Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 231

23001

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Check your aspiration-pulse

Early in the morning.

Check your dedication-pulse

At noon.

Check your surrender-pulse

In the evening. ```

23002

```

You are unhappy

Because your heart

Is contradicting

Your eyes. ```

23003

```

If you have

A time-squandering mind,

Yours will be a life

Of most deplorable dissatisfaction. ```

23004

```

God likes

Many things I do,

But He especially likes

Our silence-heart-conversation. ```

23005

```

Today

I have come to learn

That my mind’s insincerity

And my heart’s insecurity

Have a common source:

Self-deception. ```

23006

```

Everything else is complicated

In our human life

Save and except the beauty of Light

And the fragrance of Delight. ```

23007

```

Each day’s death

Makes the desire-mind

And the aspiration-heart

Equally unhappy. ```

23008

```

The final hour of ignorance-night

Does not come on its own.

We work towards it

And then announce it. ```

23009

```

Let us be prepared to welcome

The fast-approaching promise-blossoms

Of a new century.

```

23010

```

Today

I told my bragging mind

That it was sending me

To the mental asylum,

And I told my lagging heart

That it was forcing me

To be a helpless street-beggar.

```

23011

```

My God-surrender-life

Is

My Heaven-entrance-assurance.

```

23012

```

When I am in

My highest consciousness,

Everything feels like God

To me. ```

23013

```

I do my highest meditation

Only when my soul

Unconditionally smiles at me.

```

23014

```

My Lord,

Do come and confiscate

My mind today.

And tomorrow

Obliterate it totally.

```

23015

```

I want to tell God

Once more

How great I am.

God wants to hear from me

Once more

That I need the breath

Of surrender-life.

```

23016

```

Alas,

You have no aspiration.

Yet

Your mind is ever rich

In expectation.

```

23017

```

My Lord’s Eyes become

A Beauty-Fragrance-Garland

When I claim God

As my very own. ```

23018

```

A God-offering heart

Can neither be daunted

Nor haunted.

```

23019

```

A heart of sorrow

Comes into existence

From desire-tragedies

Of the past. ```

23020

```

At times

God lives inside

My determination-mind.

At times

God lives inside

My dedication-life.

But I would like

God to be always inside

My aspiration-heart.

```

23021

```

O seeker,

Are you such a fool

That you have to allow

The negative forces

To admire and choose

Your mind? ```

23022

```

O my soul,

To you I owe everything,

For constantly

You are inspiring

My very life-breath.

```

23023

```

A self-giving heart

Is a God-fulfilling

Earth-representative.

```

23024

```

Alas, my mind weeps

A river of tears

When my desire-life

Is not daily fulfilled. ```

23025

```

My vital longs to live

To enjoy its world-supremacy

Indefinitely on earth.

My heart wants to live

To enjoy its God-intimacy

Permanently on earth. ```

23026

```

Today,

Alas, I have given God

A severe headache

By telling Him that my spiritual life

Has sadly failed.

```

23027

```

A cheerful and eager

God-surrender-heart

Has the fastest speed

To arrive at the God-Destination. ```

23028

```

When the aspiring heart

Is misunderstood,

The seeker’s breath

Will automatically be tormented. ```

23029

```

How can you be happy

When none of your deeds

Mirror any of your soul-dreams?

```

23030

```

God at times

Deliberately hides from us

To create in us

Our God-discovery-hunger. ```

23031

```

God is always anxious and eager

To shorten the distance

To our journey’s goal.

```

23032

```

Today

My doubtful mind and I

Were forced to wade through

A great deal of misery

For ignoring God’s Compassion-Eye.

```

23033

```

Since God is

A good listener,

Can I not be

A great speaker? ```

23034

```

Today,

From my God-disobedience,

God has suffered the most powerful blow.

```

23035

```

My mind learns earthly lessons

Quickly.

My heart learns Heavenly lessons

Self-givingly.

My soul learns both earthly

And Heavenly lessons

Intuitively.

```

23036

```

As God does not allow any thought

To enter into His Mind unbidden,

Even so,

I shall not associate myself

With any unaspiring thought.

```

23037

```

Today, alas,

I have become the dying breath

Of my shattered hopes.

```

23038

```

God cries

For a dependable man.

