Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209

20801

```

I do not want to be

The thought

Of a great thinker.

I long to be

The breath

Of a good server. ```

20802

```

Earthly duty

Is its fleeting moment.

Heavenly duty

Is its everlasting life. ```

20803

```

An unaspiring man

Is his own boundless

Darkness-ignorance-pride.

```

20804

```

May I be satisfied

All the time

In my God-belief-freedom.

```

20805

```

Fear, doubt and jealousy:

These are the things

That endlessly waste

Our human life. ```

20806

```

When I do not

Pray and meditate self-givingly,

I roam

In sorrow’s despair-desert. ```

20807

```

The only mistake

That seriously displeases God

Is my unwillingness to be

A choice instrument of His. ```

20808

```

My Lord,

I need from You

Only two kinds of smiles:

My enthusiasm-multiplying smile

And my frustration-destroying smile.

```

20809

```

God is always ready to bless you

With His Divinity’s Simplicity-Boon,

But you prefer to have

The web of complexity. ```

20810

```

If you are relentlessly unselfish,

Then no fear

Can torture your mind.

```

20811

```

My daily prayer to God

To grant me a pure heart

Protects me

From my own selfishness-mind. ```

20812

```

My Lord Supreme feels sad

And not mad

When I want to change the world

Untimely,

Plus in my own way.

```

20813

```

The heart-runners

Every day run

The self-transcendence-joy-marathon.

```

20814

```

Insecurity

Spreads its jealousy-wings

When I water

My mind’s negativity-plants. ```

20815

```

I am so happy

That at long last I am able

To reveal my heart’s

Aspiration-illumination-bridge. ```

20816

```

Unless I reduce myself

To humility-zero,

I will not be allowed

In God’s ever-transcending Elevator. ```

20817

```

The path

To God’s Golden Shore

Has to be discovered

And not invented. ```

20818

```

If you do not

Bring your mind’s ego-trip

To an end,

You will remain always

An aspiration-dedication-dwarf.

```

20819

```

Only a heart

Of prayerful and soulful aspiration

Can compose

God-oneness-songs. ```

20820

```

My eyes

Rise and rise

To meet

The planet sun.

My heart

Dives and dives

To meet

The knowledge-sun. ```

20821

```

God’s Obedience-Rules

Are not for the punishment

Of our life,

But for the enlightenment

Of our entire being.

```

20822

```

God never wants to end

Your inner conversation with Him.

It is you who allow

Your restlessness-mind

To depart from God’s company.

```

20823

```

If your mind

Is a genuine truth-seeker

And your heart

Is a genuine God-lover,

Then why do you have to

Pay your visits to God

In secrecy supreme?

```

20824

```

If you do not give up

Living in the lap

Of mind-vital-luxury,

Then how can God bless you

With the Smile

Of His Satisfaction-Heart? ```

20825

```

Alas, my self-doubt

Is so powerful

That it can easily blow out

My mind’s inspiration

And my heart’s aspiration-candles.

```

20826

```

Compete against

And defeat

Your mind’s

Ignorance-darkness-night. ```

20827

```

My Lord,

Let me ask You something:

Can I dare to cherish

The hope

That one day I will become

A supremely choice instrument

Of Yours?

```

20828

```

When I see the world

With my enthusiasm-mind,

When I feel the world

With my willingness-heart,

I feel that

There is nothing I cannot do

For the world.

```

20829

```

The more you love God,

The sooner you will be able

To declare God’s Victory

Over your own nature. ```

20830

```

O seeker,

Never be complacent.

There is always time

For more deplorable mistakes

In your life.

```

20831

```

It seems that there is

A constant battle

Between

The desire-follower-mind

And the aspiration-inspirer-heart.

```

20832

```

My life’s outer prosperity

And my heart’s inner poverty

Are generally found together.

```

20833

```

My Lord tells me

That He has given me the mind

To charm His Ear,

And He has given me the heart

To feed His Heart.

