Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 248

24701

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The purity of the mind

And the humility of the heart

Are of paramount importance

In expediting our spiritual progress. ```

24702

```

It is simply useless

To try to hide anything

From God’s Compassion-Eye.

```

24703

```

We can have divine Guidance

From our Lord Supreme

Even on very short notice.

```

24704

```

A self-giving man

Is always supported

By God the Silence-Helper.

```

24705

```

God has kept the doubt-room

And the faith-room

Distinctly separate.

It is up to us which room

We want to live in.

```

24706

```

Only the smile of the soul

Can silence

The meaningless talk of the mind.

```

24707

```

God will bless you

With His own

Compassion-Satisfaction-List

Only when He sees

Your desire-list is blank.

```

24708

```

O seeker, do not indulge

In any kind of sentiment

If you really want to be successful

In your spiritual life. ```

24709

```

My Lord, do grant me

The fastest speed and strongest will

To thwart the pride of ignorance-night.

```

24710

```

No matter how great something is,

Just avoid it

If it stands in your way

To God-aspiration and God-realisation. ```

24711

```

I am so grateful to my Lord Supreme,

For He has given me the capacity

To place my life every day

On the shrine of peace. ```

24712

```

To survive here on earth,

Every day I raise my hopes

Heavenward.

```

24713

```

How can this world

Make any progress

If it wallows constantly

In ingratitude-mire? ```

24714

```

I make it my bounden duty

To clear the mist of my mind

Every morning.

```

24715

```

The beauty of our heart

And the fragrance of our soul

Are God’s unmistakable Footprints.

```

24716

```

My Lord,

May love be my heart

And surrender be my heartbeat

To fulfil You in Your own Way. ```

24717

```

My Lord,

I made my unconditional surrender

To Your Will.

Therefore, I am fully prepared

To make my life

An unconditional tolerance

For humanity.

```

24718

```

If there is no detachment,

Then we will never be able

To enjoy the nectar

Of tranquillity-sea. ```

24719

```

If you are a Heaven-train-passenger,

Then you must give up

Your earth-bound desire-life.

```

24720

```

My heart, be not sad

That the world misunderstands

And speaks ill of you.

Even poor God has innumerable

Ill-speakers!

```

24721

```

Alas, my doubting mind

Has always the capacity

To blight my self-offering heart.

```

24722

```

You must knock down your mind-wall

If you want to live inside the beauty

Of your silence-heart.

```

24723

```

Alas, his life is in between

His tired mind

And uninspired heart.

```

24724

```

God dearly loves

The heart-listener,

And not the mind-talker.

```

24725

```

A self-giving heart

Will definitely receive the crown

Of God’s Satisfaction-Delight.

```

24726

```

Surrender is the only ticket

Needed

For the Heaven-plane-passengers.

```

24727

```

Punctuality

In our prayer-life

And in our meditation-heart

Is of supreme importance. ```

24728

```

An adamantine will-power

Only

Can be the real extinguisher

Of brooding darkness. ```

24729

```

Illumine your doubt-mind

If you want to protect

Your heart-plant-life.

```

24730

```

Discard your mind’s negativity

If you want to visit

Your heart-temple.

```

24731

```

To be in the Presence of God,

No love is necessary,

No devotion is necessary.

Only surrender is necessary,

Absolutely necessary.

```

24732

```

Renounce expectation.

Then you will not suffer

From the nightmare of despair.

```

24733

```

No soulful meditation

Can ever be

A hurried task.

```

24734

```

There is not an inkling of truth

In it

When the mind says

That it pleases God

In God’s own Way.

```

24735

```

Do you even realise

How far you have gone away

From God the Compassion

Because of your short absence

From God’s Heart-Garden?

```

24736

```

Never be unwilling to chase

Your mind’s doubt-thief

If you want to swim

In the sea of peace. ```

24737

```

If your spiritual life

Has a firm foundation,

Then your goal

Is absolutely certain. ```

24738

```

Alas, I do not know where I am!

My heart is badly damaged

And my mind is completely confused.

I do not know why and how,

Alas!

```

24739

```

Of all the God-listeners,

The soul

Is by far the best.

```

24740

```

There is a yawning gulf

Between the soul and the heart

In accepting

God’s ever-blossoming Light. ```

24741

```

To solve all your problems,

You definitely need

A complete change

Of your heart. ```

24742

```

Brush aside

All your mind’s hesitations

In order for God to welcome you

With His blessingful Smile. ```

24743

```

If you do not come down

On your own

From your self-importance-pedestal,

Then your doom will fast approach you.

Everything that you have and you are

Will crumble to dust. ```

24744

```

Alas, my mind

Is entirely ensnared

By man-belittling thoughts.

```

24745

```

Because of his unreserved

Compassion-heart,

He is now being cradled

In God’s own Arms. ```

24746

```

The heart’s purity

Has its own clarity-vision

To see and feel God everywhere.

```

24747

```

When our prayer-life and service-life

Are interdependent,

We make absolutely the fastest progress.

```

24748

```

My Lord,

Do give me the readiness, willingness

And eagerness

To rekindle my heart’s aspiration-flames. ```

24749

```

Each soulful prayer

Has the capacity

To carry us far beyond

The invisible summits of imagination. ```

24750

```

You will definitely arrive at your Goal

At God’s choice Hour

Because you are undaunted

By failure-mountains. ```

24751

```

O my restless and God-delaying vital,

Do you not realise

That I have reached the point

Of utter exasperation? ```

24752

```

Every morning my aspiration-heart

Elects God’s Compassion-Eye

To guide my life.

```

24753

```

Because of my unconditional

Surrender-life,

God does not want anybody else

To be my spokesman.

