supreme victory.

Again, in divine victory

There will always be

A oneness-song. ```

18411

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Everything has been done,

Perfectly and completely.

By whom?

By the Supreme alone.

Just become His faithful, devoted

And unconditional instrument,

Him to please in His own Way,

And thus be perfectly

And completely fulfilled.

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18412

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My Lord, my Lord,

May I have from You

In writing

My life’s perfection-promise? ```

18413

```

O anxiety,

My heart’s peace-robber,

My Lord will give me

Another peace-flooded heart. ```

18414

```

The fast-approaching Footsteps

Of the Supreme

Frighten the unaspiring mind

But gladden the aspiring heart. ```

18415

```

My morning prayer

Wishes to become

The beauty

And the fragrance

Of a morning rose.

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18416

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My Lord Supreme,

Do help me grow into

My hope-immortalising dreams.

```

18417

```

Our God-thirst

Must climb

To God’s Satisfaction-Height.

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18418

```

The sweetness of our soul

Illumines the breath

Of our life.

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18419

```

I offer my gratitude-letters

To my Lord Supreme

Through my surrender-post.

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18420

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Each aspiration-flame

Brightens the heart

And enlightens the life.

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18421

```

The doubtful mind

Is secretly afraid

Of a peaceful heart.

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18422

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What I need is

A sincerity-loving heart

And a simplicity-loving life.

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18423

```

At last God is ready

To take birth

In the mind of man.

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18424

```

The hope-train

And the promise-train

Must go side by side

To reach the destination. ```

18425

```

What is a human mind made of?

A human mind is made of

Centuries of dissatisfaction

And frustration. ```

18426

```

Doubt has nothing to do with

Our outer success,

And especially not with

Our inner progress. ```

18427

```

Every day man’s life

Becomes shorter,

But his hope

Grows deeper. ```

18428

```

O my deplorable mind,

I beg of you

To start your life

All over again. ```

18429

```

O my ignorance-life,

I have been with you

For a very, very long time.

It is now high time

For me to acquire a new friend:

Wisdom-light. ```

18430

```

Beautiful

Is

My heart-flower.

Fruitful

Is

My life-garden.

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18431

```

Each time we miss

A Heaven-sent opportunity,

We automatically forget

The special road that leads

To God’s highest Heights.

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18432

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I pray

For God to grant me

The opportunity

To cover the length and breadth

Of the world

With His immense Fragrance-Name. ```

18433

```

O my mind,

For such a long time

You have been walking

Along the path of spirituality.

Can you not start running now?

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18434

```

I am not going to be satisfied

By rebuilding my aspiration-bridge

To the Golden Shore.

I want to build a totally new bridge

With new aspiration-flames

And new dedication-flowers. ```

18435

```

O my mind,

Why do you forget

That your sole duty

Is to explore

And not to explode?

```

18436

```

What I need

Is a mind-expanding thought.

What I need

Is a self-giving heart,

And nothing less,

Nothing more. ```

18437

```

Alas, my heart

Can no longer stand

My Lord’s

Compassion-Arrival-suspense. ```

18438

```

The human mind carries

An unauthorised version

Of God’s Transcendental Vision.

```

18439

```

What I desperately need is

God-submissiveness

And not

God-possessiveness. ```

18440

```

No road is easy.

Therefore, we must walk and run

Along the road

That has already been accepted

By our heart.

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18441

```

My heart’s cheerfulness-sunshine

Has at last illumined

My mind’s despair-night.

```

18442

```

God-news may travel slowly,

But it travels effectively,

Convincingly

And supremely. ```

18443

```

I have finally far transcended

The exorbitant strength

Of my commanding mind

And demanding vital. ```

18444

```

I do not know

Precisely what it is,

But there is something

Inside the Compassion-Eye

Of my Lord Supreme

That cheerfully and proudly

Claims me.

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18445

```

If you want to be

A true citizen of the world,

Then you must not hesitate

To exhaust your life-energy

Cheerfully and self-givingly.

```

18446

```

My Lord Supreme,

Is it really necessary

That the human heart

Has to be broken time and again

For its ultimate purification?

```

18447

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Yesterday

My rainbow-dreams

Cradled me.

Today

My rainbow-realities

Are enlightening me. ```

18448

```

A oneness-heart-smile

Is undoubtedly a safeguard

Against our insecurity-tears.

```

18449

```

Alas, each individual thinks

That he is an unmistakable authority

On others’ imperfection-lives.

```

18450

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God’s Love-List

Has made my heart happy.

God’s Compassion-List

Has made my heart happier.

God’s Forgiveness-List

Has made me the happiest,

By far the happiest.

```

18451

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A God-realised soul

Is absolutely certain

As to when the ignorance-mind

Will end its hesitation, suspicion

And imperfection-role.

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18452

```

My heart’s perfection

And

My life’s transformation-roles

I have taken

As my soul’s top priorities.

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18453

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Hesitation, doubt, suspicion

And utter failure

Always live together.

```

18454

```

Our mind is definitely

Going to bow down

To the illumining oneness-pressure

Of the heart. ```

18455

```

Each time I pray

I see inside my heart

A peace-tree growing.

Each time I pray

I see inside my heart

A peace-flower blossoming. ```

18456

```

Alas,

I thought insecurity

Was an insect bite.

