Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 246

24501

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God tells me

That He does not want

To wait any longer for me.

Either I have to follow Him

Most devotedly,

Or I have to find my own way. ```

24502

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When we do not follow

Our Inner Pilot,

An ocean of sorrow

Becomes our existence-reality. ```

24503

```

A self-giving life

At every moment

Flies Heavenward.

```

24504

```

O expectation,

I have many foes

In my spiritual life,

But you are the worst of all. ```

24505

```

God most lovingly and most sincerely

Appreciates

My feeble steps towards Him.

```

24506

```

My Lord Supreme,

May I become

The Perfection-Lustre

Of Your Compassion-Eye. ```

24507

```

My Lord,

To think of You

Is my only wish,

My only desire,

My only aspiration

And my only realisation. ```

24508

```

Each God-loving soul

Is, indeed, a charioteer

Of Infinity’s Immortality.

```

24509

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Today I am determined

To count how many ways

I can make my Lord Supreme smile.

```

24510

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Each moment

Unmistakably embodies

Many God-fulfilling opportunities.

```

24511

```

At every moment

My gratitude-heart

Eagerly listens

To my Lord’s Will supreme. ```

24512

```

My oneness with God

In itself

Is an invaluable inspiration-gift

To humanity. ```

24513

```

Poor mind,

There is not a single day

When you do not have to wrestle

With your own brooding questions. ```

24514

```

If we align ourselves

With God’s omnipotent Will,

There is nothing we cannot accomplish

Here on earth. ```

24515

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Be not a slave to,

But be the master of

Your autocrat-mind!

```

24516

```

Doubt is something

That we have accumulated

Over the centuries —

Alas, willingly and proudly. ```

24517

```

Every morning

I pray to God

To come and stay with me,

And never to leave. ```

24518

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Unwillingness-baggage

Is infinitely heavier

Than we can ever imagine!

```

24519

```

O my Pilot Supreme,

Every morning You bless me

With Your celestial Smiles

Before I embark

On a new daily adventure.

```

24520

```

Alas, why are we such fools?

Why do we think

The spirituality-mountain-zenith

Can be reached in one day? ```

24521

```

Perfection is not something

That can be borrowed.

It can only be acquired

Through the combination of

God’s descending Smiles

And man’s ascending cries. ```

24522

```

God secretly helps

My aspiration-heart

To dethrone

My ignorance-life’s king. ```

24523

```

Each time I meditate well,

I clearly see

That a golden flame from my heart

Is rising Heavenward. ```

24524

```

If you unfurl the banner

Of independence

In the spiritual life,

You are bound to fail.

You will succeed

Only if you become

A God-dependence-instrument.

```

24525

```

When I tell my Lord Supreme

That I am of His Compassion

And I am for His Satisfaction,

He immediately gives me

His choicest Blessing-Smile.

```

24526

```

It is I who have to acquire

The capacity to love my God

Every day

More, and ever more. ```

24527

```

My true aspiration-light

Is inseparable

From God’s Satisfaction-Delight.

```

24528

```

Nobody can quench

The ego’s thirst.

Only God can, but He will not.

Nobody can break

The ego’s crown.

Only God can, and He will. ```

24529

```

Be brave!

Embrace new challenges.

Your victory will be manifested

In your self-discovery. ```

24530

```

With my soul’s adamantine will-power

Every day I must safeguard

My happiness-life.

```

24531

```

May my earthly life become

Humbler than a blade of grass

So that the promised land

Of Heavenly bliss

I can claim as my own, very own.

```

24532

```

O earth-bound time,

It is simply impossible for me

To be one

Either with your pleasures

Or with your sufferings.

```

24533

```

Unless I can throw

All my pride to the wind,

I will not be able to enjoy

Heaven’s Heavenly touch. ```

24534

```

Our outer God-service

Reminds us

Of our inner God-promise.

```

24535

```

Every morning

I place my heart’s moonlit hours

At the Feet of my Lord Supreme.

```

24536

```

God rushes to welcome

My mind’s readiness,

My life’s willingness

And my heart’s eagerness. ```

24537

```

God can hardly believe His Ears

When I tell Him

That right from this very moment

I shall please Him in His own Way. ```

24538

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I have the wisdom

To enter into

My heart’s gratitude-paradise,

And I have no desire

Ever to come out of it.

