Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 239

23801

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When I think of my Lord’s

Infinite Compassion,

I am compelled to dissolve

In my heart’s gratitude-tears. ```

23802

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We do not have to go

To a particular exhibit

To see the supreme art.

Our aspiration-life itself

Is the supreme art.

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23803

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God is particularly pleased with

Our self-giving perseverance

For perfection.

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23804

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We will never find good answers

To solve the problems of our life

If we do not choose God first.

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23805

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The divine Grace functions

Most rapidly

Not through the great souls,

But through the self-giving souls. ```

23806

```

If you want to brighten

Your future life,

Then knock at your heart’s

Perfection-door. ```

23807

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God says to the scientist:

“Multiply and multiply.

Copies are not so bad, after all.”

God speaks to Mother Earth:

“Do not repeat, do not copy.

Be singularly original.”

```

23808

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If you are sleeplessly absorbed

In self-giving,

Then you will be found

In the galaxy of the cosmic gods. ```

23809

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To our greatest joy

Our aspiring heart listens to

Both God-Whispers and God-Thunder.

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23810

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He is wise,

He is pure,

He is perfect

Who closely follows God

Along His Peace-Road.

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23811

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O my Lord Supreme,

Do ring my heart-bell

To awaken my unaspiring,

Sleeping mind. ```

23812

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If you want to make progress

Faster than the fastest,

Then with your adamantine

Determination-will

Bury all your past futile experiences.

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23813

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Meditation liberates our mind

From the prison-cell

Of anxieties, worries, confusion

And untold fearful and hurtful experiences. ```

23814

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The tears of the heart flow

Only when there is an increase

Of aspiration-intensity.

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23815

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Our heart’s gratitude-ecstasy

Shortens the road

To our God-realisation.

```

23816

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Two of my long-lost companions

Have now come back:

My inner poise

And my outer courage. ```

23817

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When you use your doubting mind

In your spiritual life,

You just place a dead and withered flower

On your heart-shrine. ```

23818

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God has definitely come down

From His blue Infinity.

But where is my heart’s

Receptivity’s intensity? ```

23819

```

To brush aside wrong thoughts,

What we need

Is a mind flooded

With divine obedience. ```

23820

```

When our life becomes

A fully blossomed gratitude-heart,

God synchronizes His Infinity’s Breath

With our finite breath. ```

23821

```

What we need is a heart

That will always remain untouched

By fear and doubt-shadows

To arrive at our destination:

The Golden Shore of our Lord’s

Satisfaction-Smile. ```

23822

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Meditate, meditate, meditate

Soulfully, sleeplessly and self-givingly,

For meditation is nothing other than

Our supreme ignorance-shattering vision. ```

23823

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A man-made foundation

May eventually collapse.

But a God-blessed foundation

Will daily prosper

And fulfil humanity’s dire need.

```

23824

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If you need the Breath

Of God’s living Presence,

Then pray and meditate.

While praying,

Cry like a child.

While meditating,

Smile like a child.

```

23825

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Silence is always the best teacher.

It can take us safely

Deep into every heart.

```

23826

```

A single Whisper

From my Lord Supreme

Can easily keep my ego’s ceiling

Low, extremely low. ```

23827

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O my mind,

When will you be hungry

For an iota of illumination?

When will you be thirsty

For an iota of perfection?

```

23828

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Either we must imprison our desires

And keep them in prison forever,

Or we must transform

Our earth-binding desires

Into Heaven-free aspiration.

```

23829

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Every morning,

Smilingly and self-givingly,

My soul helps me dive

Into my heart’s vision-sea. ```

23830

```

What we need is a freedom-breath

For a newness-eye

And a fulness-life

To be God’s choicest instruments. ```

23831

```

Your prayers will, without fail,

Be sanctioned

If you can develop moonbeam-eyes

Of purity

In your self-offering-life.

```

23832

```

My heart-bird soars

Into Infinity’s sky

When my mind is inundated

With enthusiasm

And my vital is surcharged

With dynamism. ```

23833

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Yesterday

My mind deliberately enjoyed

Turbulent confusion.

