Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 225

22401

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Only one thing

Keeps my heart alive:

My God-oneness-hope.

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22402

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Alas, I do not know

Why my gratitude-heart

Begins to die

The moment it is born. ```

22403

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God’s frustration

Once I was.

God’s Satisfaction

Now I am. ```

22404

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My heart’s purity-breath

God treasures

Beyond measure.

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22405

```

Because of my intense

Aspiration-heart-fire,

My desire-life will

Before long expire. ```

22406

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A life of desire

Is always accompanied

By the torture of fear.

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22407

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O my God-faith,

Beauty-flooded is your heart;

Purity-flooded is your breath.

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22408

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Only two things

A God-lover needs:

His nature’s perfection

And his love for God-Satisfaction. ```

22409

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The mind derives joy

From receiving something special.

The heart derives joy

From becoming something special.

The soul derives joy

Neither from receiving nor from becoming,

But from pleasing God

In God’s own Way. ```

22410

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Is there anybody who does not desire

To arrive at the destination

Long before God’s choice Hour?

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22411

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In the battlefield of life

There is only one hero,

And that hero is

The self-offering-hero. ```

22412

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My self-transcendence-song

Is the only treasure

That my Lord Supreme cherishes

And will forever cherish. ```

22413

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Alas,

Will there ever be a time

When my life’s lion-heart

Will roar and roar

For the full manifestation

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme? ```

22414

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How can we ever expect

To arrive on time

At our inner destination

When we use our mind-vehicle

To take us on the rush-hour-road?

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22415

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Be a self-giver.

Everybody will follow

In your all-illumining footsteps.

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22416

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Nothing divine

Can either be achieved

Or purchased by anxiety.

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22417

```

God’s Cry awakens

The world-peace-dreamers.

God’s Smile feeds

The world-peace-lovers. ```

22418

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I am happy

When I do something good.

I am infinitely happier

When God’s Compassion-Rain

From God’s Heaven

Descends upon me. ```

22419

```

An adamantine will

Is a sure cure

For jealousy-meanness-life.

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22420

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True, God needs my pure heart,

But He needs my self-giving life

Infinitely more

To feed His Compassion-Eye. ```

22421

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My Lord,

Do tell me if and when

My backward-running race

Is going to end. ```

22422

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God’s Compassion-Eye

Every day swims

In the tearful sea of my heart.

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22423

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My happiness is beyond measure

When I see God’s smiling Heart

In God’s Compassion-Eye.

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22424

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Each kind thought

Is a direct representative

Of God

To illumine the ignorance

Of the world.

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22425

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Perfection on earthly soil

Is not possible today,

But tomorrow it will be inevitable.

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22426

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My mind has no solace for me.

My mind does not even know

What solace is.

My heart not only knows

What solace is,

But also has solace for me

In measureless measure.

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22427

```

O my earthly life,

Why are you such a fool?

Why do you still long for more possessions?

Can you not see

That you are already ruthlessly possessed

By possession itself? ```

22428

```

If you are a God-seeker,

Then you automatically become

A man-inspirer.

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22429

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Because of my heart’s climbing

Aspiration-flames,

I am no longer anchored

By my old desire-life-chains. ```

22430

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I call it

My heart’s aspiration.

God calls it

His own Experience-Adventure. ```

22431

```

O my mind,

Start aspiring immediately

Before you are disgraced

In the world’s eye. ```

22432

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If you are a heart-citizen,

Your eyes will feed

The God-hunger-cry

Of the world. ```

22433

```

A heart that is

Completely dedicated to God

Is bound to feed God the man

And man the God. ```

22434

```

The God-touch

Can be either very gentle

Or very powerful,

As necessity demands. ```

22435

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When I am completely alone

With God,

I feel that I am nothing

But a speck of dust,

Meaningless, worthless and useless.

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22436

```

God does not want me to be

My mind’s cave-dweller.

He wants me to be

My heart’s palace-enjoyer. ```

22437

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If you are a true seeker,

Then you must not participate

In unhealthy and barren

Intellect-tournaments. ```

22438

```

My wise head tells me

How I can be generous

In God’s Eye.

My warm heart tells me

How I can be precious

In God’s Heart. ```

22439

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When I lose my gratitude-heart,

Whatever I say about God

Is stupid, ridiculous and absurd.

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22440

```

My mind-doubts

Are small and ineffective storms

Inside my soul-eternity’s still and calm,

Eternal and infinite peace-sea. ```

22441

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God forgives me

To awaken my heart.

God blesses me

To fulfil my life. ```

22442

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O my mind’s insincerity,

Will you ever realise

How ruthlessly you torture

My Lord’s Compassion-Eye-Sun? ```

22443

```

No soaring enthusiasm

In my heart,

No Satisfaction-Eye

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

22444

```

I cannot easily believe

That I will soon become

A choice instrument

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

22445

```

If my life does not live

In my heart-nest,

My Lord will have no chance

To rest. ```

22446

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Inspiration-flames

I was.

Aspiration-fire

I now am.

