As my Lord Supreme works very hard
On His new DreamsOf humanity’s transformation,
Even so, I shall work very hardOn my new dreams
Of my own self-realisation. ```I have decided once and for all
That I shall shed tearsOnly for God-realisation
And not for anything else. ```Each prayer of mine
Must climb upFrom the deepest depths
To the highest heights. ```He who has hope
Along with determinationWill one day see his life
Fully blossomed. ```Only the hope-book
That is within our heartIs worth reading every day.
```No human being
Can ever finish readingGod’s inexhaustible Peace-Book.
```A man who has
A closed heartLives in his mind-prison.
```Each time I think
Of my Master’s compassion-heart,I become a fountain of ecstasy.
```Yesterday I thoroughly examined
My world.I found nothing worth having.
Today I am just looking casuallyAt my world.
I find everything I need is there. ```O my searching mind,
Never grieve!O my crying heart,
Never look back! ```A heart of humility
Is a solid foundationFor the manifestation
Of God’s Divinity. ```When the ego finally dies,
The divine virtues of a seekerGloriously blossom.
```My Lord Supreme,
Every dayDo bless me with the capacity
To make my mindAs humble as dust and ashes.
```It is quite shocking to see
How many timesEach seeker forgets
To quench his God-thirst. ```The kingdom of divine love
Every day dancesOn our heart-stage.
But alas,The God-unfulfilling mind
Never attends. ```A purity-shrine
Flooded with humilityIs always God’s first choice.
```No seeker has to stand against
Uncertain faithIf he can make his mind
A tranquillity-sea. ```Time does not stop
For the common run.It stops only for
The supremely chosen few. ```My aspiration-heart
Precedes everything else in my lifeIn invoking a peaceful life
For the world. ```He who aspires
Sleeplessly, breathlessly and self-givinglyEventually becomes
A perfect messenger of timelessnessHere on earth.
```It thrills God’s Heart
To the coreThat I do not speak ill of anybody
At any time. ```My obedience-mind
And my gratitude-heartHave abundant power
To please GodIn God’s own Way.
```God wants me to be
Extremely serious and sincereAbout my spiritual life.
It seems that He will not waitAnother day!
```Definitely
The ever-transcending BeyondBelongs to us all.
We just have to claim itAs our birthright.
```God volunteers all His Time
To help meWhen I am ready to please Him
Prayerfully, soulfully and self-givingly. ```We make no progress
Because most of the timeWe are unthinkably blind
To our shortcomings. ```Alas,
I am wasting all my precious timeBy mixing with
My self-contradicting mind. ```To be nourished and guided
By faith,I must banish
My life-challenging doubts. ```The moment God allowed me
To sit at His Feet,I became a happiness-flower-heart.
```My Lord,
You have taken meAs Your own, very own.
But when will IBe able to do the same?
When will I be able —Consciously and constantly —
To take You as my very own? ```I can touch God’s Heart
Either with my own heart’sPainful tears
Or with my own soul’sPowerful smiles.
```Prayer and meditation,
Aspiration and dedicationAre their own immediate rewards.
```No more shall I allow myself
To be stoppedBy my mind’s doubt-walls.
```A most exquisite sweetness
I feel and becomeWhen I think of my own
High, higher and highest experiences. ```What makes a God-winner?
A breathlessSurrender-song!
```Do not try to escape.
You will always fail!But try to adapt yourself.
You will succeed! ```Whoever lives a self-offering life
Lives triumphantlyIn God’s Heart-Garden.
```Without loving the world,
We shall never be ableTo free ourselves
From the sadness and sorrowOf the world.
```One day I shall just turn around
And, to my wide surprise,I shall see my Lord Beloved Supreme
Right beside me. ```Aspiration is the inner spring
Of a seeker.This spring can forever flow
Inside our aspiration-heart. ```Casting aside its usual indifference,
If Heaven sleeplessly weepsFor humanity’s acceptance
Of God’s Will,Only then will humanity’s tears
Be transformed intoDivinity’s Smiles.
```If we altogether dismiss
Doubt-thoughts,Only then can we grow
Faith-plantsIn our aspiration-life.
```All the answers will come from within.
But to get the answers from within,We must every day increase
Our love, devotion and surrender-necessityPlus intensity.
```God’s astounding manifestation-life
On earthDepends solely
On man’s God-manifestation-thirstAnd hunger.
```My Lord, help me!
I am falling.“My child,
You are not falling.You are just leaving Me aside.”
```God and God’s Compassion-Net
AlwaysMost lovingly protect
My heart-shrine. ```God wants you to become
Mankind’s lighthouseOn the strength of your sleepless
And breathless self-offering.And what will God do then?
God will give you a standing ovation. ```There are many things we cannot do,
But there is one thingWe should and must do:
We must safeguardGod’s Heart-Photograph
Inside our own aspiration-heart. ```If our life does not become
A world-endurance-camel,How can we ever hope to succeed
In the battlefield of our life? ```Every morning
God’s Compassion-SmileTunes my heart-strings.