He Himself wants to be always

My Spokesman. ```

24754

```

If we do not ourselves

Put our surrender-life to the test,

Then we really do not know

How much progress we have made. ```

24755

```

God asks me to be happy,

Extremely happy,

Even if I do not see

Even an iota of improvement

In my spiritual life.

```

24756

```

God the Justice

Does not need anything from us.

God the Compassion

Needs everything from us

To glorify us.

```

24757

```

Even a stone can melt

At God’s choice Hour,

But not the ever-brooding

Doubt-mind. ```

24758

```

If your life is armed with patience,

Then you can have a heart

As pure as the snow

Of the Himalayan peaks. ```

24759

```

If you cannot live without expectation,

Then it will not be possible

For you to climb

To your own glorious heights. ```

24760

```

Have nothing but flaming aspiration

If you really want to proceed

Only forward.

```

24761

```

If you know how to excel

In selfless love,

Then you are bound to expand

In God-service. ```

24762

```

If you allow yourself to be caught

In the mind’s negativity-current,

Then God is not going to examine

Your God-thirst and God-hunger. ```

24763

```

Like my heart,

May my mind weigh

My every word

Before I utter it. ```

24764

```

God has given me

An inexhaustible capacity

To love Him.

But, alas, I do not know

Why and how

I fail to use my capacity. ```

24765

```

Hardly a day goes by

When I do not see the victory

Of my mind over my heart.

```

24766

```

When you have zero tolerance

For self-doubt,

Then God becomes

Your all-fulfilling faith. ```

24767

```

Your gratitude-heart-dreams

Are larger

Than the universe itself.

```

24768

```

I have come to realise

That each victory of my heart

Is, indeed, a victory for all humanity.

```

24769

```

Indeed, it is a most difficult task

To stop our ignorance-shadow

From following us.

```

24770

```

O seeker,

If you do not make

Your surrender-life complete

Here on earth,

Then definitely you will miss

Your flight to the highest Heaven. ```

24771

```

When happiness-seeds blossom

In our hearts,

We can easily expedite

Our Godward journey. ```

24772

```

Every morning, without fail,

My heart sharpens

My life’s surrender-saw.

```

24773

```

God has come to a difficult choice:

Will He allow me

To go in my own way,

Or will He be extremely strict with me? ```

24774

```

The best way to pave

Our heart-road

Is with inspiration-beauty

And aspiration-fragrance. ```

24775

```

Our intense devotion

Keeps our heart-journey

Clear and beautiful.

```

24776

```

A soulful meditation

Is bound to activate

Our heart’s universal peace.

```

24777

```

It is not an impossible task,

But definitely a most difficult task,

To compel the mind

To swim in the sea of tranquillity. ```

24778

```

Each life-tree

Is beautiful.

Each service-branch

Is powerful. ```

24779

```

An eagerness-heart

And God’s proudest Smile

Are always found together.

```

24780

```

God is extremely proud

Of the seekers

Whose soul-songs always resonate

With God-Delight. ```

24781

```

The human mind

Always loves

Its doubt-suspicion-excursions.

```

24782

```

No matter how short

Our God-reliance-steps are,

God is eager to see us

Walking towards His all-loving Arms. ```

24783

```

My aspiring heart

Lives

Where God-Love

Is. ```

24784

```

The messenger of peace

Brings down each moment

Special blessings for humanity.

```

24785

```

If you are a genuine God-server,

Then the goddess of peace

Will definitely beckon you.

```

24786

```

O my aspiration-heart,

Do not delay!

It is high time for you to summon

Your soul’s God-Victory-trumpet. ```

24787

```

I brought my Lord

A prayerful smile.

My Lord gave me

His beautiful universe. ```

24788

```

O God-disobedient seeker,

Be careful!

Eventually yours will be the life

Of elephant-sized regrets. ```

24789

```

At long last

I find my own aspiration-heart

In the Beauty-Eye

Of my Beloved Supreme. ```

24790

```

When I dive deep within,

I clearly see

That there is never a moment

When my Lord Supreme

Does not love me

And does not need me. ```

24791

```

My heart’s eagerness runs

When my mind’s hesitation

Does not even dare to crawl.

```

24792

```

Alas, how can I make any progress

In my spiritual life

When I enjoy dearly

My mind’s contradictions

And inconsistencies?

```

24793

```

God tells me

That my sleepless

And breathless gratitude

Is wider than the widest

Of all horizons.

```

24794

```

Every moment is so sacred.

We must value it

In order to grow and glow

In our own purity-heart-garden. ```

24795

```

Not love, not devotion, not surrender,

But our sleepless and breathless oneness

With God’s Will

Is the last word in spirituality. ```

24796

```

God always answers our prayers,

But at times the answer can be

A blessingful, meaningful

And fruitful “No!” ```

24797

```

Alas, I have wasted

So much of my life-energy

On my division-mind, suspicion-mind

And self-gratification-mind! ```

24798

```

If we can claim the Sunrise-Saviour

To be our own, very own,

Then He will take us

To His own Sunrise-Summit. ```

24799

```

My Lord,

I need Your Feet

To forgive me.

My Lord,

I need Your Eye

To protect me.

My Lord,

I need Your Hand

To perfect me.

```

24800

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One gratitude-heart-smile

Is more than enough

To thrill my Lord Supreme

To the core. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 248, Agni Press, 1998
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