Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 197

19601

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He who has transcended

Humanity’s praise and scorn

Is, indeed,

A great instrument of God. ```

19602

```

If you are willing

To consciously join

Your soul’s endless journey,

Then you are bound to have

Dreams of Immortality.

```

19603

```

Each God-thought

Is the fragrance of God’s Dream

Inside our heart’s aspiration-cries.

```

19604

```

Do not look into the past

For solutions to your problems.

Do not look into the future

For solutions to your problems.

But look inside the aspiration-flames

Of your today’s heart.

All solutions are easily attainable.

```

19605

```

Do not compromise, do not compromise.

If you compromise all the time,

The truth-realities will eventually drown.

```

19606

```

If you cannot see

Beyond your mind’s horizon,

Then you will always remain

In the strangling confines

Of your own mind-made world.

```

19607

```

Each time we aspire,

We must try to feel

That our aspiration is invoking

The descent of the golden dawn

To illumine our mind

And feed our heart. ```

19608

```

There is no expectation-life

That is not flooded

With bitter disappointments.

```

19609

```

The tears of my heart

Purify me.

The tears of my soul

Bring God to me. ```

19610

```

If a good man

Does not survive,

Then I do not see how

This creation of ours

Will ever thrive.

```

19611

```

The reality has to be fragile

If it is founded upon

The doubts of the mind.

```

19612

```

I must realise

That my God-satisfaction

Is only a prayer away.

Therefore, let me embark

On my prayer-journey

Lovingly and confidently. ```

19613

```

Only a heart of peace

Can transform

The unrest of the mind.

Nothing else can do it. ```

19614

```

My heart’s aspiration-tears

Give birth to

My life’s illumination-sun.

```

19615

```

If you run the desire-race,

No matter which place you get,

Hopeless helplessness

Will ruthlessly chase you. ```

19616

```

As a dethroned king

Is still a king,

Even so, a failure-doomed seeker

Is still a chosen child of God. ```

19617

```

O my heart, be brave!

Face your destiny

With silence-fortitude.

Your victory-day

Will fast approach you.

```

19618

```

When I sing peace-songs,

God’s Breath smiles at me

And makes me a God-partner

In life. ```

19619

```

I still hope and feel

That my non-stop fault-finding mind

Will one day surrender

To my God-longing heart. ```

19620

```

When my life is a friend

Of eagerness,

My God-home does not remain

Far away. ```

19621

```

I do not want

To have my Lord for the asking.

I lovingly and devotedly want

To reverse the game. ```

19622

```

May my mind-forest

And my heart-garden

Equally cry

For the Compassion-Eye of God

To visit them.

```

19623

```

O self-centred thoughts,

Do not torture

My poor God-searching mind.

```

19624

```

There is no difference whatsoever

Between

Our idle hopes

And our vain expectations. ```

19625

```

God’s Trust in me

I must keep

Not only secret

But also sacred. ```

19626

```

It is true

That God’s indulgent Compassion

At times frowns at

His own iron Justice. ```

19627

```

Our divine qualities

Can easily decay

Due to our mind’s

Supremacy-pride. ```

19628

```

Very often

When we swim

In material wealth,

We sink

In spiritual tears.

```

19629

```

An aspiration-heart is not afraid

Of running uphill.

On the contrary,

It enjoys the run,

For it sees that the Goal itself

Is beckoning it. ```

19630

```

God never delays

In answering our aspiring heart’s

Prayerful and soulful meditations.

```

19631

```

A God-server must carry

God’s Heart in his heart

And God’s Feet in his head

While serving His God-hungry creation. ```

19632

```

If you can bravely exit

From your confusion-mind,

Then you will definitely be invited

By your God-feeding heart. ```

19633

```

My mind hungers

For newness.

My heart hungers

For oneness.

I hunger

For God-fulness. ```

19634

```

There are so many flowers

In my heart-garden,

But my Lord’s Compassion-Flower

Is not only the most beautiful,

But also the most fragrant.

```

19635

```

If you are a truly sincere seeker,

Then you must sign up

For God’s peace-manifestation

Here on earth. ```

19636

```

O my heart-sky,

I do not know when and how,

But I do know

That one day God will visit you

With His Vision-Rainbow-Smile.

```

19637

```

An insecurity-mind

And an impurity-life

Are mutually assisting,

Immediate neighbours. ```

19638

```

The weakness of the mind

Never seems to miss arriving

On life’s clever temptation-shore.

