Do not open the heart-door forcibly.
Open it lovingly and carefully;You are bound to see
Your Inner PilotWith all His Compassion, Affection
And Benediction. ```When I let God
Make the choice for me,I see the Beauty of Heaven
Replacing the ugliness of earth. ```Do not try to expedite
The journey of the heart.The heart knows better than anybody else
Its capacitiesAnd its destined time of arrival
At the Goal. ```My step-by-step
Devotion and surrender-lifeWill one day blossom
And become perfectly beautiful. ```Why are you not listening to God?
God has so many times asked youTo use your heart’s
Surrender-freedom-wingsTo fly in the sky of infinite Delight.
```If you just step up to a higher level,
You will find that your God-imaginationWill one day be transformed
Into God-realisation. ```When God bosses us around,
He does it with utmost CompassionAnd utmost Concern —
Only for our perfection-realisation. ```My Lord’s
First and foremost Command is:“My child, please Me in Heaven
By fulfilling Me on earth.” ```How can God possibly fulfil you
When the power of your receptivity-heartIs almost negligible?
```God will not have to punish you
For your misdeeds.That is your soul’s task,
And your soul is bound to do itIn its own unmistakable way.
```Unless you change immediately,
Your life will bristleWith darkening, thickening
And life-destroying problems. ```My Lord’s Compassion
Is always available.My Lord’s Forgiveness
Is always available.What is not available
Is my gratitude-heart-tears. ```When I am in my soul,
I smile and smileIn the illumination-life
Of my soul.When I am in my heart,
I cry and cryIn the despair-life
Of my soul. ```Alas,
My aspiration-room is unfinished,My dedication-room is unfinished,
My surrender-room is unfinished.But I am so happy that
My gratitude-room is unfinished,And I hope my gratitude-room
Always remains the same. ```I do not want to remember
My negativity-mind.I do not want to remember
My futility-life.I want to remember only
My God-intensity-heart. ```Because your God-surrender
And your God-gratitudeAre still a far cry,
Your earth-life will eventuallySwim in a sea of tears.
```There can be no unlisted
Heart-numberFor God’s Compassion-Eye.
```The aspiring heart believes in
Only one road,And that road is
Oneness-happiness-road. ```The invisible faith
Is often visibleTo our heart’s warrior-strength.
```Thought-batteries
Always supply the mindWith insignificant and useless
Incidents in life. ```The purity of the heart
And the sincerity of the mindThe soul carries
When it enters intoGod’s universal Oneness-Shrine.
```Anything positive
Will finally outlastAnything negative.
Positivity is a God-made ocean;Negativity is a man-made wave.
```If you treat your ignorance-night
Gently, compassionately and self-givingly,Yours will be the life of
Quick destruction-arrow. ```The soul of each and every religion
Needs God’sAll-fulfilling Compassion-Height
And not man’sTempting ignorance-pleasure.
```Despondency can be fatal!
Enthusiasm is a divine sparkWithin us
To challenge the pride of ignoranceAround us.
```Yesterday is too old.
Do not mix with the old reality.Enter into today’s
World-illuminingAnd world-fulfilling dream.
```My Lord Supreme,
Do give me a very special boon:I would like to become stuck to You
As to a powerful magnet. ```His mind is the lion
Of dauntless power.His heart is the God-fulfilling
And earth-illumining tower. ```If you want to breathe
With your Lord’s own Breath,Then do not breathe inside
The mind-desertBut inside the heart-garden.
```There are many keys
To open God’s Gate,But I always prefer my heart’s
Unconditional surrender-key. ```I do not want my life to be
A play of possibilitiesBut a play of
God-manifestation-inevitabilities. ```Man speaks to God
With his brittle faith-prayers.Yet he dares to expect
God’s immediate Arrival. ```My heart’s aspiration-life
Is quite often sweet.My mind’s desire-life
Is always bitter. ```It seems that
Each unaspiring human beingHas buried himself alive
In ignorance-night. ```Divinely beautiful
Is humanity’s sincerity.Supremely fruitful
Is humanity’s humility. ```Start again with a new heart.
This time your mind’s ego-wallWill definitely crumble,
And your heart’s oneness-smileWill grow and glow.
```Every day I practise
My heart’s hope-songs.Therefore I have not given up
On man’s ignorance-indulgence. ```Unwillingness in a seeker’s life
Is by farThe greatest misfortune
And worst failure. ```There are innumerable
God-satisfaction-roads,But I have chosen my heart’s
Sleepless gratitude-road. ```The mind does not surrender
To God’s compassionate WillEven when the mind’s troubles
Are at their worst. ```Everything that I have
Inspiring and aspiringIs due to
God’s Patience-Heart-Sea. ```My Lord of Compassion
Has followed me far and long.Now it is my bounden duty
To follow Him in His own Way. ```God has asked me time and again
To give my ignoranceTo His Compassion-Care.
But alas, I have sadly failedTo please Him in His own Way.
```Years and years ago
I made God happy in His own Way.Alas, what am I doing now?
I am trying in vainTo please myself in my own way.
```It is so easy
Either to disgrace my lifeWith desire-night
Or to grace my lifeWith aspiration-sun.
```God tells me
That His faith in meIs infinitely stronger
Than my self-doubt. ```Walk no more
On yesterday’s dream-road,But walk
On today’s reality-road. ```Every day I pray to God
To bless my heartWith His Eternity’s Hope.
```A godless mind
Is whereA heartless life
Abides. ```I am so fortunate
That God and God’s PatienceHave followed me
So far and so long. ```God tolerates all my weaknesses
Except one:My unwillingness.
