Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 237

23601

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When the mind’s simplicity

And the heart’s purity

Grow together,

They create unimaginable beauty. ```

23602

```

My Lord Supreme,

Do give me a heart of hope

And a life of promise

That will never die. ```

23603

```

My Lord is delighted beyond measure

When He sees that my gratitude-heart

Is never out of breath.

```

23604

```

God wants to heartily congratulate

My willingness-mind

On its eagerness-performance.

```

23605

```

If you give from the heart,

You win.

But if you take with the mind,

You lose. ```

23606

```

Success

Always intoxicates

My mind.

Progress

Always satisfies

My heart.

```

23607

```

There remain only two choices

In my life:

Either I look forward

Towards my destination,

Or I look backward

Towards the animal kingdom. ```

23608

```

There is no greater sorrow

For God

Than my constant unwillingness

To obey Him. ```

23609

```

I must reach

My God-Destination-Shore

Regardless of

My mind’s inclement weather,

Relying upon

My heart’s eternal Spring. ```

23610

```

God wants human beings

To be interdependent at least,

Since we do not depend on Him

Completely at every moment. ```

23611

```

Compassion

Is God’s beginningless past

And God’s endless future.

```

23612

```

My doubting mind’s sincerity

Amuses God.

My loving heart’s purity

Inspires God. ```

23613

```

The only reason

Why God is fond of you

Is because you are sleeplessly devoted

To Him. ```

23614

```

For want of inspiration-freedom,

His aspiration-life

Is descending and descending daily.

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23615

```

Because He does not

See us smiling,

God every day sheds

Sorrowful tears. ```

23616

```

My Lord Supreme is planning

To write a new book —

Alas, a very short book —

On my obedience-mind. ```

23617

```

God long ago read my mind’s

Disobedience-letters.

But He forgave both my mind

And its letters. ```

23618

```

Sincere willingness

Will sleeplessly and breathlessly

Advance

In God’s direction. ```

23619

```

God takes

A God-gratitude-heart

And a self-giving life

As His most valuable Treasures. ```

23620

```

I rejoice

In God’s Compassion-Sea.

God rejoices

In my gratitude-drop. ```

23621

```

If we take pride

In the noise of our popular acclaim,

Then down we fall

Into the abyss of self-disgrace. ```

23622

```

Simplicity’s sweetness

And simplicity’s fruitfulness,

Alas,

Always remain underestimated. ```

23623

```

If you want to make

Faster than the fastest progress

In the spiritual life,

Then your outer loss and outer gain

Must be less than minor considerations.

```

23624

```

O my soul-bird,

For me do not lower

Your vision’s perfection-wings.

```

23625

```

Who is weakening me?

No, not any outer enemy,

But my own disobedience-mind.

```

23626

```

I beg my mind:

“Sleep and sleep and sleep.”

I command my heart:

“Wake up, wake up, wake up!” ```

23627

```

My aspiration-heart

And God’s Compassion-Eye

Have promised to meet

At least once a day. ```

23628

```

Aspiration

Heightens my God-journey.

Devotion

Quickens my God-journey.

Dedication

Enlightens my God-journey. ```

23629

```

My Lord, I know Your other Name

Is Compassion.

Do You have another name for me?

“Yes, My child,

I have one more name for you:

Hope.” ```

23630

```

If you have inner competence

And outer courage,

Then your mind will be

A soulfulness-beauty,

And your life will be

A fulness-fragrance. ```

23631

```

O my God-surrender-life,

I owe you everything good

That I am.

```

23632

```

Alas, I never thought

That my mind’s confidence-tower

Would tremble so helplessly.

```

23633

```

The true path

Leads upward and inward.

It leads me upward

To see God;

It leads me inward

To become another God. ```

23634

```

When I do not please

My Lord Supreme,

I feel that I am a soul-bird

With broken wings. ```

23635

```

If you are inwardly resolute,

Your God-realisation-destination

Cannot remain a far cry.

```

23636

```

A determination-mind

And a sincerity-heart

Are of paramount importance

To succeed in any sphere of life. ```

23637

```

What is aspiration?

It is something that fills my life

With beautiful hopes and sweet dreams.

```

23638

```

It is high time for me to believe

That I can offer my life totally

To serve God to His Satisfaction.

```

23639

```

If you give and give and give

Unconditionally,

Then only will God

Place the stamp of perfection

On your outer life.

```

23640

```

May my heart-room

Never allow

Any Godless thought

To enter. ```

23641

```

When I meditate

And dive deep within,

I hear the voiceless Voice

Louder than a thunder-roar. ```

23642

```

O my mind,

Are you not ashamed

Of what you are doing?

You have put God on hold

For such a long time!

```

23643

```

My Lord, what I am

Is Your Compassion,

And what I have

Is Your Forgiveness. ```

23644

```

The foolish mind

Looks at what is lost.

The wise heart

Looks at what is left. ```

23645

```

For every obstacle-mountain

There is

A God-Compassion-Fountain.

```

23646

```

Do not depend on tomorrow.

Do not depend even on today.

