Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 247

24601

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My God-blossoming heart,

My Lord Supreme has planned

Your golden future

In every detail. ```

24602

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O divine Musician Supreme,

Do tune my heart-strings every morning

Before I begin to play on the world-stage.

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24603

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My morning surprises:

I still love God,

And God still needs me.

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24604

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You want your glorious deeds

To be applauded.

If so, what about your glaring misdeeds?

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24605

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Disappointment-proof detachment

Is the fastest way to make progress

In the spiritual life.

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24606

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There is always a tug-of-war

Between life’s expectation

And the mind’s frustration.

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24607

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The unaspiring heart

And

The desiring mind

Are in no way better

Than a marketplace.

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24608

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Darkness definitely there is.

But my aspiration-heart

Has no room to hold it.

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24609

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I shall have to dethrone

By any means

The king of my jungle-mind:

Doubt. ```

24610

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If we cannot stamp out

God-disobedience from our mind,

Then spiritual progress

Will forever remain

A far cry.

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24611

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A gratitude-heart

Is a divine ascent

To the summit-peak.

An ingratitude-mind

Is a continuous descent

Into the deepest abyss. ```

24612

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Only one giant need remains

In my life:

The total transformation

Of my mind. ```

24613

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There was a time when my vital

Was nothing short of God-defiance.

But now the same vital

Loves God-reliance

More than anything else.

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24614

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To liberate ourselves

From the slavery of earthly desires,

There is no other way than to cry,

Sleeplessly cry,

For the arrival of all-illumining light

From Above. ```

24615

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Realisation approaches you

Only when you continually fan the flames

Of your aspiration.

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24616

```

If you cannot safeguard

Your faith in God

Inside your own heart,

Then who can do it for you? ```

24617

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Help me, my Lord,

I am falling!

“Surrender, My child, surrender!

I am watching.” ```

24618

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Only a self-giving heart

Can establish friendship

With God’s Peace and Light.

```

24619

```

Every day I must sing

A new faith-song

For the transformation

Of my earth-bound life. ```

24620

```

My God-obedience

Is the fragrance

Of my aspiration-heart.

```

24621

```

Suspicion is not for me.

Doubt is not for me.

I refuse to be blinded

By suspicion and doubt! ```

24622

```

God eagerly volunteers His time

To give us private lessons

To help us pass

The examination of life. ```

24623

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Nothing and nobody can stop me!

Cheerfully and proudly

I shall walk along Eternity’s Road

To please my Lord Supreme

In His own Way.

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24624

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I am taking

My love-devotion-surrender-heart-vehicle

Non-stop

To the Lotus-Feet

Of my Lord Beloved Supreme.

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24625

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If you want to speed

Towards the core of God’s Will,

Then cry like an orphan-child.

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24626

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You can ascend all the way

To the highest heights

If you can go beyond

Your mind’s negativity-frown. ```

24627

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While travelling

Along the God-obedience-road,

I have become

The beauty of my heart

And the fragrance of my soul.

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24628

```

O seeker, can you not see

That your mind is not allowing

Your happiness to come to the fore

And play with your body, vital,

Heart and soul?

```

24629

```

My Lord Supreme,

May I be as happy

As a wave of delight

Dancing on the sea of ecstasy. ```

24630

```

My surrender-heart-flower-garden

God not only appreciates,

But also treasures.

```

24631

```

My storm-tossed boat-mind

Knows

No destination.

```

24632

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What do I do

With my God-Compassion-salary?

I buy good thoughts and good feelings.

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24633

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Increase your devotion a million times

If you want to receive the Sweetness-Smiles

From your Lord’s Eye and Heart.

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24634

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Do not despair, do not despair!

God’s Compassion-Eye

And His Fragrance-Heart

Are bound to illumine you and fulfil you. ```

24635

```

My Lord Supreme,

At every moment

May I say to You, “Yes,”

An enthusiastic “Yes!” ```

24636

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O seeker, I am so happy

And so proud of you

Because your aspiration is speeding

Towards the Golden Shore. ```

24637

```

A constantly self-giving heart

Is highly regarded

By the denizens of the higher world.