Today

The same mind enjoys

Unreservedly opulent illumination. ```

23834

```

O my mind,

You desperately need something

Radically different

From what you have now.

You need to enter into the life

Of self-offering and God-becoming. ```

23835

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God’s Compassion-Will

Has prepared the way.

Now we need our own aspiration-intensity

To accompany us

If we want to reach the ultimate Destination

Sooner than the soonest. ```

23836

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The Smile of God’s Eye

And the Embrace of God’s Heart

Are meant only for those

Who sleeplessly and breathlessly cry

For God’s Satisfaction in God’s own Way.

```

23837

```

I want my body, my vital,

My mind and my heart

To enjoy every day

A gratitude-festival. ```

23838

```

You may know how to climb,

You may know how to cling,

But as long as you do not know

How to offer yourself unconditionally,

Your God remains a distant goal.

```

23839

```

The effacement of the mind

And the enlightenment of the heart

Can definitely carry us

To the Shores of the furthest Beyond. ```

23840

```

When we take pride

In our doubting mind,

In sinking tragedies

Our lives we find. ```

23841

```

My climbing aspiration

Is the fulfilment

Of my Lord’s all-illumining Dream.

```

23842

```

Without an Olympian courage

We cannot dive deep within

To swim in the sea of ecstasy.

```

23843

```

Only one thing

Can satisfy my soul,

And that thing is

My mind’s unconditional surrender

To my heart’s ever-blossoming beauty

And ever-enduring fragrance. ```

23844

```

Success is our mind’s

Non-stop journey.

Progress is our heart’s

Ever-illumining destination. ```

23845

```

Meditate, meditate, meditate

Only on gratitude.

There shall come a time

When you are bound to feel and become

God’s own Infinitude.

```

23846

```

When my heart hoists my life’s

Hope-banner,

My soul hoists my Lord’s

Promise-Fulfilment-Banner. ```

23847

```

Every day

I need a blossoming faith

So that I can expedite

My God-discovery-journey. ```

23848

```

I can escape from everything

Save and except one thing:

God’s Compassion-Eye.

```

23849

```

A true seeker

Can never bid farewell

To God’s Hope and Promise.

```

23850

```

If we cannot silence

Our own mind,

Then peace will never be

Within our reach. ```

23851

```

God’s proudest Smile

Is not for a self-sufficient man,

But for a God-supplicant heart.

```

23852

```

Those who play

The inferiority-superiority-game

Are not yet ready to enter into

The spirituality-boat. ```

23853

```

Concern is good.

Non-attachment is better.

But what we actually need

Is the fulfilment of God’s Will

In God’s own Way.

```

23854

```

My Lord Supreme,

May my heart and I

At every moment

Be eager to be absorbed

In gratitude-tears.

```

23855

```

An aspiring life

Knows no end

Of the spirituality-journey.

```

23856

```

Doubt is the first barrier

In our spiritual life.

Unwillingness is the last barrier

In our spiritual life. ```

23857

```

Alas,

When I look within

I see a doubt-monster.

When I look without

I see a fear-ghost.

```

23858

```

If we walk through

God’s Dream-Garden,

Then we shall find all the answers

To our spiritual questions. ```

23859

```

We feel we are tired

At every moment.

But alas,

We are never tired enough

To close our mind-door.

```

23860

```

Unconditional surrender

Will always remain

The champion of champions

In the transformation-contest. ```

23861

```

His mind’s whirlpool of desire

Compelled his aspiration-boat

To sink.

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23862

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Unless and until

We have a genuine cry in our heart

For the illumination of our mind,

We will never be able to transport ourselves

From this world of chaos.

```

23863

```

A cheerful surrender

Is the only way

To see our imperfection

On its death-bed. ```

23864

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Man’s gratitude-heart

And God’s Compassion-Eye

Prepare the way for man to realise

The Transcendental Truth. ```

23865

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O my mind,

Apart from your curiosity,

Something radically different you need

To have even an iota of peace. ```

23866

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Once we surrender permanently

To God’s Will,

It is only a matter of time

Before we can enter into and conquer

The domain of falsehood.

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23867

```

Every day

My heart-bird soars into blue Infinity

To sing the song

Of God’s supreme Glory. ```

23868

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If our love

Is only for God,

If our devotion

Is only for God,

If our surrender

Is only for God,

Then each breath of ours

Is a miracle-fulfilled life. ```

23869

```

Our heart’s gratitude

Produces a sleepless energy

Which helps us bring about success

In each and every aspect of our life. ```

23870