```

24539

```

I place my life’s happiness

In the Hands of God,

And I place my heart’s fulfilment

At the Feet of God. ```

24540

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Although today I am

A God-aspiration-beggar,

Tomorrow I shall become

A God-manifestation-emperor. ```

24541

```

Anything sacred and self-giving

Is most valuable

In the spiritual life.

```

24542

```

God always

Eagerly preserves

My God-manifestation-dreams.

```

24543

```

I make my fastest progress

Only when I bathe in the Radiance

Of my Lord’s Compassion-Eye.

```

24544

```

I hunger

For God’s Compassion-Eye.

God hungers

For my satisfaction-heart. ```

24545

```

May my life climb

Towards my Lord’s Transcendental Light

Only

At every moment. ```

24546

```

My life’s humility-breath

Has covered my entire world.

Therefore, my Lord Supreme

Is crowning my progress-journey. ```

24547

```

God tells me that

My simplicity, sincerity and purity-life

Will not remain

Unnoticed and unmanifested. ```

24548

```

I have left my mind’s countless thoughts

Exposed

To my Lord’s Transformation-Touch.

```

24549

```

If your mind insists

That you understand God,

Then your life-road will lead

Only one way:

Constantly backward.

```

24550

```

Each gratitude-moment

Is nothing short of

A sunrise-paradise.

```

24551

```

Do not ignore self-limitation.

Self-limitation you have to fight

At every moment

If you want to be victorious

In your spiritual life.

```

24552

```

The moment I sincerely cry,

I fly

Into the cloudless dome of Heaven.

```

24553

```

Be careful with your affection-life.

Use it properly in a divine way.

Otherwise, your affection-cords

Can easily be tied into attachment-knots. ```

24554

```

If you come to God

As a last resort,

You cannot expect to equal the speed

Of those who came to God

At God’s choice Hour.

```

24555

```

My self-giving

Is nothing other than

The Fragrance-Heart

Of my Lord Supreme. ```

24556

```

A spiritual Master is he

On whose camel-shoulders

The entire world

Heaps endless responsibilities. ```

24557

```

To prevent us from doing

The wrong thing,

Our souls, without fail,

Bless us

With early warning signals.

```

24558

```

It is you who have to recharge

Your prayer-meditation-batteries

Every morning —

You, and nobody else! ```

24559

```

Abandon all pretence!

Then God will bless you

With His Infinity’s Competence.

```

24560

```

He who is an aspiration-enthusiast

Will easily be able to please God

In His own Way.

```

24561

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O seeker,

If you want to be

A choice instrument of God,

Then never allow your heart-shrine

To fall into disrepair.

```

24562

```

My mind of desire

I shall nullify.

My heart of aspiration

I shall intensify.

My life of division

I shall unify. ```

24563

```

I most sincerely admire the seekers

Whose souls are full of dreams,

Whose hearts are full of hopes

And whose lives are full of promises. ```

24564

```

Alas, what do I clearly see

Inside my heart?

I see inside my heart

The embers of my long-forgotten

Unaspiring life.

```

24565

```

Why am I not making any progress?

Why this sudden halt?

Because my life has become

A perfect stranger to self-discipline. ```

24566

```

Any undivine thought or idea

In our mind

Has a great many eager accomplices.

```

24567

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My Lord,

May I have a mind

That knows no suspicion.

May I have a heart

That knows no insecurity.

May I have a life

That knows no impurity.

```

24568

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There was a time

When my mind was all receptivity.

