Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 235

23401

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Caring to know God’s Will

Is not enough.

We must be sincere and brave enough

To try to execute God’s Will. ```

23402

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God is always in a hurry.

Why?

Because He has to be

Of immediate support

To His self-giving seekers.

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23403

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God does not need

Anybody’s advice.

Yet He asks His dearest child,

Peace,

To advise Him.

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23404

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On the mental plane,

Silence gives much information.

On the psychic plane,

Silence gives much illumination. ```

23405

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The golden age of the remote past

Can at most inspire us,

But cannot illumine us.

Therefore,

Here and now we must aspire

To realise and grow into

The Highest.

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23406

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My obedience-life

Is not only

My perfection-life,

But also

God’s Satisfaction-Heart.

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23407

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My surrender-breath

And God’s Will supreme

Together breathe

At every moment. ```

23408

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God wants each human being

To be His choicest hero-warrior supreme,

To fight against ignorance-night

And transform it into

His Eternity’s, Infinity’s and Immortality’s

Light and Delight. ```

23409

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God tells the inner champion,

“In you I have found someone

Who will not be engulfed by darkness,

But will be the dependable torch-bearer

Of My Light and Delight.”

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23410

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God has many rooms,

But He prefers to speak to me

In His Silence-Room.

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23411

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It is always advisable

To preach and practise

At the same time.

If not, quite often

We spend so much time in preaching

That we have no time to practise. ```

23412

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Unlike human love,

Divine love

Never, never retreats.

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23413

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If a seeker does not have

A thunderbolt-determination,

Then his progress will be slower

Than the speed of a turtle. ```

23414

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What is saving my life

At every moment?

It is God’s unconditional

Compassion-Eye. ```

23415

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O seeker, have patience!

Your prayerless days and soulless nights

Will eventually disappear.

There shall come a time

When you will have

Prayerful days and soulful nights

To please God in His own Way.

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23416

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My Forgiveness-Lord,

My self-indulgence

And Your compassionate Indulgence

Always meet together. ```

23417

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God does not believe in

Our philosophical and theoretical

Accomplishments.

He wants from us quite tangible

Divine manifestation-accomplishments.

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23418

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My heart’s hope

And my mind’s promise

Must always remain inseparable

For God-manifestation here on earth. ```

23419

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My mind’s willingness

And my heart’s eagerness

Always run faster

Than the rest of the Heavenward runners. ```

23420

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At every moment

You have to choose

Between light and darkness

If you really take your spiritual life

Seriously.

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23421

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O my sleepless heart,

Cry!

Cry breathlessly,

So that I can soar upward

Into my Lord’s unhorizoned

Bliss-Fountain-Sky. ```

23422

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Although God’s Compassion

Is unconditional,

God’s Grace descends

Upon our aspiration-heart

And dedication-life

According to our receptivity. ```

23423

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If it is a desire-life,

Then it must be lived

Behind a veil of tears.

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23424

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Today God has told me:

“From now on you have to prove

That you love Me, need Me and want Me

Infinitely, infinitely more

Than your ignorance-life.”

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23425

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Every day

You can either renew

Or reject

Your spirituality-choice. ```

23426

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Today’s cheerful heart,

Not yesterday’s fearful mind,

Can help me run

Towards the Golden Shore. ```

23427

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If we can develop the capacity

To laugh triumphantly,

Without the least hesitation,

At our sad failures,

Then we shall be given

Countless opportunities

By the Lord Supreme

To win the aspiration-race. ```

23428

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My heart’s constant prayer

To my Lord Supreme is this:

O my Lord,

Do not allow my mind to enjoy

Its constant ruthless ambition.

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23429

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Continue, continue on the sunlit path!

One day your life will be flooded

With your own inner divinity-joy.

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23430

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Alas, today ignorance-temptation

Has come to me

In giant-titan form

To prove it can smash

My spirituality-pride.

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23431

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To be the possessor

Of an unconditional surrender-life

Is not a short-lived triumph

On our life’s journey,

But an abiding triumph

In our life divine. ```

23432

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O my mind,

Although you are one,

In you I find endless dictators

To torture my entire being. ```

23433

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You are mistaken, completely mistaken,

If you think you can simply wait around

For your teeming temptations to die.

