Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 240

23901

```

The non-attachment of the mind

Is definitely good,

But the concern of the heart

Is infinitely better. ```

23902

```

My Lord does not approve of

My mind’s superiority.

He does not approve of

My life’s inferiority either. ```

23903

```

If we want to close our mind-door,

Who can prevent us?

But we allow our minds to make us feel

That we are too tired. ```

23904

```

Alas,

I do not seem to know

The difference between

My mind’s hallucination

And my heart’s exhilaration.

```

23905

```

O my Lord,

Like my soul,

May my heart, mind,

Vital and body

Become ready servants

Of Your supreme Will. ```

23906

```

My Lord,

Do give me back

My heart’s ancient peace-morning-days

And peace-evening-nights. ```

23907

```

A cheerful mind, a cheerful heart,

A cheerful life —

These are, indeed, Heaven-products.

```

23908

```

God never wants me to celebrate

My journey’s close.

He wants me to enjoy only

My journey’s constant self-transcendence. ```

23909

```

Even the beating of a thousand drums

Will not be able

To awaken the sleeping mind

If it wants to enjoy

Its ignorance-pleasure-life.

```

23910

```

I have come to realise

That my best compatriot

In my aspiration-life

Is my God-obedience. ```

23911

```

In the long run, I know,

Everybody will be

A chosen instrument of God,

And everybody will fulfil God

In God’s own Way.

But I believe only in the importance

Of here and now.

```

23912

```

My Lord,

I pray to You to grant me

A gratitude-heart

So that when I pass by You,

I will not foolishly ignore You.

```

23913

```

May each and every thought of mine

Be redolent with the purity of

My heart’s God-surrender-bliss.

```

23914

```

I believed, I believe

And I shall forever believe

That God manifests Himself

Through each individual

In a unique way.

```

23915

```

God always takes for granted

Man’s insincerity-mind

And his ingratitude-heart.

```

23916

```

My mind’s lack of readiness

And my heart’s lack of willingness

Can never be acceptable to God.

```

23917

```

God loves me,

Not because of what I say and do,

But because of what I truly am.

```

23918

```

When you are determined

To face bravely

The difficulty ahead of you,

The difficulty itself surrenders to you —

To your wide surprise.

```

23919

```

The mind-river is terribly afraid

Of flowing onward.

The heart-river enjoys

Flowing onward.

Therefore, it arrives unmistakably sooner

At the destination-ocean. ```

23920

```

From possession-hunger

To renunciation-meal

Is, indeed, an extraordinary distance.

```

23921

```

My Lord,

May the beauty of my heart

Forever remain

And not disappear

The way a rainbow disappears.

```

23922

```

A hero-warrior

Achieves extraordinary things

In his life

Because he does not allow himself

To be pushed by destiny’s wind.

```

23923

```

The sword of time

Does not destroy us

Or punish us.

It only helps us transform our nature. ```

23924

```

O my mind,

Try sincerely to love silence

And not be inspired to broadcast

Your love. ```

23925

```

Who can save you,

Who can help you,

O my mind,

If you do not step aside

From doubt-suspicion-world?

```

23926

```

He is extremely happy

Because silence garlands

His morning prayers

And his evening meditations

With tremendous pride.

```

23927

```

He is his indomitable will-power.

He has said his final good-bye

To ignorance-night,

To breathe in the light and delight

Of Heaven.

```

23928

```

If you do not

Soulfully pray and meditate daily,

Then you will be overwhelmed

By a tidal wave of self-doubt. ```

23929

```

No mighty soul

Can ever be enslaved

By the tyranny

Of endless desires. ```

23930

```

There is a God-manifestation-dream

In each aspiration-heart.

This dream is, alas, imprisoned

And has to be liberated. ```

23931

```

We have inside us

A miniature world.

