God’s Compassion-Eye
Is the only medicineThat can cure our shattered
Aspiration-hearts. ```A genuine hope
Is indeed a fortTo protect us from doubt-attacks.
```To fly
In the sky of freedom-happiness,What we need
Is a faith-foundationFor our life.
```Our heart’s tears
Must be far beyond the reachOf our mind’s thoughts.
```When God descends
With His smiling Eye,We are supposed to ascend
With our crying heart. ```O seeker,
Inside your gratitude-heartThere will always be ample room
For your love, devotion and surrenderTo grow and glow.
```There is only one way
For us to conquerOur desire-madness,
And that way is the wayOf our aspiration-gladness.
```God is pitifully crying.
Do you know why?Not because
You are not surrenderingTo His Will,
But becauseYou are not allowing your heart
To claim Him as its very own. ```The insecurity-mask
Is larger than the largest.Therefore, it easily hides
Our heart’s Godward aspiration-flames. ```The hesitation and frustration
Of the mindAlways try to devour
The aspiration-flames and dedication-dropsOf the heart.
```We can grow old
With our desire-mind,But we always remain young
And agelessWith our aspiration-heart.
```I have not one, but two places
To divinely enjoy myself:Inside my God-manifesting soul
And inside my God-dreaming heart. ```Your ignorance-sleep
Will stopWhen your genuine God-need
Starts. ```You are a victim
To constant helplessnessBecause you are unwilling to swim
In God’s infinite Compassion-Sea. ```A deceptive mind
Is not to be revealed.It has to be concealed first,
And then illuminedBy virtue of our prayer and meditation,
For this is the only wayGod’s Dream-manifestation can take place.
```To climb illumination-peak,
Lighten your mind-loadAnd brighten your heart-smile.
```To accompany God
On His universal Flight,What we need is
The beauty of daily prayersAnd the fragrance of daily meditations.
```When I live
Inside my heart’s thought-free zone,God and His Promise-Power
Befriend me. ```O my mind,
God wanted you to beA purity-distributor.
Alas, you have becomeAn impurity-collector
Instead. ```No matter how strong
The mind is,It can never deceive
The aspiration-heartNor force the heart to deviate
From the path of light. ```If it is divinity’s silence-peace,
Then it can easily silenceThe roaming and roaring mind.
```The beauty and fragrance
Of surrender-meditationHave no equal.
Matchless they always remain. ```The mind
Is fond of success.The heart
Is fond of progress.The soul
Is fond of God-manifestation-promises. ```The power of world-meditation
Informs GodAbout the worldwide distrust
Of Him. ```The resentment of the mind
Quite often compelsThe God-hungry heart to starve.
```Do not be a fool!
Your self-love has no wings.It can never fly anywhere.
It can only remainInside its dark prison cell.
```If you run
With a God-revelation-sprinter,Then easily
You will be able to leave for goodYour mind’s ignorance-neighbourhood.
```My heart’s
Confidence in God,My heart’s
Conference with God,Even my heart’s
Inference of GodCan definitely help me
To cross far beyondAll my doubt-obstacles.
```My soul is telling my heart
To bravely face the mind-storm.The mind-storm is bound to subside.
```In your life-garden
Try to growAs many aspiration-plants as possible,
For they will never produceFrustration-fruits.
```Are you a fool?
Why are you enjoyingYour aspiration-famine
And self-hate-feast? ```If aspiration is missing,
Then hope will eventually splitInto a thousand pieces.
```Somehow, somewhere,
I always feel there areTruth-seekers and God-lovers
Who will manifest God on earthLovingly, self-givingly and unconditionally.
```He who lives only in the heart
And only for his Lord SupremeCan alone pave the way
For the rest of humanity. ```Our predecessors left us
Their blessing-light.We must leave behind for our successors
Our aspiration-hearts. ```When aspiration disappears,
Life becomesIts endless declining slopes.
```You can revive
Your pristine faithBy virtue of
Your heart’s childlike cries. ```Alas, will there ever come a time
When God will discoverInside my heart
A precious and valuable possibility? ```It seems to me
That my soul’s forgivenessHas no limit,
But its patience has. ```A life
Without an aspiration-heartIs the very beginning
Of God-Satisfaction-famine. ```When your disobedience-strides
Are bold and indifferent,Your heart sinks
In the sea of nowhere. ```This morning
I was simply amazed to seeThat God was bathing
In my heart’s gratitude-tears. ```Doubt
Is the inner sovereign;Pride
Is the outer sovereignIn our unaspiring life.
```When aspiration-bird flies away
From our heart-nest,Our mind’s desire-tiger
Starts devouring us. ```My Lord,
What shall I doTo make myself happy?
“My child,Walk beside Me,
Run with Me,Cry and smile with Me
And for Me.” ```Each self-giving thought
Is indeedA perfection-breath-promise
Of our Lord Supreme. ```The soul likes to talk to us
In our own voice,So that we can be more understanding
And more self-giving. ```Each soul has its unique way
To spread God’s LightThroughout the length and breadth
Of the world. ```A heart of peace
Has no equalAnd will always remain
Unchallenged. ```When I come first in my life,
And not God,There can be no room
For my self-improvement. ```Heaven
Is compassionate.Earth
Is affectionate.May my mind
Be always dispassionate. ```If you ever want to meet
Silence,Then never ride,
Even by mistake,The temptation-train.
