Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 198

19701

```

O my aspiration-heart,

Are you deaf?

Can you not hear

My Lord Supreme’s Compassion-Whispering?

Be wise!

Be receptive!

Fulfilment will be yours.

```

19702

```

As my aspiration-heart needs

A blazing start,

Even so, it needs

A blazing finish

To please my Lord Supreme

In His own Way. ```

19703

```

Although I have failed

Thousands of times

To please God in His own Way,

I am determined to continue

And be successful

In this lifetime, here on earth. ```

19704

```

Doubt

Is failure-seed.

Fear

Is failure-tree.

Jealousy

Is failure-fruit. ```

19705

```

God wants me to be

An aspiration-tower

And not

An expectation-collector. ```

19706

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do tell me when I will be able

To make the leap

From my vision-eye

To my action-life.

```

19707

```

Only when you become

A doubt-free mind

Can you feel

Your faith-cherished God. ```

19708

```

My heart-progress

Does not depend on

My life-success-performance.

My heart-progress

Depends on

My God-surrender-blossom. ```

19709

```

I do not want to be

A mind-competent hero.

I want to be

A God-supplicant servitor. ```

19710

```

Peace does not depend upon

My body’s beauty.

Peace does not depend upon

My mind’s brilliance.

Peace depends upon

My heart’s fragrance. ```

19711

```

My Lord,

How can I feel You more?

“Think of Me as your life-boat.

Think of Me as your life-river.

Think of Me as your life-destination.

You will not only feel Me more,

But also be fulfilled

Far beyond your expectation.” ```

19712

```

God will be proud

Of watching you.

God will be proud

Of teaching you.

Just become

A sleepless self-giver. ```

19713

```

The theoretical God-Eye

I wish to love.

The practical God-life

I wish to practise. ```

19714

```

When I use my mind-telephone

To speak to God,

I find God’s Line

Is always busy.

When I use my heart-telephone

To speak to God,

Although the line is never busy,

I get no response.

When I use my soul-telephone

To speak to God,

God immediately answers

And both of us enjoy

Our marathon conversation.

```

19715

```

God feels sad

Not at my mind’s deception

But at my mind’s rejection.

```

19716

```

Heaven is so sad

That it has to remain

Always hidden

In almost every heart. ```

19717

```

The mind is always

On strike against God.

The heart is at times.

The soul is never. ```

19718

```

According to God,

An innocence-infant-heart

Is infinitely more important

Than anything else

Or anyone else.

```

19719

```

O my doubt-multiplication-mind,

Shame on you!

It is you and nobody else

Who is responsible for

My heart’s aspiration-annihilation.

```

19720

```

Readiness-road

Is easy to travel.

Eagerness-road

Is easier to travel.

Soulfulness-road

Is the easiest to travel. ```

19721

```

O seeker, delay not.

Pray sleeplessly

To bring to the fore

Your inmost soul

To love, serve and illumine the world.

```

19722

```

When we aspire,

We come to realise that

There are no such things as

Disabilities and impossibilities. ```

19723

```

A true God-lover is destined

To go far beyond

The limitations of his earthly bondage.

```

19724

```

God is God’s Confidence

Only inside

The aspiring and self-giving

God-seekers. ```

19725

```

Sincerity is

God-revelation.

Humility is

God-manifestation.

Divinity is

God-perfection. ```

19726

```

Alas,

When will I be able

To cast aside the heavy volumes

Of my mind’s earth-bound knowledge? ```

19727

```

There are two ways

To reach the destination:

Either by becoming one

With the heart’s cries,

Or by becoming one

With the soul’s smiles. ```

19728

```

Each and every peace-dreamer on earth

Must pray and pray

For peace to wake up

From its long sleep. ```

19729

```

At the stroke of my God-Hour

I want to sit

At God’s Forgiveness-Feet,

Not be inside

God’s Compassion-Eye.

```

19730

```

When our determination

Is unshakeable and imperishable,

We shall reach

Our loftiest destination

Without fail.

```

19731

```

At the end of my life’s bridge

I want to see

The beauty of my self-giving heart

And enjoy

The fragrance of my world-serving life.

```

19732

```

In his mind

There is one conviction:

There is no such thing as God.

In his heart

There is one conviction:

There is nothing but God. ```

19733

```

An old, haunting pain:

I do not pray to God,

I do not love God

And I do not try to please God

In God’s own Way.