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23434

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Each moment presents itself

As a supreme choice.

Pray and meditate,

Meditate and pray

To make the right choice!

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23435

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If the right choice is difficult

To carry out,

There will always be help available

From the Inner Pilot Supreme.

God will always be all for you.

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23436

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Although each right choice

May be just a tiny drop,

Inside that tiny drop

You will find the ocean

Of God’s Love, Joy and Pride.

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23437

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If you choose God’s Way,

God will do everything for you

To make you happy in His own Way.

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23438

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Who is sitting

Right next to my Beloved Supreme?

My heart of ever-climbing tears.

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23439

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Who leads and wins

The aspiration-race?

The seeker of constantly

Unconditional surrender. ```

23440

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What I call

My obedience-life,

My Lord Supreme

Calls that very thing

His Perfection-Fragrance.

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23441

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Either in the near future

Or in the distant future,

A genuine heart-climber

Is bound to reach

God’s Summit-Satisfaction-Heights.

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23442

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My mind lives in the hope

Of meeting God

The Omnipotent Power.

My heart lives in the hope

Of meeting God

The Transcendental Height

And Universal Love.

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23443

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Who cries more:

God or I?

If I exercise my sincerity,

Then I am definitely bound to see

That God cries for me

Infinitely more

Than I cry for God.

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23444

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Do not try to understand

Divine obedience.

Divine obedience is not a thing

That one can understand.

It is something

That we can only grow into. ```

23445

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You want to know

How to express your gratitude?

It is quite easy.

Just smile your soulful smile.

Your soulful smile

Embodies gratitude

In its purest fragrance.

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23446

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The mind regularly disappoints

The Master’s trust.

The heart at times disappoints

The Master’s trust.

But the soul never, never disappoints

The Master’s trust. ```

23447

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O my Lord Supreme,

Do grant me the capacity

To remove, once and for all,

The dark curtain

Of my ignorance-night.

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23448

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Why do you think of those

Who are standing in your way?

Think only of the One

Who is your Friend,

Your Father,

Your Mother,

Your Everything

For all Eternity,

And that is the Supreme.

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23449

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Everyone else may change direction

And decide to take another course,

But you continue walking

Along Eternity’s Road

Until you stand at the Feet

Of the Absolute Lord Supreme. ```

23450

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The mind is fluctuation.

The heart is aspiration.

The soul is realisation.

The life is manifestation. ```

23451

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Everything real

In the inner life

Has to be a matter of

Step-by-step progress. ```

23452

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The divine Grace

Is ready not only

To welcome us

But also to help us

At every moment.

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23453

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Man must not resort

To wild animal violence.

Indeed, this is one

Of God’s inviolable Laws. ```

23454

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The mind advertises

Its knowledge-lake.

The heart treasures

Its wisdom-sea. ```

23455

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The heart

Helplessly sheds tears

When the mind and the vital

Enjoy ruthless disputes. ```

23456

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Countless people on earth

Remain fast asleep in ignorance-night.

But you are really fortunate,

For you see something divine in others

And something divine in yourself.

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23457

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Today I see that by God’s Grace

And my own sincerity,

I have already succeeded

In the inner world.

Now I only have to manifest it.

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23458

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I know

My sincere surrender-life

Will be of tremendous

And abiding significance

In God’s Satisfaction-Heart.

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23459

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No matter how many lifetimes elapse,

I shall try again and again

To become

A supremely choice instrument

Of God.

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23460

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Only the heart’s gratitude-tears

Can wash away most effectively

The mind’s doubt-dirt

And suspicion-filth. ```

23461

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My inmost prayer is this:

May my life

Reach the pinnacle-heights

Of God-fulfilment-promise. ```

23462

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What can poor Time do

If we aspiring humans

Do not use it

Properly and wisely? ```

23463

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The mind feels

That the best thing for the mind

Is to fly away.

The heart knows

That the best thing for the heart

Is to dive within. ```

23464

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Alas, I know,

But when shall I come to accept

That the knowledge of my mind

Is as insignificant as dust? ```

23465

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The last two words

Of my aspiration-letter to God

Were surrender and gratitude.