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24638

```

The myriad prayers

Of humanity’s heart

Will certainly satisfy God

At God’s choice Hour. ```

24639

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There are many miracles,

Countless miracles,

But humanity’s gratitude-heart-flames

To the Lord Supreme

Are, indeed, the best miracle.

```

24640

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God-obedience

Not only leads us speedily

Towards our destination,

But also offers

A new God-fulfilment-promise

To the world. ```

24641

```

Spirituality

Is not only to love God,

But also to love God’s

Ever-expanding family. ```

24642

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O my mind,

Exactly like my heart,

Can you not also cling

To God’s each and every Word? ```

24643

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Each self-giving step

Is beckoned

By God’s Universal Life

And Transcendental Pride. ```

24644

```

Every morning

Angels gather together

To hear my heart’s

God-gratitude-songs. ```

24645

```

My Lord Supreme every day reads

My unconditional surrender-stories

Over and over again.

```

24646

```

Humanity’s peace-dreams

Are highly prized

By Divinity’s highest heights.

```

24647

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Because of his implicit faith in God,

He is moving from worry-torture

To confidence-rapture.

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24648

```

When the new day dawns,

My Lord Supreme breathes

A new hope and promise

In and through my aspiration-heart. ```

24649

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Unfortunately, most God-seekers

Have a distant relationship

With their souls.

Therefore, their inner progress

Is astonishingly slow.

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24650

```

My aspiration-heart

Is a problem-shooter.

My gratitude-breath

Is a man-transformation-miracle-maker. ```

24651

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God definitely sings

Inside our heart-garden.

To appreciate, admire and adore

His Songs,

We must listen with our heart-ears.

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24652

```

The beauty

Of experience universal

I have.

The fragrance

Of realisation transcendental

I am. ```

24653

```

If we really want to go onward,

Fly upward and dive inward,

There is nothing

That can ultimately resist us. ```

24654

```

Only when I soulfully pray to God

Does He bring to the fore

My inner sun.

Otherwise, it remains dormant. ```

24655

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My Lord, Your Sunrise-Smiles

Quench my thirst

And feed my hunger

Every day.

I need nothing more.

```

24656

```

I know that my mind

Will one day surrender

To God’s Will.

But alas, when and how? ```

24657

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God has shown me

Obstacle-thorns

Only to make me long for

Progress-roses. ```

24658

```

Yesterday God allowed me

To overlook Him.

Today God is allowing it again.

But He will not allow Himself

To be overlooked by me

Forever. ```

24659

```

Every day

My Lord Beloved Supreme saves me

From my voracious desire-hunger.

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24660

```

I have been on the spiritual path

For so many years.

Alas, still I deliberately enjoy

A whirlpool of confusion-mind. ```

24661

```

Each seeker

Definitely is a reservoir

Of stupendous

God-manifestation-possibilities. ```

24662

```

In my life-house

I find difficulties

That can never be surmounted.

But in my heart-home,

Freely I move, freely I sing,

Freely I dance. ```

24663

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Like my heart,

If my mind does not want

To surrender to God’s Will,

My God-satisfaction-life,

Alas,

Will never blossom. ```

24664

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Every thought of God,

No matter how insignificant,

Is, indeed, a life-transforming prayer

To God. ```

24665

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O my temple-heart,

Where are your

Heaven-climbing tears?

O my temple-heart,

Where are your

World-covering smiles? ```

24666

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My soul tells me

That if I am not in a desperate hurry

For God-satisfaction,

Then my life will end

In most deplorable frustration.