```

19734

```

How can you trust

The human mind,

Which fluctuates at every moment

From one belief to another? ```

19735

```

When we ceaselessly aspire,

Our heart can easily avoid

Insecurity and doubt-invasions.

```

19736

```

My Lord,

May the fount of my heart-tears

Never run dry,

For my heart-tears are my only friends

Who will help me feel You and see You.

```

19737

```

Freedom is not a dream.

Freedom is a reality

Yet to be revealed and manifested

On earth. ```

19738

```

When I pray,

I hear the Sound of the Beyond.

When I meditate,

Not only do I feel, but also I become

The Silence of the Beyond.

```

19739

```

Your dream-roads

Will be paved with gold

If you every day feed

Your God-satisfaction-promise

In God’s own Way.

```

19740

```

May each and every God-loving soul

Start working once again

For the transformation of the human race

And for the perfection of the human face. ```

19741

```

My heart,

I have not consciously deceived you,

And you have not deceived me

Even unconsciously.

How is it that we are not

Two oneness-friends

To do God’s work together

Here on earth? ```

19742

```

We can move forward

To a greater freedom

Only after we have established

Our oneness-peace

In the heart of the world.

```

19743

```

The seed of the aspiration-heart

And the fruit of the dedication-life

Can never be separated.

```

19744

```

When I pray and meditate,

I discover inside my heart

A unique gift:

Gratitude,

Which I can offer lovingly

And self-givingly

To my Lord Supreme.

```

19745

```

My prayer-heart

Has fully blossomed.

My meditation-soul

Has fully manifested itself

On earth

To sing God’s all-inspiring Songs. ```

19746

```

My Lord Supreme,

May each action of mine

Be a perfect reflection

Of Your Compassion-Eye. ```

19747

```

The mind’s true obedience-joy

Is nothing other than

The heart’s pure oneness-love.

```

19748

```

My Lord,

Do give my heart the capacity

To pine for

My nature’s transformation

And my life’s perfection.

```

19749

```

Every day the clarion-call

From my Lord’s Heart

Awakens me from my ignorance-sleep

And makes me long for

The all-fulfilling light

Of the inner sun. ```

19750

```

A sincere seeker’s

Spiritual values

Can never be gotten

At a discount. ```

19751

```

Your God-longing cry

Will one day illumine the whole world,

And you will find yourself

At the diamond-centre

Of your aspiration-heart.

```

19752

```

There is not a single day

When I do not fight against my mind

With my illumining soul-smiles

And my streaming heart-tears. ```

19753

```

Needless to say,

The doubt of the mind is powerful.

But fortunately,

The faith of the heart

Is infinitely more powerful.

```

19754

```

The dormant faith

Must come to the fore

And remain alert

So that the dream of the heart

Can be manifested

As the reality of life. ```

19755

```

God is always trying

To keep me and my heart

As busy as possible

So that we do not have any time

To think of our doubting mind

And strangling vital. ```

19756

```

My prayerful eyes

And my soulful heart

Not only live

But also love

To do God’s Will.

```

19757

```

The feelings of the heart

Cannot be forced.

The feelings of the heart

Can be awakened,

Can be liberated,

Can be fulfilled. ```

19758

```

God’s Compassion

Picks up the fallen heart.

God’s Satisfaction

Energises the aspiring heart. ```

19759

```

My Lord,

The more I bind my life to You,

The sooner I shall enjoy

The freedom of my heart. ```

19760

```

The human life

Is nothing other than

Struggling and smuggling.

The divine life

Is nothing other than

Self-giving and God-becoming. ```

19761

```

I have peace of mind

Only when my Lord Supreme

Places His Compassion-Feet

Upon my cheerful receptivity-heart. ```

19762

```

Love

Turns its radiance-eye,

Peace

Turns its satisfaction-eye

To the aspiration-heart-world.