But to my wide surprise

Now I see insecurity

Is indeed

An elephant-kick.

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18457

```

O my mind,

How can my heart

Solve your problems

If you do not dare

To surrender them

To my heart? ```

18458

```

If you cannot

Altogether delay

Your desire-fulfilment-hour,

Try at least to delay it

Indefinitely.

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18459

```

Impurity

Has a powerful

And destructive friend:

Arrogance. ```

18460

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O my simplicity-heart!

Where are you?

O my publicity-mind!

Where are you not? ```

18461

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God does not cry for

Your life’s adoration-garland.

He cries only for

Your heart’s aspiration-flame. ```

18462

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Not secretly,

But prayerfully and breathlessly,

You are supposed to watch

How and why

Your Inner Pilot does everything.

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18463

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If you become

An unconditional God-lover

And God-server,

Then you will become

The flower of God’s Life,

The beauty of God’s Heart,

The fragrance of God’s Breath.

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18464

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A heart of peace

Is the dearest member

Of the oneness-family.

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18465

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O my mind,

Why are you afraid

Of realising God?

O my mind,

Why do you not have

Anything nice to say

About mankind?

O my mind,

Can you not see

That the inner world wants you

To keep your mouth shut?

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18466

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My Lord,

A fearful mind

I had.

A loving heart

I have.

A surrendering life

I shall be.

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18467

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My instant obedience

And God’s complete Satisfaction

Are two perfect friends.

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18468

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My gratitude-heart

Is the master key

To open up all the rooms

Of God’s Heart-Palace. ```

18469

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Alas, your mind

Is a closed room.

Even God the Compassion

Cannot open it. ```

18470

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The aspiration of the heart

And the dedication of life

Must be dynamic

So that every day

You can move fast, faster and fastest

Towards your destined goal. ```

18471

```

God’s Love

Does not choose.

Therefore, God’s Love

Does not lose either. ```

18472

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Yesterday

I was an inspiration-seed.

Today

I am an aspiration-plant.

The day after tomorrow

I shall grow into a dedication-tree. ```

18473

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Be not afraid

Of your heart’s new hopes!

But do be afraid

Of the old frustrations

Of your mind.

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18474

```

Where do I live?

I live between

My mind-library

And my heart-librarian. ```

18475

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Success is measured

By the outer joy.

Progress is measured

By the inner peace. ```

18476

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You must at least

Think of God

As an old acquaintance of yours,

If you find it difficult

To think of God

As an old friend of yours. ```

18477

```

Temptation will not dare

To chase you,

If you run towards

God’s Heart-Home. ```

18478

```

Even to think of

Giving up hope

Is to lose the strength

Of your precious life-energy. ```

18479

```

Believe it or not,

God likes to hear from me

My imagination-stories

And not my reality-stories. ```

18480

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I know

God has been asking for me.

Alas,

I get tremendous pleasure

In avoiding Him.

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18481

```

My unwillingness-mind

Was yesterday’s king.

My willingness-heart

Is today’s king. ```

18482

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If you can appreciate

The beauty of your heart-flower,

Then God will remove

Some of the piercing thorns

Of your mind.

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18483

```

God’s Greatness

My mind admiringly desires.

God’s Goodness

My life devotedly desires.

God’s Oneness

My heart self-givingly desires. ```

18484

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God’s Forgiveness

Does not choose.

God’s Compassion

Does not choose.

I do choose.

I choose God’s Forgiveness-Heart

And God’s Compassion-Eye.

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18485

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The mind’s self-doubt

Can be conquered

Only by the heart’s

Determination-fire. ```

18486

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Every day

I want to be a student

Of my mind’s transformation

And my life’s perfection. ```

18487

```

Every seeker

Eventually becomes

A perfect explorer

Of self-illumination. ```

18488

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The heart’s insecurity

And the mind’s impurity

Must not be allowed to chase you

On your God-aspiration-journey. ```

18489

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I wish to live every day

Between my heart’s gratitude-tears

And my life’s perfection-promise-smiles.

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18490

```

The heart that is all aglow

With willingness

Will one day be blessed

By God’s complete Satisfaction-Smile. ```

18491

```

Each inspiring dream

Is an illumining fragrance

Of the soul.

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18492

```

Music is not in banging.

Music is in soothing.

Music is in self-giving.

Music is in earth-planet-fulfilling. ```

18493

```

Far beyond the borders

Of ignorance

Is the life-illumining

Satisfaction-torch. ```

18494

```

Nobody can escape

Expectation-disaster.

Unconditional self-giving

Is indeed the beginning

Of God-becoming.

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18495

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The act of surrendering

In the beginning

Is indeed a difficult task,

But eventually

Even unconditional surrender

Becomes an effortless effort. ```

18496

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Do you want

To make God really happy?

Then never give up your hope

Of becoming absolutely perfect. ```

18497

```

To achieve success

At times may not be

A difficult task,

But to make progress

Is always

A difficult task. ```

18498

```

God tells me

That I am not

My mind’s mistake-clouds,

But I am

My heart’s slow and steady

Perfection-blossoming sun. ```

18499

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Self-giving

Is always

The sunlit path

To all the higher worlds. ```

18500

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Every day

We must discover

An entirely new approach

To see God, serve God

And become

Choice instruments of God. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 185, Agni Press, 1993
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