Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 210

20901

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O seeker,

If you want to remain alive on earth,

Then every day make a solemn promise

To yourself

That you are going to remain alive

Only with your heart’s aspiration-cries. ```

20902

```

Dive deep within!

You are bound to discover

Your celestial virtues,

And these celestial virtues

You can offer to the world at large

At your sweet will. ```

20903

```

I do not want to swim helplessly

In the sea of good intentions.

I want to swim sleeplessly

In the ocean of selfless actions. ```

20904

```

God the Lover

Every day, every hour,

Every minute and every second

Uses His Compassion-Broom

To sweep away the dust

Of my dirty, dirtier and dirtiest

Life-mistakes.

```

20905

```

O seeker,

Every day pray to God

To bless you with a hope-home.

Only when you live

In your hope-home

Can you proceed

Far, farther, farthest.

```

20906

```

Our frustration-clouds

Will disperse

Only when we consciously feed

Our aspiration-flames. ```

20907

```

Each time I enter

Into my heart-garden,

I happily and proudly observe

A cluster of aspiration-trees. ```

20908

```

It is high time

For each and every human being

To excavate

His long-lost transcendental Self. ```

20909

```

Do not be afraid of offering

Your Lord Beloved Supreme

Your desire-shopping-list

Along with

Your aspiration-heart-cries.

```

20910

```

God never gives us

Pessimism-permission.

He only blesses us with

Optimism-illumination. ```

20911

```

If God answered

All your desire-prayers,

He would be none other than

Your worst possible enemy! ```

20912

```

Each truth-seeker and God-lover’s

Parting words to Mother Earth

Should be a prayerful

Gratitude-heart-flower. ```

20913

```

O seeker, do you not realise

That nothing is as powerful

And as cruel

In standing against

Your Heavenward journey

As disobedience that repeats itself

Every day in your life?

```

20914

```

Those who always think most highly

Of themselves

Are deliberately going away

Far, farther, farthest

From the Satisfaction-Smile

Of the Absolute Supreme. ```

20915

```

Each desire

Is to be praised

Not when it comes,

But when it goes away. ```

20916

```

If you do not want to expose

Some things in your life,

No harm.

But expose your disobedience

To your own inner life,

So that your outer life

Will be ashamed of what it does

And will be ready

To be a perfect instrument

Of your inner life. ```

20917

```

For whom is enough too little?

Only for those

Who want to be blessed

By God’s infinite Light

And Delight.

```

20918

```

If you want to prove

That you love God,

Then do not ask God

To satisfy your wants.

Ask God to satisfy your needs,

If so is His Will. ```

20919

```

You cannot claim God

As a true Friend

Who will come to your rescue

Whenever you need Him,

If you continue to live

In your same old way. ```

20920

```

God does not want you

To remain unchanged by time.

He wants you to be changed

Every day for the better.

He wants you to become

A choice and perfect instrument of His

By transforming your earth-life.

```

20921

```

You want to know where

My aspiration-flames were born?

My aspiration-flames were born

In my Lord’s ceaseless

Compassion-Smiles.

```

20922

```

I am safe

Only at one place

And that place is

God’s Fulfilment-Heart-Home. ```

20923

```

Nothing is as close

To the Heart of God

As my own soulfulness-heart.

```

20924

```

If my foot slips and I fall,

God is bound to come to save me

Only if I have the crying heart

Of a child. ```

20925

```

O my obedience-happiness-day,

I have long lost you.

Do come back.

Your reappearance and constant presence

In my life of aspiration

I sleeplessly need. ```

20926

```

Love, devotion, surrender —

These are not experiments

That my mind can make.

These are the real heart-experiences

That my life can treasure.

```

20927

```

Nothing divine,

Nothing illumining,

Nothing fulfilling

Can ever go away

From my gratitude-heart

And surrender-life. ```

20928

```

O my mind,

If you want to compromise

With the business-mind-world,

Then do it.

But rest assured,

My heart will make no compromise.

My heart will always be

In the Heart of my Lord Beloved Supreme,

Only for Him, only for Him.

```

20929

```

My heart needs only one thing:

My Lord’s Compassion-Smiles.

My heart will remain always

In my Lord Supreme,

With my Lord Supreme

And for my Lord Supreme.