```

19763

```

To serve the aspiring world,

May my eyes twinkle

With my soul’s Heavenly concern

And sympathy. ```

19764

```

My Lord, do give me

A climbing aspiration-heart

Which will disentangle

My mind’s fear-doubt-knot

On the way

To my soul’s illumination-heights. ```

19765

```

The heart’s satisfaction-room

Does not allow any resident

Of the mind’s doubt-room

To knock at its door. ```

19766

```

A spiritual Master

Comes into the world

Anxious to intensify,

Not to verify,

Humanity’s God-eagerness-hunger.

```

19767

```

God has made a promise

To my aspiration-heart

That there shall come a time

When His fully-blossomed Peace

Will be within my easy grasp.

```

19768

```

If you do not spend

A great deal of your time

Loving, serving and pleasing God,

Then how and why

Should God bestow upon you

His all-fulfilling Delight? ```

19769

```

When I do not sincerely aspire,

I see nothing but dark fingerprints

Of insecurity, jealousy, fear and doubt

On my life. ```

19770

```

Each human being

Is expert at playing

The old ingratitude-game

Inside his thick mind-forest. ```

19771

```

A man of constant self-giving

Is indeed a Heaven-sent boon

To humanity.

```

19772

```

Each self-giving breath

Is a direct representative

Of God’s Dream-Fulfilment-Reality.

```

19773

```

You will never be seized

By a severe doubt-attack

If every day

You lovingly take care of

The faith-plant inside your heart.

```

19774

```

There shall come a time

When all feet will proudly tread

The oneness-peace-road.

```

19775

```

My aspiration-heart

Is really fond of

My discipline-mind

And my devotion-life. ```

19776

```

Just because

My heart’s aspiration-dawn

Is blossoming,

My life’s desire-day

Is now coming to an end.

```

19777

```

O seeker,

You must be always wary

Of your mind,

For it can cleverly thrust

Doubt and suspicion

Upon your aspiration-heart. ```

19778

```

If God’s Grace is there,

Then your soul’s promise

And your heart’s satisfaction

Are bound to tread the same path. ```

19779

```

The mind’s disobedience-nights

Are not only dark

But also careless, callous, ruthless

And destructive. ```

19780

```

My heart watches everything

With love and concern.

My mind not only does not want

To watch anything

But also wants to run away

From everything. ```

19781

```

In my unwillingness-mind

I always find

The darkest midnight.

```

19782

```

Desire-night

And aspiration-day

Always enjoy

Constant rivalry. ```

19783

```

May each human heart

Become an incarnation

Of God-gratitude

And God-obedience. ```

19784

```

May my life be found

Always

Either inside God’s powerful Heart

Or inside His peaceful Breath. ```

19785

```

Every day

God loves to paint my heart,

But my heart disappoints Him

With its insecurity

And unwillingness-colours.

```

19786

```

The mind gets world-attention

More than it deserves.

The heart does not get even an iota

Of world-attention,

Although it rightly deserves

Infinite attention

From the world.

```

19787

```

It is already decreed

That our self-indulgence

Will before long

Destroy us. ```

19788

```

I was awe-struck

When I saw

That the goddess of peace

Was alone,

Waiting for me.

```

19789

```

God tells me,

“My child, at any time

Feel free to invoke peace.

I shall be always ready

To grant your prayer.”

```

19790

```

The mind’s peace-lamp

Can easily give light

If the aspiration-flame

Inside the heart

Is ready to inspire the mind.

```

19791

```

Yesterday my mind indulged

In pomp and ceremony.

Today my mind needs only

Simplicity’s beauty and purity’s divinity. ```

19792

```

God does not agree with me

When I tell Him that

The distance to my life’s

Perfection-destination

Is long, very long.

```

19793

```

The cosmic gods

Do not charge us

When we register

At God’s Compassion-Hotel. ```

19794

```

I do not want to see

My heart-friend, faith,

Ever in trouble!

```

19795

```

Each purity-breath

Is the fairest bud

In my aspiration-heart-garden.

```

19796

```

A mind of sincerity

And a heart of purity

Together

Always win the God-satisfaction-game. ```

19797

```

O my mind,

Consciously pray for patience-light.

Otherwise, impatience-dog

At any moment

Can attack you.

```

19798

```

I need a heart

That will always be watching

My mind-door

So that no doubt-thief

Can enter.

```

19799

```

I shall be able to drink

God’s Nectar-Delight

Only when my life is charged

With God-belief. ```

19800

```

If you sleeplessly feed

Your heart’s sacred aspiration-flame

With your meditation-peace,

Then your entire life will be

The Beauty of God’s Eye

And the Lustre of God’s Face. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 198, Agni Press, 1994
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