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24667

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Alas, how long,

How many more years,

How many more centuries

Shall I have to remain

Under the spell of desire-life?

```

24668

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This world of ours

Still has hope,

For the soul of the world

Has not yet ended

Its peace-pilgrimage.

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24669

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God smilingly, sincerely

And proudly tells me

My ever-blossoming gratitude-heart

Has no parallel. ```

24670

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There was a time

When I kept my heart-door open

And I saw only ignorance-night

Swiftly rushing in.

But now

When I keep my heart-door open,

I see only light and delight

Proudly marching in. ```

24671

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God does His Duty:

He makes His Home

Inside my heart.

Alas, I do not do my duty:

I do not make my nest

Inside His Heart. ```

24672

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He who seeks happiness

In the distance

Will never find even an iota

Of happiness. ```

24673

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God wants to lead humanity,

But humanity does not want

To be led.

It wants to take full responsibility —

Proudly and stubbornly!

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24674

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My Lord Supreme,

When I look into Your Eyes,

I always see

The impossible is already done. ```

24675

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We can easily shine

With angelic purity

If we allow our heart

To cry sleeplessly

For God’s Compassion-Eye.

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24676

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Unlike my body,

My vital and even my mind,

Every day my soul reaches

A new height-delight of excellence. ```

24677

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Not only God’s Compassion-Eye,

But also God’s Perfection-Eye

Is at work

In each human being. ```

24678

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It is so difficult

For the heart’s goodness

To make friends with

The greatness of the mind. ```

24679

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My insincerity-mind

Can at best amuse God.

It can never please God.

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24680

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How can we escape

From the mind’s confusion-jungle

If we do not cultivate

Prayerful and tearful cries

Deep within us?

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24681

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There was a time when I prayed more,

Because I loved God more.

But now, alas, I do not know why

I do not love Him the way I once did.

I do not know whether to blame

My doubting mind

Or my unaspiring heart.

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24682

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Alas,

My poor soul is suffocating

Inside my self-importance-mind

And self-conceit-vital. ```

24683

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My Lord,

Do give me the capacity

To count once and for all

The number of times

You have saved me from myself.

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24684

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I do not need anybody else,

For God Himself is more than eager

To safeguard

All my sweet aspiration-dreams. ```

24685

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Obedience, obedience, obedience

At each hush gap,

If you want to go to the shore

Of your own delight-existence! ```

24686

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God wants to see me

As I am today,

Not as I was yesterday,

And not as I will be tomorrow. ```

24687

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Alas, I do not know why and how

I have become so stupid.

Why do I not stop fanning

My desire-flames? ```

24688

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Only in the depth of my silence-mind

Can I hear the whispers

Of my Lord’s Compassion-Eye.

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24689

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My prayer-mind

Is nothing more than a candle of hope.

My meditation-heart

Is nothing less than a sun of promise. ```

24690

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Yesterday, who was I?

Yesterday I was

A frustration-mind-noon.

And today, who am I?

Today I am

My heart’s fragrance-blossom-joy. ```

24691

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I have committed repeated offences

Against God’s Will,

Yet God has forgiven me

Without fail.

But will my sincerity-heart and I

Ever be able to forgive ourselves? ```

24692

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If we cannot accept

The breath of the surrender-life

As our own, very own,

How can God ever make us

His ambassadors

Of world-illumining love? ```

24693

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If we are afraid

Of even starting our journey

At the aspiration-shore,

How will we ever be able to arrive

At our life’s perfection-shore?

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24694

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O my Lord,

I torture You,

I torture Your Heart,

I torture Your Breath

Consciously, even deliberately.

My Beloved Lord,

May the loneliness You feel without me

Torture me

Far beyond my endurance-capacity.

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24695

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God and I are having

A serious competition.

God is counting

The tears of my heart,

And I am counting

The Smiles of His Eye.

Let us see who wins!

```

24696

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O my prayer-country-village,

How beautiful you are!

O my meditation-nation-kingdom,

How powerful you are! ```

24697

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Happiness

Is our heart’s perpetual journey,

And not a remote destination.

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24698

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Thousands of years ago

My illumination-soul was handcuffed

To God’s Compassion-Satisfaction-Eye.

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24699

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God smilingly and unconditionally

Blesses me

For being who I am now,

And not for what I am going to become. ```

24700

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The excellence of a seeker’s life

Comes from God’s own

Nectar-Fragrance-Heart.

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From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 247, Agni Press, 1998
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