My heart is always, eternally, breathlessly

On its way

To the Golden Shore.

```

20930

```

The mind-doubters

Can be silenced

Only by the silence

Of the soul. ```

20931

```

He who thrives on challenges

Can accomplish extraordinary things

In life.

```

20932

```

To withstand life’s turbulence,

What you need

Is the confidence-poise

Of the soul. ```

20933

```

Hesitation looms large

Only when

God-fulfilment-commitments

Are fast asleep. ```

20934

```

God loves you,

God treasures you

Precisely because

You are His sleepless ignorance-fighter. ```

20935

```

If you are obedient

To your Inner Pilot,

Then without fail

You will walk, run and sprint

Along the path

Of perpetual sunshine-bliss. ```

20936

```

I like to cherish

My Lord’s Immensity-Pride

And not my mind’s petty pride

Or my heart’s haughty pride. ```

20937

```

Temptation, you may need me,

But that does not mean

I have to need you.

What I need is illumination.

I am awaiting the express arrival

Of illumination. ```

20938

```

If you can only feel

What God thinks of you,

Then your mind’s failure-thoughts

Will immediately vanish. ```

20939

```

Nobody is compelled by God

To participate

In life’s misery-flooded

Desire-drama. ```

20940

```

Man the dreamer

And God the Lover

Are always searching

For each other. ```

20941

```

I wish to be found always

In between

My mind’s Infinity-dreams

And my heart’s Immortality-realities. ```

20942

```

A heart of God-surrender

And a life of God-gratitude

Are chosen by God Himself

To fly in His own Ecstasy-Sky. ```

20943

```

God definitely wanted you

To be His prince,

But you chose to remain

A street-beggar. ```

20944

```

Life itself

Is not a disappointment,

But what you expect from life

Often leads to

A series of disappointments.

```

20945

```

If you value

The opinion of the world

More than God’s opinion of you,

You will be lost

In the world of nowhere.

```

20946

```

Patience in the presence of obstacles

Is indeed

A God-illumined, divine capacity

In a human being. ```

20947

```

When you belittle

The great achievements of others,

You break down the bridge

Of oneness-delight. ```

20948

```

The suspicious mind is indeed

A ferocious resistance

To perfection-manifestation-life

On earth. ```

20949

```

Temptation-confusion befriends you

When you deliberately disobey

The dictates of your Inner Pilot.

```

20950

```

Alas, I am being destroyed

By my ingratitude-heart

And my self-indulgence-life.

```

20951

```

God definitely will help you

To climb the mountain of silence

If you offer Him prayerfully

Your heart-fragrance. ```

20952

```

Try to remember

Who you truly are.

You are God’s

Dream-blossoming child. ```

20953

```

Expectation is nothing short of

Self-chosen poison

To destroy one’s satisfaction-life.

```

20954

```

Our heart’s ingratitude

And our life’s darkness

Are always trying to invade

Our God-dreams. ```

20955

```

As my soul cannot stop playing

With God’s Light,

Even so, my mind cannot stop playing

With Satan’s darkness. ```

20956

```

O my heart’s hope,

O my heart’s hope-lamp,

O my heart’s hope-lamp-illumination,

Where are you?

My heart longs for you.

```

20957

```

May my heart-dreams fly

At every moment

In the sky of God-ecstasy.

```

20958

```

Heaven sings in your heart every day —

Believe it or not.

Your soul dances in your heart every day —

Believe it or not.

Your God promises new realities every day —

Believe it or not. ```

20959

```

Heaven cries and sighs

Inside your heart.

Your soul cries and sighs

Inside your heart.

O seeker, why are you silent?

Why are you deaf? ```

20960

```

God has every right

To reveal and manifest

What He eternally embodies.

```

20961

```

Human life is not a collection

Of mere anecdotes.

It is the revelation and manifestation

Of one’s inner capacities. ```

20962

```

Among all the human

Weakness-experiences,

Self-doubt is undoubtedly

The worst possible

Weakness-experience.

```

20963

```

Truth is self-evident.

God tells us that there can be

No more important necessity

Than asserting the truth. ```

20964

```

Self-giving for a noble cause

Is in itself

The most illustrious reward.

```

20965

```

Greatness tells me

How far

I can eventually go forward.

Goodness tells me

How deep

I can sleeplessly grow and glow

In God’s own Way.

```

20966

```

O my ever-ready speech-mind,

I am renouncing you

Once and for all.