Man cries

For an understandable God.

God cries

For an inseparable man.

Man cries

For a lovable God. ```

23039

```

Today

God-unbelieving minds

Are bound to be devastated

By their own ignorance-volcano. ```

23040

```

Before the ultimate God-realisation,

Everybody thinks and feels

That God is unknowable.

```

23041

```

The age of God-obedience will begin

When we realise

That God’s Way is the only way.

```

23042

```

Today, alas,

My negativity-mind

Is destroying

My aspiration-heart-garden. ```

23043

```

O seeker,

Do not feel that you are

Doomed to disappointment.

Your failure-breath

Before long will vanish.

Wake up!

Make a fresh attempt.

Victory’s crown is awaiting you. ```

23044

```

God tells the human mind

That it is hard for Him

To keep it in His Heart-Garden.

```

23045

```

Today

I seriously warned

My unaspiring mind

That there are

Destructive sufferings ahead.

```

23046

```

My heart-hotel

Has no vacancy,

For God remains there always

As a permanent Guest. ```

23047

```

Today

God is saddened to discover

That I have buried

All my God-realisation-hope

Consciously and deliberately.

```

23048

```

For a God-lover,

A miserable day is the day

When he fails to please God

In His own Way. ```

23049

```

I do not care for

A precious mind,

But I do care for

A gracious heart. ```

23050

```

O seeker,

Pray to God to bless you

With a purity-heart-flower

That will never wither. ```

23051

```

My Lord,

Do tell me how many times

My mind has deceived You

And how many times

My heart has disappointed You.

```

23052

```

Today

Most painfully I have come to learn

That no matter how hard I try,

My mind’s dark riddles

Will remain unsolved.

```

23053

```

God is every day counting

My God-pleasing deeds.

Therefore,

I must be sleeplessly careful

In all that I say and do.

```

23054

```

Today

I have asked my mind

Whether it has accepted its desire-slavery

Happily or unhappily. ```

23055

```

The eyes of a God-loving seeker

Are the perfect expression

Of his all-embracing heart.

```

23056

```

Even the devil

Was shocked to see him

After his own aspiration

Had deserted him. ```

23057

```

Today

I am absolutely certain

That my God-disobedience-footsteps

Will not only falter,

But also meet with a serious accident

And severe punishment. ```

23058

```

A purity-heart

Has the capacity

To shield us

From the mind’s doubt-storm. ```

23059

```

At long last,

Today I made

My Lord Beloved Supreme

Happy

With my heart’s

Climbing cries

And my life’s

Brightening smiles. ```

23060

```

Today

God’s Compassion-Eye

Sees that I am an aspiration-dwarf.

Therefore, God’s Compassion-Eye

Does not want God to be

A Self-Transcendence-Giant. ```

23061

```

I do have faith

In God’s Compassion.

But alas, I need faith

In God’s Patience. ```

23062

```

Only my heart’s sleepless tears

Can keep my mind

Out of ignorance-prison.

```

23063

```

Today,

Alas, God has confided in my soul

That He is not satisfied

With my heart’s aspiration-homework. ```

23064

```

If you are shopping

In the desire-market,

Nobody will flatter you.

On the contrary,

The cosmic gods may batter you.

```

23065

```

God the Teacher

Is always eager

To give you the highest marks

In your soul’s fastest progress

And your heart’s highest evolution.

```

23066

```

If you want to live

In God’s Heart-Nest,

Then you have to be

Devoted and faithful

To His Heart-Nest.

```

23067

```

If all our good qualities

Are traced to one source,

That source is undoubtedly

Obedience. ```

23068

```

Claim God’s Vision

As your own, very own,

Since you want to bask

In God’s Vision-Glories. ```

23069

```

Your impurity-mind

Will never be able to blight

God’s Compassion-Eye-Delight.

```

23070

```

Because of your soul’s promise

To God’s Eye,

And because of your heart’s promise

To God’s Heart,

God has accepted the challenge

Of transforming your life. ```

23071

```

Think only of others’

Good, divine and self-giving qualities

To stay inside God’s Heart-Garden,

Instead of your own mind-jungle. ```

23072

```

Gossip-mongers, beware!