```May my life be found
Inside my heart’s gratitude-flowersAnd not inside
My mind’s ingratitude-thorns. ```Alas, why do you enjoy
Doubt-downpourAnd not faith-sea
Inside your aspiration-heart? ```Each self-giving thought
Is indeedA God-locating compass.
```O body,
How long do you want to remainInside your self-chosen lethargy-prison?
```May my happiness-heart
Decorate my lifeWith purity-flower-fragrance
Every day. ```If we do not follow
Our heart-guide,Then our mind is bound to be flooded
With disappointment. ```The tears of my heart
Are too weak to receiveThe smiles of my soul.
```You want to know
About my inner journey.My inner journey,
Right from the beginning,Is to my mind-transformation-land.
```May silence be
My mind’s constant companion.May gratitude be
My heart’s constant companion.May service be
My life’s constant companion. ```Doubt and hesitation
Are the two most deplorable experiencesIn our human life.
```I have discovered in God
My perfection-smile.God has discovered in me
His Promise-Blossom. ```Each disobedience-stride
Is leading usTo our unmistakable destruction.
```My surrender-heart
Has quickly paved my wayTo my Lord’s Compassion-Eye
And Protection-Feet. ```Not God’s Compassion-Eye
But God’s Forgiveness-PromiseWill watch over me always.
```Be careful,
O truth-seeker and God-lover.Every day carefully watch
Your heart’s aspiration-plantAnd do the needful,
For it can any day wither. ```The human life
Becomes not only meaningfulBut also fruitful
Only when we singThe deathless song
Of our aspiration-heart. ```An unaspiring day
Is nothing short ofA hollow emptiness-cry.
```A heart of devotion
Is a soul of satisfactionIn the fulfilment
Of God’s Promise on earth. ```Where is my heart’s peace-home?
Where is it?How long can I remain
Inside the unfathomable seaOf excruciating pangs?
```Doubt and suspicion
Always arrive unsolicitedAnd even unwelcomed.
```When I look at God’s Eye,
I clearly seeThat His Eye is made of
Compassion-Sun.When I look at God’s Heart,
I clearly seeThat His Heart is made of
Forgiveness-Ocean. ```There are so many things
In this worldThat drain my heart’s joy.
Yet I have no sincere eagernessTo dissociate my life
From them. ```Whatever
Our aspiration gives usIs infinitely generous
And eternally free. ```Each good thought
Is an inner promiseTo reach God’s ultimate Height.
```Which heart is the bravest?
UndoubtedlyThe silence-flooded peace-heart
Is the bravest of all. ```God and God’s Compassion
May be invisible,But they do not always remain
Unattainable. ```God’s Dream-lovers
Are those enlightened human beingsWith an extraordinary
God-fulfilment-promise. ```Each human being has to transcend
The strong barriers of praise and scornTo see the Face of God
And feel the Heart of God. ```The mind’s certainty
Is not only vulnerableBut also fragile.
```O suspicion-mind,
How do you dareTo confine the dream
Of a soaring heart? ```Nothing is as essential
As the fragranceOf a God-manifestation-thought.
```Do not enter into the past
To solve today’s problems,But enter into the silence-heart
Of the present.Then all your problems will be solved.
```My heart of aspiration-tears
Will eventually prove to beThe source of my life’s
Satisfaction-sun. ```To make my heart’s
Aspiration-joy everlasting,I try to keep an unbreakable link
With the inner worlds. ```Prayer and meditation
Are definitely two God-instruments.Prayer manifests its divinity
Through cries.Meditation manifests its divinity
Through smiles. ```No truth-seeker
And no God-loverCan ever be lost
Once they have enteredInto the realm of aspiration.
```The thorns
Try to protect the rose.The rose
Tries to liberate the thorns.Similarly, fear
Tries to caution faith.Faith
Tries to illumine fear. ```God will hear
Your mind-prayersIf they are sincere.
God will fulfilYour heart-meditations
If they are pure. ```Sleepless love, breathless devotion
And deathless surrenderAre the secret and sacred combination
To my heart-safe. ```How I wish I could earn
A constantGod-obedience-certificate.
```It is absolutely certain
That ultimatelyThe ignorance-lover
And the ignorance-runner in meWill collapse.
```I have discarded all my old desires
Except one:To become an unconditional world-lover
And an unconditional man-server. ```We have been suffering
From ignorance-imperfection-illnessFor millions of years.
Now God is descendingWith His unconditional Love-Medicine
For our use. ```O my mind, how much longer
Can you lead a counterfeit life?When will you allow simplicity
And sincerityTo enter into you?
```When inspiration knocks
At your mind-door,If you delay in opening the door,
You are a fool.When aspiration knocks
At your heart-door,If you delay in opening the door,
You are worse than useless. ```Unlike us,
God does not believe inOur life’s inspiration-famine.
He only believes in one thing:Our heart’s inspiration-mountain.
```No other power,
Only purity’s oneness-power,Can erase the deplorable
And even irrevocable past. ```Each soul
Is divinely special,Each heart
Is divinely special,Each life
Is divinely specialOnly if we know
That we are growing intoAn irresistible God-Satisfaction.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 200, Agni Press, 1994
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