Just depend on now,

This very moment. ```

23647

```

Each seeker

Must develop a mind

That will be averse

To ignorance-food. ```

23648

```

I live in between

My heart’s God-realisation-hope

And

My mind’s God-manifestation-promise. ```

23649

```

What is faith?

Faith is a meteoric aspiration-rise.

And what is doubt?

Doubt is a meteoric aspiration-fall. ```

23650

```

We sadden God

When we rest

On our yesterday’s laurels.

```

23651

```

How do you dare to think

That God is pleased with you,

When you allow yourself

To be buffeted

By desire-storms?

```

23652

```

My Lord Supreme,

May my life be non-stop

Service-delight.

```

23653

```

If you do not pray

Every morning and evening,

Then you must realise

That you are descending

Into spiritual poverty.

```

23654

```

Earth sleeplessly depends on

Heaven’s Compassion.

Heaven ceaselessly depends on

Earth’s dedication. ```

23655

```

My Lord,

I have done so many things

To displease You.

Do You still love me?

God’s one-word reply:

“Yes.” ```

23656

```

The mind’s superiority-brilliance

Does not last.

The heart’s unity-radiance

Forever lasts. ```

23657

```

Anything that is human

Is an invalid passport

To Heaven.

```

23658

```

Because our spiritual eyes

Are still shortsighted,

We do not see God

When He compassionately looks at us

From a distance.

```

23659

```

If the mind is filled with sincerity

And the heart is filled with purity,

Then there cannot be a collision

Between the mind and the heart. ```

23660

```

My heart’s aspiration

And my life’s dedication

Are perfect for each other.

```

23661

```

If you can graduate

From your God-obedience-school,

Then there will be nothing unattainable

For you. ```

23662

```

An unconditional service-life

Is at once gratifying

And edifying.

```

23663

```

O my mind,

Can you not see that my heart

Is always ready to purify you

With its sunshine-thoughts? ```

23664

```

To my extreme delight

My heart’s Heaven-climbing tears

Have reached God’s Satisfaction-Heart.

```

23665

```

Both our God-aspiration-record

And our God-dedication-record

Should remain unblemished forever.

```

23666

```

Alas, we mortals

Walk along so many roads;

But somehow we fail to walk along

The gratitude-path. ```

23667

```

An unconditional surrender

Is indeed

The achievement-pinnacle.

```

23668

```

Spirituality is not a part-time

But a full-time relationship

With divinity.

```

23669

```

I know

I have made considerable progress

In my spiritual life,

All due to my heart’s

Indispensable assistance.

```

23670

```

Behold,

Because of God’s

Unconditional Compassion-Descent,

My life’s imperfection-day

Has drawn to an end.

```

23671

```

Although humanity has kept

Very few of its promises so far,

God still has perfect faith

In humanity. ```

23672

```

Make your mind

At every moment

Sweeter,

And make your heart

At every moment

Purer. ```

23673

```

Although I am totally lost within them,

My Lord Supreme tells me

That He has practically no interest

In my mind’s archives. ```

23674

```

When I live in my uninspired mind,

I do not even want to know

Who God is and where God is.

```

23675

```

God’s Feet may not be available

At every moment,

But God’s Heart

Is always available. ```

23676

```

To serve God unconditionally

Is indeed

An exceptional privilege.

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23677

```

If it is true

That my mind is in love

With God the creation,

Then it is equally true

That my heart is in love

With God the Creator. ```

23678

```

If your life is armed with spirituality,

Then in everything you do,

You will keep God first and foremost.

```

23679

```

My mind is my battlefield.

My heart is my life-garden

Plus my soul-fragrance.

```

23680

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Open your eyes soulfully,

And trust what you see

Unmistakably.

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23681

```

When I dream God-dreams,

I lovingly feed

My heart-garden.

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23682

```

May my morning

Be decorated

By the beauty

Of golden silence. ```

23683

```

My Lord does not want me

To compromise

In anything whatsoever.

```

23684

```

I know, I know,

Gratitude has a safe shelter

In everybody’s heart-home.

```

23685

```

God does not want you

To explain everything to Him.

He just wants you

To entertain Him. ```

23686

```

My Lord has come to me

With wonderful news!

From now on,

I shall be able to please Him

In His own Way.

```

23687

```

I challenged God’s Pride

When I said that my useless mind

Is beyond transformation.

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23688

```

My Lord,

Do tell me if there is anything

That far surpasses everything else

In beauty.

“My child, it is

Your own aspiration-heart.” ```

23689

```

God’s Blessings

Are always available,

But where is the beauty

Of my receptivity

And the fragrance

Of my gratitude? ```

23690

```

I am always to be found

Either in my mind’s prayerful cries

Or in my heart’s soulful smiles.

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23691

```

The very nature of the mind

Is to watch carefully.

The very nature of the heart

Is to give freely. ```

23692

```

A God-centred life

Will, without fail,

Either today or tomorrow,

Arrive at the ultimate Destination. ```

23693

```

The human mind

Will always want more.

The divine heart

Will always give more. ```

23694

```

O my heart,

At every moment

Try to climb and climb

My life’s aspiration-tree. ```

23695

```

My mind wants me to love

God the Mother and God the Father

Equally.

Indeed, this is a very difficult task

For the human mind.

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23696

```

Each time

My heart does something great,

My soul celebrates

My heart’s achievement. ```

23697

```

There are many entrance-ways

To God’s Palace.

I have chosen my life’s

Unconditional surrender-way. ```

23698

```

The expectation-messenger

Foolishly knocks

At the frustration-door.

```

23699

```

May my heart-dream-sky

Always remain free of clouds

So that I can fulfil the Will

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

23700

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O my heart,

Every day I want to bathe

In the infinite joy of forgiveness.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 237, Agni Press, 1997
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