Realisation-sun

I shall become. ```

22447

```

My Lord has left it

In humanity’s hands

To build

The Kingdom of Heaven

On earth.

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22448

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It is not difficult for me

To tell the world

How undivine I am.

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22449

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The idleness of the mind

And the timidity of the heart

Are always found together.

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22450

```

Alas,

My Lord is so little understood

In this world,

Yet I do nothing

To illumine the mind of the world

Or to feed the heart of the world. ```

22451

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Peace

Is neither my new home

Nor my old home.

Peace

Is my only home.

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22452

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Do not try to make

The future visible.

Try to make the present

Not only as visible,

But also as useful as possible.

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22453

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My Lord of Compassion tells me

That my nature’s perfection

Is now not too far off.

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22454

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Whenever I live in the mind,

I am forced to pass through

The depths of ignorance-night.

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22455

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The desire-life is the life

That knows

What thirst is,

But knows not

How to quench it.

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22456

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God starts laughing at me

Even long before I admit

That I am hopelessly useless.

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22457

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If ever you do something

Good for humanity,

You will be thanked

By God Himself. ```

22458

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Only because of

God’s unconditional Forgiveness-Light

Am I able to see Him,

Not for any other reason. ```

22459

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May the eyes of my heart

See my Lord Supreme

In the very near future.

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22460

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O seeker,

If patience is not

One of your strong points in life,

You will never succeed. ```

22461

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O seeker, remember

You are not

Your mind’s stupidity,

And you are not

Your heart’s timidity.

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22462

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We pride ourselves

On our outer success.

God prides Himself

On our inner progress. ```

22463

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Like God,

I shall never refuse anybody

As a friend of my heart.

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22464

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Compassion, not compromise,

Can solve the teeming problems

Of human life.

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22465

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My smiling heart

Is the summit of my life’s

Progress-mountain.

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22466

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Volcano-ego

And mountain-sovereignty

Can never part.

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22467

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I get infinitely more joy

From my aspiration-heart

Than from my satisfaction-life.

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22468

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I need only one thing:

A heart that is always ready

To command my mind.

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22469

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When I sing

With my heart’s rising moon,

I am eternally happy.

When I dance

With my soul’s rising sun,

I am totally fulfilled. ```

22470

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God can be caught

Anywhere He is sought

By your heart-tears.

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22471

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To be a partner of the mind

Is to sigh.

To be a partner of the heart

Is to fly. ```

22472

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The heart’s ecstasy

Comes from

God’s Oneness-Intimacy.

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22473

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God reveals Himself

Through my heart-tears.

God fulfils Himself

Through my soul-smiles. ```

22474

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Your mind’s narrow road

Is wide enough

For doubt and jealousy

To walk along. ```

22475

```

Conviction tells me

What I can eventually become.

Realisation tells me

What I eternally am. ```

22476

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The beauty of my heart

And the fragrance of my soul

Always fly together.

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22477

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I do not know how powerful

The mind is,

But I do know how powerful

The fear of the mind is

For me.

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22478

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An unwillingness-mind

Will eventually have to fight

Against immense dangers.

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22479

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Nothing

Can always remain the same —

Alas,

Not even my intense love

For this earth-planet.

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22480

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Each time I have a new hope,

A new and illumining world

Lovingly welcomes me.

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22481

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O my mind,

Pray and pray to God,

So that you can escape

Ignorance-mind-impurity. ```

22482

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What my searching mind

Propounds

My crying heart

Expounds. ```

22483

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The attachment of the vital

Cannot escape from

Eventually sobbing and moaning.

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22484

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As long as God’s Compassion

Is in charge,

Our stupidity will not meet

With its well-deserved

God-Justice-Light.

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22485

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Although our aspiration is ancient,

It can remain untouched

By earth-dangers.

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22486

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O ingratitude-mind,

It is high time

For you to leave the world

For good. ```

22487

```

When I am in a rage,

I find myself in my mind’s

Inescapable cage.

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22488

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As an artist delights

In painting,

A seeker must delight

In aspiring. ```

22489

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O sincerity-heart,

Where are you?

O stupidity-mind,

Where are you not? ```

22490

```

How fruitful

My silence-heart is.

How hurtful

My sound-mind is. ```

22491

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How I wish I could enjoy

My God-manifestation-reality

The way I enjoy

My God-aspiration-dream. ```

22492

```

O my mind,

The time has come

To stop your wilderness-expedition

And begin your stillness-journey. ```

22493

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The human in me shamelessly wants

To dominate the world.

The divine in me lovingly

And self-givingly wants

To liberate the world.

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22494

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It is the doubt-clouds

Of my mind

That want to separate me

From my sunshine-heart. ```

22495

```

No matter what I do,

No matter how hard I try,

I cannot run away

From the battlefield of despair. ```

22496

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I ask God why

I am so undivine and unspiritual.

The Compassion-Eye of my Lord

Refuses to give an immediate answer. ```

22497

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I fail

When I am not

The urgency of my mind.

I fail

When I am not

The intensity of my heart. ```

22498

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For tilling the aspiration-ground,

What I need is a searching mind

And a self-giving heart.

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22499

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Not the doubting mind

But the faithful heart

Is always ready

For changes and improvements. ```

22500

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O my Lord,

Do take from me every day

What I have for You

And what I am to You.

What I have

Is a heart of love,

And what I am

Is a soul of gratitude. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 225, Agni Press, 1995
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