Today you are enjoying

Malicious pleasure-gossip

But tomorrow you may become

The most deplorable gossip-victim.

```

23073

```

The Absolute Lord Supreme

Is only for those

Who are sleeplessly singing God-songs

In God’s own Way

And carrying only His Tune.

```

23074

```

My life was built on

My soul’s promise.

My life is now being built on

My heart’s hope.

My life shall be built on

God’s Smile. ```

23075

```

Although I am losing badly

On the battlefield of life,

I am absolutely sure

That I shall ultimately

Sound my victory-drum.

```

23076

```

If you want to remain always

In your heart-garden,

God will be there with you,

Full of Gratitude and Pride. ```

23077

```

Gratitude

Is my aspiration-heart’s

Only unfailing God-searchlight.

```

23078

```

Do not forget

That inside your mind

Is your life’s imperfection-lock,

And inside your aspiration-heart

Is the key.

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23079

```

A spiritual Master

Has a life of beauty

And a heart of fragrance

To transform

Your earth-bound life

Into a Heaven-free life. ```

23080

```

“Humanity’s

God-Gratitude-Heart-Tears and Smiles”

Is the only book that God has written

So far. ```

23081

```

The human in me

Has only one request

For God:

“My Lord, do tell me how good I am.” ```

23082

```

Mine is the self-giving heart

That thrills

At the sacred and secret whispers

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

23083

```

Only a God-surrender-heart

Enjoys the safest haven

On earth.

```

23084

```

My restless mind

Needs a slower speed,

And my selfless heart

Needs a faster speed

To arrive at God’s Heart-Home.

```

23085

```

True,

I cannot consciously converse with God,

But my heart’s silence-tears

At every moment speak with God. ```

23086

```

Although the human in me

Is a poor listener,

My Lord Supreme never stops

Speaking and advising. ```

23087

```

My Lord Supreme

Blessingfully offered me many special things.

But to my sorrow, the human in me

Politely declined everything,

And the animal in me

Vehemently rejected everything. ```

23088

```

I am so fortunate

That God the Compassion,

Not God the Justice,

Checks my aspiration-pulse

Every morning and every evening.

```

23089

```

Because my Lord Supreme

Is pleased with me,

My mind is rich in hope

And my heart is rich in promise. ```

23090

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do tell me what I am supposed to do

When I feel unloved.

“My child, you and I are in the same boat.

Do not worry.

Our boat will one day definitely reach

The destination: Love infinite.”

```

23091

```

O my time-squandering mind,

Can you not see that I dislike you

Immensely?

Because of you I have lost

Many God-fulfilling opportunities.

```

23092

```

When I live in my heart-garden,

I see everywhere

God-Beauty’s Eye

And God-Prosperity’s Heart. ```

23093

```

God can and shall

Do everything for you

If you just allow Him

To play on your heart-strings. ```

23094

```

I have come to realise

That my sleepless God-obedience

Is my endless God-Delight.

```

23095

```

God allows only

A gratitude-flooded heart

To claim Him unreservedly.

```

23096

```

Each beautiful flower

Is indeed a lovely letter

From God Himself

To mankind. ```

23097

```

O my Lord Supreme,

Your fleeting Smiles

Immediately inspire

My very life-breath. ```

23098

```

O my stupidity-mind,

You and nobody else

Will choose negative, hostile forces

To fulfil you. ```

23099

```

I feel I am perfect and satisfied

Only when I awaken

My sleeping God-hunger.

```

23100

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My Lord,

I pray to You today

For a series of boons:

Do not fulfil my physical desires.

Do not fulfil my vital desires.

Do not fulfil my mental desires.

Do not fulfil my psychic desires,

For even my heart

Countless times desires wrong things.

Only fulfil the longings of my soul,

Which will never ask You

For what is uninspiring,

Unaspiring, unillumining

Or unfulfilling. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 231, Agni Press, 1996
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