```

19639

```

O my lethargy-body,

Be ready!

I am going to take you

To my soul’s flourishing dynamism-garden. ```

19640

```

Each and every aspiration-song

Of my heart

Is bound to please

God’s Illumination-Eyes

And Compassion-Heart.

```

19641

```

If there is no

Oneness-heart,

Then there can be no

World-peace-mind. ```

19642

```

Your mind’s supremacy

Will definitely compel

Your faith-life-heart

To decay. ```

19643

```

Not each and every person,

But only the heart-listeners

Will definitely hear

God’s perfection-encouraging Call. ```

19644

```

How can your heart ever be happy

If it does not value and embrace

World-peace-dreams?

```

19645

```

The vital, the mind and even the heart

Quite often fail

When they are put to temptation-test,

But never the soul.

The soul is far beyond

The temptation-snare. ```

19646

```

The desiring vital

And the suspecting mind

Simply do not want to be appeased

By the illumining advice

Of the soul.

```

19647

```

O my mind,

Whenever I try to make some improvement

In your life,

I invariably meet with your resistance

And your resentment!

```

19648

```

Alas, why do I allow

The outer world

To compel me to think

That God does not love me,

And why do I allow

The inner world

To compel me to feel

That God does not need me?

Why?

Why? ```

19649

```

When I meditate,

God’s Silence-Eye

Watches me.

When I pray,

God’s Sound-Mind

Questions me. ```

19650

```

My heart’s silence

Is my life’s eloquence.

This is the message

That sleeplessly I hear

From my Lord Supreme.

```

19651

```

My mind knows

How to make everything difficult.

My heart knows

How to make everything simple.

My soul knows

How to make everything perfect.

And I want to know

How everything I make

Can be self-giving.

```

19652

```

Only for one purpose

I live on earth:

I want to feel my life’s

Gratitude-breath

Inside my Lord’s

Heart-Smile. ```

19653

```

To You, my Lord, I offer

My purity-heart’s silver tears

So that You can make of me

Your perfection-manifestation-instrument

Here on earth.

```

19654

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do give me the capacity

To value my heart’s tears

And my life’s years

So that I can have

The fastest speed

While running towards You.

```

19655

```

My heart cries and cries

When my mind makes

Only slow and uncertain attempts

At self-improvement. ```

19656

```

From God’s point of view

There is nothing as important

In my life

As God-awareness and God-service

On earth.

```

19657

```

If your heart is not consumed

With aspiration-fire,

Then you will definitely have

A strong inclination to self-doubt. ```

19658

```

Only when I love God intensely

Am I able to feel

That God loves me sleeplessly.

```

19659

```

My heart

Is faithfully walking

Along the path of devotion.

My life

Is prayerfully walking

Along the path of surrender.

Lo, my Lord Supreme

Is beckoning me. ```

19660

```

There is nothing

That God will not do for you

If you do not allow your mind

To desert God

Consciously and deliberately.

```

19661

```

The mind does the wrong thing.

The heart gets the blame.

The poor soul finds it difficult

To correct the mind

And console the heart.

```

19662

```

Just because we do not know

God’s inner Reasons,

We cannot come to the conclusion

That God is indifferent to our life

And our activities.

```

19663

```

Gratitude is not a mere word.

Gratitude is not an idea.

Gratitude is not even an ideal.

Gratitude is our heart’s

God-satisfaction-promise

To God Himself. ```

19664

```

Do not stop

Inside the mind-jungle.

Go forward!

Delay not.

The heart-garden is inviting you.

```

19665

```

A relentless determination-mind

Is needed

To climb up the success-ladder

Of life.

A sleepless aspiration-heart

Is needed

To climb up the progress-ladder

Of life. ```

19666

```

Your heart’s God-obedience

Makes your soul infinitely happier

Than you can ever imagine.

```

19667

```

We shall fly

Not with the wings

Of our mind’s length

But with the wings

Of our heart’s strength

To reach the highest heights

Of God-realisation.

```

19668

```

My Lord,

I am so grateful to You

That my failure-life

Has not weakened my heart.

On the contrary,

My failure-life

Has awakened my heart.

