What I desperately need:
A life that never stopsSelf-giving.
```When we are in our confusion-mind,
We are totally lostIn our life’s blind and endless struggles.
```Only the heart’s mounting cry
Can hear the Heavenly musicThat echoes and re-echoes
In our heart-garden. ```The unaspiring mind
Is a self-appointedWorld-saviour.
The aspiring heartIs a God-appointed
World-server. ```I may not know when
My God-Hour will strike,But I do know
That someday, somehow, somewhereMy God-Hour will strike,
And I shall be free, totally freeFrom my ignorance-bondage-night.
```Humility
Is our heart’s sweet fragrance,And this fragrance
Spreads tranquillity and peaceEverywhere.
```Eternity’s Divinity
And Eternity’s PerfectionAbide in the home of Silence.
```Because we ignore
God’s Warning-Whispers,We cannot see the new dawn,
We cannot feel the new awakening,We cannot proceed towards our Source,
The Golden Shore of the Beyond. ```Each time I offer my gratitude-heart
To my Lord Beloved Supreme,I immediately win a one-way trip
To celestial happiness. ```May the word “gratitude”
Be found on every pageOf my heart-book.
```There are millions of ways
To approach God’s Heart,But the easiest and shortest way
Is the cheerful, self-giving,Sleepless devotion-way.
```Simplicity, sincerity, readiness,
Eagerness and willingnessCan easily terminate
Our age-old lethargy. ```As our suspicion-mind
Is the bearer of poison,Even so, our faith-heart
Is the bearer of nectar. ```He who loves God
Sleeplessly and breathlesslyWill never tremble
Before God’s Thunder-Feet. ```We cannot arrive
At our own pinnacle-heightsIf we cannot learn to love
The Silence of God. ```When we dive deep within,
We discover the wisdom-lightThat is ancient
And at the same time new,Ever-new.
```Slowly, steadily and unerringly
My aspiration-heart,My dedication-life and I
Are arriving at our choice destination:Satisfaction in perfection,
Perfection in satisfaction. ```I finally discovered
My Lord SupremeIn my heart’s
Gratitude-village-home. ```Our mind’s ignorance-exterminator
Is in our heart’s aspiration-cryAnd nowhere else.
```When we do not please
Our Master Lord SupremeIn His own Way,
Our soul suffers the deepest loss. ```The very presence
Of a surrender-lifeRings out God’s Summit-Victory.
```Not the music of the mind,
Not even the music of the heart,But the music of the soul only
Can liberate our earth-bound life. ```God’s Compassion
Never stops flowing.It is our heart’s tears
That stop streaming. ```When God’s Justice-Light descends,
It breaks our unwilling headAnd embraces our willing heart.
```God never blames me,
Never,For my uselessness,
But He does blame meFor my ceaseless unwillingness.
```How can I ever finish
The Godward raceIf my mind
Is wanting in sincerityAnd if my heart
Is wanting in purity? ```My mind longs
For God’s constant Favour.My heart pines
Only for a glanceFrom God’s Compassion-Eye.
```If you are a true seeker,
Then every day God will bless youNot only with a renewed promise,
But also with an extra supplyOf capacity.
```The aspiring heart knows
That there can never beAny greater miracle
Than God’s unconditionalCompassion-Sea.
```Challenge you must
Your heart’s insecurity,If you want to overcome it
Once and for all. ```O truth-seeker,
O God-lover,A great celebration awaits you
When you reach the unparalleledHeaven-summit.
```A seeker has only two genuine friends:
His aspiration-cryAnd his dedication-smile.
```No more shall I use
My present address.I shall use from now on
A totally new address:God’s Oneness-Heart-Home.
```I am definitely proud of
And pleased beyond measure withMy God-dreaming heart.
```God Himself
Most eagerly and most proudlyProtects
My heart’s climbing aspiration-flames. ```Finally my mind’s desperation
Has eagerly turned toMy heart’s aspiration.
```He who prays
A parrot-prayerMeets with eventual frustration.
```If you have a peace-hunger-heart,
Then God’s Compassion-EyeWill never fail you — never!
```God is extremely pleased with me,
For today I have made my heartA sincere God-searchlight.
```The smiles of my soul
Are making my life divine.The tears of my heart
Are making my life perfect. ```When desire takes my life
To the land of nowhere,God blessingfully allows me
To make a U-turnAnd arrive at my heart’s
Aspiration-home. ```From time immemorial
Man has been building templesTo worship God.
But God made only one temple,And that temple
Will forever and forever stand.What is that temple?
Man’s aspiration-heart. ```If our earth is still beautiful and pure,
It is all due to the tearsOf God’s loving saints
And God’s fulfilling servers. ```Everything else may betray you,
Everything else may fool youAnd fail you,
But never, neverYour purity-flooded aspiration-heart.
```God’s most favourite souls
Are thoseWho sleeplessly and breathlessly
Pray to HimTo take rest.
```God’s Compassion
And God’s ForgivenessWe shall never be able to escape,
No matter how many waysWe try.
```Because I consciously wallow
In the pleasures of ignorance,True happiness,
Illumining happiness,Fulfilling happiness
Has left me far behind. ```Before my final curtain goes down,
I must once, in all sincerity,Pray to God:
“Let Thy Will be done.” ```Whenever I even think
Of making unconditional surrender,God immediately applauds my resolution
To the skies. ```Our minds throng
To humanity’s appreciation.Our souls throng
To God’s Compassion. ```O seeker,
Never, never, never slackenIn your God-realisation
And God-manifestation-determination. ```The depression of the vital
Is an early death.The aspiration of the heart
Is the longest life. ```Finally I have come to realise
That I do not need a mindTo understand God.