O my ever-soulful silence-heart,

I am welcoming you

To speak and listen

On my behalf.

```

20967

```

There is no such thing

As compromise

With impossibility’s

Commands and demands. ```

20968

```

If you can love

The smiles of your soul

And the cries of your heart,

Then God will definitely carry you

Lovingly and proudly

To your ultimate destination. ```

20969

```

Life is to be judged

Not by conversation.

Life is to be judged

By soulful action. ```

20970

```

You can say

What you want to say.

God-realisation in this life

Is an indisputable necessity

For me.

```

20971

```

No matter where you apply

Your oneness,

You feel safe

And you feel at home. ```

20972

```

Each time I soulfully pray

And self-givingly meditate,

I see my Lord Supreme blossoming

Beautifully and radiantly

Inside my heart.

```

20973

```

O my doubtful division-mind,

It is high time for me

To accuse you and prosecute you.

```

20974

```

God-realisation

Does not believe in

The mind-explanation.

It believes only in

The heart-satisfaction.

```

20975

```

Each peace-song

Is a universal experience.

It needs no translation-communication.

```

20976

```

O mind, if you think

That you are not obliged

To tell the truth,

Then God is also not obliged

To grant you His Blessings,

His Love, His Joy and His Pride. ```

20977

```

A heart of gratitude

And a life of surrender

Champion the aspiration

Of God-lovers. ```

20978

```

Each teardrop of my heart

Receives a very special Blessing

And Concern

From my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

20979

```

Hesitation and suspicion

Are almost

Daily experiences

Of the unaspiring mind. ```

20980

```

Many times over the years,

O seeker,

You have lost

Your mind’s tranquillity.

This time be determined

Never to lose

This most precious gift from Above!

```

20981

```

Stubbornness,

Narrowness

And inflexibility —

These are the common diseases

Of the desire-mind.

```

20982

```

When love and force

Fail,

Try ceaseless patience.

You may be successful. ```

20983

```

In the world of aspiration,

God-Will-disobedience

Is the worst possible crime.

```

20984

```

Alas, your stupid mind

Does not want to disown,

Even for a short time,

Its confusion-jungle. ```

20985

```

O my poor mind,

Every day

You are thought-plagued.

I do not know

How you will achieve

Even an iota of peace! ```

20986

```

A heart-climber

Definitely will arrive

Sooner or later

At the bliss-summit. ```

20987

```

At least in my case,

I am absolutely certain

That my heart’s confidence-light

Comes from my soul’s assurance-delight. ```

20988

```

A fountain-purity-heart

Can easily wash

A mountain-impurity-mind.

```

20989

```

When I pray,

I feel that it is a workout

For my restless mind.

When I meditate,

I feel that it is a workout

For my guileless heart. ```

20990

```

God is near

When I live inside

My sweetness-heart.

God is nearer

When I live inside

My eagerness-heart.

God is nearest

When I live inside

My selflessness-heart.

```

20991

```

Every day

My soul-bird inspires me

To go and visit

My Lord’s Forgiveness-Heart-Nest. ```

20992

```

My heart’s gratitude-flames

Were born

The day I felt

God does everything for me

Unconditionally.

```

20993

```

Since my heart loves God

Sleeplessly and breathlessly,

My heart summarises everything

And then offers my Lord Supreme

A concise report

On my aspiration-life. ```

20994

```

What is great

Can indeed be

Meaningful and powerful.

What is good

Is indeed

Most perfect and most satisfactory. ```

20995

```

What a seeker needs

Is a ceaseless blossoming

Of his God-satisfaction-heart.

```

20996

```

God calls it

The height of absurdity

When I tell Him

That He does not need me

For anything.

```

20997

```

My soul

Has taken full responsibility

For my heart,

Which is studying

At the universality-university.

```

20998

```

You will be spiritually dead

If you ever allow

Your mind’s darkness-night

To doubt

Your heart’s conviction-authenticity.

```

20999

```

O seeker,

Defy your body’s inertia

To enjoy

Your soul’s God-blessed ambrosia. ```

21000

```

O seeker,

Do not be afraid

Of your life’s tragic stories.

In the course of time

These tragic stories

Will purify your mind

Completely

And strengthen your heart

Limitlessly.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 210, Agni Press, 1994
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