```

When the pulling of the mind

And the pushing of the vital cease,

We become

The crying of the heart. ```

23871

```

The mind’s insecurity

And the vital’s jealousy

Are two impossible fools

Living within us. ```

23872

```

If the reasoning mind

Is extremely active,

Then divinity’s wisdom

Will remain far away. ```

23873

```

The happiest time in God’s Life

Is when I tell God

That my heart is unconditionally

Inside His Heart

And my life is unconditionally

At His Feet. ```

23874

```

There is only one most efficient

Trouble-shooter

For all the problems of human life,

And that trouble-shooter is

God’s birthless and deathless

Compassion-Eye. ```

23875

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Before I accepted the spiritual life,

Below the lowest I was.

Now that I am following the spiritual path,

The Highest Above is beckoning me. ```

23876

```

Disobedience secretly steals

And runs away with

Our heart’s oneness-richness-God-smiles.

```

23877

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God-realisation is something

That has to be eventually attempted

And unmistakably accomplished.

```

23878

```

When I am ready to please God

In God’s own Way,

I become the sunlit eye

Of my soul. ```

23879

```

To conquer the waves of fear,

I must immediately leave

The playground of the mind.

```

23880

```

A soulful and self-giving smile

Is the immensity

Of God’s Power-Light.

```

23881

```

Hopelessness

Comes into existence

In a God-seeker’s God-fulfilment-quest

Only when the seeker cannot maintain

His love of God

Unconditionally. ```

23882

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As it is a most difficult task

For a human being to act

Like a divine being,

Even so, for a divine being

It is not an easy thing

To act and behave

Like an ordinary human being.

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23883

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If it is God’s Will

To manifest His Victory

In and through a seeker’s life,

Then nothing can prevent

God’s ultimate Victory there.

```

23884

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The morning light in a seeker’s eye

Is beautiful.

But the blazing sun inside a seeker’s heart

Is not only infinitely more beautiful

But also infinitely more powerful.

```

23885

```

Alas,

There are so many human beings

Who are ready to suffer proudly

But unnecessarily

In the name of pleasing their souls.

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23886

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We can sweeten

The bitter taste of reality

Only when we dare to perfect

Our love, devotion and surrender

To God’s Will.

```

23887

```

Let each and every human being

Take a forgiveness-step forward.

Then today’s world will be able to give

The brightest and mightiest smile. ```

23888

```

When a dream is formed

Inside the mind,

It may never be manifested.

But when a dream is blossomed

Inside the heart,

It is bound to be manifested

Either today, or in the near future.

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23889

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An incessant pursuit

Of nature’s perfection

Is of paramount importance

For those who aspire to become

A choice instrument

Of our Lord Beloved Supreme. ```

23890

```

When we dive deep within,

There comes a time

When we unmistakably realise

That the ultimate choice

Is not ours.

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23891

```

Happiness, happiness, happiness —

Only happiness within

And happiness without

Can free the bondage-chained life

Of humanity.

```

23892

```

If you have a self-giving heart

To the Will of your Lord Beloved Supreme,

Then there can be no darkness-doubt

Inside your aspiration-life. ```

23893

```

Our souls have only one dream,

And that dream is to reach the end

Of all earth-sufferings.

```

23894

```

O human mind,

Why do you constantly interfere

In the activities of our divine heart?

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23895

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A doubting mind can feed only

An unaspiring heart.

A light-searching mind can assist

A self-giving heart. ```

23896

```

If we aspire early in the morning,

We become the breath

Of ecstasy’s dawn.

```

23897

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My Lord Supreme,

I do not want to be independent.

I want to be always dependent,

Dependent on Your Will

And on Your Heart’s Choice for me.

```

23898

```

Only a weak soul

Allows his heart’s aspiration-cry

To be postponed by the mind’s

Constant doubt-nightmare-attacks. ```

23899

```

When I am my heart’s gratitude-tears,

Not only do I see God face to face,

But also I become

God’s perfection-messenger

Here on earth.

```

23900

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O my Master,

You do not have to physically lead me.

Just give me your smiling face

In my dream.

That dream will lead me

To my divine destination. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 239, Agni Press, 1997
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