Let us not hide

But illumine

This small world

Of imperfection. ```

23932

```

Infinity multiplied by Infinity

Are the aspiration-flowers

That you are offering

To the Supreme. ```

23933

```

Today

God’s Name is Happiness

Because His children have proved

Their loving oneness

With His creation.

```

23934

```

Each divine Word from God

Is a most powerful aspiration-flame

To illumine and immortalise us

In the Heart of our Beloved Supreme. ```

23935

```

The secret of secrets

Of the dearest child of God:

God is dearest

Not because He is omniscient,

Omnipotent and omnipresent,

But because He is all Love. ```

23936

```

Just remember:

If you really love the Supreme

In your Master,

You will not do anything

To disappoint or displease Him.

```

23937

```

God’s loving Life-Breath is all yours,

For the manifestation of what you are:

The unmanifested God.

```

23938

```

When I meditate soulfully,

I make myself five years old.

When I do not meditate,

I become eighty years old. ```

23939

```

When you listen to

And obey

The Master’s divine wish,

You are fulfilling

The Divine Itself.

```

23940

```

Disobedience

Is much worse than falsehood,

For it breaks the divine law.

```

23941

```

The Supreme is offering you

His continuous Blessing,

So you can learn how to bring forward

The eternal child inside you. ```

23942

```

The real gift

That God deeply cherishes

And treasures

Is your soulful smile. ```

23943

```

Humanity’s appreciation

Of God’s creation

Is its true gift

To the Creator. ```

23944

```

Love is the greatest force;

Who can dare to deny it?

But God’s Command-Force

Is also the greatest Love. ```

23945

```

Each good thought

That you have encouraged

And nourished

Is your life’s true work of art. ```

23946

```

The goodwill

That you offer to others

Comes to the fore

To manifest your own divinity. ```

23947

```

The moment you are about

To forget God’s Dictates,

Soulfully think about

Your morning prayer

And your morning meditation.

```

23948

```

Although you have already seen

Thousands of days,

O seeker,

When tomorrow dawns,

You can create something absolutely new

In your life. ```

23949

```

You can constantly transcend yourself

Only by discovering

And maintaining your inner joy.

```

23950

```

When you have realised the Supreme

In His own Way,

You will never, never manifest Him

In a human way. ```

23951

```

Even when ignorance captures

The Supreme’s dearest children,

He never accepts defeat.

```

23952

```

Just do the right thing

In the inner world and in the outer world.

Lo, you will realise the Highest

In the way that is meant for you. ```

23953

```

Physical brothers

Appear and disappear,

But spiritual brothers

Follow the path

Of eternal friends.

```

23954

```

O children of the Supreme,

You are not the children of the past,

But the children of the eternal Now.

```

23955

```

Our true satisfaction

Entirely depends

On our own sincere inner cry.

```

23956

```

If you work hard inwardly,

Automatically you will be blessed

With gratitude.

```

23957

```

Our inner vision sees

That silence

Not only has creativity inside it,

But is creativity itself. ```

23958

```

A God-lover’s true discoveries:

God the Inner Pilot

Is all Beauty;

God the Inner Pilot

Is all Sweetness.

```

23959

```

Inspiring poetry is spirituality

Revealed and manifested

In a soulfully transcending

And fulfilling way. ```

23960

```

There is no neutrality in life.

Either you are on God’s Side,

Or you are on the side of ignorance.

```

23961

```

It is humanity’s receptivity

That can create the Kingdom of Heaven

Here on earth.

```

23962

```

To become a divine warrior,

Just develop and develop

Your sincerity-muscle.

```

23963

```

Wisdom

Is to obey the Message

Of the Inner Pilot.

There is no greater wisdom. ```

23964

```

If you want to handle your world

With wisdom,

What you need is oneness with God’s Will.

```

23965

```

Aspiration, dedication,

Devotion and surrender

Are the divine jewels

That comprise your inner treasure. ```

23966

```

O God-dreamer,

God’s Palace Supreme

Will always house and protect you

Inwardly and outwardly. ```

23967

```

What is perfection?

Perfection is liberation.

What is perfection?

Perfection is the manifestation of divinity. ```

23968

```

An unaspiring vital,

What is it?