```

20834

```

You do not have to find out

If God loves you and needs you.

You just need to ask your heart

To cry inwardly

And ask your life

To smile outwardly. ```

20835

```

I am not living on earth

To see tomorrow’s sunrise.

I am living on earth

To be one with Eternity’s sunshine. ```

20836

```

World-withdrawal

Is no solution.

World-acceptance,

World-transformation

And world-perfection

Are the real solutions. ```

20837

```

Alas,

I did not know

That I was all along living

On unfounded dreams. ```

20838

```

Irrespective of their development,

The souls proudly orbit

Around their Lord Beloved Supreme.

```

20839

```

If you do not aspire,

Your life will definitely

Be riddled with

Useless feelings of unworthiness. ```

20840

```

Not to see good in others

Is not only a serious

But also a dangerous

Defect. ```

20841

```

You make a monumental blunder

When you do not respond

To God’s Compassion-flooded Eye.

```

20842

```

Prayer and meditation-highways

Can be used only

By constantly self-giving seekers.

```

20843

```

God’s Compassion

And God’s Concern

Champion the God-hunger-cries

Of the seeker. ```

20844

```

Happiness is not

A hallucination.

Happiness is not

An illusion.

Happiness is

An unmistakable illumination. ```

20845

```

At times the human mind

Loves to hear

Not only flattery

But also absurdity. ```

20846

```

He is so happy

That at last

His God-existence-doubts

Are withering away. ```

20847

```

Expectation itself

Is a most deplorable experience.

We must avoid it

If at all possible. ```

20848

```

Every day

I get tremendous joy

In taking care of

My deep-rooted faith-plant. ```

20849

```

O my mind,

Can you not see

That you are suffering

From chronic God-disobedience? ```

20850

```

I am fully prepared

To be a total failure

As a human being

To please my Lord Supreme

In His own Way.

```

20851

```

I am really happy

Because I no longer allow

My heart to be invaded

By my past insecurities. ```

20852

```

The mind-ego’s thunder-road

Can never reach

The heart’s oneness-fulness-shore.

```

20853

```

God’s favourites

Are those who are

Expectation-freed detachment-smiles.

```

20854

```

I protest popularity contests,

I protest supremacy contests,

For these contests interfere with

My inner oneness-life. ```

20855

```

Do not cherish your failure-life.

That is the task

Of your enemies.

Do not cherish your victory-life.

That is the task

Of your Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

20856

```

No peaceful eyes,

No soulful heart

Can remain unnoticed

By the God-loving humanity. ```

20857

```

A readiness-mind

And a willingness-heart

Know no limits.

```

20858

```

How can God grant you

Your oneness-freedom,

When you have become

Your own aspiration-extinction? ```

20859

```

God is always

His Compassion-descent.

Can I not become

My aspiration-ascent? ```

20860

```

Can you not see

That God is swimming

In the sea of tears

Because of

Your love-devotion-surrender-decline?

```

20861

```

O seeker,

Since you have

An astonishing capacity

For self-deception,

How can you ever expect

To see God’s Satisfaction-Face? ```

20862

```

If you make yourself

An easy target

For ignorance-night,

How can you be a lover

Of wisdom-light?

```

20863

```

To clear the horizon

Of self-doubts,

I must challenge

Fear within

And fear all around.

```

20864

```

How I wish I could have

The heart of a child,

So that I could become

A perfect stranger to sorrow! ```

20865

```

Let us all try

To make our mind silent

And peaceful,

And give no importance

To the dramatic mind.

```

20866

```

I am simply mortified

When I consider

The long-neglected promise

That I made to my soul! ```

20867

```

Peace is the only inner beauty

That constantly sings

God’s Glory.

Therefore,

It can never be defiled.

```

20868

```

My Lord,

My heart is all gratitude to You,

For You have saved me

Time and again

By adamantly ignoring

My endless pleas. ```

20869

```

Deliverance does not come from

Renunciation.