```

19669

```

In front of God

You are trembling in fear.

Do you know why?

Just because you no longer have

Your heart’s purity-sword

And your life’s sincerity-shield. ```

19670

```

When God smiles,

Man wants to know why.

When man smiles,

God wants to know how. ```

19671

```

Although you claim your God-oneness

Quite often,

Unconsciously you cherish

Your God-separation. ```

19672

```

The Ocean of Bliss awaits you,

O seeker-drop.

I do not know

What delays you! ```

19673

```

Eternity’s Vastness-Eye

Is guiding my heart’s

Heavenward flight.

How can I ever fail?

My victory is destined.

```

19674

```

Alas, the Oneness-God

Of my heart

Has been utterly disappointed

By the division-god

Of my mind.

```

19675

```

Just go beyond

Your deception-mind.

You will become the ecstasy

Of your satisfaction-heart. ```

19676

```

Alas,

How is it that so often

I allow myself to stumble

Inside my doubt-mind-forest? ```

19677

```

The more you chant God’s Name,

The sooner God will invite you

To play with Him

His Eternity’s Oneness-Game. ```

19678

```

Once your inner eye is open,

You can easily surpass

Your own previous achievements.

```

19679

```

The outer renunciation

Means taking ten steps

Towards the destination.

The inner renunciation

Means being very near

The destination itself. ```

19680

```

Just ignore your desire-breath.

Lo, you become the owner and possessor

Of Universal Delight.

```

19681

```

The inner purity embodies

The radiance of the soul,

Which shines

Through each and every limb

Of the body.

```

19682

```

My willingness

Is the strength of my heart

And my challenge-power

Against my mind’s ignorance-night. ```

19683

```

My gratitude-heart

Is every day helping me

Raise my heart-ocean’s

God-hunger-waves. ```

19684

```

Doubt-question-strangers

Are not allowed to enter

Into the aspiration-heart-home.

```

19685

```

When you please God

In God’s own Way,

God definitely satisfies

Your inner life and outer life

Far beyond your imagination.

```

19686

```

We can be truly proud of ourselves

Only when we have

The mind’s readiness,

The heart’s eagerness

And the life’s necessity

To please God in His own Way. ```

19687

```

Unless I become

A sleepless self-giver,

How can God welcome me

To His Heart’s Love-Garden? ```

19688

```

Our aspiration-heart

Is not our little mortal nest.

Our aspiration-heart

Is God’s Immortality-embodied Palace. ```

19689

```

If we do not regularly

Pray and meditate,

How can we escape

Eventual aspiration-heart attacks? ```

19690

```

If I do not make God happy

In His own Way,

Then no matter what I achieve,

It will not give me joy,

For the indifferent Heaven

And the ruthless earth

Will torture my heart.

```

19691

```

Ignorance and I are such good friends.

Although I know perfectly well

That my relationship with ignorance

Will eventually end,

I still have tremendous fondness

For the temptation-flooded ignorance-life. ```

19692

```

If we do the right thing

At the right moment

For the right person, God,

Then we do not have to wait for Eternity

For His Eternity’s Satisfaction-Smile.

```

19693

```

If you are a genuine seeker,

You will not feel that

You are crippled

By fruitless hopes.

On the contrary,

Your aspiration-life

Will be tripled

By your heart’s satisfaction-smile. ```

19694

```

You say that you want to enjoy

The discovery of your inner faith.

How can you then

Give so much importance

To your self-doubt-mind?

```

19695

```

To go beyond our present limits

Is always a divine achievement

And supreme fulfilment

In the Heart-Garden

Of our Eternity’s Lord Supreme.

```

19696

```

The timeless hope is:

I shall be a better world-citizen.

The timeless promise is:

I shall manifest and fulfil God

In His own Way.

```

19697

```

You and your mind

Every day must try

To love God infinitely more

Than your mind wants you to. ```

19698

```

O my mind,

You are wandering everywhere.

You have made yourself

A perfect stranger to your reality-life.

When will you return to your true self

To enjoy your inner sea of peace? ```

19699

```

O my heart,

Just cry one more time

For God’s Compassion-Sun to descend

And transform your breath.

Just try!

This time you are bound to succeed. ```

19700

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God does not mind

If you do not learn

His Compassion-Enlightenment-Song,

Which is immeasurably long.

But He does mind

When you do not learn

His shorter-than-the-shortest

Gratitude-Song. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 197, Agni Press, 1994
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