```Years and years ago
I had the inner strengthTo make my Lord Supreme happy.
Alas, I am now following the footpathThat my confusion-mind has chosen.
```God eagerly encourages me
To ask HimMany life-illumining questions
Every day. ```If you are a man of a ready heart,
Then all the dreams of your soulWill be fulfilled
Here on earth. ```Alas, I do not know why
My doubting mind,My strangling vital
And my sleeping bodyAre not convicted
By God the Justice-Light. ```A thought,
No matter how small it is,Can easily be
My heart’s poise-invader. ```God is
God’s Fondness-PromiseOnly when I am
My oneness-manifestation. ```Before you make a home
For God,God wants you to share
Your compassionWith suffering humanity.
```As Heaven
Has most warmly recommendedYour soul to earth,
Even so, earth should recommendYour heart to Heaven.
```When it is a question of happiness,
You will find it insideYour world-service-wisdom.
```God invites
A tiny drop of enthusiasmFrom me
To become part and parcelOf His Heart’s Ecstasy-Sky.
```A reasoning mind
Is forced to play the roleOf a failed character
In God’s Cosmic Play. ```God made forgiveness enough
For each and every human being,But alas,
Nobody cares to use it. ```My Lord Supreme,
Your Heart of Forgiveness-ConcernHas removed my old human cravings.
My life shall no more fly on wingsOf desire-temptation-frustration.
```O my seeker-friend,
Be patient.Your cloudy inner days
Cannot and will not lastFor long.
```You can save yourself
From desire-dustOnly by releasing your heart-joy
From your mind-prison. ```I don’t have to go far,
I don’t have to go high,But I have to go deep within
To satisfy my God-hunger. ```For my sake
My mind and IConstantly want to be great.
For God’s sakeMy heart and I
Perpetually long to be good. ```If we can make
Unconditional surrender to God’s Will,Then all our burdens
Will turn into gains. ```God’s Forgiveness
And my heart’s secret and sacred joyTogether go
To accomplish something divinely greatAnd supremely good.
```Drink, drink
God’s Compassion-LightFrom His Blessing-Cup!
```No peace-traveller
In the aspiration-worldWill ever return home
Empty-handed. ```As I love
God’s Compassion-Eye,Even so, I love
My gratitude-heart,For together
They make me complete and perfect. ```Each soul
Flies from place to placeWith God-manifestation-messages
Every day. ```Alas, I have fallen once again
Into my old mistake-life:I constantly find fault
With the rest of the world. ```I shall definitely return
Once moreTo my aspiration-heart
From my mind’s desire-life. ```If you can practise
A life of sympathy and concern,Then God Himself will sing
His Satisfaction-SongInside your heart-garden.
```We are completely lost
When we live a God-forgetful lifeIn spite of our aspiration-heart.
```God has no desire to offend you
In any way.He has only the desire to illumine you
In every possible way. ```My heart and I
Every day soarFar beyond my reasoning mind
To the end of my earthly life. ```God’s personal Motto is:
“A Self-Transcendence-LifeIn a Oneness-Heart.”
```Knowing that God’s Compassion-Eye
Is waiting for you,Why are you so unwilling —
Even unprepared? ```May my unconditional surrender-life
Be always preservedIn the depth of my illumination-soul.
```Two things
Do not happen together:The satisfaction of my desire-life
And the perfection of my aspiration-heart. ```We cannot and must not undermine
The sublime strengthOf each simple, God-loving thought.
```Beautiful, soulful and fruitful
Is each dream-blossomOf my heart.
```My heart-tears
Will always keep my life’s hopeInspiring and illumining.
```Our true education
Comes from self-giving,And self-giving
Comes from the cheerful acceptanceOf God’s earth-illumining
And Heaven-fulfilling Will. ```It is not good
To doubt anybody or anything,Except when it is a matter
Of doubting falsehoodAnd one’s constant incapacities.
```I shall no longer roam
With a thirsty mindAnd a hungry heart,
For I am climbing high, higher, highestWith my inner aspiration-flames.
```Experience is a solid bridge
BetweenWhat our life has already achieved
And what our heart can eventually achieve. ```Whenever there is a struggle
Between my doubting mindAnd my believing heart,
My wisdom-flooded soulAlways blessingfully and proudly
Takes the side of my heart. ```I am shocked twice:
Once when I see no God-eagernessInside my heart,
And once againWhen I see no God-necessity
Inside my mind. ```I am totally lost
Between my mind’sIgnorance-pleasure-hunger
And my heart’sGod-satisfaction-hunger.
```I want to create
A loving connectionBetween my mind and my heart.
Alas, so far there has been none. ```O my attachment-mind,
It is you who have taken awayMy heart’s
Simplicity-sincerity-purity-flooded joy. ```It is a deplorable mistake
To think thatOur imagination, inspiration,
Aspiration and realisationCan work overtime.
Overtime work for themIs non-existent.
```If you cannot derive joy
From your constant God-obedience,Then yours will be the life
Of ultimate failure. ```Two things you must do:
You must prayFor the breath of sincerity
In your searching mindAnd for the death of impurity
In your aspiring heart. ```My Lord, when You think of me,
Do You know that You lookBeautiful?
My Lord, when You showYour Compassion to me,
Do you realise that You lookMore beautiful?
My Lord, when You forgive me,Do You realise that You look
Infinitely more beautiful?My Lord, I am not flattering You.
It is absolutely true. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 195, Agni Press, 1993
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