What I need is a heartThat is always ready
To love and serve GodAnd to feel His Compassion-Delight
In His own Way. ```O my Lord Supreme,
Do bless meWith a tear-filled voice
That will never stop singingYour Victory-Songs.
```My life’s teeming imperfections
Are fading awayPrecisely because I am ceaselessly praying
To my Lord Supreme to bless meSo that I can be a perfect instrument
Of His choice Will. ```Alas,
How little I know of God.Alas, alas, alas,
How rarely I want to knowAbout God.
```All the world-conquerors
Have vanished in the dust of time,But the world-lovers
Will forever and foreverBe cherished and treasured
By Mother Earth. ```He who walks on the path
Of self-importanceIs diving into his own
Abysmal abyss. ```My Lord Beloved Supreme,
I want to bow not to YouBut to the Illumination-Dust
Of Your Feet. ```What is a true prayer?
A true prayerIs a heart-giving song
To the Lord Supreme. ```No sincere prayer
Will ever breathe in vain —Never, never!
```There was a time
When I became a victimTo desire-night.
But now I am a faithful comradeOf my aspiration-heart
And my dedication-life. ```Your life has become God-fulness
Precisely because your heartIs replete with God-thankfulness.
```Because of my constant self-offering
To the Will of my Lord Supreme,I have now won
The fellowship of the immortals. ```Each and every aspiration-flame
Of my heartIs an unparalleled
God-achievement-smile. ```When I feel
That I am not of GodAnd I am not for God,
I become not just a failure,But total failure incarnate.
```A cry of Mother Earth
And a smile of Father HeavenWill forever remain
My best friends. ```My soul tells me
That there is only one wayTo soar through Eternity’s infinite Silence,
And that is throughConscious and constant self-offering.
```I have freed myself
From fate’s firm gripJust by becoming
A God-devotion-magnet. ```If your heart is deeply rooted
In humility,Your life will be blessed
With Divinity’s Prosperity. ```If you are a God-dreamer,
Then you are at God’s Door.If you are a God-lover,
Then you are inside God’s Room.If you are a God-server,
Lo and behold,The world sees you conversing
With your Lord Beloved Supreme. ```My Lord Beloved Supreme tells me
That I am a beautiful flowerOf His Dream
And I am a most delicious fruitOf His Reality.
```Only when my life is dressed
In silence-peaceDoes God allow me to sing for Him
And to dance at His Feet. ```When I pray to God
And meditate on GodHappily and self-givingly,
Time proudly lengthens itselfFor me.
```If it is a true aspiration-heart,
Then it is bound to embodyA series of surprises,
Both earth-illuminingAnd earth-fulfilling.
```My Lord Supreme
Finds my gratitude-heartSingularly attractive.
```Abandon the ancient roads
That wanted to lead you to GodThrough self-torture.
Accept the new road of life-acceptanceAnd God-service in man
To please GodAnd to please the Real in you.
```The breath of my gratitude-heart
Is the abodeOf my Lord’s Promise supreme
For world-transformation. ```Millions of God-hungry hearts:
Where are they?They are in God’s own
Satisfaction-Heart-Pride. ```O my desire-mind
How do you dare to expectMy aspiration-heart
To play with youOn your muddy shore?
```God’s Compassion-Station
Always invites aspirationTo broadcast its inspiring messages.
```Human life will forever remain
Lost in unsolved mysteriesIf human life does not aspire
To please and fulfil GodIn God’s own Way.
```Before we entered into the spiritual life,
We had not the slightest ideaWhat role insecurity plays.
Now that we are in the spiritual life,We see that insecurity
Is nothing short of a dictatorWho leads us to our destination:
Doom. ```There was a time
When I was an unfortunateGod-fearing thought,
But now I am a fortunateGod-loving, God-serving
And God-fulfilling will. ```My mind always cries to know.
My heart always cries to feel.My soul always cries to become
One with God, one in GodAnd one for God.
```You have simply no idea
How much God lovesThe beauty and fragrance
Of your heart-smiles. ```I have many friends
Here on earth and there in Heaven,But my beloved soul-bird-friend
Shall forever and forever remainUnparalleled.
```Do you know when my heart
Started praying to God?My heart started praying to God
Only when my all-loving soulPinched my heart to wake up
And see the beautyOf a new horizon.
```My soul is always thrilled
To see God,No matter how many times a day
God allows my soulTo be in His Presence.
```O truth-seeker,
It is high time for you to seeThat the race of the mind
Is undoubtedly a backward race. ```Although my mind daily,
Without fail,Discourages my heart,
My heart sleeplesslyContinues to look for God.
```“Love everyone”:
What does it mean?It means
Love and love God,Only God,
In everyone. ```My Lord Supreme,
I am praying to YouNot for a towering mind
But for a flowering heart. ```The day I do not see
My soul’s rainbow-ecstasy,I feel that day
Is completely lost. ```My mind sings many songs
To demand God’s Appreciation.My heart sings only one song —
Surrender —But that song is treasured
By God Himself. ```Whenever I do something
Great and good,God gives me immediately
A victory-trophy.Can I not offer God
At least one trophyTo make Him happy?
And what is that trophy?My cheerful gratitude-heart.
```Each aspirant will one day have to sit
For a God-satisfaction-examination.Each examination is totally different,
But in the end,The result-destination
Is always the same. ```It is never what the mind knows
That counts.It is ever what the heart gives
That counts. ```There was a time
When nothing was able to changeMy life-course.
Now, just a peace-dropHas changed my entire life-course.
```God-realisation
For each and every human beingIs as certain
As the breaking of tomorrow’s dawn. ```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 234, Agni Press, 1996
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