But alas,

Now my mind is enjoying

Negativity’s absurdity.

```

24569

```

Your heart is in distress

Just because your mind

Is afraid of the future

That is fast approaching. ```

24570

```

My God-disobedience

Will eventually make me feel

That God is deliberately

Avoiding me. ```

24571

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What can my prayer-life do?

My prayer-life definitely can brighten

My Lord’s Universal Smile.

```

24572

```

What makes you think

You are a special truth-seeker

And God-lover

Just because God blesses you

With His Infinity’s Compassion, Love

And Light?

To be a special child of God,

You have to offer Him every day

What you have: sincerity

And what you are: eagerness. ```

24573

```

If you can ignore your world-glories,

Then your aspiration-heart-life

Will blossom.

```

24574

```

I have good news and bad news.

The good news is that I love God

With each and every breath of my heart.

The bad news is that I still care for

World-admiration and world-acclaim.

```

24575

```

There is a constant battle going on

Between my self-doubt and my God-faith,

But I am happy because I know

My God-faith is bound to win. ```

24576

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When I think of my mind,

I immediately come down

To humanity’s pitiful standard.

When I think of my heart,

I immediately climb up

To Divinity’s blessingful, powerful

And fruitful standard.

```

24577

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The unaspiring mind

Enjoys flying

Beneath the clouds of darkness-night.

```

24578

```

When I enjoy

My sense of superiority,

I completely destroy

God’s faith in me. ```

24579

```

Every day we must spread

Our God-dreams

The way we sow

Our earth-aspiration-seeds. ```

24580

```

My soul and my heart

Are opening new silence-horizons

To manifest God

In an unprecedented way. ```

24581

```

Nothing can be as sweet

As the fragrance

Of an awakened gratitude-heart.

```

24582

```

God does not mind

If I sleep for Eternity.

But my soul does mind,

Because my soul wants

My Lord Supreme

To be proud of me. ```

24583

```

My Lord,

Although now I am totally lost,

I do feel that one day

I shall see my way

With Your Vision-Eye.

```

24584

```

A real God-lover

Will be helped by God Himself

To come out of the whirlpool

Of frustration and irritation. ```

24585

```

Spiritually we are dying

Because we still cherish

The ashes of our past life.

```

24586

```

A spiritual Master is he

Who self-givingly tries to lead

Each and every human being

Towards God’s own Perfection-Dream. ```

24587

```

My genuine surrender

To my Lord Supreme

Has enabled me to travel swiftly

Along my life’s freedom-road. ```

24588

```

If you want to regain your faith

In yourself and in God,

Then come out of your mind-jungle

And run into your heart-garden. ```

24589

```

My Lord,

I pray to You to grant me

Every day

The fragrance of a newly awakened

Gratitude-heart.

```

24590

```

There is only one right hour,

And that is God’s choice Hour.

Every other hour is either too early

Or too late. ```

24591

```

Do not look back!

You are bound to become once more

The ugliness of your darkness-mind.

Look ahead!

The all-embracing divinity

Of the rising sun

Is blessingfully and proudly

Beckoning you. ```

24592

```

You are telling your friends

That your soul has left you an orphan.

But have you told how many times

You have deliberately and callously

Disobeyed your soul-polestar?

```

24593

```

We make progress

Not by crying for yesterday’s realities,

But by smiling at today’s dreams.

```

24594

```

When I climb up

To my soul’s command-summit,

I unimaginably enjoy

My obedience-breath. ```

24595

```

Every day God arrives

At your heart-door.

Every day greet Him

With new eagerness. ```

24596

```

Who does not need another chance?

But are we ready to use the new chance

In a new and God-fulfilling way?

```

24597

```

The saddest story in man’s life

Is his self-doubt.

The happiest song in man’s life

Is his God-faith. ```

24598

```

The more we love

God’s Heart,

The more God needs

Our life. ```

24599

```

I please God most satisfactorily

When I become the cry of the helpless.

Again, I please God most satisfactorily

When I become the smile of the grateful. ```

24600

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This morning I prayed most soulfully.

Therefore, my Lord Supreme

Has come down to resume

Our heart-to-heart conversation. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 246, Agni Press, 1998
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