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23466

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God wants me to strike

His largest Victory-Gong

Inside my aspiration-heart-temple.

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23467

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The doubting mind

Focuses on ignorance-night.

The aspiring heart

Focuses on wisdom-delight. ```

23468

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O my mind,

If you are excessively prone

To self-pity-indulgence,

Then you will never be able

To see my Lord Supreme smiling

His world-illumination-Smile. ```

23469

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The human in us

Is always self-contradiction.

The divine in us

Is always self-perfection

And God-Satisfaction.

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23470

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God is omnipresent.

He is always inside you,

But He is watching to see

Whether you want Him

Or ignorance.

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23471

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You may feel that you are

In a thick forest of thorns,

But if you faithfully and carefully

Walk along the narrow passage of light,

You will definitely find your way

Out of the forest. ```

23472

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Hard is it for the mind

To liberate itself

From self-limitation.

Hard is it for the vital

To liberate itself

From world-temptation. ```

23473

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In order to make spiritual progress,

We must leave behind us

Many things,

Beginning with our self-doubt-mind. ```

23474

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My life is not

My mind’s desire-forest.

My life is

My heart’s aspiration-garden. ```

23475

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Sincere God-lovers

Remind us of one fact:

That it may be difficult,

But it is not impossible

To turn the mind

Constantly towards God. ```

23476

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My body’s enthusiasm

Is nothing short of

My soul’s full satisfaction

With my spiritual life. ```

23477

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A true Master

Will give his divine wealth

To his disciples

According to

Their aspiration-need,

Not according to

Their desire-greed.

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23478

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My Lord Supreme,

Do give me the capacity

Not to restrain

My gratitude-tears

At any moment.

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23479

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I love God,

But I want to love God

Infinitely more

With my gratitude-heart-tears. ```

23480

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Heaven can be reached

Only by one vehicle,

And that vehicle is

My God-surrender-life. ```

23481

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No doubting mind,

No suspicious mind

Will be able to occupy

The throne of peace

Permanently.

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23482

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May all the good qualities

Of my life

Together sit at the Feet

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

23483

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God wants to have

My aspiration-heart

And not my exaggeration-mind

Or my extravagance-vital. ```

23484

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There is not a single place on earth

Where God and God’s Forgiveness

Do not love to travel.

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23485

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I do not want my mind

To engage in

God-explanation.

I want my heart

To embody

God-supplication. ```

23486

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If the human mind

Does not start aspiring,

It will eventually collapse

Under the heavy weight

Of ignorance-night.

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23487

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I rely infinitely more

On my Lord’s Compassion

Than on my own aspiration

To realise the Absolute. ```

23488

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O my God-pleasing days,

Where are you?

Why have you been hiding

For such a long time? ```

23489

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In the inner race,

Our wisdom competes

With our ignorance.

If our wisdom wins,

God will act in and through us

With utmost pride. ```

23490

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My Lord,

You tell me that You love me.

If it is so,

Then You must place Your Blessing-Feet

Upon my crying heart.

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23491

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My heart and I

Are all eagerness

To embark on a pilgrimage

To my nature’s perfection-country. ```

23492

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As water is for my thirst,

Even so,

My unconditional surrender

Is for God’s Hunger. ```

23493

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My heart’s hope-buds

Every day need

My life’s faith-sun

To blossom. ```

23494

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The happiest years

Of God’s Life

And my life

Were the years when I did everything

For God-manifestation

With no expectation whatsoever. ```

23495

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My soul’s rainbow-birds

Carry my heart’s hope-dreams

To my Lord Supreme.

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23496

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Alas,

We live in the world

Of success-hunger

And not in the world

Of progress-meal.

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23497

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My God-surrender-smile

Is the mediator

Between my heart’s aspiration

And God’s Compassion. ```

23498

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God Himself asks

The world-peace-dreamers

To take the fastest highway

To reach the God-Satisfaction-Palace. ```

23499

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The barrier that exists

Between my heart’s cry

And my soul’s smile

Is no barrier at all. ```

23500

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If you can prove to the world

That you can serve God wholeheartedly,

His Appreciation and Admiration for you

Will prove to be

Your life’s complete transformation.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 235, Agni Press, 1996
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