```I want to be a child
Of the next century,When I will be a genuine self-giver
For the full manifestationOf my Lord Beloved Supreme.
```Both my heart and my mind
Are God’s children.How I wish my mind to be
As God-dependent as my heart! ```An infinite series
Of God’s Name-repetitionsCan make us realise God.
```Unconditional surrender
To God’s WillIs the best of all meditations.
```The simplicity and beauty
Of our heart-flower openingPleases God
Far beyond our imagination. ```My acceptance of the spiritual life
Is, indeed, a miraclePerformed by my Lord Himself.
```Ignorance-arrow
Cannot pierce our heartsIf we consciously take shelter
At the Feet of our Lord Supreme. ```The tears of our eyes
And the cries of our heartsMust not remain invisible
If we want to realiseOur own highest reality.
```O seeker,
Beware of neutrality!Be always one hundred per cent
On God’s side.When you are neutral,
You may get brutal experiencesFrom deep within.
```To repeat what God has said to me
Is the only wayI can transform my desire-life
Into aspiration-life. ```I have forgotten to ask God one thing:
Will He wait for me indefinitelyEven though right now I do not have
A conscious need for Him? ```The strongest of God’s Hopes
Is for my instant and constantGod-surrender-life.
```Whether we hasten or delay
Is up to us.But at God’s choice Hour,
We must wake upAnd begin to please Him
In His own Way. ```Every morning my Lord Supreme
Visits my heart-gardenAnd helps my aspiration-plants
To thrive and multiply. ```God never likes our sad loneliness.
He likes our heart’s and mind’sCheerfulness
More than anything else. ```No beauty is as divine
As God-devotion.No fragrance is as perfect
As God-surrender. ```If we all do not pray and meditate
Soulfully and self-givingly,Then who is going to save God’s universe
From joy-annihilation? ```We must establish
A stupendous self-giving loveBetween God’s Will
And our eagerness-heart. ```God’s Heart is full of hope
Because of our heart’sGenuine love of God.
```O my mind,
Do not wait any moreIn the sleep of Eternity.
Wake up!Pray and meditate
So that God can claim youAs His very own.
```There shall come a time
When the negativity-mindOf the whole world
Will disappearInto an abysmal abyss.
```My Lord,
I wish to do each and every thingWith Your blessingful
And direct Permission. ```God is all surprise
When He seesA gratitude-mind is welcoming Him.
```My Lord Supreme,
Do grant me the aspiration-dynamismTo conquer my unwillingness-mind
And crown my willingness-heart. ```My joy knows no bounds
When I see every dayMy heart-flower blooming
At the FeetOf my Beloved Lord Supreme.
```We love God
Only when we need Him.God loves us
Even when He does not need usAt all.
```The mind
Is apt to useCounterfeit love-coins.
```The streaming tears
Of the aspiration-heartRun faster than the fastest
Towards the Goal. ```The smile
Of a gratitude-heartHas no equal.
```The effort needed for God-realisation
Is a constant effort,Not a sudden stupendous effort.
```How can the sunlit path
Have darkness-difficulties?No, the sunlit path always remains sunlit.
But the seeker must be ready,Willing and eager
To walk only on the sunlit path. ```He who does not use
His argumentative mindIs definitely a choice instrument
Of God. ```There are many sad stories
In human life.The saddest one
Is man’s continuous self-doubt. ```Who does not need another chance?
Even God needs chance after chanceTo transform humanity.
```God will really reward you
If you are always preparedTo keep God as the only Goal
In your life. ```The beauty
Of a totally surrendered soulIs far beyond
The beauty of a sunrise. ```The river of time is welcoming
All God-lovers to join itWhile it is sleeplessly running
Towards the infinite oceanOf Light and Delight,
The infinite sea of Peace and Bliss. ```Ask your heart!
It will tell youWhat God wants you to do.
```You cannot cultivate
Your aspiration-fieldUnless you have
Ceaseless heart-tears. ```No matter how many times
I ask my mindTo stop intercepting
My Lord’s Messages,It just will not listen to me.
```If you allow
Your heart’s devotion-flowerTo wither,
Then your spiritual journeyIs bound to be slower than the slowest.
```If you are trying to disguise your desire-life
As your aspiration-heart,Then you are definitely doomed
To most ruthless suffering. ```Alas, most human beings
Have forgotten that they haveA purity-heart-kingdom.
```The breath that breathes
God-aspiration-lifeIs the choicest instrument of God.
```May my gratitude-heart-flower blossom
Not only inside my heartBut also everywhere.
```Because he repeatedly and consciously
Disobeyed his soul,His soul has now left him an orphan.
```Not by grieving,
But by surrendering to God’s Will,We make progress.
```My Lord Beloved Supreme,
Do give me the capacityTo sleeplessly spread
All my divinity-flooded dreamsLike seeds.
```Those who do not want to share
Their aspiration-cries and dedication-smilesWill have a very, very long wait
To reach the Destination. ```Only the seeker who sees everything
As God-revelationCan lead humanity
Towards happy, illuminingAnd fulfilling dreams.
```From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 244, Agni Press, 1998
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