A swinging pendulum

Of feeble insecurity. ```

23969

```

The day I surrendered myself completely

To God’s Will,

God immediately made me

His Universal Joy-collector. ```

23970

```

Like my heart-garden-flowers,

I shall offer gratitude

To my Lord Supreme

Just for being. ```

23971

```

Alas,

It is not that I do not want

To please God.

I do want to please Him

In His own Way,

But I do not know how. ```

23972

```

No matter where I go,

My willingness-heart

And my Lord’s Compassion

I see together. ```

23973

```

Our willingness, eagerness

And selflessness

Thrill and please God

Far beyond our imagination’s flight. ```

23974

```

Our tears are beautiful,

More beautiful, most beautiful —

And sweeter than the sweetest —

When we place them at the Feet

Of our Lord Beloved Supreme.

```

23975

```

On the spiritual journey,

Our very best guide

Is our own devotion-heart.

```

23976

```

To make oneself happy,

The easiest and most effective way

Is to find every day

A new beginning. ```

23977

```

Those who think

That there will always be

A tomorrow for them

May finish the race,

But will not be able to win the race.

```

23978

```

I hired my mind to work

In my heart-garden,

But my Lord Supreme,

My Superboss,

Dismissed my mind summarily.

```

23979

```

Because of our stupid mind’s

Blind preconceptions,

We go neither forward nor backward;

We remain a stagnant pool. ```

23980

```

My soul commands me

To teach my mind privately

So that it can study

In my heart-school. ```

23981

```

The ultimate teacher

Is not an experiment,

Not even an experience,

But our own self-discovery. ```

23982

```

O my setting sun-mind,

I shall never allow you

To rise again anywhere.

```

23983

```

The dreamer in me

Is my God-readiness.

The lover in me

Is my God-willingness.

The server in me

Is my God-eagerness. ```

23984

```

My Lord, my Lord,

Do not allow

My mind-heaviness-darkness-cloud

To eclipse

My heart-delight-illumination-sun.

```

23985

```

My Lord,

How can I have perfection-lustre in my life?

My child,

Walk along the surrender-road

Smilingly and unconditionally.

```

23986

```

Sadness disappears

Like a ghost

When I see my Master smiling.

```

23987

```

There is only one thing I must do.

I must mail away the sorrows of my heart

To Heaven.

```

23988

```

We must be very careful

To guard against depression.

Sooner than the soonest

Depression can approach us

At an unguarded moment.

```

23989

```

When a divine smile grows

Inside our heart,

We breathe in God’s own Breath.

```

23990

```

Each inspiring dream

Comes from a higher world

With a special significance

To awaken and illumine this earth. ```

23991

```

Eternity beckons

The fleeting mind.

Infinity beckons

The tiny heart.

Immortality beckons

The fruitful life. ```

23992

```

When I live in the desire-world,

I feel that I came into the world

Only to make myself happy.

When I live in the aspiration-world,

I feel that I came into the world

Only to make myself perfect

For the Satisfaction of my Lord Supreme.

```

23993

```

Only one thing matters to me:

That I never disobey my Lord Supreme

Even for a fleeting moment.

```

23994

```

Pray to God

For God’s boundless Compassion

To avoid stumbling on the stones

Of misfortune. ```

23995

```

My Lord, I am blessed

To have felt Your Heart.

My Lord, I am infinitely more blessed

To sit at Your Feet. ```

23996

```

When we examine

Our self-deception,

Our life-illumination

Speedily approaches us. ```

23997

```

My mind’s silence

Is my God-nearness.

My God-nearness

Is a forward step for humanity

To arrive at God’s Feet.

```

23998

```

You do not have to go to anybody

To receive answers

To satisfy your mind.

Just enter into your higher self.

All the answers are already there.

```

23999

```

The fragrance of spirituality

Is, indeed, the life-breath

Of universal music.

```

24000

```

God tells me:

“My child, you can have as many faces

As you want to,

But I love your simplicity-face the best.

My child, you can have as many hearts

As you want to,

But I love your surrender-heart the best.”

```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 240, Agni Press, 1997
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