Deliverance comes from

Sleepless self-offering. ```

20870

```

My Lord tells me

That unless I seek Him

With my heart

And not with my eyes,

He will not fulfil

My aspiration-cries. ```

20871

```

What have you

To give to God?

Your inner assurance

That you cannot do anything

Without His Compassion-Light.

```

20872

```

The moment I see and feel

God’s Footsteps

Pressing upon my heart,

I sing

God’s world-illumining Songs.

```

20873

```

God has come to you

So many times.

Alas, each time

You fall asleep

Just before His Arrival.

```

20874

```

God is always kind

And compassionate to you.

Can you not give Him some rest

From your constant world-complaints? ```

20875

```

God tells our souls

To challenge our weaknesses

And bring them to the fore

For their complete transformation. ```

20876

```

Sleeplessly I shall fly

Until

I prayerfully arrive

At my Lord’s Heart-Nest. ```

20877

```

O seeker,

Challenge the defiance

Of your mind’s falsehood

If you want to please

Your Lord Supreme

In His own Way. ```

20878

```

You are a fool

If you have no reverence

For virtue.

Do you not know

That even the devils themselves

Ultimately develop respect

For virtue?

```

20879

```

God does not want you

To be afraid of Him.

He wants you always to love Him.

But at times if to fear Him

Is the only way

For you to make progress,

Then God feels that is

Absolutely the right way for you

At that moment.

```

20880

```

The inheritance

Of restless dreams

Is an empty and useless

Reality. ```

20881

```

Intolerance

Has invaded my mind-house.

Therefore

My mind is totally empty

Of sanity.

```

20882

```

Mine is the progress-heart

That can never imagine

A life that is vacant,

A life that is barren,

A life that moves backward.

```

20883

```

If you listen prayerfully

To your soul-song,

Then your mind and your life

Will be inundated with obedience. ```

20884

```

When I look at

The compassion-eye of my soul,

All my heart’s gratitude

Comes to the fore. ```

20885

```

You may say that the soul

Is hard to see,

Harder to feel

And hardest to converse with,

But I tell you,

The soul-reality is the only reality

That will eventually give you

The oneness-fulness-breath

Of Immortality.

```

20886

```

O my heart,

So many times

I have deceived you,

But still your faith in me

Is not only beautiful

But also fragrant. ```

20887

```

I am absolutely sure

That no harm can be done

To my oneness-earth-life’s

Heart-breath. ```

20888

```

If you do not surrender

Every drop of your unworthiness,

How will you ever receive

God’s unconditional Compassion-Eye? ```

20889

```

My Lord’s Confidence-Light

In the aspiring heart of humanity

Can never be measured.

```

20890

```

Since your belief in God is lukewarm,

How can you ever become

A perfect stranger

To your own life of misery? ```

20891

```

Alas,

Every day

God has to face

The naked sword

Of my doubting mind.

```

20892

```

O my mind and vital,

There is only one real path,

And that path is

The path of the heart.

Walk along that path

If full satisfaction is something

That you want and need.

```

20893

```

Pray and meditate self-givingly.

Your life-possibility-blossoms

Will turn into

Inevitability’s beauty-fragrance. ```

20894

```

You do not find what you seek.

Why?

Precisely because

You do not try to silence

Your life’s monkey-mind-activities.

```

20895

```

Finally I have dethroned

My deception-mind-king

And enthroned

My illumination-heart-emperor. ```

20896

```

What is deception?

It is something that goes

Round and round

In the unaspiring human mind. ```

20897

```

Remain always inside

Your heart-blossoming hopes

And not inside

Your mind-multiplying jungle. ```

20898

```

Vast

Is love-field.

Fertile

Is devotion-field.

Invincible

Is surrender-field. ```

20899

```

Each human heart

Is the most desirable fountain

To quench hope-thirst.

```

20900

```

If you can put your earthly life

Back on the Heavenly aspiration-track,

Your ignorance-intoxication

Will sooner than at once

Come to an end.

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 209, Agni Press, 1994
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